Hyperink: 899 books
by Paula Whiteside
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Enid Blyton (1897-1968) stands as one of the most popular childrens book writers of the 20th century. Her legacy continues through a devoted fan base of those who grew up with her stories of inquisitive children getting into misadventures in the English countryside. Blyton also...
by Greame C.
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Robert Frost is one of the greatest, and certainly the most popular, American poets of the 20th Century. Frost is often lauded for his realistic depictions of nature and his use of colloquial speech in his work. His poems are conversational, but unlike many modern poets, he...
by Laura Murciello
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Coco Chanel is best known for her contributions to the design and fashion industry. The famous French designer is believed to be the inventor of the little black dress and for instigating the notion that tanned skin is beautiful. Her designs changed the way we approached the female form, and Hollywood...
by James Fenimore
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
John Grisham is one of the most successful American authors of our time. He has become world-famous for his extensive list of fictional legal thrillers that keep readers on the edge of their seats and always wanting more. He is one of only three authors (along with Tom Clancy and J.K. Rowling) to...
by Jeff Shand-Lubbers
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Peyton Manning is a veteran NFL quarterback, currently contracted to the Denver Broncos. Peytons excellence as a quarterback is a product of his natural skill and proud NFL lineage. Peyton is the son of former New Orleans Saint quarterback Archie Manning and the brother...
by Jeff Shand-Lubbers
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Barry Bonds: the mere mention of his name evokes passionate memories for sports fans across the world. For many, the name also brings to mind some of the most jaw-dropping displays of athleticism in the history of professional baseball. Many casual baseball fans view...
by Dr. Leigh Davis
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK The 1960s represent the 7th decade of the 20th century, and are remembered as a time of change; youth influence; radicalism; and the sexual revolution. The baby-boomers of the 1940's were coming of age, and the largest population of college-age men and women banded together...
by Keely Bautista
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK For those who have dealt with, or are dealing with, breast cancer, the ramifications of the disease are well known. For those who have not dealt with it, the fear is always there: What are my chances of getting breast cancer? What happens to me if there's a history of it in my...
by Arwen Lee Adams Bicknell
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Erik Larson paints a compelling picture of 1933 Berlin, a time when Adolf Hitler was rising but did not yet hold absolute power and, in fact, few expected his government to survive. Larson explores the rise of Nazism from the perspective of the newly arrived U.S. ambassador...
by Alicia Bones
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Gertrude Stein has achieved mythic status in the literary world. Her work has been beloved and besmirched, high on the bestseller list and forgotten entirely, called inaccessible, innovative, insane, and all quality polarities in between. Yet, the question remains: Who was the writer and woman...
by Sarah Bruhns
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Pink Floyd's progressive and psychedelic rock sound, most famously featured on concept albums like The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall, have given them astounding critical and commercial success. When lead songwriter Syd Barrett succumbed to drugs and...
by Tom Tonthat
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK It was a cool April 30th night in 2011. I was sitting in the audience of the San Francisco Masonic Auditorium waiting for the guest speaker to make his appearance. My peers thought he was a crazy man ranting nonsensically for hours. He was a troll feeding off the attention...
by Kathleen P.
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Justin Bieber, thanks in no small part to his legions of devoted and adoring fans, is the subject of one of Wikipedia's most popular articles. According the The Observer, a UK-Based newspaper, Bieber is more influential in the social networking world than such world figures as...
by Coral Saloman
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Since the publication of Peter Camenzind in 1904 Hermann Hesse has been loved and hated by his own people, ignored and worshipped by the English speaking world, accused of being a Nazi sympathizer, and blacklisted by almost every newspaper in Hitler's Germany. He accomplished all of this simply...