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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800742963Author William A. PollardFormat PaperbackPage Count 239Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541545007Author Carlyn BecciaFormat HardbackImprint Carolrhoda Books (R)Publisher Carolrhoda Books (R)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800160897Author Ernst von SimsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 329Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersWeight(grams) 130g

The first full-length autobiography in Bengali, Amar Jiban (My Life) was written in the early nineteenth century by an upper-caste rural housewife named Rashundari Debi. Published in 1868 when she was eighty-eight years old, the book is a fascinating...

One day I found myself alone, with three daughters. There was no turning back, the future was uncertain, and the present was terrifying. Clarity was gone. My castle was down to the ground, with no money, no friends, no patrimony, and endless debts. ...

On Black Bartholomew's Day-August 24, 1662-nearly two thousand ministers denied the authority of the Church of England and were subsequently removed from their posts. Mary Franklin was the wife of Presbyterian minister Robert Franklin, one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398438859Author Jack WoodsideFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390679959Author Kaveree BamzaiFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Westland Publications LimitedPublisher Westland Publications LimitedWeight(grams)...

Inspiring life wisdom from people of all ages-based on the This I Believe radio program The popular This I Believe series, which has aired on NPR and on Bob Edwards' shows on Sirius XM Satellite and public radio, explores the personal beliefs and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999588420Author Chad JudiceFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Acadian House PublishingPublisher Acadian House PublishingWeight(grams) 249g

Oral histories of Mexican farm workers in the Philadelphia region.Book InformationISBN 9780971299665Author Mark LyonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint New City Community PressPublisher New City Community Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888395627Author Ernest SipesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853036135Author Lewis StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853035220Author Barbara EsserFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co...

From the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, George Santayana was a highly esteemed and widely read writer of philosophy, poetry, essays, memoirs, and even a best-selling novel, The Last Puritan. After a period of relative neglect,...

It is remarkable how persistent a "minor" writer may be. He may lack the large vision and universal message of the great writer, but instead possess a clear, true, intense view of particular places, peoples, and situations that renders his work...

Judy Garland is a true Hollywood icon. A legend. Her remarkable 45-year career in show business began at the age of two, when she performed on stage as the diminutive member of the singing trio the Gumm Sisters. By the age of thirteen, she was under...

'Flak jackets are dreadful things. Sure, they have a purpose, and if one ever stopped a bullet or piece of shrapnel from spearing into my vital organs, I would kiss it, hang it up, and frame it. But that hasn't happened, yet.'For almost ten years Peter...

Dorothea Dix was the most politically engaged woman of her generation, which was itself a remarkable tapestry of activists. An influential lobbyist as well as a paragon of the doctrine of female benevolence, she vividly illustrated the complexities of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780639937809Author Harvey TysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Publishing Print MattersPublisher Publishing Print MattersWeight(grams) 154g

These seventh and eighth volumes of Farrington's diary chronicle a period of troubled time for the Royal Academy and record political events such as the battle of Trafalgar and the death of Pitt and Fox.Book InformationISBN 9780300027686Author Joseph...

Joseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist who lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and...

Inspired by the Hank Williams and Leadbelly recordings he heard as a teenager growing up outside of Boston, Jim Rooney began a musical journey that intersected with some of the biggest names in American music including Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Bill...

This compact introduction to the life and works of composer Elliott Carter provides a fresh perspective on one of the most significant American composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A leading voice of the American classical music...

Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne's only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Raised among luminaries such as Thoreau, Emerson, and the Beecher family, Julian became a promising novelist in...

Did Darwin see evolution as progressive, directed toward producing ever more advanced forms of life? Most contemporary scholars say no. In this challenge to prevailing views, Robert J. Richards says yes--and argues that current perspectives on Darwin and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060688240Author Sheldon VanaukenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...

Dr Goh Keng Swee's public career spanned two eventful decades. He was a founding member of Singapore's ruling political party, and played a significant role in creating and shaping the destiny of Singapore today. His areas of responsibility were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390327065Author Hari KhemkaFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaDimensions(mm) 230mm * 150mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389648492Author Wajahat HabibullahFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint Westland Publications LimitedPublisher Westland Publications LimitedDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988168425Author Louella LesterFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint At Bay PressPublisher At Bay PressWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922235275Author John RickardFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 278g

What is the purpose of my life? What is friendship? What is faith? These universal questions, which are especially relevant to young adults, form the heart of this compelling story, told through real letters and diary entries. Anni, who grows from her...

Largely a facsimile edition of the original 1991 publication with revised preliminary pages, including a new Foreword by the editor and translator. In Greek and English.Book InformationISBN 9781912788101Author Mary B. CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Wilma and Georg Iggers came from different backgrounds, Wilma from a Jewish farming family from the German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia, Georg from a Jewish business family from Hamburg. They both escaped with their parents from Nazi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786937773Author Catherine RaynerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Lt. Benjamin Loring (1824-1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor. He commanded no armies and devised no grand strategies. Loring was a sailor who just wanted to return home, where the biggest story of his life awaited him. Covering almost...

The rise of Adolf Hitler, America's Great Depression in the heartland, the bombing of Pearl Harbour, American life following World War II, the Korean War, America's development of atomic weapons in the Cold War age, the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban...

Louis Ferdinand Celine (the pseudonym of Louis Destouches) was a famous novelist and ferocious anti-Semitic pamphleteer who rose to fame before Hitler, but perfectly represented the fascist mind-set that swept across Europe between 1932 and 1944. Never a...

Tens of millions of Americans either suffer from Alzheimer's or care for someone who does. In a single generation, that number will triple. Jeanne Murray Walker's memoir speaks with compassionate wisdom about the gifts that wait to be discovered even in...