Sweden - The Untold Story: In One of the Least Corrupt Countries in the World, Politicians Use Public Transport, Do Their Own Laundry and Are Tre, Pap

Reducere. DescriptionSweden has long been viewed as a beacon for democratic government and progressive social policies. In this witty and insightful book, jo...

DescriptionTrains and stagecoaches stuck in the snow, wild storms driving sailing ships off course, traffic pile-ups on so-called 'killer' highways...

* A book that will change the course of modern history, and specifically our attitudes to China. * Three of the top four China scholars in America ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the summer of 1950, a most unlikely group was assembled to represent its country in the first soccer World Cup since World War II. Th...

Reducere. Six Women of Salem is the first work to use the lives of a select number of representative women as a microcosm to illuminate the larger crisis of ...

Reducere. DescriptionG rard Anaclet Vincent Encausse (1865 - 1916), commonly known by his esoteric pseudonym Papus, was the French hypnotist, physician, and ...

Reducere. Douglas Robertson has taken his father's classic book, Survive the Savage Sea, as his starting point. The Robertson family set sail from the south ...

A global future in the history of a single village After a decade away from her ancestral family village, during which she became a writer and lite...

In late 1940 a group of five young Australian soldiers set out on a secret mission: one of the Second World War's most daring operations and the fi...

Anticipating fame and wealth, Captain John Voss set out from Victoria, BC, in 1901, seeking to claim the world record for the smallest vessel ever ...

Reducere. DescriptionDrawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War IWhile their story is almost a...

Reducere. Our Favourite Things is a vivid and engaging story of discovery and love. We meet a Gambian-Swedish family who give the reader a glimpse of both wo...

Reducere. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SYBIL? Dr. Patrick Suraci discovered the answer to that question in 1993. He learned that Sybil was Shirley Mason and they bec...

Reducere. A thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic World War II escape and the real-life adventures that followed.On August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' -...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: World Bank PublicationsAuthor(s): World BankIllustration(s): tabs.Number of pages: 56Collection: World Bank Technical PaperPublication d...

Reducere. Classic reference describes in detail hundreds of implements in use in the American colonies in the 18th century. Over 250 illustrations depict too...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Max DoernerThe leading authority on the materials and techniques of painting. Index; illustrations. Translated and revised ...

What does a teenage girl dream about in Nigeria or New York? How does she spend her days in Mongolia, the Midwest, and the Middle East? All around ...

Reducere. GENE WEINGARTEN IS THE O. HENRY OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM Simply the best storyteller around, Weingarten describes the world as you think it is before...

Reducere. In this expert insider's account of the savings and loan debacle of the 1980s, William Black lays bare the strategies that corrupt CEOs and CFOs--i...

A revolutionary program for creating anything, from a functional kitchen to a computer program, to a work of art, Robert Fritz demonstrates that an...

Reducere. The Beginner Witch is a cute way to create and journal all of your mystical spells in the one place. With the journal's unique custom interior of t...

An extraordinary tale of the remarkable bond between one man and his dog during the Second World War.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 276Collection: Routledge Research in Comparative PoliticsPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 157 x 23...

Reducere. DescriptionVice Admiral Albert Gleaves offers his first-hand account of naval troop transports during World War One, showing how crucial these were...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Dianne L ThompsonIllustration(s): 0; 0Number of pages: 494Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 200 x 2...

Reducere. The American Legion was founded in 1919, shortly after the harrowing conflict of World War I drew to a close; this book describes the founding, and...

Reducere. DescriptionDying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is. THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL IN THE BEST SELLING 'The Things Our Fat...

Reducere. Description"For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America." But dying for freedom isn't the worst that co...

Reducere. In Separated by Their Sex, Mary Beth Norton offers a bold genealogy that shows how gender came to determine the right of access to the Anglo-Americ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph Koletar"In the three years following the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

From bestselling author of The $100 Startup and Side Hustle comes Chris Guillebeau's engaging story about the power you have to create your own fin...

Violet-eyed siren Elizabeth Taylor and classically handsome Montgomery Clift were the most gorgeous screen couple of their time. Over two decades o...

A brilliantly original take on the First World War, tracing the Indian army's journey from a small professional service to a crucial part of the co...

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Johan AnderbergTranslator: Alice OlssonNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 2...

Reducere. None of us are exempt from the difficulties that life can sometimes bring. Unforeseen and unfavorable circumstances can change our realities so sig...

Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. Few people, however, know that research into tree rings has als...

This book shares the stories of frontline health workers - told in their own words - during the second wave of COVID-19 in Australia. It records th...

A new adventure begins in the bestselling world of the Laundry Files: a nightmarish vision of a Britain where magic has gone mainstream . . .Publis...

All 195 countries illustrated and explained in an instant

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LtdAuthor(s): Kate BradburyNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 202 x 240 x 23Cover type: HardbackIl...

Reducere. As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional b...

Reducere. Here the noted folklorist brings together traditional accounts of epic events and adventures in the life of Hopi clans and villages, from legendary...

Reducere. "(The Least Among Them) is the ultimate insider book." - Marty Appel "This charming and meticulously researched book will remind you of baseball's ...