Alexander: 871 books

A vivid historical account of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company and the battle for furs and empire waged in the Oregon Country.

“I wanted to call them all by their names” appears on a memorial stone for the victims of the Stalinist repression in a park in St Petersburg just next to the Peter and Paul Fortress. It is a quote from “Requiem” a book of poetry by Anna Achmatowa (2). She wrote it for her son Lev who was...

In February 1909, a former United States Deputy Marshal was murdered near Ada, Oklahoma, by a cold-blooded assassin. His murder was one of many that had occurred in a county in which citizens were living among at least twenty assassins for hire.  Less than two months after the marshal’s...

If you have a sweet-tooth or know someone that does, then you need this book. It is filled with dozens of fun, sexy, and scrumptious recipes for making your own push-up cake pops! With this book, you can turn ordinary clear plastic molds into layered designer desserts with delectable cakes,...

shared experiences is precisely what it says on the book jacket. a diverse collection of reflective verse about all the experiences that affect us all. it pulls no punches, makes no apologises, it opens your eyes as readers to daily life events such as death, debt, broken relationships and the seasons,...

A guide to the free revolutionary thinking that can liberate a continent from economic oppresion and inequalities.

A biography of Mary Cotsis, centered around her World War Two experiences as she escapes the Nazi Occupation of Greece and travels to America to begin a new life. Illustrated with period photographs.

The birth control insurance coverage debate involves many issues that have far reaching consequences This booklet, from the author of the best selling book "Religious Right: The Greatest Threat to Democracy," delves past the rhetoric and delivers a commentary on what is really at stake while debunking...

You will find here funny and smart one-liners, family jokes, Doctor’s jokes, parents-kids dialogs and many more.Author did his best to translate these humorous lines to English without loosing their natural tongue charm. Hope you will have fun and good chuckles, just like many people in different countries have.

Have you ever wondered how some men seem to naturally attract women without much effort? We all know about someone that does GREAT with women without having good-looks, money or trying to display status. You may have thought that he simply is a 'natural' and that not everyone is lucky enough...

While seated, use these fourteen Muscle Memory exercises to tone your muscles and reboot your brain.

In Part II Author continued his work to find funny and smart one-liners, family jokes, Doctor’s jokes, adult jokes and many more. Author did his best to translate these humorous lines to English without loosing their natural tongue charm. Hope you will have fun and good chuckles, just like many people in different countries have.

When I was 10, I was taken from my quiet, safe corner of old Europe and deposited into an exotic new world. Africa, at once breathtaking and soul-destroying, from the snow-capped mountains and teeming game plains of Kenya and Tanzania to the haunted hunger-stalked dustbowls of Ethiopia and the Sudan...

In the Shenandoah National Park nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, a teenage boy and girl find companionship for the first time.