Wolf: 1917 books

Unlike many children’s television shows, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood did more than simply entertain or occupy children’s attention. The show educated them in the affective domain, encouraging such things as appreciation for difference, collaboration, self-expression, and self-worth. It also...

An astonishing memoir of military courage at a remote outpost during the Vietnam War—includes a foreword by Joseph L. Galloway, New York Times bestselling coauthor of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young. In October 1969, William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command...

Detective Jeremy Fisk tracks a serial sniper who has mastered state-of-the-art airborne technology to hunt his prey in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Law & Order franchise. When a leaker named Verlyn Merritt releases sensitive documents...

Drawing on seven years of his own research and the work of other esteemed Lincoln scholars, Shenk reveals how the sixteenth president harnessed his depression to fuel his astonishing success. Lincoln found the solace and tactics he needed to deal with the nation’s worst crisis in the “coping strategies”...

Rotten Apples is a thoroughly investigated treasure of true crime straight from the streets of The City that Never Sleeps. This bushel of vice, victims, and vengeance spotlights sinister citizens from Boss Tweed and Typhoid Mary to Mark David Chapman and Jack Henry Abbot, plus detailed map references...

This is a story (MITYA), about a great man. It is fiction based on fact, historical fiction as it were. It tells of the formative times of the Russian composer Dmitri (MITYA) Dmitrievich SHOSTAKOVICH He lived from 1906 through 1975. He lived through a revolution, a civil war and two World Wars. He...

Joliet once was a lush prairie bordered with scenic bluffs along the Des Plaines River. In the late 19th century, settlers and a large influx of Eastern European immigrants arrived, transforming the area into a bustling industrial community of steel, limestone, manufacturing, and transportation. In the...

A poem that everyone can relate to for every mood and occasion. A collection of poetry of comfort, confidence, courage, fear, friendship, love, loss, memoirs and vulnerability. A poem that will tug at your heart for every emotion that we all feel at times in our lives. Book 1 of 5

The French physiologist Claude Bernard was responisble for investigating the chemical phenomena of digestion. This text reproduces his research into experimental medicine. A new introduction looks at his impact on the world of medicine.

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...

This book treats of the history of Spinoza, the distinguished philosopher.

A poem that everyone can relate to for every mood and occasion. A collection of poetry of comfort, confidence, courage, fear, friendship, love, loss, memories and vulnerability. A poem that will tug at your heart for every emotion that we all feel at times in our lives. Book 4 of 5

Désireuse de marquer son premier siècle d’existence et d’édifier un monument qui survive à une éphémère célébration, l’École normale supérieure avait publié en 1895 un Livre du Centenaire qui retraçait l’histoire des cent années écoulées depuis le décret de la Convention....

RÈGLE NUMÉRO 1 : Ne jamais parler d'amour RÈGLE NUMÉRO 2 : Ne jamais penser à l'amour RÈGLE NUMÉRO 3 : Éviter tout sentiment Isis Blake, 17 ans, a un objectif : ne JAMAIS retomber amoureuse. Alors qu'elle tente de s'intégrer dans son nouveau lycée, elle tient à ce que personne n'apprenne...