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The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones

Stanley Booth

• Paperback | Engels
• Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1968. He ... Lees meer

Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction Targets

John Austin

• Paperback | Engels | Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction
• "Cubicle farms are full of enemy combatants begging to be taken out." -- Wired The key to becoming an accomplished marksman is to practice, practice, ... Lees meer

Westward Ho!

Laurie Carlson

• Paperback | Engels | Hands-On History
• Capturing the unique character and history of the West, this activity book provides a number of memorable journeys, including joining Lewis and Clark ... Lees meer

Texas History for Kids

Karen Bush Gibson

• Paperback | Engels | For Kids
• The larger-than-life story of the Lone Star State Encapsulating the 500-year saga of the one-of-a-kind state of Texas, this interactive book takes rea... Lees meer

Rightfully Ours

Kerrie Logan Hollihan

• Paperback | Engels | For Kids
• Winner of: VOYA'S Nonfiction Honor List 2012 Amelia Bloomer List 2013 Though the Declaration of Independence stated that "all men are created equal," ... Lees meer

Anya Seton

Lucinda H Mackethan

• Hardcover | Engels
• Anya Seton was the bestselling author of ten historical novels, including the masterpieces Katherine and The Winthrop Woman , which are still widely b... Lees meer

New York City History for Kids

Richard Panchyk

• Paperback | Engels | For Kids
• In this lively 400-year history, kids will read about Peter Stuyvesant and the enterprising Dutch colonists, follow the spirited patriots as they rebe... Lees meer

Heroes in the Night

Tea Krulos

• Paperback | Engels
• The Watchman didn't arrive in a Batmobile but drove a tan, four-door Pontiac. He was in costume, of course--a trench coat, motorcycle gloves, army boo... Lees meer

Beethoven for Kids

Helen Bauer

• Paperback | Engels | For Kids
• Ludwig van Beethoven was a great innovator who expanded the limits of classical music to write some of the biggest, boldest, most complex and revoluti... Lees meer

Movie Wars

Jonathan Rosenbaum

• Paperback | Engels
• Is the cinema, as writers from David Denby to Susan Sontag have claimed, really dead? Contrary to what we have been led to believe, films are better t... Lees meer

Dancing Barefoot

Dave Thompson

• Paperback | Engels
• Dancing Barefoot is the full and true story of Patti Smith, widely acknowledged as one of the most significant American artists of the rock 'n' roll e... Lees meer

Mary Anning and Paleontology for Kids

Stephanie Bearce

• Paperback | Engels | For Kids
• Mary Anning was only twelve years old when she excavated the skeleton of an unknown animal. The discovery of the ichthyosaur was the dawn of a new age... Lees meer

This Is Really War

Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi

• Hardcover | Engels
• In January 1940, navy nurse Dorothy Still eagerly anticipated her new assignment at a military hospital in the Philippines. Her first year abroad was ... Lees meer

So Now You're a Zombie

John Austin

• Paperback | Engels
• Being undead can be disorienting. Your arms and other appendages tend to rot and fall off. It's difficult to communicate with a vocabulary limited to ... Lees meer

Keith Richards on Keith Richards

• Paperback | Engels | Musicians in Their Own Words
• The iconic life and career of the famed guitarist of the Rolling Stones is detailed in this compilation of interviews that spans the last 50 years. Fe... Lees meer

Verdi for Kids

Helen Bauer

• Paperback | Engels | For Kids
• Giuseppe Verdi dominated Italian opera for 50 years, and his operas are performed throughout the world today. Verdi for Kids offers young readers an a... Lees meer

Alexander Graham Bell for Kids

Mary Kay Carson

• Paperback | Engels | For Kids
• Winner of the 2019 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Book Alexander Graham Bell invented not only the telephone, but also early version... Lees meer

The Hemingway Cookbook

Craig Boreth

• Paperback | Engels
• Ernest Hemingway's insatiable appetite for life was evident in his writing and was rivaled only by his voracious appetite for good food and drink. The... Lees meer

Thomas Jefferson for Kids

Brandon Marie Miller

• Paperback | Engels | For Kids
• An architect, statesman, farmer, and inventor, Thomas Jefferson had few equals among this nation's founders. Left fatherless at a young age, he was a ... Lees meer

Oddball Florida

Jerome Pohlen

• Paperback | Engels | Oddball
• This entertaining guide directs travelers to the off-the-wall and offbeat destinations in Florida, home of gator wrestlers, school bus demolition derb... Lees meer

Problem Solvers

P J Hoover

• Hardcover | Engels | Women of Power
• When engineers are faced with an impossible problem, they don't quit. They look for solutions. These 15 women are coders and engineers who have faced ... Lees meer

Showstoppers!

Gerald Nachman

• Paperback | Engels
• Showstoppers! is all about Broadway musicals' most memorable numbers--why they were so effective, how they were created, and why they still resonate. ... Lees meer

Up Jumped the Devil

Bruce Conforth, Gayle Dean Wardlow

• Hardcover | Engels
• The Penderyn 2020 Music Book Prize (UK edition) Living Blues Critics Choice Best Blues Book of 2019 Living Blues Readers Choice Best Blues Book of 201... Lees meer

Hemingway at Eighteen

Steve Paul

• Hardcover | Engels
• George Ehrlich Award Recipient In the summer of 1917, Ernest Hemingway was an eighteen-year-old high school graduate unsure of his future. The America... Lees meer