Over 60,000 Australians and Americans captured by the Japanese during World War II toiled and died to build the Bridge over the River Kwai. Respect...

On stage, with her angelic face and red hair swept into a French twist, Rebecca Benjamin appears younger than her 22 years, but her talent as a con...

Elizabeth David, the celebrated British gastronomic writer, championed the cause of baby zucchini so forcefully that growers actually bowed to her ...

What better way to get to the heart of helping people addicted to drugs or alcohol than by raw experience? If you have a loved one or friend caught...

Brabb assembles a wide selection of delicious recipes from all over America. The recipes are from American folklore, researched on the farm and pre...

Threading through the events of one war, World War II, is a plain tale of a child evacuee escaping the London blitz – and perhaps worse, if the imm...

The author prepared each recipe described in this book from Tailgate Pea Soup with Apples to Chicken Liver Patè with Apples. Recently reviewed in t...

"This convoy must not get through -- U-boats pursue, attack and sink." This was the signal that Admiral Donitz sent to the commanders of the 21 U-b...

"This convoy must not get through -- U-boats pursue, attack and sink." This was the signal that Admiral Donitz sent to the commanders of the 21 U-b...

Bear, Stearns & Co., a storied Wall Street firm with a maverick reputation, had endured many crises in its 85-year history. Nothing, however, c...

This book follows the changing pattern of man's fortunes at sea, from the golden age of sail, through the proud years when steam reigned supreme, t...

Imperial Japan's wartime atrocities left a bloody stain on the waters of the Pacific... This is a story that might have quietly slipped beneath the...

Imperial Japan's wartime atrocities left a bloody stain on the waters of the Pacific... This is a story that might have quietly slipped beneath the...

Every so often a writer of substantive talent appears through the smokey background to perk up our interest in firefighters and firefighting. Georg...

Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (4 December 1911-3 March 1983), was a novelist, historian, poet, and biographer. Born in Cornwall, the son of an Englis...

Book & CD. The decades-old question surrounding the death of the Red Baron has been embroiled in controversy. In this book, the author has unco...

The decades-old question surrounding the death of the Red Baron has been embroiled in controversy. In this book, the author has uncovered new infor...

If you know anyone who likes chocolate or perhaps you care to try some yourself, this book has it all. Rogers begins her prose by telling us about ...

This edition of the United States Constitution features the complete text of the Constitution and its twenty-seven amendments in a definitive and e...

A breakthrough in health care for employees and employers alike, HSAs stand for Health Savings Accounts. As of 1 January 2004, HSAs are a new optio...

James Baker contributes a detailed and well organised story about cranberries from the pre-colonial period to the present day. Liz Clark's mouth-wa...

Jaffe explains what it was like to be working at the Institute (1948-1968), by recreating the atmosphere and spirit of the now famous scientific in...

This is a fascinating inside story about one prolific songwriter's experience working for the famed Motown Records and directly with Motown's found...

Farmstand! The word alone recaptures a feeling, an atmosphere, a warm seasonal memory. Who among us has not driven by a tottering, hand-made contra...