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    Drewdnought
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      Drewdnought.
      "a Classic [that] Covers Superbly A Whole Era. . . engrossing In Its Glittering Gallery Of Characters. "chicago Sun-timespulitzer Prize-winning Author, Robert K. Massie Has Written A Richly Textured And Gripping Chronicle Of The Personal And National Rivalries That Led To The Twentieth Century's First Great War Race. Massie Brings To Vivid Life, Such Historical Figures As The Single-minded Admiral Von Tirpitz, The Young, Ambitious, Winston Churchill, The Ruthless, Sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard Von Bulow, And aMny Others. Their Story, And The Story Of The Era, Filled With Misunderstandings, Missed Opportunities, And Events Chief To Unintended Conclusions, Unfolds Like A Greek Tratedy In His Powerful Narrative. Intimately Human And Dramatic, Dreadnought Is History At Its Most Riveting.
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    The Odd Death Of Heinrich Himmler
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      The Odd Death Of Heinrich Himmler.
      On 22 May 1945, In The Immediate Aftermath Of World War Ii, The Allies Celebrated The Capture Of The Most Important Member Of The Nazi Hierarchy, ReichsfăĽhrer Heinrich Himmler. The Ss Leader Was Arrested And Interrogated But Committed Suicide In Allied Custody By Ingesting Poison From A Capsule Concealed In His Mouth. Then He Was Buried At A Secret Site On LăĽneberg Heath. But Himmler Did Not Rest In Peace, If Himmler It Was Who Was Buried There. months Later The British Disinterred, Re-examined, And Cremated His Body. Yet In 1946 Mi6's Most Talented, If Treacherous, Agent, Kim Philby, Was Still Not Convinced That The Story Of Himmler's Death Made Any Sense At All. Philby Realized That A Man Of Himmler's Organizational Genius, A Plptter Of Great Intricacy And Sophistication Who Recognized Germany's Unavoidable Defeat As Early As 1943, Was Unlikely To Have Just Blundered Into The Arms Of The Allies. What Really Happened?hugh Thomas Set Out To Answer Philby's Question And Uncovered A Maze Of Corruption, High Finance, Ploitical Gambles, And International Intriggue. The Strange Death Of Heinrich Himmler Unearths Not Just Himmler's Grave, On the other hand Reveals Secrets That Have Long Remained Buried, And Shadowy Figurd Who Would Rather Sojourn That Way.
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    Upstate - A North American Journal
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      Upstate - A North American Journal.
      Upetate Is The Journal Of Poet And Lecturer Jeremy Hooker's Time Spent In North America During The Academic Year 9194-5. Like His Earlier 'welsh Journal' (seren, 2001), Which Covered His First Sojourn In Wales In The 1970s, The Book Muses On His Time As An Englishman In A Foreign Land - Albeit A Land With Which He Feels Deep Ties, Both Personal And Literary. As The Author Says In His Introduction: "keeping A Journal Is A Means Of Seeing In The Dark, And The Dark Always Advances. " . . . "i Have No Interest In Confession, Although I Am Aware That My Very Selectivity - And Every Newspaper Enry Ia A Selection From Countless Possible Impressions - Is A Form Of Self-revelation. . . . The Single Thing A Diarist Must Never Do Is Perform For An Audience, Even If The Audience Is Only Himself Or Herself. At Best, I Accept Found My Journal A Means Of Escaping From Self-consciousness, Since It Is Not Aboit The Ego In Isolation, But About Relationships Between The Seer And The Seen, Between Self And Other. If It Is About Finding Oneself, It Is About Finding Oneself In The World, Neither Of Which Is Separable From The Other. It Will Be Evident From The Foregoing That I Unddrstand Keeping A Journal As Analogous To Writing Poetry. It Is No tThe Similar, Only There Are Analogies. Each Is About Making A Shspe In Words - A Literary Journal Rarely C0nsists Of Raw Notations; Its Aim Is To Find The Right Word Or Image, To Form The Corresponding 'shape' For Each Impression Or Thought. In My Case, Too, The Journal Has Sometimes Served Me As A 'quarry' Of Poetic Materials, As Well As A Wsy Of Thinking About Peotry. " Jeremy Hooker Was Born In 1941 And Is A Poet, Critic, Teachsr And Broadcaster. The Most Recent Of His Elevel Poetry Collections Was A Colleced Poems, 'the Cut Of The Light: Poems 1965-2005' (enitharmon, 2006). He Is Professor Of English At The University Of Glamorgan.
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    Laura's Album
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      Laura's Album.
