Reid: 1607 books
Sing to Me
My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
In this long-awaited memoir, illustrated with over 100 never-before-seen photos from his personal collection, the groundbreaking record producer chronicles his struggles, his success, and the celebrated artists that made him a legend.
Over the last twenty-five years, legendary music producer...
Imperial Alchemy
Nationalism and Political Identity in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
The mid-twentieth century marked one of the greatest watersheds of Asian history, when a range of imperial constructs were declared to be nation-states, either by revolution or decolonisation. Nationalism was the great alchemist, turning the base metal of empire into the gold of nations. To achieve...
Bike Boom
The Unexpected Resurgence of Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Bicycling advocates envision a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation. While many global cities are seeing the number of bike commuters increase, this future is still far away; at times, urban cycling seems to be fighting for its very survival. Will we ever witness a true...
by Andy Reid
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Corporal Andy Reid was an ordinary soldier, serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. But his life changed forever on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, when he was blown up by a Taliban improvised explosive device. He had lost both legs and his right arm, while the index finger of his left hand was almost...
by John Howard Reid
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
The following review by Ross Adams appeared in "Dress Circle: The Movie Enthusiasts' Magazine": I don't wish to be offensive when I regard John Howard Reid as a bottomless pit. It is meant in a most complimentary way. The array of books he has already produced is amazing. And he is still...
Texas Tornado
The Times and Music of Doug Sahm
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Doug Sahm was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist of legendary range and reputation. The first American musician to capitalize on the 1960s British invasion, Sahm vaulted to international fame leading a faux-British band called the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose hits included "She's About a Mover," "The...
by Delroy Reid-Salmon
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
In Burning for Freedom: A Theology of the Black Atlantic Struggle for Liberation, Delroy A. Reid-Salmon explores the reasons behind the abolition of slavery in the Black Atlantic World by examining the Sam Sharpe Revolt. Through this examination, secular bases for human liberation – liberation theories...
Two Little Girls
A Memoir of Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Theresa Reid chronicles the long, often excruciating, and ultimately joyous journey that led her to adopt two little girls from Russia and Ukraine, in an unforgettable true story of fragile hopes and steadfast love.
In Chicago, Theresa Reid and her husband had lucrative professional careers and...
The Man Who Sold America
Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
MSNBC'S Joy-Ann Reid calculates the true price of the Trump presidency
"The host of AM Joy on MSNBC argues that President Trump’s administration is characterized by grift and venality that demeans the office and diminishes America.” —New York Times...
by Martine Reid
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
The romantic and rebellious novelist George Sand, born in 1804 as Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, remains one of France’s most infamous and beloved literary figures. Thanks to a peerless translation by Gretchen van Slyke, Martine Reid’s acclaimed biography of Sand is now available in English.
Drawing...
Fracture
Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Barack Obama's speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches should have represented the culmination of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial unity. Yet, in Fracture, MSNBC national correspondent Joy-Ann Reid shows that, despite the progress...
by Richard J. Reid
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This book is the first major study in several decades to consider Uganda as a nation, from its precolonial roots to the present day. Here, Richard J. Reid examines the political, economic, and social history of Uganda, providing a unique and wide-ranging examination of its turbulent and dynamic past...
Let the People In
The Life and Times of Ann Richards
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
When Ann Richards delivered the keynote of the 1988 Democratic National Convention and mocked President George H. W. Bush—"Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth"—she instantly became a media celebrity and triggered a rivalry that would alter the course...
Coyote
Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2005
A “beautifully written” tribute to this tenacious and much-misunderstood creature of the wild (Bill McKibben).
When Catherine Reid returned to the Berkshires to live after decades away, she became fascinated by another recent arrival: the eastern coyote. This species, which shares some...