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Rick DAmico enjoyed an impressive career in both radio and television broadcasting, spanning over fifty years in the industry. Now, the Emmy Awardwinning newscaster is here to provide readers with hilarious and insightful stories from behind the scenes. DAmico invites readers into his expansive life story. With lightheartedness and an eye toward helping others understand what it takes to succeed in a sometimes ruthless industry, DAmico opens up about his own fascinatingand sometimes unbelievableexperiences. Think you might have what it takes to be in broadcasting? It Just Wasnt Perfect for Me will help you figure that out. Get a glimpse into some of the most iconic moments in modern journalism, straight from a man who lived and breathed them. From DAmicos time reporting live at the Los Angeles riots, to interviewing President Ronald Reagan, to his time reporting live from New York City and Ground Zero in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, you will get the rare experience of being immersed in these iconic broadcasting moments. Written with enlightening candor and refreshing humor, It Just Wasnt Perfect for Me will leave you viewing television newscasters in a whole new light. About the Author Rick DAmico is an Emmy Awardwinning television newscaster with over a fifty-year radio and television career. After getting his start as a disc jockey while serving in the US Air Force, DAmico went on to work with radio stations across the United States before transitioning to television. Soon he found himself working as the news anchor at KSAZ in Phoenix. Some of the highlights of his anchor career include interviewing President Ronald Reagan and reporting live from Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11. In addition to an Emmy Award, DAmico received two Associated Press Awards and the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. A philanthropist, DAmico proudly helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. DAmico has been married to his wife, Ruth, for forty-seven years. In his free time, you can find DAmico sailing with his family along the San Diego coast. Read more Paperback: 204 pages Language: English Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 11, 2017) Rick D'Amico (Author) Rick DAmico is an Emmy Awardwinning television newscaster with over a fifty-year radio and television career. After getting his start as a disc jockey while serving in the US Air Force, DAmico went on to work with radio stations across the United States before transitioning to television. Soon he found himself working as the news anchor at KSAZ in Phoenix. Some of the highlights of his anchor career include interviewing President Ronald Reagan and reporting live from Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11. In addition to an Emmy Award, DAmico received two Associated Press Awards and the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. A philanthropist, DAmico proudly helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. DAmico has been married to his wife, Ruth, for forty-seven years. In his free time, you can find DAmico sailing with his family along the San Diego coast.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a loving family - a wife and two kids. Then one day he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the deep south. These are the true accounts of his twelve hard years as a slave - many believe this memoir is even more graphic and disturbing than the film. His extraordinary journey proves the resiliency of hope and the human spirit despite the most grueling and formidable of circumstances. Features Summary This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in New York... Author Solomon Northup Publisher Graymalkin Media Release date 20140401 Pages 247 ISBN 1-63168-008-0 ISBN 13 978-1-63168-008-3

  Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy  Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story  of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in  New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a loving family - a wife and two kids. Then one day he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the deep south. These are the true accounts of his twelve hard years as a slave  - many believe this memoir is even more graphic and disturbing  than the film. His extraordinary journey proves the resiliency  of hope and the human spirit despite the most grueling and formidable of circumstances.                   

