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  • Both Hands

    A Life of Lorne Pierce of Ryerson Press

    door Sandra Campbell ...
    Serie series BIO002000
    Editor and publisher, workaholic and romantic, idealist and pioneer, Lorne Pierce once described his editorial desk as "an altar at which I serve - the entire cultural life of Canada." Pierce laboured at his altar between 1920 and 1960 as the driving force behind Ryerson Press, the leading publisher of Canadian works during the mid-twentieth century. In Both Hands, Sandra Campbell captures the ... Meer lezen

    34,33 €

  • Both Hands

    A Life of Lorne Pierce of Ryerson Press

    door Sandra Campbell ...
    Serie series BIO002000
    Editor and publisher, workaholic and romantic, idealist and pioneer, Lorne Pierce once described his editorial desk as "an altar at which I serve - the entire cultural life of Canada." Pierce laboured at his altar between 1920 and 1960 as the driving force behind Ryerson Press, the leading publisher of Canadian works during the mid-twentieth century. In Both Hands, Sandra Campbell captures the ... Meer lezen

    27,44 €

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  • Willie Mays

    The Life, The Legend

    door James S. Hirsch ...
    The New York Times bestselling, authorized, “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (The Seattle Times) biography of the late, great Willie Mays.Willie Mays (1931–2024) was arguably the greatest player in baseball history, revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball’s ... Meer lezen

    19,00 €

  • God Grew Tired Of Us

    A Memoir

    "Lost Boy" John Bul Dau's harrowing experience surviving the brutal horrors of Sudanese civil war and his adjustment to life in modern America is chronicled in this inspiring memoir and featured in an award-winning documentary film of the same name. Movingly written, the book traces Dau's journey through hunger, exhaustion, terror, and violence as he fled his homeland, dodging ambushes, massacres ... Meer lezen

    7,41 €

  • Mixed

    My Life in Black and White

    door Angela Nissel ...
    “Tell anyone who asks that you’re half-black and half-white, just like David Hasselhoff from Knight Rider.”–Angela’s mother“Love has no color,” insist Angela Nissel’ s parents, but does it have a clue? In this candid, funny, and poignant memoir, Angela recounts growing up biracial in Philadelphia–moving back and forth between black inner-city schools and white prep schools–where her racial ... Meer lezen

    4,23 €

  • Life Without a Recipe

    A Memoir

    door Diana Abu-Jaber ...
    A “bold, luscious” memoir, “indispensable to anyone trying to forge their own truer path” (Ruth Reichl).On one side, there is Grace: prize-winning author Diana Abu-Jaber’s tough, independent sugar-fiend of a German grandmother, wielding a suitcase full of holiday cookies. On the other, Bud: a flamboyant, spice-obsessed Arab father, full of passionate argument. The two could not agree on anything: ... Meer lezen

    10,91 €

  • Gonna Do Great Things

    The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr.

    door Gary Fishgall ...
    A major reappraisal of the life of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., Gonna Do Great Things is at once an intimate portrait and an exuberant celebration of a wholly American icon. Through his multifaceted talent and personality, Sammy became one of the most magnetic and contentious figures in modern entertainment history. His outstanding talents as a dancer, singer, actor, impressionist, and ... Meer lezen

    17,88 €

  • Spring Miscellany

    And London Essays

    door Soseki Natsume ...
    Vertaald door Sammy I Tsunematsu ...
    For the first time, English readers have access to Soseki’s Spring Miscellany. Originally published as Eijitu Shohin in serial form in the Asahi newspaper in 1909, before appearing in book form, Spring Miscellany is an pastiche of twenty-five sketches, referred to as shohin (little items), heir to the great zuihitsu tradition of discursive prose. These personal vignettes are clearly ... Meer lezen

    5,50 €

  • American Legends: The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson

    *Includes a list of dozens of Emerson's most inspirational quotes.*Includes pictures of Emerson and important people and places in his life.*Includes a Bibliography of Emerson's works and books about Emerson for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. "Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. I become a ... Meer lezen

    1,54 €

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview

    and Other Conversations

    Serie series The Last Interview Series
    As the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum, and books like Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me and Claudia Rankine's Citizen swing national attention toward the racism and violence that continue to poison our communities, it's as urgent now as ever to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., whose insistence on equality and peace defined the Civil Rights Movement and forever changed the ... Meer lezen

    9,00 €

  • The Hue and Cry at Our House

    A Year Remembered

    door Benjamin Taylor ...
    The award-winning memoir of one tumultuous year of boyhood in Fort Worth, Texas, opening with a handshake with JFK, and recalling the changes and revelations of the months that followed.Winner of the LA Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and a New York Times Editor's Choice.**“A marvel of a book—elegant, touching, singular.” —Mary Karr“Brief and moving . . . An elegantly ... Meer lezen

    5,29 €

  • The New Guinea Diaries 1871- 1883

    Pioneering ecologist and humanist N. N. Miklouho-Maclay lived at a time of great colonial and industrial expansion; he was a pupil of the German philosopher Ernst Haeckel. To prove that the people of all races are equally human, Maclay went to the island of New Guinea (1870), the first white man to do so and stayed years with native Papuans while the rest of the world presumed he had been eaten. ... Meer lezen

    6,46 €