Biography: historical, political and military

This national bestseller capturing the legend's wit and wisdom is "e;a strictly fun style guide for men, with Ol' Blue Eyes as muse"e; (Entertainment Weekly)In The Way You Wear Your Hat, author Bill Zehme presents a masterful assembly of the most personal details and gorgeous minutiae of Frank Sinatra's way of living matters of the heart and heartbreak, friendship and leadership, drinking and cavorting, brawling and wooing, tuxedos and snap-brims all crafted from rare interviews with Sinatra himself as well as many other intimates, including Tony Bennett, Don Rickles, Angie Dickinson, Tony Curtis, and Robert Wagner, in addition to daughters Nancy and Tina Sinatra.

This gripping biography documents the life and reign of Hattusili, one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers.

Poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus recorded a series of tapes in the 1970s which have been edited and annotated by Bernth Lindfors to give valuable insights into Brutus's life and works.

The basis of this collection of essays is the reading of a common topic from different perspectives.

Passando parte do tempo livre de mais de vintecinco anos, em busca de novas certidões e documentos históricos da própria Dinastia em arquivos históricos, bibliotecas históricas, freguesias e concelhos, unificando e divulgando parte do considerável montante das notas recolhidas, o autor elaborou esta obra que pretende ser um compêndio histórico do nascimento e evolução mundial da nobre e antiga Dinastia dos Busi.

The inspiring true story of a boy who turned his struggle with cancer into a public health crusade that went all the way to Washington, DC.

On 21 July 1942 the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again.

'Haunting and powerfully resonant.

The thirty-year period that marked the advent of the supersonic jet in military aviation was a particularly dangerous one for fighter pilots.

Many thought of her as Queen Nancy.

"e;Authenticity,"e; the dominant cultural value of the baby boom generation, became central to presidential campaigns in the late 20th century.

James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution.

Born and raised in Troyes, France, in 1653 Marguerite Bourgeoys came as a new recruit to de Maisonneuve's tiny and beleaguered settlement of Ville-Marie, founded in 1642 as a Christian missionary society.

Starting with William Blake's lost painting The Ancient Britons, this book shows how the visionary artist and poet reworked the Matter of Britain--the corpus of legends presenting an alternative history of Britain--into his own mythology.

In the more than 140 years since his death, Abraham Lincoln has become America's most revered president.

For more than half a century, James Hamilton has been an active participant and an inside observer of some of the most consequential moments in modern US history.

The Handbook of the Indians of California, written by Alfred Kroeber between 1916 and 1917, is the defining work by which he is widely recognized.

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Quest for Eternal Sunshine chronicles the triumphant, true story of Mendek Rubin, a brilliant inventor who overcame both the trauma of the Holocaust and decades of unrelenting depression to live a life of deep peace and boundless joy.

In this book, Nicolas Laos studies the meaning of the terms "e;world"e; and "e;order,"e; the moral dimensions of each world order model, and wider issues of meaning and interpretation generated by humanity's attempt to live in a meaningful world and to find the logos of the beings and things in the world.

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller.

Paul Schmidt war als Dolmetscher der Außenminister von Stresemann bis Ribbentrop, später auch von Hitler Zeuge der wichtigsten und weitreichendsten Stationen deutscher Außenpolitik im 20 Jahrhundert.

Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris.

The legacy of the historic mutual aid organizing by US Mexicans, with its emphasis on self-help and community solidarity, continues to inform Mexican American activism and subtly influence a number of major US social movements.

The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero BARNEY GREATREX - from Bomber Command to French Resistance fighter.

A biography chronicling one man’s service during World War II as a Royal Navy commander and his career before & after in the tea business.

Philosophy and the advances in cosmology, neurology, molecular biology, and the social sciences have made the convincing and converging arguments for God's existence more probable than ever in history.

The memoirs of Wasif Jawhariyyeh are a remarkable treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of Jerusalem.

Throughout his 52-year career, Rear Adm.

An academic book is much more than paper and ink, pixels and electrons.

Henry John Cody was born in Embro, Ontario, on December 6, 1868.

Ein bewegender Blick hinter die Kulissen der Spitzenpolitik und eine ehrliche Auseinandersetzung mit den Fragen des LebensIn seinem sehr persönlichen Buch Du musst kein Held sein blickt der CDU-Politiker Peter Tauber selbstkritisch auf sein bisheriges Leben zurück.

"e;Christians are called to love Muslims in all their little particularities.

The rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Samuel Ringgold Ward (1817-c.

Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and Strictly Come Dancing star, Ann Widdecombe.

Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson stood out as the most controversial and confounding.

As a first lieutenant in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.

This comprehensive book on William Lyon Mackenzie's later life focuses first on the period 1838-1849, Mackenzie's years in exile in the United States.

During times of rapid social and religious change, leadership rooted in tradition and committed to the future is the foundation upon which theological schools stand.

Sir Bob Harvey's colourful and varied life sums up the classic 'give it a go' Kiwi attitude.