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Broadcaster, journalist, and entertainer Roy Firestone offers original observations, essays, profiles, storytelling, and revealing interviews in a fast-paced, bite-sized, breezy style. Firestone tells stories with some amazing surprise endings, reflecting on his life, his 40-year career in broadcasting, and the people he's most admired along the way. 

The most influential work of the entire Spanish literary canon and a founding work of modern Western literature, Don Quixote is also one of the greatest works ever written. Hugely entertaining but also moving at times, this episodic novel is built on the fantasy life of one Alonso Quixano, who lives with his niece and housekeeper in La Mancha. Quixano, obsessed by tales of knight errantry, renames himself ‘Don Quixote’ and with his faithful servant Sancho Panza, goes on a series of quests.

Although T. E. Lawrence, commonly known as "Lawrence of Arabia’, died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A reluctant leader, and wracked by guilt at the duplicity of the British, Lawrence nevertheless threw himself into his role, suffering the blistering desert conditions and masterminding military campaigns which culminated in the triumphant march of the Arabs into Damascus.

THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. In this sequel to A Game of Thrones, George Martin pursues the embattled Seven Kingdoms through a bitter 10-year winter in which good and evil contend for power. When cruel Queen Cerisi's son takes the Iron...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Perfect for fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones—an epic history of Westeros and the lands beyond, featuring all-new material from George R. R. Martin! If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and...

THE BOOK BEHIND THE FOURTH SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. Here is the fourth book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece. A FEAST FOR CROWS After centuries of bitter strife, the seven powers dividing the land...

Classic Poems for Girls is a collection of over 25 funny, whimsical and moving poems for 5- to 10-year olds, designed to fuel the imagination. From the adventures of the Jumblies, who sail away in a sieve; to the sticky end of a girl named Matilda; to the courtship of a maiden who lived long ago, in a kingdom by the sea, there’s a poem to suit any feeling or mood. Seasoned Naxos AudioBooks readers Laura Paton, Anne-Marie Piazza, Benjamin Soames and Roy McMillan work their magic on the works of Edward Lear, Louisa May Alcott, Christina Rossetti, and many more.

Classic Poems for Boys comprises a delightfully varied set of over 20 poems for 5- to 10-year olds. From rousing favorites like Felicia Dorothea Hemans’ "Casabianca" and John Keats’ "A Song About Myself", to dreamy, thoughtful poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Rudyard Kipling, this is a collection to be treasured.

Read Heart's Hold to find out how Vixxa and Bryant fell in love before her untimely and completely preventable death due to pregnancy complications. Proceeds of this novella go to women's health charities to improve healthcare and prevent unnecessary death in the United States. Bryant and Vixxa...

This 20-minute self-hypnosis program is designed to help you quit smoking for the last time and become a tolerant non-smoker. It is a proven approach, based on almost 25 years of experience. You have the option to smoke occasionally as an alternative choice, and this program teaches you how.

The first collection of the beloved humorist's sly, dry, hilarious essays in more than a decade focuses on a perennially popular topic: the South vs. the North. "When [Northerners] ask me to explain grits, I look at them like an Irishman who's been asked to explain potatoes." "When I was a boy...

Simple yet profound practices reveal how conscious mothering is an inherently spiritual endeavor, bringing grace, balance, and peace to busy, on-the-go moms. Denise Roy combines the hard-won wisdom of a parent with the insights of meditation to create a spiritual practice that goes to the heart...

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better conversations about the project throughout the development process. Your team will learn to come away with a shared understanding of what you’re attempting to build and why. 

The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris’ magnificent history of the British Empire from 1837 to 1965. This final volume charts the decline and dissolution of what was once the largest empire the world had known. From the first signs of decay in the imperial ambition in the Boer Wars, through the global shifts in power evident in the two World Wars, it offers a perspective that is honest, evocative, and occasionally elegiac.

একে আষাৰে কবলৈ গলে 'লুপ্ত কথা' অসমীয়া সাহিত্যত সংযোজিত এক 'ক্লাছিক' । শক্তিশালী ভাষিক প্ৰকৃতি, ইতিহাসৰ সমলৰ...

Most people fight battles they’ve already lost. The true master wins without taking a single strike. Written over 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu’s timeless masterpiece "The Art of War" remains the ultimate playbook for mastering conflict, outmaneuvering rivals, and leading with total authority...

শুরু ভালো যার, শেষ ভালো তার। রানী হতে পারেন অনেকেই। কিন্তু রানীমা হতে পারেন ক'জন? উত্তরাধিকারসূত্রে অপুত্রক...

হিমাদ্রি কিশোর দাসগুপ্ত-র লেখা 'বরফ দেশের ছায়ামানুষ' একটি খুবই জনপ্রিয় উপন্যাস। আজকের নবীন পাঠকদের কাছে...

শ্রীকৃষ্ণের আশৈশব গড়ে ওঠার সঙ্গে পঞ্চপাণ্ডবের আজন্ম গড়ে ওঠার রোমাঞ্চকর কাহিনী যা কুরুক্ষেত্রে তার অন্তনিহিত...

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