Don Harper
Don Harper is a professional pet journalist and Cambridge University graduate who has written many and varied pet care books and articles. Don has first-hand experience of keeping and breeding a wide range of aquarium fish and writes with great ... [... more]
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Joseph Cummins
The Larger Than Life Characters and Dramatic Events That Changed the World This eye-catching volume combines vivid first-hand accounts of pivotal events in history with authoritative commentary. Revealing startling links among events and people ... [... more]
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Bill Sloan
A gripping narrative of unprecedented valor and personal courage, here is the story of the first American battle of World War II: the battle for Wake Island. Based on firsthand accounts from long-lost survivors who have emerged to tell about it, ... [... more]
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Janine di Giovanni
As a senior foreign correspondent for The Times of London, Janine di Giovanni was a firsthand witness to the brutal and protracted break-up of Yugoslavia. With unflinching sensitivity, From an internationally celebrated war correspondent, a ... [... more]
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Joe Kane - Authors - Random House
Savages is a firsthand account, by turn hilarious, heartbreaking, and thrilling, of a small band of Amazonian warriors and their battle to preserve their way of life. Includes eight pages of photos. The voyage began in the lunar terrain of the ... [... more]
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Dr. Gregory L. Jantz
Eating disorders-including anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating-are among the most painful and difficult illnesses a person can face. Sufferers know firsthand the confusion and agony these illnesses can bring. They also know how it feels ... [... more]
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Ned Bradford
First-hand testimonials from officers, soldiers, and civilians involved in America's bloodiest conflict, accompanied by black and white line drawings, etchings, and maps. Covers battles from Bull Run and Gettysburg to the surrender at Appomattox, ... [... more]
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Jimmy Starace
THIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE. Read by Jimmy Starace "Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that [... more]
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Daniel Deardorff
Daniel Deardorff knows otherness firsthand. This highly regarded "singer" in the old sense of that word-musician, storyteller, maker of ritual-had polio as an infant and has used a wheelchair most of his life, giving him a lived perspective [... more]
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Colleen Craig
Born and raised in western Canada, Colleen Craig studied creative writing at the University of British Columbia. She then lived in South Africa during the 1980s and observed apartheid firsthand. In 1991 she moved back to Canada and settled in ... [... more]
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Bing West / AUTHOR CATALOG
WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS AND PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED DETAIL, HERE IS A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE 22-DAY MARCH TO BAGHDAD THAT TAKES YOU BEHIND THE SCENES AND TO THE FRONT LINE.... No one reporting on the war in Iraq had the unique battlefield ... [... more]
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James Gilligan
Drawing on firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, and literature, Gilligan unveils the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who will not only kill others but destroy themselves rather than suffer a loss ... [... more]
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