Samuel: 2879 books

Book cover of WHY? An Experimental, Avant-Garde, And Sometimes Absurdist Novella
by Samuel Vargo
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017

"Why?" is absurdist and experimental work that was written by a writer who wanted to travel down new and intriguing paths of this important style of fiction- and prose-writing. "Why?" is an avant-garde mess of words that turn to sentences, to sections and then, to chapters. If...
Book cover of L'Éternité de Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès
by Samuel DOUX
Language: French
Release Date: February 2, 2017

Avril 2011, à Nantes, une femme, quatre enfants et deux chiens sont retrouvés enterrés sous la terrasse de leur maison. Seul manque le père de famille, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, désormais principal suspect. Tandis que l'enquête piétine, les théories se multiplient sur les réseaux sociaux,...
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La stagione degli innocenti

La Squadra Omicidi di Oslo

by Samuel Bjork
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 7, 2015

Nel folto di una foresta norvegese immersa nel silenzio, c’è qualcosa di inatteso. Qualcosa di crudele. La giovanissima vittima è impiccata a un albero e ha al collo l’unica traccia lasciata dall’assassino: un cartello con scritto Io viaggio da sola. La gravità del crimine spinge la polizia...
Book cover of In the Prison of his Days

In the Prison of his Days

A Miscellany for Nelson Mandela on his 70th Birthday

by Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heany, John Banville
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

Compiled while Nelson Mandela was still in prison, 'In the Prison of His Day's is one of the earliest books about Mandela to have been published in the English language. 'This miscellany of writings was brought together to mark Nelson Mandela's seventieth birthday. Given that prison walls have surrounded...
Book cover of The New England Image
by Samuel Chamberlain
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013

For those who love New England, here is a matchless portrait by one of its most distinguished artists and observant admirers. Samuel Chamberlain photographed New England for more than forty years, examining it from every angle and capturing its unique spirit and enduring character with the lens of...
Book cover of Eve's Diary, Complete
by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014

Eve's Diary, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
Book cover of U.S. Armed Forces Arsenal

U.S. Armed Forces Arsenal

A Guide To Modern Combat Hardware

by Samuel A. Southworth
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009

Today's arsenal of war contains some of the most sophisticated weapons ever seen on the battlefield. The technological revolution has drastically altered how war is fought and brought about the invention of some highly unusual (and effective) weapons. In the recent war with Iraq, we caught a glimpse...
Book cover of I'm Traveling Alone
by Samuel Bjork
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016

International bestseller Samuel Bjork makes his US debut, a chilling and fast-paced thriller in which two detectives must hunt down a vengeful killer--and uncover the secret that ties each of them to the crime A six-year-old girl is found in the countryside, hanging lifeless from a tree and...
Book cover of The Thirty Years’ War 1618-1648
by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

Samuel Rawson Gardiner was a prominent historian who specialized in 17th-century English history.  Some of Gardiner’s best known books are on historical figures such as Oliver Cromwell, and events such as The Puritan revolution and the English Civil War.  This edition of The Thirty Years’ War 1618-1648 includes a table of contents.
Book cover of The Unsubstantial Air

The Unsubstantial Air

American Fliers in the First World War

by Samuel Hynes
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014

The Unsubstantial Air is the gripping story of the Americans who fought and died in the aerial battles of World War I. Much more than a traditional military history, it is an account of the excitement of becoming a pilot and flying in combat over the Western Front, told through the words and voices...
Book cover of Oxford Book of American Essays
by Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, John Bull
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016

Contents The Ephemera: An Emblem Of Human Life  Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin And The Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation For The Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859)....
Book cover of Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
by Samuel R. Delany
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

In this far-future classic, sexual attraction is a science, gender is a whole new construct, and information is both precious and perilous . . . With a burst of radiation to the brain, an angry young man is transformed into a dim-witted slave—suitable only for the most brutal work. But...
Book cover of Infectious Fear

Infectious Fear

Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation

by Samuel Kelton Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009

For most of the first half of the twentieth century, tuberculosis ranked among the top three causes of mortality among urban African Americans. Often afflicting an entire family or large segments of a neighborhood, the plague of TB was as mysterious as it was fatal. Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr. examines...
Book cover of Prompt and Utter Destruction, Third Edition

Prompt and Utter Destruction, Third Edition

Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan

by J. Samuel Walker
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016

In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the options available for ending the...
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