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days A detailed account of the extraordinary life of Austin Steward, a black man who lived in the early nineteenth century as both a slave and then later a free man. Originally published in 1861, Austin Steward's memoir has long been a staple source of first-hand evidence about activism against slavery and racism by freed blacks. Long out of print, the narrative is now available with additional biographical information and a critical introduction by historian Graham Hodges. The introduction affords an in-depth discussion of Steward's career - rising from enslavement to success as a self-made businessman in upstate New York and as leader of the ill-fated Wilberforce Colony in Ontario, Canada. Hodges also expands upon previous recognition of Steward's sizable role in free black activism in the antebellum northern states. Replete with images from Steward's life, this new edition of his classic narrative is stocked with details about the author's relationships with antislavery activists Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Nathaniel Paul, and Gerrit Smith. The book offers insight into the creation of African American community life in upstate New York and into the doomed black utopia of Wilberforce. Features Summary Originally published in 1861, Austin Steward's memoir has long been a staple source of first-hand evidence about activism against slavery and racism by freed blacks... Author Graham Russell Hodges Publisher Syracuse University Press Release date 20011031 Pages 320 ISBN 0-8156-2721-1 ISBN 13 978-0-8156-2721-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours "In a graphic present-tense narrative, this Holocaust memoir describes what happened to a Jewish girl who is 13 when the Nazis invade Hungary in 1944... A final brief chronology of the Holocaust adds to the value of this title for curriculum use with older readers."--"Booklist," boxed review. Features Summary The author describes her experiences during World War II when she and her family were sent to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. Author Livia Bitton Jackson Publisher Simon Pulse Release date 19990301 Pages 234 ISBN 0-689-82395-9 ISBN 13 978-0-689-82395-4

No space on Long Street Marshrose two plays by Pieter Dirk Uys   Signed copy. First edition In this a one-man show, Uys presents a variety of characters... all of them the leading actor in their own play. It gives also an insight in the early years of the early years when the Space Theatre opened its doors in Cape Town. No Space on Long Street is a celebration of this era   and also a salute to Long Street where Pieter-Dirk Uys lived and worked   during working years at the Space Theatre, and got to know the people who lived there. Compress 1999, 144p. First edition Condition: soft cover, slight edge frayed, but else very good condition. Uys   Signed on title page Packaging and Postage R52 (in S.A.)   POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON MONDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH AS TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE. Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R52, and R10 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.   SAVE ON POSTAGE BY ORDERING MORE THAN ONE ITEM FROM 

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days ``Do you ever wonder if you've lived the life you were meant to?' I ask her. She sighs, and dips her head. `Even if I do, what difference will it make?' In 1988, two eight-year-old girls with almost identical names and the same love of ballet meet for the first time. They seem destined to be best friends forever and to become professional dancers. Years later, however, they have both been dealt so many cruel blows that they walk away from each other into very different futures - one enters a convent, the other becomes a minor celebrity. Will these new, `invisible' lives be the ones they were meant to live, or will they only find that kind of salvation when they are reunited twenty years later? Features Summary ``Do you ever wonder if you've lived the life you were meant to?' I ask her. Will these new, `invisible' lives be the ones they were meant to live, or will they only find that kind of salvation when they are reunited twenty years later? Author Dorothy Koomson Publisher Arrow Books Ltd Release date 20170502 Pages 452 ISBN 0-09-959884-1 ISBN 13 978-0-09-959884-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days This book tells the amazing story of Kent from earliest times to the modern day. Some of the pivotal moments in the Garden of England's history are recalled, including invasions from Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. It has seen the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Swing Riots and, more recently, audacious escapades by Suffragettes in the battle for Votes for Women. The story is brought right up to date with the challenges faced by traditional industries and the transformation of cross-Channel travel. The resilient people of Kent have taken it all in their stride and this story encompasses how they lived, worked and played through hundreds of years of colourful history. Features Summary The resilient people of Kent have taken it all in their stride and this story encompasses how they lived, worked and played through hundreds of years of colourful history. Author Anne Petrie Publisher The History Press Ltd Release date 20170601 Pages 224 ISBN 0-7509-6747-1 ISBN 13 978-0-7509-6747-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The gripping stories of ordinary Germans who lived through World War II, the Holocaust, and Cold War partition--but also recovery, reunification, and rehabilitation Broken Lives is a gripping account of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of ordinary Germans who came of age under Hitler and whose lives were scarred and sometimes destroyed by what they saw and did. Drawing on six dozen memoirs by the generation of Germans born in the 1920s, Konrad Jarausch chronicles the unforgettable stories of people who not only lived through the Third Reich, World War II, the Holocaust, and Cold War partition, but also participated in Germany's astonishing postwar recovery, reunification, and rehabilitation. Written decades after the events, these testimonies, many of them unpublished, look back on the mistakes of young people caught up in the Nazi movement. In many, early enthusiasm turns to deep disillusionment as the price of complicity with a brutal dictatorship--fighting at the front, aerial bombardment at home, murder in the concentration camps--becomes clear. Bringing together the voices of men and women, perpetrators and victims, Broken Lives reveals the intimate human details of historical events and offers new insights about persistent questions. Why did so many Germans support Hitler through years of wartime sacrifice and Nazi inhumanity? How did they finally distance themselves from this racist dictatorship and come to embrace human rights? Jarausch argues that this generation's focus on its own suffering, often maligned by historians, ultimately led to a more critical understanding of national identity--one that helped transform Germany from a military aggressor into a pillar of European democracy. The result is a powerful account of the everyday experiences and troubling memories of average Germans who journeyed into, through, and out of the abyss of a dark century. Features Summary The gripping stories of ordinary Germans who lived through World War II, the Holocaust, and Cold War partition--but also recovery, reunification, and rehabilitation Broken Lives is a gripping account of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of ordinary Germans who came of age under Hitler and whose lives were scarred and sometimes destroyed by what they saw and did... Author Konrad H. Jarausch Publisher Princeton University Press Release date 20180424 Pages 446 ISBN 0-691-17458-X ISBN 13 978-0-691-17458-7

