The contract for this ms. has been canceled at the request of the author, 3/14/2023. A teacher and a lawyer before he was a player and a manager, Branch Rickey is best known for his pivotal role in breaking baseballs color line by signin...Loe edasi...
Krishnaswami Alladi, George E. Andrews, Bruce C. Berndt, Frank Garvan, Ken Ono, Peter Paule, S. Ole Warnaar, Ae Ja Yee
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031501463)
This authoritative volume covers aspects of the life and enduring mathematical research of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Born in the late 19th century, Ramanujan had almost no formal training in pure mathematics. This iconic figure made extraordinary contr...Loe edasi...
I was born on Wednesday, the nineteenth of June, 1861. It was a few days before the full of the moon. I found myself in a village. I had some slight notions of the morning sun and of my parents. That is as much as I can recall of my baby days. ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Center Street, ISBN-13: 9781546007876)
An unfiltered and outrageously funny commentary on the threats to free speech in America from the legendary comedian, actor, and Emmy-nominated SNL writer. Rob Schneider’s childhood in the San Francisco Bay area with parents of mixe...Loe edasi...
Enter a fearsome battle across the seas with the latest instalment in the hit children’s history series The world is at war, and oceans have become battlefields. Napoleon Bonaparte, tyrant of France, has crushed one country afte...Loe edasi...
In Agent of Change Huda Mukbil takes us behind the curtain of a leading spy agency during a fraught time, recounting her experiences as an intelligence officer for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Mukbil was the first Black Arab-Canad...Loe edasi...
The absorbing story of an uncompromising genius of the dance. Salman Rushdie Candid, compelling. . . I loved every word of insight into the mind of a master. Sunday Times Mark Morris was nineteen when he moved to New York t...Loe edasi...
Pre-order the paperback now and discover the heartwarming, first-hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment, the 60-year marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales __________ Timothy...Loe edasi...
The only Lou Reed bio you need to read The Washington Post One of Pitchforks ten best music books of 2023 | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023 A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the masters life and a di...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Pan Books, ISBN-13: 9781035049417)
The instant Sunday Times bestseller‘A straight-talking yet frequently astonishing memoir’ – The Times‘A book as idiosyncratic as it is nostalgic’ – The ObserverWhen ‘Never Gonna Giv...Loe edasi...
“Fascinating…the fullest portrait of Kennedy ever written.” —The Washington Post The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate and detailed look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-...Loe edasi...
In this “extraordinarily brave and entertaining book” (Sonia Purnell, New York Times–bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance), the bestselling coauthor of Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy...Loe edasi...
Explore the life, legacy, and profound influence of Martin Luther King Jr., from his pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement to his enduring global impact.Visionary leader, fearless activist, and beacon of hope, Martin Luther King...Loe edasi...
From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Pan...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Texas A & M University Press, ISBN-13: 9781682832745)
A biographical memoir of motherhood, music, and the mythic figure of rock n roller Sonny Curtis-- Provided by publisher. Born in a Dust Bowl dugout on the hard, flat plainsoutside Lubbock, Texas, Sonny Curtis pi...Loe edasi...
From an acclaimed historian comes an epic tale of power and betrayal: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose tumultuous reigns shaped the course of English history.Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke,...Loe edasi...
