A Hero Born

Reducere. The Tibetan classic The Epic of King Gesar, believed to date from the 12th century, relates the heroic deeds of the cultural icon Gesar, the fearle...

Reducere. A sumptuous monograph tracing the life and legacy of fashion luminary Oscar de la Renta. In October 2014 one of the fashion world's champions, Osc...

Reducere. Bestselling writer Tom King is back with a new epic that reinvents one of DC's classic science-fiction adventurers, Adam Strange, examining whether...

Reducere. To be a successful soldier you must know history. . . . What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change but man who uses them changes not at a...

Reducere. She was a friend, lover, and confidante of charismatic Spanish American independence hero Simon Bolivar and, after her death, a nationalist icon in...

Reducere. This second volume of the five-volume commentary by the renowned Buddhist scholar Geshe Lhundub Sopa focuses on the key Buddhist concepts of karma,...

Reducere. They say heroes are born, not made. That isn t the case with BYRON DURAND. For him, it was a little of both. As the heroic SPACE CADET, Byron was b...

Reducere. Monkey King, China's most popular hero in lore and legend, has entertained and delighted children for centuries. Born from a rock, Monkey proclaims...

Reducere. For almost 100 years photos, journals, newspaper clippings, Naval records and love letters waited quietly to tell the story of how a Depression-era...

Since 2010 Tim Foley has been the driving force of a campaign to honour a man with a remarkable story. Tom Crean, the subject of the new book 'Crea...

A hilarious and unique graphic novel of friendship, family, and what happens when you defy and exceed expectations.Donut (middle name: The; last na...

Reducere. Since 2010 Tim Foley has been the driving force of a campaign to honour a man with a remarkable story. Tom Crean, the subject of the new book 'Crea...

Reducere. This is the first-ever biography of Emmet Dalton - an American-born Dubliner, Home Ruler, and later Republican - whose extraordinary military caree...

Reducere. You've heard the story before: an orphaned boy, raised by a wise old man, comes to a fuller knowledge of his magic and uses it to fight the great e...

Reducere. One of SF's most beloved rogues: the Stainless Steel Rat Slippery Jim DiGriz is the Stainless Steel Rat: the galaxy's greatest interstellar thief a...

A Vision of Battlements is the first novel by the writer and composer Anthony Burgess, who was born in Manchester in 1917. Set in Gibraltar during ...

Reducere. The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politics--only to be felled by an assassin's bullet and to die at the hands of his...

Reducere. The town of Berlin on Maryland's Eastern Shore was founded on a 300acre tract of land called Burley, part of a land grant to Col. William Stevens t...

Reducere. #1 New York Times Bestseller " A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story, Circe manages to be both epic and intimate in its scope, rec...

DescriptionA wild, Jodorowsky-style graphic novel from Moldy Peaches cofounder Adam GreenIn War and Paradise, a graphic novel by creative polymath ...

Reducere. As the Dark Trine's noose tightens around Kinderra, young Trine Mirana Pinal and her mentor, the Trine hero Tetric Garis, embark on a quest to lear...

On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force deserted their posts, leaving the city virtually defenseless....

Reducere. The epic, definitive story of Sylvanas Windrunner, one of World of Warcraft's most enduring and iconic characters, as chronicled by bestselling aut...

In 1987 a science fiction blockbuster arrived and a pop culture legend was born. RoboCop is the story of a hero police officer in near-future Detro...

Wow your friends and family with delectable baked goods, from everyday recipes for breakfast and brunch, to holiday treats and showstopping celebra...

Reducere. Binga is the definitive full-length biography of Jesse Binga, the first black banker in Chicago. Born into a large family in Detroit, Binga arrived...

Reducere. The hero of John Wain's classic novel is Charles Lumley, a young man fresh out of university and wondering what to do with the rest of his life. Fe...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating Life of William WallaceYou might recognize him from Mel Gibson's film Braveheart...Sir William Wallace (c. 1270 - 1305) was...

Reducere. Jack felt the familiar burn of shame in his chest. Why do I keep doing this...thinking about her? It was so long ago, but I can't get what happened...

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Independent Publisher Book AwardsVarina Anne "Winnie" Davis was born into a war-torn South in June of 1864, the youngest daughter of Confederate pr...

Reducere. A mighty empire...a lowly slave...a galaxy to save. Will a hero rise? Nova chronicles the early years of the galaxy after the great war between two...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: J. Michael CleverleyBorn a Soldier is a tour of the mid-20th century's conflicts with the remarkable Larry Thorne. Capturin...

Harold C. Urey (1893-1981), whose discoveries lie at the foundation of modern science, was one of the most famous American scientists of the twenti...

Reducere. Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, this is the epic saga of Rome, the city and its peo...