Paperback. English. Puffin. 2006. In fair/good condition. An extraordinary memoir of a peasant boy raised in rural Maoist China who was plucked from his village to study ballet and went on to become one of the greatest dancers of his generation. In 1961, three years of Mao's Great Leap Forward--along with three years of poor harvests--had left a rural China suffering terribly from disease and deprivation. Li Cunxin, his parents' sixth son, lived in a small house with twenty of his relatives and, along with the rest of his family, subsisted for years on the verge of starvation. But when he was eleven years old, Madame Mao decided to revive the Peking Dance Academy, and sent her men into the countryside searching for children to attend. Chosen on the basis of his physique alone, Li Cunxin was taken from his family and sent to the city for rigorous training. What follows is the story of how a small, terrified, lonely boy became one of the greatest ballet dancers in the world. One part Falling Leaves, one part Billy Eliot, Mao's Last Dancer is an unforgettable memoir of hope and courage.

Paperback. English. Jacana. 2004. In good condition. Imagine you are in an aeroplane at daybreak. You have just woken up to an announcement by the pilot that the long flight will be over in a few minutes. A city tilts towards you as the plane approaches. You catch a glimpse of street-lamps, cars silently torching the soft grey air, a few yellow windows in the massed darkness of buildings. You are filled with the presence of this place as it stirs from the intimacy of the night. Now imagine that this is not a city of the present but a city of the past, your past; a place you have not lived in for decades, and which you are returning to as if it continued to be all it had ever been before you left. The lights you see are your own glittering, floating memories, stretching across the years, some of them highly personal, others shared with neighbours, schoolmates, people you might never even have met but who once lived in the same place at the same time as you did. I Remember King Kong (The Boxer) is a book of reminiscences which are, and could only be, South African in their timbre, scope and feeling. The memories, some personal and some public, will take you on a journey to a time and place that you'll savour long after you have put the book down.

Item is new sealed. Have a look at my other listings.  I will combine postage for multiple orders. Thank you for looking... Dino & Friends is from the publisher of the hugely successful “My Animal Farm Collection”. This is a brand new fun filled educational book collection. Each book comes with special items sometimes relating to the Dinosaur and their friends featured in that issue, or as part of the general collection. Discover all the dinosaurs & other animals that lived on Earth in the distant past: T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, the Mammoth, Sabre-tooth-Tiger and their cubs. In each hard backed book you will find beautiful reproductions of the animal families and prehistoric Man, plus much more to create a bygone world to explore! This is a unique collection gives an in-depth and fun filled way to get to know Earth’s inhabitants from millions of years ago. Full of coloured illustrations and stories, the books tell you how dinosaurs and their friends were made, how they lived and how you can rediscover them today! Read, Learn and Play with the prehistoric animals, published in a smaller format – perfect for little hands!    

