CK - Biography & Memoir 17

For 123 days in the summer of 1940, 3,000 youthful airmen in the Royal Air Force fought back against Hitler’s advancing forces with a heroism that astonished the world. Drawing on interviews with sc……続きを見る

Robert Altmanーvisionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legendーcomes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography. After an all-American boyhood in Kansas Ci……続きを見る

"I have never placed my opposition to slavery on a basis so narrow as my own enslavement, but rather upon the indestructible and unchangeable laws of human nature, every one of which is perpetually ……続きを見る

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It discusses in detail his struggle under slavery and subsequent transition from……続きを見る

In the literary tradition of ‘good keen man’ Barry Crump, this book charts the single years of young Rolly, when having a good dog and a good mate were the most important things in life. After an un……続きを見る

Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the most legendary bands in rock history. Surviving only four years after they were introduced into the industry, author Ron Eckerman was with them two of those years, and w……続きを見る

This excellent quick-read biography of the life so far of Prince William and Kate Middleton is a fascinating read, and will make an wonderful addition to the library of any fan of the British Royal ……続きを見る

This fascinating and in-depth biography of Neal Cassady takes a look at the man who achieved immortality as Dean Moriarty, the central character in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. A charismatic, funny, ……続きを見る

Biography of the artist, first published in 1886, with 172 black and white illustrations. According to Wikipedia: "Randolph Caldecott (22 March 1846 12 February 1886) was a British artist and illust……続きを見る

I Came, I Saw, I Sang: Memoirs of a Singing Telegram Delivery Girl, is a story of a young womans journey from fledging dreamer to full blown artist. Armed with her B.F.A from NYU Tisch and in need o……続きを見る

On March 25, 1969 Linda Hale Bucklin learned her vivacious mother was dead, her right temple blown out by a bullet from her father's pistol. Was it suicide or homicide? Standing up to her father, h……続きを見る

Guided to Oberlin College by Charles G. Finney, the most prominent evangelical reformer in the nation, James Monroe attended the college when Oberlin served as the center of abolition and reform in ……続きを見る

Best known today as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. Despite her ……続きを見る

Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in his first book. Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a womanーw……続きを見る

Once a fringe phenomenon, tattooing is now a full-blown cultural fact. More than 40 million people in the U.S. alone have tattoos, all with unique stories about why they chose to indelibly mark thei……続きを見る

Despite the countless books and films devoted to him, Billy the Kid remains one of the most elusive figures of the Old West. Now, award-winning western historian Frederick Nolan has scoured the publ……続きを見る

From beloved American Idol judge Randy Jackson, a complete, inspiring wellness plan for taking control of your health The obesity epidemic is spreading throughout America, bringing with it health pr……続きを見る

"A truly inspiring story, in gorgeous prose, about one family's journey into blueberry farming. Delicious reading." ーNaomi Wolf, author of The End of America The Blueberry Years is a mouth-watering……続きを見る

With a new preface by the author • As featured in the upcoming motion picture Everest, starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, ……続きを見る

Dylan's friends from Pete Seeger to Bruce Springsteen to Rosanne Cash to Bono to Tom Petty offer insight into the singer-songwriter's artistic genius and personality. This is an oral history of a ma……続きを見る

For over four decades, world-renowned diver and treasure hunter Captain Robert MacKinnon has reclaimed sunken caches from the dangerous shallow waters along Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia’s Atlanti……続きを見る

In this captivating, suspenseful memoir, white lion conservationist Linda Tucker describes her perilous struggle to protect the sacred white lion from the merciless and mafia-like trophy-hunting ind……続きを見る

The ‘Anarchy in the UK Tour’ should have just been a collection of twenty gigs like any other, spanning venues across the UK… It was December 1976, and a coach drove off down a London street like an……続きを見る

Table of Contents Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume 1 Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume 2 Fiat Money Inflation in France. How It Came, What It Brought, and How It Ended History……続きを見る

After college, Rick Lax moved back into his parents' house. The closest thing he had to a job was eating his parents' food, sitting on his parents' couch, and watching The Price is Right. An amateur……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Following the hugely popular ‘An Angel Saved My Life’, comes another collection of powerful true stories of communication with those in the Afterlife. Includes real-life amazing rescues, mysterious ……続きを見る

Roars from the Back of the Bus is an absorbing, amusing and at times moving collection of tales that give a rare insight into the camaraderie that exists between players at the top of their game, sh……続きを見る

Two-and-a-half centuries after his death, the complex life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach continues to fascinate. Bach's colorful life was anchored in his belief that "music has been ordered by G……続きを見る