France - Biography & Memoir 12

A vivid and intimate portrait of the New Deal president by the first woman ever appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. When Frances Perkins first met Franklin D. Roosevelt at a dance in 1910, she was a youn……続きを見る

This book is a fictional biographic look at the Life of Abraham Lincoln. It was written primarily for young readers. The book begins with Abe's birth on and focuses primarily on his younger years, g……続きを見る

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was chosen as the next Pope in one of the shortest conclaves in history. He is the first Pope Francis, the first Jesuit Pope, the first Pope to come from Latin America. Who ……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS THE STORY OF KING PHILIP THE STORY OF PONTIAC THE STORY OF TECUMSEH THE STORY OF OSCEOLA 続きを見る

Francesco Cimaglia Gonzaga, una persona non comune, paradossale come lo è Napoli, la sua città: idealista e pragmatico, nobile (non solo per nascita) e ribelle, curioso, imprevedibile, ma soprattutt……続きを見る

Having spent decades in urban clinical practice while working simultaneously as an academic administrator, teacher, and writer, Frances Ward is especially well equipped to analyze the American healt……続きを見る

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Frances Kuffel wasn’t a Victoria’s Secret model, but she wasn’t so bad. Why couldn’t she find her Mr. Right? As Shakespeare said, the course of true love never did run smooth, but for Kuffel, it see……続きを見る

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A series of negative events forces Frances to refocus on what she wants from life. Despite the risks, she sets off with hope in her heart to make a new life in France. What she finds is more than sh……続きを見る

A collection of many styles of poetry and short descriptive pieces of prose which were inspired by a love for beauty, light and music, among other things. Many were inspired by Susan's life in York,……続きを見る

'Nobody wants you, so we have to put up with you. We'll soon knock the disobedience out of you...' Frances Reilly and her sisters were abandoned by their mother outside Nazareth House Convent - a Be……続きを見る

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A gripping account of the life and fate of the woman who almost assassinated Benito Mussolini. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Viol……続きを見る

Harriette Wilson was the most desired and the most dangerous woman in Regency London. This highly acclaimed biography reveals for the first time the true story behind her sensational life and scanda……続きを見る

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A TIMELESS CLASSIC FROM THE AUTHOR OF UNDER MAGNOLIA Frances Mayesーwidely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writerーopens the door to a wondrous new world wh……続きを見る

An intimate and darkly comic memoir of a woman who does a 180 with her body. In the opening pages of Passing for Thin, Frances Kuffel waits at the airport to be picked up by her brother, Jim. He str……続きを見る

We have all surrendered ourselves to the world that writing creates. Eudora Welty once observed that her mother read the works of Charles Dickens in the same spirit with which she would have eloped ……続きを見る

"A skilled blend of insight...and emotion" (Publishers Weekly), a memoir for every woman who has ever tried to lose weight. Frances Kuffel transformed her life by losing 188 pounds. Unfortunately, s……続きを見る

A revealing portrait of the dramatic life of writer and intellectual Mary McCarthy. From her Partisan Review days to her controversial success as the author of The Group, to an epic libel battle wit……続きを見る

On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's finest wine worth……続きを見る

Georges and Pauline Vanier follows their lives and travels across the world - from Canadian military life to the League of Nations, from the inner circles of British government to their harrowing es……続きを見る

Description In 1832, three years before Alexis de Tocqueville published Democracy in America, the English novelist Frances Trollope released Domestic Manners of the Americans, an eye-opening record ……続きを見る

Starving in an orphanage at the age of five, Frances Mead-Messinger awakened to an extraordinary revelation. Newfound willpower released her spirit from the harrowing conditions and sparked a lifeti……続きを見る

Décryptez l'art d'Amedeo Modigliani en moins d'une heure ! Figure éminente de la bohème parisienne au tournant du XXe siècle, Amedeo Modigliani reste cependant en marge des avant-gardes de l'époque.……続きを見る

Décryptez l'art d'Odilon Redon en moins d'une heure ! Dans la France de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, façonnée par la course au progrès, certains artistes choisissent de s'évader du réel, lui pr……続きを見る

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Let us shatter any Francis Lederer myths. 'Francis Lederer' (November 6, 1899 – May 25, 2000) was a feature and stage performer with a prosperous vocation, foremost in Europe, additionally in the Un……続きを見る

The latest Deanna Durbin sensation. 'Deanna Durbin' (born 'Edna Mae Durbin'; December 4, 1921 – C. April 20, 2013) was a Canadian-born vocalist and female actor, whoever emerged in melodic features ……続きを見る