Colin: 2238 books
by Colin Wells
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of northern Russia, from the colorful towns of Renaissance Italy to the final moments of a millennial city under siege….
Byzantium: the successor of Greece and Rome, this...
American Nations
A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red state-blue state myth.
North America was settled by people with distinct religious, political, and ethnographic characteristics, creating regional cultures that have been at odds with one another...
No Impact Man
The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing,...
by Colin Ward
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
The word 'anarchism' tends to conjure up images of aggressive protest against government, and - recently - of angry demonstrations against bodies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. But is anarchism inevitably linked with violent disorder? Do anarchists adhere to a coherent...
Fatal Jealousy
The True Story of a Doomed Romance, a Singular Obsession, and a Quadruple Murder
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
OUT OF CONTROL
June 26, 2010. A Pennsylvania State Trooper, heading home from work, witnesses a car speeding and crashing into trees. Stopping to help, he finds that the driver, Michael Ballard, is alive—and drenched in blood. When asked what happened, the man answers: "I just killed...
by Colin Thubron
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue.With a keen grasp of Russia's history, a deep appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and an inexhaustible enthusiasm for its people and its culture, Colin Thubron is the perfect...
by Colin Wright
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
An unexpected relationship turns into an unconventional adventure, as full-time traveler Colin Wright falls for an Icelandic girl who tests his ideas about relationships and becomes a partner-in-crime across three continents.
Amazon Extreme
Three Men, A Raft and the World's Most Dangerous River
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2002
The true story of three enthusiastic (but inexperienced) adventurers who attempt to become the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon River–all 4,007 miles--and (barely) live to tell about it.
To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible challenge:...
by Colin Thubron
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition—never more so than since the collapse of the...
The Lazarus Curiosity
Michael Magister & Phoebe Le Breton, #2
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
BAFFLED by a severed arm, dangling from the centre of a locked door in the Bank of England…
PANICKED by a satanic portrait painter, determined to disgrace the Royal family…
TERRORISED by a deadly gas, primed to wipe out the Government…
With great reluctance, what else can...
by Colin Turnbull
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
The bestselling, classic text on one anthropologist’s incredible experience living among the African Mbuti Pygmies, and what he learned from their culture, customs, and love of life.
In this bestselling book, Colin Turnbull, a British cultural anthropologist, details the incredible Mbuti...
by Colin Crouch
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
There is increasing evidence of widespread disillusion with the major shift to neoliberal economic policies that has taken place across much of the world. In this account of neoliberalism’s failings, Colin Crouch recognises some of its positive contributions but also notes conflicts within the neoliberal...
The Victory with No Name
The Native American Defeat of the First American Army
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
In 1791, General Arthur St. Clair led the United States army in a campaign to destroy a complex of Indian villages at the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio. Almost within reach of their objective, St. Clair's 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousand Indians. The U.S. force was decimated, suffering...
Evil
Spine-Tingling True Stories of Murder and Mayhem
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
A collection of the most shocking, horrifying accounts of true crime ever.
Evil knows no boundaries. In 1614, Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory died, sealed in a tiny closet in her castle. Her crimes? She was rumored to have bathed in the blood of her victims, which may have numbered in...