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From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comesáa revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle.
Kategorier: Filosofi och religion Kristendom Politik och statsskick Politiska ledare och politiskt ledarskap Religion och politik Religion och tro Religion: allmänt Religiösa frågor och debatter Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Statsskick och politiska processer
Med handen på Bibeln och med orden »so help me God« svärs de amerikanska presidenterna in. Landets motto är »In God We Trust« och med trohetseden till nationen deklareras att landet är »one nation under God«. Presidenterna hänvisar ofta till Gud. De citerar inte sällan bibelord och alluderar på andra. Såväl…
“Absolutely charming… a flawless balance of humor, heat, sweetness, and depth, and I loved every page.” – Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Bride Test
USA TODAY BESTSELLER
A witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who’s tired of being “boring” and recruits…
Kategorier: Skönlitteratur
Following the worst terrorist attacks in American history on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush pledged to bring those responsible to justice, especially the mastermind behind it all, Osama bin Laden. After failing to capture Bin Laden in Afghanistan, George W. Bush shifted his attention and that of his…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Kompositörer och låtskrivare Konst Musik
Music legend Gary Wright reflects on his professional collaboration, friendship and spiritual journey with “quiet Beatle” George Harrison and releases for the first time a song they wrote together.
Best known for his multiplatinum hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love is Alive,” Gary Wright came to prominence as a singer and…
Kategorier: Aspekter av religion Biblar Filosofi och religion Forntidens historia Historia Historia och arkeologi Kristendom Kristet liv och praxis Kristna heliga texter Kritik och exeges av heliga texter Religion och tro Religion: allmänt Religionshistoria Religiös undervisning Religiöst liv och praxis
Kategorier: Comfort food and food nostalgia Livsstil, hobby och fritid Mat och dryck Matlagning och kokböcker Matlagning: länder och regioner
Get out of the grilling rut and discover a big, colorful, and fantastically flavored world of new possibilities.
Is there any kind of cooking that gets more stuck in a repetitive routine than grilling? If you’ve ever wanted to elevate your grilling beyond the endless parade of burgers, hot dogs, and steaks,…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt Tecknade romaner och tecknade serier Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar Tecknade serier och tecknade romaner: amerikansk / brittisk stil
In the third graphic novel of the Secret Smithsonian Adventures series, our heroes visit the National Museum of American History and realize that someone is trying to turn America from a democracy into a monarchy. They must stop this plan to make a president into a king!
Schoolmates Eric, Dominique, Ajay, and Josephine…
Kategorier: Aspekter av religion Biblar Filosofi och religion Forntidens historia Historia Historia och arkeologi Kristendom Kristet liv och praxis Kristna heliga texter Kritik och exeges av heliga texter Religion och tro Religion: allmänt Religionshistoria Religiös undervisning Religiöst liv och praxis
The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by white officer Derek Chauvin. The video recording of his death set off the largest protest movement in the history of…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: folk och länder Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Children’s / Teenage general interest: Celebrations, holidays, festivals & special events Children’s / Teenage personal & social topics: diversity / inclusivity Faktaböcker barn och ungdom Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Kategorier: Genusvetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper
A graphic biography of female novelist George Sand, whose life and work championed women’s rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation
A scrupulously researched and tenderly revealing biography of one of the great pioneering figures of 19th-century French literature. Born in 1804-at a time when women were…
An original collection of interwoven short stories set in the Wild Cards universe, where an alien virus mutates some and grants superpowers to others, created by the #1 New York Times bestselling author ofA Game of Thrones
An alien virus ravages the world, with effects as random as a hand of cards. Those infected…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
”Gavin’s engrossing biography of the singer takes the measure of a gifted, tragic, and infuriating man.” -New York Times Book Review
George Michael was an extravagantly gifted, openhearted soul singer whose work was both pained and smolderingly erotic. He was a songwriter of true craft and substance,…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: sportberättelser
There’s more than one way to find your voice . . .
Lenny Brown is eight years old and can’t talk. Except to his mum and his dog, Rocky.
When Lenny has to move house and start at a new school, it feels like his whole life is changing, and not for the better. Will he be able to make friends and find a way to…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
*WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN NON-FICTION**Finalist for the National Book Award for Non-fiction*
’His Name Is George Floyd is essential for our times.’ Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist
’An intimate, unvarnished and scrupulous account of his life…brilliantly revealing.’…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
From the the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle.
Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Konst Musik Musiker, sångare och grupper
GEORGE MICHAEL var en extremt begåvad sångare, låtskrivare och artist. Hans musik har fyllt dansgolven sedan mitten av åttiotalet, och hitlåtar som ”Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, ”Last Christmas” och ”Careless Whisper” har gjort honom odödlig.
George Michael: Ett liv är en…
Every once in a while, restaurant patrons are offered a simple menu choice: “Would you like that with white or brown rice?” And all too often, the brown rice that appears on the plate, while healthy, is far from a culinary treat. But brown rice can be as tempting as it is beneficial. To prove the point, best-selling…
Craig Sams’ collection of recipes features brown rice in delicious macrobiotic dishes, including soups, salads, main courses, and desserts.The authors offer tasty recipes for sauces as well as other informationand advice for making this nutritious grain a delectable part of your diet.
Macrobiotic cooking is now…
’Brown Girls flows like a late night FM-radio dedication to the crew, the block, and the mission. This book’s a gift’ Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout ’An ode to girlhood’ Raven Leilani, author of Luster
A fiercely poetic coming-of-age novel following a group of young women of colour in…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Konst Musik Musiker, sångare och grupper
GEORGE MICHAEL var en extremt begåvad sångare, låtskrivare och artist. Hans musik har fyllt dansgolven sedan mitten av åttiotalet, och hitlåtar som ”Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, ”Last Christmas” och ”Careless Whisper” har gjort honom odödlig.
George Michael: Ett liv är en…
Brown Baby is a powerful exploration of fatherhood, grief, racism and hope. It is also a love letter to the author’s daughters that is as heartbreakingly tender as it is funny and relatable.
Fostoria was a most remarkable glassd company and George Sakier(1897-1988) was a most remarkable designer of Fostoria glass. For over fifty years, through the Great Depression, Sakier sent classic and modern designs to Moundsville, West Virginia, where millions of delightful glass objects were produced. They appear…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This concise, illustrated history focuses on the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft and units assigned to George AFB, California, from 1964–92. George’s association with the aircraft began with the arrival of the first F-4s in April 1964, and would last over twenty-eight years. The initial mission was to train…
Kategorier: Konst
George Rickey’s importance to the art world is belied by the lack of literature about one of the world’s most accomplished kinetic sculptors. Rickey’s fascinating sculptural oeuvre spans a fifty-three-year working period (1949-2002) and is incredibly diverse. This book is concerned exclusively with…
This book presents a thorough look at the multitude of fascinating and beautiful ceramic forms produced by the British potter George Jones and his firm, including majolica wares and ”Abbey” blue and white transfer printed ceramics. Over 700 color photographs amply display the diverse table, tea, toilet, and…
The original designer of Josef Originals, Muriel Joseph George, is introduced for the first time through family photographs and interviews with family members. This book gives valuable insight into the life and times of this talented artist through written historical accounts depictions of her work.
Josef Originals…
A collection of traditional eighteenth and nineteenth century weaving drafts, written sequences of the threading order on the loom used to create specific patterns. They are presented here in their original form as gathered by Frances L. Goodrich and illustrated in over 160 color photos. This volume also contains over…
George Orwell was perhaps the twentieth century’s best chronicler of English culture and one of our most significant political thinkers.
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
’How is it that we have been so conditioned to privilege the emotional comfort of white people?’
White tears possess a potency that is rarely acknowledged or commented upon, but they have long been used as a dangerous and insidious tool against people of colour, weaponised in order to invoke sympathy and…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
’How is it that we have been so conditioned to privilege the emotional comfort of white people?’ White tears possess a potency that is rarely acknowledged or commented upon, but they have long been used as a dangerous and insidious tool against people of colour, weaponised in order to invoke sympathy and…
1974, Watford, and two teenagers, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (George Michael) and Andrew John Ridgeley, meet for the first time. It isn't football or fashion or girls that bring them together (actually, girls: yes). Instead, they soon discover that they are both mad about music. Together they set out to follow…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Told in vivid and emotional poetry, this is the story of a childhood spent between New York and South Carolina, and of never truly feeling at home in either place. Of growing up as an African-American girl in the 1960s and 1970s, in the wake of the Civil Rights movement. Of discovering the first sparks of an…