Biggest Brother

Author: Larry Alexander
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451218391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
The New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War II. Look for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix! In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others. They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne—the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters. This is the riveting story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero. After he enlisted in the army’s arduous new Airborne division, Winters’s natural combat leadership helped him rise through the ranks, but he was never far from his men. Decades later, Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers made him famous around the world. Full of never-before-published photographs, interviews, and Winters’s candid insights, Biggest Brother is the fascinating, inspirational story of a man who became a soldier, a leader, and a living testament to the valor of the human spirit—and of America.

Big Brother

Author: Lionel Shriver
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062199269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357

Book Description
Big Brother is a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity from Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. For Pandora, cooking is a form of love. Alas, her husband, Fletcher, a self-employed high-end cabinetmaker, now spurns the “toxic” dishes that he’d savored through their courtship, and spends hours each day to manic cycling. Then, when Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at the airport, she doesn’t recognize him. In the years since they’ve seen one another, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? After Edison has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: It’s him or me. Rich with Shriver’s distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat: an issue both social and excruciatingly personal. It asks just how much sacrifice we'll make to save single members of our families, and whether it's ever possible to save loved ones from themselves.

Big Little Brother

Author: Kevin Kling
Publisher: Borealis Book
ISBN: 9780873518444
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This charming first children's book by celebrated storyteller Kevin Kling, with whimsical drawings by Chris Monroe, traces a familiar arc from sibling rivalry to brotherly love.

The Big Brother Book

Author: Sean Cliver
Publisher: Gingko Press
ISBN: 9781584236030
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
No other magazine pushed the boundaries of skateboarding and pop culture like Big Brother, the raunchiest, rowdiest magazine to come out of the 1990s. Constantly at the center of much-deserved controversy, the rag has been decried as pornography, bought and unexpectedly dropped by Larry Flynt of the Hustler empire, and credited as the genesis of the Jackass universe; it was also the champion of unknown skaters and featured some of today's biggest names in skate culture when they were just children. Now author Sean Cliver puts a bow on the publication with The Big Brother Book, a collection of covers and spreads from every issue of the notorious publication. Featuring high-quality scans of the magazine itself no production or layout files remain in existence with just enough text to explain what's going on and choice quotes from each issue, this book makes it easy as well as fun to stoop to Big Brother's level.

Big Brother

Author: Louis Quail
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911306313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
An estimated 1 in 4 of us will suffer from a mental illness. Those suffering have to face a wall of stigma and stereotyping which often makes their condition worse. Big Brother is an intimate photographic portrait of Louis Quail's older brother, Justin, and his daily struggle with schizophrenia. By showing the person beyond the illness, Big Brother challenges stigma head on. It reveals a system in crisis, but it also discovers important truths on the nature of resilience. At its heart though Big Brother is a love story. The book includes extensive texts to tell Justin's story.

Hello There, Big Sister!

Author: Brooke Leigh Howard
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525519514
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
Hello There, Big Sister! is an exciting conversation of love and anticipation from new baby to Big Sister about the life they are about to start together. Detailing all the highs and lows of sibling-hood, this book tells the newly promoted Big Sister about all the activities new baby can’t wait to do together. With sweet rhyme and brilliantly colored illustrations, Hello There, Big Sister! helps lay the foundation of an excellent relationship from day one.

Big Brother

Author: J. Bignell
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230508367
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
Jonathan Bignell presents a wide-ranging analysis of the television phenomenon of the early twenty-first century: Reality TV, exploring its cultural and political meanings, explaining the genesis of the form and its relationship to contemporary television production, and considering how it connects with, and breaks away from, factual and fictional conventions in television. Relationships with surveillance, celebrity and media culture are examined, leading to an appraisal of the directions that television culture is taking in the new century. His highly-readable style is accessible to readers at all levels of Culture and Media studies.

You're the Biggest

Author: Lucy Tapper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907860041
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
You're The Biggest is a delightful book for a new sibling celebrating their role as the biggest following the arrival of a new baby.The story follows two charming foxes, on a colourful journey, discovering the unique role of an older sibling. Beautifully illustrated in full colour this book is hard backed with cheerful end papers.With space for you to write a personal message in the front this book is a wonderful keepsake and makes the perfect gift for a child on the arrival of their new brother or sister.Our Welcome To The World book complements this title and makes the perfect gift for the new baby.Ethically produced from sustainable sources.Made with love, from you to me.

Down with Big Brother

Author: Michael Dobbs
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408851024
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 522

Book Description
The author of this volume was present during the final decade of the Soviet empire, first for Reuters, then for the "Washington Post". While Dobbs watched, playwrights and elctricians were transformed into presidents, while Communist Party leaders became jailbirds or newly-minted tycoons. He identifies the seeds of destruction, and shows how Mikhail Gorbachev, in particular, was the unwitting inspiration for the upheaval of the empire, while he thought he could save the Communist Party by reforming it.;Dobbs' conclusion is that though Big Brother may be dead, his dark legacy is still alive in the turbulence in Russia, Romania, Bosnia and other countries that once made up the most brutal empire of the 20th century.

Big Brothers Are the Best

Author: Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1404872248
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25

Book Description
A new big brother finds lots to love about his new baby.