Lloyd: 1323 books
Justice for All
Selected Writings of Lloyd A. Barbee
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Civil rights leader and legislator Lloyd A. Barbee frequently signed his correspondence with "Justice for All," a phrase that embodied his life’s work of fighting for equality and fairness. An attorney most remembered for the landmark case that desegregated Milwaukee Public Schools in...
by David Lloyd
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "Bumble", the legendary SkySports cricket commentator who's one ball short of an over and delivers madcap moments galore in this ebullient, endearing and hilarious book. David "Bumble" Lloyd is a legend in our living rooms, a genuine...
by Henry Demarest Lloyd
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Lloyd’s 1881 exposé of the Standard Oil Company in the Atlantic Monthly forms the core of Wealth Against Commonwealth, a full-length indictment of John D. Rockefeller and his oil company—calling them prototypes of the industrial monopolies he felt were corrupting American liberty. Appealing to the...
Programming the Universe
A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2006
Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd, the answer is yes. All interactions between particles in the universe, Lloyd explains, convey not only energy but also information–in other words, particles not only collide, they compute. What is the entire universe computing,...
If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?
Smart Quotes for Dumb Times
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
John Lloyd and John Mitchinson have proven themselves to be masters at digging up obscure facts, abstruse information, and amusing anecdotes and presenting them effortlessly, somewhat slyly, with either great wit or at least a little bit of tongue in cheek. Their gifts are on full display in Quote...
by Lloyd Jones
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Internationally acclaimed award-winning author Lloyd Jones looks back at how rugby shaped his childhood, his worldview and his adult sensibilities. From childhood games in the suburbs of Wellington, to a reverence for the mythical members of the All Blacks, rugby provided a vast and complex sense...
An American Adventure
From Early Aviation through Three Wars to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
A memoir of extraordinary scope, William Lloyd Stearman's reminiscences will attract those interested in early aviation, World War II in the Pacific, life as a diplomat behind the Iron Curtain, the Vietnam War, and the ins and outs of national security decision making in the White House. Stearman begins...
The Intelligent Conversationalist
31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Have you ever been at a cocktail party when all of a sudden you feel like an outsider in the conversation because you have absolutely no idea what the person is talking about? You're standing around with a glass of wine and someone starts talking about how the stock market did that day leading to...
by Justin Lloyd
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ernest, the lovable blue-collar buffoon, was a staple of pop culture in countless commercials, nearly a dozen movies and an award-winning Saturday-morning TV show. Today, millions of fans still mourn the loss of actor Jim Varney, who portrayed Ernest and who died at...
Brady, Brady, Brady
The Complete Story of The Brady Bunch as Told by the Father/Son Team who Really Know
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
The Brady Bunch is one of the most beloved series to ever grace American television screens. Whether you've been a devoted fan since its inception in the late 1960s, or are a more recent Brady buff thanks to its steady airing in syndication, there is an undeniable shared delight that comes from the...
Marathon
The Story of Civilisations on Collision Course
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
At Marathon an army of Greek city states, including Sparta and Athens, met the Persian army of Darius. This was the key battle of Western civilisation for Athens were defending not only their independence but their radical new political form, democracy. Alan Lloyd details the course of Athenian democracy,...
by John Lloyd Stephens
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan Volume I John Lloyd Stephens, american explorer, writer, and diplomat (1805-1852)
This ebook presents «Incidents of Travel in Yucatan Volume I», from John Lloyd Stephens. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....
by Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
The book “An Abolition Reader,” contains five complete manuscripts that are essential to understanding the abolitionist movement in the United States and in England:
“Abolition Fanaticism in New York,” by Frederick Douglass
“The Abolition of Slavery The Right of the Government...
by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2001
How did a handful of ignorant and unlearned people become such a mighty force that they turned the great Roman Empire upside down? It was the power of the gospel message that changed the hearts of the New Testament believers, giving them a new life, a new strength, and a new start. They were emboldened...