LIBROS DEL AUTOR: woodward

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  • The Autobiography of RosaMae Woodward Sterling
    RosaMae Woodward Sterling
    RosaMae Woodward Sterling, b. 1910, tells the story of her life lived in Washington State.  Photographs of farm life in Eastern Washington in the early 1900's, and of relatives of the Pittman, Woodward, and Sterling families, are included. 3 ...
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    41,04 €

  • August
    Gerard Woodward
    Ever since Aldous Jones careened over the handlebars of his bicycle in 1955 and landed next to Farmer Evans’s first field it has become a tradition for him to take his family camping in Wales. Aldous has started to feel that a certain symbiosis has developed between their North London home and the Welsh village that they only ever see in August. As the years pass Aldous’s fam...
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    22,38 €

  • Ill Go To Bed At Noon
    Gerard Woodward
    It is 1970 in the suburbs of north London and from the untidy comfort of her crowded house Colette Jones is watching her older brother go to pieces drinking himself into oblivion on home-made wine. Colette knows the solace a drink can provide being partial to an evening at the Red Lion herself. But soon she finds she cannot afford to ignore the destructive effect that alcoh...
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    23,05 €

  • A Curious Earth
    Gerard Woodward
    By the author of Booker-shortlisted I’ll Go To Bed At Noon.Aldous Jones is in a bad way: his dilapidated house is empty of family but full of hoarded odds and ends that remind him of his dead wife and son. A preference for whisky over washing rapidly leads to his hospitalisation but it also reawakens his desire for sex and adventure and his lifelong passion for art. What follow...
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    23,64 €

  • Cadbury Congresbury 1968-73
    Ann Woodward / Ian Burrow / Philip Rahtz
    The hill-top of Cadbury Congresbury was frequented in Neolithic and Bronze Age times. Substantial defences were built in the pre-Roman Iron Age, when the site became a multivallate hillfort. This was re-occupied in the latest Roman period. New earthworks were subsequently built. Discussion ranges over the cultural, political, and religious affiliations of community. ...
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    115,47 €

  • Prelude to Modern Europe
    Llewellyn Woodward
    First Published in 1972, Prelude to Modern Europe provides a political narrative, the social and economic background of events in Europe from 1815- 1914. There are chapters on the major powers, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and the Habsburg Empire with an epilogue. ...
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    56,68 €

  • The Sanguine Sea Turtle
    Michael Woodward
    Guided by its imprint of where it was born, the sea turtle travels the world underwater as it always returns home. No one knows exactly how, but for millions of years, the endangered sea turtle has been guided by the magnetism in its mind as it travels hundreds of thousands of miles only to return home to recreate the journey for generations to come. Sadly, not many sea turtles...
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    12,97 €

  • Whole Onflow
    Cameron Duff / Gavin J. Andrews / Keith Woodward
    This book describes ’whole onflow’ which is, at once, the emergence and becoming of the entirety of the world/universe and any actual, unique position whatsoever in it ’now’. ...
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    77,16 €

  • Beneath the Blossoms
    John M. Woodward
    She looked like a grandmother. She buried like a predator.Behind the lace curtains of 1426 F Street lived Dorothea Puente, warm smile, soft voice, a woman known for taking in the broken, the addicted, the elderly, and the discarded. But under the blossoms of her manicured garden lay a horror so carefully cultivated it deceived an entire city.The Arsenic Widow: Beneath the Bloss...
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    10,26 €

  • The Arsenic Widow
    John M. Woodward
    The Untold Story of Britain’s Most Lethal Woman, Revealed at LastThe Arsenic Widow: A Biography of Mary Ann Cotton’s Life, Lies, and Legacy plunges readers into the haunting world of a seemingly ordinary Victorian woman whose quiet smile masked an empire of death. With the narrative depth and grit of a true Robert Caro-style investigation, this book unravels the chilling rise o...
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    10,30 €

