"Do you know what I keep thinking? When I get out of here, I'm going to find a tall tree with a beautiful view. I'm going to climb that tree and bring a bottle of vodka with me. I don't think ab...więcej »
TWO BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE AND BOTH EMINENTLY WORTH THE PURCHASE...After 50 years as an Australian diplomat, UN official, intelligence analyst, academic and company director working i...więcej »
Born in 1914 just prior to WWI in a small town in Austria, a young Valerie is determined to escape the modest background of her family. Early twentieth-century convention and financial circumsta...więcej »
"A vivid, thoughtful, and openhearted pilgrim's tale of regeneration, Toward Beauty will charm and move you and make you laugh." -Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Roomwięcej »
Some people seem to have all of life's advantages, and others, like Berdie Gehring, face struggle after struggle. Starting with an abusive father and the...więcej »
My father was just born during the Chinese feudal dynasty was falling apart. The education he received could be both Chinese and Western, with encyclopedic ...więcej »
Why would Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, say that the world, especially Catholics, need to read this story of redemption? Why would he claim that Transfiguredwięcej »
A story of love, loss, family and discovery - a story of life on a trapline in the Far North. "Bob Harte was well-known to those of us in the trapping community long before he became an internat...więcej »
In this little volume, Friend draws on his courage and talks about a grim father-son relationship, sexuality, differences and the dangers of trying to conform, religion and nervous breakdowns - ...więcej »
Eighteen stories that will educate, entertain and impart lessons on personal branding.In Digital, we fixate on future-proofing, forecasting and iterating for further fortunes. ...więcej »
Ana Montes appeared to be a model employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Known to her coworkers as the Queen of Cuba, she was an overachiever who advanced quickly through the ranks of Latin A...więcej »
Hundreds of movies and thousands of books have been written about the heroes of World War II. For dozens of years, however, few people knew about one of the greatest heroes of the war—a mi...więcej »
Twelve Years a Slave is a 19th century memoir by American Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man born free in New York state, tells how he was tricked to go to Washington, D.C., where he was kidn...więcej »
Solomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground slave pen. Northup was transported by ship to New Orleans wh...więcej »