In 1950s Los Angeles, entrepreneur Mike Dimitro convinced a group of young American athletes to fly around the world playing rugby league, a game that was entirely new to them. Miraculously, the Ameri
There is no shortage of sporting stars making headlines off the field for all the wrong reasons. From dodgy dalliances bubbling to the surface, to marriages shattered, lucrative endorsement deals flus
My grandmother showed me that wisdom comes with age, but that a joyful heart is forever young. --My Grandmother Showed Me the Stars* No one captures the essence of cherished family bonds like renowned
American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was no exception. The film industry began the decade confidently churning out epic spectacles and lavish m
DON'T MISS THE STANDALONE NEW NOVEL FROM JOJO MOYES, THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ME BEFORE YOU, AFTER YOU AND STILL ME'Alice had come halfway across the world to find that, yet again, she was cons
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Missouri’s history is replete with strong and adventurous leaders, from Lewis and Clark to Harry S. Truman. It is no surprise, then, that the Show-Me State has produced a great number of military men
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A Lesson in Hope: Re-Invention in the Face of Adversity!Long before Byron Nease donned the mask to play the Phantom, he had learned to show the world one face while concealing another. On stage and
No film or television program would be complete without co-stars and supporting players. This book pays homage to those nearly 300 individuals who acted with Audrey Hepburn in her twenty-eight films,
At twenty years old, Pete Fromm heard of a job babysitting salmon eggs, seven winter months alone in a tent in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Leaping at this chance to be a mountain man, with no e
Cuisine & Cravings of the Stars offers recipes from the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. To be a chef at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc is no easy task. The world's most elite patrons are always there to judge y
"No man has employed the Western story formula with better results." --The New York TimesFrom the legendary writer of the west: two complete novels in one low-priced edition.Desert GoldWhile rescuing
A fresh introduction to astrology that will provide a contemporary perspective on this age-old practice.Where have we been? Where are we going? There is no greater roadmap than the stars for helping u
A Frenchman on Mars is the fourth volume in the lavishly illustrated adventure series set in a world where space exploration began during the Victorian era.What if man journeyed into space in 1869, no
Something is seriously wrong at Jam Street football ground. No one knows where the ball is going next. Are Lowgate cheating? Aidan and Liam know the answer. But what can they do?Oxford Reading Tree Al
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