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American Fisherman - How Our Nation's Anglers Founded, Fed, Financed, and Forever Shaped the U. S. A. by Willie Robertson; William Doyle
Category: Sport
New York Times Bestseller - "A celebration of sport fishing in America, its history, locales, and impact." -- New York Times Book Review An essential book for everyone who loves casting a line into our nation's waters, The American Fisherman, by outdoorsman Willie Robertson (CEO of Duck Commander and s ...Show more
Anger Management For Dummies by William Doyle Gentry
Category: Health | Series: For Dummies S.
If your anger, or that of a loved one, is out of control and threatening your life and livelihood, you need the calm, clear, and understanding help you'll find in Anger Management For Dummies. This concise and practical guidebook shares specific anger management methods, skills, and exercises that will ...Show more
Beyond Valor - A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race Against Time by Jon Erwin; William Doyle
Category: Biography
Beyond Valor is one soldier's extraordinary tale of bravery, heroism, faith, and devotion.Amazing...A thrilling and poignant story of patriotism that all Americans can be stirred, moved, and encouraged by. -- Gary SiniseOn April 12, 1945, a fleet of American B-29 bombers flew toward Japan. Their mission ...Show more
French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Doyle, William (Emeritus Professor of History and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol)
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, garnered from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours, Doyle leads the reader to the realization that we are still living with developments and consequences of the French Re ...Show more
Let the Children Play by Pasi Sahlberg, William Doyle
Category: Education
Play is how children explore, discover, fail, succeed, socialize, and flourish. It is a fundamental element of the human condition. It's the key to giving schoolchildren skills they need to succeed - skills like creativity, innovation, teamwork, focus, resilience, expressiveness, empathy,concentration, ...Show more
Napoleon Bonaparte (Pocket Giants) by Professor William Doyle
Category: History
Why is Napoleon Bonaparte a pocket GIANT? Because he was one of the greatest generals in history. Because he ended the French Revolution. Because he tore up the map of Europe, and reshaped much of the world beyond. Because his legacy echoes to this day.
Napoleon at Peace: How to End a Revolution by William Doyle
Category: History
The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion and monarchy. Doyle sho ...Show more
Secrets of the World's Healthiest Children: Why Japanese Children Have the Longest, Healthiest Lives - And How Yours Can Too by Naomi Moriyama; William Doyle
Category: Pregnancy
A recent global analysis by The Lancet revealed that Japanese children are the healthiest in the world. Bestselling author and Tokyo-born Naomi Moriyama set out to discover the secrets of Japan's success. Travelling with her young son, Naomi interviewed scientists, doctors and researchers in Japan, the ...Show more
The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by William Doyle
Category: Popular History | Series: Very Short Introductions
Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, this work leads the reader to the realization that we are living with developments of the French Revolution. It looks at how the ancient regime became ancient, as well as examines cases in which achievement failed to match ambition ...Show more
The Gifts of Reading - Essays on the Joys of Reading, Giving and Receiving Books by Jennie Orchard (Curated by); Robert Macfarlane; Jackie Morris; William Boyd; Candice Carty-Williams; Chigozie Obioma; Philip Pullman; Imtiaz Dharker; Roddy Doyle; Pico Iyer; Andy Miller
Category: Biography
'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayist ...Show more
The Oxford History of the French Revolution - Third Edition by William Doyle
Category: Popular History
Since its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the Revolution's most authoritative and comprehensive one-volume history in English, and has recently been translated into Chinese. Running from the accession of Louis XVI ...Show more