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London's Sinful Secret
The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London's Georgian Age
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
Georgian London evokes images of elegant mannered buildings, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife and houses of ill repute widespread in a sex trade that employed thousands.
In London's Sinful Secret, Dan Cruickshank explores this erotic Georgian underworld and shows how it affected...
Kill Bin Laden
A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The mission was to kill the most wanted man in the world--an operation of such magnitude that it couldn't be handled by just any military or intelligence force. The best America had to offer was needed. As such, the task was handed to roughly forty members of America's supersecret counterterrorist...
That Costs How Much?: The Bride's Guide to Budgeting for an Unforgettable Wedding
The Bride's Guide to Budgeting for an Unforgettable Wedding
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Previously published as part of The Big White Book of Weddings.
Entertaining expert David Tutera opens his files to reveal a wealth of detailed information about budgeting for the perfect wedding.
It's tough to be a bride on a budget—but David reveals his personal tips of the wedding...
Napoleon Wasn't Short (& St Patrick Wasn't Irish)
When History Gets it Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
A fun exposé of many commonly believed historical facts that are, in fact, total fiction
After falling for one historical misconception too many, the time is now right to launch a spirited fightback to set the record straight, once and for all. Leading the way in this modern crusade comes this...
In Putin's Footsteps
Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's Eleven Time Zones
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
In Putin’s Footsteps is Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler’s unique combination of travelogue, current affairs, and history, showing how Russia’s dimensions have shaped its identity and culture through the decades.
With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev’s great grand-daughter,...
Is This a Great Game, or What?
From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head--My 25 Years in Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
ESPN's Tim Kurkjian has spent over twenty-five years covering almost 3,000 Major League Baseball games and interviewing about that many players, coaches, managers and executives.
In Is This a Great Game, or What?, Kurkjian combines his years of experience, uncanny knowledge and deep love of the game,...
Working on the Edge
Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1993
No profession pits man against nature more brutally than king crab fishing in the frigid, unpredictable waters of the Bering Sea. The yearly death toll is staggering (forty-two men in 1988 alone); the conditions are beyond most imaginations (90-mph Arctic winds, 25-foot seas, and super-human stretches...
Travelers' Tales Paris
True Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Paris is one city that you should endeavor to know over the course of a lifetime, and not just in one or two visits. It is the center of the civilized universe, and it belongs to everyone-even to those who see it only in their dreams. The City of Light has bestowed on millions the gift of the incandescent...
Laughter Really Is The Best Medicine
America's Funniest Jokes, Stories, and Cartoons
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
This collection of laugh-out-loud jokes, one-liners, and other lighthearted glimpses of life-drawn from Reader's Digest magazine's most popular humor columns-is sure to tickle the funny bone. Packed with more than 1,000 jokes, anecdotes, cartoons, quotes, and stories contributed by professional comedians,...
Remembering Woolworth's
A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Remembering Woolworth's brings back to life all the nostalgia and magic of the famous five-and-dime that captured the hearts of Americans for over a century
Millions of Americans have fond memories of shopping at Woolworth's, wandering the aisles in search of a humble spool of Woolco thread,...
by Tim 'Dr. Hope' Anders
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2013
Dr. Hope compiled this book because these quotes made him laugh. He likes to laugh and he thought that you might get a kick out of these quotes as well so he put them together in this handy dandy little book just to put a smile on your face.
by Maria Luisa Giordano
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Gustavo Rol è da tutti conosciuto come un grande sensitivo, forse il più grande del secolo che abbiamo alle spalle. Non sono state invece abbastanza apprezzate le sue doti di artista e di appassionato d’arte. Eppure Rol è stato un pittore di eccellente livello, un grande collezionista, un raffinato...
American Presidents Series: George Washington for Kids
A Children's biography of George Washington
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Children's History Press proudly presents: George Washington (American Presidents Series) ** George Washington is considered to be the father of our country. This book tells why! ** This first book in the American Presidents Series covers the amazing life of America's first president,...
Hitler's Art Thief
Hildebrand Gurlitt, the Nazis, and the Looting of Europe's Treasures
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
The world was stunned when eighty-year old Cornelius Gurlitt became an international media superstar in November 2013 on the discovery of over 1,400 artworks in his 1,076 square-foot Munich apartment, valued at around $1.35 billion. Gurlitt became known as a man who never was - he didn't have a bank...