Fred: 2346 books
Allen Klein
The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
The story of the notorious rock and roll manager, revealing new, behind-the-scenes details about some of the biggest bands in music history.
Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. Though he became infamous for allegedly causing the Beatles’ breakup and robbing the...
Queen Victoria’s Lovers
Erotomania & Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
The young Queen Victoria was a potent sex symbol, attracting outlandish fantasists. She also attracted stalkers and other unwanted attention seekers. The Victorian Press sardonically dubbed such people “Victoria’s lovers.” Victorian psychiatrists labelled them, “erotomaniacs.” Drawing on...
by Fred Metcalf
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
"Politics is no laughing matter - unless you've got Fred Metcalf's Dictionary of Humorous Political Quotations. From the wit that made Boris a contender to the best of George W. Bush, this book will have you in stitches. Bankers to bin Laden, bumper stickers to Biden, and even a few topics that...
by Fred Vargas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 14, 2018
La obra más ambiciosa y lograda de la reina de la novela negra europea. «Cuando sale la reclusa, su novela decimocuarta y la novena protagonizada por el intuitivo comisario Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, colma las expectativas creadas por esa obra maestra del género que es Tiempos de hielo. [...] La...
Mob Cop
My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Former Chicago police officer and mafia associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, the protagonist of Nicholas Pileggi's Casino and one of Chicago's most notorious mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department. Pascente and Spilotro grew up...
Call Me Mom
A Dutch Boy's WW II Survival Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
An unsentimental, fast-paced story of an eleven-year-old fending for himself during the World War II occupation of Holland. Fred describes the Battle of Arnhem raging overhead, near Gestapo misses, living in a chicken coop and an insane asylum, moving between 26 hiding places, and a mad dash across No...
Watching Anime, Reading Manga
25 Years of Essays and Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Anime’s influence can be found in every corner of American media, from film and television to games and graphic arts. And Fred Patten is largely responsible. He was reading manga and watching anime before most of the current generation of fans was born. In fact, it was his active participation in...
Drop the Rock: 2-Book Bundle
Drop the Rock, Second Edition and Drop the Rock, The Ripple Effect
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Drop the Rock is one of the best-selling recovery books ever, with more than 200,000 copies sold to date. It's companion piece, D**rop the Rock . . .The Ripple Effect has already sold thousands of copies. Now it's easy for you to get both of these essential recovery books in a convenient e-book bundle.
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The Portlandia Cookbook
Cook Like a Local
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
The companion cookbook to the hit show Portlandia by the Emmy-nominated stars and writers Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, with 50 delicious recipes for every food lover, freegan, organic farmer, and food truck diehard.
Food plays a very special role in Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s...
1959
The Year Everything Changed
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2009
Acclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that really changed America
While conventional accounts focus on the sixties as the era of pivotal change that swept the nation, Fred Kaplan argues that it was 1959 that ushered in the...
by Fred Halliday
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Much has been written in recent years about the Middle East. At the same time, no other region has been as misunderstood, nor framed in so many clichés and mistakenly-held beliefs. In this much-needed exposé Fred Halliday selects one hundred of the most commonly misconstrued 'facts' - in the political,...
Star-Craving Mad
Tales from a travelling astronomer
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Fred Watson knows all about the madness that drives people to understand the Universe and unlock its secrets.
Now you can join Australia's best-known astronomer on a unique tour to unravel the mysteries of space and time. Take in primitive observatories in ancient Peru and the world's largest...
by Fred Gleeck
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
Are you getting everything you want out of your life? Are you TRULY successful? Would you like to get closer to finding YOUR version of SUCCESS? This book will help you to get exactly that.
(Please NOTE: This is 4,000 word article. It is packed with valuable information but presented very succinctly)
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If I Get to Five
What Children Can Teach Us About Courage and Character
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
A world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon shares the lessons of courage, compassion, and resilience that he's learned from his exceptional young patients
If I Get to Five is a one-of-a-kind book by a one-of-a-kind human being. The medical world knows him as Fred Epstein, M.D., the neurosurgeon...