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Wars Apart is the cross-forces' World War II love story of Norman and Gwen Samson, as told in a cache of letters made public after 75 years hidden from view. Serving in the Middle East, both had dis……続きを見る

The Brandon Roy Story tells how a determined Seattle kid became an NBA superstar, rallying the city of Portland around him, commanding one of the league’s biggest contracts and establishing himself……続きを見る

A poetic journey, telling stories about life and death. Many poems about important events or about significant people in my life. Real facts and real feelings rearranged in different poetic construc……続きを見る

Spanish painter Francisco Goya completed some 500 oil paintings and murals, about 300 etchings and lithographs, and many hundreds of drawings.   The first of his great series of engravings, L……続きを見る

John Ruskin (1819–1900) was the most prominent art and architecture critic of his time. Yet his reputation has been overshadowed by his personal life, especially his failed marriage to Effie Gray, w……続きを見る

Killed Strangely is an engaging read that will entrance and inform readers who are at once murder mystery and history buffs.ー Cornelia Hughes Dayton ー Common-Place "It was Rebecca's son, Thomas, w……続きを見る

Está no ar uma das maiores, mais extensas e significativas pesquisas sobre a história da televisão no Brasil. Os mais importantes profissionais envolvidos com a TV brasileira foram entrevistados par……続きを見る

The Earliest Lives of Dante offers a seminal exploration into the multifaceted persona of one of Italy's supreme literary figures. This collection harmonizes the distinct literary styles and perspec……続きを見る

A retired police officer offers insights about the crime scene of a famous child murder case, revealing insider details about the mishandled investigation. On Christmas Night 1996, six-year-old JonB……続きを見る

An engaging account of the titan of political philosophy and the development of his most important work, A Theory of Justice, coming at a moment when its ideas are sorely needed. It is hard to overe……続きを見る

Für Leser, die sich für die Entdeckungsgeschichte Lateinamerikas und die Auswirkungen der Kolonisierung interessieren, ist "Ulrich Schmidel: Der erste Geschichtschreiber der La Plata-Länder (1535-15……続きを見る

Occasionally, the world produces one of those rare thinkers that alter the course of history. Disney reinvented entertainment, Einstein revolutionized science, Edison lit up our lives with the light……続きを見る

Bill Gates – The Story This book, the first biography on Bill Gates, has been adapted and published in many countries around the world: The USA, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Israel, Hungary ...……続きを見る

**From the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics A New York Times Bestseller “A fascinating account of the effort to save the world from another [Great Depression]. . . . Humanity should be gr……続きを見る

Many have pointed to the Iran hostage crisis, others to galloping inflation. In reality, as Andrew Busch makes clear, Ronald Reagan's defeat of President Jimmy Carter in 1980 was attributable to mor……続きを見る

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLER. A reissue of this classic title brought up to date with never-before-published material from the original taped interviews and a new introduction by Andrew Mo……続きを見る

Walter William Bryant's 'Galileo' is a captivating exploration of the life and discoveries of the renowned Italian astronomer and physicist, Galileo Galilei. Bryant delves into the scientific achiev……続きを見る

In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Seattle. He had no idea that the band's leader, Kurt Co……続きを見る

'Funny and honest dispatches from the world of modern dating' Vogue 'Bushnell's voice is as knowing and sharp as ever' Washington Post 'Bittersweet, amusing and well observed' Viv Groskop, Guardian ……続きを見る

Western thought and culture have coalesced around a series of constructed ideasーthat human beings stand separate from a nature that must be controlled; that the mind is somehow superior to the body……続きを見る

This definitive work on the occult’s “great beast” traces the arc of his controversial life and influence on rock-and-roll giants, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath. When Alei……続きを見る

In James Anthony Froude's 'Caesar: A Sketch', readers are taken on a historical journey through the life and times of Julius Caesar, painting a vivid portrait of the famous Roman general and statesm……続きを見る

Born in Roanoke County, Virginia, on the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation, Richard L. Davis was an early mine labor organizer in Rendville, Ohio. One year after the 1884 Great Hocking Valley Coa……続きを見る

Looking for advice on setting up your own company, improving your career prospects, or developing your leadership skills? Why not ask Richard Branson? In Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You ……続きを見る

WINNER OF BOOK OF THE YEAR, NARRATIVE NON-FICTION BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 Rediscover the natural world with the multi-award winning phenomenon and youngest ever major literary prize winner in UK hi……続きを見る

LD is the colourful biography of Louis Taylor, the longest-serving mayor in Vancouver's history; he was first elected mayor in 1910, and served off and on until 1934, for a total of eleven years. Ta……続きを見る

Distinguished diplomat Ambassador Wendy Sherman brings readers inside the negotiating room to show how to put diplomatic values like courage, power, and persistence to work in their own lives. Few p……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of……続きを見る

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are the most successful design partnership in fashion history. Since they burst on to the scene in Milan in the eighties, their multi-million-dollar women's line, ……続きを見る

An electrifying memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. "A memoir that reads like a ……続きを見る