D.O - Biography & Memoir 25

Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEVoices from the borderlands push against boundaries in more ways than one, as Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara ably demonstrates in this investigation into the twen……続きを見る

A special edition of one of the greatest masterpieces of the environmental movementーplus original photographs and other writings on environmental ethics Since his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has be……続きを見る

O célebre «O Livro do Conhecedor de Charutos», foi editado, pela primeira vez, em 1967. Neste compêndio, espécie de esboço filosófico, Davidoff, conhecido como o `Rei dos Charutose#39; revela um con……続きを見る

The Season Never Ends is a collection of charming stories about the game of basketball and life lessons learned on the court. Written over a 26 year period of time, they are stories about his youth ……続きを見る

A fascinating true story Chrissy grew up surrounded by the beauty of love and the ugliness of pain. The daughter of a pastor whose church was located in a rough-and-tumble area of Brooklyn, she witn……続きを見る

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an ……続きを見る

The book features a radical perspective on psychiatry and the “mental health system” informed by an antipsychiatry perspective and anti-oppression analysis. In the Introduction, antipsychiatry is de……続きを見る

PROMISED LANDS Growing Up Absurd in the 1950s and '60s is a personal memoir that encompasses a rural Ontario boyhood marked by family tragedy, youthful travels through Europe and the Middle East, an……続きを見る

Gordon Burridge left Scotland in July 1957 to take up a position as Agricultural Supervisor in the small African country of Nyasaland. He was followed eight months later by his young fiancée, Marian……続きを見る

Don’t Let Me Die Dirty is the inspiring story of Cecil Downey who, after joining the Marines at age seventeen to escape the hardship of growing up as one of twelve children in depression-era poverty……続きを見る

In the decades since Latinas began to hold public office in the United States in the late 1950s, they have blazed new trails in public life, bringing fresh perspectives, leadership styles, and polic……続きを見る

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Lyndon Johnson•Johnsons Inaugural Address and all of his State of the Union Addresses"The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matt……続きを見る

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

This was a piece written for a psychology class, back when our personhood referred only to ourself. This work is a psycho-biographical study of Joseph Bruce, known as Violent J of the Insane Clown P……続きを見る

Choquantes, parfois inspirantes et toujours captivantes, ces histoires plongent le lecteur dans la vie et l’époque de 21 des femmes les plus impitoyables et ambitieuses de l’Histoire. Impudentes, do……続きを見る

Les dessous de l'affaire Dutroux enfin révélés ! Depuis près de vingt ans, l’affaire « Dutroux et consorts » (enfants et jeunes filles kidnappées, séquestrées, violées, torturées, assassinées pour c……続きを見る

Is It Possible to OD on Life?The recipe for happily-ever-after? Start with one middle-class white girl in 1976. Add in her longing for love and acceptance, another middle-class white girl, a huge do……続きを見る

Theodore Dreiser's Russian Diary is an extended record of the American writer's travels throughout the Soviet Union in 1927-28. Dreiser was initially invited to Moscow for a week-long observance of ……続きを見る

Sin título académico alguno, Luis Andrés Edo es producto, experimental e intelectual, del asambleísmo de la CNT, de la Asamblea más importante de la historia del E……続きを見る

Henry David Thoreau is one of the most widely read and influential figures ever – his work revealing the astounding range, artistry, and depth of a true American original. He revolutionized the way ……続きを見る

Raúl Prebisch was a leader in economic development theory and international economic policy, an institution builder, and an international diplomat. The Life and Times of Raúl Prebisch provides the f……続きを見る

Malcolm Lowry was the troubled author of Under the Volcano (1947), a brilliant novel about the last day of an alcoholic former British consul on the Mexican Day of the Dead, the manuscript of which ……続きを見る

Dov Elbaum, one of Israels leading cultural figures, seeks to understand what compelled his adolescent break from ultra-Orthodoxy and to grasp its consequences for his spiritual life now. A revealin……続きを見る

Practical Magic is the story of Barbara Donovan, expressed as a collection of Barbara's memories about the facets her life so far. Throughout her journey, Barbara has touched the lives of many; open……続きを見る

Après avoir partagé sa vie professionnelle entre l’enseignement des Lettres Classiques et la formation à l’analyse des images et à leur utilisation en classe, Jean Luc TUDOU est devenu producteur da……続きを見る

Mené par Douglas Pearce depuis trente ans, Death In June explore inlassablement les chemins de traverse musicaux et esthétiques avec une indépendance farouche. Né sur les cendres du groupe de punk C……続きを見る

Il calcio è più che un semplice gioco. Il calcio racconta le storie degli uomini, il calcio racconta la Storia con la S maiuscola. Ma c'è un luogo, nel mondo, dove il calcio &eg……続きを見る

Malfattore (dicevano), falsario, eterno fuggiasco, eroe pateticamente umano, vissuto tra Italia, Francia e Svizzera nell' 800. Storia appena appena romanzata di Joseph Samuel Farinet, un uomo vero. 続きを見る

Lethal Dose is an emotionally gripping testament, an intense love story that, in turn, becomes a pulse-pounding suspense story, a medical misconduct drama, a gut-wrenching tragedy and a call to arms.続きを見る

En su intento por recordarnos nuestras raices culturales este exitoso ejecutivo nos lleva casi cinematograficamente en un viaje de anecdotas divertidas conduciendonos a reflexionar en aquellas cosas……続きを見る