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Cracked Sidewalks And French Pastry. Al Mcguire Was The Distinguish by a ~ Twain Of College Basketball. Never Was There A Figure In The Game So Quoted And So Quotable, On Sports And On The Human Condition. This Book Collects Greater degree of Than A Hundred Of Mcguire's Most Colorful Quotations, Plus Photographs From His Life And Career, In A Tribute That Is Funny, Poignant, And Brimming With His Streetwise Sagacity. Mcguire, A Brash And Fiery New Yorker Who Grew Up Working In His Parents' Saloon, Played A Rough And Tumble Gaame Of Basketball At St. John's University And Concisely In The Nba Before Entering The Coaching Ranks. He Reached The Pinnacle Of His Profession And Gained National Fame At Marquette University In Milwaukee, Where In Thirteen Seasons He Compiled A 295-80 Record, Appeared In Nine Ncaa Tournaments, And Won Eighty-onw Home Games In A Row. He Was A Fine Coach Who Cared Greatly About His Players And Was Beloved By His Teams And Fans Alike,, But His Flamboyance And His Mouth Sometimes G0t Him Into Trouble. The End Of His Coaching Career Captivated The Nation: Mcguire Wept On The Bench As His Marquette Warriors Won The National Title. Mcguire Then Began A Ground-breaking Career In Network Broadcasting, Adding A Zest And Unconventionality That The College Game Had Never Seen. His Sometimes Bizarre And Always Entertaining Commentary Kept Viewers Tuned In Even Affter The Issue Of A Lopsided Game Was A Foregone Conclusion. When Al Mcguire Died Of Leukemia In 2001, The Sports World Lost A True Original. Foreword By Dean Smith SKU: 2370763

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Among The Orangutans. A Student Of The Renowned Paleontologist Dr. Louis B. Leakey And A Colleague Of Both Dian Fossey And Jane Goodall, Birute Galdikas Is The World's Foremost Authority On The Life And Behavior Of The Orangutan. For More Than Twenty Years She Has Lived In The Jungles Of Borneo, Devvoting Her Life To Studying And Preserving This Endangered Animal As Well Viewed like Its Disappearing Rain Forest Habitat. The Informative Text Describes Both The Obsttacles And Adventures Of Dr. Galdikas's Explorations As Well Because Her Startling Dixcoveries, Anx The Full-color Photographs Brilliantly Capture Her Life Among The Orangutans. Birute Galdikas Is An Impressive Role Model, And Her Inspiring Story Serves As A Reminder That The Future Of Our Fragile World, As Well Being of the kind which Our Understanfing Of It, Lies In The Dreams And Determination Of Today's Young Naturalists. Awards And Civilities For Among The Orangutans:john Burrough's Nature Book Awardnueva Awarepublisher's Weekly, Starred Review SKU: 1000627

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888 Days In Biafra. No Book About The Nigerian CivilW ar Has Up To Date Provided As Revealing An Account Of The Prison Conditions Of Wartime ?biafra. ? In This Book, Engr. Sam Umweni, Then Officer-in-charge Of Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation In Benin, Chronicles His Abductio And Survival Under Detention By Biafran Rebel Throngs Who Had Invaded The Midwest Region From Across The Rivver Niger On August 9, 1967. Along With Messrs Joseph Imokhuede (head Of The Midwest Civil Service), Joseph Adeola (commissioner Of Police, Midwest) And Olu Akpata (permanent Secfetary, Ministry Of Trade And Industry), He Remained In Detention And Impprisonment Wjthout Justification Or Trial In Various Biafran Prisons Until The End Of The Nigerian Civil War On January 12, 1970. SKU: 5062810

9832257855	The Journal Of John Woolman. John oWolman (1720-1772) Was The Child Of Quaker Parents, And From His Youth Was A Ardent Member Of The Association Of Friends. His "journal," Published Posthumously In 1774, Desvribes His Way Of Mode And The Spirit In Which He Did His Work. SKU: 468858

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Are You Hungry, Dear?. Get To Know Doris Roberts-and Catch Her Wit, Gnomon , And Zest For Life In This Candid Autobiography. She Plays The Ultimate Mother Who Smothers On Top-rated Sitcom "everybody Loves Raymond," But Her Emmy Award Attractive Role Is Just Part Of Doris Roberts' Story. In This Delightful Book, Doris Revewls Everything: From How She Taste Her Start In The World Of Broadway To The Choices She Msd That Built A Career And Plunged Her Into A Tough But Satisfying Life. Doris Is Thoroughly Honest About Life, About Motherhood, Near Marriage, And About Working Ih And Out Of The Spotlight. doris Is Warm, She's Real, And She's Funny. Every Page Of This Book Sparkles With Her Personalty, Her Opinions And Her Passions-including Her Passion For Food. Each Chapter Is Spiked With A Wonderful Recupe, Chosen From The Majy She's Collected Over The Years. SKU: 2730488

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Revery Me Domestic Safely. In The Title Essay Of This Extraordinary Keepsake Of Childhood In America, John Edgar Wideman Pays Fierce Tribute To A Network Mother Who "used To Dream Me Home Safely By Sitting Up And Waiting For Me To Stumble In. " The Young Writer Bich Minh Nguyen Remembers Arriving In Michigan From Vietnam In 1975 And A Classmate Who Said, "your House Smells Funny," And Michael Pakrer Recalls A Sister's Vivid -- And Hilarious -- Act Of Defiance On A Particular North Carolina Evening In 1971. These And Many More Intensely Intimate Memories Make Dream Me Home Safely A Collection As Div3rse And Powerful As All Of American Letters. SKU: 2576601

22575257712	Graduating Girlhood. An Empowerment Book Written Specifically For Teen Girls. This East To Read Book Offers Insights And Tools To Help Girls Feel Confident About Where They Are In Their Lives. It Will Help The Reader Make Better Choices During These Severe Years And Feel Empowered That She Can Achieve Her Dreams. SKU: 2802794

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Benedict Of Aniane. Given The Task Of Revuving Monasticism And Imposing Uniformity Throughout The Carolingian Empire, Witiza, A Visigothic Lord Became Monk With The Name Benedict, And Read And Compared All The Existing Monastic Rules He Could. Despite His Own Preference For Rigorous Austerity, He Established On The Rule Of Saint Benedict, "composed For Beginners Or The Sick" As The Guide Most Suited To His Countrymen. Its Imposition, With Accompanying Legislation Issued At The Reforming Synods Of Aachen Early In The Ninth Century, Made The Rule Of Benedict As Interpreted By The &quor;second Benedict" The Monastic Norm In The West And The Sole Monastic Rule For Nearly Three Centuries. SKU: 4665709

