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A true story set in the 1970's. Do you remember when sex was safe and motorcycles were dangerous?A young aspiring hash dealer moves to London and is recruited to help organise THE GREAT WESTERN FESTIVAL.It's not long before he realises the Rock and Roll...

This book covers the life of the Italian neo-classical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822), some of his works and the lives of two of his contemporaries: John Gibson RA (1790-1866), known as the 'British Canova', and the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844). Both Gibson and...

An ordinary girl in America by chance majors in Russian in college. When graduating from college, she learns for the first time that one of her uncles helped Russian aristocrats find a new home abroad after the revolution in 1917. Later she gets a...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period is a cutting-edge exploration of ancient queenship and the significance of family politics in the dysfunctional dynasties of the late Hellenistic world. This volume, the first full-length study of Kleopatra III and Kleopatra Thea and their careers as...

The Book of Martyrs by John Foxe written in the 16th century has long been the go-to source for studying the lives and martyrdom of the apostles. Whilst other scholars have written individual treatments on the more prominent apostles such as Peter, Paul, John,...

In his first memoir, Emish Muwanguzi talks about his reality and experiences of healing from past disappointment, loss and hope. Overcoming the challenges of poverty and family separation, he candidly shares a series of moments that have shaped his story into an example of...

A small-town kid from the cornfields of Illinois, Jarrod grew up dreaming of serving his country one day. When he finally found the courage to become a soldier, the terror attacks of 9/11 turned his world upside down. Soon, he would find himself facing...

This book or manuscript was inspired by God and the holy spirit to tell my story. To birth out my inner pain and to let people know that whatever it is you find yourself in you can overcome by the strength of Jesus Christ.Author:...

How did we get to this point? Well it went like this. In November of nineteen ninety two Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States. There hasn't been a Democrat in office in some years; we the people of the Virgin Islands...

Growing up on a subsistence farm in North Carolina, Jap Allen married his childhood sweetheart, got his degree in veterinary medicine from Auburn University, served in the army, and established his practice in eastern North Carolina. When Jap started into practice in the 1950s,...

Have you ever gotten on a ride, only to realize you want off, but it is too late? You spend the first moments building up the courage, preparing only to fall. What if I told you that those first few moments were really preparing...

Beyond the Clouds is a collection of the author's life experiences, dreams, and visions. These personal accounts will inspire and empower the reader with scriptural and prophetic messages. Thus, reminding each of us of the deeply personal love God has for mankind, and that...

Written with transparency and humility from his personal experience, Williamson, a survivor of three job layoffs, gives even the most discouraged job seeker exactly what they need to lose that pit-in-the-stomach feeling and gain resilience. His 12 practical self-care tips to put into practice...

Deepest Woods is a memoir told by Catherine (Catalina) Palmer as she relives traumatic experiences behind substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence, and the death of a parent. In this memoir, the author recalls detailed memories of her childhood, her high school experiences, her...

"My Collie Girls And Me" is an ongoing saga that reflects the faith and love of the author for the collie fur babies entrusted to her by God. It is also the story of how God can and does bless his children through the...

'Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon?' the neurosurgeon asked. This is the kind of 'bucket list' suggestion you get when you've been diagnosed with the deadliest form of brain cancer: the glioblastoma multiforme. For Charlie Marengo, it was the start of a...

This book is a comprehensive collection of stories, letters, poems, and talks by Gerald Fitzgerald.President Spencer W. Kimball stated, "What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your...

It's not often that a person with serious mental health problems gets the chance to make something big happen-like the Living Room faith-based support groups started by Marja Bergen in 2006. This was a time when churches were uninformed to a degree few today...

Offering a unique approach to the study of late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century education, this book explores the life and motivations of a strong-minded, self-educated and enlightened English gentlewoman, Mrs Margaret Chinnery, who put Madame de Genlis's educational ideas into practice with marked success. Beginning with...

This fully revised new edition of Becoming a Social Worker is made up of entirely new stories. Providing a 'glocal' frame of reference, the book describes the personal and professional narratives of a diverse range of people working in social work in the UK,...

