Inheritance: The Story of a West Indian Family, Paperback - Ian McDonald

Reducere. West Indian poet Ian McDonald journeys down the generations of his family, describing with a loving and fascinated eye his ancestors, including war...

A groundbreaking and original book which explores an important yet neglected facet of Scottish history.

The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years.

A unique and honest insight into life after a stroke written by a stroke victim who was already a stroke specialist, and a psychologist who helps o...

Reducere. DescriptionBased on extensive research as well as on a career working for cultural institutions, historian Thomas E. Ch vez has created a historica...

When the author and her partner Colin, both young academics, moved in with her uncle Charles, an elderly bachelor, they had no idea what the coming...

Reducere. DescriptionThe History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings ...

Reducere. Born in Bermuda to a house slave in 1788, Mary Prince suffered the first of many soul-shattering experiences in her life when she was separated fro...

Reducere. Mission: The Freckled Indian book series seeks to help children be proud of who they are and increase their confidence in their identity. The book ...

[Read by Suzanne Toren, Soneela Nankani, and Thom Rivers] The scions of a falling house must navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain thei...

Develops a general theory of inheritance and shows how it is essential to democratic actionPublisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Samir Hadd...

Reducere. Mission: The Freckled Indian book series seeks to help children be proud of who they are and increase their confidence in their identity. The book ...

Reducere. Ian McDonald weaves a love story across an endless expanse with his science fiction novella Time WasA love story stitched across time and war, shap...

DescriptionIn 1913, unmarried and alone at the age of thirty, Clara left Minnesota and headed to Montana to file a homestead claim on free land. Un...

The second part of this stunning moon colonisation epic series, from the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author. Will appeal to fans of }The Martian{.

Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 'Rarely has family history been so vivid' JENNY UGLOW 'An extraordinarily original work' AMAND...

DescriptionIn The Menace from Farside, Ian McDonald returns to his elegantly wound solar system of the twenty-second century, full of political int...

Ian McDonald's first novel, which announced the arrival of an exciting new voice in the realm of science fiction. There's nowhere quite like Desola...

Reducere. DescriptionLuna: Wolf Moon continues Ian McDonald's saga of the Five Dragons.A Dragon is dead. Corta Helio, one of the five family corporations tha...

Reducere. A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR SCIENCE FICTION The continuing saga of the Five Dragons, Ian McDonald's fast-paced, intricately plotted space opera pitc...

Reducere. "The History of Mary Prince - A West Indian Slave" is a 1831 autobiography of Mary Prince (1788-1833), a British abolitionist and autobiographer. B...

She-Wolf: The Story of a Roman Icon - Cristina Mazzoni

A re-issue of the novel that secured McDonald's reputation as one of the most exciting voices in global SF.

McDonald's epic SF trilogy of corporate greed and family betrayal in the lethal setting of the moon reaches its triumphant conclusion.

A memoir about unravelling a family's historyPublisher: The Conrad PressAuthor(s): Fiona ChestertonIllustration(s): 18 black and white photographsN...

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 ...

In the early 80s, 20 West Indian cricketers were paid more than $100, 000 each to take part in rebel tours of apartheid South Africa. When they ret...

Reducere. Highlights variations in representations of West Indian slavery by drawing on a range of testimonies, especially those of the enslaved themselves. ...

The renowned artist, Gustave Post, has been dead four years. His estate is in the hands of the Collarii Foundation, which administers it to maintai...

Reducere. Who Made the West looks at the 30 most influential people in Western history. Some are familiar names-Washington, Einstein, Aristotle. Others may h...