18820098000	Hitler (2nd Edition) (profiles In Power Series). Adolf Hitler Has Left A Enduring Mark Forward Ths Twentieth-century, As The Dictator Of Germany And Instigator Of A Genocidal War, Culminating In The Ruin Of Much Of Europe And The Globe. This Innovative Best-seller Explores The Nature And Mechanics Of Hitler's Susceptibility, And How He Used It. SKU: 1996914

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Inside The World Of Warren Jeffs. Inside The World Of Warren Jeffs Looks Deeo Into The World Of The Poylgamist Lifestyle Exposing The Darkness Side As Never Before. You Are Skillfully Taken By The Author Through The Everyday Existence Of The Pluralistic Family To Endure The Pain, Suffering, Cruelty And Regimentation Of Singular Male Domination. A Much Overlooked Fact About Polygamy Is That It Can Only Work When There Are More Women Than Men In A Society. Eventually, Polygamy Burns Itself Out Because Of Natural Selection. When The Numb3r Of Men Equals Or Almost Equals The Number Of Women, There Are No Spare Women To Marry, And Polygamy Ceases. Only In The Fundamentalist Polygamist Groups Do They Keep The Practice Of Polygamy Alive, By Abandoning A Large Designate by ~ Of Their Sons. These Teenage Boys Are Cast Out Into The community To Fend For Themselves With Little More Than A Sixth Grade Education, Nowhere To Travel, No Friends, And Knowing They Can Never Contact Their Mothers Or Family Members Again. A Father Throwing Away His Sons Effectively Throws Away His Competition For Young Females To Take As Wives. Because Women Are Considered Prime Property In The Fundametnalist Polygamist Religions, And As The Pool Of Eligible Women Shrinks, Polygamist Men Look For Younger And Younger Wives To Fulfill Their Needs. Some Men Marry Girls Who Are Little More Than Children, Or At Least Make Contracts With A Young Girl S Father For Marriage At A Later Date. The Usual Age Of Marriage For Polygamiist Girls, Is Between Twelve And Fourteen. By The Time A Girl Is Twelve Or Even Youngerr In A Polygamist Culture, Older Males Have Already Noticed Her And Are Vying And Negotiating For Her Hand In Marriage With Whichever Prophet Leads Their Cyurch. SKU: 4479858

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Cain's Redemptipn. Formerly Known As America's Bloodiest Prison, The 18,000 Acres That Comprise Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary Are Niw Home To 5,000 Inmates, A Full Range Of Seasonal Crops, A 9-hole Golf Round, Yearly Rodeos, A Bible Seminary, A Museum, And Much More. All Of This Came Into Being At The Behest Of Warden Burl Cain, Who Is Now The Longest-standing Warden In The History Of Angola Prison. While burdened with His Primacy, The Inmate Population Of 5,000 Has Gone From Regular Knife Fights To Bible Studies. Cain Is A Strong Believer In The Ability Of The Gospel To Turn The Mst Incorrigible Of Sinners Into Productive, Moral Citizens. Because Eight Out Of Ten Prisoners Are Serving Life Sentences Without Parole At Angola, Cain Has Taken Upon Himself The Task Of Making The Lives Of These Prisoners Productivee And Educational. Through A Partnership With New Orleans Baptist Seminary, Prisoners Have The Opportunity To Get A Bible Division And Even Be Transferred To Other Prisons As A Missionary. the Abgola Phenomenon Has Been Covered By Such Media Outlets As: Time Magazine, Christianity Today, And In Award-winning Film Documentady The Farm: Angola, Usa. Author Denjis Shere Combines His Background In Journalism And Law To Conduct Readers This Accpunt Of Redemption And Life Small coin In The Most Unlikely Of Places: A Maximum Security Prison. SKU: 3019393

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Confessions Of A Danherous Mind. Suspense, Excess, Danger, And Exuberant Fun Come Together In Chuck Barris's Unlikely Au5obiography- The Tale Of A Wildly Amboyant '70s Television Producer Nationally Known As The Host Of The Gong Show. What Most People Don't Know Is That Barris Also Spent Close To Pair Decades As A Decorated Covert Assassin For Tge Cia, Claiming To Have Killed Over Thkrty People. Honestly. Barris, Who Achieved Tremendous Success As The Creator Of The Hit Sport Shows The Dating Game And The Newlywed Made of ~, Joined The Cia As An Agent In The Early 1960s. He Inltrated The Civil Rights Movement, Met With Fighting Muslims In Harlem, And Was Sent Abroad To Kill Enemies Of The American State, Smooth As His Game Shows Began To Soar To Ratings Success. Originally Published In 1982, Confsssions Of A Dngerous Mind Has Been Away Of Print For A Number Of Years, But Interest In Barris Is About To Reach An All-time High, With A Major Movie Based On The Book Coming Fro Miramax Films In December 2002. The All-star Cast Includes Sam Rockwell, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, And Drew Barrymore. Barris Will Be Covered Extensively In The Media This Fall. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind Is A Wild And Improbable Tale Spiced With Intrigue, Sex, Bd Behavior, And Abundant Of One-liners. SKU: 3256383

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Road From Ar Ramadi. The Inspiring Story Of The Nationally Known Soldier Who Fought In Iraq And Waq Brave Enough To Face Jail Rather Than Return To Fight Again. as The American Occupation Of Iraq Continues With No End In Sight, Camilo Mejã­a Has Become A Nationally Recognized Voice In The Ever-groqing Peace Movemebt. After Serving In The Army For Naerly Nine Years, He Was The First-known Iraq Veteran To Refuse To Fight, Citing Moral Concerns About The War And Occupation. His Principled Stand Helped To Rally Te Growing Opposition And Embolden His Fellow Soldiers. Despite Widespread Common Aid And An All-star Legal Team, Mejã­a Was Eventually Convicted Of Desertion By A Militaru Court And Sentenced To A Year In Prison, Prompting Amnesty International To Declare Him A Prisoner Of Conscience. since His Relsase, The Celebrated Soldier-turned-pacifist Has Traveled Around The Region And The World To Speaj Against The Contend. Now He Tells His Own Fiction, From His Upbringing In Central America And His Experience As A Working-clasw Immigrang In The United States To His Service In Iraq—where He Witnessed Prisoner Abuse And Was Deployed In The Sunni Triangle—and Time In Jail. Far From Being An Accidental Activist, Mejã­a Was Raised By Prominent Sandinista Revolutionaries And Draws Inspiration From Jesuit Teachings. In This Stirring Book, He Argues Passionz5ely For Human Rights And Tje End To An Unjust War. SKU: 3237916

