Christopher: 7927 books
Scammed
How to Save Your Money and Find Better Service in a World of Schemes, Swindles, and Shady Deals
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
A leading consumer advocate reveals how to protect your money, time, and integrity from corrupt businesses
Once upon a time store prices were simple and fair, businesses stood behind their products with guarantees free of fine print and loopholes, and companies genuinely seemed to care about...
Symptoms of Withdrawal
A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Born into enormous privilege as well as burdened by gut-wrenching family tragedy, Christopher Kennedy Lawford now shares his life story, offering a rare glimpse into the private worlds of the rich and famous of both Washington politics and the Hollywood elite. A triumphantly inspiring memoir, the...
by Christopher Dyment
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
During the 1930s Arturo Toscanini conducted many concerts broadcast by the BBC from London's Queen's Hall, where he also made some unsurpassed recordings. Drawing on newly researched material in British and American archives, Christopher Dyment reveals how the most renowned and influential conductor...
by Christopher Seaman
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
What does a conductor actually do? How much effect does he or she have? Can the orchestra manage without one? Why don't the players look at the conductor more? Is it necessary for the conductor to play every instrument? What about interpretation? What happens at rehearsals? Why do some conductors...
by Christopher Dearman
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
SANTA'S VILLAGE - GONE WILD! is a revealing look at some of the fun, hilarious and outrageous stories that took place during the over forty years Santa's Village in Dundee, IL was open. Summers spent working at Santa's Village was a right of passage for thousands of high school kids...
Conducting the Brahms Symphonies
From Brahms to Boult
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
How did Brahms conduct his four symphonies? What did he want from other conductors when they performed these works, and to which among them did he give his approval? And crucially, are there any stylistic pointers to these performances in early recordings of the symphonies made in the first half of...
Sacre Bleu
A Comedy d'Art
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word.”
—Carl Hiassen
“[Moore’s novels] deftly blend surreal, occult, and even science-fiction doings with laugh-out-loud satire of contemporary culture.”
—Washington Post
“If there’s a funnier writer...
by Christopher Lombardo, Jeff Kirschner
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
In horror movies, even the tools of the tree surgeon have become passé. Besides, why risk industrial deafness dispatching virgins with a chainsaw when you can use an egg beater, a deer antler, and yes, even an umbrella instead?Death by Umbrella: The 100 Weirdest Horror Movie Weapons is a fun-filled...
by Christopher Berry-Dee
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Christopher Berry-Dee, criminologist and bestselling author of books about the serial killers Aileen Wuornos and Joanne Dennehy, turns his uncompromising gaze upon women who not only kill, but kill repeatedly.
Because female murderers, and especially serial murderers, are so rare compared with...
Money’s on the Dresser
Escorting, Porn and Promiscuity in Las Vegas
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
In September of 2009 I began working as an escort in Las Vegas after a bad break up with my partner of 4 years left me without a place to stay. I needed to make money and quickly so I figured the easiest thing to do was put an ad up online on a few websites advertising male escorts and hired companions....
The Poker Bride
The First Chinese in the Wild West
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
This true story of a concubine and the Gold Rush years “delves deep into the soul of the real old west” (Erik Larson).
“Once the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill launched our ‘national madness,’ the population of California exploded. Tens of thousands of Chinese, lured by tales of...
by Christopher Marlowe
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter...
Mayflower
The Voyage That Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2005
The little band of Puritan emigres that left Southampton in 1620 to found a godly colony in America had no inkling that they were the forerunners of the greatest feat of nation-building in the early modern world. In this book Christopher Hilton recreates the lives and aspirations of the Pilgrims,...
The Blueprint
How the New England Patriots Beat the System to Create the Last Great NFL Superpower
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
For years, the New England Patriots were a certifiable joke of a franchise. They were run on the cheap and were once the very example of how not to manage a team. They hired inept coaches---one of whom (Clive Rush) was nearly electrocuted when he grabbed a microphone at his introductory press conference....