Native Nostalgia In this, his first book, Jacob Dlamini writes about growing up in Katlehong in Gauteng, in the tradition of Orhan Pamuk's and Walter Benjamin's accounts of their childhoods in Istanbul and Berlin respectively. Using fragments from his own childhood, he examines the nostalgia that many black people feel for the past their lives under apartheid. In arguing that people do not stop being moral agents just because they are politically oppressed or discriminated against, the author seeks to recover the moral content of black life under apartheid. This book is about nostalgia, an affliction of the heart that began life as a passing ailment but became an incurable modern condition. The book uses the life of a young black South African who spent his childhood under apartheid to ask the following question: What does it mean to remember a (black) life lived under apartheid with fondness and longing? The nostalgia examined here should not be understood the same way that the archetypal black pensioner trotted out by newspapers at each general election in South Africa says: "Things were better under apartheid." No, apartheid had no virtue. But the author insists that we confront facile accounts of black life under apartheid that paint the 46 years in which the system existed as one vast moral desert, as if blacks produced no art, literature, music, bore no morally upstanding children or, at the very least, children who knew the difference between right and wrong even if those children did not grow up to make the "right" moral choices in their lives. This is not to say there was no poverty, crime or moral degradation. There was, of course. But none of this determined the shape of black life in its totality. This is not to suggest that all black families were happy the same way. Each family was, of course, unhappy in its own way. The differences between black families extended beyond questions of domestic bliss or strife. There were class, ethnic and gender differences aplenty. It behoves any history worthy of the name to take these differences seriously, which could be as small as the type of lawn one had in one's yard, the type of furniture in each bedroom, or the type of fencing one had around the yard whether the concrete slabs colloquially called "stop nonsense" or a wire mesh fence. The author is interested also in the role of the senses in a person's experience of nostalgia. He uses fragments drawn randomly from the past to look at his childhood in Katlehong as a lived experience of the senses. He tries to imagine how one might relay the history of Katlehong in terms of the senses of smell, hearing, taste, touch and sight. He uses his sensory experience of Katlehong, for example, to examine the place of radio in the life of an urban black family in apartheid South Africa. Here he does not simply wish to relay the auditory experience of listening to the radio but to look, rather, at how the very instrument that was supposed to be the government's propaganda tool actually had the opposite effect, awakening in him a political consciousness that saw him adopt a politics at odds with the political gradualism and religious conservatism of his mother. Again, he looks at how black schools, intended by government to be a great downward leveller of black ambition, inadvertently served to heighten class consciousness within black society, often pitting the local elite against the mass of the great black unwashed. Finally, he studies how local political identities were formed in relation to both a national black identity and a much broader black diasporic identity. About the Author Jacob Dlamini is one of South Africa's bright young intellectuals. A PhD student at Yale, he has written for a number of magazines and newspapers such as the Sunday Times. Author Jacob Dlamini ISBN 9781770097551 Format Paperback Pages 169p. _