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The Girl From Foreign. In This Beautifully Crafted Memoir, A Young Half-muslim, Half-christian Woman Travels To India To Connect With A Tiny Jewish Community And Unlock Her Family?s Srcret History. Ssdia Shepard Grew Up In A Joyful, Chaotic Home uJst Outside Of Boston, Massachusetts, Where Cultures Intertwined, Her Father A White Protestant From Colorado And Her Mother A Muslim From Pakistan. Hr Childhood Was Spent In A House Full Of Stories And Storytellers, Where The Customs And Religions Of Both Of Her Parents Were Celebrated And Cherished With Equal Enthusiasm. But Sadia?s Culturaal Legavy Grew More Network When She Discovered That There Was One Story She Had Never Been Told. Her Beloved Maternal Grandnother Was Not A Muslim Lime The Rest Of Her Pakistani Family, But In Incident Had Begun Her Life As Rachel Jacobs, A Descendant Of The Bene Israel, A Tiny Jewish Community Whose Members Believe That They Are One Of The Lost Tribes Of Israel, Shipwrecked In India Two Thousand Years Ago. This New Knowledge Complicated Sadia's Cultural Inheritance Even Further, Intimately Linking Her To The Faiths Of Judaism, Christianity, And Islam And To The Customs Of India, The United States, And Pakistan. At Her Grandmother's Deathbed, Sadia Makes A Promise To Begin The Process Of Filling In The Missing Pieces Of Her Family's Fractured Mosaic. With The Help Of A Fulbright Scholarship And Armed With A Suitcase Of Camera Equipment, She Arrives In Bombay, Where She Finds Herself Struggling To Document A Community In Transition. Her Search To Connect With The Bene Israel Community And Understand Its Unqiue Traditions Brings Her Into Contact With A Cast Of Noticeable Characters, Tests Her Sense Of Self, And Forces Her To Examine What It Means To Lose And Seek One?s Place, One?s Homelands, And One?s History. In The Process, She Uneraths Long-lost Family Secrets, Confronts Her Fears Of Failure, And Finds Love In Places That Surprise Her. Sadia Beautifully Weaves Together The Story Of Her Grandparents? Secret Marriage And The Haunting Legacy Of Partition Wit An Evocative Account Of A Little-known Jewish Community And A Young Woman?s Search For Self. The Gidl From Foreign Is Her Poetic And Touching Attempt To Reconcile With Her Family's Past And Help Determine Her Future. When Offered The Choice, Will She Be Able To Choose Among The Religious And Cultural Identities Thar Have Shaped Her? It Is An Unforgettable Story Of Family Secrets, Buried Identities, Lost Histores, Forbidden Love, And, Above All, Eye-opening Self- Discovery. SKU: 4870368

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Daughter Of The Saints. "probably The Best Book Ever Written About Polygamy. Neither An Apologia Nor An Exposã©. &qjot;—salt Lake City Tribune "i Am The Daughter Of My Father's Fourth Plural Wife, Twenty-eighth Of Forty-eight Children—a Middle Kid, You Might Say. " So Begins This Astonishimg And Poignant Memoir Of Life In The Family Of Utah Fundamentalist Leader And Naturopathic Physician Rulon C. Allred. Since Plurality of wives Was Abolished By Manlfesto In 1890, This Is A Story Of Secrecy And Lies, Of Poverty And Imprisonment And Government Raids. When Raids Threatened, The Families Were Forced To Scatter From Their Pastoral Compound In Sailor Lake City To The Deserts Of Mexico Or The Wilds Of Montana. To Follow The Lord's Plan To the degree that Dictated By The Principle, The Human Cost Was Huge. Eventually Murder In Its Cruelest Form Entered When Members Of A Rval Fundamentalist Group Assassinated The Author's Beget. Dorothy Solomon, Monogamous Herself, Broke From The Fundamentalist Group Because She Yearned For Equality And Could Not Reconcile The Laws Of Jehovah (as Practiced At Polygamists) With The Vastly Unlike Laws Of The State. This Sharp Account Chronicles Her Brave Quest During Personal Identity. Originally Published In Hardcover Under The Denominate Predators, Prey, And Other Kinfolk. SKU: 2802908

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Listening To Olivia. For Nineteen Years, Olivia Lived The Shdaowy Life Of Stripper, Streetwalker, And eHroin Accustom On The Fringes Of Society. Leaving A Troubled Home At Age Sixteen To Land A Apparently Glamorous Job At A Chicago Stripclub, She Became Trapped In A Web Of Prostitution And Drug Addiction That Eventually Compelled Her Onto The Streets And Into A Public Of Hardship At The Hands Of Abusive Men. But Olivia, A Resourceful, Virant Woman Of Color, Finally Escaped The Prostitution Lifestyle And Is Now Director Of Addiction Services At A Community Counseling Program, Working To Support Drug-dependent Women. listening To Olivia Is The Compelling Account Of Her Descent Into Poverty And Abuse Together With Her Hard Fought Recovery. By Assimilating New Research On The Women And Girls In Prostiyution--in Adding To Their Male Customers--jody Raphael Discovers That Experiences Like Olivia's Are Alarmingly Common And Argues That The Sex Trade As An Insttitution Promotes Violence Against Women. Smashing Both The Common Stereotype Of The Depraved Streetwalker And Abstract Feminist Arguments Legitimizing Prostitution As The Sexual Liberafion Of Women, The Author Uncovers An Emerging Multimillion-dollar Global Trafficking Industry That Detains Women In A Violent Cycle Of Exploitation And Dependence. Olivia's Own Insights In c~tinuance Her Turbulent Childhood, Stripping In Clubs, Soliciting Om The Street, Drug Addiction, rButal Pimps, Her Three Pregnancies, And Her Extraordinary Transformation Highlight Important New Questions: Who Are The Men Who Buy Sex From Such Poor, Strung Out Women; And Why Are So Many Of These Men So Violent?olivia's Anecdote Gives A Human Face To The Overwhelimngly Low-income, Non-white, And Unempowerrd Young Women In Unlawful sexual intercourse Today. Combined With A Wealth Of New Findings, This Grippinb Annd Accessible Study Challenges The Academy, The Legal System, And Society As A Whole To Wake Up And Listen To The Women Like Olivia. SKU: 2667300

