Not Many Mighty: Liars, Cheats, Killers, and Other Inspirational Bible Heroes by Paul Combs (1 Review)    Price verified 5 hours ago

The heroes of the Bible have come down to us through the centuries as towering figures immortalized in marble and stained glass. But the actual text of the Bible presents a far more complicated, and more encouraging, picture of these Old and New Testament saints. From Moses to Jonah, from Peter to Paul, they were like us in every way. This book tells the other side of the story you got in Sunday school.

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

A Talent to Amuse: A Life of Noel Coward by Sheridan Morley (247 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

"Forty years ago he was Slightly in Peter Pan, and you might say that he has been wholly in Peter Pan ever since." Kenneth Tynan (writing in 1953) Noel Coward, 'the master', is one of the most remarkable figures in the history of twentieth century entertainment. Prodigiously talented, he blazed a trail through theatre, film and song on both sides of the Atlantic. In the theatre he wrote hit plays like The Vortex, Private Lives, Hay Fever, Cavalcade and Blithe Spirit. On film he wrote the war classic In Which We Serve and the ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime Case Histories - Volume 13: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 13) by Jason Neal (227 Reviews)    Price verified 13 minutes ago

12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and Mayhem Volume 13 of the True Crime Case Histories Series *** This series can be read in any order *** Not everyone has the stomach for the dark details of True Crime. But some of us feel an irresistible pull to these stories - whether it's a burning drive to see justice served, a need to comprehend the depraved criminal mind, or simple curiosity about how detectives cracked the case. True Crime Case Histories Volume 13 brings to light twelve new stories spanning the past fifty years, ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

The Outrageous Queens by Marc Alexander (243 Reviews)    Price verified 13 minutes ago

Outrageous means immoderate, extravagant, extraordinary, violent, furious, grossly cruel, immoral, offensive... At least one of these words is descriptive of each of the dozen royal women whose lives are told in this book. All make fascinating psychological studies of women who wielded immense power in a world where liberty for women was an undreamed of concept. Yet they proved that when it came to intrigue - sometimes up to the point of assassination - they were equal to any male monarch of their times. Some played the role of ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

THE GUILT IS ALIVE: Powerful, Riveting Memoir of Heartache and Love about an Impoverished Family, in the Quest for Survival by HEMALATHA GNANASEKAR (9 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Poor Man Always Dreams a Better Tomorrow... but Is the Life Worth the Cost? The oldest daughter who failed to weigh the cost of pleasing her much-loved father... The oldest son burdened with his father's expectations... The story of ego, pride, anger, revenge, guilt... With the powerful and raw memoir, The Guilt is Alive, author Hemalatha Gnanasekar gives an unconventional and unique examination of her life in an impoverished Indian family and explores her family's fateful decision to send the oldest son to Jamaica to ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs