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"This book is about my journey through the Australian prison system. You'll have heard a few of these stories before, but not like this. It's a step-by-step history of my twenty three years behind b……続きを見る

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Winner of the Travcom/Whitcoulls Travel Book of the Year 2010 Runner- up, Ashton Wylie Book Award 2010 ‘This is a wonderful story of mid-life opportunity. Jane Carswell is a courageous woman and ……続きを見る

In the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date narrative of Shakespeare's life ever written, Park Honan uses a wealth of fresh information to dramatically alter our perceptions of the actor, poet, a……続きを見る

LIFER 45 Years in Her Majesty’s Prisons This is the story of a ‘Lifer’, a prisoner who was convicted of murder in the Old Bailey in May 1968 and who remains in prison in March 2013. Many books have ……続きを見る

Ian Young spent a summer as a medical student in a provincial maternity unit in Algeria. This book is taken from the diary he began on arrival, when he found himself the privileged witness of the in……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS PREFACE STANDISH O'GRADY ー A TRIBUTE BY A. E. CHAPTER I. ー THE RED BRANCH CHAPTER II. ー THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS CHAPTER III. ー DETHCAE……続きを見る

I don't feel sorry for myself. Today everything is all right. I look at it is this way, it can't ever be as bad as it was then...' Sean Hogan was just eight years old when he was confined in the not……続きを見る

In 1992, Jeff and Kristi Leeland’s infant son, Michael, needed a bone marrow transplant. It cost $200,000 they didn’t have. That’s when Dameon, the most picked-on kid in the junior high where Jeff t……続きを見る

Nueva edición digital revisada, comentada y con hipervínculos a páginas webs seleccionadas. ¡Una experiencia completa para leer la mejor literatura!. A través de La reina Calafia, Blasco Ibáñez, hac……続きを見る

Canadian composer Louis Applebaum devoted his life to the cultural awakening of his native land, and this "magnificent obsession" drove him to become a founder of the Canadian League of Composers an……続きを見る

Travel with me through the storms of this real life adventure. Starting with an idyllic, rural childhood we go into the gangland streets of New York and on to Seattle for High School, where Rock and……続きを見る

After nearly a lifetime spent in the Industry, author and fashion insider Simon Doonan is ready to let you in on a little secret: his peers in this multibillion-dollar industry are just as nutty as ……続きを見る

‘A letter is handed to you. In broken English, it tells you that you must now vacate your farm; that this is no longer your home, for it now belongs to the crowd on your doorstep. Then the drums beg……続きを見る

SEVENTY years a showman. Seventy years! A long, long day is waning at last. Here in the peaceful shadows of the Garden of Life I pause awhile. I want to drink in the scene. I want to realize the ful……続きを見る

With The Cape Breton Book of the Dead, Don Domanski emerged as a remarkable new voice in Canadian poetry, combining formal conciseness with broad cosmic allusions, constant surprise with brooding at……続きを見る

With the delectable wit, unforgettable characters, and challenging themes that won her a Pulitzer Prize and national bestseller status, Jane Smiley naturally finds a kindred spirit in the author of ……続きを見る

After several visits to study the medieval Icelandic sagas, Nancy Marie Brown returns to Iceland to search for the perfect horse, one she can bring back to her Pennsylvania farm and make her own. Sh……続きを見る

“I told God that if he would let us survive this night, I would make it mean something worthwhile. And then, somehow, I felt calmer than I have ever felt. Unreasonably so. Irrationally so. I looked ……続きを見る

There is a new demographic known as “The Middle Aged Woman,” and her ranks are growing quickly. This woman was taught to go to college in order to meet a man/partner, get married and rely on this pe……続きを見る

Adventures of QM3 Joe Callihan while serving in the Navy during the Vietnam Era. Working in an Op Center in Panama brought many adventures as did my time in the Reserves. Brought up to believe respe……続きを見る

COP: “Buddy, I think this is a whorehouse.” BUDDY CIANCI: “Now I know why they made you a detective.” Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, where corruption is entertainment and Mayor Buddy Cianci pr……続きを見る

Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and Strictly Come Dancing star, Ann Widdecombe. In this life story of one of our most outspoken and celebrated politicians, Ann Widdecombe of……続きを見る

The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The ‘perfect storm’ is a on……続きを見る

What do Postman Pat, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and George Best have in common with being abandoned in a Costa Rican jungle after a severe bout of flatulence? Indeed, how are they also connected to……続きを見る

Arranged in chronological order, this collection of some 100 letters from soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines offers a very personal view of World War II and a sense of immediacy that is remarkabl……続きを見る

“Almost indecently readable . . . captures [Burroughs’s] destructive energy, his ferocious pessimism, and the renegade brilliance of his style.”ーVogue With a new preface as well as a final chapter ……続きを見る

The 25th anniversary edition of this seminal work on autism and neurodiversity provides “a uniquely fascinating view” (Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don’t Understand) of the differences in our ……続きを見る

A biographical novel of the biblical King David. It follows the Bible very closely, but imagines the motivations the Bible only hints at. Few stories have had such an effect on the world. The lonely……続きを見る

Winner of the Alan Paton Award and the South African Booksellers Choice Award Jonathan Kaplan has been a hospital surgeon, a flying doctor, a ship's medical officer and a battlefield surgeon. He has……続きを見る