Born in Fire, Paperback

The Crimson Petal and the White is one of the best-loved novels of recent years. Now a major BBC TV drama, it captured hearts and left readers desp...

DescriptionAn Unabridged, Unaltered Edition to Include All Thirty-One Chapters with a Preface by the Author: The Prelude - The Inheritance - "Kept"...

Reducere. This book collects drawings, supplemented by her own photographs, by artist Katherine Bernhardt (born 1975), of midcentury modern houses in the Ham...

Reducere. A collection of haunting--and hilarious--ghost stories by the beloved Booker Prize finalist and New York Times-bestselling author. Robertson Davies...

Reducere. If little Marcela Crow had not been born to a body identical to her twin brother's...Would a young potter, who as a child lost her family to a hous...

Reducere. Another Day, Another Challenge is the biography of an atypical child born with Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that most physicians had not h...

Reducere. DescriptionMary G. Harris Jones (baptized 1837; died 1930), known as Mother Jones, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who beca...

Reducere. Miracle drugs save lives and ease suffering, but for profit-motivated companies the miracle is the money they generate . . . at any cost. Billions ...

In this moving Amish romance, two broken hearts find hope in each other after a terrible loss. Unspeakable tragedy strikes the Amish hamlet of John...

The best-known work by the eccentric anthropologist Jaime de Angulo, Indians in Overalls is a fascinating account of his first linguistic field tri...

Reducere. DescriptionDecember 8, 1941 brought the armed might of Japan to the Philippines as part of Japan's effort to bring the Filipinos into the Greater E...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the true-life, roller coaster-ride story of a multi-talented, Earth-toned American singer, musician, and comedian, born and rais...

Reducere. DescriptionThen, in August 2009, a registered sex offender named Phillip Garrido appeared on the University of California, Berkeley campus alongsid...

Reducere. Ronald Rolheiser, a Catholic priest and theologian, is one of the most popular and influential spiritual writers today. Through such bestselling bo...

Reducere. DescriptionFirefighter: From Rookie to Chief tells the tales of Ivor Dower, a retired British fire officer who served from 1950 to 1983. His tales ...

Reducere. Sansei Amy Uyematsu's The Yellow Door celebrates her Japanese-American roots and the profound changes that have occurred in her lifetime. As a woma...

Reducere. From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of class...

Reducere. Born near Lee's Summit, Missouri, Thomas Coleman (``Cole``) Younger (1844-1916) rode with William Clarke Quantrill's Confederate raiders during the...

Reducere. Fans of Scream and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this "wholly chilling and unputdownable" horror debut (Kerri Maniscalco,...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lora LeighHe had protected Roni when she was a child, filled all her teenage fantasies, and when she became a woman, he sto...

Reducere. To millions, he was the rebellious Man in Black, the unabashed patriot, the redeemed Christian-the king of country music. But Johnny Cash (1932-200...

The work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has reverberated through two and a half centuries, altering the course of literature in ways both grand and ...

What leads us to respond politically to the deaths of some citizens and not others? This is one of the critical questions Heather Pool asks in Poli...

Reducere. Born in nuclear fire, they stride across the face of the world, unstoppable. They are the Kaiju -- giant monsters that have ravaged the nation of J...

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Reducere. Bold and impassioned, sharp and defiant, Leslie Marmon Silko's essays evoke the spirit and voice of Native Americans. Whether she is exploring the ...

From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their c...

Whilst he broaches the theme of the difference between the sexes, Hegel does not go deep enough into the question of their mutual desire as a cruci...

DescriptionAnother classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel It has been...

Reducere. The Yoga Tattwa Upanishad, an ancient treatise on early yogic practices leading to higher meditation, is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads. There is no...

When Dr. Ellen Einterz first arrives in the town of Kolofata in Cameroon, the situation is dire: patients are exploited by healthcare workers, unst...

"A writer of exceptional gifts and grace." --Joyce Carol Oates A young fireman battles to provide for his family--and struggles to avoid the traps ...

Reducere. The award-winning author of Redwoods and Coral Reefs explores the evolving terrain and animals of the Galápagos in this nonfiction picture book. Ch...

Reducere. To those who know the charm of Aldo Leopold's writing in A Sand County Almanac, this collection from his journals and essays will be a new delight....

From the devastating 1936 fire in Bandon, Oregon to the building of the Columbia River Bridge in 1966 this story charts the epic journey of buildin...

Reducere. DescriptionThe true centuries and prophecies of Michel Nostradamus, credited with predicting numerous events in world history, from the Great Fire ...

Reducere. J. Wendell Mapson, Jr., was born in West Palm Beach, FL and raised in Newark, NJ. He received his B.A. degree from Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA.,...

