Reference & Collections Books


Salt and Steel: Reflections of a SubmarinerSalt and Steel: Reflections of a Submariner
Best Price: $91.37
I've been a fan of Captain Beach ever since I read "Run Silent, Run Deep" in grade...
Akashic Who's Who: Of Psychics, Mediums, Healers and More!Akashic Who's Who: Of Psychics, Mediums, Healers and More!
Best Price: $15.59
A good friend gave this book as a gift and I found the information about free will,...
Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (Telecommunications)Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (Telecommunications)
Best Price: $6.00
There are so many Telcomm terms and there are more every year. It's always good to have a...
Glyn Philpot: His Life and WorkGlyn Philpot: His Life and Work
Best Price: $59.99
Through the careful research of letters and interviews, the author sheds light on the enigmatic...
Arctic Son/Fulfilling the Dream: Fulfilling the DreamArctic Son/Fulfilling the Dream: Fulfilling the Dream
Best Price: $19.95
I loved Jean Aspen's first book, Arctic Daughter, and have read it several times. So I was...


Latin American HeroesLatin American Heroes
Best Price: $5.25
Hello! I work at a junior high school as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher. Since...
The Million Dollar Mermaid (Biography)The Million Dollar Mermaid (Biography)
I bought this on sale and was very pleasantly surprised. The stories are fascinating and there...
Great Negroes: Past and Present: Volume Two (Great Negroes)Great Negroes: Past and Present: Volume Two (Great Negroes)
Best Price: $18.91
As a high school teacher my students often asked ,do you have to die to be famous?This book...
Avoiding The Path To: Teenage SuicideAvoiding The Path To: Teenage Suicide
Best Price: $11.19
The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant SurgeonThe Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon
Best Price: $6.45
This book, by transplantation pioneer Dr. Thomas Starzl, is an easy read, a wonderfully...


Literary Divas:  The Top 100+ Most Admired African-American Women in LiteratureLiterary Divas: The Top 100+ Most Admired African-American Women in Literature
Best Price: $8.95
"Literary Divas" by Heather Covington is historically vital. It leaves our African...
What's in a Canadian Name?What's in a Canadian Name?
Best Price: $5.37
Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews (Modern Library)Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews (Modern Library)
Best Price: $13.72
Most readers will first of all be most drawn to the photographs of the sixteen women writers...
The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395 (Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire)The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395 (Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire)
Best Price: $439.11
Imagine a Who's Who for the world of late Classical Antiquity through the early Dark Ages. The...
Soft Weapons: Autobiography in TransitSoft Weapons: Autobiography in Transit
Best Price: $16.09
Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran , Marjane Satrapi’s comics, and...

A to Z of Women in Science and Math (Facts on File Library of World History)A to Z of Women in Science and Math (Facts on File Library of World History)
Best Price: $603.12
Maharaja Ranjit Singh: The Last to Lay ArmsMaharaja Ranjit Singh: The Last to Lay Arms
Best Price: $5.13
By sheer force of his personality, Maharaja Ranjit Singh became the unquestioned ruler of the...
The Book Of Latina Women: 150 Vidas of Passion, Strength, and SuccessThe Book Of Latina Women: 150 Vidas of Passion, Strength, and Success
Best Price: $2.26
Sylvia Mendoza reminds us that Latinas are smart, savvy, and powerful. The Book of Latina Women...
Quick! How Do You Dial 9-1-1?: Lifelines and Laughlines of a Firefighter ParamedicQuick! How Do You Dial 9-1-1?: Lifelines and Laughlines of a Firefighter Paramedic
Best Price: $5.25
This is the worst book I have ever read. There is no detailed accounts of any of the situations...
Ut Austin: Traditions and NostalgiaUt Austin: Traditions and Nostalgia
Best Price: $6.09

Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical DictionaryNotable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary
Best Price: $69.95
Notable Women in the Physical Sciences features substantive biographical essays on 96 world and...
Portraits: A Gallery of IntellectualsPortraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals
Best Price: $17.00
In these vivid portraits of prominent twentieth-century intellectuals, Edward Shils couples the...
A Joy I'd Never Known (Audio Pages)A Joy I'd Never Known (Audio Pages)
Best Price: $8.70
Jan is a tremendous inspiration to all women struggling with control issues but are not...
LA Sheridan Adorable Diva: Margaret Burke Sheridan Irish Prima Donna, 1889-1958LA Sheridan Adorable Diva: Margaret Burke Sheridan Irish Prima Donna, 1889-1958
Drew on inspiration and in turn inspired others
The International Who's Who 2007 (International Who's Who)The International Who's Who 2007 (International Who's Who)
Best Price: $569.99
The essential reference source of the world's leading men and women. Published annually since...

The Tiger in the Tiger PitThe Tiger in the Tiger Pit
This may be the best Hospital I've read. The title is from a line by T. S. Eliot and describes...
Chicago Portraits: Biographies of 250 Famous ChicagoansChicago Portraits: Biographies of 250 Famous Chicagoans
Best Price: $18.50
My husband and I enjoyed this book very much. It was very informative and very enlightening. I...
Hank Greenberg: Hall-Of-Fame Slugger (The Jps Young Biography Series)Hank Greenberg: Hall-Of-Fame Slugger (The Jps Young Biography Series)
Best Price: $23.12
My mother was delighted to receive this item as he was one of her baseball hero's.
The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844-1913The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844-1913
Best Price: $55.94
His role approximated Europe's absolutist rulers of the transitional period between feudalism...
Opened Up on Okinawa: An Overseas Teaching ExperienceOpened Up on Okinawa: An Overseas Teaching Experience
Best Price: $7.45
Student teach overseas? Unthinkable! But God often surprises us with plans quite different from...

