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This is the story of the life and mind of George C. Marshall, soldier and statesman, as told by a distinguished writer whose own background makes him particul...więcej »
In 1992, one woman packed up her life, headed to America and bought herself a little campervan.She hit the open road travelling 160,000 miles across 48 states, discovering Bluegrass and C...więcej »
One of the most respected personages in Native American history, BLACK HAWK (1767-1838), Sauk war chief of the Native American tribe in Illinois, was already a renowned name in the early 1800s, hav...więcej »
John Hunt was born in Windsor and Graduated from University College London, in German language and literature. He has worked in personnel administration, record retailing and bibliographic research...więcej »
How do we honor the dog friends who keep us company without complaint? How do we prepare when their all-too-short lives near an end? How do we grieve their passing and take joy in their memory?
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The first thing that the reader may notice about this memoir is its short chapters-on average, about 700 words. That is because, originally, each chapter was a blog post, and was submitted through ...więcej »
The third of six children born to struggling parents in Sierra Leone in the 1940s, Femi Iris Hamilton did not set out to become a leader. She had no big dreams of conquering the world, amassing wea...więcej »
Mothers will often say, "I did my best." I cannot say that. My father molested my daughters, and I let them down. But it is never too late to make amends, to regain trust, to rebuild loving rela...więcej »
Seen as one of the most important figure in the ancient Western church, Augustine had drifted through several philosophical systems before converting to Christianity at the age of thirty-one. Today...więcej »
The seminal work of the Cuban genius who repeated the exploits of Morphy, suddenly bursting onto the European scene and annihilating the great masters
who had hitherto dominated the international ...więcej »
Born in rural Missouri on the 4th of July, Ava Frick knew at age three that she wanted to be an "animal doctor" when she grew up. That precocious little girl's early ye...więcej »
Malleson’s essential text enhanced with many maps and illustrationsMany English language readers may have discovered Prince Eugene of Savoy in consequence of his co...więcej »
Written with humour and insight, this informal memoir is a delightful celebration of the passions that have driven Simon Brown's life.Whether recalling incidents from his early years as a...więcej »
"Speaking for myself, I have already had more than my full measure of this exquisite enjoyment, so much that for many years my life was little short of continuous rapture. I am credited with being...więcej »
A true-life story of my upbringing as a girl living with cerebral palsy and the discrimination that I've faced, not only by members of the public but worse still, by my own family, leaving me wi...więcej »
Captain Hector McQuarrie a seasoned shipwright, sails from Mull Scotland in 1855 for a burgeoning new world in Australasia. Buoyed with bright hopes and infused with the Clan McQuarrie spirit, H...więcej »
A black cop. A white criminal defense attorney.Coming from extreme opposite ends of a cultural divide in the whitest major city in America, one is sworn to put away the b...więcej »
From her Hollywood debut at the age of 19 to her latest venture, this biography traces the events and circumstances that have shaped Demi Moore's extraordinary character and propelled her from aspi...więcej »
This is the story of a beautiful young girl from Melbourne with an outstanding voice who is invited to tour Australia as a support act for Frank Sinatra in 1959. At the age of eighteen she flew ...więcej »
John Ruskin's training as an interdisciplinary polymath started in childhood. He learned to memorise the Bible at his mother's knee and published his first poem aged ten. His lifelong fa...więcej »