Turner Publishing Company: 2181 books
Adamalui
A Survivor’s Journey from Civil Wars in Africa to Life in America
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Joseph Kaifala has numerous academic and humanitarian awards, and is thoroughly involved in several international organizations. Joseph was an Applied Human Rights fellow at Vermont Law School, where he obtained his JD and Certificate in International & Comparative Law.
A story of overcoming...
by Kevin O'Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Appalachia: The place and its people have long inspired a special fascination among travelers and commentators. The rugged, ecologically rich mountains, at once forbidding and inviting, have provided a place of retreat and exploration for lovers of natural beauty and outdoor adventure, while the region’s...
From Thunder to Sunrise
Reflections of Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1995
Poetry for those whom are grieving for loved ones that lost their lives while serving in Vietnam.
by Michael Chmura, Michael Chumra, Christina M Consolino
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2007
Founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1817 as one of the first public universities in the nation, the University of Michigan moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. What started as a forty-acre campus with four buildings, expanded over the next 170 years to become a university with four campuses: Central, Athletic,...
by Kevin McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
When the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City became the University of Florida and moved south to Gainesville in 1906, it had a very fledgling football team, although worthy opponents were difficult to find. Little by little, as the school increased in size and reputation, its football team attracted...
9/11 and Terrorist Travel
A Staff Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Finally, the answer to the question people have asked since 9/11: How DID the terrorists enter the United States?"" Before 19 hijackers could commit the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, they passed through U.S. border security 68 times. In all, they had 25 contacts with consular...
by Rebecca Schall
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Paris, the capital of France, is one of the most popular destinations in the world. The City of Lights"" is renowned for many things. Its history, beauty, high quality of life, cosmopolitanism, art, fashion, cuisine, cultural diversity, romance, architecture, museums, theaters, and intellectual...
Understanding Chronic Pain
A Doctor Talks to His Patients
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
This is a personal narrative, a record of my passage among victims of chronic pain and the discoveries that have come from those encounters. I write for physicians, nurses, therapists, and caregivers, but mostly, I write for you who suffer the disease. I know you very well, perhaps as well as anybody...
The C-5 Galaxy History
Crushing Setbacks, Decisive Achievements
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
The C-5 Galaxy is truly an effective military aircraft. It remains an essential, successful component of the U.S. military airlife capability. This book reveals the events that led to the C-5 requirement; and the controversies of its early operational existence. Details of testing, flight characteristics,...
by Michael Alexiades
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
**A riveting debut thriller from one of New York’s most eminent surgeons, Night Harvest follows the bizarre disappearance of patients from a Manhattan hospital into the murky underground of the city.
Fourth-year medical student Demetri Makropolis has been assigned to cover orthopedics at...
Love for a Lifetime
Daily Wisdom and Wit for a Long and Happy Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Every couple for whom marriage is forever unearths nuggets of wisdom along the way. In Love for a Lifetime: Daily Wisdom and Wit for a Long and Happy Marriage, columnist Mary Hance shares a wealth of golden tips, collected far and wide from young couples just setting out to those whose wedding vows...
by Edward T. Imparato Col. USAF, (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2000
MacArthur's supremacy as a true conversationalist is readily documented. This work on the wisdom and sayings of MacArthur is presented as a new-classicist document in that almost every item listed came from the mouth of General MacArthur and from his writings. He wrote almost all of his own speeches...
by Laurie Dick
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
* Topic: This complex but heartwarming drama explores the rich themes of secrets, love, and forgiveness. Each of the town’s ladies tells her secret through her own account, creating vignettes of the past that touch on both heartbreaking subjects, such as deaths of loved ones and unfulfilled marriages,...
Desert Fire
The Untold Story of the Air Mission That Cut Off Hitler's Oil
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
The daring, low-level mission to the oil refineries of Ploesti has long been considered one of the most significant missions of World War II. The Allies were determined to annihilate the very source of the fuel which fed the German war machine. In Desert Fire: The Untold Story of the Air Mission That...