Saint philomena

St. Philomena is perhaps the most extraordinary saint in the history of the Catholic Church. When the relics of this...

A clearing in the distance frederick law olmsted and america in the nineteenth century

In a brilliant collaboration between writer and subject, the bestselling author of Home and City Life illuminates Frederick Law Olmsted's...

My house has two doors

In this fourth volume of her autobiography and history of China, covering the years from 1949 to 1979, Han Suyin...

Surely you're joking

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Establishment man boardroom edition

This ed. is in a blue leather like sleeve with matching cover.

Preston manning and the reform party

Product Description Acknowledgements Preface 1. Out of the Wilderness 2. Preston Manning Charts His Father's Course 3. Serving the World...

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The true history of the elephant man

In the mid 1880s, a patient admitted to the London Hospital in Whitechapel caught the imagination of the public. He...

The real james herriot the authorized biography

No one is better poised to write the biography of James Herriot than the son who worked alongside him in...

As near to heaven by sea a history of newfoundland and labrador

For three centuries after Europeans rediscovered it, Newfoundland was thought of as little more than "a great English Ship moored...

Chief engineer life of a nation builder

Biography of Sir Sanford Fleming by Lorne Green.

Born to rule five reigning consorts

Born to Rule tells the fascinating stories of five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria: Alexandra, whose faith in Rasputin and...

The nat hentoff reader

From the Bill of Rights, freedom of speech, and civil rights to jazz, blues and country music, Nat Hentoff has...

On whale island notes from a place i never meant to leave

“Here is the soul of an adventurer laid bare . . . Hays is a superb comic writer, an irrepressible...

An american life the autobiography

The former president relates the story of his public and private life from his modest beginnings in the Midwest, through...

Seurat a biography

Originally published more than forty years ago, a study of the master of pointillism by a highly respected historian of...

Samurai william the englishman who opened japan

With all the adventure, derring-do, and bloodcurdling battle scenes of his earlier book, Nathaniel’s Nutmeg, acclaimed historian Giles Milton dazzles...

Citizen and soldier

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Dreadnought britain

"A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era...Engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters." CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert...

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Madison and jefferson

A WATERSHED ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL FRIENDSHIP IN AMERICAN HISTORY In Madison and Jefferson, esteemed historians Andrew Burstein...

In the presence of the creator isaac newton and his times

A biography of Newton probes the scientist's reclusive personality, recreates the turbulent intellectual atmosphere of seventeenth-century Europe, and lucidly describes...

The barefoot bingo caller a memoir

Witty, wide-ranging stories of one man’s adventures in the world “Filled with pleasures . . . I enjoyed it immensely.”...

Hank greenberg the story of my life

This autobiography of Hank Greenberg tells of one of the most dynamic and inspiring stories in the history of baseball....