Dick: 1595 books
The President’s Ladies
Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Ronald Reagan, a former actor and one of America's most popular presidents, married not one but two Hollywood actresses. This book is three biographies in one, discovering fascinating connections among Jane Wyman (1917-2007), Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), and Nancy Davis (b. 1921-2016).
Jane Wyman,...
The Birth of a Movement
How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
In 1915, two men-one a journalist agitator, the other a technically brilliant filmmaker-incited a public confrontation that roiled America, pitting black against white, Hollywood against Boston, and free speech against civil rights.
Monroe Trotter and D. W. Griffith were fighting over a film...
by Dick Grigg
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
This is a compilation of references to Family History and temple work from the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, and Modern Church Leaders. Also there is a chapter on faith promoting stories from family history experiences and a chapter on family stories and descendant...
by Philip K. Dick
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
"The writing is humorous, painful, awesome in its effect on both mind and heart . . . There are few modern novels to match it."—Rolling Stone
On an arid Mars, local bigwigs compete with Earth-bound interlopers to buy up land before the UN develops it and its value skyrockets. Martian...
Courage To Change
The Christian Roots of the Twelve-Step Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2010
The writings of the Reverend Sam Shoemaker, Episcopal minister, are examined in this volume in the light of their contribution to the principles of Twelve Step recovery.
Courage to Change deals with the influence of Sam Shoemaker on the early years of Alcoholics Anonymous, the writing of the...
The Life and Ideas of James Hillman
The Making of a Psychologist
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
“An expansive look at the life of this post-Jungian thinker . . . A fascinating story of psychology practice at the time**” (Blogcritics).**
Considered to be the world’s foremost post-Jungian thinker, James Hillman is known as the founder of archetypal psychology and the author of more...
Cool Rules
Anatomy of an Attitude
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
Cool Rules introduces the reader to a new cultural category. While the authors do not claim to have discovered Cool, they believe they are the first to attempt a serious, systematic analysis of Cool's history, psychology, and importance.
The contemporary Cool attitude is barely 50 years old,...
A Fighter Pilot Looks At the World Upside Down
Book 3 Of a Philosophical Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Fighter pilots see the world differently from other people. This series of books is a philosophical memoir of how I sense humanity, society, and the universe I live in. I began these writings when I was 33 years old. For several decades it never occurred to me that I might want to publish them. In the...
Escape from Saigon
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
A novel in “the tradition of Michener and Clavell . . . A sweeping saga that places you dead center in the tumultuous final days of the war in Vietnam” (Casey Sherman, New York Times–bestselling author of The Finest Hours).
Saigon is falling. With the North Vietnamese Army approaching,...
by Eugène Dick
Language: French
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Extrait :
— J’ai perdu la partie, cette fois… Mais… je reviendrai !
Tel avait été l’adieu menaçant jeté aux échos de la baie de Kécarpoui par Gaspard Labarou au moment où, toutes les voiles et pavillons au vent,...
by Andrew van der Vlies, Leon de Kock, Archie L. Dick
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives?historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies. The essays collected here, by leading international scholars, address a range of topics as...
The Great Game of Politics
Why We Elect, Whom We Elect
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
From our nation's inception there has been a constant dynamic of tension between those political philosophies that we have labeled the left and the right, despite the fact that the vast majority of American voters really fall into the category of moderates. During the early years, the shifts between...
Orvis Vest Pocket Guide to Caddisflies
The Illustrated Reference To The Major Species Of North America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Based on the original Orvis Caddisfly Handbook, this wholly revised title is small and light enough to carry along for use on the water. Caddisflies are as crucial a trout food as mayflies or baitfish, and any serious trout angler needs to know these insects well. Detailed descriptions and photographs...
Basic Trap & Skeet Shooting
All the Skills and Gear You Need to Get Started
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
An illustrated guide to the fundamentals of shooting trap and skeet
Tips on gear, ammunition, safety, storage, shooting stance, and more
Includes step-by-step instructions on how to clean a shotgun
The sport of trap and skeet shooting is described in detail for the beginning or experienced shooter....