Embark on a journey through GreenlandÕs storied terrain where 4,500 years of human legacy is etched in turf house ruins, stone cairns, and timeworn hunting trails. Traversing from rugged coastlines to expansive ice sheets, uncover a vibrant cultural...Loe edasi...
Placed at Pennhurst State School as a teenager and confined there for fifteen years, Roland Johnson overcame oppression and prejudice to become a leader for disability rights in America....Loe edasi...
Captured during the fall of Singapore in 1942, Percy Herbert survived Japanese captivity and the Alexandra Hospital massacre. Discovered after the war by Dame Sybil Thorndike, he went on to appear in over ninety films. A remarkable memoir of surviva...Loe edasi...
Captured during the fall of Singapore in 1942, Percy Herbert survived Japanese captivity and the including the Alexandra Hospital massacre. Discovered after the war by Dame Sybil Thorndike, he went on to appear in over ninety films. A remarkable mem...Loe edasi...
In See-Me Street: My Homeless Indigenous Journey, DerRic Starlight lays down the story of three years on the streets of Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Toronto, and Vancouver. Known for his comedy and puppets, he walked away from the stage...Loe edasi...
David Sheepshanks reveals the highs and lows of his time at the helm of Ipswich Town and the Football League, and gives us the inside track on his relentless push to build the FAs St Georges Park, a project designed to help England compete and win...Loe edasi...
A Southern senator at the crossroads of change. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher: Dixies Reluctant Progressive is the definitive portrait of one of Floridas most influential yet overlooked political figures. Serving in the U.S. Senate from 1909 to...Loe edasi...
From the golden beaches of Durban to the thunderous waves of Hawaiis North Shore, Godfather of the Waves charts the extraordinary life of Mike Larmont the man who shaped South African surfing in every sense of the word. Raised on South...Loe edasi...
An original member of the 506th PIRs demolition section, Jack Agnew fought in Normandy and the Netherlands, and was a Pathfinder for supply drops in Bastogne. Based on Agnews own recollections, this book reveals the reality of the notorious unit tha...Loe edasi...
The definitive biography of Sidney J. CattsFloridas fiery governor who fused pulpit rhetoric with populist politics in the early twentieth century. Cracker Messiah by Wayne Flynt is a riveting portrait of Sidney J. Catts, one...Loe edasi...
With biographical undertones, Pierre Verger: From Detached Look to Knowledge through Initiation is an anthropological essay that offers a singular and nuanced reflection on the originality and scope of Pierre Vergers experience as a photographer in...Loe edasi...
By seeing himself and his country through other peoples eyes, experiencing the rich and ancient traditions of nations around the world, Dunning ended up, like James Baldwin, a new man in a new world. Passport to Citizenship reveals how Dunning evolv...Loe edasi...
Gavin, a Grammy nominee and a two-time winner of ASCAPs Deems Taylor-Virgil Thomson Award for excellence in musical journalism, draws upon a wealth of unpublished material, including interviews with many of the people who knew her best making this...Loe edasi...
A multifaceted boxing insider recounts a 45-year journey through roles as trainer, gym owner, commentator, and more. Through personal anecdotes and exclusive interviews with legends and influential figures, enjoy a candid, often humorous exploration...Loe edasi...
Recalling some of the most memorable escapades ever conducted in the Canadian Arctic with bush planes, Flying to Extremes takes place in the late ?60s and early ?70s from a base at Yellowknife, in the heart of the Northwest Territories. Beyond recoun...Loe edasi...
Patsy Hendren: A Different Kind of English Hero is the first full biography of one of the most entertaining inter-war sporting personalities. A prolific batsman for Middlesex, he played 51 Tests for England and also appeared 400 times for Brentford....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496247032)
In this singular memoir, Pearl E. Casias tells the story of her rise from poverty to chair of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in rural southwest Colorado. Casias grew up in poverty and was raised by alcoholic parents. She endured domestic violence in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496245595)
When Bob Feller hit the Major League Baseball scene, he instantly became one of the most famous athletes in the country. Everything Feller did made headlines, primarily because anything he did had never been done before, especially by someone his ag...Loe edasi...
Exploring Zora Neale Hurstons life and work through a decolonial lens, this book traces Hurstons journey from her early life (18911919) and struggles at the margins (19201930) to her peak as a pioneering ethnographer and writer (19311956) and her la...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009745963)
This is the first full-length critical study of Keatss letters. Featuring insightful close readings and developing a unique theory of literary contingency, it accounts for the letters unique power and rhetorical brilliance while also developing a...Loe edasi...
This is the first full-length critical study of Keatss letters. Featuring insightful close readings and developing a unique theory of literary contingency, it accounts for the letters unique power and rhetorical brilliance while also developing a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9780748616473)
The Life of Thomas Reid paints a vivid picture of Reid and his circle of friends and family, as well as his activities as a clergyman in the north-east of Scotland, a regent at Kings College, Aberdeen, and as Adam Smiths successor as Professor of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Catholic University of America Press, ISBN-13: 9780813240411)
A Witness of the Silent Church is a first-hand personal witness to the life of one of the outstanding religious leaders in the Catholic Church and the confessor of faith. It presents the autobiography of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj (1892-1984), who served...Loe edasi...
Artist Charles Willson Peale was making detailed drawings of fossilized bones when a relative’s off-hand comment sparked an idea in his mind—why not turn his art gallery into a museum of the natural world? People would come. People might even pay! Hi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN-13: 9780824899646)
Whispers from a Storm is a collection of political writing by the Japanese human rights activist and Esperantist Hasegawa Teru (19121947). In 1937, the twenty-five-year-old Hasegawa sailed from her home in Nara for Shanghai to join the resistance mo...Loe edasi...
Leonard Cohen has aimed high: to be all Jewish heroes at once. Like Jacob, he struggled with angels. Like David, he sang psalms and seduced women. Like Abraham, he moved from place to place and remained a stranger everywhere. But he neve...Loe edasi...
