Bruce: 4211 books
Blood in the Hills
A History of Violence in Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse stealing and scalping raids profiled the region's residents as intrinsically violent. After the Civil War, this characterization continued...
The Metropolitan Revolution
How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won't, or can't, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists are stepping up and powering the...
Abraham's Curse
The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
"When they arrived at the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham built an altar there, and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him on the altar on top of the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son..." --The Book of Genesis
The story...
England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688
Conflicts, Empire and National Identity
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Bruce Lenman's hugely ambitious study explores three interacting themes: the growth of England's sprawling colonial empire; its military dimension; and the impact of colonial warfare on national identity. He starts in Ireland, with the renewed assault of English settlers on the Irish Gaeltacht. Under...
Baseball Hall of Shame™
The Best of Blooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
From 1985 to 1992, The Baseball Hall of Shame series chronicled more than 100 years of baseball goofs and gaffes, selling more than 700,000 copies. Now, the authors of the most offbeat baseball books ever written are back, featuring their looniest lineup of classic stories and inducting their first...
by Bruce Boudreau; Tim Leone
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2009
Bruce Boudreau is living a hockey Cinderella story. After more than three decades in the minor leagues as a player and coach, he was promoted to head coach of the Washington Capitals in 2007. Boudreau revived the Caps, written off as dead, to a division championship and received the Jack Adams award...
In the Shadow of the Towers
Speculative Fiction in a Post-9/11 World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
“Powerful and interesting” short fiction inspired by the events of September 11, 2001, by Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, and other award winners (Publishers Weekly).
How do we continue to dream, imagine, and create in the aftermath of unthinkable tragedy? This moving collection of nearly...
Kids Pick The Funniest Poems
Poems That Make Kids Laugh
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Betcha laugh!
This is one of the most popular collections of funny poetry for kids ever published. It’s a classic because it’s the first collection of poems selected by kids! It includes clever creations from some of the most popular names in children’s poetry, including Bill Dodds, Timothy...
Vietnam
The complete story of the Australian war
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
For Australians, Vietnam remains one of most difficult - and controversial - wars we have fought. On the fiftieth anniversary of Australia's first involvement comes Vietnam: The Complete Story of the Australian War, for anyone who wishes to understand why Australia went to war, and who wants to make...
TIME Marijuana Goes Mainstreet
A Booming Business - Your Brain on Pot - Legalization Marches On
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Welcome to the end of the war on pot. With more landmark legislation in 2016, marijuana has continued its march toward legalization and normalization, 29 states having gone medically legal. In this updated adaptation, based on Bruce Barcott's groundbreaking book Weed the People, we look at some of...
Anatomy of Restlessness
Selected Writings 1969-1989
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
Although he is best known for his luminous reports from the farthest-flung corners of the earth, Bruce Chatwin possessed a literary sensibility that reached beyond the travel narrative to span a world of topics—from art and antiques to archaeology and architecture. This spirited collection of previously...
by Bruce Chatwin
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1990
In this text, Bruce Chatwin writes of his father, of his friend Howard Hodgkin, and of his talks with Andre Malraux and Nadezhda Mandelstram. He also follows unholy grails on his travels, such as the rumour of a "wolf-boy" in India, or the idea of looking for a Yeti.
by Bruce Buckshot Hemming
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
4 Seconds until impact. When people are attacked your train thought will be something like this. Oh look a bear, Oh he's charging, OMG are they fast, I better do something you're on the ground. What is better to carry firearms or pepper spray the results are eye opening? Can hunting help curtail...
by Bruce Batchelor
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Nine Dog Winter by Bruce T. Batchelor is a true story, about two young Canadians who recruit nine mismatched huskies, and head out to live in a log cabin and go camping in the Yukon as the temperature plunges to Sixty-Eight Below.
Follow this 1980-'81 winter adventure of a young couple intent...