Richard: 17762 books

In 1982, on a whim, the English journalist Richard Clark upped sticks and left the country of his birth to go and work as a teacher in Crete. So began a love affair with the island to which he still returns as often as possible. Crete - A Notebook is a series of snapshots of his experiences...

The second in a new trilogy of novels from R.A. Salvatore’s War of the Spider Queen author Richard Lee Byers. The Rite is the second title in a trilogy exploring the ancient secrets of dragon society in the Forgotten Realms world. Author Richard Lee Byers will write the entire trilogy, and...

The life and music of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) span what was arguably the most turbulent period in human history, encompassing the Franco-Prussian War, the unification of Germany, and two world wars. He was one of the very last composers to have started his career in service to the old European...

During the 1960s and 1970s in New York City, young artists exploited an industrial wasteland to create spacious studios where they lived and worked, redefining the Manhattan area just south of Houston Street. Its use fueled not by city planning schemes but by word-of-mouth recommendations, the area...

Before he joined the staff of Punch and designed its iconic front cover, illustrator Richard “Dicky” Doyle was a young man whose father (political caricaturist John Doyle) charged him with sending a weekly letter, even though they lived under the same roof. This volume collects the fifty-three...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1815) was an Irish poet and social activist. For a long period of time he was the owner of the London Theatre Royal. His most famous literary works are ‘The Rivals’, ‘The School for Scandal’ and ‘The Duenna’. Richard Sheridan was elected a member of the...

Richard Crosbie assiste à la mort de sa famille et est mordu par un mort-vivant. Ivre de vengeance, il s'est fixé une mission : éliminer l'homme à l'origine de l'épidémie qui s'est abattue sur le monde. Mais le temps joue contre lui, et Richard risque à tout moment de se transformer en zombie.  Parviendra-t-il...

Round 15 of My thoughts concerning the beautiful game or anything else I am thinking about from one week to the next, in audio or text.  I end in a chant for a player or players from the national womens soccer league match I saw in a given week or round. The issues are:  Chicago Red Stars versus...

Round 14 of My thoughts concerning the beautiful game or anything else I am thinking about from one week to the next, in audio or text.  I end in a chant for a player or players from the national womens soccer league match I saw in a given week or round. The issues are:  Portland Thorns vs North...

Since its appearance in the middle of the fourteenth century, The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury has been a beloved guide to a life with books. Written by a bishop and royal counselor who amassed a vast personal library, the book is at once an ode to the joys of book collecting and...

Tales of the Lost is a book of short stories for adults, ranging from realms of fantasy to modern-day settings. Richard Howard’s stories are born out of a lifelong love of ghost stories and ‘curious tales’, which he read as a child. Some are ghost stories, others are simply scary, and most have...

Cancer kills but it can't kill love. When Terri Cotton was diagnosed with leukemia, cancer took over her life and her marriage. Practically newlyweds, she and husband Richard had to deal with the devastating news that Terri might have less than seven years to live. Their battle began. They could do...

In the tradition of his award-winning biographies, Meriwether Lewis and Fool’s Gold, acclaimed historian Richard Dillon recreates the life of one of frontier America’s most gifted lawmen, James B. Hume.      Dillon paints a vivid picture of Hume, the greatest of Wells,...

Based on a true story, The Forgotten Child is a heart-breaking memoir of an abandoned newborn baby left to die, his tempestuous upbringing, and how he came through the other side. It’s a freezing winter’s night in 1954. A baby boy, a few hours old, is left by his mother, wrapped in nothing but...