Gerald: 1985 books
by Gerald Durrell
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Uproarious antics fill this genre-crossing collection of six stories from the beloved British naturalist and author of the Corfu Trilogy.
The eccentric Durrell family sets off on an ill-fated excursion in “The Picnic” and embarks on a Greek cruise in “The Maiden Voyage.”
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by Gerald Durrell
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
A famed zookeeper reflects on his lifelong love of animals—and his decision to build them a home—in this memoir by the author of the Corfu Trilogy.
The first word Gerald Durrell could say with any clarity was “zoo.” Animals were his passion. His early years in India were full of routine...
Poems of Life
Thoughts of Human Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Poems of Life: From pre-birth, through life, death and beyond. GERALD L. KOVACICH, poet, philosopher and observer of life Although we are each unique beings, we share similar experiences some of the best and worst that life has to offer as well as the best and the worst in each of us. We try to survive...
A Struggle to Walk With Dignity
The True Story of a Jamaican-born Canadian
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Gerald Augustus Archambeau was born in Jamaica in 1933. Raised in Kingston by his three aunts, he was sent to Canada in 1947 to join his mother and stepfather in Montreal. He trained in the plumbing and steam-fitting trade, but at age eighteen decided to join the railway as a passenger car porter....
Get Happy
The Life of Judy Garland
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
She lived at full throttle on stage, screen, and in real life, with highs that made history and lows that finally brought down the curtain at age forty-seven. Judy Garland died over thirty years ago, but no biography has so completely captured her spirit -- and demons -- until now.
From her...
by Gerald Cislon
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
An adventure brimming with strong, political religious and theological themes, awaits the readers as Gerald Cislon weaves another stellor installment of his arsenal of great fiction series. In his latest published book, "Gander," he transports you back to a time in the 1980s when life, world...
Islam for Nerds
500 Questions and Answers
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
500 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE WORLD'S MOST MISINTERPRETED RELIGION
Fully revised first edition.
Islamic history and anecdotes are part of everyday conversation in the Arab world. This book provides a fascinating journey into one of the biggest and probably most misinterpreted religions...
by Gerald Murnane, Wayne Macauley
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Winner of the Patrick White Literary Award, 1999. Introduction by Wayne Macauley.
There is no book in Australian literature like The Plains. In the two decades since its first publication, this haunting novel has earned its status as a classic.
A nameless young man arrives on the plains...
Nathanael Greene
A Biography of the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
When the Revolutionary War began, Nathanael Greene was a private in the militia, the lowest rank possible, yet he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer--celebrated as one of three most important generals. Upon taking command of America's Southern...
The Dark Before Dawn
From Civil Wrongs to Civil Light
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
As an African American child growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, author Gerald Eubanks had a hard time seeing the victories won during the Civil War in action. Blacks were excluded from opportunities afforded to his white neighbors. Schools were aggressively segregated. Racial tensions simmered....
Stream System
The Collected Short Fiction of Gerald Murnane
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Stories from a mind-bending Australian master, “a genius on the level of Beckett” (Teju Cole)
Never before available to readers in this hemisphere, these stories—originally published from 1985 to 2012—offer an irresistible compendium of the work of one of contemporary fiction’s greatest...
CROWD PSYCHOLOGY: Understanding the Phenomenon and Its Causes (10 Books in One Volume)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Instincts of the Herd, The Social Contract, A Moving-Picture of Democracy, Psychology of Revolution, The Analysis of the Ego...
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This carefully crafted collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Social Contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (Gustave Le Bon) The Psychology of Revolution (Gustave Le Bon) Group Psychology and the Analysis of the...
by Gerald Hausman, N. Scott Momaday, Jane Lindskold
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
GUNS
Edited by Gerald Hausman
This anthology with more than 20 contributors from a variety of authors has something to please for every fan. Editor and contributor Gerald Hausman introduces the anthology with a brief history of GUNS. Stories range in tone from The Momaday Gun by Pulitzer...
Race War!
White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Japan’s lightning march across Asia during World War II was swift and brutal. Nation after nation fell to Japanese soldiers. How were the Japanese able to justify their occupation of so many Asian nations? And how did they find supporters in countries they subdued and exploited? Race War! delves...