Buck: 346 books
Drain the Swamp
How Washington Corruption is Worse than You Think
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Now you can watch Congressman Ken Buck on the popular Facebook TV series "The Swamp."
Lavish parties. Committee chairmanships for sale. Pay-to-play corruption. Backroom arm-twisting. Votes on major legislation going to the highest bidder. Welcome to Washington, D.C., the swamp that President...
Buck Up: The Real Bloke's Guide to Getting Healthy and Living Longer
The Real Bloke's Guide to Getting Healthy and Living Longer
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
All Black legend Buck Shelford was the epitome of brute strength, determination and athletic prowess. It was a shock to New Zealand sports fans, then, when he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 2005, which he subsequently overcame with treatment. More recently, after a public battle with his weight,...
North Star over My Shoulder
A Flying Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2002
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...
The Collected Novels Volume One
Pavilion of Women, Peony, and Imperial Woman
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
From the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth: These three novels are fascinating portraits of women in China***.***
In 1938, Pearl S. Buck became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for The Good Earth, which had already earned her the Pulitzer Prize. Upon choosing Buck’s...
Jack Buck
?That?s a Winner!?
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
In his forthright and honest autobiography, former St. Louis Cardinal, World Series, and Super Bowl broadcaster Jack Buck entertains all of his fans once more in a different setting. Jack Buck: "That's a Winner!" does more than entertain, however. It provides readers with an inside look at a man...
My Several Worlds
A Personal Record
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
A memoir from the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. “Not only [Buck’s] most important book, but—on many counts—her best book” (Kirkus Reviews).
Often regarded as one of Pearl S. Buck’s most significant works, My Several Worlds is the memoir of a major novelist...
by Pearl S. Buck, Nick Bertozzi
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Pearl S. Buck’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic about the rise and fall of Chinese villagers before World War I comes to life in this evocative graphic novel by New York Times bestselling author Nick Bertozzi.
Although more than eighty years have passed since Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth...
The Living Reed
A Novel of Korea
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
An “absorbing and fast-moving” saga of Korea as experienced by one unforgettable family, from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth (The New York Times).
“The year was 4214 after Tangun of Korea, and 1881 after Jesus of Judea.” So begins Pearl S. Buck’s The Living Reed,...
A Bridge for Passing
A Meditation on Love, Loss, and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The Nobel Prize–winning and New York Times–bestselling author’s memoir of making a movie in 1960s Japan, while mourning the loss of her husband.
Pearl S. Buck’s children’s story, The Big Wave, about two young friends whose lives are transformed when a volcano erupts and a tidal...
The Oregon Trail
A New American Journey
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award
“Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Amazing…A...
Of Men and Women
How to Be for Each Other
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
A provocative and fascinating exploration of male–female relationships by the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth.
Pearl S. Buck grew up in China, accustomed to its traditions, but when she moved to the United States as an adult in the 1930s she was struck by the cultural differences...
Emily Jacir & Susan Buck-Morss
(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 004)
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Dieses Notizbuch kombiniert Fotografien der palästinensischen Künstlerin Emily Jacir mit einem Text, den die an der City University of New York lehrende politische Philosophin Susan Buck-Morss in Reaktion auf diese Bilder und auf Gespräche mit der Künstlerin verfasst hat. Jacirs Fotografien zeigen...
The Child Who Never Grew
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
A “groundbreaking” memoir about raising a special-needs daughter in an era of misinformation and prejudice—a classic that helped transform our perceptions (Publishers Weekly).
It was my child who taught me to understand so clearly that all people are equal in their humanity and that all have...
The Mother: A Novel
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
“Buck has never done better work than this. By a great gift of intuition she has entered into the mind, heart and spirit of the Chinese peasant woman and revealed the permanent values of life.” —*TheTimes Literary Supplement***
Dickensian in its epic sweep, one of Buck’s finest novels...