Alan: 6649 books
by Alan Axelrod, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Who are the pivotal figures in American history, the men and women who have helped shape us as a people and have influenced how we perceive ourselves as Americans? In this companion to his popular 1001 Events That Made America, Alan Axelrod looks into all areas of our collective past and highlights...
by Alan Brinkley
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"No president since the founders has done more to shape the character of American government," notes Alan Brinkley in this magnificent biography of America's thirty-second president. "And no president since Lincoln has served through darker or more difficult times. Roosevelt thrived...
Unlocking Home
Three Keys to Affordable Communities
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Award-winning author and leading green thinker Alan Durning takes a hard look at urban housing and sees what many others have missed. Hidden in city regulations is a set of simple but powerful barriers to affordable housing for all. These rules criminalize history’s answers to affordable dwellings:...
by Robert Alan King
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Public Relations, Press Releases and Media Contact: Becoming Newsworthy and Getting Coverage by Robert King is a booklet with over 4,900 words. It covers all aspects of working with the media and getting coverage for your business, website, product, service, or event. This booklet will assist anyone...
Ontario Beer
A Heady History of Brewing from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Beer historians and writers Alan McLeod and Jordan St. John have tapped the cask of Ontario brewing to bring the complete story to light, from foam to dregs. Ontario boasts a potent mix of brewing traditions. Wherever Europeans explored, battled, and settled, beer was not far behind, which brought the...
Black Patriots and Loyalists
Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. But, of course, that independence actually applied to only a portion of the American population—African Americans would still be bound in slavery for nearly another century. Alan Gilbert asks...
Playing It Safe
Crazy Stories from the World of Britain's Health and Safety Regulations
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
'Very entertaining.' Jeffrey Podger, chief executive Health & Safety Executive Imagine a world where you wellington boots come with a 24-page instruction manual, or council carers who are prohibited from making tea for OAPs in case they scald themselves on the job. Welcome to Britain in the 21st century,...
The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management
Lasting Lessons from the Best Leadership Minds of Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management offers “Lasting Lessons from the Best Leadership Minds of Our Time.” Compiled by Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal, this is the definitive guide to how to be a successful manager from the world’s most respected...
The Scots & The Turf
Racing and Breeding – The Scottish Influence
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2017
The Scots & The Turf tells the story of the great contribution made to the world of Thoroughbred horse racing by the Scots and those of Scottish ancestry, past and present, culminating with the 2017 Grand National winner One For Arthur.
The influence has been across the board, from jockeys...
by Alan Whitworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Ruswarp is a village on the boundary of the National Park. Crossing the River Esk downstream is an impressive viaduct, 120 feet high, which was built (using 5,250,000 bricks) to carry the Scarborough-to-Whitby railway line, which was closed in 1965. The viaduct is now owned by Sustrans and carries...
Alanatomy
The Inside Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
***If you loved Alan's first memoir - Look Who It Is! - then his follow-up, Alanatomy, will take you further into the hilarious and bizarre world of the country's favourite chatty man.***
'As laugh out loud as his TV shows' Daily Mirror
It must seem strange to you that I've called a...
by Alan Whicker
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life and career. "You might say I'm set in my airways. I'm one of those lucky people whose professional and private lives blend exactly."Alan Whicker,...
Untold Glory
African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity, and Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Untold Glory offers a fresh perspective on one of the most fundamental elements of American history—the conquest of new frontiers. In twenty-seven fascinating first-person accounts, African Americans from different eras, backgrounds, and occupations explore and reflect on the meaning of frontier,...
by Greg Alan
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
12 Amazing secrets to growing stronger and happier families.