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The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall: A Fairytale of Grimm Art, Paperback/Ki Longfellow
Contributor(s): Author: Ki Longfellow Illustrator: Ben Wickey Twenty three years ago Vivian Stanshall died in a fire, trapped in a north London flat. Drunk, he slept through his own death.…Catre Magazin -
Duet with the Past: A Composer’s Memoir, Paperback/Daron Hagen
Description Composer, conductor and operatic polymath Daron Hagen has written five symphonies, a dozen concertos, 13 operas, reams of chamber music and more than 350 art songs. His intimate, unsparing…Catre Magazin -
Chanel and Her World: Friends, Fashion, and Fame, Hardcover/Edmonde Charles-Roux
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) is a fashion icon unlike any other. She invented modern clothing for women: at the height of the Belle Epoque, she stripped women of their corsets…Catre Magazin -
The Grail Diary, Paperback/Henry Jones
Description This is a replica of the prop used in the movie. Every page has been painstakingly recreated to match the original and has been printed using premium quality paper…Catre Magazin -
Herzen Reader, Paperback/Alexander Herzen
Presents in English for the first time one hundred essays and editorials by the radical Russian thinker Alexander Herzen (1812-1870). Herzen wrote most of these pieces for The Bell, a…Catre Magazin -
Bill Gates: A Biography, Hardcover/Michael Becraft
Bill Gates has been instrumental in creating and developing the home computing era that has thoroughly transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from work to commerce to communication. Stepping…Catre Magazin -
Who is Who in British Guiana – 1945 – 1948/Erwin Brewster
Description A transcription of a text published in British Guiana in 1948 listing 4351 individuals together with their occupations and some details of their accomplishments. This directory must have been…Catre Magazin -
Napoleon: The Imperial Household, Hardcover/Sylvain Cordier
Contributor(s): Author: Sylvain Cordier The dazzling splendors of the court of Napoleon I (1769-1821) reflected the grandeur and ambitions of the greatest empire of the day. This luxurious volume re-creates…Catre Magazin -
My Life in Fishing: Favorite Long Stories Told Short, Paperback/Stu C. Apte
Description "My Life in Fishing is a poignant reminder of what true legends are made of." - Andy Mill, Olympian, five-time Gold Cup Champion, and author of A Passion for…Catre Magazin -
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941, Paperback/William L. Shirer
Contributor(s): Author: William L. Shirer Foreword by: Gordon A. Craig By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day, eyewitness account…Catre Magazin -
Glenn Ford: A Life, Paperback/Peter Ford
Glenn Ford star of such now-classic films as Gilda , Blackboard Jungle , The Big Heat , 3:10 to Yuma , and The Rounders had rugged good looks, a long…Catre Magazin -
The Discovery of Chance: The Life and Thought of Alexander Herzen, Hardcover/Aileen M. Kelly
Alexander Herzen--philosopher, novelist, essayist, political agitator, and one of the leading Russian intellectuals of the nineteenth century--was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. While he is remembered…Catre Magazin -
A Narrative of Some of the Lord’s Dealings with George M Ller Written by Himself Vol. I-IV (Hardback), Hardcover/George Mueller
Description This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced…Catre Magazin -
Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, Hardcover/David Garrow
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States --…Catre Magazin -
Prisoner Of The State: The Secret Journal Of Premier Zhao Ziyang, Paperback/Zhao Ziyang
Description Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang is based on the recorded journal of Zhao Ziyang, China's former Premier who's most significant legacy was being…Catre Magazin -
The Bells and Other Poems, Hardcover/Edgar Allan Poe
Contributor(s): Author: Edgar Allan Poe Illustrator: Edmund Dulac With their evocations of romantic longing and the transience of beauty and life itself, the poems of Edgar Allan Poe have captivated…Catre Magazin -
Sharks in the Runway: A Seaplane Pilot’s Fifty-Year Journey Through Bahamian Times!, Paperback/Paul W. J. Harding
