Diane: 2892 books
by Diane Chamberlain
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Get swept up in this enticing, emotional story of family suspense from New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain.
Her family’s cottage on the New Jersey shore was a place of freedom and innocence for Julie Bauer—until her seventeen-year-old sister, Isabel, was murdered.
It’s...
Carry Me Home
Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2001
Now with a new afterword, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic account of the civil rights era’s climactic battle in Birmingham as the movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., brought down the institutions of segregation.
"The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in...
Rise Up Women!
The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Marking the centenary of female suffrage, this definitive history charts women's fight for the vote through the lives of those who took part, in a timely celebration of an extraordinary struggle
An Observer Pick of 2018
A Telegraph Book of 2018
A New Statesman Book of 2018
Between the...
Death in Salem
The Private Lives behind the 1692 Witch Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Salem witchcraft will always have a magnetic pull on the American psyche. During the 1692 witch trials, more than 150 people were arrested. An estimated 25 million Americans—including author Diane Foulds—are descended from the twenty individuals executed. What happened to our ancestors? Death...
The Myth of Aunt Jemima
White Women Representing Black Women
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
The Myth of Aunt Jemima is a bold and exciting look at the way three centuries of white women writers have tackled the subject of race in both Britain and America. Diane Roberts challenges the widely-held belief that white women writers have simply acquiesed in majority cultural inscriptions of race....
by Diane Purkiss
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This popular history of the English Civil War tells the story of the bloody conflict between Oliver Cromwell and Charles I from the perspectives of those involved. The compelling narrative draws on new sources such as letters, memoirs, ballads and plays to bring to life the Roundheads and Cavaliers,...
Tibet Unconquered
An Epic Struggle for Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
A fabled country in the far reaches of the Himalayas, Tibet looms large in the popular imagination. The original home of the Dalai Lama, one of the great spiritual leaders of our time, Tibetan Buddhism inspires millions worldwide with the twin values of wisdom and compassion. Yet the Chinese takeover...
The Holy Boys
A History of the Royal Norfolk Regiment and the Royal East Anglian Regiment 1685-2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
The Royal Norfolk Regiment is one of the oldest and most distinguished fighting forces in the British army. Its line of descent can be traced back for over three centuries, all the way from modern Afghanistan to Monmouth’s rebellion in 1685.
Throughout these years, and many campaigns, the...
by Diane Allen
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio Book 1 by Diane Allen is a glimpse into the life and spirituality of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, who has often been called "The greatest mystic of the 20th Century." Forty individuals, all who met Padre Pio, were interviewed for this publication. The...
by Diane Ackerman
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
2008 Orion Book Award
The New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers...
Murder & Mayhem in Mendon and Honeoye Falls
"Murderville" in Victorian New York
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
The notorious history of two nineteenth-century hamlets in western New York, famous for an era of bustling commerce—and criminality.
The Town of Mendon and the Village of Honeoye Falls are today quiet western New York suburbs, but they weren't always so idyllic. In years past, the village was...
by Diane Saks
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
OVERCOMING CELEBRITY OBSESSIONis a star-studded journey from celebrity obsession to fulfilling life in three easy phases.
When a fan is obsessed, a story character version of the celebrity is created. It is through the fans celebrity characterization that guides the fan through Phase 1.
Upon...
Among Animals
The Lives of Animals and Humans in Contemporary Short Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Stories that affirm the indelible bond among humans and animals
The relationships among human and non-human animals go back to the beginning of time—and the ways in which these relationships have evolved (and sometimes not) is the inspiration for this collection of contemporary short fiction,...
by Diane E. Booton
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
This book examines commercial and personal connections in the early modern book trade in Paris and northwestern France, ca. 1450–1550. The book market, commercial trade, and geo-political ties connected the towns of Paris, Caen, Angers, Rennes, and Nantes, making this a fertile area for the transference...