Pryor: 217 books

Acres of Diamonds is a classic personal development book about a farmer who heard about others discovering vast diamond mines. So he sold his farm and began a fruitless worldwide search for his diamond fortune. Discouraged and broke he eventually threw himself into a river and drowned. The...

**“Pryor’s biography helps part with a lot of stupid out there about Lee – chiefly, that he was, somehow, ‘anti-slavery.’” – Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com An “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe) – Winner of The Lincoln Prize** Robert E....

California sent more volunteers to fight in the American Civil War than any other state in the Union. California sent about 17,000 men to fight in the Civil War. Volunteers fought in 31 engagements, most in the Shenandoah Valley. Author Alton Pryor has captured many of the elements involving California and the American Civil War.

In easy-to-understand language, Alton Pryor walks the new author through the steps it takes to get a book into print: the same method the author used in publishing all 18 of his books. In book publishing, it is the author who must do all the promotion and marketing activities even though a publishing...

Exhausted and running on empty? This simple guidebook to transformation is just the refreshment you need. Having spent his first thirty-five years as a woman and a decade as a coach, Jay Pryor shares from both a personal and professional perspective to help women access their true inner power. His...

"Bad can feel good, Jessie. Bad can feel as good as it can get." The tattoos covering Eden Reece’s arm tell the tale of a con with an appetite for danger. Even so, arriving at The Circus – the criminal heart of Blackthorn – and demanding an audience with the notorious Pummel,...

BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13 An anniversary edition of a powerful Australian story. The other day this little one asked me, 'When did you start being an Aborigine, and how old were you when you started that?' Like it was a career path or something. I just...

From the author of ‘Britain BC’, ‘Britain AD’ and ‘Britain in the Middle Ages’ comes the fourth and final part in a critically acclaimed series on Britain's hidden past. The relevance of archaeology to the study of the ancient world is indisputable. But, when exploring our recent past,...

The sexual abuse of children is one of the most morally unsettling and emotionally inflammatory issues in American society today. It has been estimated that roughly one out of every four girls and one in ten boys experience some form of unwanted sexual attention either inside or outside the family...

'Dark, disturbing, enthralling, breath taking**'Passionate About Bo*oks* 'An incredible voice for paranormal' Rhyannon Byrd, bestselling author of the Bloodrunners series *A spin-off from the bestselling Blackthorn series by Lindsay J. Pryor* Prepare to enter Lowtown - t****he...

Americans have long regarded the freedom of travel a central tenet of citizenship. Yet, in the United States, freedom of movement has historically been a right reserved for whites. In this book, Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor shows that African Americans fought obstructions to their mobility over 100 years...

BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13 From pizza shop to bora ground, here is a joyous celebration of food, dance and cultural understanding. When three young boys go to a pizza parlour and meet an Aboriginal chef who can speak Italian and make a deadly pizza, they're...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I Jamestown Celebration. Legends of the Discovery of America. Columbus. The Cabots. Pope Alexander VI. Amerigo Vespucci. The Power of Spain. Queen Elizabeth's Patent. Sir Humphrey...

Christian theology has affirmed throughout its history that God is a living God. But what does it mean that God lives? Why does it matter? Does God live like us? If God does not live like us what is the difference between our living and God's living? These are the questions Adam Pryor addresses in...