Sir Matt Busby is a legend in football, an institution at Old Trafford. He is regarded by many as the greatest manager ever, building three brilliant sides with players such as Cha..
Pub Date :
2014-04-29 |
Author :
Charles Marsh |
Publisher :
Vintage
ISBN 10 : 9780385351690 ISBN 13 : 0385351690
In the decades since his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor, theologian, and anti-Hitler conspirator, has become one of the most widely read and..
Pub Date :
2006-04-25 |
Author :
Sean Wilsey |
Publisher :
Penguin
ISBN 10 : 9781101201138 ISBN 13 : 1101201134
"In the beginning we were happy. And we were always excessive. So in the beginning we were happy to excess." With these opening lines Sean Wilsey takes us on an exhilarating tour o..
Pub Date :
2012-08-01 |
Author :
Augusta Scattergood |
Publisher :
Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 10 : 9780545452328 ISBN 13 : 0545452325
A Mississippi town in 1964 gets riled when tempers flare at the segregated public pool. As much as Gloriana June Hemphill, or Glory as everyone knows her, wants to turn twelve, the..
Pub Date :
2008-09-02 |
Author :
Marilynne Robinson |
Publisher :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 10 : 1429929049 ISBN 13 : 9781429929042
Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. Home is an entirely independent, deeply aff..
Pub Date :
2013-04-24 |
Author :
Bill Buford |
Publisher :
Vintage
ISBN 10 : 9780804150514 ISBN 13 : 0804150516
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. ..