  • The Pleasure of Darkness
    John M. Woodward
    THE PLEASURE OF DARKNESS: INSIDE THE TWISTED MIND OF JOLLY JANE TOPPANIn The Pleasure of Darkness, step inside the chilling world of Jane 'Jolly Jane' Toppan, one of history’s most terrifying and enigmatic serial killers. More than a nurse with a smile, Jane was a master of poison, deception, and psychological manipulation, driven not by necessity, but by a dark desire she once...
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    10,30 €

  • Monster and Victim
    John M. Woodward
    MONSTER. VICTIM. EXECUTIONER OF HER OWN DESTINY.In this gripping true-crime biography, Monster and Victim: The True Biography of Aileen Wuornos plunges into the fractured life of one of America’s most infamous female serial killers, revealing the girl abandoned in the snow, the teenager surviving by violence, and the woman whose rage finally erupted on the Florida highways. Thr...
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    10,30 €

  • Clementine Barnabet
    John M. Woodward
    Inside the Mind of a Forgotten KillerStep into the chilling world of Clementine Barnabet, one of the most enigmatic and overlooked killers in American history. This comprehensive biography uncovers the life of a woman whose name has faded from true crime history but whose crimes remain shocking. From her troubled upbringing in Louisiana to the string of unsolved murders she was...
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    10,29 €

  • High Society Mirage
    John M. Woodward
    The woman who fooled Manhattan’s elite, now revealed in all her brilliance, boldness, and breathtaking deception.High Society Mirage: The True Story of Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin unravels the extraordinary life of the world’s most infamous fake heiress. From her quiet upbringing to the glittering penthouses of New York City, this gripping biography exposes how Anna crafted an identi...
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    10,33 €

  • Arsenic in the Attic
    John M. Woodward
    The Woman Who Promised Care And Delivered Death.Behind the quiet walls of a Connecticut nursing home, a darkness festered where compassion should have lived. Arsenic in the Attic unravels the chilling true story of Amy Archer-Gilligan, the seemingly devoted caretaker who became one of America’s most notorious female murderers. With the depth, intensity, and investigative sweep ...
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    10,30 €

  • Brightest Stars
    Kristina Woodward
    When five strangers become trapped in Mont-Saint-Michel, they discover a haunting reality: they are the fallen Archangels tasked with defending a magical world, aided only by old journals and weapons.   A practical pastry shop owner. A polished semi-model. A reckless troublemaker. A quiet intellectual. A fiery outcast.   Gabrielle, Rafael, Uri, Mike, and Luci are more than stra...
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    17,35 €

  • The Omega Syndrome
    Tom Woodward
    At 3:00 a.m., a mysterious airliner appears off the coast of Southern California; it has no identifying markings whatsoever. It is forced to land at the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar, where Marines discover twelve comatose people on board. Each has an odd attachment on the left arm. They are not dead, but it is difficult to understand how they are alive. This discovery se...
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    14,48 €

  • Juno and the Mouseman
    Mark Woodward
    A young man in a seedy bedsit mutilates himself with a razor, surrounded by the bodies of mice. A young woman decides to investigate. A strange figure watches her from the attic, reciting an unsettling story. It’s a comedy. ...
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    10,97 €

  • Truth and Illusion
    Robert Wain Woodward
    Raw emotions we have probably all experienced and which have caused pains we have found difficult to express.I am at an age when I must face just about the most painful time of anyone’s life as I contemplate what future I might have left.My thoughts, therefore, about life and what it means tend to be in sharper focus than ever before.Especially about whatever comes next. ...
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    7,83 €

  • NURSE NORMA CHRONICLES
    BY TAMARA WOODWARD
    Step into the chaotic, heartwarming, and hilariously unpredictable world of Nurse Norma. From COVID hallways to Code Blues, from quirky patients to life lessons at her kitchen table, Norma Jean Woods navigates the highs and lows of hospital life with courage, compassion, and wit. Through laughter, tears, and unforgettable characters, Nurse Norma Chronicles reveals the human sid...
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    14,76 €

