From Muhammad Ali to Abe Lincoln, as well as the homeless, the poems of Neal Donohue critique American culture from past to its future showing that love and dedication conquers despair.
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* Quirky, engaging book about the hot topic of sustainable foods
* Combines adventure with locavorism
* Delves into iconic Nor……続きを見る
著者:Nahal Tajadod
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2010年03月04日
A wry and humorous account of the author's quest to get her Iranian passport renewed. She embarks on a bizarre and circuitous journey, meeting a colourful cast of characters along the way: two photo……続きを見る
The phenomenal New York Times bestseller Shooter captures a professional sniper's life, both on the battlefield--where he has racked up more than 60 confirmed kills--and off.
Jack Coughlin is the Ma……続きを見る
One of the defining rock groups of the 20th Century, Thin Lizzy began life in Dublin in 1969 when childhood friends Phil Lynott and Brian Downey were approached by two former members of Van Morrison……続きを見る
For over a century, the entire world has been enshrouded with many mental acquisitiveness, newfangled hypothesis, and unexplainable apologues, governing the things that actually transpires behind th……続きを見る
Ladies Figure Skating: the premiere event at the Olympic Games. In February of 2010, Vancouver plays Olympic host as determined athletes make their run for their place in history. Among those athlet……続きを見る
¿Biografía apócrifa, novela testimonial?; ¿una elegía, un manifiesto al borde del hacha, un testamento? Lihn, la muerte sigue los pasos en la vida y, particularmente, en la muerte de Enrique Lihn, e……続きを見る
A young girl shares her version of what she saw and experienced during the Great Depression. Through her eyes, we witness how gender roles, family relationships, financial status, spiritual struggle……続きを見る
著者:Douglas Whynott
出版社: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
発売日: 2004年11月24日
Chuck Shaw is a vanishing breed--an old-style veterinarian with a quarter of a century of experience who runs a "mixed practice" in rural New Hampshire, treating everything from house cats to milk c……続きを見る
Looking for an escape from childhood abuse, Reymundo Sanchez turned away from school and baseball to drugs, alcohol, and then sex, and was left to fend for himself before age 14. The Latin Kings, on……続きを見る
From the author of the modern classic The Knitting Sutra comes an inspiring and colorful narrative on knitting through one’s darkest hours.
Susan Gordon Lydon’s groundbreaking book The Knitting Sutr……続きを見る
著者:Douglas Allen
出版社: Reaktion Books
発売日: 2011年11月15日
The idea of nonviolent resistance is still as essential and almost as radical today as it was when Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) first pioneered in India the protest of political tyrannyーin his case a……続きを見る
Judy MacDonnell recounts her experiences working as a Physical Therapist for the largest oil company in the world, in Saudi Arabia.
Prepare to walk down the dusty streets of Al Khobar. Hold your bre……続きを見る
Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Kraft, Kellogg. Nowh……続きを見る
著者:Random House
出版社: Random House of Canada
発売日: 2011年09月27日
An e-book original inspired by the vision of late NDP leader Jack Layton with short, personal essays by a diverse line-up of Canadian writers and activists.
HOPE IS BETTER THAN FEAR reflects upon an……続きを見る
著者:Orlando Cepeda
出版社: Taylor Trade Publishing
発売日: 1998年10月14日
Orlando Cepeda enjoyed a stellar baseball career in the late fifties and throughout the sixties, but after it ended in the mid-seventies, his life fell apart. In Baby Bull, Cepeda shares his story f……続きを見る
When Barack Obama became America's 44th -- and first black -- President, the world rejoiced. Obama remains the most popular government leader anywhere -- except in his own country. There, his approv……続きを見る
Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Kellogg, Gerber. Now……続きを見る
The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Although he was an important con……続きを見る
William Randolph I, the family patriarch, settled in Virginia around 1670 and gradually acquired tobacco plantations and vast land holdings. Powerful friends, such as British Governor Berkeley, enha……続きを見る
Who is Samuel Longfellow? Most people have not heard of him, and those who recognize his name know him as the brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The few that are familiar with Samuel Longfellow ……続きを見る
著者:Dave Donahue
出版社: Dave Donahue
発売日: 2014年03月08日
This book is a life story of a man who grew up in a biker town in San Diego California born in 1963. In this book, this man's life is put under the microscope from childhood to present day. He endur……続きを見る
In 1946 ominous clouds are gathering on the narrow horizon of Lupoaia (Valley of the Wolves), a little village in Transylvania, where traditions, steeped in prejudice and superstition, have endured ……続きを見る
The Author, David O'Dell shares his true story on how he met his "true love", his wife on an international romance tour.
Imagine traveling to an exotic location, like Barranquilla Colombia, located ……続きを見る
著者:Donald Rumsfeld
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年02月08日
A powerful memoir from the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undis……続きを見る
My father’s murder trial and appeal pitted certain elements of the AMA and the ‘Mafia’ against each other, a drama which was played out in the newspapers of the day, hurtling one hitherto obscure bu……続きを見る
Winner, San Antonio Conservation Society Citation, 2011
Texas's King Ranch has become legendary for a long list of innovations, the most enduring of which is the development of the first official ca……続きを見る