General

How does a Jewish boy who spent the bulk of his childhood on the basketball courts of Brooklyn wind up teaching in one of the city's pioneering black studies departments? Naison's odyssey begins as Brooklyn public schools respond to a new wave of Black...

In 1794 a group of Russian orthodox missionaries landed on Kodiak Island, Alaska, with the intent of preaching to native Americans, baptizing those who would accept the Christian life and developing for them both academic and agricultural schools. Of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671760397Author Joseph J VecchioneFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Fireside BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 586gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Celia Wells always felt like an outsider. Her unconventional early life was shaped by her Communist Party parents, she grew up as `town' not `gown' in Oxford, surrounded by books but living in a council house. She has uncovered an intriguing backstory...

What have a deaf nun, the mother of the first baby born to Europeans in North America, and a condemned heretic to do with one another? They are among the virtuous virgins, marvellous maidens, and fierce feminists of the Middle Ages who trail-blazed paths...

Now back in print, this life of George Eastman is the first biography since 1930 of the man who transformed the world of photography. In this revealing and informative work, Brayer shows us how such key innovations as roll film and the light, hand-held...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060510367Author John H RichardsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Following the success of Jarhead, Anthony Swofford assumed he had exorcised his military demons -- but as every veteran knows, that isn't exactly how it works. In these searing, courageous pages, Swofford struggles to make sense of what his military...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771056703Author Sid MartyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams)...

The Offaly War Dead, a comprehensive list of those from Co. Offaly who died during the First World War, is the fourth in this series, following the successful The Tipperary War Dead, The Wicklow War Dead and The Wexford War Dead. The men honoured in The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807070956Author Cordelia EdvardsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 156gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) directed the Platonic Academy in Florence, and it was the work of this Academy that gave the Renaissance in the 15th century its impulse and direction. During his childhood Ficino was selected by Cosimo de' Medici for an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994193704Author Fredrick Augustus PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Phillips, FredrickPublisher Phillips, FredrickWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578808796Author Delvin L BreauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Williams CommercePublisher Williams CommerceWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

I realized I was writing about getting sober, about coming alive, about claiming myself and uncovering these gifts that had been obscured by both outside and internal forces, about this veil of confusion and dysfunction and addiction being peeled away,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681373195Author Francoise GilotFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576333006Author Elizabeth R BurchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Two Poles Press, LLCPublisher Two Poles Press, LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621480020Author Peter SelgFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher SteinerBooks, IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781034406716Author Arabella B BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956635942Author Anne GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Adelaide Books LLCPublisher Adelaide Books LLCWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This 3-volume work forms the second in a series of monographs by Henry Noltie documenting the more important collections of Indian botanical drawings in the Library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Book 1, The Life and Work of Robert Wight,...

Old houses share their secrets only if they survive. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee McColgan commits to preserving the ramshackle Loring House, built in 1702, using period materials and methods and on a holiday deadline. But his...

"We weren't religious per se. The most frequent mention of God in our house was my mother yelling 'Goddammit!'"Elisa Bernick grew up "different" (i.e., Jewish) in the white, Christian suburb of New Hope, Minnesota during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the...

Peeling back layers of Reagan to explore his outsized values and character, Rosebush relies on what Reagan revealed to him personally, and observations while working and traveling the world with him. According to Rosebush, Reagan's story is best told...

The great stoic philosopher, playwright and Roman statesman of the first century, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, exercised enormous influence for nearly fifteen years as tutor and political advisor to the Emperor Nero until forced to commit suicide by his former...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060739942Author Steven RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 262gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244218713Author Anne CarpenterFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648762508Author Ken BrandtFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Ken BrandtPublisher Ken BrandtWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

You've likely heard of the performer Dolly Parton. But do you know where this dazzling songwriter and musician draws her roots? As one of twelve children growing up in rural Tennessee, Dolly was determined to be seen and heard. From her front porch to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632531650Author Brian DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Franciscan MediaPublisher Franciscan MediaWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 142mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985643607Author Dan AlonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Dapt'dPublisher Dapt'dWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244764401Author Harry LimeFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 8mm

This informative book guides young readers through the early life, presidency, and legacy of George Washington. The book also includes an "Issue Spotlight" special feature, several "Did You Know" facts, a table of contents, quiz questions, a glossary,...

In a world dominated by the British Empire, and at a time when many Europeans considered black people inferior, Sierra Leonean writer A. B. C. Merriman-Labor claimed his right to describe the world as he found it. He looked at the Empire's great capital...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578022543Author Nancy KominskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Metamedia CommunicationsPublisher Metamedia CommunicationsWeight(grams)...

Among the many Americans who fought to liberate Europe in 1944, some arrived on the battlefield with no combat experience while others were already veterans of the North African and Italian campaigns. This book traces the career of fifty soldiers, who,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903319980Author Hugo GlendinningFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPublisher Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Herman Yablokoff was a master of his craft. He was an actor, singer, songwriter, playwright, director, and producer in a world that has virtually disappeared.In his autobiography, Yablokoff the showman stages a vivid recreation of his times. The result...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244808778Author Doreen AshleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com