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This exciting book highlights the biographies of several prominent figures who started down the road to success as adolescents or teenagers. Many of us are familiar with Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Edison……続きを見る

J.W. McConnell (1877-1963), born to a poor farming family in Ontario, became one of the wealthiest and most powerful businessmen of his generation - in Canada and internationally. Early in his caree……続きを見る

This is the complete edition, originally published in 1893. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Pepys, (23 February 1633 - 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who i……続きを見る

This book is a controversial new biography of the apostle Paul that argues for his inclusion in the pantheon of key figures of classical antiquity, along with the likes of Socrates, Alexander the Gr……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A heartwarming gift for the holidaysーa powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation. “When I w……続きを見る

From Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Rick Atkinson (The Liberation Trilogy) comes an eyewitness account of the war against Iraq and a vivid portrait of a remarkable group of soldiers. "……続きを見る

Sensation Fair: Tales of Prague by Egon Erwin Kisch (translated from the German by Guy Endore, 121,000 words) Sensation Fair: Tales of Prague (Marktplatz der Sensationen) is the memoir of the writer……続きを見る

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History “A richly textured portrait of a fascinating, complex man . . . Faragher's work is unique.” ーSan Francisco Chronicle In the first and most rel……続きを見る

This story was experienced by Eric Kreye as a child. Although the story is directed primarily to Junior boys and girls, the hearts of many young parents have been captured as well. The authors have……続きを見る

A biographic sketch of the German that came to America and became the richest American of his time through fur trading and real estate investments. 続きを見る

Heroism is found in many forms and sometimes in the most unlikely places Australian Shane Horsburgh spent years immersed in the chaotic, adrenaline-fuelled world of high-risk policing and counterter……続きを見る

Hannibal was one of the greatest military commanders in history. During the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, he led a ragtag army out of Iberia, on an epic march over the Pyrenees and Alp……続きを見る

From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrat……続きを見る

A devastating disaster at sea . . . an officer who refuses to hide the truth. . . a courtroom confrontation with far-reaching implications . . . The Perfect Storm meets A Civil Action in a gripping ……続きを見る

‘I was in constant pain. My back had been bitten and torn by one of those crazy animals. Boiling water had been slowly poured over parts of my body and the skin was blistering and peeling off. I wa……続きを見る

A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service in the Vietnam Warーand ahead to America’s future. Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came unde……続きを見る

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'A remarkable book . . . brilliant comic writing' THE TIMES 'An enthralling picture of family life . . . devotion to Gerald, the man' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Du Maurie……続きを見る

The real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey, Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle and the life of one of its most famous ……続きを見る

"Från Fjerdingen och Svartbäcken" är en novellsamling av August Strindbergs från 1877. I "Från Fjerdingen och Svartbäcken" skriver Strindberg om……続きを見る

Six men of the Elite Navy SEAL Team have been specially selected for a mission in Southeast Asia where an extremist organization is set to create a new political party and religion to get rid of the……続きを見る

Biography of Mary Upton Ferrin, credited with taking the first step for Woman Suffrage in Massachusetts. To Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage 1920-1995. 続きを見る

Mayday. Mayday. Mayday . . . Every member of the Goldfish Club has been forced to broadcast these terrifying words from a stricken aircraft, making them one of the most unusual fellowships in the wo……続きを見る

In Fighting the Flying Circus, Captain Rickenbacker recounts his combat missions against the Germans in the skies over Europe during WWI. 続きを見る

With the Nanaimo River on Vancouver Island as a back-drop, the author paints a vivid picture of the lifestyle, values and attitudes of a community of hard-working, country people in this true story ……続きを見る

This is the autobiography of Dietrich W. Geschke, who was born in pre-war East Prussia. Kept along with his mother and sister on Russian collective farms in post-war Kaliningrad Oblast (pre-war East……続きを見る

Folk legend Johnny Appleseed was a real person, John Chapman, born in Leominster, MA and brought up in Longmeadow, MA. His bursiness plan took him to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana where he set up ……続きを見る

Cuando Napoleón Bonaparte entró en la ciudad de Varsovia, una muchacha se aproximó a él y le extendió una carta donde abogaba por los derechos de su país. Era María Walewska, una joven polaca cuya b……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You and Gallipoli Sniper. In The Price of Valour award-winning journalist John Hamilton gives us an extraordinary insight into the life of a ……続きを見る

THERE'S A WAR TO BE WON is the landmark story of one of the greatest armies in history, a conscript force of amateur soldiers who had an unparalleled record of combat success. Here -- for the first ……続きを見る

Alternatively titled - "Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java,Singapore, Australia and China", published in London in 1846, was written by the author G.F. Davidson of Hull, Eng……続きを見る