Manufacturer: Manchester Univ Pr
Written By: Colin Darlington Rogers

A unique guide to children's names presents more than five thousand names that actors, athletes, politicians, musicians, and other celebrities have given their children, including plain, fancy, classic, zany, and made-up names with trivia about their origins.

Manufacturer: Signet
Written By: Stephen J. Spignesi

An illustrated introduction to knights describing their duties, training, armor, weapons, methods of warfare, and place in medieval society.

Manufacturer: Franklin Watts
Written By: Daisy Kerr

Listing the most popular and image-inspiring names from today's hottest soap operas, a baby name book reveals little-known facts and secrets about names and lists the origins of six hundred favorites. Original.

Manufacturer: Pinnacle
Written By: Charlotte Danforth

Manufacturer: Pavilion Books
Written By: Alan Hamilton

The Gambinos--they arrived in America from Sicily when the `20's roared with bootleg liquor.For thirty years they fought a bloody battle for control of New York's underworld to emerge as the nation's richest and most powerful crime family. Now Mafia expert John H. Davis tells their compelling inside story. Here are the chilling details and deceptions that created a vast criminal empire. Here ...

Manufacturer: HarperTorch
Written By: John H. Davis

Manufacturer: Serious Pub
Written By: Mary Ellen Gillan

Complete with its original N.C. Wyeth illustrations is this outstanding first-person chronicle of life on the American frontier.

Manufacturer: Bison Books
Written By: Elinore Pruitt Stewart

Have you ever wondered which actress was the original "Blonde Bombshell", why prying people are often called "Nosey Parkers", or why Jane Fonda is referred to as "Hanoi Jane"? Curious about what the "It" is in "It Girl"? From the affectionate and humorous to the derogatory and vitriolic, this scintillating collection brings together famous people, places, events, and organizations, with the ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Written By: Andrew Delahunty

Manufacturer: American Baby Books