Author: Barnaby Conrad
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bullfights
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
How to Fight a Bull
Author: Barnaby Conrad
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bullfights
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bullfights
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Bull by the Horns
Author: Sheila Bair
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451672497
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451672497
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression.
Shadow of a Bull
Author: Maia Wojciechowska
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 144246593X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Maia Wojciechowska's 1965 Newbery Medal winner about a young boy struggling with his father's legacy. Manolo was only three when his father, the great bullfighter Juan Olivar, died. But Juan is never far from Manolo's consciousness--how could he be, with the entire town of Arcangel waiting for the day Manolo will fulfill his father's legacy? But Manolo has a secret he dares to share with no one--he is a coward, without afición, the love of the sport that enables a bullfighter to rise above his fear and face a raging bull. As the day when he must enter the ring approaches, Manolo finds himself questioning which requires more courage: to follow in his father's legendary footsteps or to pursue his own destiny?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 144246593X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Maia Wojciechowska's 1965 Newbery Medal winner about a young boy struggling with his father's legacy. Manolo was only three when his father, the great bullfighter Juan Olivar, died. But Juan is never far from Manolo's consciousness--how could he be, with the entire town of Arcangel waiting for the day Manolo will fulfill his father's legacy? But Manolo has a secret he dares to share with no one--he is a coward, without afición, the love of the sport that enables a bullfighter to rise above his fear and face a raging bull. As the day when he must enter the ring approaches, Manolo finds himself questioning which requires more courage: to follow in his father's legendary footsteps or to pursue his own destiny?
Fighting Bull
Author: Nigel Farage
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 9781849540391
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
'True Brit' is the autobiography of one of the most colourful and popular political figures in recent British political history.
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 9781849540391
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
'True Brit' is the autobiography of one of the most colourful and popular political figures in recent British political history.
The Dune Encyclopedia
Author: Frank Herbert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780552991315
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780552991315
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Story of Ferdinand
Author: Munro Leaf
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571335977
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Once upon a time in Spain, there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand . . . Unlike all the other little bulls - who run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights - Ferdinand would rather sit under his favourite cork tree and smell the flowers. So what will happen when Ferdinand is picked for the bull fights in Madrid? Beloved all over the world for its timeless message of peace, tolerance and the courage to be yourself, this truly classic story has never been out of print in the US since its release in 1936. Hitherto unpublished in the UK and now a major motion picture.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571335977
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Once upon a time in Spain, there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand . . . Unlike all the other little bulls - who run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights - Ferdinand would rather sit under his favourite cork tree and smell the flowers. So what will happen when Ferdinand is picked for the bull fights in Madrid? Beloved all over the world for its timeless message of peace, tolerance and the courage to be yourself, this truly classic story has never been out of print in the US since its release in 1936. Hitherto unpublished in the UK and now a major motion picture.
Battle at Bull Run
Author: William C. Davis
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0307817512
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Two great, untested armies were readying for the first—and what many believed would be the last—major conflict between North and South. On the eve of July 21, 1861, one Northerner wrote: “The sky is perfectly clear, the moon is full and bright, and the air was still as if it were not within a few hours to be disturbed by the roar of cannon and the shouts of contending men.” So optimistic were the people in Washington that a crowd of civilians came from the city with picnic hampers to witness the crushing defeat of the upstart “rebels.” It was, says William C. Davis, “the twilight of America’s innocence,” and the following day the mood would shatter in a battle that confounded the expectations of both sides—the first Battle at Bull Run. William C. Davis has written a compelling and complete account of this landmark conflict. The Battle at Bull Run (or Manassas) is notable for many reasons. It was a surprise victory for the Confederacy, a humiliating defeat for the Union, and the first ominous indication that a long and bloody war was inevitable. It marked the first strategic use of railroads in history, and the first time the horrors of the battle were photographed for the folks back home. It was also a training ground for some of America’s most colorful military figures: P.G.T. Beauregard, Joe Johnston, Irvin McDowell and “Stonewall” Jackson. Drawing from a wealth of material—old letters, journals, memoirs and military records—Davis brings to life a vivid and vital chapter in American history.
