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Maurice El Medioni (born on 18 October 1928 in Oran, Algeria) is an Algerian Jewish pianist, composer and interpreter of Andalusian, Rai, Chaabi, Sephardic and Arab music. He is one of the few living artists to have performed with the great Chaabi...

The south of France, known for its beauty, perfect climate, fresh produce, excellent cuisine, fine wines and steeped in history - but what lurks behind? This is a humorous yet cautionary tale of 3 naive individuals, Abi, Marc and their daughter Beth who...

Thomas "Fats" Waller was a legendary stride pianist, a wildly entertaining comedic singer, and the composer of such classic melodies as "Honeysuckle Rose," "Ain't Misbehavin'," and hundreds more. This is the intimate, behind-the-scenes story of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648049576Author Irene ZisblattFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Dorrance Publishing Co.Publisher Dorrance Publishing Co.Weight(grams)...

This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines...

This comprehensive new study provides an original and provocative approach to Cromwell's reputation and role in the English revolution. J. C. Davis's penetrating analysis reveals Cromwell's successes and failures and offers a fascinating assessment of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804678602Author Jo GarberFormat PaperbackPage Count 303Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 293gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

Orry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed all the biggest stars, from Bette Davis to Marilyn Monroe. Yet few know who Orry-Kelly really was - until...

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For nearly forty years John Wilson travelled the length and breadth of Scotland as a school inspector. From orkney to campbeltown and Jura to Dundee, he visited hundreds of schools and met thousands of teachers and pupils. In these memoirs, first...

In the 1960s an American named John Harlin II changed the face of Alpine climbing. Harlin successfully summitted some of the most treacherous mountains in Europe. But it was the North Face of the Eiger that became Harlin's obsession. John Harlin III was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894898546Author Eric CollierFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Three women arrive in Girona, North East Spain, to attend a New Age workshop based on the mysteries of that ancient city. They have never met before. What do they have in common? They discover that they are all grandmothers who know little about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735043241Author Jean Hargadon WehnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint LogosophiaPublisher LogosophiaWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992973131Author Martin LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Gatecrasher BooksPublisher Shakspeare EditorialWeight(grams) 307gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789391234089Author Ram MadhavFormat HardbackPage Count 424Imprint Westland Publications LimitedPublisher Westland Publications LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm *...

"I propose from this day to keep an exact journal, to accustom me to set a due value on my time." For Gentleman Jack - Anne Lister - 1817 marks the end of many ambitions, and the start of the rest of her life. Her true love is gone forever; she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692635025Author Greg BishopFormat PaperbackImprint Excluded Middle PressPublisher Excluded Middle PressWeight(grams) 327g

One man's amazing story of how God protected and provided for him in the midst of the Burundian civil war and brought him to a place of grace, forgiveness and restoration. Theodore Mbazumutima was forced to flee from his native Burundi when...

Lou Andreas-Salome (1861-1937) was a writer and disciple of Freud who became a practicing analyst. For over two decades she and Freud kept up an intensive correspondence. Freud found in her a perceptive appreciater and amplifier of his ideas, and Frau...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345523976Author C. W. GortnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm)...

The units of the Waffen-SS were some of the most successful and influential combat formations produced by any country in this century. Their abilities and accomplishments, in both defense and offense, remain legendary. Finally, the commanders of these...

First book to place the art of British sculptor Lynn Chadwick in its international context. Examines in particular the reception and promotion of Chadwick's sculpture in the United States. Richly illustrated. This is the first book to set the work of...

Emile Durkheim is best known in this country as a great sociologist and methodologist. Yet it was Durkheim's reflections on morality and society that spoke most deeply of his vital concerns. In his informative introduction to this work, Robert N. Bellah...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780935216042Author Edith SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 548Imprint ICS Publications,U.S.Publisher ICS Publications,U.S.

Family has always been fertile ground for writers. To the usual familial themes, adoption adds its own potent elements: mystery, luck, the questing for origins, the yearning for a child, the importance (or not) of blood ties, and fundamental questions...

Have you ever wondered what it's like to serve in the Royal Navy or what sailors really get up to? Civvy To Matelot And Back Again tells the story of what Royal Navy service life is really like from the authorIs perspective who gave eleven years of his...

This is the story of an Irish father and his 18-year-old daughter and their 900-kilometre walk together across northern Spain along the ancient pilgrim route to the tomb of St James. Peter and Natasha's journey starts in drizzle and wind as they...

Britain is experiencing a sudden reckless rush of liberalisation, from 24 hour licensing to gay marriages. But how did we get from idolising Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier to Jordan and Peter Andre? Funny and bittersweet, Made In Brighton interweaves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420963113Author Apsley Cherry-GarrardFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

This book is based on the unpublished journals of William Schaw Lindsay (1815-1877) housed in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. From rags to riches. Born in Scotland and orphaned by the age of 10, Lindsay ran away to sea at the age of 16. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486831077Author Victoria PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945935824Author Donna L Fowler-MarchantFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Wesley's Foundery BooksPublisher Wesley's Foundery BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800743649Author D J MelvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771080197Author Leslie ScrivenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853034711Author Paul SchonbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

What's the worst that could happen? Seriously. Where do your darkest fears lie? The one that knots your gut; that you push from your mind with a prayer and a shudder. Probably your loved ones feature; your partner, parents, friends. Or, more likely, your...

Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Victor Klemperer provides a moving and thrilling account of what turned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873203897Author Peter DolingFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield PublishingWeight(grams) 999gDimensions(mm)...

The Ouse reaches into the heart of Yorkshire from the Humber Estuary. Until the 1980s, loaded barges made the challenging journey from Hull to Selby, bearing bulk cargoes for the mills of the town. The bargees had to be tough and resourceful; physically...