Browsing the "Non-Classifiable" category: 149 books
One of the most gripping yet improbable stories spawned by the computer revolution, Hacker Cracker is a classic American-dream success story set on the razor edge of high technology. Ejovi Nuwere takes the reader on the roller-coaster ride of his ext ...more »
ISBN: 0060516089 / PerfectBound / Pub Date: Oct 2002 / File Size: 546K
The Palgrave eReader offers you an electronic sampler of chapters from forthcoming Palgrave publications. From the Contents list click on the title of each book to download the chapter. Included with each chapter is a brief description of the full bo ...more »
ISBN: 0312239440 / Palgrave / Pub Date: Sep 2000 / File Size: 965K
"PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: "Travel-Wise vs. Travel-Weary"; "Resolution to Reduce Stress"; "Ageless Beauty" -- more excellent health advice from Dr. Klatz. Do you have a busy life -- and you just can't afford to get sick? Do you often fee ...more »
ISBN: 0060503041 / PerfectBound / Pub Date: May 2002 / File Size: 472K
"The strength of this beautifully crafted memoir lies in its evocation of the overpowering Alaskan landscape and the thoughts it imposes on the author's agile and receptive mind." (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Set on Alaska's Glacier Coas ...more »
ISBN: 0060098554 / PerfectBound / Pub Date: Jun 2002 / File Size: 1644K
Turhan Tirana celebrates the sport of fly-fishing as he shares with his readers his memorable experiences of his life in the sport. From Montana’s Yellow River to faraway places like Macedonia and Sloveni, Tirhana relates his personal tales of fishin ...more »
ISBN: FW00000794 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1996 / File Size: 157K
"Perfectbound e-book extra: An Interview with Christopher Kremmer Apart from oil, rugs are the Muslim world's best-known commodity. While rugs are found in most Western homes, the story of religious, political, and tribal strife behind their creatio ...more »
ISBN: 0060098678 / PerfectBound / Pub Date: May 2002 / File Size: 1498K
{Available in Adobe PDF only!} This eBook features 120 carefully selected chess problems designed to improve a players tactical skills (for new players through advanced beginners). The eBook features a unique "one problem per page" layout that ...more »
ISBN: FW00000708 / ChessWise.com / Pub Date: Jan 1999 / File Size: N/A
Fans of all ages running for their sought-after autographs, people amazed at how these Hollywood stars do it. Who are they? The animal stars of the big screen of course! In THE BEAUTY OF THE BEASTS, Ralph Helfer shares with the reader his love of ani ...more »
ISBN: FW00001234 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1990 / File Size: 234K
... absolutely nothing. Being single or facing divorce, separation or widowhood doesn't mean unhappiness. Singles--the latest, largest and least understood minority in America--are mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. Drawing on many ...more »
ISBN: FW00001522 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1999 / File Size: 212K
Is "evil" inherent in humans? Howard Bloom explores the nature of our aggressive and deadly behavior in his revolutionary work THE LUCIFER PRINCIPLE. Drawing on genetics and tracing a path from ants to humans, Bloom proves that "evil" is embedded in ...more »
ISBN: FW00000612 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1995 / File Size: 354K
The Battle of Anzio was among of the most bloody of the World War II conflicts. T.R. Fehrenbach's accurate account stunningly depicts the reality of the Allied forces' fight for survival on an Italian beach as they stormed what Winston Churchill call ...more »
ISBN: FW00000577 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1962 / File Size: 709K
"PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: Massacre at Tiananmen: A Short History, and Hauntings by Terrence Cheng Sons of Heaven is an epic novel set against the backdrop of one of modern history's most haunting events: the Tiananmen Square Massacre. I ...more »
ISBN: 0060098155 / PerfectBound / Pub Date: May 2002 / File Size: 461K
A selection of more than 600 proverbs spoken by the cinema's favorite Chinese detective. Also includes a selection of proverbs spoken by Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) in the cinema. ...more »
ISBN: FW00001403 / Wildside Press / Pub Date: Jan 2001 / File Size: 155K
"From the first, original idea you have for your novel, through writing your manuscript, to the book on the shelf in the bookstore and making a career out of writing novels, the Fiction Writer's Toolkit takes the reader on the entire creative journey ...more »
ISBN: FW00000723 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 2001 / File Size: 242K
A lost, shining example of 70's socio-futurist wondering, Upwingers is a stirring manifesto. Real proclamations are hard to find in this day and age of sound bites and half-hearted cynicism. See why the Village Voice called F.M. Esfandi ...more »
ISBN: FW00007527 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1973 / File Size: 153K
Robert E. Lee's life has been regarded as one of great honor and esteem and he has been a man admired for his loyalty, patriotism, and conduct as not only an American, but also a Virginian. And when he made the decision to turn down Lincoln's offer t ...more »
ISBN: FW00001827 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1988 / File Size: 127K
In a tribute to the unheard and often not understood Negro women of the south, Josephine Carson explores the lives of women with whom she lived, and interprets the voices that had been silenced for so long. She paints a detailed picture of the teache ...more »
ISBN: FW00001331 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1969 / File Size: 287K
Retiring on a pension after being torpedoed in WWII, Tristan Jones embarks on a test of endurance that will last over two years, nearly killing him more than once. Attempting to sail farther North than anyone ever has, he embarks from Iceland on the ...more »
ISBN: FW00000547 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1978 / File Size: 213K
After traveling the country and listening to women's most common health problems, Dr. Marianne Legato, one of the nation's leading advocates for women's health, answers these common questions and more in WHAT WOMEN NEED TO KNOW. This revolutionary bo ...more »
ISBN: FW00001001 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1997 / File Size: 272K
Q: Do people get married so that they don't have to have sex anymore? A: Not many will admit it, but that is just what happens to most married couples. The author was shocked to discover that the sex lives of most couples are neglected in favor of th ...more »
ISBN: FW00000817 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1995 / File Size: 121K
This book answers the question that’s on everybody's mind: “What’s it like to raise a chimpanzee in Manhattan?” Hester Mundis’s hilarious memoir NO, HE'S NOT A MONKEY, HE'S AN APE AND HE'S MY SON is the complete guide to raising a chimp in the heart ...more »
ISBN: FW00000620 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1976 / File Size: 185K
In this, the third, explosive volume of Robert Vaughan's AMERICAN CHRONICLES, prohibition and gangland wars define the era. The 1920s were perhaps the most exciting and glamorous decade of the century, as America leaves behind the strife and deprivat ...more »
ISBN: FW00000960 / e-reads / Pub Date: Jan 1992 / File Size: 333K
Aspiring science fiction writers, take heed! If you want to understand where the field has been and where it's going--if you want a career--you need this book. In The Engines of the Night, Malzberg reviews his own ambivalent relationship with ...more »
ISBN: FW00001420 / Electricstory.com / Pub Date: Jan 1984 / File Size: 298K
2001 was a great year for Tangent Online. Our former website was rebuilt from scratch. We reviewed well over 1,000 different pieces of short fiction in almost 200 separate reviews, re-introduced our popular "alternate view" reviews contrasting ...more »
ISBN: FW00002167 / Tangent Online / Pub Date: May 2002 / File Size: 419K
ISBN: 0312292880 / Palgrave / Pub Date: Mar 2001 / File Size: 1389K
