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Known as «Mr. Civil Rights» for his advocacy on behalf of racial justice, Thurgood Marshall argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, arguably the most important Supreme Court decision in history. He later became the first …
Known as «Mr. Civil Rights» for his advocacy on behalf of racial justice, Thurgood Marshall argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, arguably the most important Supreme Court decision in history. He later became the first …
Volume containing the biographies in English of the following characters: Francisco Morazán, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Gabriel García Márquez, Justo Arosemena, Simón Bolívar, Alberto Masferrer and Rubén Darío
Volume containing the biographies in English of the following characters: Francisco Morazán, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Gabriel García Márquez, Justo Arosemena, Simón Bolívar, Alberto Masferrer and Rubén Darío
In the 1950s most of Acadian society was poor, uneducated, isolated, and dominated by the Roman Catholic clergy. In the following decade two individuals, Pierre E. Trudeau and Louis J. Robichaud, pointed the way for Acadians like Savoie to make impor…
In the 1950s most of Acadian society was poor, uneducated, isolated, and dominated by the Roman Catholic clergy. In the following decade two individuals, Pierre E. Trudeau and Louis J. Robichaud, pointed the way for Acadians like Savoie to make impor…
Few statesmen have received so many honours as he did over the course of his career. Although several have received the Nobel Peace Prize, none save Churchill have received the Nobel Prize for Literature. His was a career that had few parallels in Br…
Few statesmen have received so many honours as he did over the course of his career. Although several have received the Nobel Peace Prize, none save Churchill have received the Nobel Prize for Literature. His was a career that had few parallels in Br…
In 1976 or 1977, «Lennon first started to dream about a stranger who asked for an album to be autographed then returned later, angry and with a loaded gun».
Who really killed John Lennon?
John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono moved to New York in 1971, i…
In 1976 or 1977, «Lennon first started to dream about a stranger who asked for an album to be autographed then returned later, angry and with a loaded gun».
Who really killed John Lennon?
John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono moved to New York in 1971, i…
One Bead at a Time is the oral memoir of Beverly Little Thunder, a two-spirit Lakota Elder from Standing Rock, who has lived most of her life in service to Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in vast areas of both the United States and Canada. Transc…
One Bead at a Time is the oral memoir of Beverly Little Thunder, a two-spirit Lakota Elder from Standing Rock, who has lived most of her life in service to Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in vast areas of both the United States and Canada. Transc…
Volume containing the biographies in English of the following characters: Robert Oppenheimer, Howard Carter, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Santiago Ramon y Cajal and St. John Bosco
Volume containing the biographies in English of the following characters: Robert Oppenheimer, Howard Carter, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Santiago Ramon y Cajal and St. John Bosco
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2023
Martha Baillie's richly layered response to her mother's passing, her father's life, and her sister's suicide is an exploration of how the body, the rooms we inhabit, and …
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2023
Martha Baillie's richly layered response to her mother's passing, her father's life, and her sister's suicide is an exploration of how the body, the rooms we inhabit, and …
The life and times of the eight-time Stanley Cup winner
When Boston coach Lynn Patrick was asked who he’d pick between Rocket Richard or Gordie Howe he answered, “Neither! I’ll take Red Kelly!” The only player to have won eight Stanley Cups without p…
The life and times of the eight-time Stanley Cup winner
When Boston coach Lynn Patrick was asked who he’d pick between Rocket Richard or Gordie Howe he answered, “Neither! I’ll take Red Kelly!” The only player to have won eight Stanley Cups without p…
It is rare for an author to re-enter one of her books published twenty years ago. In the first edition of Bloodroot, Warland traced how a mother's shared gender with her daughter can shape the very anatomy of narrative itself. In her mother&apos…
It is rare for an author to re-enter one of her books published twenty years ago. In the first edition of Bloodroot, Warland traced how a mother's shared gender with her daughter can shape the very anatomy of narrative itself. In her mother&apos…
Махатма Ганди – индийский политический и общественный деятель, боровшийся за независимость Индии от Великобритании. Он известен своей философией ненасилия под названием сатьяграха, оказавшей большое влияние на движения сторонников мирных перемен.
