The definitive biography of the "Father of Country Music" Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933), the first performer elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, was a folk hero in his own lifetime and has been idolized by fans and emulated by performers ever since. His life story has been particularly susceptib[...]
On a warm night, a band of hunters sets out on a journey. As they travel over hills, through thickets of trees, and around mountains, nothing will keep them from their ultimate goal. What that goal is may surprise you. Dennis Nolan's remarkable, imaginative illustrations lead the way in this wordles[...]
At last, the brilliant successor to Hammett and Chandler in a definitive collector's edition: Revered by such contemporary masters as Sue Grafton, George Pelecanos, and James Ellroy, Ross Macdonald (the pseudonym of Kenneth Millar) brought to the crime novel new levels of social realism and psycholo[...]
Christopher Nolan's injuries at birth left him severely disabled and handicapped; he was entirely paralyzed and unable to communicate, but he had so much to say and was burning to express his innermost thoughts and ideas and share them with the world. Nolan's autobiography told in the third person t[...]
The saga of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", the world's most famous science-fiction newspaper strip, continues with Volume 7 of Hermes Press' critically acclaimed, complete reprint of this ground-breaking title. Included in this volume are two more years of the strip, from 1938 to 1940, featuring[...]
"Be careful what you search for..."
Emma Guthrie expects this summer to be like any other in the South Carolina Lowcountry--hot and steamy with plenty of beach time alongside her best friend and secret crush, Cooper Beaumont, and Emma's ever-present twin brother, Jack. But then a mysterious eigh[...]
In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits. Though separated by background, geography, genre, and his marriage, the two authors shared their lives in witty, wry, tender, and at times profoundly romantic [...]
Written by longtime "Pro Football Weekly" lead draft analyst Nolan Nawrocki, NFL Draft 2014 Preview is the most reliable and comprehensive guide to the NFL draft. Nawrocki produced the draft guide under the "Pro Football Weekly" brand for more than a decade, and the annual publication came to be reg[...]
He's the Suffolk school drop-out who's become Britain's hottest musical property. Ed Sheeran is the double Brit Award-winning singer songwriter with a tiny guitar and a huge talent.But how did a young musician who described himself as a 'spotty, chubby, ginger teenager' go from selling CDs from his [...]
Jake Bugg has turned the music scene inside out with the unexpected success of his country folk songs with a rockabilly twist. He's managed to take the sounds of the 1950s and 60s into the 21st century. But how did a teenager from Nottingham - a city whose music scene was previously notable for one [...]
'Re-balancing China' addresses three key sets of issues in China's political economy. Part One of the text provides an analysis of the profound impact of the global financial crisis on China's economy - an economy deeply integrated in the global economic system through trade and foreign investment. [...]
She's Hollywood's highest-paid female star with millions of fans all over the world and she's barely out of her teens. Emma Watson's life has been an incredible story, one in which a girl whose parents divorced when she was very young ended up finding stability on a film set among the cast and crew[...]
David Lewis's work is of fundamental importance in many areas of philosophical inquiry and there are few areas of Anglo-American philosophy where his impact has not been felt. Lewis's philosophy also has a rare unity: his views form a comprehensive philosophical system, answering a broad range of qu[...]
In recent decades the explosive growth of globalization and regional integration has fuelled parallel growth in multilingual conferences. Although conference interpreting has come of age as a profession, interpreter training programs have had varied success, pointing to the need for an instructional[...]
The British Army and Small War Strategy Since World War II. A fascinating survey of counterinsurgency operations since World War II.[...]
Chaplains in healthcare settings offer patients spiritual care that involves companionship, counselling and maintaining hope. This is particularly important at the point where a patient has run out of treatment possibilities. This book reflects creatively on the work that chaplains do with people wh[...]
An interactive lift-the-fl ap book telling the story of Noah.
A unique, giant fold-out fl ap book that approaches Bible stories in a fun way.
Key Clinical Topics in Critical Care offers an indispensable and practical guide for exam revision and clinical practice. Written and edited by specialists with a wealth of clinical experience, this book provides rapid access to core topics in critical care. Each topic is written in a concise and ea[...]
Crashing through the myths around Australia's most famous artist, many of which he created himself as a masterful self-promoter, this book gives us, finally, the biography that Sidney Nolan deserves. In an authoritative biography that fully charts Nolan's life and work, Nancy Underhill peels back t[...]