Spence: 275 books
Be Your Own Mentor
Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2001
Surprising secrets of success from some of America's women leaders; all the things a mentor would tell you are revealed in this mentor-in-a-book. Sheila Wellington, the president of Catalyst, draws on Catalyst research, contacts, and know-how to tell you how to understand the unspoken rules in the...
The Elephant Whisperer
My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them.
In...
The Last Rhinos
My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
When Lawrence Anthony learned that the northern white rhino, living in the war-ravaged Congo, was on the very brink of extinction, he knew he had to act. If the world lost the sub-species, it would be the largest land mammal since the woolly mammoth to go extinct. In The Last Rhinos, Anthony recounts...
by Simon Spence
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
What happened to the Bay City Rollers is one of the greatest scandals in music industry. When The Screaming Stops reveals the dark truth behind 'rollermania', the pioneering boy band fad which gripped the UK in the seventies, exposing the sinister undercurrents which underpinned the band's phenomenal...
by Desmond Rainy, Laura Spence
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
This book paints an intimate picture of Comber, County Down, home town of Thomas Andrews Junior, Shipbuilder, during the thirty-nine years of his short but hugely influential life (1873–1912). It provides an outline of Thomas and the Andrews family; and will be gratefully acknowledged...
Poughkeepsie
Halfway Up the Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
From the colonial period, the Poughkeepsie area has been a prime location on the Hudson, midway between Albany and New York City. Accessibility, scenic beauty, and a dynamic economic and cultural environment have made both city and town of Poughkeepsie excellent communities in which to live, work,...
Emperor of China
Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
A remarkable re-creation of the life of K'ang-hsi, emperor of the Manchu dynasty from 1661-1772, assembled from documents that survived his reign. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.
Dispossessing the Wilderness
Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1999
National parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier preserve some of this country's most cherished wilderness landscapes. While visions of pristine, uninhabited nature led to the creation of these parks, they also inspired policies of Indian removal. By contrasting the native histories of these...
by Michael Spence
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
The Bus Driver's Threnody brings to poetic life a world literally in transit: the movement of people along its roads and highways facilitated by public transit and the drivers who steer their buses. Focusing on the separate world-within-a-world of the bus—with relationships among riders, between drivers...
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The Checkered Life of a Prairie Boy
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
This is the true life chronicle of a youth who emerged from the flat lands of Western Canada to occupy senior leadership positions in the corridors of influence and power in the often disparate worlds of international business and bankingthe United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He was a marketing...
by Norel Spence
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
Saudi Arabia Overview No additional natіоn in thе wоrld іѕ аѕ misinterpreted аѕ thе Kingdom оf Saudi Arabia, and possibly nо additional nation-- rіch wіth society, heritage, аnd nаturаl appeal-- iѕ as deserving оf а verу fіrѕt gо tо. It iѕ morе than a severe dеsert (though...
by Lyndsy Spence, Joseph Dumas
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
A look at how the perennially popular Mitford girls would cope with modern life, with rare and unpublished images courtesy of the Mary Evans Picture Library, and extracts from archived interviews previously unused Nancy Mitford was the ultimate tease, and her talent for mockery reformed the publishing...
Babylon's Ark
The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city center and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat and uncontrolled looting had killed nearly all the animals...
by Norel Spence
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
The volume of gorgeous national parks, remote seaside's, islands іn thе ѕоuth, аnd rugged mоuntаіn peaks mаkе Korea аn amazingly assorted nаtіon аnd оnе thаt іs fantastic fоr outdoor adventures. Tradition juts up agаіnst technology аѕ skyscrapers аnd temples coexist. Nо mattеr...