Peter: 17025 books
Cloud Forest
A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 1987
A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise
Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 20,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu,...
The Traveler's Diet
Eating Right and Staying Fit on the Road
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
Expand your travel horizons without expanding your waistline
No matter how healthy or balanced your diet, the minute you start traveling, all bets are off. And Peter Greenberg should know. After two decades as a television correspondent (logging an average of 400,000 air miles a year), this...
by Peter F. Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
New York Times bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton’s riveting new thriller combines the nail-biting suspense of a serial-killer investigation with clear-eyed scientific and social extrapolation to create a future that seems not...
The Death of King Arthur
The Immortal Legend (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Acclaimed biographer Peter Ackroyd vibrantly resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot in this modern adaptation.
The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword of Excalibur, and the court of Camelot are as recognizable as any from the world of myth. Although many versions...
The Commonwealth Saga 2-Book Bundle
Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Earning comparisons to such sci-fi/fantasy greats as Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, and George R. R. Martin, Peter F. Hamilton is a one-of-a-kind voice in space opera. His interstellar adventures are hugely ambitious, wildly entertaining, and philosophically stimulating. Now Hamilton’s centuries-spanning...
by Peter Karl
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
This is a must book if you have ever walked into a casino and played the game of blackjack. This book is believed to be the first investigative look into the game of blackjack. Written by award winning television investigative reporter Peter Karl, it picks apart every possible hand one can get while...
by Peter Straub
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Over twenty years in the making, SIDES represents the first ever collection of non-fiction by bestselling author Peter Straub. Featuring introductions, essays, afterwords, and even a "frivolity"—along with the collected works of Putney Tyson Ridge, Straub's "self-invented human speed bump and alter...
The Italian Renaissance
Culture and Society in Italy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions which existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and analyses the ways of thinking and seeing which characterized...
De zijderoutes
Een nieuwe wereldgeschiedenis
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 8, 2016
The Times – ‘Veel boeken beweren “een nieuwe geschiedenis van de wereld” te zijn; dit boek heeft die benaming met recht.’
DWDD-boekentip maart 2016
De zijderoutes is een schitterende verkenning van de elementen die de stuwende kracht waren achter de opkomst en de ondergang van wereldrijken,...
Down and Dirty Pictures
Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Fil
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
In this “dishy…superbly reported” (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller, Peter Biskind chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers who reinvented Hollywood—most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford and Harvey Weinstein, who with his brother, Bob, made Miramax Films an indie...
by Peter Unwin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Immortalized in words and song, the symbol of the great, untreaded Wilderness, the shores surrounding Lake Superior rustle with stories of gregarious legend, unlikely heroes, quiet sorrow, and unmatched feats of bravery and adventure. From the earliest European records of the world's largest body of...
by Peter Lee
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015
What's wrong with today's music? What was so good about the music of previous generations? And how do we try to relay the meaning of melody, harmony, and just plain good music to our kids? In these series of essays from his website Hooks and Harmony (http://hooksandharmony.com), author Peter...
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
In Days of Fire, Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times, takes us on a gripping and intimate journey through the eight years of the Bush and Cheney administration in a tour-de-force narrative of a dramatic and controversial presidency.
Theirs was the most captivating...
The New Silk Roads
The Present and Future of the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes a new, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East.
"All roads used to lead to Rome. Now they lead to Beijing."...