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Ann Lindsay Mitchell is the author several books on Scottish traditions. She lives in Perthshire a mile from the tallest Douglas fir in Britain. Sid House is a forester who works for the Forestry …

David Douglas was one of the most important botanical collectors of all time. Thanks to his heroic, often unimaginably arduous explorations, during which he collected and discovered more than 200 …

geschrieben von Ann Lindsay (Autor) und Syd House (Autor)

Ambassador Wilson recounts more than two decades in the U.S. Foreign Service in this look at the life of an American diplomat, and gives an unabashed account of policies that both succeeded and …

geschrieben von Joseph Carter Wilson (Autor)

Eric Moon, a progressive, even radical librarian who for more than 50 years has served his profession as goad and prod, devoted practitioner, gutsy journalist, magnanimous publisher, revered and …

geschrieben von Kenneth F. Kister (Autor) und John N. , III Berry (Solist)

John Sarsfield Casey (1846-96) was born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, and became involved in the Irish Republican Brotherhood while still at school. He was deported to Australia in 1867. After release on …

Editors' Introduction; A Fenian Prison Narrative; Appendix I Summary of coverage of Casey's trial in …

geschrieben von John Sarsfield Casey (Autor) und Mairead Maume (Herausgeber) und Patrick Maume (Herausgeber)

This is an account of an airman assigned a duty beyond …

geschrieben von Robert Maggs (Autor)

Using his crime-solving skills as a former police officer, Cornuke investigates all the clues …

geschrieben von Robert Cornuke (Autor)

Christened by John Updike as the "poet of the appetites," M.F.K. Fisher changed the way Americans understood the art of living. But she was also a master mythologizer. This multifaceted portrayal is …

geschrieben von Joan Reardon (Autor)

Finally, the true story of the Glensheen killings--the murder of elderly Duluth heiress Elisabeth Congdon and her nurse--as told through the eyes of former Duluth detective Gary Waller and St. Louis …

geschrieben von Gail Feichtinger (Autor) und John Desanto (Orchester) und Gary Waller (Orchester)

Civil rights leader Jose Gutierrez chronicles the life of Severita Lara, a little-known female activist in the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement. Lara's ascent from a willful child to the mayor of …

geschrieben von Jose Angel Gutierrez (Autor)

Frank McCourt's first book, Angela's Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; it has sold almost 4 million copies in its HarperCollins editions alone and tens of millions worldwide. …

/ Key title / Includes PS Section A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers 'Angela's Ashes' and "Tis'. / Frank McCourt's first book, 'Angela's Ashes', won the Pulitzer …

geschrieben von Frank McCourt (Autor)