Description Captain Paul Harding moved with his family to the Bahamas when he was just twelve. He fell in love with his exotic new home immediately and this epic memoir…Catre Magazin -
The Equinox: Keep Silence Edition, Vol. 1, No. 2, Hardcover/Aleister Crowley
Contributor(s): Author: Aleister Crowley Prepared by: Scott Wilde The Equinox: Keep Silence Edition, Vol. 1, No. 2 Aleister Crowley's The Equinox: The Review of Scientific Illuminism . "The Encyclopedia of…Catre Magazin -
Asylum Denied: A Refugee’s Struggle for Safety in America, Paperback/David Ngaruri Kenney
Description Asylum Denied is the gripping story of political refugee David Ngaruri Kenney's harrowing odyssey through the world of immigration processing in the United States. Kenney, while living in his…Catre Magazin -
Darwin Marx Wagner Critique of a Heritage, Hardcover/Jacques Barzun
Description This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the…Catre Magazin -
Sentimental Journey Home II (1938-1965): Okie Boy, Texas Aggie, Paperback/Arnold Leunes
Description This book is a chronicle of "coming of age" in the 1940's, and 1960's in Oklahoma and Texas. The initial pages of this book are devoted to a brief…Catre Magazin -
Thrown Upon the World: A True Story, Hardcover/George Kolber
Description It is 1938 when the Kolbers, affluent Viennese Jews, flee their country for Shanghai after its annexation by the Nazis. Eva and her daughter take the Trans-Siberian Railroad through…Catre Magazin -
The Gallic War and the Civil War: Commentaries of Julius Caesar (Hardcover)/Julius Caesar
Description The two great commentaries of Julius Caesar - the Gallic War and the Civil War - are united in this superb hardcover edition. The commentaries were devised by Julius…Catre Magazin -
From the Bronx to Oxford and Not Quite Back, Paperback/Norman Birnbaum
Contributor(s): Author: Norman Birnbaum This book is a contribution to the history of the Cold War, Dr. Birnbaum having been a very audible critic of US policy. Even more, it…Catre Magazin -
Born to Rebel: An Autobiography, Paperback/Benjamin Mays
Contributor(s): Author: Benjamin Mays Foreword by: Orville Burton Born the son of a sharecropper in 1894 near Ninety Six, South Carolina, Benjamin E. Mays went on to serve as president…Catre Magazin -
Che: A Revolutionary Life, Hardcover/Jon Lee Anderson
"A remarkable accomplishment, one that belongs next to such works of graphical history as the March series and Shigeru Mizuki's Showa books. By foregrounding the tension between myth and truth,…Catre Magazin -
The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant – Volumes I and II, Paperback/Ulysses S. Grant
Includes Volume I & II. Written in the last year of his life as he battled throat cancer and poverty, "Personal Memoirs" was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's…Catre Magazin -
Zeckendorf: The Autobiograpy of the Man Who Played a Real-Life Game of Monopoly and Won the Largest Real Estate Empire in History., Paperback/William Zeckendorf
Contributor(s): Author: William Zeckendorf Not since the days of the Louisiana Purchase has America seen any bigger real estate transactions than those executed by William Zeckendorf, the derring-do head of…Catre Magazin -
Les Mémoires de Madame Blavatsky, Hardcover/Mary K. Neff
Description This story is not like any others. It depcits the story of two intrepid men that set out to become the most powerful men of all times. The adventure…Catre Magazin -
Homemade Noodles and Cars, Hardcover/Arlene Curns
Description In Homemade Noodles and Cars , Arlene, who has lived almost a century, tells the story of her family-from World War I and how it affected them, how her…Catre Magazin -
My Journey to America, Paperback/Buu-Van a. J. Rasih
Description My Journey to America is a personal tale of one man's expedition to reaching his American Dream. It commences from his humble beginnings in Southeast Asia, where his parents…Catre Magazin -
Les Enseignements Secrets Intemporels, Paperback/Manly P. Hall
Description This story is not like any others. It depcits the story of two intrepid men that set out to become the most powerful men of all times. The adventure…Catre Magazin -
The Life of Bertrand Russell, Paperback/Ronald William Clark
Description This is the eloquent and intimate biography of one of the most significant figures of the last century. Born into the high world of the Whig aristocracy, among people…Catre Magazin -
Maman a Tort (French), Paperback/Michel Bussi
