For the first time, in NO LAUGHING MATTER, Norman Hudis, who wrote the first six Carry On movies, reveals his hitherto secret, decades-long and quixotic writing-activity since he left the series. It……続きを見る
著者:Kathleen Sharp
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年08月28日
“Blood Feud rivals A Civil Action for best non-fiction book of the past twenty years.” ー John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of Damage
Procrit seemed like a biotech miracle, promising……続きを見る
著者:Ron Chernow
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2012年01月18日
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestselling author of Alexander Hamilton, the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical, comes this definitive biography of the Warburgs, one of the great German-Jewis……続きを見る
The view 16-year-old Thomas Osborne first had of Muskoka was at night, trudging alone with his even younger brother along unmarked primitive roads to find their luckless father who, in 1875, had dec……続きを見る
Elibron Classics. Replica of 1907 edition by Gay and Bird, London. This edition is published in 4 volumes sold separately. This is an illustrated edition. Volume 2: From the beginning of the Consula……続きを見る
著者:Willis, Jim
出版社: Infinity Publishing
発売日: 2012年02月17日
Pieces of My Heart is a soulful, heartfelt tribute to animals and a plea for compassion. As you immerse yourself in its truths youll reach for the nearest animal to hug, youll smile through tears, a……続きを見る
Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645) is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history; unfortunately, our modern portrait of this folk hero is derived mainly from popular books, comics, a……続きを見る
When real money is at stake, it tends to clarify the mind, and for over a decade, Anne-Marie Fink has had literally billions of dollars resting on her assessments of companies. As an equity analyst ……続きを見る
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes an original introduction for each leader.*Includes a bibliography for each leader.*Includes a Table of ContentsDespite the fact t……続きを見る
Welcome to the world of football-mad Troy Brown, a typical fifteen-year-old, with a loving family, a tight-knit group of friends, and a nice house in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Materially, he has a……続きを見る
著者:Anatole Konstantin
出版社: University of Missouri Press
発売日: 2008年04月28日
Many children growing up in the Soviet Union before World War II knew the meaning of deprivation and dread. But for the son of an “enemy of the people,” those apprehensions were especially compounde……続きを見る
Joe Castiglione is one of a few select announcers whose voice harkens fans back to the home field of their favorite team. After 30 years, his commentary has become as much a part of Boston Red Sox l……続きを見る
著者:Winston Groom
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年11月08日
A thrilling re-creation of a crucial campaign in the Mexican-American War and a pivotal moment in America's history.
In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, ……続きを見る
著者:Marion Winik
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2009年09月09日
Child Magazine Best Book of the Year
"For me, parenting is like dieting. Every day, I wake up filled with resolve and good intentions, perfection in view, and every day I somehow stray from the path……続きを見る
In 1910, at only 12 years old Marie Delos leaves Paris for Montana with her mother, having arranged to meet up with a cousin. She tells the story of her incredibly hard life, in the middle of a spe……続きを見る
Liza Goddard is one of the country’s best loved and hardest working actresses, but few people know the real woman behind the ‘dizzy blonde’ image. In this much-anticipated autobiography, Liza talks ……続きを見る
As seen in the hit documentary Three Identical Strangers • “[A] poignant memoir of twin sisters who were split up as infants, became part of a secret scientific study, then found each other as adult……続きを見る
Secrets Buried Beneath the Family Tree It started with an innocent hobby night of genealogy, but what prizewinning author David Haward Bain discovered that night and over the next feverish days of d……続きを見る
著者:Helen Keller
出版社: The Floating Press
発売日: 2013年09月26日
Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life, tells of her early life and of her experiences with Annie Sullivan, her teacher and companion. It was first published in 1903. Keller was the firs……続きを見る
The youngest of a large Norwegian immigrant family, Gudrun Thue Sandvold was known for her beaming blue eyes and a reserve that gave way to laughter whenever she got together with her sisters. She t……続きを見る
Katie's memories of her childhood were patchy. She'd always remembered her father's physical abuse, his anger and violence. But there was a lot she had forgotten. And, at the age of 24, after the bi……続きを見る
著者:Thomas P. Slaughter
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年12月18日
This provocative work challenges traditional accounts of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition across the continent and back again. Uncovering deeper meanings in the explorers’ journals an……続きを見る
Livingstone's 1840s expedition into Africa, the "Dark Continent", caught the public's imagination. In 1864 he returned to Africa and all but disappeared. Public interest ran so high, that in 1869 th……続きを見る
This is a collection of personal essays about a typical Midwestern family in the mid-twentieth century. The family of four daughters and a mother and father enjoyed life in a big house, but life was……続きを見る
The Ramones were the hard-hitting New York punk band that erupted in nervy 1974 when a serial killer terrorised the city and civic bankruptcy loomed.
From their beginnings in Queens and the burgeoni……続きを見る
Edwin Hubble : The Expanding Universe (A Short Biography for Children)
Astronomer Edwin Hubble revolutionized the field of astrophysics. His research helped prove that the universe is expanding, and……続きを見る
著者:Martha Rhodes
出版社: The Pushpin Press
発売日: 2013年05月17日
3,000 Pulses Later: A Memoir of Surviving Depression Without Medication describes how, as a successful advertising executive, wife, and mother with a seemingly ideal life, Martha Rhodes succumbed to……続きを見る
Truffles, the celebrity tabby cat of mature years (it would be far too impolite to state her exact age here), puts pen to paper once again to share her unique and delightfully amusing observations o……続きを見る
著者:Michael Farquhar
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2003年07月01日
Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. Fr……続きを見る
著者:Miranda Carter
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年03月23日
In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together……続きを見る