In "Beyond Adventure," Roy Chapman Andrews embarks on an enthralling journey that transcends mere exploration, merging the thrill of adventure with profound introspection. The book is an eloquent na……続きを見る
著者:Roy Macskimming
出版社: McClelland & Stewart
発売日: 2012年01月11日
A book that will fascinate and inform readers who love Canadian writing
Part cultural history, part personal memoir, this accomplished, sweeping, yet intimate book demonstrates that the story of Can……続きを見る
The sand art bottles of Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) draw reactions of astonishment and disbelief. Deaf from age six, Clemens began creating his bottles at an early age, selling them from his home and……続きを見る
The son of Hispanic immigrants, Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez grew up in gang-plagued Gary, Indiana. With strong family support, he managed to beat the odds, graduating with distinction from Indiana Unive……続きを見る
This unique anthology collects personal stories and leadership lessons from six highly-ranked officers across all branches of service.
In Breaching the Summit, six senior enlisted advisors to the jo……続きを見る
Major General Sir Roy Redgrave has enjoyed an unusual, some might say eccentric, life. Born into the same family as the well known actors, he was brought up in Romania as part of a thriving internat……続きを見る
'Shan' Hackett is remembered by his own and succeeding generations for a variety of achievements and attributes. A superb fighting soldier, he served with the Trans-Jordan Force, had fought through ……続きを見る
著者:Sabarna Roy
出版社: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
発売日: 2023年03月13日
Intense, morbid, stark, realistic, thought-provoking and unputdownable are the words that come to mind when you read Sabarna Roy’s latest book: ‘Thirty Summer Poems and Conversations about a Murder’……続きを見る
著者:Roy Goodwin
出版社: Grosvenor House Publishing
発売日: 2021年04月22日
Join me growing up in the wilds of Warwickshire, at Eathorpe between 1936 & 1959. We had very little but enjoyed every bit of it. We learnt about life "The Country Way" with all the fun, scrapes, lu……続きを見る
This is the astonishing story of John Angus Mackay, an islander from a humble background who achieved what others regarded as impossible. Through his tireless efforts, the Scottish Gaelic language a……続きを見る
When the harrowing Great War diaries of one of Britain's first black soldiers were unearthed in a dusty Scottish attic nearly 100 years after they were written, they posed a bit of a mystery. The di……続きを見る
Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award
Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have cons……続きを見る
An omnibus collection of concise and up-to-date biographies of four influential figures from modern African history.
Chris Hani, by Hugh Macmillan
Chris Hani was one of the most highly respected lea……続きを見る
A unique book of real life cases to help present day bankers to overcome shyness in decision making.
The book is about some challenging and unique cases faced by the author during his banking profes……続きを見る
Under a Lucky Star is the autobiographyーthe lifetime of adventureーof the explorer and archaeologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Adored by the public and pursued by the press, Andrews came as close to sup……続きを見る
著者:Roy Hattersley
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2010年10月07日
Passionate, affectionate and indefatigably curious, In Search of England joins a tradition of writing, from William Cobbett to JB Priestley, that makes a journey around the English countryside and c……続きを見る
著者:Roy Jenkins
出版社: Henry Holt and Co.
発売日: 2004年12月01日
A masterly work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Gladstone
A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the……続きを見る
著者:Roy Jenkins
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2012年06月28日
Roy Jenkins follows up Churchill with a book of a very different shape; short and semi-autobiographical, but also full of the wit and erudition which make that book such a success. Each of the twelv……続きを見る
First published in 1964, Asquith was one of the most crucial and controversial of modern Prime Ministers. He was opposed with a bitterness and a violence that English politicians have not subsequent……続きを見る
著者:Roy Blount Jr.
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2013年02月13日
In the book his laughing and loving readers have been waiting for, our generation's master of full-hearted humor lays open the soul of his life story.
Roy Blount Jr.--Georgia boy turned New York wit……続きを見る
著者:Roy Hudd
出版社: Michael O' Mara Books
発売日: 2012年07月26日
Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. His career as an entertainer began as a Butlin's "Redcoat" with Cliff Richard,……続きを見る
著者:Roy Jenkins
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2012年08月23日
Winner of the Whitbread Biography of the Year.
William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of nineteenth-century British life. He spent sixty-three o……続きを見る
著者:Roy McMurtry
出版社: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
発売日: 2013年10月04日
From “the Kid” on the Varsity Blues football team to “the Chief” at Osgoode Hall, R. Roy McMurtry has had a remarkably varied and influential career. As reformist attorney general of Ontario, one of……続きを見る
Science and faith hang in the balance for one atheistically Inclined scientist, until his life is turned around by events he can only categorize as miraculous, which launches him into a powerful Chr……続きを見る
著者:Edouard Le Roy
出版社: B&R Samizdat Express
発売日: 2014年10月14日
Analysis of Henri Bergson's philosophy, first published in 1912. According to Wikipedia: "Henri-Louis Bergson (French pronunciation: [bɛʁksɔn] 18 October 18594 January 1941) was a major French philo……続きを見る
著者:Roy Major
出版社: Word Alive Press
発売日: 2013年11月01日
our. At the age of three, he sat in a room with bare cement walls and a dirt floor, unloved and unwanted, told that his mom wished he would die. At the age of eight, suffering from fetal alcohol syn……続きを見る
The Other Side
These write ups are from a Column titled The Other Side I used to write under the pseudonym ARC for The Bangladesh Observer. Several of them were of topical interest and may not have ……続きを見る
From the bestselling author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
An extraordinary secret meeting between four brilliant political activists: Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy, NSA whistle-blower Edwa……続きを見る
The Audubon Caper is a fast-paced story. There are so many things going on in this creative non-fiction tale. One of the greatest things about this book is that it's based on a true story. I kept th……続きを見る
著者:M. Roy Wilson
出版社: Wayne State University Press
発売日: 2022年04月28日
From a childhood marked by loneliness and want, M. Roy Wilson forged an extraordinary life of accomplishment and acclaim. His accomplishments include the presidencies of four universities, dean of t……続きを見る