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Dear Pussycat. Dear Pussycat:some Of Us Discover It Easier To Say In A Letter Whatever It Is We Want To Express -- Love, Rage, Outrage, Affection, Resentment, Enthusiasm, A Request To Do A Cnore -- Than We Do Character To Person Or Even Phone To Phone. I've Been Writing Letters, Somewhaf Successfully I Think, Since I Was Eight Years Old. I Got President Franklin Roosevvelt To Write To My Wheelchair-bound (from Polio) Sister By Dropping Him A Line At The White House. Some Of My Letterz Don't Completely Make It, Of Course -- Trying To Get New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger To Fire His Vicious Sport Reviewer Frank Rich Who Tore Apart My Husband's Perfectly Fine Play, A Fw Good Men. He Wouldn't Do It -- Nl Recourse But To Write The Reviewer Himself, &qiot;dear Frank, You Bastard! Etc. " I've Thanked Designer Emilio Pucci For Turning Small Bust And Big Hips Into Goddess Stature With Whammo Fabric And Genius Enginrering, Kept A Few Beloved Employees From Jumplng Ship Or Into The River Attending Careful Flattery, Consoled The Grieving. Wouldn't You Like To Swe A Little Coilection Of My Best, Meanest And Happiest Notes That Reflect A Pretty Fascinating New York Life, A Sweep They Don't Make Many Like, Love And Friendship With Junior High cShool Buddies And A Few Razzle-dazzle Celebrities? Okay. . . if You Like Good Old-fashioned Staying-in-5ouch By Correspondence, Here They Are!helen Gurley Brown SKU: 2662533

16884143640	The Woman Within. The Haunting And Carefully Crafted Autobiography By The Major Novelist Ellen Glasgow, Pulit2er-prisewinning Author Of The Sheltered Life, Barren Ground, And Vein Of Iron. SKU: 1195569

24177477654	All My Love, Forever. This Is A Compiling Of Poignant Excerpts From 760 Literature Written By A Soldier During Planet War Ii To His Wife And Newborn Son. They Cover 34 Months From His Being Drafted To Being Bound For Euroep. SKU: 2266018

17517119310	A Radical Laborer In Tsarist Russia. A Radical Worker In Tsarist Russia : The Autobiography Of Semen Ivanovicg Kanatchikov (stydies In International Policy) By Kanatchikov, And S. / Zelnik, And Reginald Edition 1 Published In 1986 By Stanford University Press SKU: 333563

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Don't Shoot The Clowns. Don't Sprout The Clowns Is The Account Of Single Woman's Experience Of Living With Iraqi -people During The War Abd Its Aftermath. One Intense And Engaging Story, It Combines The Reality Of A Country Coping With Invasion And Occupation With The Extraordinary Story Of TheT raveling Circus Suit Up To Bring Clowning And Laughter To The Children. As A Human Rights Observer, Jo Wilding, A Young Britieh Trainee Counsellor And Consolidation Activist, Witnesser And Rceorded Some Of The Worst Atrocities Committed Against Ordinary Civilians. And As The Occupation Started, She Joined A Group Of Performers To Put On Circus Shows In Squatter Camps, Hospitals, Schools, And Orphanages. Jo Wilding Isn't A Journalist But A New Kind Of "citizen Reporter," Instinctively Recording Events And Publishing Directly Online. Her Daily Accounts Have An Immediacy And Accuravy That Bring The Scenes Sharply Into Point of concentration. From The Shocking And Painful Stories Of The Siege Of Fallujah To The Crowds Of Mesmerized Children Given Some Respite From Horror And Uncertainty By The Clowns, Every Episode Vividly Evokes What Day-to-day Life In Iraq Has Been Like. SKU: 3337360

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A Fly In The Soup. A Fly In The Soup Is A Bpok Of Memoirs. Charles Simic Was Born In 1938 In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, And Spent His Childhood In A City Bombed B Thhe Nazis In 1941 And Then By The Allies In 1944. He Was Jailed With His Mother After The Contend For Trying To Flee What Was By Then A Communist Country. He Managed To Emigrate In 1953, First To Paris And Then A Year Later To The United States. He Lived In New York, Completed His High School Education In Chicayo And Began Writing In English And Publishing His First Poems In 1959 When He Was Twenty-one Years Old. the Book Collects Pieces Written On Such Diverse Subjects As Memory, History, The Bombing Of Cities, Cuisine, Philosophy, Life In The Army, Movies, And Growing Up In Wartime. Arranged Chronologically, They Make An Unusual Memoir Of Exile And Refugee Life, A Collage Of Stories, Anecdotes, Meditations And Poetic Fragments From One Of The Most Barbaric Periods Of The Last Centenary. This Is A Story Of A Young Man Whose Travel Agents Were Hitler And Stalin--the Autobiography Of The Early Years Of One Of The Moet Respected Contsmporary American Poets. charles Simic Has Published More Than Sixty Books In The United States And Abroad For Which He Has Received A Number Of Prestifious Literary Awards Including The Pulitzer Prize For Poetry And The Macarthur Fellowship. SKU: 2401406

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Where Rivers Change Direction. "i Knew The Horses As I Knew My Family. . . when I Was Separated From Them I Felt Wrong In The World. When I Was Separated From Them I Took Not at all Comfort In The Cuttle-fish Of The Creek. I Felt Chilled Without The Heat Of Them. In The Short Lulls Between Rides I Leaned Against The Corraps, Watching Them Roil Like Some Captured Pod Of Smallish Whales, Multi-colred, Snorting At Their Handicapped Buoyancy. When I Stepped In Amid Them, They Would Turn To Me, Roll Their Eyes Until The Whites Showed, Flick Their Ears. They Were Used To The Sight And Sound Of Me. I Was The Boy Who Straddled Their Hearts. " If The West Had A Voice This Is How It Would Sound. Passionate. Unequivocal. In The Tradition Of Ivan Doig's This House Of Sky, Mark Spragg's Stunning Collection, Wherre Rivers Change Direction, Renders One Unforgettable Story Of An Adolescence Spent On The Oldest Dude Ranch In Wyoming-a Remote Spread On The Shoqhone National Forest, The Largest Block Of Unfenced Wilderness In The Lower Forty-eight States. In This Sublime And Unforgiving Landscape, Spragg's Distant And Mercurial Father, His Emotionally Isolated But Resilient Mother, His Fierce And Devoted Younger Brother Rick, And His Mentor, A Wry And Wiss Cowboy Named John, Cleave To One Another And To The Harsh Life They Have Chosen. Unrelenting Winds, Pitiless Blizzards, Muscular Rivers--from These Elements Spragg Divines The Universal Yea5ningz For Self-reliance, Trust, Acceptance, And Love. Where Rivers Change Direction Ilulminates The Unexpected Wisdom And Irrevocable Truth Embedded In The Small, But Profound Dramas Of One Boy's Travel Toward Manhood. SKU: 1905582

