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The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain; Gallic Books Staff (Translator)
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
This prize-winning French bestseller is a charming fable about the power of a hat that takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through French life during the Mitterrand years. Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois M ...Show more
The Prostate Cancer Owner's Manual: What You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival by Harley MD Haynes, Richard M. Miles
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A vital overview of prostate cancer for the millions of men that are suffering and their loved ones The moment the family doctor says, "You might have prostate cancer," most patients immediately ask themselves, "Am I going to die?" Their life is turned upside down as they are faced with a scary new real ...Show more
The Reading Life by C. S. Lewis
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The revered teacher and best-selling author reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this delightful collection drawn from his wide body of writings. More than fifty years after his death, revered intellectual and teacher C. S. Lewis continues to speak to reader ...Show more
The Ruined House - A Novel by Ruby Namdar
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
"A Masterpiece."--The New York Times Book Review (editor's choice) "In The Ruined House a 'small harmless modicum of vanity' turns into an apocalyptic bonfire. Shot through with humor and mystery and insight, Ruby Namdar's wonderful first novel examines how the real and the unreal merge. It's a daring s ...Show more
The Sacred and the Sinister - Studies in Medieval Religion and Magic by David J. Collins (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) medieval religion and magic so difficult to differentiate. The essays in this collection investigate how the holy and unholy were distinguished in medieval Europe, where ...Show more
The Scythe Book - Mowing Hay, Cutting Weeds, and Harvesting Small Grains with Hand Tools by David Tresemer; Peter Vido (Contribution by)
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
For the gardener, farmer, or homeowner, a good scythe is an efficient and enjoyable tool for cutting grasses and weeds and harvesting small grains. Author David Tresemerpresents the results of years of research and practical experience so that the reader may learn to use and enjoy the scythe. In an ...Show more
The Seventies - The Decade That Changed American Film Forever by Vincent LoBrutto
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A fascinating year-by-year history of American film in the seventies, a decade filled with innovations that reinvented the medium and showed that movies can be more than entertainment. In The Seventies: The Decade That Changed American Film Forever, Vincent LoBrutto tracks the changing of the guard in t ...Show more
The Sisters Hemingway - A Cold River Novel by Annie England Noblin
Category: Fiction | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
For fans of Susan Mallery, Kristan Higgins, or Susan Wiggs, this is a novel for anyone who loves stories about sisters, dogs, and family secrets. The Sisters Hemingway: they couldn't be more different...or more alike.The Hemingway Sisters of Cold River, Missouri are local legends. Raised by a mother ob ...Show more
The Slightest Chance - When Your Enemy Is Your Best Friend... by Paul Letters
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
In war, you can pretend to be someone youre not. Yet, in war, people find out who you really are. Hong Kong, 1941. Anglo-Australian civil servant Dominic Sotherlys colonial sojourn in Hong Kong becomes complicated by his double life in both war and love. Enigmatic Englishwoman Gwen Harmison possesses se ...Show more
The South of France for Art Lovers by Moro RINCKHOUT
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The Storm and Other Poems by George MacKay Brown; Julia Sorrell (Illustrator); Kathleen Jamie (Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
George Mackay Brown's first book of poems, reprinted with illustrations from Orkney.
The Story of Wine by JOHNSON
Category: No Category | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
- The ultimate history of wine by the master of the subject, an award-winning bestseller for decades now in a new edition; - New foreword by historian Andrew Roberts - Full of fascinating vignettes and side stories, a book to be read for hours or dipped into - Beautifully produced in a new flexibound vo ...Show more