Lemon Swamp and Other Places: A Carolina Memoir, Paperback - Mamie Garvin Fields

Reducere. Mamie Garvin Fields was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1888. Though black, her family was gifted and she grew up not among house servants or...

In this, her first collection of short stories, Winterson reveals all the facets of her extraordinary imagination. In prose that is full of imagery...

Reducere. Eden Across the Street and Other Formative Places: a Memoir attempts to recreate important relation-ships in the author's earlier life and to con-v...

Reducere. Ann Richards--now the subject of the Broadway play Ann--tells her life story in her own trademark candor and spicy humor. Straight from the Heart i...

It's not in any map, true places never are.- Herman MelvilleI've heard it said that God is in the details. How is it that a particular detail looms...

A new and 50% enlarged, entertaining, but fundamentally serious selection of the most rewarding places to visit in Italy. Towns, villages, museums ...

An entertaining selection of the most rewarding places to visit in one of the most historically significant countries in the world. A guide book in...

Reducere. In this vulnerable, insightful memoir, the New York Times columnist tells the story of his five-year struggle with a disease that officially doesn'...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's second antislavery novel was written partly in response to the criticisms of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by both white Souther...

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New commissioned work by an important American contemporary artist using a multidisciplinary approach to examine issues of race and identityPublish...

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A powerful, visceral memoir of a life undone. Through intimate access to her personal diary, Birdie shares a decade of her innermost thoughts as sh...

A new and varied collection of short stories from the Man Booker Prize-winning writer. It follows a series of unconnected events and people living ...

Florida's famous swamps--from the Everglades to Mosquito Lagoon to Tate's Hell--serve as fitting backdrops for these chilling original stories. May...

Reducere. IN EXPLORING OTHER LIFETIMES: Memoir of a Soul's Journey, PATTY PAUL tells the fascinating stories of more than thirty of her lifetimes, including ...

Reducere. In l967, when Georgene Dreishpoon and her husband Irving read a National Geographic article about the Bahamas, a mental seed was planted that would...

DescriptionPsychologist to the Hollywood elite Dr. Carder Stout delivers a page-turning memoir about his fall from grace into the gritty underbelly...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Lee GramlingNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 203 x 21Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. Six-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright--one of the world's most admired and tireless public se...

In this collection of imaginative short stories that depict poignant moments in the life of a woman on a journey of self-discovery, the heroine, Gr...

Reducere. DescriptionCaroline Kettlewell's autobiography reveals a girl whose feelings of pain and alienation led her to seek relief in physically hurting he...

Reducere. Award-winning journalist and host of Black "Enterprise" Business Report Caroline Clarke's moving memoir of her surprise discovery of her birthmothe...

bTag and Skyla must rescue Blaze, in this action-packed fantasy adventure series /bPick a book. Grow a Reader This series is part of Scholastic's e...

Reducere. Jaden Toussaint is a five year-old who knows it all. I mean, really knows it all. Animal Scientist. Great Debater. Master of the art of ninja danci...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Tom BlassNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 241 x 33Cover type: HardbackRed...

Reducere. The swamps of the South may look serene, but beneath their placid surfaces hides a multitude of horrific nightmares including colossal crocodiles, ...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Kyleigh LeddyNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 205 x 289 x 32Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

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 ...

DescriptionDavid Jones has lived a rich and varied life, the highlights of which are beautifully presented in this wry and irresistibly intelligent...

DescriptionAn eloquent, heartfelt account of a young boy's fight with cancer and of a mother's determination and resilience, which see their family...

These funny, dark and gruesome stories from Barcelona's bestselling crime writer presents a series of oddities including decomposing statues that s...

Reducere. A fearless, hardworking seeker, veteran actress Samantha Harper Macy (widow of comedic TV and film actor, Bill Macy) has written an open, honest te...

Reducere. Cops drink coffee. They don't belong in Ellen Rosings's Victorian tearoom. But when her opening day thank-you tea ends in the murder of the preside...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rithy PanhAuthor: Christophe BatailleTranslator: John CullenFrom the internationally acclaimed director of S-21: The Khmer ...

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Reducere. The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, and still stands as the bloodiest single day in American military history. Additionally, i...