Clarke: 1777 books
One Helluva Ride
How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
From its raw beginnings on Southern dirt tracks, NASCAR smacked of a slightly depraved spectacle, as if nothing but trouble could come from the unbridled locomotion of a V8 engine. By the time NASCAR roared into the twenty-first century, it had grown into a billion-dollar sports and marketing colossus,...
Redemption
A Street Fighter's Path to Peace
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
USA Best Books Award FINALIST - 2016
"A British “karateka” offers a bone-crushing, lip-splitting, and often elegant memoir of a tough guy searching for higher meaning through the study of martial arts."
"In this memoir describing how karate turned his life around, Clarke...
by Michael Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Michael Clarke's diary of the 2015 Ashes - honest, insightful, emotional, explosive.
After a stirring 5-0 triumph against England last summer, hopes were high that Michael Clarke's World Cup-winning Australians would seize the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001.
Ashes...
The Austin Clarke Library
'Membering / The Polished Hoe / Choosing His Coffin
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2015
Gathered together are three extraordinary books by renowned storyteller and memoirist Austin Clarke.
’Membering, Clarke’s breathtaking memoir, spans over fifty years of his life as a writer, chronicling his coming to Canada in the fifties, formative experiences with Malcolm X, Chinua Achebe,...
by Michael Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
After a three year losing streak in the Ashes, complete with a painfully recent 3-0 loss in England, facing the victorious English cricket team so soon was never going to be an easy battle. The public's faith in the young Australian team was waning.
Despite their failures, captain Michael Clarke...
Selected Works of Arthur C. Clarke
The Deep Range, The Trigger, The Ghost from the Grand Banks, Richter 10
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The Selected Works of Arthur C. Clarke is a collection of four unique science-fiction novels penned by renowned sci-fi author, Arthur C. Clarke. This collection not only thrills and excites readers with Clarke’s passion for science-fiction and speculative work, but his words ask readers big questions...
These Days of Large Things
The Culture of Size in America, 1865-1930
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
The United States at the turn of the twentieth century cultivated a passion for big. It witnessed the emergence of large-scale corporate capitalism; the beginnings of American imperialism on a global stage; record-level immigration; a rapid expansion of cities; and colossal events and structures like...
An Order Outside Time: A Jungian View of the Higher Self from Egypt to Christ
A Jungian View of the Higher Self from Egypt to Christ
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
The line of Western Spirituality began in Egypt and continued through the time of Christ. Has it become stalled in the years since?
Robert Clarke says yes, it has. In The Four Gold Keys, Clarke, going by his own spiritualization in the psychic depths, argued that the way out of Western civilization's...
by Cheryl Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2015
Living as a Lesbian is Cheryl Clarke’s paean to lesbian life. Filled with sounds from her childhood in Washington, DC, the riffs of jazz musicians, and bluesy incantations, Living as a Lesbian sings like a marimba, whispering “i am, i am in love with you.”
Living as a Lesbian chronicles...
Over P. J. Clarke's Bar
Tales from New York City's Famous Saloon
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
The true story of the historic Irish bar where generations of celebrities and everyday citizens have raised a glass.
It’s been a beloved watering hole for Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, Rocky Marciano, and Buddy Holly (not to mention fictional characters like Don Draper)....
Fifty Years of Begging
Dr. J. Calvitt Clarke and Christian Children’S Fund
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
A consummate and innovative entrepreneur and fundraiser, by the 1950s Dr. J. Calvitt Clarke was running the worlds largest Protestant organization dedicated to the welfare of children. Yet while Dr. Clarkes life and accomplishments make him one of the twentieth centurys foremost and beloved figures...
by Marcus Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
Mark Twain Lecture, Melbourne, Oct., 1895 MARCUS CLARKE
I not only regret, but feel surprised that the 'Selected Works' of Australia's only literary genius—a genius such as you will not see again for many a long year—should be out of print. Through the courtesy of his widow I...
The Fifth Domain
Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
**An urgent new warning from two bestselling security experts--and a gripping inside look at how governments, firms, and ordinary citizens can confront and contain the tyrants, hackers, and criminals bent on turning the digital realm into a war zone.
"In the battle raging between offense...
The Locomotive of War
Money, Empire, Power, and Guilt
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
An innovative exploration of the origins, impact, and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, from Peter Clarke, one of our foremost historians.
"War is the locomotive of history," claimed Trotsky, a remark often thought to acknowledge the opportunity that the First World War offered...