Bruce - Libros y biografía

What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach they share. In the recent history of the biggest game on earth, one man is the common thread that connects...

In this wisecracking, sidesplitting mystery from Chet Gecko's tattered casebook, the fourth-grade detective and his punning mockingbird partner, Natalie Attired, keep the peace at Emerson Hicky Elementary....

Most folks know him as the best lizard detective at Emerson Hicky Elementary, but it's not all knuckles and know-how with Chet Gecko. He's also got his artistic side. If it wasn't for his art, he might...

Danger may be Chet Gecko's business, but dessert is his delight. . . . Chet Gecko's hunger for mystery is matched only by his appetite for cockroach casserole, mosquito marshmallow surprise, and stinkbug...

Stephanie has a whole underwear drawer full of trouble.A week ago, Stephanie's biggest problem was finding enough time to complete her homework and study for her Mathletes competition. Now, thanks to...

What could possibly make Thor--the massive and mighty god of thunder and protector of all his people--put on a bridal gown?It all begins when the source of Thor's power, his beloved hammer, is stolen....

When world champion waterfowl carvers talk about early influences on their careers, they usually mention Bruce Burk. Now duck carvers of all levels can improve the quality of their work with guidance...

Grammar school—it's all about eating and sleeping. Well, for Chet Gecko, anyway. To Chet, nothing is more divine than a plate of Mrs. Bagoong's Mothloaf Surprise followed by a sweet bit of shut-eye on...

It's no mystery: Chet Gecko can’t sing. He can’t dance. He can’t act. Heck, he can’t even act normal. So why would he take the lead in Mr. Ratnose’s musical version of Shakespeare’s Omlet, Prince of Denver?...

Kidnapped! One by one, the members of Emerson Hicky's football team are disappearing. As far as Chet Gecko is concerned, this is a cause for celebration. Only trouble is that Chet's old nemesis, Herman...

In ?fty years of existence, the New York Mets have experienced almost every phase of success and failure that can be encountered by a major league team. Written by veteran baseball author Bruce Markusen,...

The recent News Corporation scandal has catapulted Murdoch and his global media empire into the public eye as perhaps never before. In the English-speaking world, and increasingly in 'untapped' but potentially...

A gift of laughter for your aging friends and relatives (or comic relief for yourself). Here are the funniest quotes and cartoons about growing older by Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, Woody...

Quand un agent russe se fait abattre d’une balle en pleine tête, ou qu’un agent de Pékin meurt de mort violente, c’est la porte ouverte à des tas d’hypothèses. Et si le hasard veut que ces événements...

Après l’assassinat des ambassadeurs turcs — à Vienne et à Paris — par un mystérieux commando d’extrémistes, la C.I.A. dresse l’oreille. Les bases américaines en Turquie sont neutralisées, et les négociations...

Dans ce livre qui reprend ses leçons prononcées au Collège de France, Bruce Lincoln propose d'analyser les rapports entre empire, religion et politique, à partir de l'exemple de la Perse achéménide. Il...

Un cri atroce creva les oreilles de Patricia qui se dressa à demi, déchirée par une terrible angoisse. Puis, alors qu’elle se laissait retomber sur les coussins, cherchant son souffle qui lui échappait,...

Qui s’amuse à expédier des mouches et des moustiques porteurs de germes sur le nord de la Chine, dans des bombes à tracts américaines ? C’est à Rangoon, en Birmanie, avec l’aide de Bert Morrisson, le...

Pour avoir accepté de secourir un ami, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath se trouve en plein mystère. Deux kriss malais s’entrechoquent dans un meuble fermé, une forme humaine phosphorescente apparaît à la lisière...

 Two murders, mirror image victims… one trail of blood. Private Investigator Fen Maguire is called in to assist a new police chief in solving a woman's murder on the Guadalupe River. All evidence points...

The techniques used in the welding of thin sheet metal as used on vehicle bodies are vastly different to those used in welding heavier structures. This book covers the various methods of welding used...

Impressionism, an art movement pioneered by a handful of avant-garde painters based in Paris in the 1870s, gave academic oil painting a vivacity and spontaneity it had previously lacked, and remains to...

A superlative, fascinating graphic account of Albert Einstein's strange world and how his legacy has been built upon since. It is now more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General...

'An insightful and gripping account that will take you into the dark but fascinating world of a Victorian executioner.' – Stewart P. EvansBetween 1884 and 1905 James Billington and his three sons, Thomas,...

Bruce Bryden's true stories about the life of a bushveld conservationist draws on 27 years in the service of the Kruger National Park. It makes for a gripping read, abounding with encounters with elephant,...

The present day. A residential street in South East London. The house where reclusive siblings Peppy and Daniel were born is now stuffed full of everything they have ever owned. This hoard, their eccentric...

In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where they live out their lives in the shadow of the offences they committed. A man shows up to confront his childhood...

If you are contemplating buying a custom rifle, or if you already own one and wish to make further modifications, then this is the book for you. Bruce Potts takes you on the journey of choosing, building,...

It's been thirty years since former flames Alex and Jason last saw each other. With their carefree university days long behind them, the student reunion seems the perfect opportunity to reconnect, revive...

Drink! is the title for an anthology of Bruce Anderson's bi-weekly Spectator column of the same name that has become a hugely popular feature of the magazine over the last five years. It's a selection...