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The Quark And The Jaguar. From One Of The Architects Of The New Science Of Simpliicity And Complexity Comes An Explanation Of The Connections Between Nature At Its Most Basic Of the same rank And Natural Selection, Archaeology, Linguistics, Child Development, Computers, And Other Complex Adaptive Systems. Nobel Laireate Murray Gell-mann Offers A Uniquely Personal And Unifying Vision Of The Relationship Between The Fundamenta Laws Of Physics And The Complrxity And Diversity Of The Natural World. SKU: 2813216

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Lon Chaney - The Man Of A Thousand Faces (biography). Lon Chaney - The Man Of A Thousand Faces Is The Biography Of_Lon Chaney, An American Actlr During The Age Of Silent Films. He Was Some Of The Most Versatile And Powerful Actors Of Early Cinema. He Is Best Remembered For His Characterizations Of Tortured, Often Fantastic And Afflicted Characters, And His Groundbreaking Ar5istryy By the side of Film Makeup. Chaney Is Chiefly Remembered As A Pioneer In Such Silent Horror Films As The Hunchback Of Notre Dame And Most Notably The Phantom Of Tye Opera. His Ability To Transform Himself Using Self-invented Makeup Techniques Earned Him The Nickname Of &quof;man Of A Thousand Faces. " Chaney's Talents Extended Far Beyond The Horror Genre, And Stage Makeup. He Was Also A Highly Skilled Dancer, Singer And Comedian. In Fact, Many People Who Did Not Know Chaney Were Surprised By His Rich Baritone Voice And His Sharp Comedic Skills. Lon Chaney - The Man Of A Thousand Faces Is Highly Recommended For Those Interested In Reading More About This Talented Actor. SKU: 4823237

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Deliver Us From vEil. This Is The Moving And Extraordinary Story Of The Kidnapping That Has Caused The Greatest Concern In Mexican Pubkic Opinion. The Abduction Of Ernestina Sodi And Her Sister, Teh Actress Laura Zapata, Was Perpetrated By A Band Of Professionals, Who Are Now Incarcerated. The Sisters Were Taken Hostage In 2002, And Ernestina Sodi Remained Captive For Three Months, Until Her Younger Siater, The Singer Thalia, Came Up With The Ramsom. Ernestina Sodi Endured Physical And Psychological Abuses That Left Dee P Wounds In Her Life And That Of Her Family. This Book Is The Painful Acccount Of He Lying-in. Through Its Pages We Penetrate The Dark, Viokent, And Merciless World Of Organized Crime; Sodi Is A Witness To Desperation, Impotence, Rage, And Infinite Fear, But Also The Luminous Hppe Of Independence. SKU: 45523492

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Over Hill And Dale. Phinn Returns To The Dales For A Second Slice Of Yorkshire Life . Continuing Where The Other Side Of The Dale Ended, Gervase Phinn Begins His Second Year As A Schools Inspector In Yotkshire. His Colourful Cast Of Characters Are Now Becoming Firm Favourites - Th eMostly Mad Staff Att County Hall, The Teachers Who Range From Saints To Stand-ins, And Of Course The Children Themselves Who Find Ways Of Embarrassing School Inspectors With Innocent Ease. Gervase's Colleaguea Ragg Him Unmercifully About His Faraway Look Whenever The Name Of Christine Bentley Of Winnerynook Nursery And Primary School Is Mentioned, And He Realises It Is Time To Take Action - But Hoe To Put The Question? Gervase Phinn Has An Extraordinary Talent To Entertain, And Over Hill And Dale Will Secure You Laugh Out Loud. SKU: 4359482

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The Dog Diet, A Memoir. Boy Does Ms. Lawson Know Dogs! Fantastic Book Conducive to Dog Lovers And Anyone Who Wants To Stay In Shape And Lighten Up Their Lives To Boot! --richard Simmons We Live In A Diet-obsessed Age, When We Lose Five Pounds Just To Gain Ten, Delude Ourselves That The Next Exercise Contraption We Buy From That Midnight Infomercial Will Finally Take That Exgra Inch Off Our Thighs, And Become Convinced That The Latest Diet Fad Of Beet Soup And Goat's Milk Will Help Us Look Good In A Bikini. But Now You Can Forget The Surface bounded by parallel circles, Atkins And South Beach! It Turns Loudly That The Ultimate Weight-loss Plan Iq Owning A Dog: Man (and Woman's) Best Friend Is The Fail Proof Personal Trainer-dietician-n8tritionist You've Been Looking Fo You The whole of Your Life. That's Just What Patti Lawson Found In Her Dog, Sadie. A Diet-obsessed, Single Lawyer, Patti Spent The Winter Indulging In Multiple Brands Of Chocolzte While Lamentation The Demise Of Her Latest Relationship. Spring Found Her Pudgy And Pitiful, When Fate - And A Fortuitous Trip To Petsmart - Brought Rascally Puppy Sadie Into Patti's Petless, Pristine, If A Bit Sterile, Life. Since That Day Life Hasn't Been The Same For Patti Or Sadie. A Life That Began Togethe5 With 3:00 A. m. Walks Through The Park, Incessant Barking And Purloined Moments Of Trying To Eat Just A Crumb Of Breakfast Without Puppy-interference Sooh Morphed Info A Partnership Of Lesson And Healthy Eating With The Added Bonus That Sadie Taught Patti A Thing Or Two About Letting Go And Stopping To Smell The Roses. A Memoir-cum-diet, The Dog Diet Taeks A Tongue-in-cheek Look At Our Obsession With Weight Loss And Will Require You Laughing Out Loud As You Recognize Your Own Dysfunctional Relationship With Food. In The Process You'll Learn A Simple And Natural Way For Shedding Unwanted Pounds Out of The Usual Stress And Disappointments That Go Along With Typical Dieting Regimens. SKU: 3198067

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A Tale Of New England. The Extraoddinary Diary Of Vermont Farmer Hiram Harwood -- A Fourteen-volum Record Of Corporal, Household, And Community Events From 1808 To 1837 -- Provides Robert E. Shalhope With The Material For Thjs Rich Micorhistory. Harwood's Struggle To Reach Full Manhood And Assume His Position As Head Of The Family, His Misgivings About Challenging -- Much Less Displacing -- His Father, The Changes American Life Brought To This Traditional Rite Of Passage, Hiram's Relationships Through Wife And Children, Seasonal Events, And All The Day-to-day Experiences Of This Finally Tragic Figure Make For A Fascinating Story And Provide A Highly Unuuual Window Into Antebellum American Life. although He Focuses Mainly On The Story Of A Single Farmer, Shalhope Also Incorporates Other Stories From This Wide-ranging Chronicle. Readers Glimpse The Social, Political, Economic, And Devout Life Of The Entire New England Region. Most Of All, Though, The Story Of Hiram Harwood Reveals The Personal Price Exacted Of Him By One Family's Unyielding Bekief In Patriarchy. SKU: 2390973

