Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (Keckley Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (Keckley Elizabeth)(Paperback)

2017 Reprint of 1868 Edition. An autobiographical narrative, Behind the Scenes traces Elizabeth Keckley's life from her enslavement in Virginia and North Carolina to her time as seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln in the White House during Abraham Lincoln's administration. It was quite controversial at

The Slave (Singer Isaac Bashevis)(Paperback)

Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master's daughter. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant

Curtain Up!

A behind-the-scenes tour of the magnificent Royal Opera House in London, thirty minutes before curtain up, led by Figaro the cat.It's opening night of The Nutcracker, and the performers at the Royal Opera House in London are busy getting ready to step out onto the stage. Meanwhile, Figaro - the

That Wasn't the Plan: A Memoir (Sherren Reg)(Paperback)

A fast-paced, behind-the-scenes look at thirty years of Canadian journalism from veteran CBC correspondent Reg

Yes We Did: Photos and Behind-The-Scenes Stories Celebrating Our First African American President (Jackson Lawrence)(Pevná vazba)

'Eight years in the White House went by so fast. That's why I'm so grateful that Lawrence was there to capture them. I hope you enjoy his work as much as I do.'--From the foreword by Barack Obama When Lawrence Jackson took the job as White House photographer in early 2009, he knew he'd have a front

Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli (Alpert Steve)(Paperback)

An American's unique behind-the-scenes look at Japanese business and how the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki were introduced to the

Angel Tree (Riley Lucinda)(Paperback / softback)

Thirty years have passed since Greta left Marchmont Hall, a grand and beautiful house nestled in the hills of rural Monmouthshire. But when she returns to the Hall for Christmas, at the invitation of her old friend David Marchmont, she has no recollection of her past association with it--the result

Keith Haring's Line: Race and the Performance of Desire (Montez Ricardo)(Paperback)

In the thirty years since his death, Keith Haring-a central presence on the New York downtown scene of the 1980s-has remained one of the most popular figures in contemporary American art. In one of the first book-length treatments of Haring's artistry, Ricardo Montez traces the drawn and painted

On Dublin Street (Young Samantha)(Paperback / softback)

Four years ago, Jocelyn Butler left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well - until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street, where she meets a man who

The First Four Years (Wilder Laura Ingalls)(Paperback)

The ninth and final book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic Little House series. Laura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. Laura is a young pioneer wife now, and must work hard with Almanzo, farming the land around their home on the South Dakota

Only Fools and Horses: The Story of Britain's Favourite Comedy (McCann Graham)(Paperback)

In the thirty years since viewers first visited Nelson Mandela House, Only Fools and Horses has won countless awards and is still Britain's most-watched and best-loved sitcom. Del Boy's overwhelming popularity has even inspired the Oxford English Dictionary to include a selection of his most famous

Scottish Photography - The First Thirty Years (Stevenson Sara)(Paperback / softback)

This is a lavishly produced book on the eventful first thirty years of photography in Scotland: around 1840 -

Europe in Flames: The Crisis of the Thirty Years War (Matusiak John)(Paperback)

Early seventeenth-century Europe was a dangerous place. The resulting Thirty Years War was to claim more lives proportionately than either the First or Second World Wars - not only from battle and the endemic violence of marauding armies, but also from famine and plague. In the wake of events in

Freaks of the Heartland (Niles Steve)(Paperback)

Trevor's monstrous little brother lives in the barn behind the house. The boy's only six years old, but he towers over his older brother, and possesses incredible strength. For years, Trevor has looked after his baby brother, keeping him from the light, but now that's all about to change. His

Soldier - Respect is Earned (Morton Jay)(Paperback / softback)

With four years in the Parachute Regiment, ten years in the SAS and two Everest summits to his name, no one is better equipped than Jay Morton to reveal what it takes to become the best of the best. Soldier is Jay Morton's masterclass in mindset, strategy and excellence. Drawing on his

Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe (Goodall Jane)(Paperback)

'Through aWindow' is the dramatic saga of thirty years in the life of an intimately intertwined community one that reads like a novel, but is one of the most important scientific works ever published.The community is Gombe, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, where the principal residents are

My First Thirty Years: A Memoir (Beasley Gertrude)(Paperback)

'Thirty years ago, I lay in the womb of a woman, conceived in a sexual act of rape, being carried during the prenatal period by an unwilling and rebellious mother, finally bursting from the womb only to be tormented in a family whose members I despised or pitied, and brought into association with

President Carter: The White House Years (Eizenstat Stuart E.)(Paperback)

Slavery and Silence: Latin America and the U.S. Slave Debate (Naish Paul D.)(Pevná vazba)

In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, it became increasingly difficult for Americans outside the world of politics to have frank and open discussions about the institution of slavery, as divisive sectionalism and heated ideological rhetoric circumscribed public debate. To talk about

Dress for Diana (Emanual David and Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

After more than 20 years in a City vault, designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel open the four locked trunks which reveal the story behind their creation of Princess Diana's wedding dress. The contents of the trunks paint an astonishingly personal and intimate portrait of the incredible painstaking

Marilyn Manson by Perou: 21 Years in Hell (Manson Marilyn)(Pevná vazba)

Marilyn Manson behind the scenes and onstage, in classic and previously unpublished images by his foremost portraitist'I often get asked, 'Who was your favorite person to photograph?' or 'Who is the best person you've photographed?'' says photographer Perou. 'It's always 'Marilyn Manson.' Which is

Women and the Country House in Ireland and Britain (Dooley Terence)(Paperback)

In recent years, the role of women in country houses and estates across Ireland and the UK has been the focus of greater attention. Chatelaines, mothers, wives, daughters, widows, sisters, housekeepers, and maids were ever-present figures in the microcosm of the country house. New research has

The Art of Resistance: My Four Years in the French Underground: A Memoir (Rosenberg Justus)(Paperback)

'Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the French underground.' --USA TodayAn American Library in Paris Book Award 'Coups de Coeur' SelectionThe Art of Resistance is unlike any World War II memoir before it. Its author,

A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World (Tucker Marcia)(Paperback)

This engrossing memoir brings to vivid life the behind-the-scenes struggles of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Tucker came of age in the 1960s, and this spirited