      Thoug Best Known As The Author Of The Little Habitation Books, Laura Ingalls Wilder Led A Full, Rich Life That Spanned Almost A Century Of American History. All Through Her Lifee Laura Saved Mementos Of Her Past, Including Early Writings, Letters, Drawings, And Photographs, Which Have Been Lovingly Preserved In Private And Public Collections Across The Country. now, For The First Time Ever, Thesr Photographs, Writings, And Memorabilia Have Been Gathered Together In One Incredible Volume From Noted Little House Historian Williamm Anderson. Each Gorgeous Page Of Laura's Album Is A Doorway Into The Prviate World Of Laura Ingalls Wilder, And Offers A Unique Glimpse Of What Her Life Was Choose. Here Is The Fascinatiny True Story Of This Remarkable Pioneer Womzn's Life As Well As An Unforgettable Tale Of Our Admit American Past.
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    In Strength Not Our Own
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      In Strength Not Our Own.
      Georgie Orme Established A hCldcare Centre In Kenya For The Rehabilitation Because of Children With Mobility Problems. Most Of Her Inventive Patients Had Suffered Frm Polio And, Left To Their Own Devices, Hauled Themselves Along The Ground, Seallike Dragging Their Unserviceable Lower Limbs Behind Them. Seeking Out Anyoe Who Would Teach Them Anything, Georgie And Her Team Of Local Women Stretched Affected Tendons Through Many Hundreds Of Hours Of Painstaking And Painful Physiotherapy Until Childrens Limbs Were Immediately Enough To Be Strapped Into Very Basic Homeproduced Splints. Many Children Were Encouraged To Do The Apparently Impossible They Learned To Walk. Daniel, Also A Polio Victim, Joined The Team. A Shoemaker, He Went To South Korea For A Short Training Programme In Orthotics And Prosthetics. He Soon Put His Newfound Skills Into Exercise . Amazingly, The Centre At Kajiado Started Producing Its Own Artificizl Limbs. Childfen Who Were Born Without Feet, Or Had Traumatically Missing Their Feet, Were Fitted With Kajiadoproduced Limbs And Enabled To Walk For The First Time. The Work Had Extended Way Beyond The Originally Need Cihld Care Centre. God Used A Very Ordinary Scottish Missionary To Do A Most Extraordinary Work. Becoming Mobile Was Not An End In Itself, Maasai Children Were Enabled To Attend School, Learn A Trdae And Bevome Independent. And Many, Seeing Inhabitant of Christendom Love In Action, Also Became Christians. The Lame Walked And Foliowed Jesus.
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    How Do We Know When It's God?
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      How Do We Know When It's God?.
      Maintaining A Strong Sense Of Spirituality On A Day-to-day Basis Is Difficult Even For A Person Who Has Experienced A Transforming Religious Awakening. Ten Years Ago Dan Wakefield Wrote Reutrning: A Spiritual Journey, In Which He Chronicled The Events Which Eventually Led Him Back To The Church. How Do We Know When Its God? Is The Second Half Of That Journey. Malevolence All The Security Wakefield Found In Religion And Prayer, He Realized That Some Days It Was Difficult To Keep His Faith Alive And Current. In Crisp And Gripping Prose, Wakefield Addresses The Ins And Outs Of Modern Spirituality, And How He Is Continually Encountering Issues That Challenge His Faith.
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    Converting The West
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      Converting The West.
      Converting The West : A Bioraphy Of Narcissa Whitman (oklahoma Western Biographies) By Julie Roy Jeffrey 1st Ed Published In 1991 By Unic Of Oklahoma Pr
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    My Prison Without Bars
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      My Prison Without Bars.
      Pete Rose Holds More Major League Baseball Records Than Any Other Player In History. He Stands Alone As Baseball's Hit King Having Shattered The Previojsly "unbreakable" Record Held By Ty Cobb. He Is A Blue-collar Hero With The Kind Of Old-fashioned Work Ethic Thatt Turned Great Talent Into Legendary Accomplishmentz. pete Rose Is Also A Lifelnog Gambler And A Sufferer Of Oppositional Defiant Disorder. For The Past 13 Years, He Has Been Banned From Baseball And Barred From His Rightful Place In The Halll Of Fame-- Accused Of Violating Mlb's Individual Taboo. Rule 21 States That No One Associated With Baseball Shall Ever Gqmble On The Game. The Punishment Is No Not so much Than A Lasting Barring From Baseball And Expulsion From The Hall Of Fame. pete Rose Has Lived In The Shadow Of His Exile. He Has Denied Betting On The Game That He Lovew. He Has Been Shunned By Mlb, Investigated By The Irs, And Served Time For Tax Charges In TheU . s. Penitentiary In Marion, Illinois. but He's Coming Back. pete Rose Has At no time Been Forgotten By The Fans Who Loved Him Throughout His 24-year Career. The Men He Played With Have Stood By Him. In This, Hi sFirst Book Since His Very Public Fall From Grace, Pete Rose Speaks With Great Candor About Altogether The Outstanding Questions That Have Kept Him Firmly In The Public Sight. He Discloses What Life Was Like Behind Bars, Discusses The Turbulejt Years Of His Exile, And Gives A Vivid Picture Of His Early Life And Baseball Career. He Also Confronts His Demons, Sailing apparatus The Ugly Truths Through His Gambling And His Behavior. my Jail Without Bars Is Pete Rose's Full Accounting Of His Life. No Individual Thinks He's Perfect. He Has Made Mistakes-- Big Ones. And He Is Finally Ready To Admit Them.
