D.O - Biography & Memoir 3

Sitting at the kitchen tables of twelve women in their eighties who were born in or immigrated to Montana in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, between 1982 and 1988 oral historian Donn……続きを見る

The most comprehensive work available on the life and writings of Tibet's most famous modern cultural hero. Visionary, artist, poet, iconoclast, philosopher, adventurer, master of the arts of love, ……続きを見る

A member of the same intellectual generation as Harold Innis, Northrop Frye, and George Grant, Donald Creighton (1902–1979) was English Canada’s first great historian. The author of eleven books, in……続きを見る

“Tieu Lien, maybe you have resided well these previous couple of years?” An concern that is old enjoy it had been a life time ago. My tears flowed uncontrollably, we trembled and asked him once more……続きを見る

The emergence of modernity has typically focused on Western male actors and privileged politics and economy over culture. The contributors to this volume successfully unsettle such perspectives by e……続きを見る

Thinking of writing a memoir is a start, but it doesn't get the story written! Only writing does that! This introductory title of the Memoir Network Writing Books Series reviews in a succinct and cl……続きを見る

2023 FOREWORD INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNER FOR TRAVEL Observations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails along the less-traveled western coas……続きを見る

Die kurzweiligsten und angriffslustigsten Theaterkritiken Fontanes. Lachen entwaffne die Kritik, meint Fontane, unfreiwillig Komisches aber rufe den Theaterkritiker auf den Plan. Mit Fontane sitzen ……続きを見る

Forging a Special Operations Force: The U.S. Army Rangers details the origins and development, combat philosophy, and key engagements of America's elite fighting force. Structured topically, the boo……続きを見る

The founder of Four Seasons Hotels shares the philosophy and values that have made his legendary brand How did a child of immigrants, starting with no background in the hotel business, create the wo……続きを見る

When Harry S. Truman left the White House in 1953, his reputation was in ruins. Tarred by corruption scandals and his controversial decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan, he ended his second term ……続きを見る

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a ……続きを見る

Exposing trafficking, theft, fraud, and gambling in the major leagues, a founding member of the MLB's Department of Investigations reveals a news-breaking true story of power and corruption. In the ……続きを見る

C’était vers la fin du mois d’août, par une belle matinée claire et chaude. La réunion de la famille Karamazov chez le starets Zossima devait avoir lieu à onze heures et demie. On avait eu recours, ……続きを見る

Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work was described by his close friend Albert Einstein as "the basis of all twentieth-century physics." But Planck's story is ……続きを見る

Como os ateus analisam Nossa Senhora Aparecida? As aparições de Lourdes, Fátima e outras? Este livro-reportagem mostrará o outro lado: o lado dos céticos e ateus. Como eles interpretam as várias apa……続きを見る

In which the writings of the authors Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood are gathered together. This commonplace book includes faxes, notes, fledgling lyrics, sketches, lists of all kinds and scribblings……続きを見る

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER THE ART OF THINKING CLEARLY 'Grab Rolf's book and don't let it go!' Tenley E. Albright, Director, MIT Collaborative Initiatives 'Informative, insightfu……続きを見る

Una nuova edizione del classico della storiografia sul Partito comunista italiano di Donald Sassoon, arricchita da un’introduzione inedita dell’autore e dalla prefazione di Eric J. Hobsbawm all’ediz……続きを見る

They are as diverse as America. Young and old. Of color and white. Urban and rural. Immigrants and native born. They are students and teachers. Athletes and artists. Lawyers, doctors, politicians, f……続きを見る

An Unauthorized Biography of the World explores the practice of engaged oral history: the difficult, sometimes dangerous work of recovering fragments of human story that have gone missing from the o……続きを見る

An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative power……続きを見る

Kult-Regisseur Rudi Dolezal, für seinen Film "Freddie Mercury - The Untold Story" bei den GRAMMYs ausgezeichnet, ist Preisträger zahlreicher internationaler Film-, Musik- und TV-Awards und drehte mi……続きを見る

In Theodore Roosevelt's book 'Thomas Hart Benton', the reader is taken on a literary journey into the life and works of the American painter. Through vivid descriptions and detailed analysis, Roosev……続きを見る

Selected poems by the author, in her native language, Romanian. 続きを見る

Not long into their pregnancy, Brandon and Brittany Buell were given the heartbreaking news that their son, whom they had already named Jaxon, had a rare condition called Microhydranencephaly (meani……続きを見る

In 'Medical Life in the Navy' by Gordon Stables, readers are taken on a detailed exploration of the medical practices and challenges faced by naval doctors and surgeons during the 19th century. Stab……続きを見る

The book is a tribute to everyone who continues to believe that America is great not because of the urge that some have to close her to foreigners but precisely because she continues to welcome them……続きを見る

Most people know that Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus' birthday…even if he wasn't actually born at Christmas. But what about the other start of the Advent season? Jolly Old Saint Nick (AKA Sant……続きを見る

Tsenhor was born about 550 BCE in the city of Thebes (Karnak). She died some sixty years later, having lived through the reigns of Amasis II, Psamtik III, Cambyses II, Darius I and perhaps even Psam……続きを見る