Contributor(s): Author: Michel Bussi Mardi 2 novembre 2015. Lorsque Vasile, psychologue scolaire, se rend au commissariat du Havre pour rencontrer la commandante Marianne Augresse, il sait qu'il doit se montrer…Catre Magazin -
Hard Choices, Hardcover/Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view…Catre Magazin -
Moose, Paperback/Robert B. Sherman
Description Robert B. Sherman has forged a phenomenal career as a songwriter, screenwriter and painter. Along with his brother, Richard, he is responsible for the iconic scores of Mary Poppins,…Catre Magazin -
The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Autobiography of a General and U.S. President – Both Volumes, with Illustrations and Maps, Paperback/Ulysses S. Grant
Description Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs begins with the author's formative years and his military service, continuing through the U.S. Civil War and the author's time as President of the United…Catre Magazin -
Paul Tillich, Paperback/Wilhelm Pauck
Description This book offers a moving tribute to one of the twentieth century's most seminal philosophers and theologians, Paul Tillich. In fact, it is widely accepted as the standard biography…Catre Magazin -
Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times, Hardcover/Dennis McDougal
Description Praise for Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times ""Dennis McDougal is a rare Hollywood reporter: honest, fearless, nobody's fool. This is…Catre Magazin -
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Over Thirty Years of Conversations with Robert Irwin, Paperback/Lawrence Weschler
Contributor(s): Author: Lawrence Weschler When this book first appeared in 1982, it introduced readers to Robert Irwin, the Los Angeles artist "who one day got hooked on his own curiosity…Catre Magazin -
A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard (Volume 1), Paperback/H. P. Lovecraft
Contributor(s): Author: H. P. Lovecraft Author: Robert E. Howard Editor: S. T. Joshi H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard are two of the titans of weird fiction of their…Catre Magazin -
Riding with George: Sportsmanship & Chivalry in the Making of America’s First President, Hardcover/Philip G. Smucker
Long before George Washington was a president or general, he was a sportsman. Born in 1732, he had a physique and aspirations that were tailor made for his age, one…Catre Magazin -
The Life of the Virgin Mary: Ancestors, Essenes, Parents, Conception, Birth, Temple Life, Wedding, Annunciation, Visitation, Shepherds, Three Kings, Hardcover/Anne Catherine Emmerich
Description The Life of the Virgin Mary is the eighth volume of the long-awaited "New Light on the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich" series. Following an initial overview, the first…Catre Magazin -
Bernardo de Galvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution, Hardcover/Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia
Although Spain was never a formal ally of the United States during the American Revolution, its entry into the war definitively tipped the balance against Britain. Led by Bernardo de…Catre Magazin -
About Face: The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel, Make-Up Artist to the Stars (Hardback), Hardcover/Dorothy Ponedel
Contributor(s): Author: Dorothy Ponedel Author: Meredith Ponedel With: Danny Miller ABOUT FACE The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel: Make-up Artist to the Stars by Dorothy Ponedel, Meredith Ponedel, and…Catre Magazin -
I.M.: A Memoir, Hardcover/Isaac Mizrahi
Description "Honest, insightful, and thoroughly entertaining...Mizrahi comes off in writing just like his onscreen persona: warm, witty, humble--and ready to dish." -- Booklist , starred review Isaac Mizrahi is sui…Catre Magazin -
Forbidden Science 4: The Spring Hill Chronicles, The Journals of Jacques Vallee 1990-1999, Paperback/Jacques Vallee
Description A FASCINATING INTELLECTUAL ODYSSEY The Spring Hill Chronicles are a record of Jacques Vallee's private study into unexplained phenomena between 1990 and the end of the millennium, during which…Catre Magazin -
Have I Told You about ….?: Knitting Together the Yarns of My Life, Paperback/Justin Wyner
Description Sit down with Justin Wyner, and you never know where in time or place you'll end up. As he shares stories of his own life and those of his…Catre Magazin -
Game, Set, Cash!: Inside the Secret World of International Tennis Trading, Paperback/Brad Hutchins