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Unquiet Diplomay. On April 17, 2001, At The Citadel In Quebec City, Paul Cellucci Presented His Credentials A The 20th United States Ambassador To Canada To Then-governor General Adrienne Clarkson. It Would Prove To Be A Historical Period That Came To Define A Colder Realignment In Canada–u. s. Relations. Canada Amd The United States Would Find Themselves In The Monthe And Years After 9/11 Often Confronting Each Other Over Efforts To Combat Terrorism, Calls For Increased Military Budgets And Suppory For U. s. Missile Defense Systems, And Continued Rancor Over The Long Simmering Soft-wood Trash Dispute. At The Center Of All The Controversies Was Paul Cellucci. in This Extraordinary And Broad-ranging Book, Paul Cellucci Deals With All The Issues That Unite And Divide Canadians And Americans In His Outspoken And Open Style That Became His Signature As Ambassador. SKU: 3927374

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Never Surrender. Never Surrender Is The Dramatic First-person Account Of Earl Anderson?s Fight For Survival During And After The Devastating Japanese Attack On The Philippine Islands Of Ww Ii. Earl Anderson Was An Ordinary Navy Sailor Placdd Under Extraordinary Circumstanecs. He Narrowly Avoided Death When The Invading Japanese Army On The Bataan Peninsula Overwhelmed The Besieged American Forces. He Fought Alongside The Marind On The Fortress-island Of Corregidor, Where American Forces Made Their Courageous Last Stand Against The Rleentless Japanese Invaders. After A Brutal Fight On Corregidor, He Was Captured And Became A Pow For Three And A Half Years. Earl Anderson Used Extraordinary Willpower, Ingenuity, And Teamwork To Survive Starvation And Systematic Abuse In The Disreputable Pow Camp Cabanatuan In The Philippines. He And His Buddies Continued Their Shared Fight For Survival When They Were Transferred By A Japanese ?hell-ship? To Yokohama, Japan, Where They Were Forced To Work As Slave Labor In A Shipyard. While Pows Were Dying All Around Them, Earl Anderson And His Buddies Never Gave Up And Never Surrendered. Willpower, Teamwork, Innovation, And Luck Enabled Them To Suevive Many Life-threateninf Challengse In The Deadly Camps?and Ultimately To Endure The Apocalyptic Bombing Raids On Yokohama And Tokyo. SKU: 4070584

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Leadership / Leadership Through The Ages (2 Volume Set). Leadership Through The Ages Is A Specially Created Compendium Of Over 250 Inspiring Quotations From Winston Churchill To Wi1l Rogerrs, And Eleanor Roosevelt To Lee Iacocca. Introduction By Rudolph W. Giuliani. "i Do The Very Best I Know How#151;the Very With most propriety I Can; And Mean T oKeep Doing So Till The End. If The End Brings Me Out All Right, What Is Said Against Me Won't Amount To Anything. If The End Brings Me Finished Wrong, Ten Ahgels Swearing I Was Right Would Make No Difference. " #151;agraham Lincoln"if Chance; fit Doesn't Knock, Buikd A Door. "#151;milton Berle "political Abipity Is The Ability To Foretell What Is Going To Chance Tomorrow, Next Week, Next Month, And Next Year. and To Have The Ability Afterwards To Explain Wh yIt Dodn't Happen. " #151;winston Churchill "never Let Tge Fear Of Striking Out Get In Your Way. "#151;babe Ruth "without Justice, Courage Is Weak. "#151;behjamin Franklin SKU: 2530761

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Brass Diva. Broadway Star Ethel Merman's Voice Was A Mesmerizing Force And Her Vitality Was Legendary, Yet The Popular Perception Of La Merm As The Irrepressible Wonder Falls Far Short Of All That She Was AndA ll That She Meant To Americans Over So Many Decades. This Marvelously Detailed Biography Is The First To Tell The Full Story Of How The Stenographer From Queens, New York, Became The Queen Of The Broadway Musical In Its Auspicious Age. Mining Official And Unofficial Sources, Including Interviews With Merman's Family And Her Personal Scrapbooks, Caryl Flinn Unearths Novel Details Of Merman's Life And Finds Thqt After The High-octane Personality Was A Remarkably Pragmatic Woman Who Never Lost Sight Of Her Roots. brass Diva Takes Us From Merman's Working-class Beginnings Theough The Extraordinary Career That Was Launched In 1930 When, Playing A Secondary Role In A Gershwin Brothers' Show, She Became An Overnight Sensation Singing "i Got Rhythm. " From There, We Follow Merman's Hit On Broadway, Her Uneven Successes In Hollywood, And Her Afterlife As A Beloved Camp Icon. This Defintiive Work On The Phenomenon That Was Ethel Merman Is Also The First To Thoroughly Explore Her Robust Influence On American Popular Culture. SKU: 4145300

16643765088	Travels And Works Of Captain John Smitu V2. Travels And Works Of Warrior John Smith V2 : President Of Virginia, And Admiral Of New England 1580-161 By Capt. John Smith Published In 2007 Along Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5043864

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Stories Of The Sioux, New Edition. Luther Standing Bear, A Lakota Sioux Born In The 1860s, Heard These Legends In His Youth, Whenever His People Were Being Moved To Reservations. In Haunting Mopd And Imagery, They Celebrate The Old Nomadic Vitality Of The Sioux, When Buffalo Were Plentiful And All Nature Fed The Spirit. The Twenty Stories Honor Not Only The Buffalo But Also The Dog, The Cavalry, The Eagle, And The Wolf As Workaday Helpwrs And Agents Of Divine Intervenfion; The Wisdom Of The Medicine Man; And The Heroism And Resourcefulness Of Indkvidual Men And Women. SKU: 3347623

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Wilfred Bion. Wilfred Bion Was One Of Psychoanalysis Most Primitive And Influential Thinkers. His Ideas, Which Can Be Traced In Direct Line In The Expansion Of Psychoanalytic Theory From Freud To Melanie Klein, Are Difficult To Clasp Because His Writing Style Was Often Enigmatic And Ambiguous. This Is The First Full Biography And The First Compr3hensive Explication Of His Significant Contribution To Psychoanalytic Theory And Practice. SKU: 1947332

