Biography and non-fiction prose

An American soldier vividly recounts leading a platoon through the most chaotic and significant year of the Vietnam War.

A bright new voice from Bangladesh, in the literary tradition of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Burnt Shadows, on finding home and self.

On 21 July 1403 Sir Henry Percy - better known as Hotspur - led a rebel army out at Shrewsbury to face the forces of the king Henry IV.

'Adele's inner strength is truly remarkable.

This is a classic real-life story of derring do on the high seas, complete with extreme risk, last-minute ingenuity and many near-misses.

This book is the first full-length study of Douglas Coupland, one of the twenty-first century's most innovative and influential novelists.

During the last few years, there has been growing medical interest in the problem of obesity.

Die Forensikerin Patricia Wiltshire berichtet von wahren Verbrechen und wie die Natur bei deren Aufklärung hilftBei jedem Kriminalfall werden Spuren in der Natur hinterlassen – aber die Natur hinterlässt auch Spuren an uns.

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight ';offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh' (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.

American Baptists emerged from the Civil War as a divided group.

Born in Belfast during World War II, raised in a working-class Protestant family, and educated on scholarship at Queen's University, writer Stewart Parker's story is in many ways the story of his generation.

During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions, and none.

Thomas Cairns Livingstone began to note his day-to-day experiences in 1913 and continued faithfully for the next 20 years.

This small-group study is based on Steve Harper's book Five Marks of a Methodist.

A dramatic short story from experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis.

Since 1938 and 1941, nutrient intake recommendations have been issued to the public in Canada and the United States, respectively.

This book focuses on food policy, and its relationship to public health, as an increasingly important issue in today's society.

An edition of Milton's later work rk includes the text of six books of Paradise Lost, The History of Britain and the whole of Samson Agonistes.

Erstmals wird hier das »Tagebuch während der Reise« von Max Weidenbach ungekürzt und kommentiert einer Leserschaft vorgestellt.

Millions of America's youth dream of playing major league baseball or in a college bowl game on New Year's Day.

By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the founder of Singapore and Governor of Java, having left school in his early teens to become a clerk for the British East India Company.

Tyrant, psychopath, and implementer of a ruthless programme of racial extermination, Adolf Hitler was also the charismatic Fuhrer of millions of dedicated followers.

Working as a fireman in London s East End during the early 1970s was no easy ride.

On Friday, September 6, 1901, the American people were shocked and stunned by the news that their beloved President, William McKinley, had been shot down by a cowardly assassin, while attending the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo.

This is the first full-length biography of Horatio Greenough.

Robin George Collingwood (1889-1943) was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, with his work spanning theory of knowledge, metaphysics, philosophy of art, philosophy of history, and social and political philosophy.

Originally arriving in Hollywood to pursue an acting career, James Bridges went on to write and direct such popular films as The Paper Chase, The China Syndrome and Urban Cowboy.

Tomas Young's War is the tragic yet life affirming story of a paralyzed Iraq War veteran who spent his last ten years battling heroically with his injuries, while courageously speaking against America's wars.

A coming-of-age memoir evoking farm, mining, and small-town life in Alabama's Tuscaloosa County as the world transitions from the Great Depression to World War II In the 1930s, the rural South was in the throes of the Great Depression.

Published just days before America's entry into World War II, Ozark Country is Otto Ernest Rayburn's love letter to his adopted region.

June Carter was born in the rugged mountains of Maces Springs, Virginia, to Ezra and Maybelle Carter, pioneers of country music.

"e;Maybe he doesn't like anything, but he can do everything,"e; New Yorker editor Harold Ross once said of the magazine's brilliantly sardonic theater critic, Wolcott Gibbs.

An assessment of how the most famous ancient historian of the twentieth century achieved his impact.

A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell.

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How do you invent an Olympic sport?

East Asian imagery resonates throughout Martin Heidegger's writings.

Adults living in certain olive-growing areas of the Mediterranean Basin display high life expectancies and rates of chronic disease that are among the lowest in the world.

"e;A book of rare power and beauty, majestic in its structure, filled with the truth of imagination and the truth of actuality, emphatic in its declarations and noble in its reach.

From celebrated storyteller "e;Sean of the South"e; comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the friction of family memories, and the unlikely hope that you're gonna be alright.

The discovery of the modern-day coelacanth will forever be linked with the name of JLB Smith.

This book presents a collective attempt to chart the rise and development of the Chicago School during the decades that followed WWII.

The publication of "e;The White Chalk of Days: The Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series Anthology"e; commemorates the tenth year of the Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series.

Tamim Ansary's passionate personal journey through two cultures in conflict, West of Kabul, East of New York.