Vincent: 2487 books
Woman of the House
The Rise of Nancy Pelosi
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008
While the Democratic nominee for President will likely emerge from the 2008 primaries bloody and bruised, the always-smiling, confoundingly popular Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, will be front and center as the party heads to its National Convention in August. Not only has she somehow won the...
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...
A Life of Flight
Forty Flights and Forty Nights Aboard Dc-3S to B-747S
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
SUMMARY FORTY FLIGHTS AND FORTY NIGHTS FROM AN AIRLINE PILOTS CAREER IN DC-3s TO B-747s. SKETCH ARTIST BIO Peggy La Vake is a professional musician, a professional health care worker and a flight instructor who likes to amuse her friends with folk artist sketches.
by Vincent Carruthers
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
A field guide to the wildlife of southern Africa, describing over 2,000 plants and animals, with accurate illustrations in full colour. This book has been a trusted fi eld companion for many years. Comprehensively updated, it now features range maps for most groups. The chapters are colour-coded for...
The Complete Guide to Growing Healing and Medicinal Herbs
Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Herbs have been the centerpiece of natural health care since before the dawn of medicine in ancient Greece. There are more than 50,000 strains of herbs from around the world currently catalogued by various botanical societies. The Complete Guide to Growing Healing and Medicinal Herbs will answer the questions you have about these multi-purpose plants.
The Bearer of Crazed and Venomous Fangs
Popular Myths and Learned Delusions Regarding the Bite of the Mad Dog
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
For centuries prior to the development of an effective vaccination against rabies, the bite of a mad dog was linked to a horrific ailment marked by convulsions, an utter dread of swallowing liquids, uncontrollable thrashing, and even the tendency to bark and attempt to bite othersa horrid prelude...
by Adele Jameson Tilton, Vincent Iannelli
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
Hearing the words ôyour child has Autismö is more common than ever. But dealing with this news will never be easy. When the devastating diagnosis is made, millions of questions and concerns will flood parentsÆ brains. This book will answer panicked parentsÆ questions in clear and complete terms....
by Michelle R. Davis, Vincent P. Culotta, Eric A. Levine
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
School Success for Kids With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders gives parents and teachers of students with conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, mood disorders, or other emotional and behavioral disorders the strategies they need to help these kids overcome their struggles and find success...
by J. E. Vincent
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
This book, the first volume it is hoped of a series, was undertaken because the existing Guide-books were, through no fault in their writers, by no means adequate to the needs of the traveller by motor-car. A new method of travel, in fact, brings in its train the need for a new species of guide-book,...
by Tyrone Vincent Banks
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
Reverand Gabriel Powers is the Pastor of a small town church that is threatened by an approaching hurricane. He struggles with the decision to relocate the church or to leave it where it has always been. An unimagineable miracle happens as God answers his prayers in an unexpected way.
Park
The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2002
“A fine biography of one of the war’s greatest unsung heroes,” Royal Air Force Commander Keith Park (The Daily Telegraph).
“If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don’t believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgement and his...
Unsinkable
A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Abby Sutherland grew up sailing.
Her father, Laurence, a shipwright, and her mother, Marianne, wanted their kids to develop responsibility, to see other cultures, to experience the world instead of watching it on TV. So they took them sailing down the coast of Mexico... for three years.
When...
Asphalt Gods
An Oral History of the Rucker Tournament
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2003
The real basketball deal–the inside story of Harlem’s legendary tournament and the pros and playground legends who have made it world famous.
Earl “The Goat” Manigault. Herman “Helicopter” Knowings. Joe “The Destroyer” Hammond. Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland. These and dozens...
The Only Game in Town
Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2006
In this delightful book that every baseball fan will cherish, ten outstanding ballplayers remember the heyday of the game in the 1930s and 1940s. It was the era of Gehrig and DiMaggio; of Foxx, Greenberg, and Williams; of Grove and Feller. Elden Auker, Tommy Henrich, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and...