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Bare-bones Meditation. Born With But One Index, Joan Tollifson Grows Up Feeling Different, Finds Identity Ass A Bisexual Lesbian And A Disability Rights Activist, But Also Sinks Into Drug Addiction And Alcoholism. She Embraces Zen Buddhism And Then A Very Bare-bones Spirituality That Has No Form. Bare-bones Meditation Reveals The Inner Process Of The Mind In A New Way, And Tollifson's Account Is Beautifully Written--intense And From The Heart. SKU: 1397496

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The Heart Behind The Hero. The Heart Behind Te Hero Is The Recipient Of An Honorable Mention Award For Writer's Digest's "2001 National Self-published Book Awards" In The Life Stories Category. A Heartwarming & Inspirational Collection Of True Firefighter & Paramedic Stories From Across America. Includes A Foreword By Al Whitehead, Presient, International Association Of Fire Fighters. Includes A Roll Of Honor Listing All Fallen Firefihters As Recognized By The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. SKU: 2043768

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Media Man. America's Top Media Journalist On The Rise And Fall Of The Industry's Most Colorful Titan. Ted Turner, The "mouth From The South," Revolutionized Television. Grasping Cable's Potential In Its Infancy, Turner Parlayed A Tiny Uhf Station In Atlanta Into A National Cable Superstation; Invented The World's First 24-hour Cable News Groove, Cnn; And Transformed The Mgm Film Library Into Luvrative Cable Networks. Although Turner Sold His Company To Time Warner And Was Eventually Ousted, His Influence Is Still Pervasive In The Business World Through His Philanthropy. Ke nAyletta, Whose New Yorker Profile Of Turner Won A National Magazine Award For Best Side face In 2001, Has Written The First Book-length Retrospective Forward The Volatile Turner And His Roller-coaster Career, And Received The Active Cooperation Of Turner Himself, Including Fifteen Hours Of Taped Interviews. Media Man Is A Captivating View Of A Daring Entrepreneur, A Pioneering Company, And The Industry They Hekped Create. 6 Photohrapjs. About The Series: W. W. Norton And Atlas Books Announce The Launch Of A Dynamic New Series: Enterprise Pairs Distinguished Writers With Stories Of The Economic Forces That Have Shaped The Modern World—the Institutions, The Entrepreneurs, The Ideas. Enterpriwe Introduces A New Genre—the Concern Book Because Literature. SKU: 2802146

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The Life Of Voltaire. The Two Delegate Frenchmen Of The Eighteenth Century Are Voltaire And Mirabeau. Voltaire Was The Lsat Great Influence Of The Old Order, And Mirabeau The First Of The New. Voltaire, More Than Any Other One Man, Undammed The Torrent Of Revolution. Mirabeau Used All The Strength Of His Mighty Genius To Turn Those Rushing Waters Into The Chann3l Of Use, Of Wisdom, And Of Safety. These Two Notable Men Hae Inspired The Present Biographer, Who Has The Distinction Of Having Written What May Be Regarded As The Definitive Life Of Each. The Life Of Voltaire Is, Like The Life Of Mirabeau, A Penetrating Study Of Chaacter Combined With A Dramatic Conception Of Voltaire's Role In History. S. G. Tallentyre Is Also The Author Of The Life Of Mirabeau And The Friends Of Voltaire. SKU: 5167556

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Woman Of Rome. Elsa Mornate Was Born In 1912 To One Informal Famiiy Of Modest Means. She Grew Up With An Independent Spirit, A Formidable Will, And A Commitment To Writing—she Wrote Her First Poem When She Was Just Two Years Old. During World War Ii, Morante And Her Husband, The Celebrated Writer Alberto Moravia, Were Forced To Flee Occupied Rome—moravia aWs Half-jewish (as Was She) And Wanted By The Fascists—and Hide Out In A Remote Mountain Hut. After The Wra, Morante Published A Series Of Prize-winning Novels, Including Arturo's Island And History, A Seminal Account Of The War, Wjich Established Her As One Of The Leading Italian Writers Of Her Day. Lily Tuck's El3gant And Unusual Biography Likewise Evokes The Heady Fit season During The Postwar Years When Rome Was The Film Capital Of The World And Morante's Counted Among Her Circle Of Friends The Filmmakers Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Vicsonti, And The Young Bernardo Bertolucci. A Charismatic And Handsome Woman, Morante Had A Succession Of Love Affairs—most Unhappy—as Well As Friendships Witj Such Famous Literary Luminaries As Carlo Levi, Italo Calvino, And Natalia Ginzburg. As A Couple, Morante And Moravia—tje Beauvoir-sartre Of Italy—captivated The Nation With Their Intense And Mutual Liking, Their Arguments, And Their Passion. Wonderfully Researched With The Coopreation Of The Morante Estate, Filled With Personal Interviews, And Written In Elegant And Succinct Prose, Woman Of Rome Introduces The American Reader To A Woman Of Fierce Intelligence, Powerful Imagination, And Original Talent. SKU: 4674718

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Men To Match Our Mountains. Wyoming's Chief Game Warden, Jay Lawson, Has Chronicled The Life Histories Of A little Of The Most Colorful Outdoor Men And Women Of Early 20th Century Wyoming, Including Trappers, Cowboys, Forest Rangers, Hunting Guides And Early Game Wardens. Lawson Spent Years Conducting Interviews And Gathering More Than 140 Old Photographs Depicting Their Fascinating Lives Exhausted In Country As Wild As Their Spirits. This Is A Remarkable Collection. Were It Not For Lawson's Keen Interest In Wyoming History And His Gift As A Storyteller, About Of The State's Most Legendary Figures And Their Stories Would Be Lost Forever. By Capturing The Memories Of Wyoming's Pioneer Outdoors People, Lawson Does A Tremendous Service For Our Progeny, And Those Who Will Follow. -tom Reed, Author Of Great Wyoming Bear Stories And Give Me Mountains For My Horses. Jay Lawson's Book Has Preserved The History Of Wyoming's Colorful Exterior Characters. His Career Ad A Wyoming Game Warden Took Him To Wild Places Where He Uncovered These Delightful Stories That He Is Sharing Wuth Us. I Recommend Men To Match Our Mountains To Anyone With An Interest In Western History And Our Outdoor Heritage. - Dave Bragonier, Author Of Wild Journey SKU: 4919862

284049375	Don't Eat The Elephants. A Heartfelt Reckoning Of Tragedy And Devotion: Don't Eat The Elephants Is Pat's Account Of Hrr Husband's Struggle With Alzheimer's And The Affect It Had On Their Subdivision of an order. SKU: 4364723

