mai - Biography & Memoir 13

Donald Trump is a billionaire, a real-estate mogul and television star. But does he really want to add President of the United States to his resume? Learn how his Grandfather and father both instill……続きを見る

PRÉFACE BEETHOVEN LETTRES testament d’heiligenstadt LETTRES au pasteur amenda, en courlande au docteur franz gerhard wegeler à wegeler lettre de wegeler et d’éléonore von breuning à beethoven beetho……続きを見る

Langverwachte biografie van een kernfiguur uit de Vlaamse Beweging Met Hugo Verriest heeft Romain Vanlandschoot de definitieve biografie geschreven van een lang onderschatte sleutelfiguur in de gesc……続きを見る

Dass Schottland in vielem so ganz anders ist als das benachbarte England, wissen wir nicht erst seit dem Referendum über die schottische Unabhängigkeit. Landschaft, Sprache und Kultur, von den Kilts……続きを見る

'A moving read - honest, funny and sad' Woman and Home 'wonderful, moving, humorous ... extremely poignant' Charlie Mortimer, Dear Lupin 'Iain's love for his son shines through every sentence of thi……続きを見る

A lively and utterly singular travelogue of the intricate curiosities that are directly within one’s own reach In 1790, while serving in the Piedmontese army, the French aristocrat Xavier de Maistre……続きを見る

A classic of modern French literature, the thrilling real-life story of the military hero, ambassador, ladies man, writer, and loving son "I grew up in the certitude that one day I should help give ……続きを見る

Todo homem deve ter um filho, plantar uma árvore e escrever um livro, segundo um velho clichê. O Lauro Quadros tem quatro filhos. Imagino que já tenha plantado uma árvore. Faltava o livro, que ele f……続きを見る

For the casual film fan, Henry Hathaway is not a household name. But in a career that spanned five decades, Hathaway directed an impressive number of films and guided many actors and actresses to so……続きを見る

Based on true events, The Tunisian Tuck-Up is a story of perseverance and keeping faith that everything will work out. Mainbrace is an experienced yachtsman and ex-military. His home is the ocean. H……続きを見る

In the three decades since Smita Patil died-at the impossibly young age of thirty-one-she has unwaveringly been one of Indian cinema's biggest icons. That is unusual enough for a 'parallel cinema' a……続きを見る

100% of all proceeds of the sale of this book will be donated to the Human Development Fund in Bangkok, Thailand The Reverend Joseph H. Maier, C.Ss.R., is a Redemptorist priest from the United State……続きを見る

Following the lives of the three ships with the name Rainbow Warrior, this book, written by a long-serving Greenpeace activist, tells the inside stories of life on board and recounts some of the shi……続きを見る

For more than a decade, Tim Raines patrolled left field for the nascent Montreal Expos, igniting the powder keg of what would become one of the most innovative, entertaining, and talented teams of t……続きを見る

Arthur Rickerby's illustrious career was spent capturing scores of the nation's significant historical events on film, from the Japanese signing of the Articles of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri ……続きを見る

In the tradition of The Other Wes Moore and Just Mercy, a searing memoir and clarion call to save our at-risk youth by a young black man who himself was a lost causeーuntil he landed in a rehabilita……続きを見る

Fools Crow (1890–1989), einer der letzten großen Häuptlinge der Sioux, erhielt in einer Vision den Auftrag, sein Wissen um die heiligen Traditionen seines Volkes aufzeichnen zu lassen. Sein von Thom……続きを見る

Kaum ein anderer nicht-christlicher Denker des Mittelalters ist so sehr Teil der abendländischen Geistesgeschichte geworden wie der persische Muslim Avicenna (um 980–1037). Durch seine Vermittlung g……続きを見る

L’histoire de la vie active de Mme de Staël peut être ramenée à l’histoire de son long duel avec Napoléon. Esprits dominateurs l’un et l’autre, apparus au même moment sur la même scène, ils se sont ……続きを見る

Julie Myerson meets Ian McEwan in this gripping novel of family breakdown. Ana Lewis is trapped by her own expectations. Her intense relationship with fellow student Alex begins to crack beyond repa……続きを見る

Kunigunde, eine Tochter Graf Siegfrieds von „Luxemburg“, heiratete den Herzog von Bayern, der dann als Heinrich II. den römisch-deutschen Thron besteigen sollte. 1002 wurde sie als erste römisch-deu……続きを見る

Yazar’ın anılarından oluşan kitabının ilk bölümü kısa bir süre önce Ağla Yüreğim adıyla okuyucusuyla buluştu. O yürek, Mustafa Kemal’in cumhuriyeti emanet ettiği Türk gencinin, Anadolu’nun kurtuluşu……続きを見る

L’auteure de l’inoubliable «Étoile Noire», nous livre ici une biographie inspirée de saint Benoît, le premier saint noir de l’histoire. Mais en fait il s’agit de bien plus que cela. De beaux moments……続きを見る

A coming-of-age tale, family saga, and nostalgic view of the fifties and sixties, Noha Shaath Ismail's memoirs describe her formative years in Alexandria, Egypt, and the personal journey that lead h……続きを見る

This is a moving and personal story of teachers life told from her side of the desk. Teachers build a nation by touching the lives of the youth and you will be there, too, as the stories touch your ……続きを見る

Devastated by the death of Jan, her husband of thirty-seven years, author Ann Tremaine Linthorst felt compelled to find a fresh sense of the meaning of her own life. A longing for a new love affair ……続きを見る

In My Gypsy Shoes is a black man's personal account of his life's struggle with loneliness, poverty, drug addiction and sexuality while on the path to pursuing a career. Now in senior years, this is……続きを見る

The book is one which speaks of a constant fight with prejudices, especially financial struggles and to be able to reach where he wanted and envisioned that he dreamed of is immense in itself. Deter……続きを見る

F A I R Y T A L E TO M U R D E R . . . tops the book lists with a story unbelievable for the natural mind to conceive! An intelligent, educated woman who marries a business tycoon in a smaller commu……続きを見る

This book celebrates the amazing generational leadership legacy of the Bordelaise wine-growing Amoreau family. The story of Chteau le Puy goes well beyond their winemaking talent. The Amoreau family……続きを見る