Voices From the Past. A year of great quotations - and the stories from history that inspired them, Hardback - W.B. Marsh

366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical story

366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical storyPublisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): W.B. MarshNumber of...

Lessons from History is a joyful romp through the obscurest parts of the past, scouring the annals for overlooked figures and events that nonethele...

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Reducere. An inspiring collection of daily devotions and prayers from great Christian writers of the past, including Augustine, Charles Spurgeon, John Bunyan...

Reducere. American history is full of many great men and women who changed the course of the United States and even the world. They are rightfully considered...

A moving anthology of stories from various contributors inspired by objects from the First World War, illustrated by Jim Kay. Authors include: Mich...

Reducere. DescriptionThe intention in creating this book was to make it a pleasurable, as well as an educational, viewing experience. But in the collecting o...

Narrated by dozens of activists and everyday individuals, this book documents the unprecedented events that led to the collapse of dictatorial regi...

A unique travelogue that follows in the footsteps of the remarkable Celia FiennesIllustrations: 8 Plates, color; 20 Illustrations, color

11 days, 11 women's lives: how the events of September 11, 2001 changed everything for women across the globeIllustrations: 5 Maps; 26 Illustration...

Reducere. This book is a collection of stories spanning 13 decades in celebration of the University of Minnesota Duluth's 125th anniversary. UMD's past is ti...

Reducere. Mile for mile, St. Simons Island--one of Georgia's Golden Isles--boasts as much history as any community on the East Coast. Originally an Indian hu...

Reducere. These fourteen non-fictional accounts relate to Arizona from the time of the first visit by Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1540 ...

From the mind of a psychologist comes a chilling domestic thriller that gets under your skin.

A unique overview of sniping throughout the First and Second World War. Draws on a breadth of material, including the first-hand testimonies of ove...

This anthology of eight stories addresses children's rights and sustainable development, written by children from around the world in conjunction w...

Reducere. DescriptionThe telephone rings on the hospital floor, and they tell you it is your mother, the phone call you have been dreading. You've lost part ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe telephone rings on the hospital floor, and they tell you it is your mother, the phone call you have been dreading. You've lost part ...

Reducere. Now in paperback, this critically acclaimed book features photographs, poems, and interviews with nine children who reveal the hardships and hopes ...

Reducere. Content: The Ice Folk and the Earth Folk Ohio as a Part of France Ohio Becomes English The Forty Years' War for the West The Captivity of James Smi...

Publisher and Anthologist Brenda Dempsey brings together 45 Voices to share their true stories of resilience, positivity and hope from a pandemic. ...

Written and illustrated by creators of colour, Bedtime Stories showcases a curated collection of favourite tales from Black history, based on impor...

A beautiful, celebratory and joyful book of bedtime stories drawn from Irish history.Publisher: ScholasticAuthor(s): Rachel PierceNumber of pages: ...

Reducere. This is a collection of 70 stories from the popular radio series, Stories from Texas, that runs on the Texas Standard Network of 32 NPR stations ac...

Publisher: UnboundNumber of pages: 124Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Zahed SultanRedesc...

Reducere. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award A journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune defi...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Dominique WoolfNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 238 x 197 x 24Cover type: HardbackRedes...

A collection of powerful and dramatic images of weather phenomena from around the world. Each image is taken from the acclaimed annual competition ...

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Reducere. DescriptionGreen Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School is a unique collection of thirty personal essays written by ...

Eyewitness accounts of the Battle for Normandy

Reducere. A comprehensive, all-new collection bringing together the most thoughtful, inspiring, and wisest voices from the Black diaspora across history. BAR...

The compelling story of how a group of young Syrian rebels found hope in the midst of war - hope that came from booksPublisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor...

Reducere. Unheard Voices of the Pandemic reveals through first-person narratives what happened the year the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the United States....

1922 was a year of great turbulence and upheaval. Its events reverberated throughout the rest of the twentieth century and still affect us today, 1...

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Composed of more than 300 eyewitness accounts, official documents, parliamentary debates and newspaper reports, Voices From the Past tells the stor...

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Reducere. During the late nineteenth century people from all over the world were moving across our country in search of better lives, but many did not find t...

A unique account of old London with all its energy, filth and splendour before the city's destruction by the Great Fire in 1666.

This collection of newly translated tales is selected from the most famous work in all of Japanese classical literature--the Konjaku Monogatari Shu...

DescriptionArt, music, literature, and science in Vienna at the turn of the last century presented a series of wrenching dualities: reality and ill...

Augustus and the Destruction of History explores how Romans of the late Republic and early imperial period reconfigured their understanding of hist...

Reducere. At the close of the nineteenth century, Chicago offered the world a glimpse of humanity's most breathtaking possibilities and its most jaw-dropping...

Reducere. Award NameIndieFab awardsAward categoryTravel GuideThe first book published about Boston's French Heritage looks at the city with a sleuth's eye an...