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“louise maxwell”

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  • AN INTREPID GENTLEMAN

    by Brian Maxwell, Louise Maxwell ...
    Brian Maxwell's intrepid memoirs are incredible and equally fascinating. This well-travelled centenarian takes us through his deeply personal journey across years gone by and foreign lands, languages and cultures. His search for knowledge, destiny, purpose and truth is captivating.Brian's spouse, Louise Maxwell for almost half a century, brought passion and loyalty in supporting his adversities, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Snips and Snails

    by Louise Maxwell Baker ...
    "LITTLE did I suspect what I was grooming myself for when I used to sit up straight at table and eat my spinach like a good girl. I thought I was minding my Ps and Qs and my mother so I could have my dessert. But, actually, what I was unwittingly doing was nourishing my blood and sinew and building the Body Beautiful for sacrifice on the altar of Pedagogy. So help me—in my dewy innocence, I was ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

    by Leo Tolstoy, Patrick Maxwell ...
    Translated by Aylmer and Louise Maude ...
    The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a profound meditation on mortality and the meaning of a well-lived life. The novella delves into the existential crisis of a seemingly ordinary man, Ivan Ilyich Golovin, as he confronts his impending death. The narrative chronicles his pursuit of societal success and conventional happiness, which ultimately lead him to a life devoid of authenticity and meaning. As Ivan ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Out On a Limb

    by Louise Maxwell Baker ...
    At the age of eight, Louise Baker lost her right leg above the knee as a result of a road accident; she was on her very first bike ride. With a grand sense of humor and great spiritual courage, she faced life with a seemingly irreconcilable handicap. OUT ON A LIMB, her personal story, is not only one of the most stimulating and amusing books; but even more, it will be a revelation to all who have ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Workman

    The Life and Art of John Kane

    by Maxwell King, Louise Lippincott ...
    Series series
    American Workman presents a comprehensive, novel reassessment of the life and work of one of America’s most influential self-taught artists, John Kane. With a full account of Kane’s life as a working man, including his time as a steelworker, coal miner, street paver, and commercial painter in and around Pittsburgh in the early twentieth century, the authors explore how these occupations shaped his ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • Brooklyn

    The Once and Future City

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    An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades—celebrated and scorned as one of the hippest destinations in the world. In Brooklyn: The Once and Future City, Thomas J. Campanella unearths ... Read more

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  • The Travelling Triathlete

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  • Broadway

    A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles

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    “Part lively social history, part architectural survey, here is the story of Broadway—from 17th-century cow path to Great White Way.”—Geoff Wisner, Wall Street JournalFrom Bowling Green all the way to Marble Hill, Fran Leadon takes us on a mile-by-mile journey up America’s most vibrant and complex thoroughfare, through the history at the heart of Manhattan. Broadway traces the physical and social ... Read more

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  • Discover Ontario

    Stories of the Province's Unique People and Places

    by Terry Boyle ...
    An exploration of the unique and unusual places in Ontario that are steeped in history and folklore.Using updated and archival material from Discover Ontario, a popular radio show that ran from 1987 until 2004, author Terry Boyle invites you to explore the hidden, unusual, and unknown sites and stories from around Ontario.Revisit an era of mobsters and rum-runners during the years of prohibition. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The American Porch

    An Informal History of an Informal Place

    by Michael Dolan ...
    The former American History editor explores the creation and restoration of an essential part of a twentieth-century home's identity—the American porch."In this delightful look at an American icon, journalist and documentary scriptwriter . . . Dolan traces the history of the porch, using this history to explore subjects such as architecture, history, slavery, colonialism, trade, anthropology, ... Read more

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  • Stan and Gus

    Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age

    by Henry Wiencek ...
    A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyHow the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens transcended scandal to enrich their times.Stanford White was a louche man-about-town and a canny cultural entrepreneur—the creator of landmark buildings that elevated American architecture to new heights. Augustus Saint-G... ... Read more

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  • A Nurse on the Edge of the Desert

    From Birdsville to Kandahar: The art of extreme nursing

    by Andrew Cameron ...
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    International humanitarian-aid nurse and New Zealander Andrew Cameron is the winner of the coveted Florence Nightingale Medal. In this gripping book he recounts his remarkable life nursing in some of the world's most dangerous and challenging locations, including South Sudan, Yemen, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. He also details his nursing career in some of Australia's most remote settlements, ... Read more

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