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Pugalicious PB by Pugalicious Homer
Category: Humour
Homer Pugalicious is no ordinary pug. Homer has a passion for all things luxurious and fun From long lunches and days in the park, to relaxing at home with some pizza and television, Homer does it all. Follow Homer as he goes about his fabulous life, dressed only in the best outfits. The quirky and in ...Show more
Raising the Fleet - The Pearl Harbor Salvage Operation, 1941-1944: A Pictorial History by Ernest Arroyo; Stan Cohen; Homer N. Wallin
Category: Military
One of the greatest maritime salvage operations in US history took place for three years after the devastating attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Raising the Fleet follows the operation on each ship sunk or damaged from refloating to moderate to intensive repairs to putting the ...Show more
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Category: Biography
Previously published in paperback as October Sky. Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket. In 1957, Coalwood, West Virginia, was a town the post-war boom never quite reach ...Show more
Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam Jr.
Category: Fiction
Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket. In 1957 in Coalwood, West Virginia, a town dominated by the black steel towers of the mine and the coal waggons, for a fourteen year ...Show more
Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer H. Hickam Jr.
Category: Biography
Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket. In 1957 in Coalwood, West Virginia, a town dominated by the black steel towers of the mine and the coal waggons, for a fourteen year ...Show more
THE ESSENTIAL ILLIAD by HOMER - TRANSL. STANLEY LOMBARDO
Category: Fiction
While preserving the basic narrative of the Iliad, this bare-bones abridgment highlights the epic's high poetic moments and essential mythological content, and will prove especially useful in surveys of world literature, and in Western civilization surveys.
Talk of the Town - Stories and Poems Written for the Course Writing the City by David Homer (Editor)
Category: Fiction
From folders representing months of writing come the pieces that make up Talk of the Town. Starting with an intense week of teaching in the hot February weather, writers walk the streets, discover the city, talk about the towns they have known. Their exploration has inspired stories, poems, scripts and ...Show more
The Anger of Achilles : The Iliad by Homer
Category: Classic Fiction
War is raging between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles, the great warrior champion of the Greek army, is angrily sulking in his tent and refusing to fight, after a row with his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan king Hector kills Achilles' beloved friend, he plunges back into the battle to seek h ...Show more
The Book of Origins by Trevor Homer
Category: Science
Everything has an origin. This book is for people who want to know how, or when, things began, where they came from, and why they started. And when it has a human origin, such as Christianity or Ferrari cars, the name of the person who started it. Everyday items such as the clothes we wear, the food we ...Show more
The Book of Origins by Trevor Homer
Category: Science & Natural History
This book is a treasure-trove of information on the origins of everything - from tea-bags to mobile phones.