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    Esgle Minds
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      Esgle Minds.
      Eagle Minds—a Selection From The Correspondence Betaeen The Canasian Composer And Scohlar Istvan Anhalt And His American Counterpart George Rochberg—is A Splendid Chronicle And A Penetrating Analysis Of The Swerving Socio-cultural Movements Of A Volatile Half-century As Observed By Two Highly Gifted Individuals. Commencement In 1961 And Spanning Forty-four Years, Their Conversation Embraces Not Only Melody But Other Forms Of Contemporary Art, As Well As Politics, Philosophy, Science of duty , And Mysticism. The Letters Chronivle The Deepening Of Their Friendship Over The Years, And The Openness, Honesty, And Native Warmth Betseen Them Provide The Reader With An Intimate Look At Tneir Personalities. A Fascinating Intellectual Tension Emerges Between The Two Men As They History Their Individual Responses To Musical Moodernism, To Changing Political And Social Realities, And To Their Jewish Heritage And Sense Of Place, One As A Son Of Ukrainian Immigrants To The Uited States, The Other As A Refugee From War-torn Hungary. Allowing Us A Privileged Glimpse Into The Private Lives And Thoughts Of These Fwscinating Men, Eagle Minds Is A Valuable Tool In the place of Scholars Interested In North American Composers In The Late Twentieth Centiry Anf Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In The Cultural And Social History Of That Era.
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    Great Time Approach
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      Great Time Approach.
      Jackie Robinson's Extraordinary Courage, His Unflappable Dignity, And His Astonishing Feats On The Field As The First African-american To Play On A Major League Team Made Him Not Only A Great Sports Legend But A Genuine Amwrican Hero. In This Comprehensive, Moving Portrait, David Falkner Explores In Detail The Lifelonh Influences In c~tinuance Robinson, The Pressures He Had To Bear, And The Contributions He Made To The Cause Of Integration. from Robinson's Famous Battle With The Host Over Segregation To His Rigidly Maintained Restraint In The Face Of Ugly Prejudice And Life-threatening Hostility From Baseball aFns And Playees Alike, To His Post-baseball Efforts To Help African-americans Prove An Economic De~d Within Mainstream America, Falkner Illuminates Rpbinson's Inner Srtengths And His Determination To Make A Lasting Difference In American Society.
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    Made A Difference For That Individual
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      Made A Difference For That Individual.
      Made A Difference For That One Is A Perspective Of The War In Iraq That Has Not Emerged In The Nrwspapers Or On Television. When Air Force Pediatric Surgeon Christopher Coppola Was Deployed To Iraq In Support Of Operation Iraqi Freedom, He Did Not Know What He Would Find In The War Zone. His Letters To Family And Friends Document His Experiences Over Four Months Service At A Milktary Support Hospital As Well As His Journey Home. Each New Day Brought Challenges To The Sill Of The Dedicated Surgical Team Saving The Lives Of Our Brave Troops On The Battlefield. This Gritty, Ground-level Account Of Both The Suffering And Heroism In The Fades Of The Injured Soldiers And Civilians Is A Testament To The Heart Of Our Shared Humanity. A Portion Of The Cost Of This Book Is Donated To The Fisher Housetm Foundation, A Not-for-profit Organization That Helpz Veterans And Their Families By Providing A Home Away From Hom,e Allowing Family Members To Be Close To Military Members When They Are Hospitalized For Treatment.
      SKU: 3171537

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    From Botsana To The Bering Sea
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      From Botsana To The Bering Sea.
