Oliver: 3228 books

Who is the greatest sportsman of the modern era? This book compares seven contenders to that title: Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Tiger Woods, Michael Schumacher, Lance Armstrong, Valentino Rossi, and Andre Agassi. Each athlete has been selected because they have reached the pinnacle of their sport...

James S. Oliver grew up on the southern Philippine Island of Mindanaohiding from World War II aggressors with his Filipino mother and three siblings. He did not know it then, but war would become a constant in his life, even after he moved to the United States. Hed graduate from college and become...

A young man is summoned to a remote location by his lover for a midnight rendezvous, but he harbors doubt that she will meet him and soothe his tortured and embattled heart. As the hours of darkness draws on, he loses faith and turns to drinking, only to have a surprise by the close of the night.

The New York Times has called Mary Oliver's poems "thoroughly convincing - as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring." In this stunning collection of forty poems - nineteen previously unpublished - she writes of nature and love, of the way they transform...

Les Chasseurs d’or est un roman d'aventures du romancier américain James Oliver Curwood (1878 – 1927), qui raconte les aventures du trappeur Roderick et de Mukoki, son guide indien. Résumé : Ce roman est la suite des Chasseurs de loups, du même auteur. En ce dernier volume, nous...

A VISIT TO THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED PUNSTERS Oliver Wendell Holmes [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]

Both of these texts, The ABCs of Science by Charles Oliver and Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson, are among the most popular and acclaimed titles ever produced in the science/nature genre. Now both volumes are available together in this single book.

If you've ever tried to give up smoking, you know how hard it can be. The Smoking Diet is a new approach to quitting that is designed to make the process of giving up smoking feel easy and natural.

In hockey, goalies have always been a contradiction — solitary men in a team game, the last line of defence and the stalwarts expected to save the day after any and every miscue and collapse from his teammates. It’s no wonder that anyone who played the position has had his sanity questioned; yet...

A pioneering and beloved Canadian legend comes to life Father David Bauer changed lives — at the rink, in the classroom, and at the pulpit. Bauer’s dream created the first truly national Canadian hockey team. In 1963, that unique group represented Canada abroad and were committed to both...

The legendary good guys worthy of a spot in the pro wrestling hall of fame At its core, professional wrestling has always been about the forces of evil trying to undermine everything good — and a red hot heel needs a valiant hero to battle against, someone fans can root for, identify with,...

There are an estimated 40,000 international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), working in an enormous global aid industry; official development assistance alone reached £90bn in 2014. This is supplemented by huge voluntary giving – the UK public, for example, give around £1bn a year to overseas...

In the 1920s, Southern record companies ventured to cities like Dallas, Atlanta, and New Orleans, where they set up primitive recording equipment in makeshift studios. They brought in street singers, medicine show performers, pianists from the juke joints and barrelhouses. The music that circulated...

If you've ever dreamed of meeting Taylor Swift, then this is the book for you! Get the inside scoop from Taylor's biggest Swifties, including what happened when they met Taylor, her mom, and her publicist . . . and tour secrets from Loft '89, Club Red, and T-Party you won't hear anywhere else! Learn...