Bill Barich burst onto the literary scene more than twenty-five years ago with this remarkable account of racetrack life. Holed up in a cheap motel in Albany, California, only a few miles from Golden Gate Fields, he looked to the track...
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- Auteur:Barich, BillSommaire:
- Auteur:Zia, HelenSommaire:
The dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China’s 1949 Communist revolution—a heartrending precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today.
“A true page-turner...
- Auteur:Packer, J. I.Sommaire:
One of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals (Christianity Today, 2006)
Platinum Book Award, Evangelical Christian Publishing Association For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help... - Auteur:Linn, DeniseSommaire:
Kindling the Native Spirit reveals secrets to enhance your connection to the mysterious forces around you. It's a mystic map that guides the way for you to follow in the footsteps of the wise ones who have gone before you. And in a...
- Auteur:O'Reilly, BillSommaire:
Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln , page-turning works of nonfiction that have changed the way we read history. The basis...
- Auteur:Grann, DavidSommaire:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American...
- Auteur:Morain, Dan.Sommaire:
A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to stand for Vice President, charting how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this country’s most effective power players.
There’s very little that...
- Auteur:Iduma, EmmanuelSommaire:
A deeply moving, lyrical journey through the author's homeland of Nigeria, in search of the truth about his disappeared uncle and the history of a war that shaped him, his family, and a nation In inimitable, rhythmic prose, the...
- Auteur:Hadnagy, ChristopherSommaire:
A global security expert draws on psychological insights to help you master the art of social engineering—human hacking. Make friends, influence people, and leave them feeling better for having met you by being more empathetic, generous...
- Auteur:Callaghan, Tonya D.Sommaire:
In Homophobia in the Hallways , Tonya D. Callaghan interrogates institutionalized homophobia and transphobia in the publicly-funded Catholic school systems of Ontario and Alberta.
- Auteur:Cooper, GwenSommaire:
Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens... The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen's veterinarian called...
- Auteur:McDiarmid, JessicaSommaire:
A searing and revelatory account of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls of Highway 16, and an indictment of the society that failed them.
For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found...
- Auteur:Dickey, ColinSommaire:
One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016
“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book Review
From the author of The Unidentified, an...
- Auteur:Fox, DarrellSommaire:
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Terry Fox defined perseverance and hope for a generation of Canadians. Forty years after Terry's run ended, Forever Terry reflects what Terry's legacy means to us now, and in the future. To mark the...
- Auteur:Sonia, NazarioSommaire:
An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an author interview, and more—the...
- Auteur:Chang, DavidSommaire:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious —an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that...
- Auteur:Côté, André-PhilippeSommaire:
Il faut bien rendre à la COVID ce qui appartient au corona: le virus qui a mis notre monde sans dessus dessous est la grande vedette de ce 23e album. Ce qui n'empêche pas Côté de saupoudrer son festin annuel d'un zeste de Labeaume, d'...
- Auteur:Amor, AlexandraSommaire:
Think you could never join a cult? Think again.Cults thrive on secrecy, isolation, deception, and manipulation as they coerce even worldly and intelligent people into their cruel grip. In this award-winning memoir, Alexandra Amor shines...
- Auteur:Krysa, DanielleSommaire:
Creative block presents the most crippling—and unfortunately universal—challenge for artists. No longer! This chunky blockbuster of a book is chock-full of solutions for overcoming all manner of artistic impediment. The blogger behind...
- Auteur:Harjo, Joy.Sommaire:
"Insightful...Brings one of our finest;and most complicated;poets into view...Raw and honest." ;Los Angeles Review of Books In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her...