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In this marvelously researched and moving biography closely grounded in Frieda Fromm-Reichmann's work, Gail Hornstein brings back to life the maverick psychiatrist who accomplished what Freud and almost everyone else thought impossible: successfully treating schizophrenics and other seriously disturbed...

"This moving account of a key figure in American history contributes greatly to our understanding of the past. It also informs our vision of the servant leader needed to guide the 1990s movement." -Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund "First-rate intellectual and...

It was the night Jeff Harding came back to the corner at the end of the eleventh, behind on all three judges' cards and bleeding around both eyes, his nose long broken. As Lewis cleaned the cuts he quickly poured everything that was important into his ear. Then he picked him up from his stool with...

Ian Poulter: The Biography of Britain's Golfing Hero tells the story of one of Britain's finest golfers. Charting Poulter's life from when he first picked up a golf club aged seven and hit the ball 140 yards to his triumphant, pumped-up charge in the 2012 Ryder Cup, this is a story every golf fan will...

The Promise: A Tsem Rinpoche Biography has gone into its 2nd edition.  This latest edition has additional facts of Tsem Rinpoche’s recognised previous incarnations and spiritual lineage. The Promise features many personal photographs of Tsem Rinpoche’s life, including images that have never been...

ollowing God's Path is not only a biography of a minister's family but also provides history in rural southeast Missouri. The sermons and poems will hopefully provide you the reader a blessing from their messages. The history contained inside this book gives the reader a glimpse of a bygone era and the way of life for this rural Christian family as they dealt with everyday challenges.

One of Canada’s most outspoken and respected advocates of internationalism during the early Cold War, John King Gordon had a remarkably eclectic professional life. Keith R. Fleming’s biography of Gordon explores the man’s many careers, from his start as a Manitoba clergyman in the 1920s to his...

St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow (Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin, 1865–1925) is one of the most important figures of both Russian and Orthodox Church history in the 20th century. Yet 90 years after his death this remains the only complete biography ever published in the English language. It has now been...

Tina Fey, the most talented comedian of our time. How it all got started for her? Tina Fey was not born with a silver spoon in mouth, but she had this talent from an early age. You'll learn some specifics of her childhood, family background and how they affected her career and life in general. You'll...

“Willa Cather wrote that ‘the history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.’ This is the story of the heart—and of the mind—and the conflicts within. It is the country’s story. It is our story.” —James C. Klotter, Director and State Historian, Kentucky Historical...

Stroll back to your childhood with this book on the life and career of one of television's most memorable and endearing characters - The Friendly Giant. This show was part of the lives of generations of children, parents and grandparents who would wait to see the boot, watch the castle draw bridge lower...

Discover the true life story of favourite storyteller Michael Morpurgo – a biography specially edited for children, and featuring seven original Morpurgo stories. We are enchanted by Michael Morpurgo’s amazing stories like ‘Private Peaceful’, ‘Born to Run’ and ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’....

Seth Rogen was just another face in Hollywood when he was starting until the perfect time came and revealed the flood of talent in him. He first appeared in the TV series Freaks and Geeks, then wrote a couple of scripts for TV and film, played major roles in comedy films and produced motion pictures...

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