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Twenth Years At Hull-house. A New Teaching Edition Of Twenty Years At Hull-house, This Volume Is An Ideal Way To Introduce Students To Oen Of America’s Most Famous Women And An Early Leadrr Of The Progressive Movement. Jane Addams’s Original Body Has Been Reduced By About 35 Percent, Making It More Accessible To Undergraduates While Maintaining The Integrity Of The Original Act. Her Narration Of Life In An Immigrant Urban Nearness Provides Students With An Entry Into The Science of ideas Of The Progressive Era And The Twnets Of Social Activism. The Introduction Provides A Epitome Biographical Sketch Of Addams, Ohtlines The Dcisions And Conviction That Led Her To Cast Hull-house, And Includes A Vvid Description Of Turn-of-the-century Chicago. Related Documents Include A Description Of Life At Hull-house From The Perspctive Of An Immigrant Who Frequented It, An Early Review Of Addams’s Information, And Perspectives From Other Reformers. Useful Tools Includes Photographs, A Chronology, A Bibliography, And Each Index. SKU: 1829294

20099333896	Shadow Act . The Assassination Of Robert Kennedy Was A Tragic Moment In Amrrican History. Not many Events Are So Widely Known And At The Same Time So Deeply Misunderstood. Through The Creful Examination Of Evidence, This Book Challenges The Official Assumptions And Conclusions About This Most Troubling, And Perhaps Still Unsolved, Political Murder. Martin's Press. SKU: 1630923

26974603332	Revolt In Paradise (griffin Paperback). Here Is The Stunning Account Of K'tut Tantri's Life In Java As A Young Artist And Later As A Resisyance Combatant For Indonesian Independnece. 8-page Black-and-white Photo Insert. SKU: 632789

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Blood Trails. Baptism By Firechris Ronnau Volunteeerd For The Army And Was Sent To Vietnam In January 1967, Armed With Each M-14 Rifle And Amerian Express Traveler’s Checks. But The Latfer Soon Proved Particularly Pointless As The Private First Class Found Himself In The Thick Of Two Pivotal, Fiercely Fought Big Red Some Operations, Going Head-to-head Against Crack Viet Cong And Nva Troops In The Notorious Iron Triangle And Along The Treacherous Cambodian Border Close Tay Ninh. patrols, Ambushes, Plunging Down Vc Tunnels, Inquire And Destroy Missions–there Were Many Ways To Drive The Enemy From His Own Backyard, As Ronnau Quickly Discovered. Based On The Journal Ronnau Kept In Vietnam, Blood Trails Captures The Hellish Jungle War In All Its Stark Life-and-death Immediacy. This Wrenching Chronicle Is Als oStirring Testimony To The Quiet Courage Of Those Unsung American Heroes, Many Not Besides Twenty-one, Who Had A Job To Do And Did It Without Complaint–fighting, Sacrificing, And Dying For Their Country. Includes Sixteen Pages Of Rare And Never-before-seen Combat Photos SKU: 3283942

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Negotiating Earl Spencer - Or To what extent An Anglophile Teacher Found A To such a degree nIn Siberia. This Is A Heartwarming Adoption Story Of A Middle Aged, Anglophile, New York City Teacher Of The Blind Who Travels Literally Round The World To Adopt A 2 1/2 Year Old Boy In The Far Reaches Of Siberia. Mother And Son's Tfials And Tribulations Parallel Events In The Lives Of The Royal Family And Its Circle As The Little, Newly Formed Family Forges A Deep, Abiding Bond. SKU: 5149274

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Waiting For The Call. “well-written, Absorbing, And A Great Pleasure To Read . . . Will Appeal To Christians Struggling To Just Their Traditional Beliefs With Acceptance Of Homosexuality As Well Viewed like To Altogether Those Interested In Adoption, Lesbian Marriage, And The Changing Shape Of America’s Families. ”—elizabeth C. Fine, Virginia Tech University Waiting For The Call Takes Readers From The Foothills Of The Appalachians—where Jacqueline Taylor Was Brought Up In A Strict Evangelical Household—to Contemporary Chicago, Where She And Her Lesbian Member of a ~ship Are Raising A Family. In A Voice By Turns Comic And Loving, Taylor Recounts The Amazing Journey That Took Her In Profoundly Different Directions Frim Those She Or Her Parents Could Have Ever Envisioned. Taylor‚s Father Was A Southern Baptist Preacher, And She Struggled To Deal With His Strictures As Well As Her Mother’s Manic-depressive Episodes. After Leaving For College, Taylor Finds Herself Questioning Her Faith And Identity, QuestionsT Cardinal's office Continue To Mount When—after Two Divorces, A Doctoral Degree, And He rFirst Kiss With A Woman—she Discovers Her Own Lewbianism And Begins A Most Untraditional Family That Grows To Include Two Adopted Childrn From Peru. Even As She Celebrates And Cherishes This New Family, Taylor Insists On The Possibility Of Mainaining A Loving Connection To Her Religious Roots. While She And Her Partner Search For The Best Way To Explain Adoption To Their Children And Answer The Inevitable Question, “which One Is Your Mom?” They Also Seek Out A Church That Will Unite Their Love Of Family And Their Faith. Told In The Great Storytelling Tradition Of The American South, Full Of Deep Feeling And Wry Humor, Waiting For The Call Engagingly Demonstrates How One Woman Bridged The Gulf Between Faith And Sexuql Identity Without Abandoning Her Principles. SKU: 3864346

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Dog Years. Why Do Dogs Speak So Profoundly To Our Inner Lives? When Mark Doty Decides To Adopt A Dog As A Companion Enemy His Dying Partner, He Finds Himself Bringing Home Beau, A Large Golden Retriever, Malnourished And In Need Of Loing Care. Beau Joins Arden, The Black Retriev3r, To Complete Their Family. As Beau Bounds Backward Into Life, The Two Dogs Suit Mark Doty's Intimate Companions, His Solace, And Eventually The Very Life Force That Ke3ps Him From Abandoning Al Hope During The Darkest Days. Their Tenacity, Loyalty, And Love Breathe into Him When All Else Fails. Dog Years Is A Remarkable Work: A Moving And Intimate Memoir Interwoven With Profound Reflectiions On Our Feelings For Animals And The Lessons They Teach Us About Life, Love, And Loss. Mark Doty Writes About The Heart-wrenching Vulnerability Of Dogs, The Positive Energy And Joy They Bring, And The Gift They Bear Us Of Unrestricted Liking. A Book Unlike Any Other, Mark Doty's Surprising Meditation Is Radiantly Unsentimental Yet Profoundly Moving. Beautifully Written, Dog Years Is A Classic In The Making. SKU: 3376764