Author: E. Floyd KvammeISBN-10: 099944882XISBN-13: 9780999448823Publisher: Sellerseaston MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2022Pages: 200Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50dLarge Print

Virginia and Joe Thorndike have been married for twenty-two years, and now she's in love with a surgeon thirteen years her junior. She leaves her husband and flies to Miami to start living with Rich Villamano, but there he tells her he has changed...

And She Never Gave Up walks you through Jalesa's journey through abandonment and rejection as young as an infant when her mother gave her up for her addiction to drugs and the death of her father. Despite the rough start, Jalesa pulled through being...

Ever thought of giving up? Success is often defined by adversity and perseverance. It is not given but rather earned. Monika overcame poverty, hunger, child abuse, rape and sex slavery in Cambodia. Against all obstacles she obtained an education, found love, and became an...

From doctor to patient to doctor again, Dr Steven Sommer's uplifting story is told alongside the story of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Steven's life and career was soaring with potential before it was derailed by ME/CFS. Steven and his partner, Tori, unveil the horrors...

When George Rousseau was eleven years old playing a Haydn piano sonata at his teacher's annual house concert a member of the audience jumped up and exclaimed: 'with what amazing confidence the little boy plays.' The confidence never abandoned George for very long, even...

Trial Attorney Joe Miller brings his 30 years plus experience representing accident victims to bear in this guide designed for victims of car accidents and their loved ones. The book is designed to provide information to victims of motor vehicle accidents in both Virginia...

The title represents two themes: One of many stories from the author's youth, his meeting with Muhammed Ali, (The Greatest) and which also serves as a symbol of what one might become in life with a little effort. The book/story takes the reader from...

Love Lifted Me is the captivating account of Dr. Bessie Waites Blake's amazing journey from sharecropping to Harvard. This insightful autobiography reveals a passion for teaching and learning that is anchored in the spiritual gifts of a loving mother; in the compassion of teachers;...

An AMERICAN PATRIOT'S history lesson. A book every American should own and read. "The PEOPLE are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our LIBERTY." Thomas Jefferson"A HOUSE DIVIDED against itself cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln"FREEDOM of SPEECH is a principal pillar of a...

The real life chronicle of a crazy quest, an epic hitchhiking trip, way back when...A trip taken without preparation or proper funds, from England, through Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, to India.*Paul Mason was just 18 years old when the notion of...

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 made slavery illegal in the territory that would later become Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. However, many Black individuals' rights were denied by white enslavers who continued to hold them captive in the territory well...

This challenging and compelling new book reveals the previously undocumented life of the children at Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. During the war approximately 10,000 children were held here. Concentrating on a group of boys, aged between 12 and 14 at the...

When Nicholas Winton met a friend in Prague in December 1938, he was shocked by the plight of thousands of refugees and Czech citizens desperate to flee from the advancing German army. A British organisation had been set up to help the adults, but...

What would we learn if animals could tell their own stories? Éric Baratay, a pioneering researcher in animal histories in France, applies his knowledge of historical methodologies to give voice to some of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' most interesting animals. He offers brief...

An autobiographical journey through America in the turbulent 1960s--the essential backstory to Ginsberg's National Book Award-winning volume of poetry Published in 1974, The Fall of America was Allen Ginsberg's magnum opus, a poetic account of his experiences in a nation in turmoil. What his...

"Ginsberg's South American Journals, which follow Allen during six months in 1960 to Chile and Peru for a literary conference (begun just days after the Cuban revolution). Ginsberg travels to Machu Picchu, and then deeper into remote regions of Peru, seeking a source for...

The first of three in a series of Ginsberg's unpublished travel journals A travel guide through one of the best minds of the Beat Generation--distinctly not destroyed by madness--Allen Ginsberg's journals are more tour de force than simple diaries, charting his poetry, political antics,...

For a decade Wallace Reid was the most recognized face in Hollywood, the most universally beloved actor in silent film. Today all that is widely remembered of "Wally" Reid is that he died in a padded sanitarium cell, the victim of a fatal morphine...