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Grant Hayter-Menzies
A history of World War I war horses and the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital in Cairo, founded by Dorothy Brooke (1883-1955) to rescue the horses left behind by the…
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Charlotte Greenwood was unfashionably tall at 5'10 . Her early aspirations to become a great dramatic actress led her to the field of comedy. This biography looks at her colorful…
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Written with the cooperation of President Jimmy Carter and his family, this book provides an intimate glimpse inside the life of the woman who–as nurse, mother and social justice activist–made…
Broadway actress Billie Burke was one of the most sought after young stage beauties of her time, stealing the hearts of Enrico Caruso, Mark Twain, and, most importantly, famed Broadway…
The first biography of a Scottish socialite who in 1930s Cairo founded a charity to rescue British war horses which lives on to this day as the Brooke Animal Charity.
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A lyrical biography of Emily Carr’s beloved and enigmatic pet monkey, Woo.
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Tells the remarkable untold story of 'the little play that could'. Covering the The Belle of Amherst's humble beginnings as well as its pioneers - like writer William Luce, director…
The moving memoir of a writer-a biographer of historical animals-whose life was forever changed when a rescue dog named Freddie came into his life.
The unusual and moving tale of Muggins, a famed fundraising dog who became a mascot of the Canadian Red Cross during the First World War.
Born in 1913 in the…
The biography of Rags, a stray dog rescued from the streets of Paris to become an America war hero and mascot to the First Division of the American Expeditionary Force…
Brings together contributors from a variety of racial backgrounds, all members or associates of a national racial reconciliation organization called Coming to the Table, to tell their stories of dealing…
