A Hero Born

Description-A new selection of the best images from Henk van Rensbergen, an urban explorer pioneer, in a handy format -This revised and expanded ed...

DescriptionAn NYRB Classics Original Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common...

Reducere. A warmhearted conversation starter of a book. - Kirkus Reviews "Encouraging forgiveness and celebrating strength in numbers, this cheerful book's i...

Reducere. "Italian novelist Maurensig spins an intriguing historical narrative of Indian chess master Malik Mir Sultan Khan (1903-1966)...Maurensig's tragic ...

No superhero is a series of work by the acclaimed Scandinavian artist, Ole Marius Jorgensen. The work features meticulously staged, cinematic photo...

An original middle-grade graphic novel starring breakout character (and New Jersey's own) Ms. Marvel!Kamala Khan (a.k.a Ms. Marvel) is stretched to...

Reducere. From USA Today & International Bestseller Grace CallawayShe wanted the one thing her husband couldn't give: his heart."Wow! Five star fairy tale of...

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...

Reducere. Walt Disney Animation Studios' Moana is a sweeping, CG-animated comedy-adventure about a spirited teenager on an impossible mission to fulfill her ...

Reducere. William Henry Hudson was a true child of South America, born in Argentina in 1841. His parents had emigrated from the USA to begin sheep farming, a...

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. 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. 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. The Song of Hiawatha (1855) is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A master of poetic tradition and form, Longfellow wrote The Song of Hiaw...

Reducere. The Song of Hiawatha (1855) is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A master of poetic tradition and form, Longfellow wrote The Song of Hiaw...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's World newspaper, left New York City...

Reducere. 'A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero' - David WalliamsPhizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl!Exciting, bold...

The most hotly anticipated paperback thriller of 2019 follows our hero Jack Reacher on a quest into his father's past, and climaxes in the most sto...

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...

DescriptionUnflinching and plainspoken, Tessa Swan is not your typical 18th-century woman. Born and bred on the western Virginia frontier along wit...

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. In this provocative and dreamy parable, a young man disillusioned by the corruption of his homeland sets out on a quest to find Gebel, the land of ...

*Winner of the Colonial Dames of America Book Award* Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis was born into a war-torn South in June of 1864, the youngest daught...

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...

DescriptionThe most radical and divisive composer of the twentieth century, Arnold Schoenberg remains a hero to many, and a villain to many others....

Reducere. Regency England, January 1813: The mutilated body of a young French doctor found in an alley beside a mysterious, badly injured woman entangles Seb...

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

Reducere. This choice compilation features eight of Sherlock Holmes' finest adventures, including "The Final Problem, " Conan Doyle's unsuccessful attempt to...

Reducere. "Sharyn McCrumb is a born storyteller." *Mary Higgins Clark WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD "Sharyn McCrumb has few equals and no superiors among today's...

DescriptionComedy and tragedy intertwine when two very different couples fall in and out of love. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a seri...

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...

From a Japanese master of romantic and sexual obsession come two novels that treat traditional themes with sly wit and startling psychological soph...

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

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

Reducere. Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) was an American journalist, born in Eatonton, Georgia, who wrote the Uncle Remus stories, including: Uncle Remus: ...

DescriptionThis wordless book captures the heart and drama of the famous marksman and Swiss folk hero Wilhelm Tell with bold, bright illustrations ...

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

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

Reducere. War hero, Medal of Honor recipient, and subject of an Oscar-winning film, Sgt. Alvin York was the most famous soldier of his generation. But behind...

A botched liquor store heist leaves three grisly dead. A hero cop is missing. Nobody could see a pattern in these two stray bits of information-no ...

Reducere. John Bosco is a favorite saint of all Catholic youth but especially of boys. A Story of Saint John Bosco details the life of this great saint. He w...

Reducere. John Lennon called himself a working class hero. George Harrison was a working class mystic. Born in Liverpool as the son of a bus conductor and a ...

Reducere. Kate Bates is another Gene Stratton-Porter unsung hero in the tradition of Elnora Comstock, of A Girl of the Limberlost, and Freckles and Laddie, o...

DescriptionOne of Entertainment Weekly's "5 Books to Read if You Loved A Star is Born" "More than a glitzy Hollywood tale... It's a surprisingly in...

Everyone's favourite puffling is ready for adventure in a beautiful new board book edition, especially for wee hands. One morning Skye, the cheeky ...

A blazing new chapter in the epic Byrnes family saga from Western Heritage and Western Writers of America Spur Award-winning author Dusty Richards ...

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. DescriptionBefore Usain Bolt or Tyson Gay, Bob Beamon or Carl Lewis, Jesse Owens was perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and fiel...

With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky's early short stories contai...

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

DescriptionAJIN combines super-natural themes with sci-fi action for a very modern high-paced yarn that should compete with most popular current ma...

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

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. A mighty empire...a lowly slave...a galaxy to save. Will a hero rise? Nova chronicles the early years of the Aurora Galaxy after the great war betw...

Reducere. Daft Eddie; or, the Smugglers of Strangford Lough: A Tale of Killinchy first appeared as a serial in the author's own newspaper, the North Down Her...

Reducere. Zeno De Rossi is arrogant and callous. Nothing like the boy I grew up with.He's poised to take over the most powerful mafia family in New York.To h...

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,...

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...

DescriptionOver the last 200 years, the country has elected a variety of colorful figures to national office. Drunkards, racists, slave holders, ph...

If you're looking to read one of the best books about football, featuring a modern-day sports hero, this unauthorized biography of Russell Wilson w...

With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations Now in paperback, the first fully documented biography of the legendary Polish-born Nazi hunter--a r...

A futuristic tale of samurai adventure from the creator of Naruto Becoming a samurai seems like an impossible dream for Hachimaru, a boy who can't ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first female Supreme Court justi...

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. A sequel has never been this good...at being bad In this highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling How to Be a Supervillain, Victor Spoil mus...

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...

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...

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...

Reducere. Description#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon brings us back to the astonishing world of the Dark-Hunters in Stygian, with a her...

Reducere. As the millions of fans of Like Water for Chocolate know, Laura Esquivel is a romanticist whose novels explore the power of love and the truths of ...