1,399円 **“An intriguing amalgam of personal memoir, philosophical speculation, natural lore, cultural history, and art criticism.” ーLos Angeles Times From the award-winning author of Orwell's Roses, a stimulating exploration of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown** Written as a series of...

1,693円 An enthralling collection of 45 dramatic stories of yachts lost at sea, Total Loss has been a consistent bestseller since first publication. This fascinating new edition carries exciting first-hand accounts, including the tragic sinking of the yacht Ouzo, run down or swamped by a P&O ferry in the...

3,050円 Intimate reflections on loving and living from an American treasure. "My One Good Nerve draws me back into my sweetest past . . . a work of memory and art."--Maya Angelou. My One Good Nerve is an exuberant collection of writings in the down-home tradition by that incomparable icon of the human sp...

3,522円 Nach «Eine Frage der Schuld» Tolstajas zweiter Roman – als Weltpremiere bei Manesse Mit dem spektakulären Erfolg ihres Romans «Eine Frage der Schuld» trat Sofja Tolstaja hierzulande aus dem Schatten ihres berühmten Ehemannes. Ihr zweites Buch erzählt erneut von der alles umstürzenden Macht der Le...

1,335円 *"I looked around my cell and saw the sheet of paper taped to the door at chest height. It listed everything in the room, chair, bed, soldier box . For a moment I thought it meant the cell itself; a box to put soldiers in."*When the War on Terror began, Briton Joe Glenton felt compelled to serve ...

1,122円 Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

2,515円 "Witty, wise, and full of heart, Gail Storey’s winning memoir of her hike on the Pacific Crest Trail at the age of fifty-six is a book for every one who ever dreamed of taking the road less traveled. I Promise Not to Suffer is as inspiring as it is hilarious, as poignant as it is smart. It’s one...

164円 First published in 1720. "BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE Famous ENTERPRISES OF Captain AVERY , The Mock KING of Madagascar, WITH His RAMBLES and PIRACIES; wherein all the Sham ACCOUNTS formerly publish'd of him, are detected. In Two LETTERS from himself; one during his Stay at Madagascar, and one since ...

1,146円 The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon. Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn’s career was set from an early age – along with her father, who also did a ‘turn’, she sang in Working Men’s Clubs from just seven years old. She had a successf...

0円 Some of the content in this book may upset sensitive readers, but sadly in our day and society, many children from a very young age are being abused and are subject to the drug scene. This is my travels from abuse to drug use and eventually freedom. Through this book I wish to reach out firstly t...

843円 Born in India in 1937, Michael Foss's childhood was spent between the cold, grey austerity of Britain under threat, and the brightly lit and teeming vitality of wartime India. Here, beautifully evoked, is a childhood spent amongst grudging and unloving English relations; a sufferance of cruelly h...

500円 If a man pays his dues, is he ever out of debt? Are his past mistakes ever forgiven? In our struggle to protect the helpless, have we lost the ability to determine who is innocent? Gregory Torti may not have the perfect past, but learned from his mistakes and was ready to move on. The justice sys...