Smith profiles one of the 20th century's most innovative musical icons, the Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown. Drawing on extensive research and captivating interviews, Smith chronicles Brown's rise from abject poverty to...
Biography
- Author:Smith, R. J.Summary:
- Author:SCHUBERT, L. ASummary:
The story continues in describing the pitfalls of the business world involving a prawn fishing disaster in the Gulf of Carpentaria and experiences in Karratha at the onset of the gas project. It concludes with the death of the author...
- Author:Rose, PhyllisSummary:
- Author:Phillips, David AtleeSummary:
Ai biography of the career of a CIA agent serving in Washington and in Latin America.
- Author:Wiesel, ElieSummary:
Night is one of the masterpieces of Holocaust literature. First published in 1958, it is the autobiographical account of an adolescent boy and his father in Auschwitz. Elie Wiesel writes of their battle for survival and of his battle...
- Author:BEER, Edith HahnSummary:
Compelling and riveting story, of both disillusionment and faith that provides keen psychological insights into the Nazi propaganda machine.
- Author:Delany, Samuel R.Summary:
- Author:Sherman, William T.Summary:
In vigorous, frank, and powerful prose, Sherman reveals his strategic planning for battles such as Bull Run, Shiloh, and Vicksburg and delivers classic lessons--and military philosophies--about this war.
- Author:Lee, J. J.Summary:
For years, journalist and amateur tailor JJ Lee tried to ignore the navy suit that hung at the back of his closet — his late father's last suit. When he decides to finally make the suit his own, little does he know he is about to embark...
- Author:Ward, MaxSummary:
- Author:Klages, GregorySummary:
"How did Tom Thomson die in the summer of 1917? Was landscape painter Tom Thomson shot by poachers, or by a German-American draft dodger? Did a blow from a canoe paddle knock him unconscious and into the water? Was he fatally...
- Author:Engel, HowardSummary:
- Author:Dionne, N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope)Summary:
A history and biography of Champlain, Samuel de, 1567-1635 and the early settlement of Canada.
- Author:Meier, AndrewSummary:
A brilliant Columbia University graduate, Isaiah Oggins went to Berlin to establish a safe house and spy for his country--but he turned coat. Working for the Soviets, he was nevertheless poisoned in 1947 on Stalin's orders.
- Author:RAWICZ, SlavomirSummary:
Absorbing story about the escape of a small group of prisoners of various nationalities from a soviet labour camp in Siberia in 1941 and details their terrible journey on foot across Asia to safety.
- Author:Raddatz, MarthaSummary:
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"Known as ̀́Canadas forgotten people, ̀́ the Mettis have long been here, but until 1982 they lacked the legal status of Native people. At that point, however, the Metis were recognized in the constitution as one of Canadas̀́...
- Author:Weir, AlisonSummary:
No English monarch had a greater influence on his or her people than Queen Elizabeth I. Yet despite her extremely public life, she closely guarded her secrets, which are finally revealed in this epic biography. The Life of Elizabeth I...
- Author:Fuller, AlexandraSummary:
Colton H. Bryant loves Wyoming and loves life. Mind over matter, he always says--"If you don't mind, it don't matter." And so, like his father and his father's father before him, he gets a dangerous job on the...
- Author:Hall, KermitSummary:
Utah State University professor, Kermit L. Hall delivers a course that explores the Supreme Court as a living, breathing institution. Listeners will come to know the court through a thorough study of its most significant decisions.