Philip: 4665 books
In the Shadows of the Morning
Essays on Wild Lands, Wild Waters, and a Few Untamed People (Signed by the author)
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Philip Caputo's passion for travel and adventure was inspired by the works of Joseph Conrad, Jack London, and Herman Melville, and through the years this passion led to a rugged writer's life, filled with hair-raising experiences in the jungles of Vietnam, the rubble of Beirut, and the savannas of...
A Taste for Intrigue
The Multiple Lives of François Mitterrand
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
The man who changed the course of modern France
In 1981, François Mitterrand became France's first popularly elected socialist president. By the time he completed his mandate, he had led the country for 14 years, longer than any other French head of state in modern times. Mitterrand mirrored...
by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Earls of Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope. He had already been created Baron Stanhope, of Shelford in the County of Nottingham, in 1616, also in the Peerage of England. Stanhope's youngest son...
De schaduw van Tambora
de grootste natuurramp sinds mensenheugenis
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Een geweldig geschiedenisverhaal in de stijl van Frank Westerman en Bill Bryson
In april 1815 vond op het eiland Soembawa, in het toenmalige Nederlands-Indië, de grootste vulkaanuitbarsting sinds mensenheugenis plaats. Deze uitbarsting verbijsterde behalve de plaatselijke bevolking ook de...
by Philip MacDougall
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Georgian London was the hub of the world’s largest industrial-military complex, underpinning and securing a global trading empire that was entirely dependent on the Royal Navy for its existence. Philip MacDougall explores the bureaucratic web that operated within the wider city area before giving...
The Game Changer
How Hank Luisetti Revolutionized America's Great Indoor Game
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2005
Hank, the nimble; Hank, the quick; Hank, the human corkscrew; Hank, as fast as light; Hank, the rubber-boned man, wrote Roy Cummings after seeing a 19-year-old Hank Luisetti perform for the first time in 1936. Cummings sat alone in a deserted gym trying to describe to his readers what he had just...
Legacy of Hate: A Short History of Ethnic, Religious and Racial Prejudice in America
A Short History of Ethnic, Religious and Racial Prejudice in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
For all its foundation on the principles of religious freedom and human equality, American history contains numerous examples of bigotry and persecution of minorities. Now, author Philip Perlmutter lays out the history of prejudice in America in a brief, compact, and readable volume. Perlmutter begins...
by Philip Ziegler
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
It came out of Central Asia, killing one-third of the European population. And among the survivors, a new skepticism arose about life and God and human authority. Here, in this essay by British historian Philip Ziegler, is the story of the plague that ravaged Europe.
by Philip Reid
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
When Pádraig Harrington won the Open Championship in 2007, he became only the second Irish golfer ever to win a Major, ending a drought which dated back to Fred Daly’s victory of 1947. But Harrington’s great achievement was more than the breaking of a hoodoo: it was the start of the most glorious...
Shifting Gears at 50
A Motorcycle Guide for New and Returning Riders
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
From the publishers of Motorcycle Consumer News, Shifting Gears at 50 is a one-of-a-kind motorcycling manual for returning and late-entry riders, essentially anyone 40 years old and up who’s looking to hit the road on two wheels. Author Philip Buonpastore, a motorcycle journalist and retired US...
Gun Violence
The Real Costs
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2000
100 billion dollars. That is the annual cost of gun violence in America according to the authors of this landmark study, a book destined to change the way Americans view the problem of gun-related violence. Until now researchers have assessed the burden imposed by gunshot injuries and deaths in terms...
by Philip Gerard
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Meet the characters of essayist Philip Gerard’s world: a misguided sailor and his crew of rowdy teenage boys, an ancient nun, a nurse who believes the government has been secretly spreading the bubonic plague, a park ranger, jaded baseball players, a voice on a VHF radio far out to sea, a family...
by Philip Briggs
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
The Bradt Guide to Uganda, now more than 500-pages long, is the definitive travel handbook to this wonderful but oft-neglected destination, not only providing comprehensive background information to its varied national parks, towns and other cultural attractions, but also including detailed reviews...
by Philip Briggs
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Bradt's Malawi by Africa expert Philip Briggs is the only standalone practical guide to 'Africa's best kept secret' and offers detailed, comprehensive information to suit the needs of every wanderer. This fully revised and updated 7th edition offers extensive practical information, all the latest...