DescriptionThe epic Chinese classic and phenomenon published in the US for the first time A fantastical generational saga and kung fu epic, A Hero ...

Published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of General George Patton's death, a gripping firsthand account of World War II written by a ...

Reducere. Homer A Tornado Wrapped in Barbed Wire takes us into the life of an unsung hero and the hardships Homer and too many others faced during the first ...

Reducere. Get ready for Klingon-speaking Cosplayers, cutthroat convention politics, and the unlikeliest heroes ever known in the epic dark comedy Battle at t...

Reducere. Since 2010 Tim Foley has been the driving force of a campaign to honour a man with a remarkable story. Tom Crean, the subject of the new book 'Crea...

Reducere. "Here Comes Sim " That sign adorned the front of an old, beat-up pickup truck belonging to Sim Fryson, Sr., a black man born in the Deep South of R...

Reducere. Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate adventure that has thrilled readers for over a hundred years. Masterfully crafted, Treasure Island is a stu...

Reducere. Charles Seymour, second-born son, will never be the earl like his father, but he did inherit his mother's strength-and the will to realize his dest...

Reducere. Jim Corbett became the hero of thousands of impoverished local families in the remote Indian region of Kumaon when, throughout the 1920s and 30s, h...

Reducere. What happens in Sherman's Lagoon doesn't always stay in Sherman's Lagoon. In this, the fourteenth collection of Sherman's Lagoon comic strips, we e...

Reducere. Since 2010 Tim Foley has been the driving force of a campaign to honour a man with a remarkable story. Tom Crean, the subject of the new book 'Crea...

BORN in Dublin in 1822, Lieutenant-General John Nicholson was raised and educated in Ireland. He joined the East India Company's Bengal Army as 16-...

George R.R. Martin drew on Tolkien, who was inspired by Medieval epics and Norse mythology. This collection of epic fantasy tales explores the them...

DescriptionIn the first book of the Mighty Meg series, Meg receives a ring for her eighth birthday and wakes up with superpowers Meg's life is turn...

Reducere. From the award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of Seward and Stanton, here is the critically acclaimed and definitive biography of J...

Now in English for the first time Set in ancient China, in a world where kung fu is magic, kingdoms vie for power and the battle to become the ulti...

Reducere. Rebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in late '60s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian folksongs with fuzz ...

Reducere. Tyrion was a good person who had been born to a simple family and raised with love, but the world has shaped him for a different fate. Twisted by v...

Reducere. DescriptionLawrence Graham Bigelow was an American artist who achieved prominence in the mid 20th century, while at the same time working undercove...

Reducere. Annals of a Lost TimeHerein are eight scintillating tales of sword and sorcery from modern masters of the genre! Adrian Cole. "Tower in the Crimson...

Reducere. A story of love, violence, and race set at the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution in 1791, African American writer Arna Bontemps's Drums at Dusk im...

The true story of Theseus and the Minotaur. Everyone thinks they know Theseus, the great Hero of Athens. But what legend has retained is merely a w...

Reducere. Dog Man meets Despicable Me in this crackling, hilarious middle grade graphic novel series from author-illustrator Ken Lamug, starring Mischief and...

Reducere. From the construction of the Berlin Wall through every major conflict of his adult lifetime up to the Syrian Civil War, photographer Don McCullin h...

Reducere. King Herod is troubled, and all of Jerusalem with him. Who is this child born the King of the Jews? The Magi arrive from the East to pay homage to ...

Reducere. Chris P. Bacon was born with malformed legs, but with the help of a wheelchair made of construction toys, he's become a hero to people with similar...

Inside the heart of every girl lives a fierce, mighty warrior just waiting to spring into action.You are your own biggest hero. You are a Warrior G...

Reducere. "I am not a civil rights hero. I am a warrior, and I am on a mission from God." --James Meredith James Meredith engineered two of the most epic eve...

Reducere. Maud Gonne, the legendary woman known as the Irish Joan of Arc, left her mark on everyone she met. She famously won the devotion of one of the grea...

Reducere. "The lively story of the Civil War's most unlikely--and most uncelebrated--genius" (The Wall Street Journal)--General Montgomery C. Meigs, who buil...

DescriptionIn an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg--who grew up in France and emigrated to the US--becomes the fir...

Reducere. Bronze Medal Winner: 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Ace is the story of Ace Cozzalio, a bold and courageous U.S. Army helicopter pilot flyi...

Reducere. Don't miss this unique retelling of the Robin Hood legend England, 1154-1194: A kingdom under assault.A conspiracy born of anarchy.A hero standing ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Stanley Vestal"A tall man, with long black hair, smooth face, dark eyes (inclining to turn his head a little to one side, a...

Reducere. An idealistic Icelandic farmer journeys to Mormon Utah and back in search of paradise in this captivating novel by Nobel Prize--winner Halldor Laxn...