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This fascinating biography tells the story of nineteenth-century America through the life of one of its most charismatic and influential characters: Sojourner Truth. In an in-depth account of this amazing activist, Margaret Washington unravels Sojourner...

Writing a memoir was not only an interesting experience for this Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University, but it also provided him an opportunity to revisit his past with his sons. The author graduated from Cornell in 1953 in Engineering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773634364Author Amanda Carvery-taylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Fernwood PublishingPublisher Fernwood PublishingWeight(grams) 254g

Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a lyrical meditation on family, place, and inheritance Names for Light traverses time and memory to weigh three generations of a family's history against a painful inheritance of postcolonial violence and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528986458Author Stephen MottFormat HardbackPage Count 76Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453581926Author Rosalie WeaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 152g

Doing Time is more than just a book. It's an invitation from one of South Africa's most revered pioneers and businessmen. It is an invitation to share in the memories of a man who knows the real meaning of 'doing time'. With an added flair of humour and...

This biography examines the life and work of Gandhi within a global context, with an emphasis on how Gandhi's ideas and life shaped the 20th-century world. Gandhi: Pioneer of Nonviolent Social Change, part of the Library of World Biography Series, is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780666792624Author Lincoln Financial FoundationFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten BooksWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781665714891Author Phoebe Muga AsiyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 544g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780366308408Author Lincoln Financial Foundation CollectionFormat HardbackPage Count 54Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten BooksWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398493711Author John GittusFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398432604Author Angelique DFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

First published in 1991, Forsake Fear is the history of historians in post-war Soviet society. Nekrich, in recounting his own brave story, tells us how he dared to challenge the prevailing conformism. From his unique ad riveting vantage point, Nekrich...

By turns somber and funny but above all provocative, Elizabeth Benedict’s Rewriting Illness: A View of My Own is a most unconventional memoir. With wisdom, self-effacing wit, and the story-telling skills of a seasoned novelist, she brings to life her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780887486807Author Richard SnodgrassFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Carnegie-Mellon University PressPublisher Carnegie-Mellon University...

The eight Drummond Girls first met in 1991 at Peegeo's Food & Spirits in northern Michigan where, at the time, they were all waitresses, bartenders, or regular customers. When one of them got engaged, they celebrated with a trip to Drummond...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398407565Author John GardinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354422522Author Ravi K. Mishra Narendra ShuklaFormat HardbackPage Count 452Imprint Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdPublisher Orient Blackswan Pvt...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390961740Author Balesh JindalFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vitasta Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Vitasta Publishing Pvt.LtdDimensions(mm) 220mm *...

First published in 1951, My Dear Holmes is a biography of Sherlock Holmes, which originated from the author's re-reading of the Sherlock Holmes stories to his daughter, supplies answers to mysteries such as when was Holmes born? Which was his university?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788195678624Author B.L. VohraFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Konark Publishers Pvt.LtdPublisher Konark Publishers Pvt.Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637393161Author Shasta ClinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Focus ReadersPublisher Focus ReadersWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781314444476Author John ForsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint HardPress PublishingPublisher HardPress LtdWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781313893244Author Agnes StricklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint HardPress PublishingPublisher HardPress LtdWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398468030Author Kathryn Mary StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354423086Author Sisir K. Bose Sugata BoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdPublisher Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978824515Author Susan Oki MollwayFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786930392Author Sarah SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 156g

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The quest for freedom has always been a defining characteristic of the American people. That neither constitutionalism nor capitalism has secured complete freedom for every person is demonstrated by media announcements of slavery, oppression,...

Richard Hoggart's book, The Uses of Literacy, established his reputation as a uniquely sensitive and observant chronicler of English working-class life. This large volume vividly depicts his origins in that setting. It is an autobiographical account...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780925417640Author Camille Pavy ClaibourneFormat HardbackPage Count 149Imprint Acadian House PublishingPublisher Acadian House Publishing

A day after N. first crossed the U.S. border from Mexico, he was caught and then released onto the streets of Tijuana. Undeterred, N. crawled back through a tunnel to San Diego, where he entered the United States forever. Illegal: Reflections of an...

Venturing into Usefulness, the second volume of The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, documents the experience of this major American historical figure, intellectual, social activist, and author between June 1881, when at twenty-one she had just graduated...

A startling record of the Jazz Age through the eyes of one of its memorable figuresBetween 1922 and 1930, Carl Van Vechten--one of the most significant figures of the Harlem Renaissance--kept a daily record of his activities. The records recount his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789350330623Author John DrinkwaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Maple PressPublisher Maple Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937721022Author Evelyn ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Peter E. Randall PublisherPublisher Peter E. Randall PublisherWeight(grams) 417g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928232568Author The Life Righting CollectiveFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Jacana Media (Pty) LtdPublisher Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911343844Author Andrew KenrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint UEA Publishing ProjectPublisher UEA Publishing ProjectWeight(grams) 135g