Reducere. Paco Sullivan is the only man in Alpha Company to survive a cataclysmic Viet Cong attack on Fire Base Harriette in Vietnam. Everyone else is annihi...

Reducere. The chicken of the Norse god Thor, bewitched with the power of thunder and lightning, returns to action in Thundercluck Chicken of Thor: Recipe for...

Reducere. Death is just a close shave away. It is February 1918. Somewhere in the bayside suburbs of Melbourne, the Death Mask Murderer is lurking, engaged i...

Reducere. Girlz in the Hood is the unsentimental, moving, and surprisingly humorous account of a girl and her ten siblings who grew up in one of the roughest...

Reducere. This book is a collection of one-page stories or snippets of Perry, Ohio history published in local sources by the author over the course of severa...

Reducere. Brahms composed just three sonatas for violin and piano, all of them staples of the repertoire--studied, practiced, and performed by chamber music ...

Reducere. Description"A watershed moment exists in every man's life, Fish--the moment he stops being his mother's son and starts being his lover's man. When ...

Publishing during the 100th Anniversary of the First World War An NYRB Classics Original The budding young Hungarian artist B la Zombory-Moldov n w...

Updated in 2017. Celtic Christianity is as exciting as it is intriguing, from the first native Christians in the British Isles, through to the grea...

One of the Best Books of the Year: The Guardian, Glamour, GoopAn Entertainment Weekly Must-Read A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothi...

Reducere. Jenna Thompson, the child of a healer, is herself a healer. She longs to become a registered nurse, to combine her healing skills with the science ...

Reducere. A 2021 Newbery Honor Book A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. A compelling fantasy looks at issues of privilege, protest, and justice....

Contributor(s): Author: Jack LondonThe King of Mazy May is a short story by Jack London. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, Ja...

Reducere. Dancer, painter, writer, muse, passionate lover, and freethinker, Zelda Fitzgerald is one of the most iconic figures of the Jazz Age. Born in Alaba...

Reducere. Mudras: The art of healing & spiritual growth Like Yoga, Mudras are a boon to mankind. This science imparts knowledge that leads to self-discovery ...

Reducere. The fantastic conclusion to the Spiritwalker trilogy Trouble, treachery, and magic just won't stop plaguing Cat Barahal. The Master of the Wild Hun...

Reducere. In a quiet community of million dollar homes and shiny SUVs, the Nyce family projected the very image of success. Dr. Jonathan Nyce, an asthma suff...

A disgraced chef rediscovers her passion for food and her roots in this stunning novel rich in culture and full of delectable recipes. French-born ...

Reducere. Your Money or Your Life Book Summary - Key Lessons From Robin's Book - 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial...

Reducere. "The shots kept coming and we couldn't pin down the source. We had our weapons drawn, but we could not shoot blindly into the area we just came, ot...

Reducere. Read this resonating tale that has never been out of print for over 100 years, in this beautifully designed volume. This breakthrough novel of Amer...

Reducere. For centuries, the people of Tennebrum have been plagued by demons that crawl from the shadows of their very homes. Yet to Kyran, these demons and ...

"If you have an appetite for culinary adventure, you'll devour the feisty and fun memoir" (Elle magazine) by James Beard award-winning chef, restau...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bill SprouseFor centuries, the story of the Jersey Devil has been part of the culture of southern New Jersey. A fire-breath...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jonathan HestonForeword by: Dane MaxwellINCLUDES FREE "POWER PYRAMID SYSTEM" VIDEO AND 2 EXPANSION GUIDES Every person I ta...

'``Where you staying?`` the Bedouin asked. ``Why you not stay with me tonight - in my cave?``' Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsen's story of h...

Reducere. During the night of April 10, 1734, Montr al burned. Marie-Joseph Ang lique, a twenty-nine-year-old slave, was arrested, tried, and found guilty of...

Reducere. PRAVIN GORDHAN has been at the centre of many of the political storms that have torn through South Africa's political landscape. He has been invest...

Reducere. Born Simone Jules, reinvented as Eleanor Dumont, and largely remembered as Madame Moustache, A BETTING WOMAN is a historical novel inspired by the ...

Two of the most powerful prophets who ever walked this earth were Elijah and Elisha. Their stories are fascinating, filled with spectacular signs a...

Reducere. "...between God and humans there is something called the Spiritus Mundi, a spirit that serves as a repository for all human memory. It is every ide...

Reducere. Only Flying is about mammoths, triumph and riding; cancer, dancing, and disappearing; falling and remembering where you were born and what you were...

Reducere. From deep within the ring of fire, burning logs, and smoldering ash, grows a tale of an adventurous boy and a magical discovery.Nat is a young boy ...