Barrett: 1153 books
The Girl with No Name
The Incredible Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
The unbelievable true story of a young girl who is abandoned in the Colombian jungle and finds asylum in the most unlikely of places—with a troop of capuchin monkeys
In 1954, in a remote mountain village in South America, a little girl was abducted. She was four years old. Marina Chapman...
Alligators of the North
The Story of the West & Peachey Steam Warping Tugs
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
The Alligator was an amphibious machine designed and patented in Canada in the late 1880s. This warping tug was capable of towing al og boomk across a lake and then portaging itself to the next body of water. Steam-powered and rugged, it was one of the pioneers in the mechanization of the forest industry...
by Peter Dodd, Justin Cawthorne, Chris Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
A totally righteous collection of tunes!
From hair metal to the King of Pop, these 100 best-selling albums made up the soundtrack of the '80s. The wild success of artists Madonna, Michael Jackson, Van Halen, and Prince are chronicled here, along with more mellow musicians such as John Mellencamp,...
by Jennifer Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums around the world as sites of democratic public space.
Explores the role of museums around the world as sites of public discourse and democracy
Examines the changing idea of the museum in relation to other public sites and spaces,...
Law of the Jungle
The $19 Billion Legal Battle Over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who'd Stop at Nothing to Win
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
The gripping story of one American lawyer’s obsessive crusade—waged at any cost—against Big Oil on behalf of the poor farmers and indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest.
Steven Donziger, a self-styled social activist and Harvard educated lawyer, signed on to a budding class action...
by Duncan Barrett, Nuala Calvi
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten. On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle’s refinery...
Hidden Mickeys Go To Sea
A Field Guide to the Disney Cruise Line's Best Kept Secrets
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
"Hidden Mickeys Go To Sea" contains an introduction to Hidden Mickeys followed by five scavenger hunts to find them with points awarded for discovering each Hidden Mickey on the four Disney Ships and Castaway Cay.
by Ally Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
A short, attractive, full-colour guide to the Anglican wedding service aimed at couples planning to get married. It uses the words and the actions of the marriage service to enable couples to explore the big questions of life, relationships, commitment, God, family and more.
Harvard Classics Volume 41
English Poetry 2: Collins To Fitzgerald
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
by Melanie Davies, Lynne Barrett-Lee
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009
On a Saturday morning in May 1980, Melanie Bowen, a pretty fifteen year old, ran down the stairs of her parents’ home in Port Talbot, grabbed her leather jacket and crash helmet, yelled a goodbye, and then walked out of the front door into the sunshine for what was to be the last time in her life....
by Hope Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Everytime she opened her mouth snakes and centipedes spilled out, along with some kind of sticky clear liquid that shrivelled the hairs in one's nose, on smelling it. One time a startled frog showed up in the expelling and almost spoiled everyone's lunch. AT THE CENTRE of this dark bedtime story...
by Jo Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom strives to answer life's most imponderable question: What Do Women Really Do in the Bathroom?
When the witty and urbane Claire St. John leaves New York City and returns to Austin, Texas, she realizes that all of the good advice she has ever received has...
The Power of the Plan
Empowering the Leader in You
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
How many of us have offered to run a small project in our lives only to discover mid-way through that we really didn’t have a good grasp of the art of managing a project?
How many of us would like to step-up and volunteer our time to run a project but feel we don’t have the necessary...
by Robert Gorman, Vanessa Barrett Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
A widely accepted truism says that luxury corrupts, and in both popular and scholarly treatments, the ancient city of Sybaris remains the model for destructive opulence. This volume demonstrates the scarcity of evidence for Sybarite luxury, and examines the vocabulary of luxury used by the Hellenic...