At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission's reverend was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transpo...
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"How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? On the morning he was born, he nearly died. Growing up, he didn't love to read. That changed. He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor...
James Patterson's best stories are the stories of his own life. On the morning he was born, he nearly died. His dad grew up in the Pogey--the Newburgh, New York, poorhouse. He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor and the poet Robert L...
"How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? On the morning he was born, he nearly died. Growing up, he didn't love to read. That changed. He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor...
"A deep dive into the life of history's "best known, least known" woman, the Virgin Mary, tracking how her story was changed and lost over the centuries. In the first century AD, a widowed Jewish woman raised eight children during a brutal Roman occupation of her homeland, instil...
Popular summary of archaeological evidence available up to 1975. Covers six cultures and traditions of Newfoundland and Labrador: the first settlers; the Paleo-Eskimo tradition, the Beothuks, the Naskapi-Montagnais and the Thule Eskimo.
This new bilingual selection brings together some two hundred poems, which makes it the largest collection of Borges' poetry ever assembled in English, and includes many works never previously translated.
Kidnapped and taken to Arena Primus for training as a potential gladiator, Decimus Rex is intent on escaping captivity and knows the best way to do so is to outshine the other slaves as they endure such trials as running on hot coals.
As their gladiator training continues, the enslaved Decimus Rex and his five cellmates are forced to endure a series of public trials in the Arena, including hand-to-hand combat with a fellow slave, under the watchful eye of the trial-master Slavious Doom.
Merlin: the return: Merlin will stop at nothing to prevent a scheming scientist from summoning his malicious enemy, the evil sorcerer, Mordred. (88 min.).
"How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? On the morning he was born, he nearly died. Growing up, he didn't love to read. That changed. He worked at a mental hospital in Massachusetts, where he met the singer James Taylor...
"It's January 1995, and Franny Banks has just six months left of the three-year deadline she set for herself when she came to New York, dreaming of Broadway and doing "important" work. But all she has to show for her efforts so far is a part in an ad for ugly Christmas sweaters, ...
"I felt I was interviewing James Patterson under the highest permissible does of sodium pentothal, the truth serum, for hours--and he spilled the whole story of his truly astonishing life."--Bob Woodward How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful st...
"A deep dive into the life of history's "best known, least known" woman, the Virgin Mary, tracking how her story was changed and lost over the centuries. In the first century AD, a widowed Jewish woman raised eight children during a brutal Roman occupation of her homeland, instil...
"An narrative history that offers a fresh take on the last 2,000 years of Germany's history--from the invention of the word "German" by Julius Caesar in 58 BC, through the rise of Nazi Germany, and up to the present day."--Provided by publisher.
Ana, raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, is rebellious and ambitious, a relentless seeker with a brilliant, curious mind and a daring spirit. She yearns for a pursuit worthy of her life, but finds no outlet for her considerable talents. Defy...
"Romans in the Age of Nero were preoccupied with transactional obligations, namely, what one could expect in return for something given. Emperors firmed up their power by offering donations to troops, or handouts to the public; rich men received hosts of clientelae every morning,...