From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian (Eastman Charles A.)(Paperback)

From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian (Eastman Charles A.)(Paperback)

In an earlier book, Indian Boyhood, Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) recounted the story of his traditional Sioux Childhood and youth. From the Deep Woods to Civilization, first published in 1916, continues the narrative, beginning with his abrupt entry into the mainstream of Anglo-American life

The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation (Eastman Charles A.)(Paperback)

Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a mixed-blood Sioux. His maternal grandmother, daughter of Chief Cloudman of the Mdewankton Sioux, was married to a well-known western artist, Captain Seth Eastman, and in 1847 their daughter Mary Nancy Eastman became the wife of Chief Many Lightnings, a

Genome - The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Ridley Matt)(Paperback / softback)

The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of

A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century (Holcombe Charles)(Paperback)

Charles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics or globalization. Yet, as an ancient

Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain (Miller John)(Paperback)

Woods play an important and recurring role in horror, fantasy, the gothic, and the weird. They are places in which strange things happen, where you often can't see where you are or what is around you. Supernatural creatures thrive in the thickets. Trees reach into underworlds of earth, myth, and

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney: The Life Story of America's Greatest Evangelist--In His Own Words (Finney Charles G.)(Paperback)

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin: 1809-1882 (Darwin Charles)(Paperback)

Charles Darwin's Autobiography was first published in 1887, five years after his death. It was a bowdlerized edition: Darwin's family, attempting to protect his posthumous reputation, had deleted all the passages they considered too personal or controversial. The present complete edition did not

Alone in the Woods (Behrens Rebecca)(Paperback)

From the author of The Disaster Days comes a thrilling survival story, and lost in the woods children's book, about two former best friends who must work together to stay alive after getting lost in a remote national forest.Jocelyn and Alex have always been best friends...until they aren't

John G. Paton: An Autobiography (Paton James)(Paperback)

Abridged from the original autobiography by John G. Paton. The story of the Scottish missionary pioneer John Gibson Paton (1824-1907). Born in Dumfrieshire, trained at Medical school and spent 10 years as city missionary in Glasgow and had felt compelled by God to be a missionary in the South sea

Deep Woods Frontier: A History of Logging in Northern Michigan (Karamanski Theodore J.)(Paperback)

In Deep Woods Frontier, Theodore J. Karamanski examines the interplay between men and technology in the lumbering of Michigan's rugged Upper Peninsula.Three distinct periods emerged as the industry evolved. The pine era was a rough pioneering time when trees were felled by axe and floated to ports

Run with the Hunted: Charles Bukowski Reader, a (Bukowski Charles)(Paperback)

The best of Bukowski's novels, stories, and poems, this collection reads like an autobiography, relating the extraordinary story of his life and offering a sometimes harrowing, invariably exhilarating reading experience. A must for this counterculture idol's legion of

Periodic Table (Levi Primo)(Pevná vazba)

An extraordinary kind of autobiography in which each of the 21 chapters takes its title and its starting-point from one of the elements in the periodic

Easily Distracted: My Autobiography (Coogan Steve)(Paperback)

Steve Coogan was born and raised in Manchester in the 1960s, the fourth of six children. From an early age he entertained his family with impressions and was often told he should 'be on the telly'. Failing to get into any of the London-based drama schools, he accepted a place at Manchester

Montreal In 15 Chapters (Smith Robert)(Paperback)

Montreal In 15 Chapters is a compilation of stories taking place in Montreal, from the story of a translator in the Quebec government to the wanderings of a homeless person on the streets. Some of the spots mentioned now only exist in our memories, such as the Hawaiian Lounge, which was a bar for

Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction (McClellan James E.)(Paperback)

Tracing the relationship between science and technology from the dawn of civilization to the early twenty-first century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn's bestselling book argues that technology as 'applied science' emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding

Touching Heaven, Discovering Orthodox Christianity on the Island of Valaam (Oliver John)(Paperback)

'Deep in a northern Russian forest of jade and brown, far from any hint of civilization, Valaam Monastery sinks into the seasons of the year as it has for a thousand years before. . . .' So begins the story of John Oliver, a young evangelical American on a journey of discovery-a journey that leads

Deep In A Dream - The Long Night of Chet Baker (Gavin James)(Paperback / softback)

From his emergence in the 1950s - when an uncannily beautiful young man from Oklahoma appeared in the West Coast and became, seemingly overnight, the prince of 'cool' jazz - until his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American

Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age (Hapgood Charles)(Paperback)

Charles Hapgood's classic 1966 book on ancient maps is back in print after 20 years. Hapgood produces concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilization existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt. He has found the evidence in many beautiful maps long known to scholars, the Piri Reis

Pumpkin Soup: A Picture Book (Cooper Helen)(Paperback)

By the Kate Greenaway Medalist Deep in the woods in an old white cabin, three friends make their pumpkin soup the same way every day. The Cat slices up the pumpkin, the Squirrel stirs in the water, and the Duck tips in just enough salt. But one day the Duck wants to stir instead, and then there is

Drawn from Memory - The Autobiography of E.H.Shepard (Shepard E. H.)(Paperback / softback)

An evocative childhood memoir by the much-loved illustrator of 'Winnie the Pooh' and 'The Wind in the Willows'. In this autobiography, E.H. Shepard describes a classic Victorian childhood. Recalling this time with charm and humour, Shepard illustrates these scenes in his own distinctive

The Divine Spark: A Graham Hancock Reader: Psychedelics, Consciousness, and the Birth of Civilization (Hancock Graham)(Paperback)

'I suspect the real breakthroughs in our understanding of consciousness are going to come from an entirely different direction. That direction, controversially, has to do with psychedelics--which, as many of the contributors to The Divine Spark argue, offer spectacular potential for the

Institute (King Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect.Luke

Mangas Coloradas: Chief of the Chiricahua Apaches (Sweeney Edwin R.)(Paperback)

Volume 231 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series Mangas Coloradas led his Chiricahua Apache people for almost forty years. During the last years of Mangas's life, he and his son-in-law Cochise led an assault against white settlement in Apacheria that made the two of them the most feared

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (Ridley Matt)(Paperback)

The genome's been mapped.But what does it mean?Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. Questions that will profoundly impact the way we