Rio - Biography & Memoir 2

“Finally, I knelt by my bed, risking rejection by the One who counted most.…” Marion Duckworth was young when her mentally ill father was institutionalized. In her child’s mind she concluded, Daddy ……続きを見る

Denied college, Beverly Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking and smoking, and rebelling against authority. She got married and divorced and finally ended up ……続きを見る

In the first-ever Michelle Wie biography, golf writer Jennifer Mario tells the story of this inspirational golfing phenomenon, from her million-dollar endorsement deals to her rocket rise to success……続きを見る

Child Magazine Best Book of the Year "For me, parenting is like dieting. Every day, I wake up filled with resolve and good intentions, perfection in view, and every day I somehow stray from the path……続きを見る

Catriona Rowntree loves her Nan. She grew up in the same household and it was to this wise, loving woman that the young Catriona took all her worries and joys. Always there was a sympathetic ear and……続きを見る

Actualizada con un nuevo epílogo, reflexiones finales, fotos de Enrique y su familia, una entrevista con la autora y mucho más, esta es la versión definitiva de un clásico contemporáneo de los Estad……続きを見る

VOICES OUT OF SLAVERY is a collection of twenty-three slave narratives dating from the early 1700s to the 1860s. All of these first-hand accounts of slavery provide valuable insight into the everyda……続きを見る

It's October 14, 2001, approximately 5:30 pm, and I am watching Sunday Night football. Unexpectedly, my breathing is getting shallow, my body is hot, and I'm sweating. I can feel my body getting wea……続きを見る

From the author whose books inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet is the second volume of James Herriot's classic memoirs; a book for all those who find……続きを見る

Nikola Tesla was born to Serbian parents in the village of Smiljan, Austrian Empire near the town of Gospi?, in the territory of modern-day Croatia. His genius changed our world forever. Read stori……続きを見る

As a reporter for the "New York Evening Post" during the time of New York's Tammany Hall Machine, William Riordan compiled and published this work in 1905 from a series of articles he wrote on Georg……続きを見る

**Combining the insight of Anna Quindlen and the comic storytelling of Garrison Keillor with her own singularly outrageous humor, a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered takes us on a tour of t……続きを見る

From Pioneer Public Health Nurse to Advocate for the Aged: Eunice Henrietta Dyke. A dynamic personality whose determination improved public health care and nurses’ education, and began the recogniti……続きを見る

¿Biografía apócrifa, novela testimonial?; ¿una elegía, un manifiesto al borde del hacha, un testamento? Lihn, la muerte sigue los pasos en la vida y, particularmente, en la muerte de Enrique Lihn, e……続きを見る

An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an a……続きを見る

The Host of Martha Stewart's "Living Today" on Martha Stewart Living Radio (Sirius 112/XM 157)brings you this insightful look at how a colorful Mexican game of chance inspired him to succeed in life……続きを見る

A towering figure on the American cultural landscape, H.L. Mencken stands out as one of our most influential stylists and fearless iconoclasts--the twentieth century's greatest newspaper journalist,……続きを見る

** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 ** Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer’s daughter, James Herriot thinks he’s finally got himself sorted. ……続きを見る

Más que un libro el siguiente trabajo es la recopilación de todos los documentos y los testimonios de ese año parmesso Clara de Asís convertirse en un santo. Santa Clara……続きを見る

"Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."-Allene Talmey, Vogue. 続きを見る

A warm, welcoming feast of a book celebrating food and the power of sustaining friendship. two Gisborne friends go their separate ways after high school - one to Wellington and a busy city life, the……続きを見る

When Jill Cahill was leaving to return home after visiting with her family for a week, she turned to her sister with a grin, and said: "If Jeff kills me, you can have all my things." A few days late……続きを見る

Flor Fernandez Barrios continues her story of personal growth that she began in Blessed by Thunder with this new book recounting her education and experiences as a psychotherapist and spiritual he……続きを見る

As the military and industrial might of the United States turned to enter the First World War, boys and men from all of America enlisted, volunteered and were drafted into the armed forces. As a sma……続きを見る

A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and roman……続きを見る

Marion Meade's engrossing and comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most captivating women In this lively, absorbing biography, Marion Meade illuminates both the charm and the da……続きを見る

Mucho se ha silenciado la presencia del único general revolucionario Juan Andreu Almazán, con el propósito, entre otros, de preservar la imagen de Lázaro Cárdenas. Almazán luchó al lado de Emiliano ……続きを見る

Terry Sanford (1917–1998) was one of the most important public figures of the postwar South. First as North Carolina’s governor and later as president of Duke University, he demonstrated a dynamic s……続きを見る

Smile has become one of the most unavoidable legends of rock'n'roll folklore, and in this searching examination Domenic Priore presents the true story behind the album's 40-year conception. Work on ……続きを見る

June Thomson and Giselle Ross are inextricably linked by two unspeakable acts of evil. On the same day, a few miles apart, their estranged husbands slaughtered their children. The murders were not d……続きを見る