The First Pearl

Reducere. In the first book of the Tales of Sasha series, a young horse named Sasha discovers a big secret about what makes her different from her friends an...

Reducere. DescriptionUSS Nevada (BB-36) was America's first modern battleship. When her keel was laid in 1912, kings and emperors still ruled much of the wor...

Reducere. In December 1941, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor plunges the United States into war. Fresh from the hardscrabble mountains of Appalachia, Deac...

Reducere. DescriptionTraumatized by the events of We Take Me Apart, the unlikely heroine of Desire: A Haunting leads a silent life in the cottage that has be...

Reducere. Although bad eyesight kept him from receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy when he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933, Draper Kauffman becam...

Reducere. An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States, now a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller'A genuine page-turner...

Reducere. Nuclear war may kill millions.Nuclear Winter will kill billions. International bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytell...

Reducere. An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States, now a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller'A genuine page-turner...

Reducere. Josephine Baker, the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, was both liberated and delightfully undignified, playfully vacillating be...

Reducere. In 1888, a passenger freight station was built by the Baltimore and Sparrows Point Railroad on land owned by Joshua J. Turner, a local businessman....

Reducere. The first thing I hear is music. The first thing I've always heard is music.Meet Marley, an unassuming high school junior who breathes in music lik...

Reducere. Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II, first publishe...

Reducere. New York Times Best Seller2015 RFK Book Awards Special Recognition2015 Lillian Smith Book Award2015 AAUP Books Committee "Outstanding" Title Based ...

DescriptionThere is a good reason why Uganda is called "the Pearl of Africa." Beyond the ideal climate, abundant wildlife, and spectacular natural ...

DescriptionThe American Provisional Tank Group had been in the Philippines only three weeks when the Japanese attacked the islands hours after the ...

A kid from Boston yearns to fly. In December, 1941, he graduates from Army Air Corps Flight school and is assigned to a fighter squadron. But fate ...

On September 15, 1944, the U.S. First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation...

On September 15, 1944, the U.S. First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation...

Reducere. Who was the real Charlie Chaplin? Kids will learn all about the comic genius who created "The Little Tramp" Charlie Chaplin sang on a London stage ...

Author Mike Pingel wraps himself with the lasso of truth to uncover everything about TV's Wonder Woman Take a "spin" back to the seventies with the...

Reducere. A boy and a moose . . .What could possibly go wrong? Eight-year-old Jimmy is the new kid in school and he's already been labeled as a troublemaker....

In sleepy Salty Creek, Georgia, strangers are rare. When a quiet, unassuming stranger arrives-a Japanese man with a secret history of his own-he be...

Reducere. The first book to tell the full story of American isolationism, from the founding era through the Trump presidency. In his Farewell Address of 1796...

DescriptionIn 1922 the US Navy commissioned its first small experimental aircraft carrier. This was followed into service by two much larger and ca...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alex BellA precocious young girl is determined to prove herself as an explorer in the first novel in the whimsical Polar Be...

A "timely and hugely important" memoir of Justice John Paul Stevens's life on the Supreme Court (New York Times).When Justice John Paul Stevens ret...

Reducere. In this engaging narrative, author JD Chandler crafts a people's history of Portland, Oregon, sharing the lesser-known stories of individuals who s...

Reducere. Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facili...

Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facili...

Reducere. Hidden in your body is a set of thirty-five divine objects that represent aspects of God; think of them as a vocabulary to describe your soul. They...

Reducere. Considered one of the greatest short story writers of her generation, Katherine Mansfield was a modernist writer from New Zealand. This collection ...

Reducere. The National Assembly of Cree Peoples has gathered together in the Windy Lake First Nation, home to the Mighty Muskrats--cousins Chickadee, Atim, O...

DescriptionThe Douglas Dauntless was a Second World War American naval scout plane and dive bomber that saw active service during the course of thi...

Reducere. Napoleon Hill first wrote the Path to Personal Power in 1941, intending it as a handbook for people lifting themselves out of the Great Depression....

For Honor and Love is a gripping story of World War II on the home front in Oxford, Ohio, the home of Miami University, and in the Pacific aboard a...

Reducere. Can Emily, Grace, and Layla use their new mermaid talents to save a special cove? The first book in an exciting, illustrated chapter book series th...

Reducere. In 1884, a Japanese sailor named Hamanosuke Shigeta made his way to the eastern section of downtown Los Angeles and opened Little Tokyo's first bus...

Reducere. "I WANTED TO SERVE, TO BE PART OF THIS THING MY FATHER HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR. I DIDN'T WANT THE WAR TO END, AND ALL I'D BE ABLE TO SAY WAS, NO I D...

Now available in an updated and revised edition, Photos that Changed the World gathers together images of pivotal moments in world history in one s...

Contributor(s): Author: Gretchen DavisAuthor: Mindy HallLearn first-rate techniques and tips from some of the best makeup artists in the business i...

Reducere. A young baseball player is frustrated beyond belief... and on the verge of choking away a dream... when a mysterious man appears and offers coachin...

Reducere. The seventh book in Sujata Massey's Agatha and Macavity Award-winning mystery series is a witty, suspenseful story that takes its young sleuth into...

Reducere. An in-depth look at the world's mightiest structures. Stunning foldout pages, panels, diagrams, photographs and "Mega Facts" boxes make this book a...

Reducere. The books that we choose to keep --let alone read-- can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In MY IDEAL BOOKSHELF, dozens of leadi...

In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of Inferno and thus introduced Dante's literary genius to the New Worl...

Reducere. What could threaten the perfect Christmas wedding?With a rare pink diamond and pearl engagement ring on her finger, Caroline Carlyle's hopes for lo...

Reducere. This is the definitive narrative history of the people, politics, and events of the Second World War - the epic conflict that shaped the modern wor...

Following the raid on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt identified the European th...

Reducere. Set amid the beauty and decadence of the Ottoman Empire, Lady Emily's latest adventure is full of intrigue, treachery, and romance.Looking forward ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brayton HarrisChester Nimitz was an admiral's Admiral, considered by many to be the greatest naval leader of the last centu...

DescriptionIn a last, desperate bid to stave off defeat, Japan's High Command launched the terrifying kamikaze attacks. This fully illustrated book...

Reducere. There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn ...

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII. His name wasn't Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigne...

Reducere. There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nicola DaviesIllustrator: Emily SuttonIn a remarkable collaboration, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton celebrate the sea in al...

Reducere. Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely asso...

Reducere. The Acoustic Guitar, Volume II, is the long-awaited sequel to Don E. Teeter's earlier volume on guitar adjustment, care, maintenance, and repair. T...

An award-winning Hong Kong-based architect with decades of experience designing buildings and planning cities in the People's Republic of China tak...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1948, Moss Kendrix, a former New Deal public relations officer, founded a highly successful, Washington, D.C.-based public relations ...

Reducere. Critically acclaimed Black writers reveal how books have shaped their personal lives--in often unexpected ways. In these thirteen strikingly candid...

Joe Farrell and Joe Farley explore the cemeteries (and pubs) of Pennsylvania in search of interesting graves and stories about the interred. Includ...

Reducere. New York Times Best Seller2015 RFK Book Awards Special Recognition2015 Lillian Smith Book Award2015 AAUP Books Committee "Outstanding" Title This f...

Reducere. DescriptionEdited by Max Allan Collins & Lynn F. Myers, Jr.41 fast-moving short-short stories by the creator of Mike Hammer Revised and expanded wi...

Reducere. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Fast and thrilling . . . Life Undercover reads as if a John le Carr character landed in Eat Pray Love. --The New...

Reducere. How They Became Famous Dancers: A Dancing History for young readers tells the story of twelve famous dancers - six women and six men - from differe...

Reducere. In the seventh chapter book in the New York Times bestselling series, Amelia Bedelia comes out of her shell and heads to the beach Amelia Bedelia a...

Reducere. DescriptionHow They Became Famous Dancers: A Dancing History for young readers tells the story of twelve dancers - six women and six men -who becam...

How They Became Famous Dancers: A Dancing History for young readers tells the story of twelve famous dancers - six women and six men - from differe...

Advaita Vedanta is the most refined philosophical pearl of Hinduism. It is reserved for seekers of Truth who want to know their own essence and asp...

Reducere. For eighteen-year-old Shannon Lightley, life's been an endless parade across Europe, following either her actress mother or her renowned journalist...