Bob: 3827 books

Bob King was born in 1923. He and his siblings emerged into a poverty-stricken family in which love for them was noticeably absent. They did not themselves feel deprived, being too young to realize that the state in which they lived was not the universal pattern. In December 1934, Bob, aged 11, together...

It is rare to find one person whose life embodies the history of an industry the way Bob Buck's life encompasses the history of commercial aviation in America. Buck first flew in the 1920s, inspired by the exploits of Charles Lindbergh. In 1930, at age sixteen, he flew solo from coast to coast, breaking...

Nobody bleeds Blue like Bob Plager, considered one of the funniest men in hockey. This rollicking book details Plager’s romance with the Bluenotes from day one in 1967 to the present day. He was an original Blues player, a rugged defenseman whose specialty was the hip check. He remains an original...

Tales from Chicago Sports: Cubs, Bulls, Bears and Other Animals will combine stories, anecdotes, columns and fun stuff about the Windy City's sports teams, woven together by text of Bob Logan's personal memories and tales...some taller than others. It will include vignettes about Chicago personalities...

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.Paterson Award for Literary Excellence."What Hicok's getting at [in Elegy Owed] is both the necessity and the inadequacy of language, the very bluntness of which (talk about a paradox) makes it all the more essential that we engage with...

“As always with a Bob Hicok book, fascinating and a book you sort of can’t help but pick up and suddenly, two hours later, find yourself having read straight through. I can think of just about no contemporary poets who publish such consistently great work.” —Corduroy Books “Bob Hicok's...

Winner of the Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Award; the Sacramento Publishers’ Association Awards for Best Nonfiction and Best Spiritual book; and Mind-Body-Spirit Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards and the USA Book News Best Books Awards, Magical Living is a collection of essays...

The Face the Nation commentator delivers ?a fitting companion to his career memoir, This Just In? (Texas Monthly). Bob Schieffer?s America brings together 171 of his smart, humorous, and pitch-perfect essays: from today?s hard issues to the human stories that show readers who they are; from...

God has a perfect plan for our lives. The stories of Bob McCluskey and Agnes Mary Martin demonstrate that plan executed in the lives of two people, born on different continents, yet destined to meet. Growing up through the hopelessness and depression of the 1930s, surviving World War II with...

How To Grow Plumeria – Frangipani Anytime Anywhere! is the first of its kind step-by-step plumeria care book. Bob Walsh, the author, takes the gardener by the hand and guides him/her from planting his/her plumeria cuttings, plumeria plants and plumeria seeds to enjoying beautiful plumeria flowers,...

Outback Survival is a timeless, practical run down on everything you need to know to survive in the outback. Bob Cooper's incredible bushcraft skills have been developed through more than 25 years of experience in Australia's harsh outback. He has picked up tools of survival from the experiences...

“A sweeping chronicle of life and heart transplantation . . . Reminiscent of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It is a Truth Well Told.” (Craig R. Smith, MD)   Quite suddenly, Bob Mitchell became a very sick man. He would endure three near-fatal episodes of ventricular tachycardia...

Write It Forward is a one-of-a-kind book focusing on you, the author. In Write It Forward Bob Mayer applies the time- tested strategies of the Green Berets to the world of being a successful author. He has taught thousands of writers over the years, but this new and innovative program probes deeper...

In the year 1919 Bob Ray Gilbert and Emil Marcy, farmers, neighbors, and friends, who live along the Red River in an area west of Burkburnett, Texas, are faced with a decision which will change their lives and the lives of several of their friends who join with them in their quest to protect their...