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A moving and often inspiring account of how individuals try to be responsible for their world .--Washington Post. In this passionate book filled with profound ...

A riveting account of the cliff-hanger that is post-WWII history, with a provocative thesis about how it all has affected us. Moving from crisis to crisis, the ...

The Wild Marsh is Rick Bass’s most mature, full account of life in the Yaak and a crowning achievement in his celebrated career. It begins with ...

Daughters of theWitching Hill brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a ...

Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of school desegration with a volume of unforgettable archival ...

This is an account of the path of two famous travelers. The author uses their writings as guidse for a journey through Scottland.

An account of how the great American writer Henry James, author of "The Turn of the Screw" and "The Bostonians" among many others, attracted the ...

The official inside story on the making of the award-winning movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy is a lavishly illustrated, ...

Appealing to young artists and history buffs alike, Morrison s stunning artwork and detailed text brings this fascinating time to life. This historical account of ...

The king was going mad...So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks s account of one of history s most compelling stories and one of the world s most popular heroines -- Joan ...

In 1922, just four years after the war to end all wars, an unknown Austrian then living in Bavaria planned a pamphlet to be called Settling Accounts. In it he ...

When Phil Kramer is shot dead on a deserted suburban street in the middle of the night, his wife, Emily, is left with an emptied bank account and a lot of ...

Comprised of a series of personal accounts based on pilgrimages Mahoney made over the past three years--including visits to holy sites in Israel, such as Nazareth, ...

Peril and tradition mingle in this account of a thrilling season on the bullfighting circuit in the company of Spain s most dashing and tormented matador, Francisco ...

An account of events during 1947 that led to the formulation of the Marshall Plan and the Policy of Containment.

Ranking metaphysics, golf, and the feminine heart as the top male fascinations, the Canadian belletrist Arnold Haultain took his pen to ponder The Mystery of Golf: ...

The American Heritage Student Science Dictionary is the ideal science resource for students and their families for homework, school projects, or just browsing. This ...

Both a landmark scientific study and a fascinating adventure story, this best-selling classic is an absorbing account of the early years of Jane Goodall's struggle ...

When Roberta Iraeloff realized she was thirty years old and had no idea who she was, she began therapy. Here is a candid, first-hand account of one writer's ...

World War II. In this rousing account of the hair-raising airshows presented by these pilots, as well as the incredible adventures and misadventures that inevitably ...