Inside the secret world of tennis court-siding. Brad Hutchins has been living a young bloke's dream: getting paid to travel the world and watch sport. Sitting court-side on the pro…Catre Magazin -
People of the New Testament, Book II: Nine Apostles, Paul, Lazarus & the Secret Disciples/Anne Catherine Emmerich
Description People of the New Testament (II) is the fourth volume of the long-awaited "New Light on the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich" series. The first part begins with the…Catre Magazin -
Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists, Paperback/John Scott
Description Covering the life, work, ideas and impact of some of the most significant thinkers in sociology, Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists concentrates on figures in the field writing…Catre Magazin -
Food Hurts: Healing Anorexia Nervosa with Yoga & Ayurveda, Paperback/Sarah Vanis
Description "The earliest memory I have is my dad saying to me 'Don't eat that. You are fat and no-one loves you when you are fat.' It made a huge…Catre Magazin -
My Parents: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong to You, Hardcover/Aleksandar Hemon
Two books in one in a flip dos- -dos format: The story of Aleksandar Hemon's parents' immigration from Sarajevo to Canada and a book of short memories of the author's…Catre Magazin -
From Fatherless to Fatherhood, Hardcover/Omar Epps
Contributor(s): Author: Omar Epps Author and world renowned actor Omar Epps chronicles his journey from humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, to the bright lights of Hollywood. Having grown up…Catre Magazin -
The Age of Light, Hardcover/Whitney Scharer
Description Rapturous and razor sharp all at once, The Age of Light fearlessly unzips anything we might know of Lee Miller as model and muse and recasts her as artist,…Catre Magazin -
The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family, Hardcover/Nina Sankovitch
" A] stirring saga...Vivid and intimate, Ms. Sankovitch's account entertains us with Puritans and preachers, Tories and rebels, abolitionists and industrialists, lecturers and poets ... Ms. Sankovitch has made a…Catre Magazin -
World War One – The Unheard Stories of Soldiers on the Western Front Battlefields: First World War Stories as Told by Those Who Fought in Ww1 Battles, Hardcover/Various
Description This collection of heroic soldier's stories relays sobering accounts of combat on the Western Front during the First World War. Evocative and vivid descriptions of the early stages of…Catre Magazin -
N’Oublier Jamais (French), Paperback/Michel Bussi
Contributor(s): Author: Michel Bussi Ca va mademoiselle ? repeta-t-il.Elle tourna vers lui. Il avanca. Les herbes hautes montaient jusqu'a mi-jambe et il se fit la reflexion que la fille n'avait…Catre Magazin -
Pete the Greek: An Entrepreneurial Life, Hardcover/Dale Cathell
Description From selling Christmas trees on street corners in Washington to becoming a multi-millionaire philanthropist, this is a success story of the son of immigrants who combined vision, risk-taking and…Catre Magazin -
John Quincy Adams, Hardcover/Robert Vincent Remini
A vivid portrait of a man whose pre- and post-presidential careers overshadowed his presidency. Chosen president by the House of Representatives after an inconclusive election against Andrew Jackson, John Quincy…Catre Magazin -
Out Where the West Begins: Profiles, Visions, and Strategies of Early Western Business Leaders, Hardcover/Philip F. Anschutz
Between 1800 and 1920, an extraordinary cast of bold innovators and entrepreneurs--individuals such as Cyrus McCormick, Brigham Young, Henry Wells and James Fargo, Fred Harvey, Levi Strauss, Adolph Coors, J.…Catre Magazin -
Midnight Train, Hardcover/Jim Weatherly
Description From the college football stadiums of the South to enshrinement in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York-- I'm Jim Weatherly and this is my story, an uplifting…Catre Magazin -
Dentist of Auschwitz-Pa, Paperback/Benjamin Jacobs
Contributor(s): Author: Benjamin Jacobs In 1941 Berek Jakubowicz (now Benjamin Jacobs) was deported from his Polish village and remained a prisoner of the Reich until the final days of the…Catre Magazin -
The Trials of Walter Ogrod: The Shocking Murder, So-Called Confessions, and Notorious Snitch That Sent a Man to Death Row, Hardcover/Thomas Lowenstein
