Biography: general

After her four kids were nearly grown and she was about to turn 50, Phoebe Snetsinger was told she had less than a year to live.

"e;I may have been like other boys, but there was a major difference -- my family included 80 to 100 single young men residing in a Filipino farm-labor camp.

'A remarkable book - a worthy tribute both to the man John Wilsey calls "e;an unusual hero"e; and to the ethos of the British Army in which he lived and died.

Von den bescheidenen Anfängen im kleinen Herzogtum Coburg bis hin zur glanzvollen Bühne des britischen Königshofs – Prinz Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha war weit mehr als nur der Gemahl von Königin Victoria.

Nicholas Ray was cinema.

How has the concept of productive imagination been developed in post-Kantian philosophy?

One of the most famous writers of all time, George Orwell's life played a huge part in his understanding of the world.

One of The New Yorker's best books of the year so far | A Kirkus Reviews Best Nature Book of 2024"e;Singular .

Wie kann Bildung außerhalb von Bildungsinstitutionen gedacht werden?

The first scholarly account of the South Carolina Democrat's career and the transformation of Southern U.

In 2012, Specialist Summerfield and the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment were deployed to the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

Aesthetics is no longer merely the philosophy of perception and the arts.

This authorized biography of the contemporary Taoist expert Wang Liping (1949 -) tells the true story of his apprenticeship in Taoist wizardry, as well as Taoist principles and secrets of inner transformation.

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Excavates institutions through which the common people of ancient, medieval and Renaissance republics constrained the power of wealthy citizens and public magistrates.

Technology has extended its reach to the human
body, not just in a literal sense, through implants, transplants and
technological substitutes for biological organs, but in a more figurative sense
too.

The War Came to Me is a testament to the many persons throughout Europe that risked their lives to save Jews from the extermination effort by the Nazis.

In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly.

Volume 1 of Searching For My Identity is a chronological autobiography of an outlaw biker that covers his life from troubled adolescent in the sixties to prominent leader of a notorious international motorcycle club in January 2001.

Incorporating archeology, anthropology, cartography, and Indigenous studies into military history, Wayne E.

Margaret was born in London in 1938 but spent the majority of her earky years in southern Ireland.

Here are some of the best of Churchill's letters, many of a more personal nature, written to a wide range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower.

This book, Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munshi, is the most comprehensive, multi-disciplinary studies on Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, widely known as Munshi Abdullah (1796-1854).

This book provides a step-by-step guide for teachers to implement an action-based curriculum, using young adult literature to engage students with contemporary issues.

The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylumIvor Gurney (1890-1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the First World War and composed some of the greatest works in the English song repertoire, such as "e;Sleep.

Aurich, 2007: Der 20-jährige Christoph Rickels, strotzend vor Selbstbewusstsein und alles andere als konfliktscheu, gerät mal wieder in eine Schlägerei.

A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION"e;As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II.

This book investigates theories of linear perspective in classical antiquity.

An in-depth look at the religious life of the most powerful figure in recent British history
"I have always believed in God.

This book, first published in 2006, evaluates Kuhn''s most influential ideas using theories developed by cognitive scientists.

Besteht eine Beziehung zwischen Persephone, der griechischen Göttin, die von Hades in die Unterwelt entführt wurde, und der Pflanzenwelt, die uns umgibt und aus der wir unsere Nahrung gewinnen?

The first full-scale history of the Makah people of the Pacific Northwest, whose culture and identity are closely bound to the sea For the Makahs, a tribal nation at the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States, a deep relationship with the sea is the locus of personal and group identity.

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One of the NHL's most talented young stars shares his inspiring coming-of-age story about following his dreams after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command is the most colorful and popular of Douglas Southall Freeman's works.

The ';captivating' (The New York Times), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerfuland elusivewoman in the world.

"e;Bless me Father, for I have sinned,"e; says the penitent to open the dialogue in Catholic confessionals across the globe and throughout the ages.

Greatness is a concept of a state of superiority affecting a person, object or place.

Ce livre se veut une contribution constructive sur la genèse et la chronologie d'une étape décisive de notre vie politique récente qui avait vu la Mauritanie se ressaisir et se reformer sous l'impulsion du Président Mohamed Abdel Aziz qui avait eu l'ambition de sortir la Mauritanie de l'immobilisme réducteur qui l'avait ramené en dessous de zéro.

Emily Hobhouse, 1860-1926, was one of the first great women of the twentieth century.

Beginning in 1949, the German novelist and essayist Ernst Junger began a correspondence with the philosopher Martin Heidegger that lasted until Heidegger's death in 1975.

The second volume in this series, dealing with 1777-1779.

Step into the captivating world of Ludwig II of Bavaria, a monarch whose life was as extraordinary as the castles he left behind.

A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in one affordable volume.

Religionen geben Antworten auf den Tod.

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