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An extraordinary study of the artist, his art, and his unique …

geschrieben von Peter M. Sacks (Autor)

In the 1880s Mary Jane Mount Tanner wrote her life's story to leave "to my posterity an account which I think will interest them, and give them an idea of the changes and vicissitudes we had to pass …

geschrieben von Mary Jane Tanner (Autor) und George S. Tanner (Herausgeber) und Margery W. Ward (Herausgeber)

Charles L. Robertson is Retired Professor of Government at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He is the author of The International Herald Tribune: The First Hundred Years and International …

An American Poet in Paris is a literary biography of Pauline Avery Craw-ford, a remarkable American expatriate who wrote for the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune in the 1930s and 1940s. …

geschrieben von Charles L. Robertson (Autor)

Two friends, both independent and opinionated, …

geschrieben von Jo Ann Levy (Autor) und Kevin Starr (Solist)

One of the most colorful figures in U.S. history, Houston's life story encompasses the early years of the U.S. as well as the establishment of Texas as an independent republic and, finally, as the …

geschrieben von Peggy Caravantes (Autor)

1877. With two maps. Prothero's studies of the history of the times led him to analyze De Montfort's time anew. As a result, he produced this account of one of the most famous men of the English …

geschrieben von George Walter Prothero (Autor)

Isabel Allende was born in 1942, and is the niece of Salvador Allende, who went on to become famous as the elected President of Chile deposed in a CIA-backed coup. Her first novel for adults, 'The …

Following on from where "Paula" - a family history written at the bedside of her comatose daughter - left off, this details how Chilean novelist Allende dealt with the subsequent death of her daughter …

A brilliant memoir from the celebrated Chilean novelist on friends, family and life in California, her adopted home. Isabel Allende has sold more than 50 million copies of her books worldwide. The …

geschrieben von Isabel Allende (Autor)

Emma Smith was born Elspeth Hallsmith in 1923 in Newquay, Cornwall, where until the age of twelve, she lived with her mother and father, an elder brother and sister, and a younger brother. Her first …

A detailed and beautifully written memoir of a Cornish childhood from 1923 to 1935. From the author of the novels "The Far Cry" and "Opportunity Of A Lifetime", it will appeal to fans of Laurie Lee …

A classic childhood memoir for fans of Laurie Lee's Cider with Rosie, Gwen Raverat's Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood and Xandra Bingley's Bertie, May and Mrs Fish Susan Hill helped revive Emma …

geschrieben von Emma Smith (Autor)

With a knack for storytelling, the author recounts tales of outback life: the bullockies, governesses, and swaggies; the shearing, horse breaking, and fencing. His reminiscences tell of colourful …

geschrieben von Jim Gasteen (Autor) und James Gasteen (Autor)

Carlo D'Este's first book, Decision in Normandy, established him 'at a stroke as a major military historian' (John Keegan) and was followed by a series of ground-breaking studies, now recognized as …

The definitive account of Churchill's military life. A descendant of the Duke of Marlborough, Churchill never rose above the rank of lieutenant colonel, but directed Britain's military campaigns …

geschrieben von Carlo D'Este (Autor)