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$10Elmer McCurdy : The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw by…The short-lived misadventures of an American outlaw--and the seventy-year adventure of his corpse--trace a journey through America's long fascination with the exotic, the freakish, the sensational, and the illicit. This is the story of Elmer McCurdy, a failed plumber from Bangor, Maine, who went wes...Visit Store 0 0 -
$10Memories of the Great and the Good by Alistair CookeThe author recounts his meetings with numerous people during his sixty-year career, including Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jelly Roll Morton, and Erma Bombeck, and explains why each of them left the world a better or more interesting place.Visit Store 0 0 -
$12Believe: The Words and Inspiration of Archbishop Desmond Tutu by ME WE: PQ Blackwell LimitedA collection of words and inspiration by four of the 20th Century's most preeminent humanitarians.Visit Store 0 0 -
$12Love: The Words and Inspiration of Mother Teresa (Me-We) by Desmond TutuLOVE: The Words and Inspiration of Mother Teresa is part of the new Me We book series from Blue Mountain Arts. Inspired by the life and philosophy of one of the 20th century s most remarkable humanitarians, this book combines compelling photographs of Mother Teresa with quotations from her most insp...Visit Store 0 0 -
$12Peace: The Words and Inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi (Me-We) by Desmond TutuA collection of of words and inspiration by four of the 20th Century's most preeminent humanitarians. Each book in this series features an introduction by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.Visit Store 0 0 -
$8Notable Women in the Life Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary (Contemporary Writ…This volume features substantive biographical essays on 97 world and American women scientists who have made significant contributions to the life sciences from antiquity to the present, with the emphasis on 20th century women. The essays go beyond the basic facts found in standard biographical dict...Visit Store 0 0 -
$8Tell Me Im Here by Anne DevesonThis is the compelling story of Jonathan, a charming teenager who turns into a fearful and tormented young man; it is also the heart-rending story of a mother facing the realisation that her child is going mad.First published in 1991, this book has become a classic, and is as moving and as relevant...Visit Store 0 0 -
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$6Who Gave More Than He Got by Mariano D'AlatriThe Life of Saint Crispin of ViterboVisit Store 0 0 -
$12Letters from Prison by Marquis De SadeA collection of letters written from prison by the Marquis de Sade. They are principally written to his beloved (and devoted) wife and to his hated mother-in-law, Madame la presidente de Montreuil. They offer insights into society, religion, morals, politics, and his fellow men - and women.Visit Store 0 0 -
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$8A Mother's War by Fey Von Hassell (Edited by David Forbes-Watt)The daughter of a man executed for plotting against Hitler describes her life before the war, her father's execution, and her life--and the lives of other anti-Nazi activists--in Dachau, Buchenwald, and other camps. Reprint.Visit Store 0 0 -
$12Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad BlackFranklin Delano Roosevelt stands astride American history like a colossus, having pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and led it to victory in the Second World War. Elected to four terms as president, he transformed an inward-looking country into the greatest superpower the world had ever...Visit Store 0 0 -
$12Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth by Mary S. LovellBess of Hardwick was one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era. Gently-born in reduced circumstances, she was married at 15 and when she was widowed at 16, she was still a virgin. At 19 she married a man more than twice her age, Sir William Cavendish, a senior auditor in King Henry VIII's Co...Visit Store 0 0 -
$10My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace …As Eve Ensler says in her inspired foreword to this book, "Jody Williams is many things-a simple girl from Vermont, a sister of a disabled brother, a loving wife, an intense character full of fury and mischief, a great strategist, an excellent organizer, a brave and relentless advocate, and a Nobel...Visit Store 0 0 -
$10Barefoot at the Lake: A Boyhood Summer in Cottage Country by Bruce FogleAn idyllic summer at the cottage in the 1950s, as revealed through the eyes of a boy on the cusp of adolescence: experiencing his first crush, discovering the joy of nature, and struggling to understand grown-ups.Every year, from the end of June to the end of August, Bruce and his family go to their...Visit Store 0 0 -
$9Life... Well Lived by Raymond C. Robinson Sr.Like so many uniquely American family stories, this one begins. elsewhere. Actually, it begins in the middle of the 19th Century, in Bergen Norway with Rasmus Andrew Jorgenson, and Pernelle Neilsdater. Born in 1839 and 1840 respectively in the Bergen, Norway area, these two started a family odyssey...Visit Store 0 0 -
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$10Whatever Happened To Margo by Margaret DurrellWith a foreword from Gerald DurrellIn 1947, returning to the UK with two young children to support, Margaret Durrell starts a boarding house in Bournemouth. But any hopes of respectability are dashed as the tenants reveal themselves to be a host of eccentrics: from a painter of nudes to a pair of gl...Visit Store 0 0 -
$8Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived by Maria HousdenEvery once in a while a book comes along that can change your life–a book so special, it is destined not just to be read but to be cherished, to be passed from one reader to another as a precious gift. Filled with wisdom and grace, tears and laughter, Hannah’s Gift is one such book. Within these...Visit Store 0 0
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