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Congratulations! You're 50! You're halfway to a century! But how much of your 50 years can you remember? You've lived through spacehoppers, chopper bikes, Star Wars (three times!), yuppies, New Romantics, Madchester and every generation of mobile phone issued so far. This is the quiz book that will get your 50-year-old synapses firing to find out how much attention you were paying to not only these but all the other fads, events and characters of your lifetime. So what are you waiting for? Let's take a quizzical look back at your life. Features Summary Congratulations! You're 50! You've lived through spacehoppers, chopper bikes, Star Wars (three times!), yuppies, New Romantics and every generation of mobile phone issued so far... Author Mike Haskins Publisher Summersdale Publishers Release date 20181011 Pages 128 ISBN 1-78685-540-2 ISBN 13 978-1-78685-540-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada's most accomplished astronauts. I had dreamt about becoming an astronaut from the time I watched Alan Shepard launch on the first American sub-orbital flight on May 5, 1961. Eleven days before my seventh birthday, I committed to a new goal: one day, I would fly in outer space. Dr. Dave has led the sort of life that most people only dream of. He has set records for spacewalking. He has lived undersea for weeks at a time. He has saved lives as an emergency doctor, launched into the stratosphere twice, and performed surgery in zero gravity. But if you ask him how he became so accomplished, he'll say: "I'm just a curious kid from Saskatchewan." Curious indeed. Dr. Dave never lost his desire to explore nor his fascination with the world. Whether he was exploring the woods behind his childhood home or floating in space at the end of the Canadarm, Dave tried to see every moment of his life as filled with beauty and meaning. He learned to scuba dive at only twelve years old, became a doctor despite academic struggles as an undergraduate, and overcame stiff odds and fierce competition to join the ranks of the astronauts he had idolized as a child. There were setbacks and challenges along the way-the loss of friends in the Columbia disaster, a cancer diagnosis that nearly prevented him from returning to space-but through it all, Dave never lost sight of his goal. And when he finally had the chance to fly among the stars, he came to realize that although the destination can be spectacular, it's the journey that truly matters. In Defying Limits, Dave shares the events that have defined his life, showing us that whether we're gravity-defying astronauts or earth-bound terrestrials, we can all live an infinite, fulfilled life by relishing the value and importance of each moment. The greatest fear that we all face is not the fear of dying, but the fear of never having lived. Each of us is greater than we believe. And, together, we can exceed our limits to soar farther and higher than we ever imagined. Features Summary An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada's most accomplished astronauts... Author Dave Williams Publisher Simon & Schuster Release date 20181129 Pages 240 ISBN 1-5011-6095-8 ISBN 13 978-1-5011-6095-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Two and a half decades ago, Ascended Master Teachers Arten and Pursah appeared to Gary Renard and held a series of conversations with him that elaborated on the teachings of two spiritual classics, The Gospel of Thomas and A Course in Miracles. Gary immortalized what he learned in the books of his bestselling series: The Disappearance of the Universe, Your Immortal Reality and Love Has Forgotten No One. This fourth book is a companion to the original trilogy, yet written to stand alone, an invitation for new readers into this fascinating work. This book explores seven of the lifetimes in which the incarnations of Jesus and Buddha lived together, beginning in 700 B.C. when they were known as Saka and Hiroji. Arten and Pursah, through the spiritual lessons that Jesus and Buddha learn on their path, clarify the difference between duality and non-duality. When you are able to internalize these lessons, you will be saved countless years in your spiritual development. Features Summary Exploring the seven lifetimes in which the incarnations of Jesus and Buddha lived together, this book is the companion to Gary Renard's trilogy on the teachings of Ascended Master Teachers Arten and Pursah as they appeared to him in the flesh. Author Gary R. Renard Publisher Hay House Uk Ltd Release date 20181127 Pages 248 ISBN 1-78180-640-3 ISBN 13 978-1-78180-640-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours The Art Of War - Sun Tzu Sun Tzu was one of the greatest army generals who ever lived. He wrote The Art of War in the fifth century BC and yet his words are still resoundingly relevant to our modern lives. His writings on aspects of warfare from the laying of plans to the tactics and psychology of manoeuvering an army, to the proper use of spies, resonate for us in today's world of cut-throat, ruthless business. With James Clavell's insightful foreword and notes, this classic is widely seen as a necessity on the bookshelf of military leaders and boardroom executives alike. Wealth And Power: China's Long March To The Twenty-First Century - Orville Schell & John Delury By now everyone knows the basic facts of China's rise to pre-eminence over the past three decades. But how did this erstwhile sleeping giant finally manage to arrive at its current phase of dynamic growth? How did a century-long succession of failures to change somehow culminate in the extraordinary dynamism of China today? By examining the lives of eleven influential officials, writers, activists and leaders whose contributions helped create modern China, Wealth and Power addresses these questions. This fascinating survey moves from the lead-up to the first Opium War through to contemporary opposition to single-party rule. Along the way, we meet titans of Chinese history, intellectuals and political figures. By unwrapping the intellectual antecedents of today's resurgent China, Orville Schell and John Delury supply much-needed insight into the country's tortured progression from nineteenth-century decline to twenty-first-century boom. By looking backward into the past to understand forces at work for hundreds of years, they help us understand China today and the future that this singular country is helping shape for all of us. Features Summary The Art Of War - Sun Tzu Sun Tzu was one of the greatest army generals who ever lived. He wrote The Art of War in the fifth century BC and yet his words are still resoundingly relevant to our modern lives... Publisher Little, Brown ISBN 13 2000561423643

