The True Story of Alice B. Toklas: A Study of Three Autobiographies (Linzie Anna)(Pevná vazba)

The True Story of Alice B. Toklas: A Study of Three Autobiographies (Linzie Anna)(Pevná vazba)

In this original and intriguing study, Anna Linzie examines three mid-twentieth-century texts never before treated as interrelated in a book-length work of literary criticism: Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933) and Alice B. Toklas's The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book (1954) and

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated (Stein Gertrude)(Pevná vazba)

An illustrated edition of Gertrude Stein's most well-known work, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, bursting with the bright, sophisticated, and fanciful images of artist Maira Kalman Considered one of the richest and most irreverent biographies in history, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany (Strauss Gwen)(Pevná vazba)

Utterly gripping. --Anne Sebba, author of Les Parisiennes A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival. The story of Women's resistance during World War II needs to be told and The Nine accomplishes this in spades. --Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling

Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Stein Gertrude)(Paperback / softback)

For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in

And Tango Makes Three (Richardson Justin)(Pevná vazba)

And Tango Makes Three is the bestselling, heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with the

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah (Thompson Laurie Ann)(Pevná vazba)

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story--which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey--is nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams

Anna Strong: A Spy During the American Revolution (Marsh Sarah Glenn)(Pevná vazba)

The thrilling true story of the female spy who helped save the American Revolution Anna Smith Strong (1740-1812) was a fearless woman who acted as a spy for George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Recruited by Washington's spymaster, Major Benjamin Tallmadge, she joined the Culper Ring, a

The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation (McGinty Alice B.)(Pevná vazba)

This inspiring picture book tells the true story of a woman who brings desperately needed water to families on the Navajo reservation every day. Underneath the New Mexico sky, a Navajo boy named Cody finds that his family's barrels of water are empty. He checks the chicken coop-- nothing. He walks

True Professional - The Clive Sullivan Story (Oddy James)(Pevná vazba)

True Professional tells the story of one of the most iconic and beloved rugby league players of all time. Overcoming major injury, racism and poverty, Clive Sullivan achieved his dreams and lit up the city of Hull for more than 20 years. The biography looks back on a true one-off, who showed skill

A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-Three Students (Hernandez Anabel)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive account of the mass disappearance of 43 Mexican students and the government that tried to cover it

The Gravity Tree: The True Story of a Tree That Inspired the World (Redding Anna Crowley)(Pevná vazba)

From Emmy Award-winning journalist Anna Crowley Redding comes a captivating nonfiction picture book that explores the fabled apple tree that inspired Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. From a minor seed to a monumental icon, it inspired the world's greatest minds, including Albert Einstein and

Black Hole Chasers: The Amazing True Story of an Astronomical Breakthrough (Redding Anna Crowley)(Pevná vazba)

In Black Hole Chasers, award-winning investigative journalist Anna Crowley Redding presents the riveting true story of one of the most inspiring scientific breakthroughs of our lifetime--the Event Horizon Telescope team's reveal of the first image of a super massive black hole. In April 2019, the

Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History (Pappalardo Joe)(Pevná vazba)

Joe Pappalardo's Inferno tells the true story of the men who flew the deadliest missions of World War II, and an unlikely hero who received the Medal of Honor in the midst of the bloodiest military campaign in aviation history. There's no higher accolade in the U.S. military than the Medal of

The Black Widows of the Eternal City: The True Story of Rome's Most Infamous Poisoners (Monson Craig A.)(Pevná vazba)

The Black Widows of the Eternal City offers, for the first time, a book-length study of an infamous cause c l bre in seventeenth-century Rome, how it resonated then and has continued to resonate: the 1659 investigation and prosecution of Gironima Spana and dozens of Roman widows, who shared a

Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics(Pevná vazba)

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive (Adlington Lucy)(Pevná vazba)

Art of Losing (Zeniter Alice)(Pevná vazba)

A powerful and moving family story about history, immigration and identity, spanning three generations and some seventy years across the two shores of the Mediterranean

Glory - A Story of Gallipoli (Billington Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

A poignant and compelling story of three lives torn apart by the Battle of

Captured! The Incredible True Story of Thomas Pellow (Green Craig)(Pevná vazba)

True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Scieszka Jon)(Paperback / softback)

A retelling of the 'Three Little Pigs' by Jon

The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship (Abery Julie)(Pevná vazba)

Told in rhyming verse, this is the touching true story of an oil-soaked penguin, the man who rescues him and an unlikely friendship.Jo o hears 'a sorry screech' as he walks along the shore near his home. It's from a penguin, whose feathers are soaked in oil.Too tired to swim, too weak to stand,

You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War (Becker Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

The long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering war. Kate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French daredevil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with

Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship (Greste Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The amazing true story of the orphaned baby hippo and 130-year-old giant turtle whose remarkable friendship touched millions around the world.The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee (Mm-ZAY). When Owen was stranded after the

The Story of Ferdinand (Leaf Munro)(Pevná vazba)

Now a major motion picture A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers. And he does just that,