  • Blood in the Sanctuary
    John M. Woodward
    In 1916, Father Hans Schmidt, once a trusted man of God, was strapped into the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison. His crime: the brutal murder and dismemberment of his secret lover, Anna Aumüller. From the shadows of his Bavarian childhood to the hidden corridors of New York’s churches, Schmidt lived a double life where piety and perversion collided.Blood in the Sanctuary: A T...
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    10,48 €

  • The Convent of Darkness
    John M. Woodward
    Unveil the chilling tale of Mariam Soulakiotis, a Greek Orthodox abbess whose life blurred the line between sanctity and savagery. Born Marina Soulakiotou in Keratea, Greece, she rose to prominence as the abbess of the Panagia Pefkovounogiatrissa Monastery. However, beneath her religious façade, she orchestrated a reign of terror that led to her being dubbed 'Mother Rasputin' b...
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    10,23 €

  • Licensed to Kill
    John M. Woodward
    When a Nurse Becomes a Killer-The Shocking True Story of Marianne NölleShe was trusted with life, but she delivered death. Known across Germany as 'The Killer Nurse,' Marianne Nölle turned hospital wards into hunting grounds. Behind her calm smile and white uniform, she secretly used syringes filled with lethal sedatives, leaving patients to die while colleagues looked on, unaw...
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    10,30 €

  • Beneath the Lucha Mask
    John M. Woodward
    The shocking true story of Mexico’s most infamous female serial killer.Juana Barraza lived two lives. By day, she was La Dama del Silencio, a masked wrestler admired for her strength and presence in Mexico’s vibrant lucha libre rings. By night, she became La Mataviejitas, the 'Little Old Lady Killer' who stalked and strangled elderly women across Mexico City.Beneath the Lucha M...
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    10,23 €

  • Blood and Faith
    John M. Woodward
    The Chilling Rise of Mexico’s High Priestess of BloodIn the 1960s, deep in the forgotten hills of rural Mexico, a village surrendered its soul to a woman who promised salvation and delivered terror. Magdalena Solís, once a victim of poverty and abuse, transformed into the self-proclaimed incarnation of an Aztec goddess. Under her command, villagers bowed in fear and devotion, r...
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    10,26 €

  • Hunted
    John M. Woodward
    In February 2023, the world watched in shock as Italian mafia boss Marco Raduano scaled the walls of a Sardinian prison using nothing more than bedsheets. This dramatic escape wasn’t just a moment of desperation-it was the latest chapter in the life of one of Italy’s most elusive and dangerous fugitives. From his rise within the notorious Società Foggiana crime syndicate to his...
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    10,18 €

  • The Voices Before Death A Supernatural Horror Thriller
    John M. Woodward
    The phone rings. The voice on the line is alive-yet destined to die.When 911 operator Cassie Miller answers a routine emergency call, she hears something that chills her to the bone: a terrified woman describing her own murder-hours before it happens. Soon, more voices come through the line. Different names. Different places. All victims who haven’t yet been killed.As the calls...
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    13,33 €

  • Blood in Fall River
    John M. Woodward
    Blood in Fall River: The Complete Biography of Lizzie Borden offers a definitive and meticulously researched account of one of America’s most infamous figures. On August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden was accused of brutally murdering her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. Despite her acquittal, the case has remained a subject of fascination and speculation. This biogr...
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    10,18 €

  • A Gamekeeper’s Note-book
    Owen Jones and Marcus Woodward
    Step into the heart of the British countryside with 'A Gamekeeper’s Note-book,' a captivating exploration of gamekeeping techniques and wildlife management that has been out of print for decades and is now lovingly republished by Alpha Editions. This restored edition is not just a reprint; it s a collector s item and a cultural treasure, designed for today s and future generati...
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    16,83 €

  • NURSE NORMA CHRONICLES
    TAMARA WOODWARD
    She’s the nurse who could make you laugh while the world was falling apart... until her own life flatlined. After decades on the frontlines of urban healthcare-through pandemics, loss, and too many goodbyes-Nurse Norma Jean Woods has seen it all. Her days were filled with code blues, midnight miracles, and the quiet heartbreaks that never make the news. But beneath the scrubs a...
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    14,27 €