Our faith is shaped by what we believe. Retired Lutheran pastor, Wanda McNeill, has a faith shaped by her bone-deep belief in the Incarnation, in our identity as children of God, and in the saving message of the Cross. She believes these are not just theological concepts, but can be the lived experience of every Christian. In 20 reflections culled from nearly 30 years of preaching, and arranged by liturgical seasons, she speaks heart to heart to believers to help them understand how they can experience faith in this deeply personal way. About the Author Rev. Wanda McNeill, a graduate of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Penn., served at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C., for 17 years, where she was also the co-founder of a social justice ministry that offered job-readiness training to ex-offenders and welfare mothers. In addition, she served in several rural congregations until her retirement in 2014. Read more Paperback: 94 pages Language: English Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 26, 2016) Rev. Wanda McNeill, a graduate of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Penn., served at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C., for 17 years, where she was also the co-founder of a social justice ministry that offered job-readiness training to ex-offenders and welfare mothers. In addition, she served in several rural congregations until her retirement in 2014.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days This is the new updated paperback edition. In the proud history of Heart of Midlothian football club, one season stands out as their finest ever. Now, fifty years on from that memorable 1957/58 campaign which brought the League Championship to Gorgie, read the full inside story of how they did it and what it meant to the fans. It was without question the golden age of the club, when players like Alfie Conn Sr, Willie Bauld, Jimmy Wardhaugh, Dave Mackay and Alex Young left Rangers and Celtic trailing in their wake, scored a record number of goals in a season and won the League Championship by a huge margin.In "Hearts' Greatest Ever Season", lifelong supporter Mike Buckle brings the whole remarkable story to life and details how, after sixty-one years without a championship win, the club finally achieved their goal. For Hearts fans who remember those heady days, this is an apt and nostalgic reminder of the times. For younger fans who have lived through the rollercoaster years of the Wallace Mercer era, the Deans and Robinson ownership, the threats of the club being wound up and the Romanov revolution which has promised so much but failed to deliver, "Hearts' Greatest Ever Season" offers the hope that history might one day be repeated and that the dream of the League title returning to Gorgie could become reality once again. Features Summary In the proud history of Heart of Midlothian football club, one season stands out as their finest ever. This book features the memorable 1957/58 campaign which brought the League Championship to Gorgie... Author Mike Buckle Publisher Black And White Publishing Release date 20080902 Pages 256 ISBN 1-84502-217-3 ISBN 13 978-1-84502-217-4

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) In 1834, Sir John Herschel, perhaps the most celebrated astronomer of his time, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope to spend four years observing the southern sky. Among his many other talents he was an accomplished artist, skilled in the use of an optical device known as a camera lucida. During these four years Herschel produced more than a hundred exquisite landscape sketches, some depicting the Feldhausen estate in the suburb of Wynberg, where he and his family lived, others meticulously recording scenes that enlivened his trips to Cape Point, to Table Mountain, to Hout Bay and to places in the farther reaches. Among the latter were Caledon, Franschhoek, Stellenbosch and Paarl. These Herschel landscape drawings are an almost unmatched contribution to the artistic and historical record of the Cape in the early nineteenth century. They are reproduced in this title, together with a narrative text and background material that firmly set the illustrations in their social and geographical context. The result is an evocative picture of the Cape Peninsula and its environs at a time when they were still largely wild. Format:leather / fine binding

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Katie has lived through tragedy and heartache. But with the angel Elias by her side, the best years of her life are just ahead. When Katie Bender's fiance died in a tragic accident, so did her hope of finding love. Though heartbroken, Katie is also practical. In the years since the accident she has discovered her gift for teaching. But when a tornado destroys her small Amish settlement, including the schoolhouse, Katie doesn't know how she will provide for herself. Seth Stutzman arrived in Hope Falls days before the storm. And when he helps usher Katie and the children to safety, sparks fly. But Seth is only in town to help his brother, Amos, get back on his feet following the death of his wife. He can't afford to have feelings for Katie. Rebuilding the community is a huge task, and soon, Katie and Seth are working side by side. As they privately wrestle with their feelings for each other, another silent-and ultimate-battle for their hearts rages unseen. Sworn to protect what God has ordained, the mighty angel Elias appears to them as a mysterious visitor. And with his guidance, Katie and Seth find the courage to take the first small steps toward the life, and love, they were destined for. Features Summary Ruth Reid's An Angel by Her Side tells a marvelous story of loss and redemption. In this, the third Heaven on Earth Novel, readers will be captivated as faith... Author Ruth Reid Publisher Thomas Nelson Publishers Release date 20170207 Pages 368 ISBN 0-7180-8433-0 ISBN 13 978-0-7180-8433-2

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) Kahlil Gibran (1183 ¿ 1931), poet, philosopher and artist, was born in Mount Lebanon, a land that has produced many prophets and philosophers. His fame and influence have spread far beyond the Near East, where millions of Arabic-speaking people consider him the genius of his age. In America, where he lived for the last twenty years of his life, he began to write in English, and his books of poetry, illustrated with mystical drawings, are now known all over the world. The Prophet is Gibran's masterpiece. First published sixty years ago, it has been translated into many languages and has sold millions of copies, becoming one of the most beloved classics of our time. Gibran's drawings have been compared to those of William Blake, and his poetry echoes the majestic rhythms of Ecclesiastes. The Prophet is timeless in its insight into the human condition; and in its calm philosophy and spontaneous joy can be found the expression of the deepest impulses of man¿s heart and mind. Format:paperback Pages:102

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days 'Do you ever wonder if you've lived the life you were meant to?' I ask her. She sighs, and dips her head. 'Even if I do, what difference will it make?' In 1988, two eight-year-old girls with almost identical names and the same love of ballet meet for the first time. They seem destined to be best friends forever and to become professional dancers. Years later, however, they have both been dealt so many cruel blows that they walk away from each other into very different futures ¿ one enters a convent, the other becomes a minor celebrity. Will these new, 'invisible' lives be the ones they were meant to live, or will they only find that kind of salvation when they are reunited twenty years later? Features Summary In 1988, two eight-year-old girls with almost identical names and the same love of ballet meet for the first time. They seem destined to be best friends forever and to become professional dancers... Author Dorothy Koomson Publisher Century Release date 20160419 Pages 452 ISBN 1-78089-337-X ISBN 13 978-1-78089-337-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Half a dozen years after the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck Haiti, the island nation remains in crisis, but the international community no longer seems interested. This immersive and engrossing book, based on five years of research and scores of interviews translated from Haitian Kreyol, gives voice to the continuing struggle of Haitian people to reconstruct their nation from the devastation of the earthquake, and from many decades of political and economic disaster. The earthquake killed more than 200,000, rendered more than a million and a half homeless, and wiped out what little infrastructure existed in the country. But prior to the quake, half the country was illiterate and two-thirds of Haitians lived in poverty. This book makes clear the long genesis of the ongoing crisis and illuminates the depths of the continuing problems, and does so through some of the most marginal and least-heard people in the world. An interview with a restavek--a child sent by poor parents to work as an unpaid servant in a wealthier household--is an example. A recent study determined a figure of 173,000 restaveks--about 8 percent of the population of children. Features Summary Moving stories of life in a country enduring an ongoing crisis Author Evan Lyon (Author), Peter Orner (Author), Edwidge Danticat (Foreword by) Publisher Verso Books Release date 20170523 Pages 336 ISBN 1-78478-682-9 ISBN 13 978-1-78478-682-3