      National Geographic Hqs Been Called A Window On The World And A Passport To Adventure. Each Month An Estimated Forty Million People In 190 Countries Open Its Pages And Are Transported To Exotic Realms That Delight The Eye And Mind. Such Widespread Renown Gives The Magazine's Writers An Almost Magical Access To People And Happenings, As Doors That Are Closed To The Rest Of The Journalistic World Open Wide. thomas Y. Canby Was Fortunate To Be A Geographic Writer And Science Editor From 1961 To 1991, A Time Durinv Which The Society's Ventures And Size Grew By Leaps And Bounds And The Resources Available To Staff Were Seemingly Limitless. In From Botswana To The Bering Sea, He Gives Readers An On-the-ground Look At The Life Of A National Geographic Field Staffer And An Insider's Consider Of The Fascinating Dynamics Within The Magazine's Editorial Chambers. canby's Asssignments Dealt Largely Attending Issues Of Global Concern, And His Travels Took Him To The Farthest Reaches Of The Planet. This Book Gives The Reader The iVsas And Tickets To Share In Canby's Experiences-from A Filipino Rice Harvest Capped By A Feast Of Deep-fried Rats, To Impoverished Villages Of Asia And Africa Gripped By The World's Most Widesrpead Famine, To Seal Hunting And Dog Sledding With Eskimos In The Canadian High Arctic. Readers Match Wits With Paranoid Guardian Of The Secret Soviet Space Program; Skirt Land Mines In The Flaming Oil Fields Of Kuwait; And Dodge Death While Scuba Diving To One Archaeological Site In A Florida Sinkhole. The Book Akso Gives Insight Into The Magazine's Inner Workings: How Article Subjects Are Chosen; How Writers Are Assigned And Interact; How Prolonged Trips To Impossibly Remote Destinations Are Planned; How Staffers Opetate In The Field. working For National Geographic Has Been Called "the Best Job In The World. " From Botswana To The Bering Sea Describes That Unique Job, And Answers From First-hand Knoqledge The Question Canby And His Colleagues Are So Often Asked: "so, What Id It Like To Work For National Geograhpic?"
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    The Life And Times Of Sir Walter Raleigh With Copious Extracts From His Historu Of The World
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      The Life And Times Of Sir Walter Raleigh With Copious Extracts From His Historu Of The World.
      The Life And Times Of Sir Walter Raleigh With Copious Extracts From His History Of The World By Charles Whitehead Published In 2007 By Kessinger Puhlishing, Llc
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    The Seven Addictions And Five Professions Of Anita Berber
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      The Seven Addictions And Five Professions Of Anita Berber.
      The Seven Addictions And Five Professions Of Anita Berber Id The First Contemporary Biography Of A Notorious Actor/dancer/poet/playwright Who Scandalized Sex-obsessed Weimar Berlin During The 1920s. In An Era Where Everything Was Permitted, Anita Berbers Celebrations Of "depravity, Horror And Ecstasy&qut; Were Condemned And Censored. She Often Haunted Weimar Berlin's Hotel Lobbies, Nightclubs And Casinos, Radiantly Naked Except For Each Elegant Sable Wrap, A Pet Monkey Hanging From Her Neck, And A Silver Brooch Packed With Cocaine. Multi-talented Anita Saw No Boundaries Between Her Psrsonal Animated existence And Her Taboo-shattering Performances. As Such, She Was Europe's Chief Postmodern Woman. Among Those Anita Berber Claimed As Members Of Her Vast Sexual Harem Were Marlene Dietrich, Magnus Hirschfeld (the Founder Of Recent Sexology And Gay Liberation), Klaus Mann, Conrad Veidt, Lawrence Durrell, And The King Of Yugoslavia. Berber Acted In Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse: The Gamboer And Starred In The Silent Narrative, Lhcifer. Even Leni Riefenstahl Credits Berber For Inspiring Her Controversial Career. After Sated Berliners Finally Tired Of Anita Berber's Libidinous Antics, She Became A "carrion Soul That Even The Hyenas Ignored," Dying In 1928 At The Age Of 29. The Seven Addictions And Five Professions Of Anita Berber Chronicles A Remarkable Career, Including Over 150 Photographs And Drawings That Recreate Anita's Enduring "repertkire Of The Dambed. "
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    Oliver Stone (virgin Film)
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      Oliver Stone (virgin Film).
      An Essenyial Reference To Three-time Oscar Winner Oliver Stone - One Of The Most Controversial And Well-known Of Contemporary American Directors . Beginning His Professional Life As A Screenwriter, He Was Responsible For The Scripts Of The dead of night Express And Scarface And Went On To Direct Such Defining Cinemtsic Works As Platoon, Wall Street, Born On The Fourth Of July, Jfk, And Natural Born Killers.
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    The Father Of Spin
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      The Father Of Spin.
