This early-twentieth-century adventure travel memoir by a female explorer is "e;the sort of thriller yarn that keeps you up all night and is too soon over"e; (Ms.
The Schoolmaster was originally published at the turn of the 20th century, when the world was a very different place, and yet Benson's strikingly honest words about his chosen profession are, in the main, still relevant today.
The Day I Stopped Being Pretty, chronicles the life of a young, black, gay male who awakes and finds himself in the emergency room after a failed suicide attempt, reflecting on the men who shaped him into the person he has become.
A dazzling, devastating memoir about one woman's search for her wayward mother, whose past is inextricably linked with the bittersweet history of their home, Hawaii.
This brilliantly written memoir takes the reader on a journey into the past, to a rural England long gone, when horses worked the fields and small boys spent most of their time outdoors.
The bestselling, heartfelt memoir from Sophie Cachia, whoreveals never-before-shared details of her marriage breakdown, and how delving into her feminine intuition and falling in love with a woman transformed her.
Libro de anécdotas y de memorias de viajes de exploración a lo largo del sureste de Coahuila, realizados por uno de los naturalistas y descubridores de patrimonio arqueológico y paleontológico más destacados de la entidad.
Cuando María Graham llegó a nuestras costas en abril de 1822 ya era una viajera incansable, una observadora aguda y una reconocida escritora en su propio país, Inglaterra.
A Long Walk, a Gradual Ascent tells the one-hundred-year story of the development of the Friends Church (INELA) among the Aymara peoples of the Bolivian Andes.
This is the story of James Capen Adams, a mountain man born in 1807 who brought grizzlies to the city of San Francisco, and then New York, for exhibition.
In this book Dan Dunn proposes that the biblical theme of life is extremely important and thus provides a helpful foundation for the theory and practice of evangelism.
Forty amazing places where you can escape reality and reconnect with natureThese unforgettable locations in Britain's wild corners range from lighthouses to cottages, from bothies to boats.
Ein Jahr lang hat die 20-jährige Miriam als Au-pair-Mädchen bei einer Gastfamilie in den USA verbracht, doch kaum ist sie zurück in der Heimat, plagt sie das Fernweh.
Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more crime solving adventure in this hilarious second novel from 'The Mobile Library' series.
"Un pueblo antiguo, el primero y legítimo dueño del continente americano, se deshace día a día como la nieve bajo los rayos del sol y, a la vista de todos, desaparece de la faz de la tierra.
Mit Vorworten von den Hauptdarstellern Henry Maske und Heino Ferch sowie einem exklusiven Drehtagebuch vom Regisseur Uwe Boll - untermalt mit mehr als 120 farbigen Abbildungen.
Während der Zeit auf dem größten Hospitalschiff der Welt, der Africa Mercy, lernte die Autorin eine der spannendsten Gegenden Afrikas kennen: Die sogenannte Sklavenküste, wie der Küstenstreifen zwischen dem Osten Ghanas und dem Westen Nigerias zur Zeit des transatlantischen Sklavenhandels genannt wurde.
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards'A powerfully delicate book of love, loss and discovery, along paths of emotional understanding and physical wonder.