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) On the 100th anniversary of the publishing of the special theory of relativity, this National Geographic photobiography chronicles the life of one of the most brilliant scientists who ever lived. Through compelling text and stirring archival photographs, the author recounts Einstein's life from his privileged childhood in Austria through the crucial years during World War II, and his death 50 years ago in Princeton, New Jersey. Young readers learn about Einstein's remarkable theories that still influence technologies of today and discover the causes he passionately supported such as disarmament and civil liberties. Format:Paperback / softback Pages:64

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days One hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the words of the soldiers and onlookers present for those three fateful days still reverberate with the power of their courage and sacrifice. The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader: An Eyewitness History of the Civil War's Greatest Battle gathers letters, journals, articles and speeches from the people who lived through those legendary three days. Tied together with narrative by historian Rod Gragg and illustrated with a wealth of photographs and images, The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader will transport you to the battlefield, immersing you in the emotional intensity of the struggle of brother against brother for the future of the United States of America."Here they are penetrating the heart of a hostile country leaving their homes beyond broad rivers and the largest of the enemies armies while in front of them is gathering all of resistance that can be obtained by a power fruitful of every element of military power."-Confederate soldier T.G. Pollock on the 30th of June, 1863, the day before the Battle of Gettysburg Features Summary One hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the words of the soldiers still reverberate with the power of their courage. Readers are transported to the battlefield by the letters... Author Rod Gragg Publisher Regnery History Release date 20130530 Pages 265 ISBN 1-62157-043-6 ISBN 13 978-1-62157-043-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Set in the 15th century just after the Hundred Years' War, this historical novel of ideas traces the intersecting lives of a Turkish adventurer, an idealistic Lombard revolutionary, an intellectual heretic from Bohemia, and a woman disappointed in love and with her limited options. Agnese chooses to spend 47 years in a cell, looking out on the bustling public life of the Cemetery of the Holy Innocents, where she seeks to confront the oppressions of an age marked by war, famine, disease, and brutal injustice--an age much like our own. Toni Maraini is an Italian poet, novelist, and art critic. She grew up in an literary family in Sicily, and has lived in Paris, London, Casablanca, and New York. Features Summary Self-imprisoned in a Parisian cemetery wall, a woman reflects on the savage turmoil of the medieval world. Author Toni Maraini (Author), Arthur Bierman (Translator) Publisher City Lights Books Release date 20020716 Pages 184 ISBN 0-87286-388-3 ISBN 13 978-0-87286-388-0

This book was written while the great artist was still alive. Pablo Picasso has for years been hidden by the glare of publicity and a success unique in the history of art.  Yet the real Picasso has been invisible to all but his intimates. One of these, Francoise Gilot, who lived with him for ten years, has now told her story - and his - with extraordinary insight and complete frankness. She reveals the real Picasso for the first time - a genius, temperamental, articulate, restless, a man who has never ceased to fight time and convention - and yet never ceased to create. Soft cover, fair condition.  The cover is creased and the paper is yellowing.  368 pages.