Авт…
Махатма Ганди – индийский политический и общественный деятель, боровшийся за независимость Индии от Великобритании. Он известен своей философией ненасилия под названием сатьяграха, оказавшей большое влияние на движения сторонников мирных перемен.
Авт…
An electrifying and vulnerable memoir that invites readers into an intimate conversation about our digital and physical selves, gender, and belonging.
In My Body Is Distant, Paige Maylott writes about her life – both virtual and IRL – as she explore…
An electrifying and vulnerable memoir that invites readers into an intimate conversation about our digital and physical selves, gender, and belonging.
In My Body Is Distant, Paige Maylott writes about her life – both virtual and IRL – as she explore…
An intimate history of the journalists who covered Canadian history, and made some of their own.
The history of the press gallery is rich in anecdotes about the people on Parliament Hill who have covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections in the pas…
An intimate history of the journalists who covered Canadian history, and made some of their own.
The history of the press gallery is rich in anecdotes about the people on Parliament Hill who have covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections in the pas…
“Ulugbek: A Legacy of Knowledge, Leadership, and Inquiry” explores the life of the 15th-century Timurid ruler whose groundbreaking work in astronomy and mathematics transformed Samarkand into a global center of science. This book delves into Ulugbek’…
“Ulugbek: A Legacy of Knowledge, Leadership, and Inquiry” explores the life of the 15th-century Timurid ruler whose groundbreaking work in astronomy and mathematics transformed Samarkand into a global center of science. This book delves into Ulugbek’…
The action takes place in Kazakhstan, the former capital in the past is the city of Verny, now Almaty. You with the main character will plunge into the real and spiritual You will learn all the subtleties and horrors that can only befall anyone who d…
The action takes place in Kazakhstan, the former capital in the past is the city of Verny, now Almaty. You with the main character will plunge into the real and spiritual You will learn all the subtleties and horrors that can only befall anyone who d…
The book is about series of paintings by a Russian painter Vasiliy Vereschagin produced during his 3-months stay in Japanese town Nikko.
The book is about series of paintings by a Russian painter Vasiliy Vereschagin produced during his 3-months stay in Japanese town Nikko.
De alguna manera, regañándome en el patio de armas frente a todo el sistema, el comandante del batallón dijo: «Tú, Nevzorov, entonces hablarás en todas partes: serví en el BAM, construí BAM, soy un héroe. De hecho, babas y g… Y la medalla „Para la co…
De alguna manera, regañándome en el patio de armas frente a todo el sistema, el comandante del batallón dijo: «Tú, Nevzorov, entonces hablarás en todas partes: serví en el BAM, construí BAM, soy un héroe. De hecho, babas y g… Y la medalla „Para la co…
«Great Russians: читаем и говорим на английском. 20 историй о гениях России» – книга для изучающих английский язык на уровнях А2-В1 от опытного преподавателя университета МГИМО Дарьи Никульцевой. В книге собраны адаптированные тексты о выдающихся рос…
«Great Russians: читаем и говорим на английском. 20 историй о гениях России» – книга для изучающих английский язык на уровнях А2-В1 от опытного преподавателя университета МГИМО Дарьи Никульцевой. В книге собраны адаптированные тексты о выдающихся рос…
With both US and French passports, I could live almost anywhere… And I chose Moscow.
This is the story of my heart warming experiences with Russian strangers I met almost daily. You will be surprised and entertained to learn about the challenges I f…
With both US and French passports, I could live almost anywhere… And I chose Moscow.
This is the story of my heart warming experiences with Russian strangers I met almost daily. You will be surprised and entertained to learn about the challenges I f…
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ.
A darkly satirical guide chronicling the rise and fall of…
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ.
A darkly satirical guide chronicling the rise and fall of…