White: 4334 books

Inspired by True Events “Men who weren’t hard workers didn’t last long at the lumber woods.” Most people in Newfoundland and Labrador have someone in their family who has worked “in the woods.” Some of these workers were employed seasonally—they fished in the summer and headed to the...

An excellent, richly illustrated, account of the bloodiest phase of the Italian campaign. Here is a report—in pictures and in words—of exactly what happened to our men during the bitterest phases of the Italian campaign. This report is not based upon a hurried visit behind the lines; Margaret...

For most of his ministry Canon Andrew White has been involved in reconciliation. -The kind of people I engage with are not usually very nice,- he writes. -On the whole, nice people do not cause wars.- In Baghdad he lives daily with violence, and has conducted too many funerals. He knows what peacemaking...

This book describes accounts of the five most important voyages to America: The account by Jennie Hall of the Viking adventures of Leif Erickson, which showed that travel to the new world was possible. The account by Filson Young of the four voyages of Christopher Columbus, originally...

Over the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a “crisis of criticism” and mourned the “death of the critic.” Now that well-paying jobs in film criticism have largely evaporated, while blogs, message boards, and social media have...

**Seeking refuge after a murder upends her life, a woman discovers that no matter how far she runs, she can’t escape the demons of her past ** Widowed London social worker Georgina “Georgie” Jefferson battles guilt and public disgrace when one of her charges, abused five-year-old Angela...

Boston Red Sox catcher Sammy White was an All-American athlete who caught the hearts of many. Now, his daughter has written a delightful and poignant story of her life, with her famous, but often absent, father. Her story captures the wondrous heights and the heart-breaking depths that so many children of celebrities and sports figures must somehow navigate alone.

Graham, local manager from Office Lenders, has a problem that most Office Temp managers don't have to deal with at all. One of his workers thinks, in all sincerity, that he is a ninja. See, most people don't get reports on their desk from clients complaining of being hit with paper throwing-stars....

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic novel The Long Winter tells the riveting story of the winter of 1880-81. She wrote of three day blizzards, forty ton trains stuck in the snow, houses buried in snowdrifts and a town that nearly starved. Was Laura’s story just fiction, or was that one winter...

Be inspired by these fun collections of cupcakes for a festive Christmas period, with designs including Christmas trees, Rudolph and friends, and Santa hats. A sample chapter from Carolyn White's Seasonal Cupcakes.

Be inspired by these fun collections of cupcakes for a spooky Halloween, with designs including Pumpkin Faces, Ghoulish Mummies, Scary Spiders, Spooks and Witches’ Hats. A sample chapter from Carolyn White's Seasonal Cupcakes.

Renaissance Drama in Action is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging. Covering questions of contemporary playhouse design, verse and language, staging and rehearsal practices, and acting styles, Martin White relates the characteristics of Renaissance theatre to the...

In this engaging new study, Claire White reveals how representations of work and leisure became the vehicle for anxieties and fantasies about class and alienation, affecting, in turn, the ways in which writers and artists understood their own cultural work.

Following A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy. Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage...