Publication date: 2006-11-30
Dewey code: 809
Price: $10.95
Review El maestro y las magas/ The Master And The Magicians:
Publication date: 1991-05-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: $16.00
Review The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To #45472 / Penguin Global:On May 26, 1967, the spiraling career of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, then the top contender for the world middleweight boxing crown, came to a shuddering and tragic halt: he and a young fan were found guilty of murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. The nightmare knew no bounds as Carter traded his superstar status for a prison number and the concrete walls of some of America's most horrific institutions. Originally published as an attempt by Carter to set the record straight and force a new trial, The Sixteenth Round is timeless. It is an eye-opening portrait of growing up black in America, a scathing indictment of the prison system Carter grew up in and out of, and a mesmerizing re-creation of his furious battles in the ring and in the courtroom set against the backdrop of the turbulent sixties. The liveliness of Carter's street language, its power and ironic humor, makes this an eloquent, soul-stirring account of a remarkable life not soon to be forgotten.
Publication date: 1973
Review Henry Adams et les Mers du Sud: The Memoirs of Arii Taimai / Lagayette:
Edition: Limited
Publication date: 2001-08
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $175.00
Price: $127.75
Review With All My Might / Peachtree Publishers:IN 1932, ERSKINE Caldwell's first novel, Tobacco Road, was the center of controversy. Some critics condemned the book; others considered it to be the work of a genius. Today Caldwell's fifty-plus books have sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, and his stature as a writer has been firmly established. In With All My Might, his definitive autobiography, Caldwell tells about his work as a cotton picker, stagehand, professional football player, and war correspondent for Life magazine during World War II. He describes his four marriages (including the much publicized divorce from photographer Margaret Bourke-White). He writes of the sacrifices he made and the rejections he suffered during the years he was struggling to have his work published.
Publication date: 1843
Review The Life of Robert Pollok / William Blackwood & Sons:
Creator: Sunday Express
Publication date: 2003-01
Dewey code: 958.1046092
Price: $14.00
Review In the Hand of the Taliban: Her Extraordinary Story / Robson Books:Yvonne Ridley's terrifying 10 day detainment by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan struck a chord that continues to resonate around the world. At a time when the world was plunged into a state of unprecedented chaos and uncertainty following the terrorist atrocities in the US, Yvonne faced the ordeal of her life. Captured by the Taliban as she attempted to cross the Afghan border to report on the outbreak of war for the Sunday Express, Yvonne found her life hanging in the balance in the hands of the most reviled regime in the world. For Yvonne, an unexpected survival instinct kicked in that saw her face her captors not with fear, but with anger. Her courage and gutsiness, and that of her family, prompted the Taliban to release her, glad to be rid of such a so-called 'difficult' woman. This is Yvonne's full, true story. From her capture, to the ordeal she endured at the hands of the Taliban, to her eventual release; she offers a unique perspective into a way of life that remains a mystery to many. The friendships she formed with her fellow hostages, her feelings about her captors and their beliefs, and her discoveries - many of which surprised and baffled her - are all exclusively revealed in detail. Yvonne's story is a truly compelling and inspirational read.
Authors
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
Dewey code: 920
Price: $121.73
Review Borges / Destino Ediciones:
Publication date: 2003-01
List Price: $30.95
Price: $125.14
Review Shambhala / Kessinger Publishing:1930. In this book, Roerich sets forth his journey through Central Asia and Tibet in the terms of spirit. It is a record of legends, parables and notes that reveal the different facets of the theme of Shambhala. The author seemingly perceives what the people he encountered thought, their hopes and beliefs, the subtleties and nuances of those people and their countries. All these observations are published in this volume in the fabulously artistic style Roerich is known for, not only in his art, but also his writings.
Creator: Jean Cassou
Publication date: 1949
Review Auguste Rodin (Rodin Sculptures):Les Sculptures De Rodin - 95 Planches -
Publication date: 1938
Review Who's Who Today in the Musical World / Authors International Publishing:Compiled in 1936-37, the book provides information about many of the people involved in music in New York, Chicago and Europe. The first 125 pages is devoted to photographs, some full page (81/2 x 11) and others smaller. Includes singers, conductors, composers, singing teachers and coaches.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1988
Review Koviashuvik, a Time and Place of Joy SIGNED / Sierra Club Books:An account by the author, philosopher/scientist Sam Wright, of his 20 year sojourn in Alaska's Brooks Range.
