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His appointment as archbishop coincided with the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). Inspired by the Vatican sessions he attended, he strove for the spiritual renewal of the people of his diocese, becoming a clear and constant voice of the Church in...

A rich, anecdotal memoir that adds a personal dimension to the major events in recent Quebec historyA rich, anecdotal memoir that adds a personal dimension to the major events in recent Quebec historyAbout the AuthorAlex K. Paterson is co-chair, McGill...

From the preface: "Stephen Leacock is still often regarded as a writer of lightweight amusements and unchallenging satire, as an author without an imaginative centre who lacked a vision of sufficient power and clarity to sustain a lifetime of serious...

When Charles Clarke settled in Elora, Ontario, in 1848 he joined the ranks of the province's radical reformers, becoming a vigorous critic of everything in Canada that smacked of the old regime - rank, privilege, and monopoly - and an enthusiastic...

Subcommander Marcos made his debut on the world stage on January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect. At dawn, from a town-hall balcony he announced that the Zapatista Army of National Liberation had seized several towns...

This reader collects sixty of the personal essays, critical articles, and other seminal works of Addison Gayle Jr., one of the most influential figures in African American literary criticism and a key pioneer in the Black Arts/Black Aesthetic Movement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616204228Author Isabel VincentFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Algonquin BooksPublisher Algonquin BooksDimensions(mm) 177mm * 127mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580084413Author Barbara HodgsonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859651400Author Dave ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

This is a biographical study of Arthur Rimbaud's "lost years", the years after he turned his back on poetry, fame and France, for a life of wandering and obscurity in the wilds of East Africa. Charles Nicholl pieces together the story of Rimbaud's life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780091897864Author Andrew CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Time Out Group LtdPublisher Crimson PublishingWeight(grams) 356g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911505679Author Enton BarefootFormat PaperbackPage Count 179Imprint Goldcrest Books Int LtdPublisher Goldcrest Books Int Ltd

"Growing Up in the Gorbals" describes Ralph Glasser's impoverished childhood and adolescence in Glasgow's slum tenements. "Gorbals Boy at Oxford" takes him, with a scholarship, to Oxford; into the army; and back to wartime Oxford. With "Gorbals Voices",...

The British Army's SAS - the Special Air Service - is recognized as one of the world's premier special operations units. During the Gulf War, deep behind Iraqi lines, an SAS team was compromised. A fierce firefight ensued, and the eight men were forced...

Born Maurice Micklewhite, son of a Billingsgate fish porter and a charlady, Michael Caine's life has been an extraordinary rollercoaster: from washing dishes and fighting on National Service, to winning two Oscars and being knighted by the Queen. With...

'AN EXCEPTIONAL READ' - Motor Cycle News'STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RIDING [...] A MUST-READ FOR ALL BIKE NUTS' - DAILY MIRROR'At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful. When you're racing at 180mph,...

When Jane Yeadon decided that she wanted to become a nurse, the Swinging Sixties had arrived in style. But before her training the nearest she got to anything swinging was the udder of the cow on their farm in the north-east of Scotland. It was time to...

Featuring beautifully illustrated portraits and profiles, 50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World is a tribute to queer ground breakers who changed the face of music and popular culture. LGBTQ+ musicians have been pushing for change since the 1920s,...

Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times'Enthralling' Daily TelegraphFor more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of those...

Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin's teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve's case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936236817Author Gwen SouthgateFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

This life of Reginald Farrer offers a window on the opulence and drama of Edwardian horticulture. "Half-poet, half-botanist", as Vita Sackville West described him, he was active during the last great age of plant-hunters, inspiring generations of...

Don Camsell joined the men in black of the SBS in 1974. From the deserts of Oman to the hills of Port Stanley, from the bottom of Gibraltar harbour to the deep, cold, black waters of Loch Long and from the QE2 to the back alleys of Belfast, his new role...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456872144Author Harold LambertFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

"I dined yesterday at Mrs Garrick's with Mrs Carter, Miss Hannah More and Miss Fanny Burney. Three such women are not to found; I know not where I could find a fourth, except Mrs Lennox, who is superiour to them all." --Samuel Johnson Dr. Johnson...

Take That have acheived the biggest comeback in British pop history...and it seems they are only just beginning. In November 2008, Take That announced a summer tour for 2009 - yet even by their own remarkable standards, the frenzy for tickets...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916105423Author Mark PlayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Paper Pen ScreenPublisher Paper Pen ScreenWeight(grams) 225gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm...

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior is one of the most iconic players in football, a superstar for Barcelona FC and the greatest name in modern-day Brazilian sport. His journey to the peak of world football has been extraordinary: from a childhood spent on the...

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner of the Rubery Book Award 2020 (Non Fiction) Edith Nesbit is considered the inventor of the children's adventure story and her brilliant children's books influenced bestselling authors including C.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432797010Author Leslie HunterPage Count 296Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781326293536Author John CowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955189302Author Marion SoepFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Marion SoepPublisher Marion Soep

Texas is the honorary home of roadhouse music and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan its uncrowned king. More than just a biography and musical exploration of Stevie Ray Vaughan ERoadhouse BluesE tells the stories of the great Texan musicians that came before...

A runaway bestseller in France, But You Did Not Come Back is the deeply moving memoir of a survivor of the Holocaust. 'I was quite a cheerful person, you know, in spite of what happened to us.' In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline...

The double-Grammy-winning singer-songwriter with the shocking pink hair has now been a regular fixture on the world's charts since 2000, hitting the heights with the searing autobiographical pop/rock of "Missundaztood". She released her fifth album in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780849944222Author Gracia BurnhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Word Publishing,USPublisher Word Publishing,USWeight(grams) 389gDimensions(mm) 140mm...

Mary's inheritance gave her both the Scottish throne in 1542, when she was only six days old, and a claim to the English throne that would lead to her death. It gave her an upbringing in France, cultural and intellectual centre of Europe, where she...

Desde Shakespeare y Jane Austen hasta Gabriel Garcia Marquez y Toni Morrison, descubre mas de 100 biografias de los mejores escritores del mundo. Presentado con un impresionante retrato de cada novelista, dramaturgo o poeta destacado, las entradas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979131509Author Kevin ReevesFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Lighthouse Trails PublishingPublisher Lighthouse Trails PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637554517Author David BarronFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Mascot BooksPublisher Mascot BooksWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 156mm * 24mm