1,555円 “A classic first-person account of heroism, resolve, and ultimate triumph that will touch every American.”ーStephen Coonts Retrieved from a safe-deposit box, this stunning first-hand account of a crucial, but little-known covert mission of the Korean War offers an honest, revealing, and remarkabl...

496円 Santa Barbara owes much of its beauty and charm to the vision, leadership and influence of the remarkable Miss Pearl Chase. Discover why Santa Barbara is.....Santa Barbara! An easy-to-read introduction to Pearl Chase along with stories of her causes, crusades and campaigns generously illustrated ...

387円 An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery. Smoky, a baseball-size mass of brown fur, was found in a foxhole in the depths of the New Guinea jungle in the middle of the Second World War. The soldier who found her took the Yorkshire Terrier pup back to base and sold ...

161円 Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégasiii[›] from the Greek ἀλέξω alexo "to defend, help" + ἀνήρ aner "man"), was a king of Macedon, a state in northern ancient Greece. Born in Pella in 3...

2,123円 Irish patriot, Civil War general, frontier governorーThomas Francis Meagher played key roles in three major historical arenas. Today he is hailed as a hero by some, condemned as a drunkard by others. Paul R. Wylie now offers a definitive biography of this nineteenth-century figure who has long re...

1,867円 Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan met in 1857; she was 18, a hard-working actress performing in his production of The Frozen Deep, and he was 45, the most lionized writer in England. Out of their meeting came a love affair that lasted thirteen years and destroyed Dickens’s marriage while effacing ...

496円 "I want a hidden pearl story to-day," said the child. "What kind of a story is that?" asked the saint. She was a real saint, although every one could not see the golden halo that shone round her dear head. "One of the old stories which you say are like the common shells t...

3,806円 From Kirkus Reviews:A friendly yet not uncritical biography of the secretary of state in the Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Cabinets. Taylor--who chronicled his father's life in General Maxwell Taylor (1987)- -offers neither much original scholarship nor a fresh approach, but writes smoothly and with...

1,860円 A thrilling account of treachery, loyalty and martyrdom in Elizabethan England from an exceptional new writer. As darkness fell on the evening of Friday, 28 October 1588, just weeks after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, two young Englishmen landed in secret on a Norfolk beach. They were Jesuit ...

2,022円 “Records the memories of a war in the words of those women courageous enough to walk into hell.”ーSan Francisco Chronicle A decade after America pulled out of Vietnam, the seeds of the often heart- wrenching oral history, A Piece of My Heart, were sown when writer and filmmaker Keith Walker met a...

241円 Theodore Roosevelt : the 26th President of the United States (A Short Biography for Children) Theodore Roosevelt, naturalist and 26th President of the United States, expanded powers of the presidency and supported public interest in the face big business. Best Children's Biographies : Write a ...

1,326円 From the basic fabric covered Cub, to the sleek corporate jet, the author takes you page by page through what some have called “The Golden Age” of general aviation. Meet pilots and share in their camaraderie and humor; experience their tragedy and personal triumph. This is a fascinating real life...