Oliver: 3228 books

In De man die zijn vrouw voor een hoed hield vertelt Oliver Sacks de verhalen van mensen die lijden aan perceptuele en intellectuele afwijkingen: patiënten die hun herinneringen kwijt zijn, niet langer in staat zijn om geliefden of alledaagse voorwerpen te herkennen, of patiënten die te maken hebben...

'Ik heb van mensen gehouden en zij hebben van mij gehouden, ik heb veel gekregen en ik heb iets teruggegeven, ik heb gelezen, gereisd, nagedacht en geschreven. Ik heb in contact gestaan met de wereld en de bijzondere uitwisselingen ervaren tussen een schrijver en zijn lezers. Maar in de eerste plaats...

In der Anthologie "Sommernachtsküsse: Die schönsten Liebesgeschichten" erzählen 15 erfolgreiche deutsche und internationale Autorinnen in herzerwärmenden Kurzgeschichten von den magischen, witzigen und schönen Momenten, in denen ihre Heldinnen und Helden die Liebe suchen, finden und...

AN ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES BY Oliver Herford [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]

With British & American troops again in Afghanistan, this book looks back to a previous conflict when Islamic fundamentalists again sought to overthrow the government of Afghanistan and British troops went in to pacify the area. In September 1879 rebels against Emir Yaqub Khan massacred...

The Battle of Barrosa was an unexpected British victory in the Peninsular War. Caught strung out on the march on a mountain road by a superior French army, the British should have been annihilated, but instead gained a stunning victory. In the spring of 1811, the French were laying siege to...

By the spring of 1814 the Peninsular War was nearing its climax. The British army under Wellington was invading southern France, but they were faced by a larage French army under the cunning French Marshal Soult. Wellington’s attack on Toulouse was to prove to be one of his hardest fought actions. The...

According to legend, London was founded by King Lud, ruler of the Trinovantes tribe of Celts in the 1st century bc. But there is much more to King Lud than prehistoric kingship. Tracing the ancient legends back to their source, historian Oliver Hayes reveals a remakable truth - that “King Lud” was really a god and London was his Holy City.

When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken...

The Wolf Hunters – After managing to survive an attack by a pack of wolfs Roderick Drew becomes close friend with Wabigoon. Determined to earn some money to help his mother, young Rod travels to Canada to hunt and trap with his new friend. When Rod and Wabi get together with Mukoki, an old Indian...

A fictional portrayal of real events that occurred during WWII from Afro-American author John Oliver Killens, who had previously served in the Amphibian Forces in the South Pacific. Through his characters, the reader gains a close-to-the-bone account of what it was like to be a Negro soldier fighting...

US Military Instructors Manual by J. P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker, 1917. Covering a number of topics the introduction states that ‘It is hoped that this work will serve to recall to many officers, valuable points of military training which would otherwise be lost, to them in the mass of notes...

Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer who had a mostly successful career, but unfortunately for him, he is mostly remembered for suffering two of the most humiliating defeats of the Civil War. Despite effective service throughout much of the war...

  An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog BY Oliver Goldsmith [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]