Alex: 4765 books
A Beginner's Guide to Paradise
A True Story for Dreamers, Drifters, and Other Fugitives from the Ordinary
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
**So You Too Can:
- Move to a South Pacific Island
- Wear a Loincloth
- Read a Hundred Books
- Diaper a Baby Monkey
- Build a Bungalow
And Maybe, Just Maybe, Fall in Love! *
* Individual results may vary.
The true story of how a quarter-life crisis led to adventure, freedom,...
by Maira Kalman, Alex Kalman
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style, and Alex Kalman, the designer, curator, writer, and founder of Mmuseumm, combine their talents in this captivating family memoir, a creative blend of narrative and striking visuals that is a paean...
by Alex Kotlowitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
A selection from Alex Kotlowitz’s masterpiece of immersive reportage There Are No Children Here, the harrowing coming-of-age story of two children in Chicago’s Henry Horner Public Housing Complex. In “The Spelling Bee,” as Pharoah returns to school, his dreams come up against the realities...
The Simplest Words
A storyteller's journey
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
From one of Australia's greatest novelists comes this fine collection, a storyteller's journey. These short stories and essays, written over the last forty years, comprise an insightful and intelligent meditation on the life of the novelist and the culture of contemporary Australia. Personal and intimate...
by Alex Capus
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 7, 2016
UN AUTORE AMATO IN TUTTO IL MONDO. SUBITO IN CLASSIFICA
OLTRE 100.00 COPIE
«Alex Capus è un brillante scrittore e intreccia le storie di tre vite come in un'opera d'arte.»
Die Zeit
«Il suo romanzo evoca l'affascinante atmosfera delle vecchie cartoline e conduce i lettori in...
The Myth Gap
What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Why, with absolutely no idea what Brexit actually meant, did the UK vote for Brexit?
Why, rather than vote for the best-qualified candidate ever to stand as US President, did voters opt for a reality TV star with no political experience?
In both cases, the winning side promised change and offered...
Happy
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
His freshman year of college, Alex Lemon was supposed to be the star catcher on the Macalester College baseball team. He was the boy getting every girl, the hard-partying kid everyone called Happy. In the spring of 1997, he had his first stroke. For two years Lemon coped with his deteriorating health...
The Desert Vet
How a city boy became a Bedouin nomad and spent thirty years caring for a menagerie of camels and other exotic creatures
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
'I am at home with camels. Where others see a dirty, filthy, smelling, kicking beast, I see a thing of pure anatomical beauty, an intelligent and graceful creature...Because of camels I have built a life I never imagined possible. And all this happened because I decided to say yes to adventure whenever...
Giving Charities Green
A Funded & Practical Guide to Taking Your Charity Green
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
Its time for your charity to embrace and embed environmental sustainability into your organization. This book will walk you through a proven process that was successfully embedded into one of North America's largest and oldest charities - the YMCA. It will help to proactively navigate obstacles,...
The God You Thought You Knew
Exposing the 10 Biggest Myths About Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Popular Apologist Corrects the Record
on What Christianity Is All About
The Christianity our culture rejects may not be true Christianity at all. So many people today believe they have to be good to be accepted by God, or that the Bible is just a list of do's and don'ts, or that God is far...
Legends of the American Desert
Sojourns in the Greater Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
For his brilliant reportage ranging from the forested recesses of the Amazon to the manicured lawns of Westchester County, New York, Alex Shoumatoff has won acclaim as one of our most perceptive guides to the oddest corners of the earth. Now, with this book, he takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey...
Ravenscraig
A Scottish family’s struggle with Alzheimer’s—and the past
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Ravenscraig is a post WWII fictionalized memoir told from the perspective of Alasdair Marshall who is raising his son Ewan, by himself, after his wife’s death. When Alasdair’s father Alex is struck with Alzheimer’s, Jean, Alex’s wife admits him to a full-time care facility called Ravenscraig...
Billy McNeil: In Praise of Caesar
Tributes to a Legend
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
'What makes a great player? He's the one who brings out the best in others. When I am saying that I’m talking about Billy McNeill.'
JOCK STEIN
A unique tribute to Celtic's greatest ever player to mark the 60th anniversary of his first appearance for the club.
Billy McNeill is the greatest...
by Alex Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
When the owner of a small business decides it is time to sell, it can be a daunting challenge. Where to start? Who to trust? How much to ask? Alex Wilson was a business broker and COO of a mergers and acquisitions firm. He brings counsel and insights that will give direction and boost confidence during this confusing perhaps once-in-a-lifetime event.