Porter: 1504 books

“You don’t have to be a millionaire to leave a legacy,” someone has said. We attempted to capture family history on paper as part of our legacy. Another concept, “Every time someone passes away, a library is lost.” With these two thoughts in mind, these men and women are sharing some...

He had an idyllic childhood in a small Hungarian town where, it seemed, there was no animosity between the Christian majority and Jews like him. But with the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, Leslie Meisels ended up in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with his family. In Leslie's Stamps: A Saga of the Holocaust...

Everyone wants to check out storage auctions since so many TV shows are featuring them. Get the real story on whether you can make money at these auctions or not. Ten years as on-site managers has taught us so many tricks and so much regarding the business of this business and we share it all with...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Research Your Market.Every successful start up business needs a profound understanding of its target customers and the marketplace it plans to operate in. This understanding enables you to focus on your target customers’ needs, sell professionally, compete...

The BBC's Jazz Book of the Year for 2008. Few jazz musicians have had the lasting influence or attracted as much scholarly study as John Coltrane. Yet, despite dozens of books, hundreds of articles, and his own recorded legacy, the "facts" about Coltrane's life and work have never...

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *Shortlisted for best audiobook in the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.* Fearlessly frank and funny, the debut adult novel from Dawn O’Porter is the book that everybody needs to read right now. COW [n.] /kaʊ/ A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date;...

This is a pioneering and posthumous biography of a charismatic icon of Tinseltown whose rule over the hearts of American moviegoers lasted for more than half a century. It's loaded with never-before-published revelations that look behind the innocent-looking baby blues that enthralled the movie-going...

In aid of breast cancer charities. A collection of stories from famous names with one thing in common - boobs! Knockers, baps, bazoomas and hooters - big ones, small ones, man boobs, boob jobs and lopsided lady lumps - every boob tells a story. From teenage diaries that will make you...

Blood Moon Productions, a feisty independent press known for its occasionally lurid exposés of celebrity secrets, proudly announces the release, in advance of the presidential elections, of a flamboyantly outspoken personal and political biography of DONALD TRUMP.            ...

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack - 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. “First published in 1907, Military Memoirs of a Confederate is regarded by many historians as one of the most important and dispassionate first-hand...

As well as presenting a lively narrative of events, Bernard Porter explores a number of broad analytical themes, challenging more conventional and popular interpretations.  He sees imperialism as a symptom not of Britain's strength in the world, but of her decline; and he argues that the empire itself both aggravated and obscured deep-seated malaise in the British economy.

This Thanksgiving give yourself a nice gift! Presenting the Thanksgiving tales from the acclaimed authors to help you soak into the spirit of this wonderful festival: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (O. Henry) The Purple Dress (O. Henry) An English...

Incomparable in their dramatic clarity and emotional force, the nine gems in this 1944 collection, now available in an exclusive Library of America e-book edition, affirm Katherine Anne Porter’s genius for writing stories, as Eudora Welty observed, “with a power that stamps them to their very last detail on the memory.”

“[A] testament to a great spirit, a woman who lived in terrifying proximity to one of the greatest writers of all time, and who understood exactly the high price she would have to pay for this privilege.” —Jay Parini, author of The Last Station   Translated by Cathy Porter and...