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John G. Paton's thrilling autobiography relates a life spent as a missionary among the cannibal peoples of the South Sea Islands, and the education and development he helped bring to those remote isles. Born in Scotland to a religious family of rural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528978002Author John H StainesFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

I'm not that kind of boy," Jack angrily wrote to Lem after his friend made a sexual advance. But Jack didn't end the relationship. From the time John F. Kennedy and Kirk LeMoyne Lem" Billings met at Choate, until the President's assassination thirty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800990388Author Rhodri JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Experience the Rome that changed and inspired Elizabeth Gilbert to write the international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love. When Luca Spaghetti (yes, that's really his name) was asked to show Elizabeth around Rome he had no idea how his life was about to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451655599Author Bob WoodwardFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Jewish Book Award (Sephardic Culture) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780955709500Author Violette ShamashFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Forum Books...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995629981Author Greg ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Ouen PressPublisher Ouen PressWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645307207Author Kerry AlderuccioFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Kerry Alderuccio- Psychic MediumPublisher Kerry Alderuccio- Psychic...

A story about the author growing up at sea, set against the ever present background of ships and the beauty of the oceans; a tale of ambition, adversity and dealing with prejudice. Ten years of adventure starting with two years on a Spartan training...

'Exquisitely written and wonderfully readable - There are tears, laughter and filial tenderness on every page of Tim Jeal's perfect gem of a book.' Val Hennessy, Daily MailAn exquisite and moving portrait of a deeply eccentric father. Tim Jeal's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956175526Author Denise TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Brook House PressPublisher Brook House PressWeight(grams) 415g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899262021Author Francis WheenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Golden Duck (UK) LtdPublisher Golden Duck (UK) Ltd

Leo Bersani is an eminent literary critic whose influential work spans half a century. His vast, in many ways unclassifiable, oeuvre has traversed and blurred the boundaries of the disciplines of modern French literature, literary criticism,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398459960Author Debonico Aleski Brandy-WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451612097Author DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Howard BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 260gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 139mm * 20mm

Forget everything you thought you knew about Henry the Eighth. While Henry VIII has frequently been portrayed as a womanizer, author Philippa Jones reveals a new side to his character. Although he was never faithful, Jones sees him as a serial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820476452Author Maria Grazia PernisFormat HardbackPage Count 181Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 430g

Jack Kerouac-"King of the Beats," unwitting catalyst for the'60s counterculture, ground-breaking author-was a complex and compelling man: a star athlete with a literary bent a spontaneous writer vilified by the New Critics but adored by a large, youthful...

Longtime sportswriter Adam L. Jahns explores the living history of the team, counting down from number fifty to number one. This dynamic and comprehensive book brings to life the iconic franchise's remarkable story, including greats like Ditka, Payton,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400030729Author H. W. BrandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 516gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

During his 13 year career between 1955 and 1968, Paul Chambers was one of the leading double bass players in jazz, performing with a wide variety of artists and a range of the music's sub-genres and recording over 300 LPs for labels such as Blue Note,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679602378Author Truman CapoteFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 193mm *...

These journals offer insight into the quiet, intimate side of Father Alexander Schmemann. They witness to the magnitude of his heart and humanity. Translated and edited by his wife, the abridged journals reveal his recollections and experiences, and...

In August, 2005, Tomaz Humar was trapped on a narrow ledge at 5900 metres on the formidable Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat. He had been attempting a new route, directly up the middle of the highest mountain face in the world - solo. After six days he was out...

Baroness Kunigunde von Richthofen originally published Mein Kriegstagebuch (My War Diary) in 1937, at a time when tales of heroes of the First World War inspired the youth of a country being prepared for a second war. Mother of Eagles is the culmination...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061189425Author William SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 654g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800160354Author Sid KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807070871Author Nancy MairsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838326807Author Sandy ThomsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Sandy ThomsonPublisher Sandy ThomsonWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060972950Author Joseph CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 112g

'A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man' - Graham Farmelo, award-winning author of The Strangest ManA new and dynamic reappraisal of Winston Churchill, and his...

'A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man' - Graham Farmelo, award-winning author of The Strangest ManA new and dynamic reappraisal of Winston Churchill, and his...

Best remembered for his role as the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical The Wizard of Oz, Ray Bolger led a rich and extraordinary career in the decade before and more than four decades after the creation of the film. Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow is...

The memoirs of the legendary Skorzeny appear here in its first unabridged English edition. Skorzeny's fame began with the successful raid to free Benito Mussolini from the Gran Sasso, Italy in 1943. His elite commandos surprised Italian guards in a...

The inspirational true story of one man overcoming enormous odds - including sexual abuse from his alcoholic mother - to choose his own path in life and become a truly exceptional human being. From the age of four David Thomas was sexually...

The inspirational true story of one man overcoming enormous odds - including sexual abuse from his alcoholic mother - to choose his own path in life and become a truly exceptional human being. From the age of four David Thomas was sexually...

Based on exclusive interviews with the United Nations Secretary-General himself, this is the first book to explain how Antonio Guterres thinks and operates, in an era of renewed great power competition and rising nationalism. The UN leader was re-elected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944967246Author Andrew Stephen DamickFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Ancient Faith PublishingPublisher Ancient Faith PublishingWeight(grams)...

Ronnie Whelan was a mainstay of the iconic 1980s Liverpool FC side that won six League Championships, two FA Cups, three League Cups as well an unforgettable European Cup. Under the management of Kenny Dalglish, Whelan and his club team mates, including...