Publication date: 1987
Review McDonald's: Affarsiden Som Blev En Livsstil / Werner Soderstrom:
Publication date: 2001-06-30
Dewey code: 863.64
Price: $24.95
Review El castigo de los angeles/ The punishment of the Angels / Planeta:
Creator: Nicholas Peterson
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 2004-01-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $34.95
Price: $125.69
Review Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land / Melbourne University Publishing:Anthropologist Donald Thomson sought a government commission to investigate the grievances of Yolngu men gaoled for killing Japanese pearl fishermen who had raped several Yolngu women in 1932. In 1932, Japanese pearl fishermen came ashore in the Caledon Bay area of Arnhem Land and raped several Yolngu women. The Yolngu retaliated, fatally spearing five of the fishermen. They were sent to Fanny Bay Gaol in Darwin, sentenced to death and the Federal Government proposed a punitive expedition to 'teach the Aborigines a lesson'. In response, Donald Thomson, a Melbourne-born and trained anthropologist with three expeditions to Cape York behind him, sought a government commission to investigate the grievances of the condemned men. A year later he finally secured their freedom, and returned with them to their own country. Thomson recorded his experiences in newspaper articles, reports to the government and private papers and in his own superb photography. Author Nicolas Peterson brings this material together in a compelling narrative that describes a white man's quest for justice and the Yolngu people's struggle for control of their own destinies.
Creator: John G. Wight
Publication date: 1912
Review "Autobiography and Miscellanea" By John G. Wight / John G. Wight-Press L.C. Childs & Sons:Prefatory Note in book states:'These fragments,gathered during the busy life of a teacher,are published chiefly in the hope that they will be of interest to friends,former associate teachers and pupils. The book is, with sincere affection,dedicated to my wife-Clinton, Onieda Co. ,N. Y. -signed John G. Wight.
Publication date: 2003-07
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $135.00
Price: $135.00
Review Memoirs of Robert Chambers with Autobiographic Reminiscences of William Chambers (Thoemmes Press- Thoemmes Library of Printing and the Book Trade) / Thoemmes Continuum:
Publication date: 1907
Review Reminiscences of Carl Schurz: volume one 1829 - 1852 & volume two 1852 - 1863 1907 Edition / McClure:
Publication date: 1986-03
Dewey code: 920
Price: $15.95
Review West With the Night (Isis (Hardcover Large Print)) / ISIS Large Print Books:A chronicle of Markham's growing up in Kenya, sharing hunting adventures with native tribes and her careers as race-horse trainer and aviatrix. 2 cassettes. One of the most beautifully crafted books I have ever read, with some of the most poetic prose passages I could imagine, such as the following, resonating with a stately and timeless quality so absent in our modern life: There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing. There is the silence that comes with morning in a forest, and this is different from the silence of a sleeping city. There is silence after a rainstorm, and before a rainstorm, and these are not the same. There is the silence of emptiness, the silence of fear, the silence of doubt. There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object as from a chair lately used, or from a piano with old dust upon its keys, or from anything that has answered to the need of a man, for pleasure or for work. This kind of silence can speak. Its voice may be melancholy, but it is not always so; for the chair may have been left by a laughing child or the last notes of the piano may have been raucous and gay. Whatever the mood or the circumstance, the essence of its quality may linger in the silence that follows. [+]It is a soundless echo. Born in England in 1902, Markham was taken by her father to East Africa in 1906. She spent her childhood playing with native Maruni children and apprenticing with her father as a trainer and breeder of racehorses. In the 1930s, she became an African bush pilot, and in September 1936, became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west.
Creator: Christopher Timothy
Publication date: 1996-10
Dewey code: 920
Price: $69.95
Review Let Sleeping Vets Lie (Vet Series , Vol 3) / Chivers Audio Books:With two years experience behind him, James Herriot still feels privileged working on the beautiful Yorkshire moors as assistant vet at the Darrowby practice. Full of hilarious tales and a rich cast of supporting characters, this third volume of memoirs is sure to delight hardened fans and new readers of James Herriot titles alike.
Edition: Limited
Publication date: 1982-10-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: $75.00
Review Keeping faith: Memoirs of a President / Bantam:
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El maestro y las magas/ The Master And The Magicians, The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To #45472, Henry Adams et les Mers du Sud: The Memoirs of Arii Taimai, With All My Might, The Life of Robert Pollok, In the Hand of the Taliban: Her Extraordinary Story, Borges, Shambhala, Auguste Rodin (Rodin Sculptures), Who's Who Today in the Musical World, Koviashuvik, a Time and Place of Joy SIGNED, McDonald's: Affarsiden Som Blev En Livsstil, El castigo de los angeles/ The punishment of the Angels, Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land, "Autobiography and Miscellanea" By John G. Wight, Memoirs of Robert Chambers with Autobiographic Reminiscences of William Chambers (Thoemmes Press- Thoemmes Library of Printing and the Book Trade), Reminiscences of Carl Schurz: volume one 1829 - 1852 & volume two 1852 - 1863 1907 Edition, West With the Night (Isis (Hardcover Large Print)), Let Sleeping Vets Lie (Vet Series , Vol 3), Keeping faith: Memoirs of a PresidentTop headlines: Student arrested for 'passing gas' at school: A student at a Florida school has been arrested after authorities said he was "passing gas" and turning off his classmates' computers. ›02:47 25 Nov, Tue Mom loses Ugly memoir libel suit: London's High Court ruled against a British woman who claimed that her daughter falsified stories of childhood cruelty and neglect in her book. ›17:44 Money for babies named after Mussolinis: What's in a name? 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