Using the diary she kept as a teenager and through news accounts, Melba Pattillo Beals relives the harrowing year when she was selected as one of the first nine students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

This text recounts Charlemagne's personal life and his achievements in warfare, learning, art, building, and in the skillful administration of the state.

The Number One international bestseller, Eat, Pray Love is a journey around the world, a quest for spiritual enlightenment and a story for anyone who has battled with divorce, depression and heartbreak.

The four cornerstones are: The Core of Value: a business's value is driven by its growth and return on capital, and resulting cash flows The Conservation of Value: value is created when companies generate higher cash flows, not by simply ...

Allan Perkins has had access to the Garfield and other papers, as well as drawing upon other resources of the Reconstruction Era.

This twentieth anniversary edition brings the Ledfords' remarkable story up to date.

Offers a reassessment of the life, image, and career of Thomas Jefferson, examining his complex personality, controversies about the man and his beliefs, and his accomplishments.

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"A memoir about childhood, relilience, and the trumphant power of storytelling."--From back cover.