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A powerful story about race and identity told through the lives of one American family across three generations In 1914, in defiance of his middle-class landowning family, a young white man named James Morgan Richardson married a light-skinned black woman named Edna Howell. Over more than...

‘The writing is incredibly raw and…pulls no punches…What it does do is remind us that life is brief and to be valued, which is no small thing.’ The Observer ‘Extra-ordinarily beautiful book on love and loss.’ The Bookseller ‘…utterly compelling in its intimacy...

Among the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition, Francis of Assisi (c. 1181–1226) is popularly remembered for his dedication to poverty, his love of animals and nature, and his desire to follow perfectly the teachings and example of Christ. During his lifetime and after his death, followers...

• 4 entire books, over 90 chapters! • Over 80 illustrations! • Spell-checked, formatted and with an optimized Table-of-Contents. THE JOHN WESLEY BIOGRAPHY COLLECTION is a fantastic resource that brings together 4 penetrating and powerful biographies of the preacher who transformed the British...

The Complete Biography of Prophet Muhammad SAW The Last Messenger & Prophet of God In Islam Faith. Prophet Muhammad SAW from Mecca, unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam faith. Believed by Muslims to be a prophet and messenger of Allah SWT (God), Muhammad is almost universally...

A Biography of Barabbas: The Robber the Jews Chose Instead of Jesus from the series Wicked Men and Women in the Bible by Robert Alan King is a book with over 6,500 words. King explores what the Bible tells us about Barabbas in order to come to a better understanding of who he was and who he was not....

Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography is an incisive exploration of the life and career of the current head of the Roman Catholic Church, with an emphasis on his theological positions and contributions as a theologian. Written by a Catholic priest who is an expert on Bavarian theology, the book looks at...

This is biography book of Hadrat Syed Shah Khamos Sahib and it is the very old book and which is written in the Urdu language by Syed Mohammed Shah Saber Hussaini and translated by me first time into English. This is a small book in which there are biography details of Hadrat Syed Shah Khamos...

This is Biography of Ibne Safi and this is a new book and which is published in the year 2013 A.D. in the English language. This is a small book in which the biography of Ibne Safi in which his works are added and in this book there are some great achievements of this great dectective writer...

This book is the first part of Disguised as a Man: Malachi Martin & Me, originally published as one long book under the pseudonym, Sally Hawthorne. The longer book broke down naturally to a trilogy, so each more readable section is available now as Part I: The Encounter, Part II: Hostage to the Devil...

EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA Biography by JOSEPH REDLICH. Originally published in 1929. INTRODUCTION: THE life of Emperor Francis Joseph can only be understood in close connection with the political transformation of Europe and the progressive shift in world power that went on during the century...

This intense and engaging memoir is based on the true life of Natalie Harris. Mental illness, post-traumatic stress syndrome, overdoses and addiction are some of the demons this paramedic turned author deals with--stemming from a horrific double-murder call. This incredible story makes public the...

A “moving memoir of son in search of his father,” recounting the life of a psychologist and pacifist who died climbing New Zealand’s highest peak (Publishers Weekly). On February 1, 1960, Harry Scott, conscientious objector, psychologist, and mountaineer, was killed while climbing Mt....

Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous--yet more poorly understood--than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the preservation of her dynasty and...