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An inside baseball memoir from the game’s first superstar, with a foreword by Chad Harbach Christy Mathewson was one of the most dominant pitchers ever to play baseball. Posthumously inducted into t……続きを見る

Falling into the nursing profession, Kristy Chambers spent almost a decade working with a wide range of people, ranging from drug addicts to cancer patients. Dark, humorous, honest, and compassionat……続きを見る

A blueprint for a more balanced, sustainable way to live in the face of climate change, by King Charles III. This compassionate and insightful book shines a light on our new monarch’s deep interest……続きを見る

The moving and inspirational true story of one little girl's battle against the medical odds and a mother's unwavering love for her daughter. 'If I could have any wish it wouldn't be a part in High ……続きを見る

Growing up, Dusty was emotionally and physically abused. No man will ever want you, her father said repeatedly. Although an honor roll student, he forced her to quit school. At seventeen she married……続きを見る

Why was Grandma T in an orphanage when she wasn’t an orphan? Who was that dead body on the ranch? An entertaining adventure stretching from Butte to Belfast to Belgium to find the answers and a fun……続きを見る

Australia's greatest country singer-songwriter Slim Dusty's own story, written with Joy McKean, his wife for 50 years - now updated. 'It seems I've done most things I wanted to do, but of all things……続きを見る

In this hilariousーand brutally honestーmemoir about mental illness and depression, Kristy Chambers goes in search of greener grass and finds that, if she could only cut her head off, she would prob……続きを見る

Jeremiah Watts, in a drunken stupor, signs a seaman certificate and suddenly finds himself aboard the Ann Alexander, a rickety whaling ship.  While aboard this ship, he begins a transformation ……続きを見る

Christy Brown was born a victim of cerebral palsy. But the hapless, lolling baby concealed the brilliantly imaginative and sensitive mind of a writer who would take his place among the giants of Iri……続きを見る

Award-winning New Zealand writers Martin Edmond, Maurice Gee, Kirsty Gunn and Owen Marshall explore life and memory in this bundle of BWB Texts. These four works are combined into one easy-to-read e……続きを見る

Living with an English Bull Terrier (EBT) can be very entertaining; disruptive, sometimes chaotic, and never dull. At the same time this is not a breed that is well suited to all people or home envi……続きを見る

"Heartbreaking and important… brings into dramatic focus why we need reconciliation." - James Daschuk, author of Clearing the Plains This memoir offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in……続きを見る

Utah offers a paradox in women's historyーa state founded by polygamists who offered women early suffrage and encouraged career education in the nineteenth century. More than Petticoats: Remarkable ……続きを見る

At less than twenty years old, Nellie birthed three children. Her friends’ husbands return from the beginning of World War I, dead or mortally wounded. When the local draft board sends for her husba……続きを見る

Nellie loved her parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters. When they fled crop failure back home to find a temporary living in Oklahoma, all of them believed they could pull through the worst of ……続きを見る

'A fresh, powerful portrait of Lenin' Anne Applebaum, author of Red Famine 'Richly readable ... An enthralling but appalling story' Francis Wheen, author of Karl Marx The cold, one-dimensional figur……続きを見る

West Coast surfing legend Frosty Hesson shares his remarkable life story, the story of his extraordinary friendship with wunderkind Jay Moriarty, and his advice on how to be the best. When Richard “……続きを見る

Bóg opiekuje się sierotami Przedziwne drogi Opatrzności w moim życiu to unikalne obrazy z życia żydowskiej społeczności Obertyna z okresu poprzedzającego wybuch II wojny światowej, oraz z czasów bez……続きを見る

'Im Gefängnis San Pedro wurde man nicht von der Polizei belästigt und hatte leichten Zugang zu billigem, reinem Kokain. Einer der besten Orte in Südamerika, um wilde Partys zu feiern.' Marschpulver ……続きを見る

"Where Home Is" comprises the fourth book in this series, In Those Days. Nellie is still wishing to go back home to Whitehouse, Texas. In this book, they move to Oklahoma City just prior to 1920. Sh……続きを見る

Het verhaal van een Italiaanse immigrantenzoon die zich ontpopt tot een van de belangrijkste politici van het land. 'Mijn vader kwam hier aan in 1947 met één houten koffer, die ik trouwens nog steed……続きを見る

Extrait : "Il arrive une époque où l'on veut compter avec soi-même, où pour s'aider à supporter le présent et à craindre moins l'avenir, on trouve une sorte de jouissance à rétrograder moralement ve……続きを見る

'Inspiring and heart-wrenching' Paloma Faith 'Love Rhyannon. Love this book' Grace Dent The remarkable transgender memoir you won't stop hearing about. Rhyannon Styles will do for transgender what M……続きを見る

Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Leninーthe first major biography in English in nearly two decadesーis not only a political examination of one of the most important historica……続きを見る

This book calls for a re-evaluation of the films of Robert Rossen. Over a 30-year period, he was the most accomplished writer and director who was also a longtime member of the Communist Party, but ……続きを見る

In 1999, the hurlers of St Joseph's Doora-Barefield won the All-Ireland club championship. That winter, they became only the second club in history to win successive Munster club titles, and the fol……続きを見る

Tote Hamster, verschimmelte Pizza, Sexspielzeug: Putzfrau Justyna Polanska muss starke Nerven haben, wenn sie unter deutschen Betten aufräumt. Was ihr dabei alles begegnet, berichtete sie in ihrem B……続きを見る

Original tales by remarkable writers Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction……続きを見る

The story of an extraordinary woman who refuses to succumb to the inevitable and flees Nazi occupied Poland with two childrena journey that brought her love, betrayal and miraculously narrow escapes. 続きを見る