The horrific 1988 murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn shocked the citizens of Philadelphia. Plucked from her own front yard, Barbara Jean was found dead less than two and a…Catre Magazin -
In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma, Paperback/Bernard Lafayette
Contributor(s): Author: Bernard Lafayette Author: Kathryn Lee Johnson Foreword by: Congressman John Robert Lewis Bernard LaFayette Jr. (b. 1940) was a cofounder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a…Catre Magazin -
Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood, Paperback/Bruce Catton
Contributor(s): Author: Bruce Catton Bruce Catton, whose name is identified with Civil War history, grew up in Benzonia, Michigan, probably the only town within two hundred miles, he says, not…Catre Magazin -
John F. Kennedy, Hardcover/Alan Brinkley
The young president who brought vigor and glamour to the White House while he confronted cold war crises abroad and calls for social change at home John Fitzgerald Kennedy was…Catre Magazin -
Growing Up Muslim/Andrew Garrod
"While 9/11 and its aftermath created a traumatic turning point for most of the writers in this book, it is telling that none of their essays begin with that moment.…Catre Magazin -
Steve Jobs. The Exclusive Biography, Hardback/Walter Isaacson
* An extraordinary book which gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of the man who has single-handedly transformed the way we live todayCatre Magazin -
The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado, Hardcover/Karl F. Friday
A portrait of Japan's first significant samurai leader and his world Was samurai warrior Taira Masakado a quixotic megalomaniac or a hero swept up by events beyond his control? Did…Catre Magazin -
The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose, Hardcover/Chris Wilson
Description The inspiring, instructive, and ultimately triumphant memoir of a man who used hard work and a Master Plan to turn a life sentence into a second chance. Growing up…Catre Magazin -
Born with Teeth: A Memoir, Hardcover/Kate Mulgrew
Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil," Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and…Catre Magazin -
In the Wings: My Life with Roger McGuinn and the Byrds, Paperback/Ianthe McGuinn
Contributor(s): Author: Ianthe McGuinn The only band member who remains synonymous with the Byrds is front man Roger McGuinn. The person closest to him, who witnessed the band's rise, glittering…Catre Magazin -
Luminous Traitor: The Just and Daring Life of Roger Casement, a Biographical Novel, Hardcover/Martin Duberman
"Martin Duberman is a national treasure." --Masha Gessen, The New Yorker Roger Casement was an internationally renowned figure at the beginning of the 20th century, famous for exposing the widespread…Catre Magazin -
The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story, Hardcover/David Crow
A violent ex-con forces his son to commit crimes in this riveting new memoir Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall,…Catre Magazin -
In Search of the Mount Cleveland Five, Paperback/Terry G. Kennedy
Contributor(s): Author: Terry G. Kennedy Two days after Christmas in 1969, five young, forward-thinking mountaineers set out to climb Mount Cleveland, the highest peak in Glacier National Park. They were…Catre Magazin -
The Farmer’s Son: Calving Season on a Family Farm, Hardcover/John Connell
Description For fans of The Shepherd's Life , a poignant memoir--and #1 Irish bestseller--about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning…Catre Magazin -
Bittersweet: A Vulnerable Photographic Breast Cancer Journey, Paperback/Holly K. Thrasher
Description Five days before Holly Thrasher lost both breasts to a double mastectomy, her husband, Wiley, suggested they document the journey with photos. The very vulnerable breast photos show the…Catre Magazin -
Personal Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant/Ulysses S. Grant
Description The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused mainly on his military career during the…Catre Magazin -
The Secret Ingredient: Recipes for Success in Business and Life, Hardcover/Gigi Butler
Gigi Butler of Gigi's Cupcakes shares her personal success story, her hard-won business acumen, and the life-changing inspiration that she's gained from a challenging life. Each chapter includes a delicious…Catre Magazin