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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525533283Author Joel Richard PaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615452074Author Larry FlinchpaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint J. L. Flinchpaugh Publishing CompanyPublisher J. L. Flinchpaugh Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593640231Author Christof FriedrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Liberty Bell PublicationsPublisher Liberty Bell PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312427344Author Caroline WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. But for over a century, no one knew who the...

This is the complete biography of the first African American fighter pilot, Georgia native Eugene J. Bullard (1895-1961). An accomplished professional boxer, musician, club manager, and impresario of Parisian nightlife between the World Wars, Bullard...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250050151Author Melissa M llerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Lady Arbella Stuart, claimant to the English throne, has traditionally been portrayed as either a hero or fool for marrying against King James's edict and attempting to flee from France. This is Stuart's story as she tells it in more than one hundred...

An insider's perspective on how the Abraham Accords were concluded and why they offer a way forward to a new era of peace and prosperity in the Middle East-if only they are not abandoned by the Biden Administration.This book charts the remarkable journey...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501167652Author Primo LeviFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm...

Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." It is in this simple epitaph that R.B...

Born into the famous, sometimes scandalous, theatrical clan of Colley Cibber, Charlotte was an actress destined for greatness. But she rebelled, and started dressing as a man. When her father disowned her, her life became an adventure extending from the...

This engaging new biography dispels many myths surrounding Nehru, and distinguishes between the icon he has become and the politician he actually was. Benjamin Zachariah places Nehru in the context of the issues of his time, including the central theme...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805030075Author Professor John Mack FaragherFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759657083Author Josie Levy MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 240g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609493028Author Christopher PagliucoFormat PaperbackPage Count 141Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 222mm *...

The first biography of Asenath Nicholson, Compassionate Stranger recovers the largely forgotten history of an extraordinary woman. Trained as a schoolteacher,Nicholson was involved in the abolitionist, temperance, and diet reforms of the day before she...

A biography of James Monroe who became the fifth president of the United States in 1816. Ammon recreates his remarkable career, through his service in the revolutionary army, the Confederation Congress, to his exertions in James Madison's cabinet and his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743255905Author Jane RobinsFormat HardbackPage Count 396Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 735g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789527065280Author Martin Van CreveldFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Castalia HousePublisher Castalia HouseWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to ""detect the sickness of idolatry,"" but Bernardino de Sahagun (c. 1499-1590) instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. The Franciscan monk developed a deep appreciation for Aztec...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934389041Author Bernard Aquina DoctorFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint For BeginnersPublisher For Beginners

The true and fascinating origin story of Saudia Arabia.Ibn Saud grew to manhood living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham. Equipped with immense physical courage, he fought and won...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250018984Author Krystyna ChigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Publisher Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316286008Author James Thomas FlexnerFormat HardbackPage Count 466Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Tommy Atkins is the English soldier, who joking broke the cavalry of France at Minden, who singing marched with the Great Duke to the Danube, who grumbling shattered Napoleon's dreams at Waterloo, who sweating in his red coat tramped back and forth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802124623Author Tracy BormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

The doomed love affair that united Ancient Rome & Egypt. The immortal lovers of novels, plays and films, Antony and Cleopatra were reviled by contemporary Romans, but history has transformed them into tragic heroes. Somewhere between their vilification...

David Livingstone was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire; yet his career suffered many set-backs during his own lifetime and since his death his reputation has swung between extremes of adulation and dismissal. Were his epic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624860928Author Janet BengeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint YWAM PublishingPublisher YWAM PublishingWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *...

In his time his revolutionary ideas appealed to women and he was surrounded by more than a generation of clever and forceful women. One who could say that 'life is not really a gladiators' show; it is rather a vast mothers' meeting!' could not fail to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998257006Author Pat DigeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 514Imprint Beaver's Spur Publishing, LLCPublisher Beaver's Spur Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476716503Author Laurence BergreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

In this second volume of his major work on Bunin, the neglected master of Russian letters, Thomas Marullo recreates his life in exile, chiefly in Paris, after escaping from his newly bolshevized country in 1920. Drawing from Bunin's correspondence, his...

Lord Louis Mountbatten achieved great things both in war and peace as a military leader and public servant. The First World War and its aftermath shaped his early life, in mid-career he was a victorious commander in the Second World War, and when peace...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307950390Author Lisa SeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 131mm *...

Turner's work is famous throughout the world. He transformed British landscape painting from a minor art to a highly respected one with huge power and range.. This beautifully illustrated guide looks at the man and his influences, and takes a route...

In the history of the Southwest, Pat Garrett stood tall, both physically and in legend. He was more than just a famous western sheriff, more than the slayer of the legendary Billy the Kid. While on occasion his gun was for hire, and while he was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425189887Author Richard PicciottoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Named "Man of the Millennium" in 1999, Johannes Gutenberg was the creator of one of the most influential and revolutionary inventions in Europe's history: a printing press with mechanical movable type. This development sparked the printing revolution,...