Madison Books imprint: 46 books

by A. A. Hoehling, Mary Hoehling
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 1996

Chronicles one of the greatest sea tragedies of our time.

1,999 Facts About Blacks

A Sourcebook of African-American Achievement

by Raymond M. Corbin
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 1996

Black History Month is a year-round affair! In this second edition of 1,999 Facts about Blacks, approximately one third of these facts are achievements since 1986 when the first edition was published. Also included is a bibliography for those who want to pursue African-American history beyond the question-and-answer phase.

Betty Garrett and Other Songs

A Life on Stage and Screen

by Betty Garrett
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 1999

"Betty Garrett's memoir is a tale of grace under pressure. It's a lovely, moving song of survival."—Studs Terkel
by David Stuart
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2000

Ogden Nash was a rare poet. He celebrated the ordinary with delight and curiosity: husbands and wives at work, children at play, a society in motion. He studied popular culture with a penetrating eye and wrote about America, its icons, habits, and affectations with humor and levity. He struggled with...

Crown of Thorns

The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria, 1918-1943

by Stephane Groueff
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 1998

A fascinating biography of Bulgaria's tragic monarch, Boris III, based on private correspondence and extensive interviews with members of the Bulgarian royal family. The son of King Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Boris became king after the first World War. Noted for defying Hitler wishes for Bulgaria's Jews, the popular king died mysteriously in 1943 after a stormy meeting with Hitler.
by Russell Warren Howe
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 1993

[A] dramatic, affecting account...—Publishers Weekly

A Spy in Their Midst

The World War II Struggle of a Japanese-American Hero

by Richard Sakakida, Wayne S. Kiyosaki
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 1995

A Japanese-American spy, captured by the Japanese in WWII, tells of his remarkable capture and survival.
by Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2001

By opening the ever-escalating debate regarding Latin America's "underdeveloped" status and cloaking the seriousness of the situation with wit and humor, the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot reached number one status on the nonfiction bestseller lists in many countries in Latin America. It...
by Michael Novak
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 1990

...a major work for our times. —Irving Kristol, The Public Interest
by Carlton Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1999

Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from Lowland Scotland to Northern Ireland to the American colonies. Arriving in the East, the Scotch-Irish were characterized by other colonists as being...

Mastering Herbalism

A Practical Guide

by Paul Huson
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2001

Mastering Herbalism shows how to make jams, sauces, soups, meat, desserts, beer, wine, teas, perfumes, incenses, beauty products, cures, aphrodisiacs, and potions with a variety of herbs and spices.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nonviolent Strategies and Tactics for Social Change

by John J. Ansbro
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2000

Examines his contribution as a philosopher and theologian to issues of racial and social justice and his drive to eradicate oppression through the doctrine of nonviolence.

Joy of Sports, Revised

Endzones, Bases, Baskets, Balls, and the Consecration of the American Spirit

by Michael Novak
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 1993

"...an exhilarating exercise full of uncanny insights..." —PublishersWeekly
by Joseph W. Bartlett
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 1999

Written in highly readable layman's language, Fundamentals of Venture Capital is a concise introduction to the key issues facing both investors and entrepreneurs as they embark on the journey of turning a good idea into a profitable reality.
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