Michael: 30513 books
I Beat The Odds
From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
The football star made famous in the hit film (and book) The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher shares his personal account of his story, in this inspirational New York Times bestseller.
Looking back on how he went from being...
American Dreamers
How the Left Changed a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NEWSWEEK/THE DAILY BEAST, THE NEW REPUBLIC, THE PROGRESSIVE
The definitive history of the reformers, radicals, and idealists who fought for a different America, from the abolitionists to Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky.
While the history of the left is a...
The Enemy Within
Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Churches, Schools, and Military
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2004
Talk radio sensation and New York Times bestselling author Michael Savage again goes for the jugular in this latest brash, incendiary attack on the corrosive effects of liberalism on our culture. Where The Savage Nation took shots at everything under the political spectrum, this book focuses squarely...
27 Men Out
Baseball's Perfect Games
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The first in-depth look at baseball's nirvana -- a lyrical history of pitching perfection.
There have been only fourteen perfect games pitched in the modern era of baseball; the great Cy Young fittingly hurled the first, in 1904, and David Cone pitched the most recent, in 1999. In between,...
by Michael Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
10 Classical Pieces With Cornet/Piano Duets
This is a Cornet sheet music book with 10 classical sheet music pieces. Each piece has two easy arrangements, one for solo Cornet, the other for Cornet and Piano when playing duets. The piano parts can be played on piano or electronic keyboard, they are...
by Michael Rays
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
Pop music history for guitar lovers! The guitar's pre-eminence in rock & roll is well-known--but what about pop music? Specifically, what about the pinnacle of pop music: number one hit songs? Guitar gadfly and pop music lover Michael Rays takes you on a guitar-oriented tour through the history...
The Beatles
Image and the Media
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
The Beatles: Image and the Media charts the transformation of the Beatles from teen idols to leaders of the youth movement and powerful cultural agents. Drawing upon American mainstream print media, broadcasts, albums, films, and videos, the study covers the band's career in the United States. Michael...
Never Say I
Sexuality and the First Person in Colette, Gide, and Proust
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2006
Never Say I reveals the centrality of representations of sexuality, and particularly same-sex sexual relations, to the evolution of literary prose forms in twentieth-century France. Rethinking the social and literary innovation of works by Marcel Proust, André Gide, and Colette, Michael Lucey considers...
Mathematics without Apologies
Portrait of a Problematic Vocation
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
What do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it? Looking beyond the conventional answers—for the sake of truth, beauty, and practical applications—this book offers an eclectic panorama of the lives and values and hopes and fears of mathematicians in the twenty-first century, assembling material...
by Michael Benson
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
In Why the Grateful Dead Matter, veteran writer and lifelong Deadhead Michael Benson argues that the Grateful Dead are not simply a successful rock-and-roll band but a phenomenon central to American culture. He defends the proposition that the Grateful Dead are, in fact, a musical movement as transformative...
Erebus
One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Driven by a passion for travel and history and a love of ships and the sea, former Monty Python stalwart and beloved television globe-trotter Michael Palin explores the world of HMS Erebus, last seen on an ill-fated voyage to chart the Northwest Passage.
Michael Palin brings the fascinating...
Peter Brook
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Peter Brook is one of the world's legendary theater directors. His productions are a byword for imagination, energy, and innovation. From his ground-breaking production of Marat/Sade, to his "white box" A Midsummer Night's Dream, to his monumental staging of The Mahabharata and beyond, Brook...
The Regiment
The Definitive Story of the SAS
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
From the bestselling author of The Real Bravo Two Zero comes the definitive history of the world's most elite fighting force - the SAS
'Breathtaking bravery, astonishing feats of endurance, raids and battles described with terrific immediacy and pace. Compelling and definitive . . . will surely...
Gay Men and Substance Abuse
A Basic Guide for Addicts and Those Who Care for Them
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
A timely reference that addresses the unique issues of gay men in recovery.
Winner of the 2012 Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award -- GLBT Category! Gay Men and Substance Abuse fills a tremendous void, serving as a valuable resource for gay men, professionals, concerned...