Yates: 790 books

In Young Hearts Crying, Yates movingly portrays a man and a woman from their courtship and marriage in the 1950s to their divorce in the 70s, chronicling their heartbreaking attempts to reach their highest ambitions. Michael Davenport dreams of being a poet after returning home from World War II Europe,...

Robert Prentice has spent all his life attempting to escape his mother's stifling presence. His mother, Alice, for her part, struggles with her own demons as she attempts to realize her dreams of prosperity and success as a sculptor. As Robert goes off to fight in Europe, hoping to become his own...

Chris Yates, one of Britain’s most insightful and lyrical writers, raises his gaze from his beloved rivers and ponds and takes us on a mesmerizing tour of the British countryside. “Last November, the sudden appearance of a hundred wintering ravens in a wood in Cranborne Chase, where I have lived...

When Stephen Hawking published his "A Brief History of time" his publshers were scepticle that anyone would or could read it. Mr Hawking proceeded and the book won great acclaim and became a smash world wide hit. David Albert Yates has taken A Brief History In Time and not only condensed...

This collection of short stories featuring ‘Berry’ Pleydell and his chaotic entourage established Dornford Yates’ reputation as one of the best comic writers in a generation, and made him hugely popular. The German caricatures in the book carried such a sting that when France was invaded in 1939 Yates, who was living near the Pyrenées, was put on the wanted list and had to flee.

Eating the Paleo way is about listening to your body, returning to a seasonal way of eating, and living a balanced lifestyle. Youll consume far less sugar, avoid preservatives and processed foods, and throw away the calorie counter. Paleo expert Claire Yates explains why bad health is on the increase...

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In These Estimable Courts, Damon M. Cann and Jeff Yates explore how citizens feel about the government institutions at the front lines of jurisprudential policy-making in America - our nation's state and local courts. The book's central focus concerns a primary question of governance: why do people...

A tautly written and exciting yarn published when Yates was at the height of his powers, this is a real potboiler of the very best kind – tension, cliffhangers, wit and pace. Both a thriller and a humorous romance, the book draws heavily on the author’s own (somewhat bitter) experiences. It gives an insight into Yates’ rather scabrous views – and is a great read.

Nigel Yates brings together the religious and social dimensions of the 1950s and 60s and examines the enormous changes in moral attitudes that took place in these two decades. Much of the popular literature on post-war Britain tends to present the 1950s as a period of continuing repression and respectability...

Zwart krijt van Christopher J. Yates is een ongelooflijk spannende literaire thriller in de beste traditie van Donna Tartts De verborgen geschiedenis. Met veel vaart en vileine humor houdt Yates in Zwart krijt de lezer tot aan de laatste pagina in een beklemmende greep. Een spelletje met gekke opdrachten...

The Boston Marine Barracks is one of the oldest in the United States: it stands within eyeshot of the USS Constitution. Lt. Col. John R. Yates, Jr., the last commanding officer of the Barracks when it closed in 1974, researched the hundreds of letters left behind by previous Barracks commanders, their...

This is a beautiful well thought out book of poetical rhymes. A book about everything and nothing in particular. David Albert Yates is always unique and fresh in everything he writes and this book once again shows his true staying power as a new world author of distinction...

Lucky Lou Gets Game, a young adult novel from author Sarah Yates is a coming-of-age story that is both inspirational and down-to-earth funny. Yates pushes the limits of her unusual heroine Lous abilities. Seventeen-year old Lou Starr has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair but she is a bold and self-effacing...