Spence: 275 books

Book cover of Be Your Own Mentor

Be Your Own Mentor

Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success

by Sheila Wellington, Betty Spence
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...
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The Elephant Whisperer

My Life with the Herd in the African Wild

by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
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...
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The Last Rhinos

My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures

by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
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...
Book cover of When The Screaming Stops: The Dark History Of The Bay City Rollers
by Simon Spence
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...
Book cover of A Chronicle Of Comber: The Town of Thomas Andrews, Shipbuilder 1873-1912
by Desmond Rainy, Laura Spence
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...
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Poughkeepsie

Halfway Up the Hudson

by Joyce C. Ghee, Joan Spence
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,...
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Emperor of China

Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi

by Jonathan D. Spence
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.
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Dispossessing the Wilderness

Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks

by Mark David Spence
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...
Book cover of The Bus Driver's Threnody
by Michael Spence
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...
Book cover of - - - and out of the West

- - - and out of the West

The Checkered Life of a Prairie Boy

by Hugh Spence Hardy
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...
Book cover of Saudi Arabia Travel Guide
by Norel Spence
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...
Book cover of Mitford Girls' Guide to Life
by Lyndsy Spence, Joseph Dumas
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...
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Babylon's Ark

The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo

by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
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...
Book cover of Superbook on south Korea: Travel Guide and other Essential Information
by Norel Spence
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...
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