After Pearl Harbor, he led America’s flight to victoryGeneral Doolittle is a giant of the twentieth century. He did it all. As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a sci
Delivered with warmth, clarity, and humor, this brief work is the closest Einstein ever came to writing an autobiography. Although a very personal account, it is concerned solely with the development
Sterne's utterly original novel—the meandering, maddening "autobiography" of one of literature's oldest comic characters, with an introduction by Tom McCarthyDoomed to become the "sport of fortune" by
A "sublimely creepy" psychological thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover (Tarryn Fisher, New York Times bestselling author). Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy
本套書包含以下7本平裝科普知識繪本With characteristic humor and charm, Stacy McAnulty channels the voice of Mars in this next celestial "autobiography" in the Our Universe series. Rich with kid-friendly facts and beautifully brought to life by Stevie Lewis, this is an equally charming and irresistible picture book.Pluto! : Not a Planet? Not a Problem! Pluto! is a light-hearted nonfiction picture book about the history of the dwarf planet seen through the eyes of Pluto itself. Hot diggity dog! Meet Pluto! The runt of a litter of eight planets. Pluto may not be the biggest or fastest planet to revolve around the Sun, but it has a unique story to tell. From the tale of how it was found by humans to its naming as a dwarf planet, it’s Pluto’s turn to take the spotlight and properly re-introduce itself.Ocean! Waves for AllFrom the author of Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years comes a new picture book in the Our Universe series: a hilarious and fact-filled story about the formation and history of the Ocean―uni
A soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books, including the classic bestseller Nigger: An Autobiography and the 2017 NAACP Image Award Winner, Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies.A true renaissance man, Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory was one of the pioneering satirists of his generation, a reformer and brilliant spokesperson for the downtrodden and forgotten who dedicated his life to speaking unadulterated truth--and to improving ordinary lives. A revered human rights and environmental activist, fearsome and uncompromising social critic, lauded bestselling author, and beloved nutrition guru, Gregory aimed not only to educate souls, but to liberate them. His words shaped a generation and remain vital for our own turbulent times, offering wisdom to enlighten and inspire a new activist age.This carefully curated anthology of selected writings reflects and
大腦不斷重播被折磨的感覺， 所有的記憶和聯想都受到毒害， 唯一的避難方式只有遠離所有情感…… 曾經飽受躁鬱症之苦，人生彷彿墜入無盡深淵， 最後憑藉什麼信念成功走出，得到心靈的昇華？ 1909年，亞瑟．本森大病初癒， 提筆寫下這段與疾病抗爭的心路歷程。 【媒體好評】 “An amazing document in spiritual autobiography, valuable for its revelation of what a man thinketh, and abounding in golden phrases and sentences of rhythmic beauty, such as Benson's admirers have learned to expect from the great Cambridge stylist.”―Christian Advocate 「一部具傳奇色彩的自傳式精神世界的成長史，作家本森依然秉承劍橋大學出身的文學家的一貫創作風格，讓讀者享受豐富的、有韻律和優美的文筆及金句之餘，更啟發和引領讀者進入人類的思考層面和境界。」――《基督教導報》 “A piece of real literature of the highest order, beautiful and fragrant. To review the book adequately is impossible...It is in truth a precious thing.”―Weekly Survey 「文學最高境界的展現，華美而醇香。無法全面地評價這部好書，能讀到它便享受了一次最美好的精神饗宴。」――《觀察週報》 【心靈探索】 ▎沒來由的恐懼，不斷感到焦慮和痛苦 在我患病的大部分時間裡，我最大的憂慮就是害怕自己的智力突然衰竭。曾經有一段時間，我只能無助地坐在那裡，任憑恐懼感越來越強地向我襲來，勢不可擋地吞沒我身邊的所有事物，讓我感受到極大的痛苦…… ►亞瑟．本森體悟 你越是有恐懼感，就越容易養成恐懼的習慣，允許自己有這樣的感覺，從而使自己的精神狀態更加糟糕。最好不要直視悲慘事件，除非你有義務或被迫這麼做。你不可能透過訓練使自己這麼無動於衷，如果能更好地應對恐懼感，就會使自己變得更快樂、更灑脫。 ▎做什麼都感覺不對，前進與後退都是一種折磨 我
Few were more qualified than Dempsey Travis to write the history of African Americans in Chicago, and none would be able to do it with the same command of firsthand sources. This seminal paperback rei
