Viola Desmond: Her Life and Times

Reducere. In Madam Bessie Jones, Her Life and Times, Jones emerges from the shadows of Carlisle (PA) history, first turning tricks in her mother Cora Andrews...

Reducere. Often called the 'most royal Princess in Europe', Olga's life is imbued with drama from the outset: Taken 'hostage' by her Romanov grandmother, she...

Reducere. As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the...

Describes Roman York in the second and early 3rd centuries ADIllustrations: 100 colour illustrations

This first biography of Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) has been written with the full co-operation of her three children, who allowed Wendy Po...

Reducere. Marie-Antoinette, Daughter of the Caesars is about the life, death and legacy of Louis XVI's tragic Queen, based upon the author's thirty years of ...

Reducere. A Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyOne of O Magazine's Best Books of the YearOne of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's ...

Elizabeth II has lived through Abdication, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the swinging sixties, the Cold War and the nucl...

DescriptionIn this illustrated biography, we learn the origins of designer Eileen Gray and the details of her groundbreaking career. Gray began as ...

Reducere. This extraordinarily intimate and "gripping" (Vanity Fair) biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musi...

 In her 60-year career, Joanne Woodward has been a film, television and stage actress, television producer and director, stage director, and film ...

Reducere. This book provides a survey of the work of Austrian-born American photographer Inge Morath (1923-2002). Surviving the Allied bombing of the Berlin ...

The first biography of Janis Joplin to establish her as the rule-breaking trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was - based on unpr...

The first biography of Janis Joplin to establish her as the rule-breaking trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was - based on unpr...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Georgiana McCallIllustration(s): 480 color photosNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2004Dimensions:...

The first to span her life and career, this biography surveys Brittany Murphy's films, television appearances, stage shows, music videos, and publi...

Despite the accomplishments and accolades, radiant beauty, and stunning versatility, Jean Simmons is considered by many to be an underrated artist....

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 ...

A unique collection of items that between them reveal a fascinating insight into the life of Queen Victoria.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(...

Reducere. 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 ...

While her name is synonymous with etiquette, that part of Emily Post's story did not begin until much later in her life - 50 years old to be exact....

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Mirna VohnsenNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 185 x 263 x 20Cover type: HardbackRede...

Florence Nightingale: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works cover all aspects of her life and works, from her birth in Florence to her death in L...

Reducere. Clementine Hunter (1887--1988) painted every day from the 1930s until several days before her death at age 101. As a cook and domestic servant at L...

The story of Philip Larkin's long-term partner Monica Jones based on her never-before-seen letters to the poet.Publisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor...

The Life and Times of Fuzzy Wuzzy is the timeless story of a beloved bear born without any hair. Join Fuzzy Wuzzy as he lives life to the fullest. ...

Reducere. Much has been written about Albert Einstein, technical and biographical, but very little remains as valuable as this unique hybrid of a book writte...

Reducere. St. Teresa of Avila: 100 Themes on Her Life and Work, Paperback

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 ...

Reducere. Not mighty in size, but mighty in resourcefulness and industry, the ant has crawled the earth since prehistoric times. It has dwelt in rainforest t...

A comprehensive, authoritative and highly original portrait of one of history's most unjustly infamous characters.Illustrations: 16pp colour plates

Reducere. Marietta Chudakova is an expert on Soviet literature and on the works of Mikhail Bulgakov in particular. Her biography of Bulgakov was first publis...

Reducere. Marietta Chudakova is an expert on Soviet literature and on the works of Mikhail Bulgakov in particular. Her biography of Bulgakov was first publis...

If your taste in autobiography is only for the rich and famous, then this is the wrong book for you. However, if you are curious about someone who ...

Reducere. Hero - Martyr - PoetThe inspiring story of a remarkable life cut short. "I don't think Hannah wanted to die for the sake of having her memory exalt...

When he died in 1900, he was the foremost publisher of Swedish fiction, despite the rampant anti-Semitism that existed in the country at the time, ...

Reducere. When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR. was one of the world's two superpowers. By 1989, his liberal polici...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Friedrich KatzAlongside Moctezuma and Benito Ju rez, Pancho Villa is probably the best-known figure in Mexican history. Vil...

DescriptionThis is the first English language biography of Ottorino Respighi, the most performed Italian composer of the twentieth century.Best kno...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. The Sunday Times (U.K.) Classical Music Book of 2018 and one of The Economist's Best Books...

Reducere. For over fifty years, Nebula Grandmaster Anne McCaffrey has entranced and beguiled millions of readers with her Dragonriders of Pern(R) series, her...

Few British pastors can claim to have written a book that is amongst the 'life-books of their generation', yet this preacher of the Scottish Reform...

Reducere. When Toni Morrison died in August 2019, she was widely remembered for her contributions to literature as an African American woman, an identity she...

A deeply reported biography of the scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister, showing that we cannot understand Israel--its history, present, and futu...

Reducere. The New York Times bestselling, authoritative account of the life of Charles Manson, filled with surprising new information and previously unpublis...

Reducere. Two thousand years ago, Jesus walked across Galilee; everywhere he traveled he gained followers. His contemporaries are familiar historical figures...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter KrassThe first-ever biography of the man who created America's mostfamous whiskeyBorn in Lynchburg, Tennessee, in 185...

DescriptionSet against the turbulent years of 19th Century India, Europe, and America, these are the true adventures of the beautiful and cunning I...

DescriptionBorn at a clifftop lighthouse in 1910, Archie's life was spent in the world of Scottish lighthouses - he was one of the third generation...

Reducere. The definitive biography of Frank O'Hara, one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, the magnetic literary figure at the center o...