M.B - Biography & Memoir 90

A concise account of one of the most epic developments in the modern Catholic churchーthe resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict XVI’s precedent-shattering announcement that he would renoun……続きを見る

“An engaging and often frightening story” of a member of the 305th Engineering Battalion of the 80th Infantry Division (Andrew Z. Adkins III, coauthor of You Can’t Get Much Closer Than This). A Comb……続きを見る

Neste volume, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht se dedica a figuras centrais das humanidades do século XX, perfilando pensadores que encabeçaram importantes tendências da história recente da filosofia – teoria ……続きを見る

This “fast-paced account” of WWI airmen who escaped Germany’s most notorious POW camp is “expertly narrated” by the New York Times bestselling author (Kirkus, starred review). During World War I, Al……続きを見る

The definitive biography of the 1960s music legend covers her trailblazing life from troubled childhood to iconic stardom to her tragically early death. A wild child of the Texas-Louisiana swamps, J……続きを見る

From humble folk instrument to American icon, the story of the guitar is told in this “exceptionally well-written” memoir by the NPR commentator (Guitar Player). In this blend of personal memoir and……続きを見る

Reflections on the game by the Sports lllustrated writer and national-bestselling author of The Swinger. Michael Bamberger has lived the game of golf as few others haveーfrom his experience as one o……続きを見る

“A harrowing tale of courage, survival, determination, fellowship and the high price of covering a war . . . a master storyteller and one tough journalist.” ーTom Brokaw CBS Foreign Correspondent Ki……続きを見る

“How does a man go from . . . pastoring churches . . . to running for President? [This] authorized biography tells this story in all its fascinating detail.” ーThe Pathway For the first time, the fo……続きを見る

A brief biography of English naturalist responsible for the advancement of the science of evolution. Two hundred years after Charles Darwin’s birth (February 12, 1809), this thoroughly illustrated, ……続きを見る

The heartwarming true story of a farmer’s unwavering faith in the face of a tragic prognosisーand how a community came together to help a neighbor in need. In the summer of 2015, Carl Bates and his ……続きを見る

A memoir from the cofounder of the nation’s largest black-owned chain of bookstores. “A candid testimony of struggle and achievement.” ーKirkus Reviews Never Stop is the wrenching memoir of Simba Sa……続きを見る

An autobiography of the bookseller, library collector, man of letters, and historian of the American West edited by his great-great granddaughter. A bookseller in San Francisco during the gold rush,……続きを見る

Da quel giorno del giugno 1961, quando all’aeroporto di Parigi «scelse la libertà» gabbando i servizi segreti sovietici, sino alla sua ultima apparizione in pubblico prima che l’Aids lo uccidesse, n……続きを見る

The innovative newspaper editor chronicles his storied career in this memoir, featuring sidebars from the like of Tom Wolfe, Katherine Graham, and more. The Last Editor is the memoir of Jim Bellows,……続きを見る

“Interesting conclusions about the conduct of British foreign policy on Hong Kong . . . an extraordinary diplomatic, political and personal drama.”ーJulian Stockwin, author of To the Eastern Seas 1 ……続きを見る

“He matches in his personal life the excellence that he demonstrates on the diamond. You will love this book and will love Pujols if you don’t already.” ーMike Huckabee, forty-fourth Governor of Ark……続きを見る

Le 15 août 1945, la voix de l’empereur Hirohito s’élève de tous les postes de radio du Japon, pour annoncer la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Meurtri, ruiné, l’empire du soleil levant doit en pl……続きを見る

Twenty-seven Irish newspapers for the period covering the Great War have been trawled through to deliver the amazing stories of those years which changed the world for ever. These are the accounts o……続きを見る

Between 2002 and 2006 six of Londons bus companies put into service 390 articulated bendy buses on twelve routes for transport in London.rnrnDuring what turned out to be a foreshortened nine years i……続きを見る

A literary master looks ahead to her eighties As her eightieth birthday approaches, Doris Grumbach does not feel melancholy or saddened by the upcoming event, despite the loss of friends such as Kay……続きを見る

This book looks at an important turning point in the history of the bus industry in Britain. 1967 was the penultimate year to the end of an era, when private and semi-nationalized company's operated……続きを見る

This is a first-hand account of the authors grandfather, Guy Mainwaring Knocker and his experiences as a pilot in the R.F.C. in the First World War written as a series of letters and diary entries. ……続きを見る

This is a remarkable and unique story of Jim Brigginshaw. Having been captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore in 1942, Jim was first sent to work in Burma, to build what has become know……続きを見る

If there was ever a man who was born to fly, it is John M. Billings. He took his first plane ride in 1926, began taking piloting lessons in 1938, and joined the US Army Air Force in July 1942. After……続きを見る

An Accidental Advocate is an engrossing Erin-Brockovich style memoir with Lembi Buchanan fighting for fair tax treatment, not only for her husband Jim who lives with bipolar disorder, but also for t……続きを見る

The memoir of “the first African American female reporter to gain entry into the closed society of the White House and congressional news correspondents” (Hank Klibanoff, coauthor of the Pulitzer Pr……続きを見る

A poet’s memoir of taking an unplanned trip to the Bahamas and meeting a fishing guide who changed his life: “A splendid book.”ーJim Harrison in The New York Times Book Review Chris Dombrowski, a po……続きを見る

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Band of Brothers: The biography of two fighters forever linked by history and the battle at Little Bighorn. On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, ……続きを見る

A look into the daily life of one of America’s great memoirists At seventy-seven Doris Grumbach is as sharp as ever, and in Life in a Day she examines the experiences of her later years, from the dr……続きを見る