A titan of the Victorian age, Sir Richard Francis Burton was a scholar, linguist, explorer, and swordsman - and was feted as one of the most important British polymaths ever to have lived.więcej »
It all started with a bet thrown down by my husband, Jimmy. If I ran thirteen miles, I could bring home our first family dog-any kind of dog I wanted. The perfect dog.Like ever...więcej »
Considered one of Marx’s most profound monographs and a brilliant history of the proletariat, this 1852 essay—which originally appeared in Die Revolution magazine—is Marx’s commentary on the 1851 F...więcej »
Steve Klem was a legend in the Florida Keys. Given the nickname "The Pied Piper of Pennekamp Park" by Skin Diver Magazine, he trained and hand-fed the park's underwater inhabitants, which included ...więcej »
Are you ready to leave the hurts of your past behind you where it belongs? Are you willing to allow yourself, to live a life filled with peace, joy and happiness?For as long as we are bre...więcej »
It Began in a Simple Garden . . . and Led to a Spiritual Path. Susan West Kurz's earliest memories began in a garden, where she nurtured herbs and colorful flowers, n...więcej »
Are you still trying to figure out what went wrong with your life? Was it a job loss that started the downward spiral you feel helpless to escape? Was it divorce? Was it abuse? Perha...więcej »
As Far As The I Can See is a fast-paced memoir set in a top-rated hotel in the Yucatan jungle, Mexico.The crazy year begins after the author heads to help her friends Molly and Luis Felip...więcej »
This true story follows the remarkable and unlikely friendship that develops between two strangers - a London housewife bringing up four children and a British prisoner incarcerated in Thailand....więcej »
Reading Hunting the Way it Was is like lingering around a campfire 50 miles deep in the Snag River country, or at Wolf Lake, and hearing the fascinating and entertaining stories told by...więcej »
At age five, Marcia Meier was hit by a car, losing the left side of her face and eyelid. Over the next fifteen years she underwent twenty surgeries and spent days blinded by bandages, her hands ...więcej »
Let this author take you back with a couple memories to an earlier, wilder Kodiak, Alaskawhen the seafood industry was booming and the town never went to sleep, when trappers were popular and...więcej »
Every story begins before the story begins, and not surprisingly, so does Sheila's. She didn't have any idea of this until Adam was six years old. That was in 1993. But the story begins twent...więcej »
"For years my life had been a string of temporary work in factories and call centres or unemployed. Approaching 30 and disillusioned with life in Glasgow, I sold everything I ha...więcej »
It was September 1947 when Jackie found the old brown suitcase on her bed, packed with a few clothes and her beloved toy rabbit. Gran informed her she was going to residential school and they'd be...więcej »
White Picket Monsters tells the story of a young girl growing up in a house of horrors - a house brimming with shocking family secrets of manipulation, sexu...więcej »
If Amy Winehouse was a car, and life was a highway, her biggest mistake was never applying the brakes. Yet why and how did the song 'Rehab' stop being a multi-million selling work of genius and sta...więcej »
Have you ever wished you could run away and leave your life behind? Born on the "Day of the Wanderer," Lisa Dailey has always been filled with wanderlust. Although she and her husband had planne...więcej »