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0307817512
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Two great, untested armies were readying for the first—and what many believed would be the last—major conflict between North and South. On the eve of July 21, 1861, one Northerner wrote: “The sky is perfectly clear, the moon is full and bright, and the air was still as if it were not within a few hours to be disturbed by the roar of cannon and the shouts of contending men.” So optimistic were the people in Washington that a crowd of civilians came from the city with picnic hampers to witness the crushing defeat of the upstart “rebels.” It was, says William C. Davis, “the twilight of America’s innocence,” and the following day the mood would shatter in a battle that confounded the expectations of both sides—the first Battle at Bull Run. William C. Davis has written a compelling and complete account of this landmark conflict. The Battle at Bull Run (or Manassas) is notable for many reasons. It was a surprise victory for the Confederacy, a humiliating defeat for the Union, and the first ominous indication that a long and bloody war was inevitable. It marked the first strategic use of railroads in history, and the first time the horrors of the battle were photographed for the folks back home. It was also a training ground for some of America’s most colorful military figures: P.G.T. Beauregard, Joe Johnston, Irvin McDowell and “Stonewall” Jackson. Drawing from a wealth of material—old letters, journals, memoirs and military records—Davis brings to life a vivid and vital chapter in American history.
Into The Arena
Author: Alexander Fiske-Harrison
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847654290
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
'Whether or not the artistic quality of the bullfight outweighs the moral question of the animals' suffering is something that each person must decide for themselves - as they must decide whether the taste of a steak justifies the death of a cow. But if we ignore the possibility that one does outweigh the other, we fall foul of the charge of self-deceit and incoherence in our dealings with animals.' Alexander Fiske-Harrison In a remarkable and controversial book Fiske-Harrison follows the tracks of a whole bullfighting year in Spain. He trains and takes part in the sport himself. He gives us memorable portraits of bull-fighters and bulls, of owners, trainers and fans - of a whole country. Fiske-Harrison offers a fully rounded and involving portrait of an art as performed for centuries and of the arguments that dog it today.
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847654290
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
'Whether or not the artistic quality of the bullfight outweighs the moral question of the animals' suffering is something that each person must decide for themselves - as they must decide whether the taste of a steak justifies the death of a cow. But if we ignore the possibility that one does outweigh the other, we fall foul of the charge of self-deceit and incoherence in our dealings with animals.' Alexander Fiske-Harrison In a remarkable and controversial book Fiske-Harrison follows the tracks of a whole bullfighting year in Spain. He trains and takes part in the sport himself. He gives us memorable portraits of bull-fighters and bulls, of owners, trainers and fans - of a whole country. Fiske-Harrison offers a fully rounded and involving portrait of an art as performed for centuries and of the arguments that dog it today.
Return to Bull Run
Author: John J. Hennessy
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806186720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
“This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee’s strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, brought the Confederates onto the field of Second Manassas at the right places and times against a Union army that knew how to fight, but not yet how to win.”—Publishers Weekly
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806186720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
“This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee’s strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, brought the Confederates onto the field of Second Manassas at the right places and times against a Union army that knew how to fight, but not yet how to win.”—Publishers Weekly
Or the Bull Kills You
Author: Jason Webster
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099546965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Chief Inspector Max Cámara hates bullfighting, but one afternoon he has to replace his boss, judging a festival corrida in Valencia. That night, to his surprise, he is back in the bullring, and what he finds on the blood-stained sand shocks the city to its core.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099546965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Chief Inspector Max Cámara hates bullfighting, but one afternoon he has to replace his boss, judging a festival corrida in Valencia. That night, to his surprise, he is back in the bullring, and what he finds on the blood-stained sand shocks the city to its core.