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Alphabet Juice
The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
Ali G: How many words does you know?
Noam Chomsky: Normally, humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of them.
Ali G: What is some of 'em?
—Da Ali G Show
Did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince? Ever wonder...
The Big Book of Reincarnation: Examining the Evidence that We Have All Lived Before
Examining the Evidence that We Have All Lived Before
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Is DEATH the FINAL CHAPTER?
In The Big Book of Reincarnation, Roy Stemman attempts to answer one of the big questions of existence: Is death the end? Or, is it the merely the end of a chapter in the book of existence?
A self-described "skeptical believer," Stemman uses his...
by Roy P. Benavidez
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Half-Hispanic, half-Yaqui Indian, and an orphan, Roy Benavidez fought his way out of poverty and bigotry to serve with the U.S. Armys elitethe Airborne and the Special Forces. Seriously wounded in Vietnam, he was told he would never walk again. Benavidez not only conquered his disability but demanded...
Buried Alive
The True Story of Kidnapping, Captivity, and a Dramatic Rescue (NelsonFree)
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
A true-life adventure sure to shock as well as inspire.
AK47s, masked thugs, and brutal urgency erupt from Roy Hallums' account of his abduction in Iraq, shredding through those frequently sterile cable news reports revealing that another "American contractor is being held hostage . ....
The Long Pursuit
Abraham Lincoln’s Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In this compelling narrative, renowned historian Roy Morris, Jr., expertly offers a new angle on two of America's most towering politicians and the intense personal rivalry that transformed both them and the nation they sought to lead in the dark days leading up to the Civil War.
For the better...
by Roy Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
First published in 1989, this diary provides the background to two vital issues: our relations with the European Community and the state of politics in Britain. Few people are better qualified to know how we arrived where we are than Roy Jenkins. During the period of this diary he was President of...
Fraud of the Century
Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
In this major work of popular history and scholarship, acclaimed historian and biographer Roy Morris, Jr., tells the extraordinary story of how, in America's centennial year, the presidency was stolen, the Civil War was almost reignited, and black Americans were consigned to nearly ninety years of...
Abolitionists Remember
Antislavery Autobiographies and the Unfinished Work of Emancipation
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
In Abolitionists Remember, Julie Roy Jeffrey illuminates a second, little-noted antislavery struggle as abolitionists in the postwar period attempted to counter the nation's growing inclination to forget why the war was fought, what slavery was really like, and why the abolitionist cause was so important.
In...
The War for All the Oceans
From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
A brutal, action-packed account of the sea battles of the Napoleonic War by the author of the bestselling Nelson’s Trafalgar and co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018)
As he did with his much lauded Nelson’s Trafalgar, Roy Adkins...
by Roy Porter
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2005
'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an extraordinary vocabulary and a sparkling sense of fun. Whether he is quoting from obscure medical texts or analysing...
The Strike Wings
Special Anti-Shipping Squadrons 1942-45
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
In November 1942, the RAF formed special Strike Wings to attack the heavily defended and seemingly invulnerable convoys that brought Germany’s vital supplies of iron ore from Scandinavia down the coast of Europe to feed its war machine. The outcome was a series sea/air battles at close quarters,...
Missing: Believed Killed
Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Glenn Miller and the Duke of Kent
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights, what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and controversy....
by Roy Hattersley
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
"A convincing account of a watershed epoch, Hattersley's concise yet comprehensive history casts new light on a much-misunderstood era." - Publishers Weekly
Edwardian Britain has often been described as a golden sunlit afternoon---personified by its genial and self-indulgent King....
by Roy Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
In Portraits and Miniatures, Roy Jenkins brings his penetrating intelligence and elegant prose to subjects ranging from literature and political history to wine and croquet. Long experience in both Houses of Parliament and as President of the European Commission has given him unparalleled insight...