In 1942, RAF flight controller Robert Wyse became a Japanese prisoner of war on the island of Java in Indonesia. Starved, sick, beaten, and worked to near-death, he wasted away until he weighed...
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Author: Vance, Jonathan F.Summary: -
Author: Howard, RobertSummary:Conan finally meets his match in Belit, the fierce, bloodthirsty and scantily clad pirate Queen. She also is unable to resist the huge, blue eyed, iron barbarian who literally sweeps her off her...
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Author: Carey, MikeSummary:Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports-books about baseball, pro football, college football,...
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Crucible of command : Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--the war they fought, the peace they forged
Author: Davis, William C.Summary:Each the subject of innumerable biographies, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee have never before been paired as they are here. William C. Davis explores their personalities, their...
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Author: Nevala-Lee, AlecSummary:
"A big biography of John Campbell, the genius magazine editor who created a mass market for science fiction, couldn't be timelier. Alec Nevala-Lee's granular portrait of Campbell...
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Author: Margolick, DavidSummary:No two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in this era than Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist...
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Author: Vise, David A.Summary:Called "a first-rate spy story" (Entertainment Weekly), The Bureau and the Mole is the sensational New York Times best-seller that tells the inside story of FBI counterintelligence agent...
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Author: Silverwood, RogerSummary:In the Yorkshire town of Bromersley there's a serial killer on the loose. Detective Inspector Michael Angel and his team of regulars search for the killer. However, the available clues are as...
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Author: Priest, RobertSummary:Reverse engineering the word, meme splicing, morpheme replacement therapy, phonetic modifications: these are some of the techniques in play throughout Reading the Bible Backwards, the...
Genre: Canadian poetry -
Author: Finch, RobertSummary:
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Author: Murphy, Robert F.Summary:
The Body Silent is a personal narrative written by Robert Murphy, a professor at Columbia University. This piece is a narrative of personal struggle through a spinal condition, published in 1987...
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Author: Greenhalgh, ChrisSummary:
June, 1945. Ingrid Bergman has been sent to entertain the troops and when she bumps into the photographer Robert Capa, he is enchanted. He slips a mischievious invitation to dinner under her door...
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Author: Flynn, RobertSummary:
Pat Shahan, 35, is minister of a Protestant church in an unnamed city. During one typical day filled with budget problems and self-centered parishoners, Pat keeps up an internal dialog with his...
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Author: Guillaume, RobertSummary:
Guillaume: A Life is the autobiography of esteemed Broadway, Hollywood, and television star Robert Guillaume. Ten months after suffering a stroke, Guillaume - perhaps best known as television...
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Author: Tucker, AaronSummary:J. Robert Oppenheimer: reluctant father of the atomic bomb, enthusiastic lover of books, devoted husband and philanderer. Engaging with the books he voraciously read, and especially the Bhagavad...
Genre: Biographical fiction, Canadian fiction