Crawford: 846 books
by Christina Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
The 40th anniversary edition of the “shocking” #1 New York Times bestseller with an exclusive new introduction by the author (Los Angeles Times).
When Christina Crawford’s harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted...
The Little Princesses
The Story of the Queen's Childhood by her Nanny, Marion Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2003
Once upon a time, in 1930s England, there were two little princesses named Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Their father was the Duke of York, the second son of King George V, and their Uncle David was the future King of England.
We all know how the fairy tale ended: When King George died, "Uncle...
How Not to Get Rich
The Financial Misadventures of Mark Twain
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
“Crawford captures the energy, humor, and wide-eyed hope of America’s first ‘angel investor’ with wit and verve . . . A book that is worthy of Twain himself” (Dan Lyons, New York Times–bestselling author of Disrupted).
A Wealth Management Best Business Book of 2017
Mark Twain’s...
Fallen Glory
The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
An inviting, fascinating compendium of twenty-one of history's most famous lost places, from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers
Buildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents—gods,...
Black Post-Blackness
The Black Arts Movement and Twenty-First-Century Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
A 2008 cover of The New Yorker featured a much-discussed Black Power parody of Michelle and Barack Obama. The image put a spotlight on how easy it is to flatten the Black Power movement as we imagine new types of blackness. Margo Natalie Crawford argues that we have misread the Black Arts Movement's...
Deadly Companions
How Microbes Shaped our History
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself...
by Byron Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
NaS Lost is the Nas book only Byron Crawford could write, and not just due to literacy issues in the hip-hop community. Billed as a tribute to the little homey, it is in fact a tribute, but not in the way that an article in XXL magazine is a tribute to a rapper. NaS Lost considers the artist's career...
by Walt Whitman, Allen Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Whitman's most beloved poem, "Song of Myself," illustrated, illuminated, and presented like never before.
Walt Whitman’s iconic collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, has earned a reputation as a sacred American text. Whitman himself made such comparisons, going so far as to use...
Fantastic Stories Presents The Vampire Super Pack
Over 225,000 words of startling Vampire fiction by writers such as Bram Stoker, F. Marion Crawford, Steve Rasnic Tem, Robert E. Howard, Jay O'Connell, John William Polidori, and many, many more!
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2019
Vampires have fascinated mankind for centuries. These creatures of the night enthrall us, terrify us, and seduce us. The Vampire Super Pack brings together 42 vampires stories spanning almost 200 years. With over 225,000 words of fascinating fiction this is the Vampire anthology you’ve been waiting...
by Dorothy Lamb Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
This book is the first to examine the brilliant gathering of composers, conductors, and other musicians who fled Nazi Germany and arrived in the Los Angeles area. Musicologist Dorothy Lamb Crawford looks closely at the lives, creative work, and influence of sixteen performers, fourteen composers, and...
All American
The Rise and Fall of Jim Thorpe
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
"All American is riveting and grand-that rare pairing of exquisite writing and unassailable research. Crawford delivers you to an age when iconic titans like Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner marched across the planet, and he is the perfect guide to their enormous triumphs and tragedies. This is epic...
Adam Sandler
America's Comedian
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
From the comedy clubs of New York to his big break on "Saturday Night Live" to block-buster films like "Big Daddy" and "Little Nicky" Adam Sandler has left America howling in their seats and peeing in their pants. Sandler has emerged as the decade's most unstoppable comedic-and...
by Shane Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
When Shane Crawford debuted for Hawthorn Football Club in 1993, little did he know what an amazing future awaited him. �The kid from tiny Finley in New South Wales would become a champion of the game, the heart and soul of his club, and a successful media performer.
Crawf's seventeen seasons with...
The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland
A Regional Survey
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
In this comprehensive study, Elizabeth Crawford provides the first survey of women’s suffrage campaigns across the British Isles and Ireland, focusing on local campaigns and activists.
Divided into thirteen sections covering the regions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, this book gives...