Rod: 922 books
The Custodian of Marvels
The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, Book Three
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
You’d have to be mad to steal from the feared International Patent Office. But that’s what Elizabeth Barnabus is about to try. A one-time enemy from the circus has persuaded her to attempt a heist that will be the ultimate conjuring trick.
Hidden in the vaults of the Patent Court in London...
True Love, Too Late
A Shocking True Crime Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Businesswoman. Lover. Serial Killer
Goidsargi Estibaliz Carranza Zabala looked for love in all the wrong places. When she was disappointed, Carranza committed murder.
Her ex-husband wouldn't leave her apartment, even after their divorce. Her second love cheated on her. So, Carranza killed...
Radical Dharma
Talking Race, Love, and Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective awakening....
The Lovers
Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
A riveting, real-life equivalent of The Kite Runner—an astonishingly powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women’s rights in the Muslim world.
Zakia and Ali were from different tribes,...
Manulife
How Domenic D'Alessandro Built A Global Giant And Fought To Save
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
In this engaging book, award-winning business writer Rod McQueen examines how the pugnacious personality and hard-driving leadership style of Dominic D'Alessandro led Manulife Financial to its position as one of the largest and most profitable life insurance companies in North America, and the fourth...
Little League to the Major Leagues
A Complete Guide to Baseball’S Assembly Line … Plus Insider Advice on Youth Leagues, High School, College, and the Pros
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
There is no question that the physical and mental demands of the sport of baseball are rigorous. Not only is it difficult to successfully hit a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball in front of a crowd of passionate spectators, but it is also challenging to navigate an often confusing system that leads players...
First Heroes
The POWs Left Behind in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The result of five years of research, First Heroes untangles an intricate web of information and ultimately concludes that the prisoners of war that were held captive in Southeast Asia were forgotten or ignored by their own country. Author Rod Colvin crisscrossed the country interviewing military...
Blood Secrets
Chronicles of a Crime Scene Reconstructionist
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Blood Secrets reveals how forensic experts read the story of a murder told in the traces of blood left behind, providing crucial evidence that has helped convict criminals who might have otherwise walked free.
When Rod Englert began his career in law enforcement, virtually no police force in...
Stick It!
My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock 'n' Roll
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Carmine Appice has enjoyed a jaw-dropping rock-and-roll life—and now he is telling his scarcely believable story. Appice ran with teenage gangs in Brooklyn before becoming a global rock star in the Summer of Love, managed by the Mob. He hung with Hendrix, unwittingly paid for an unknown Led Zeppelin...
by Rodžer King, Vladimir Matković (Translator)
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
„Ovaj roman je prava bomba, tornado koji se zakovitlao kroz haos naše današnjice, knjiga sa više života nego mačka – a svaki od njih vam budi jezu, i nijedan nije tipičan.“
Širli Hazard, autorka knjige Grin na Kapriju: Memoari
„Prelepo i prefinjeno preplitanje priče o...
Cities and Wetlands
The Return of the Repressed in Nature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
From New Orleans to New York, from London to Paris to Venice, many of the world's great cities were built on wetlands and swamps. Cities and Wetlands is the first book to explore the literary and cultural histories of these cities and their relationships to their environments and buried histories....
Change Your Mind
57 Ways to unlock your creative self
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
It is a common belief that creativity is something you are born with, and others can only envy. Most creative people are, in fact, just as ordinary as the rest of us. What they have is a belief in themselves, and this is a skill that everyone can learn.In Change Your Mind, Rod Judkins reveals the 57...
by Rod Seeber
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
The wonderful world of beer and how it can all go wrong sometimes for a good bloke down on his luck, yep we all have a story to share when it comes to beer, some are funny and some are sad. But one thing is for sure, we all have one and it's about time we shared them! So please do come on a ride with...
by Richard Henry Dana, Rod Scher
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
A true story of the battered life of a foremast crewman, Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana’s classic travel narrative, which inspired canonical works such as Moby Dick and Sailing Alone Around the World. As Rod Scher follows Dana (the Harvard dropout-turned-sailor) on his voyages around...