Potter: 992 books
by Ashley Potter
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
The best Charles Bronson Biography you will ever read. 'Charles Bronson' (born 'Charles Dennis Buchinsky'; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American feature and TV performer. This book is your ultimate resource for Charles Bronson. Here you will find the most up-to-date 175 Success Facts,...
Someone To Watch Over Me
The True Tale of a Survivor Haunted by the Demons of Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
'It is my dearest hope that this book will allow me to reach out to others in pain and give them hope, for they too can choose to be a survivor.'
Izzy Hammond's deaf and partially blind parents attracted sympathy from the outside world, but no one knew of the horrific abuse their daughter was...
Pyg
The Memoirs of Toby, the Learned Pig
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
A heartwarming debut introduces readers to the adventures of its overachieving porcine narrator
Blending the sophisticated satire of Jonathan Swift with the charming exuberance of a Pixar film, Pyg tells the story of Toby, a truly exceptional pig who lived in late eighteenth-century England....
by Joan Potter
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Covering an eighteen year period in which horses and carts are displaced by motor vehicles, black and white television joins the wireless as home entertainment and children are re-labelled teenagers, this memoir evokes a time of significant social change. An account of a northern childhood, it delivers...
Testimony to Courage
The History of the Ulster Defence Regiment 1969-1992
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
The outbreak of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland in 1968 found many of the local police and army auxiliary units outmoded or discredited. A new and unique force of part-time soldiers was created: The Ulster Defence Regiment.
A Testimony to Courage vividly describes the threat under...
The Greatest Christmas Stories & Poems (Illustrated Edition)
230+ Stories, Poems & Carols: The Gift of the Magi, The Mistletoe Bough, A Christmas Carol, A Letter from Santa Claus, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Fir Tree, The Christmas Angel…
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Christmas Tales A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The First Christmas of New England...
The Life of William Shakespeare
A Critical Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his...
by Matthew Potter
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
This book creates an awareness of the connection between the place and the poem so that Limerick can establish itself internationally as one of the few places that gave its name to a literary form. It packs in a wealth of detail on the origins and history of the limerick, the Maigue Poets, and the...
In the Skin of a Jihadist
A Young Journalist Enters the ISIS Recruitment Network
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
A young French journalist’s riveting and unprecedented look at how today’s most ruthless terrorists use social media and technology to reach disaffected youth—witnessed through the undercover investigation that led to her deep involvement with a key member of ISIS.
On Facebook, “Melodie”—a...
Strange Blooms
The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2008
Now in paperback, this beautifully written and gorgeously produced book describes the remarkable lives and times of the John Tradescants, father and son. In 17th-century Britain, a new breed of "curious" gardeners was pushing at the frontiers of knowledge and new plants were stealing into...
by Christopher Potter
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
It will soon be the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned mission to the moon, when men first saw for themselves the Earth as a sphere falling through space—they saw a world without borders and these images continue to give hope and inspire.
Only twenty-four people have seen the whole...
Historians on Hamilton
How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how...
Gothic Kings of Britain
The Lives of 31 Medieval Rulers, 1016-1399
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2009
This biographical history tells the story of 31 Gothic monarchs who fought in the crusades, enforced their feudal rights throughout the kingdom, sponsored the growth of representative government through a parliament, and ultimately created a military power that would dominate European affairs. In...
Grow a Butterfly Garden
Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-114
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 1990
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.