American Book of the Dead

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Reducere. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Carol Brightman brings the Grateful Dead and their history to life in this fascinating and "cogen...

Reducere. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to create an unprecede...

Randall Kenan is an American author best known for his novel A Visitation of Spirits and his collection of stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead. Th...

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The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation is a nonfiction book, first published in 1917, by the American novelist and muck-rakin...

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Reducere. DescriptionThis is the forgotten story of the American World War II dead. Told from personal family letters, official documents, contemporary magaz...

An unmissable gift book, A Small Book of Jewish Comedians is a perfect (please God) post-pandemic pick-me-upIn 1978, Time magazine estimated that a...

Reducere. Examining how African American males end up in dead-end classes, this book explores what must be done to change this trend, asking such questions a...

Reducere. This supernatural American road trip fantasy tells the story of a war between the ancient and modern gods. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fant...

Reducere. For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question...

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Reducere. Celebrate Día de los Muertos with this fun introduction for kids ages 6 to 9 Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday that celebrates l...

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Reducere. Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Brandon Shimoda's THE DESERT, a sequel to his William Carlos Williams Award-winning book EVENING ORACLE, gu...

Description2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION FINALIST Set in rural Oklahoma during the late 1980s, Where the Dead Sit Talking is a startling, authen...

Reducere. As seen on BBC 2 Everyman: Mediums Talking to the Dead American Television: Spirit of Princess Diana Bio Channel: Our Psychic Family Hailed as a la...

The fourth book in the beloved and hilarious Alvin Ho chapter book series, which has been compared to Diary of a Wimpy Kid and is perfect for Fathe...

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A work in the history of systematic philosophy that is itself animated by a systematic philosophic aspiration, this book by one of the most promine...

Reducere. Karen DeSonne is used to pretending to be something she's not. All her life, she's passed as a normal all-American teenager; with her friends, with...

Reducere. Reveals the evidence of life beyond death - Examines 125 years of scientific research into reincarnation, apparitions, and communication with the d...

"The maddest 12 months of my life. The journey starts with an oddball race up an American mountain and ends with me checking myself out of hospital...

Reducere. Hailed by The New York Times as "a passionately felt, deeply poetic book, " the moving autobiographical work of Edward Abbey, considered the Thorea...

Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the American Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this book, Professor Robert Eisenman details his struggles to break the monopoly on the Dead Sea Scrolls enjoyed by "The Official Tea...

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 ...

"The best and most thrilling book of exploration that we have ever read ... an] immensely important book." -- New York Evening Post"A series of exc...

Reducere. 2021 Book of the Year (Fiction), American Writing Award2021 Best Mystery/Suspense, American Writing Award2021 Best Women's Fiction, American Writin...

DescriptionCollection of Richard Corben's Edgar Allan Poe adaptations from various publications - stories include: Spirits of the Dead, Alone, The ...

``A superb book--an American equivalent to John Keegan's The Face of Battle. I sincerely believe that Grunts is destined to be a classic.``--Dave G...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Neil Gaiman returns to the territory of his masterpiece, American Gods (soon to be a Starz Original Series), ...

DescriptionLeft for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the 82nd Air...

DescriptionThree sisters. One spell. Countless dead. Lula Mortiz feels like an outsider. Her sister's newfound Encantrix powers have wounded her in...

Reducere. DescriptionRenowned Harvard scholar and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has written a strikingly original, ingeniously conceived, and beautiful...

Reducere. DescriptionIn This Is All a Dream We Dreamed, two of the most well-respected chroniclers of the Dead, Blair Jackson and David Gans, reveal the band...

George A. Romero was an inspiration to many, and responsible for helping to reanimate the undead into mainstream culture. To honour his legacy, Eye...

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Reducere. SUMMARY After experiencing the Day of the Dead in Mexico, Aleja, a Mexican-American teen, plans to throw a big D a de los Muertos party at her home...

DescriptionCrime historian Lizzie Stuart goes to Gallagher, Virginia for a year as a visiting professor at Piedmont State University. She is there ...

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Reducere. IncludesThe Phantom Hitchhiker of American ForkOgden's elegant haunted hotelActivity at Salt Lake City's This Is the Place Heritage ParkGhost child...

Reducere. From acclaimed true-crime author Michael Benson and real-life Mafia Survivor Frank Dimatteo, the gripping account of the life and crimes of the mos...

Reducere. What is the current state of journalism in America? Better yet, what is the current state of small-town print journalism? Maybe this doesn't seem l...

Reducere. Description"Take Me Home is a riveting novel of two heroic people attempting to transcend the prejudices of their time and place. . . . Skillful ar...

Reducere. In 1915, Edgar Lee Masters published a book of dramatic monologues written in free verse about a fictional town called Spoon River, based on the Mi...

Reducere. DescriptionOriginally published in "Reedy's Mirror" from May 29, 1914 until January 5, 1915 and then first in book form in 1915 with an expanded ed...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert SullivanFor centuries the hunting of the whale was what defined the Makah, a Native American tribe in Neah Bay, but ...

Reducere. The original hardcover edition of a perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold more than one million copies and is the o...

Reducere. Edna Ferber wrote So Big in 1924 and won the Pulitzer Prize for it the following year. The bestselling book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarl...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Henry JamesIntroduction by: Fred KaplanA collection of six short novels from the celebrated author of The Portrait of a Lad...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is a book about war. A war against America's enemies, against racism, against the loss of fellow warriors in battle, and against th...

Reducere. DescriptionTribal Screams is a compelling collection of fantasy and horror stories by Owl Goingback, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of 'Crota', E...

Reducere. Revised and enhanced to make the best reading experience possible Henry Berry Lowrie was a blue-eyed North Carolina Indian who became a real Americ...

An NPR Best Book of the Year * The stunning sequel to the critically acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin. An incarcerated teen writ...

Winner of the Colorado Book Award in Poetry (2018) In this fourth book in a series of award-winning survival narratives, Dungy writes positioned at...

Reducere. The Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the bloodiest day in American history, with more than twenty-three thousand dead, wou...

DescriptionThe Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the bloodiest day in American history, with more than twenty-three thousan...

Reducere. "Indian Boyhood, " presents the incredible adventurous childhood and youth which were a part of the free wilderness life of the first American -- a...

Reducere. DescriptionThe greatest unsolved mystery of the 20th century--until now.Fact: During the night of February 1, 1959, in the remote reaches of Siberi...

Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fan...

Reducere. In the world of American serial killers, few can beat Donald Henry "Peewee" Gaskins when it comes to depravity, cunning, and quite possibly the she...

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Reducere. DescriptionTrotter never comes out ahead at the racetrack. But maybe that's because his lucky day is still just around the corner. One day, to the ...

Description"Jay Cronley is surely one of the funniest writers alive " --Evan Hunter"Cronley has a dead-on ear for the American clich ." --Los Angel...

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