Richard - Libros y biografía

Cicero's classic "On Old Age" is now adapted, explained, and updated to today's world. "Getting old is not for sissies": the mortal words of Bette Davis. And somewhat the theme of Cicero's "On Old Age."...

"Wie man Eier sammelt und andere Katastrophen" ist eine Sammlung von Anekdoten in der Form von Kurzgeschichten aus dem Zusammenleben des Autors mit seinen Tieren. Sie sind, vom Autor erlebte, wahre eigenständige...

The Moon is a short story that explores the nature of a child's environment and may explain why things are the way they are. But it's also more than this. The subject matter is sensitive and may help...

"It was exactly one year ago today," my father said, "that the hostages were taken."He looked at me as if he wanted me to say something. I figured he was probably wrong about it being a year to the day,...

"This is a wonderful story, beautifully told." La Revista'Spanish Practices' weaves together nearly half a century of observations by Rico, an Englishman married into an eccentric family in a left-behind...

The first big picture is of a 1912 garden party, in the prosperous years before the Great War, World War One. Damage to the foto reached the tall beautiful lady in the middle. An enlargement is shown...

Before the Great War, on both open doors of the family store, like a Chinese divination, is the name of the skeptical Austro-Hungarian philosopher, who put sense experience before language, in an ironic...

A happy childhood in the Paradise of the Banat. A coming of age, thrown out of the services company, to fight in the Hell of the Russian Front. Purgatory in a foreign land. For, war does not end when...

I'm here, Richie. I can't bear shutting the door in day-time, and locking.What have I done to deserve this? How did I get like this? What the hell is going on?…Dad's died, has he? You didn't tell me....

The good dog (who first appeared in book 1 of this series) is among a tridogy of six turns of verse by Dafty Tailchaser.The first three sections are of children, animals and acting, following the WC Fields...

Starting from an infants point of view, this story in verse sees the Valesman and his farm, the animals and birds and beauty spots and seaside holidays of former Yorkshire days.The book cover drawing,...

Society grows ever more vulnerable in its folly. Human self-harm threatens the survival of the race and our fellow creatures. No amount of dystopian science-fiction or satire can shake the pathological...

Welcome to 1985! Live Aid feeds the world, Marty McFly goes Back To The Future, and fifteen year old Richard Cosgrove makes a discovery that changes his life forever - rock music! Plunging headlong into...

Gary Numan is widely recognised as being the most important electronic pioneer in music history. Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, hip-hop innovator Afrika Bambaataa, and Oscar winner and Nine Inch Nails auteur...

Every story has a beginning and an end. What lies between these two points is the journey. Crossing the Rubicon is the story of seven remarkable teens as they survive the unbelievable.What started out...

If you wish to know why The Devil invented the Internet the first thing you have to understand is that God and The Devil were not always daggers drawn at opposite ends of the spiritual spectrum, so to...

24 curiously questioning tales to help you stay human in a world ruled by maniacs.A vengeful Troll spins the wheel of Universal Justice after a young family's home is foreclosed and they are left homeless.A...

Der Gärtner entdeckte die Toten: den Schriftsteller Julian Harper, seine Frau und seine Sekretärin - ermordet in ihrer Villa in Kalifornien.Und Betty, Harpers Stieftochter, ist schwer verletzt...Nur Jessica,...

In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban...

Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Middle Egyptian offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, access inscriptions...

Based on a true story, The Forgotten Child is a heart-breaking memoir of an abandoned newborn baby left to die, his tempestuous upbringing, and how he came through the other side. It’s a freezing...

Neglected vampire classics – including tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Louisa May Alcott and others. Selected by Richard Dalby and introduced by Brian J. Frost. In 1897, Bram Stoker’s iconic...

From the vaults of the SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal introduction to one of the unique voices of British science fiction, John...

Most people spend at least 40 hours a week in the office, and constant deadlines, heavy workloads, and daily dilemmas can make working a stressful experience. In his new book, Richard Carlson shows readers...

Henry V is Shakespeare's greatest leader inspired and inspiring, visionary yet pragmatic, powerful yet responsible. As a study of an inspirational leader he remains unparalleled. As a new king, Henry...

When a homemade bomb explodes on a houseboat moored on the Seine, following two brutal stabbings in Pigalle, the Paris police receive a list of targets for assassination that includes the President of...

Disillusioned with life in the South of France, Hurford accepts an assignment for British Intelligence. He is told that, under the cover of a teaching post in Moscow, he will simply be expected to relay...

Arguably the most established contemporary spiritual classic by our most profound living religious writer. This timeless classic has helped well over a million people discover a richer spiritual life...

What if there had been a witness to a Ripper murder? Savage is a haunting take on the classic Jack the Ripper tale, from one of the best-loved horror writers, Richard Laymon. Perfect for fan of Clive...

In Carlson's trademark short essay style, this little book provides insightful and inspirational advice for fathers. Compiled from his other bestselling "Don't Sweat" books, this will make a small but...