Tom Hunter: Living in Hell and Other Stories (National Gallery Company)Tom Hunter: Living in Hell and Other Stories (National Gallery Company)
Best Price: $17.23
Tom Hunter is a London-based photographer of international renown for his engaging, distinctive,...
Chambers Biographical Dictionary (Larousse Biographical Dictionary)Chambers Biographical Dictionary (Larousse Biographical Dictionary)
Best Price: $22.58
Marking the centenary of the first publication of a now-classic volume, this thoroughly revised...
I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed AmericaI Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America
Best Price: $19.99
This was ordered for a friend. I finally let her know I was reading and looking through it...
Miles to Go Before I Sleep: My Grateful Journey Back from the Hijacking of Egyptair Flight 648Miles to Go Before I Sleep: My Grateful Journey Back from the Hijacking of Egyptair Flight 648
Best Price: $3.78
This is an incredible first person account of a woman who was the selected target of terrorists...
Gods, Mongrels, and Demons: 101 Brief But Essential LivesGods, Mongrels, and Demons: 101 Brief But Essential Lives
Best Price: $2.99
Calder gets points for picking an interesting array of subjects for his biography, but his...

The Life And Death of Alexander Pushkin: A Genius at Odds with HimselfThe Life And Death of Alexander Pushkin: A Genius at Odds with Himself
Best Price: $119.95
I am personally acquainted with Druzhnikov, at present a University of California Davis...
Fire Into Ice: Charles Fipke and the Great Diamond HuntFire Into Ice: Charles Fipke and the Great Diamond Hunt
Living, and having been in several of the countries and places described in the book, I could...
Schooner MasterSchooner Master
Best Price: $13.22
David Stevens was thirty-eight when he took up the boatbuilding trade. He went on to build more...
The Holland Avenue Boys: A Success StoryThe Holland Avenue Boys: A Success StoryAre You Wearing A Barrel?Are You Wearing A Barrel?
Best Price: $8.85
Are You Wearing a Barrel? is the account of a visionary experience of the author, Clifford S....

My Life with Pablo NerudaMy Life with Pablo Neruda
Best Price: $23.33
Alex Giardino F-ing RULES! She is the SHlT! Best english teacher ever! READ THIS BOOK! she did a...
Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken WordsMind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words
if you enjoyed szun tzus art of war you will definetly enjoy this book in my opinion
A Gathering of Heroes: Reflections on Rage and Responsibility : A Memoir of the Los Angeles RiotsA Gathering of Heroes: Reflections on Rage and Responsibility : A Memoir of the Los Angeles Riots
Best Price: $2.95
I read this book a few years ago after hearing radio personality Dennis Prager recommend it. It...
The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the BeatlesThe Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles
The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles This book was first published in 1984...
Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History with Videotape, Audiotape, Suggested Topics and Questions, Interview TechniquesRecording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving Oral History with Videotape, Audiotape, Suggested Topics and Questions, Interview Techniques
Best Price: $5.95
William Fletcher sets the standard for instructions on doing oral histories. His advice on...

Seldom Disappointed CDSeldom Disappointed CD
Best Price: $17.82
"For they are seldom disappointed" I started with the recorded book 11 CD set and...
Alaska's Daughter: An Eskimo Memoir of the Early Twentieth CenturyAlaska's Daughter: An Eskimo Memoir of the Early Twentieth Century
Best Price: $12.28
Elizabeth B. Pinson shares with us her memories of Alaska's emergence into a new and modern era,...
The Scottish 100: Portraits of History's Most Influential ScotsThe Scottish 100: Portraits of History's Most Influential Scots
Best Price: $4.67
a highly informative, entertainingly and elegantly written overview of some notable Scots. In...
Who's Who on U.S. StampsWho's Who on U.S. Stamps
Best Price: $14.44
This book would make an outstanding teaching tool for an educator who is also a stamp...
Patti Smith: A BiographyPatti Smith: A Biography
Best Price: $25.00
As with many unauthorized biographies, Nick Johnstone's study of Patti Smith suffers from his...

Reeling and WrithingReeling and Writhing
Best Price: $22.95
This book deserves to be much better known and widely read. The author describes the early...
Ana Mendieta: A Book of WorksAna Mendieta: A Book of Works
Best Price: $35.00
I love this artist's work very much indeed,and purchased it as a source of learning about Ana's...
More Who's Who on U.S. StampsMore Who's Who on U.S. Stamps
Best Price: $27.33
Continues where the best-selling Who's Who on U.S. Stamps left off. Features capsule biographies...
REVOLUTIONARY WRITINGS OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON, THEREVOLUTIONARY WRITINGS OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON, THE
Best Price: $10.67
A look into one of the minds that shaped this very country over two hundred years ago - that is...
Matt Damon: Chasing a DreamMatt Damon: Chasing a Dream
Best Price: $1.25

John Wesley Powell: Voyage of Discovery:The Story Behind the SceneryJohn Wesley Powell: Voyage of Discovery:The Story Behind the Scenery
Best Price: $8.00
    
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
See also for Reference & Collections Books
Book store. Illustrated catalog of books on different categories
Reference & Collections Books: