The Tragic Age

This is the story of Billy Kinsey, heir to a lottery fortune, part genius, part philosopher and social critic, full time insomniac and closeted roc...

Reducere. A disturbing story of a devious serial killer: despite his low IQ, David James Torgerson continually outwitted the mental health and justice system...

Reducere. A celebration of Diana's life, the book commemorates this remarkable woman's life from her childhood to her tragic premature death at the age of 36...

The doomed mutual attraction of a middle-aged widow and her new son-in-law, who is much closer to her own age than her daughter's, forms the centra...

Reducere. This deluxe clothbound edition presents one of the most celebrated American novels of all time, The Great Gatsby, with silver gilded page edges and...

Euripides (c. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive comple...

One of the greatest playwrights of Ancient Greece, the works of Euripides (484 406 BC) were revolutionary in their depiction of tragic events cause...

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the bestselling and acclaimed author of }The Pure Gold Baby, The Peppered Moth, The Red Queen{ and many ...

Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. It was this affair - and her very success as First Lady of Flor...

A lyrical coming-of-age story from a three-time Newbery Honor winning author Thirteen-year-old Staggerlee used to be called Evangeline, but she too...

The dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility tetraology takes place in the late 1960s. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a si...

A captivating and moving story, set during the Second World War, portraying the extremely harsh living conditions endured by those on the home fron...

Liz Murray never really had a chance in life. Born to a drug-addicted father who was in and out of prison, and an equally dependent mother who was ...

Reducere. A finalist for the 1994 Booker Prize, England s highest honor for works of fiction, "Paradise" is at once the story of an African boy s coming of a...

Publisher: Age-Old BooksAuthor(s): Sean ByrneNumber of pages: 243Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 211 x 179 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Reducere. This beautiful jacketed hardback compendium brings together a selection of Fitzgerald's finest and most iconic novels, novellas and short stories. ...

Poetry Potpourri is an electic collection of poetry penned by Annette (Wengert) Tarpley. It includes a very few personal poems, including a poem wr...

Reducere. The inimitable Colleen Doran adapts Neil Gaiman's tragic coming-of-age fantasy masterpieceWhen Jack was a young boy, his world was full of ghosts a...

This anthology gathers together the most iconic and entertaining tales of adventure and daring from around the world. From Perseus the Gorgon-Slaye...

Bold They Rise recounts the golden age of the Space Shuttle-from its first to its twenty-fifth launch, ending with the tragic flight of the Space S...

Reducere. During the Great Depression, a sense of total despair plagued the United States. Americans sought a convenient scapegoat and found it in the Mexica...

Reducere. Every shipwreck has a story that extends far beyond its tragic end. The dramatic tales of disaster, heroism, and folly become even more compelling ...

Reducere. ``Shows how Finnish mythology and folk tales were instrumental to how Tolkien created his own legendarium.``--Boston Globe Kullervo, son of Kalervo...

This extraordinary investigation of the death of the author's grandson yields a powerful memoir of addiction, grief, and the stories we choose to t...

Reducere. "A must-read for any Bailey student, anyone interested in the New Age movement, and for those who wonder, amidst our confused and divided world, wh...

Reducere. "A must-read for any Bailey student, anyone interested in the New Age movement, and for those who wonder, amidst our confused and divided world, wh...

Reducere. "A must-read for any Bailey student, anyone interested in the New Age movement, and for those who wonder, amidst our confused and divided world, wh...

Reducere. War changed Clinton Brown. Permanently disfigured by a tragic military accident, he's struggling to find satisfaction from life as a rewrite man fo...

Reducere. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its tales ...

Reducere. When dinosaur fossils were first discovered in the Wild West, they sparked one of the greatest scientific battles in American history. Over the pas...

Reducere. This collection of essays, which originally appeared as a book in 1962, is virtually the complete works of an editor of Commentary magazine who die...

Reducere. National Jewish Book Awards WinnerIn 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was wrongfully convicted of being a spy for Germany...

Reducere. Dancing at Lake Montebello begins at the dawn of the civil rights era, calling up memories of life in Baltimore, the most segregated U.S. Northern ...

Reducere. Boudica, or Boadicea, queen of the Iceni, led a famous revolt against Roman rule in Britain in AD 60, sacking London, Colchester and St Albans and ...

Reducere. Long before her tragic death, Diana, Princess of Wales was a beloved modern icon, relatable to the general public in a way that transcended the bar...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jose SaramagoTranslator: Margaret Jull Costa"Small Memories is a . . . nourishing last gift from a great writer."--Washingt...

DescriptionA QUEER COMING-OF-AGE REMIX Locked in his bathroom during a tragic third date, Willy Hudson asks: are you a Top or a Bottom? Bottom is a...

Reducere. Austin Blackstone lives and breathes for his club-his family.At the age of seventeen, tragedy brought Austin and his sister to Polson, Montana, to ...

Reducere. High King Agamemnon lusts to conquer the wealthy city of Troy. He leads his army across the sea, fighting all the way. On the island of Tenedos jus...

Hindsight is 20/20. As I look back over the past twenty-eight years, it is clear that God had a purpose and plan for my messy life I stand correcte...

Reducere. The Five of Hearts, who first gathered in Washington in the Gilded Age, included Henry Adams, historian and scion of America's first political dyna...

Reducere. Continuing the story from where Moby Dick left off, this compelling boyhood adventure, penned by beloved author Jane Yolen (Owl Moon), hearkens to ...

Reducere. Scottsboro tells the riveting story of one of this country's most famous and controversial court cases and a tragic and revealing chapter in the hi...

I'm so many people. They shock me sometimes. I wish I was just me --Marilyn Monroe Nearly sixty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains an ic...

Reducere. A woman with tragic beginnings finds love and her voice on her way to stardom...will the spotlight dim her hard-earned shine? From the day Layani C...

Reducere. National Book Critics Circle Award0ne of the most feisty, spellbinding and engaging heroines in modern fiction captures the essence of her own life...

Reducere. A true-crime, coming-of-age story with a tragic twist: a New York editor's quest to uncover the truth about the brutal murder of her wild and seduc...

Reducere. A CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF A YOUNG LIFE IRREVERSIBLY ALTERED BY ILLNESS "I know about needles." All her life, Andie Dominick adored her older sister, Den...

It's never too late for a new beginning. Look closely and you'll see that theme all through the Bible. Page after page, God delights in turning tra...

Reducere. It's never too late for a new beginning. Look closely and you'll see that theme all through the Bible. Page after page, God delights in turning tra...

Reducere. Soda Fountain Blues, a coming-of-age story, set in a more innocent time.In 1965, 18-year-old Wesley Sanders heads west from Missouri on a Trailways...

Reducere. A personal memoir of a woman's journey through pyschotherapy. In middle age, Janyne began to sense that her wonderful, successful life was a cover ...

Reducere. Withhonesty and heart-rending emotion, actress and filmmaker DyanCannon tells the story of her topsy-turvy relationship with Hollywood legendCary G...

'. . . the Days immediately associated with the Manifestation of God possess a unique distinction and occupy a station which no mind can ever compr...

Reducere. The story is set in central Europe 5300 years ago from the northern Alpsof Italy to the eastern lands along the Danube River to Vinca, the earliest...

"This is a must read book if you care about your health." Jeff Kanter, Co-Founder HealthExcellencePlus.com The 1962 Amendments to the Food & Drug A...

DescriptionThe heir to his grandfather's considerable fortune, Anthony Patch is led astray from the path to gainful employment by the temptations o...

Reducere. Considered an American classic, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain is a bold coming of age story about a clever school boy who loves to m...

Reducere. ``The definitive account of one of hardcore punk's most enigmatic figures.`` --Lucky Lehrer, Circle Jerks drummer In 1983, Circle Jerks bassist Rog...

Historian Richard M. Jones recounts fifty stories of lost ships throughout history that are among the most important, infamous, and in some cases t...

A humorous tale of contrasting characters with widely differing attitudes to relationships, sex and love in all its forms. The incurable romantic f...

A humorous tale of contrasting characters with widely differing attitudes to relationships, sex and love in all its forms. The incurable romantic f...

Louisa Hilliard, the last descendant of one of Charleston's oldest families, finds her quiet life turned upside down when she comes upon the diary ...

Reducere. Celebrated in his prime, forgotten in his final years, only to be championed anew by our greatest contemporary authors, Richard Yates has always ex...

Reducere. Cicely has got problems. Stuck working a crappy job to take care of her deadbeat father, she's living just a step above homelessness in a town rule...

Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influen...

Reducere. “Brilliant . . . harrowing. . . . Packs the impact of an exploding mortar shell.”—Kai Maristed, Los Angeles TimesIn the tradition of William Faulkn...

Reducere. Empire of the Air tells the story of three American visionaries--Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff--whose imagination and dr...

Yukari Kobayakawa, an accomplished author at the age of 17, writes with amazingly accurate details about historical Japan. As it turns out, he has ...

Reducere. Born under an evil moon harboring dark secrets, Earl Cain C. Hargreves, the youthful heir of the aristocratic Hargreves family, is a man on a quest...