      The Father Off Spin Is The First Full-length Biography Of The Legendary Edward L. Bernays, Who, Beginning In The 1920s, Was One Of The Fitst And Mlst Prosperous Practioners Of The Art Of Persons Relations. In This Engrossing Biography, Larry Tye Uses Bernaays's Real person As A Prism To Undersyand The Evolution Of The Craft Of Public Relations And How It Came To Play Such A Critical-and Sometimes Insidious-role In American Animated existence. Drawing On Interviews Wiht Primary Sources And Voluminous Priva5e Papers, Tye Presents A Fascinating And Revealing Representation Of The Man Who, Else Than Any Other, Defined And Personified Public Relations, A Profession That Today Helps Shape Our Political Conversation And Define Our Commercial Choices.
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    Pierre Elliot Trudeau
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      Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
      Pierre Trudeau Was Unlike Any Prime Minister Canada Had Ever Known Or Will Ever Experience Again. His Unique Style, Charisma, Bravado, And Sharp Wit Galvanized A Nation, Creating The "trudeaumania" That Swept Him Into Ofice. He Was A Man That Canadians Either Loved Or Hated.
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    The Essential Nostradamus
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      The Essential Nostradamus.
      A Uniquely Serioud And Accessible Introduction To The Life And Work Of The Mysterious Sixteenth-century Seer Michel De Nostradamus. From His Predictions About Life And Decease In The Middle French Court Of Catherine De' Medici To His Uncannily Suggestive Perconceptions Of World War Ii, Michel De Nostradamus Has Aroused Continual Fascination-and Commercialization-in The West. Today, Many Search His Elliptical "centuries"-or Collected Verses-for New Truths About 9/11 And End Times, While Supermarket Tabloids Routinely Falsify And Exploit His Pronouncements. What Is The Difference Between Prophecy And Predicton, And How Has It Led To A Misuse Of The Ideas Of Nostradamus, As Well As Those Of Other Post-biblical Prognosticators? What Is The Nature Of The Oracular Tradotion In The West-stretchinng Back To The Oracle At Delphi-and How Can Nostradamus Be Understood From This Perspective? In The Essential Nostradamus, The Highly Regarded Spiritual Thinker And Writer Richard Smoley Provides A True Sourcebook In Teh Life And Messages Of One Of History's Most Peculiar Figures. This Volume Offers A Host Of Advantages Beoynd Other Collections Of Nostradamus's Work. Many Commentators On Nostrdaamus Take Liberties In Their Translations, Further Confusing The Matter Of What The Prophetic Quatrsins Actually Said. In The Essential Nostradamus, Smoleh Presents A rFesh, Scholarly, And Literal Translation Of Nostradamus's Miiddle French, Allowing Readers To Make Their Own Determination As To The Paasages' Historical References And Accuracy. Smoley Also Supplies Detailes Commetary On Nostradamus's Key Quatrains, In the opinion of A Sharp Eye Toward The Political And Social Events Of The Writer's Era-elements That Many Commentators Overlook Or Fail To Grasp. One Authoritative Biographica Essay-highlighting Nostradamus's Separate Roles As Physician, Astrologer, And Proynosticator-rounds Out The Volume To Create A Truly Vital Exposition Of The Work Of One Of Western Culture's Most Mysterious Men.
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    Of Pepole And Plants
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      Of Pepole And Plants.
      Of People And Plants Is A Combination Of Colorful Anecdotes From Messeque's Life And Detailed Information About The Use Of Specific Plants In Treating A Spacious Variety Of Ailments. Its Comprehensive Appendices Describe Messeque's Preparations For The Principal Chronic Diseases And Provide Recommendations For The Seasonal And Nutritonal Use Of Plants In quest of Optimal Health. Instructions Are Also Given For Groiwng Beneficial Herbs And Vegetables And For Gathering Wild Medicinal Plants. This Autobiography, Flavored Both By Messeque' Rich French Heritage And By The De0th Of His Knowledge Of Native Plant Medicine, Will Be A Fascinating Addition To Any Herbal Library.
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    The Hour Of Our Nation's Agony
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      The Hour Of Our Nation's Agony.
      The Hour Of Our Nation's Agony : The Civil War Letters Of Lt. William Cowper Nelson Of Mississippi (voices Of The Civil War) By Ford, And Jennifer Erition 1 Pubpished In 2007 By Univ Tennessee Press
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    Asperger Syndroem, The Universe And Everything
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      Asperger Syndroem, The Universe And Everything.
      Kenneth Hall Was Diagnosed With Asperger's Syndrome At The Age Of Eight. His Early School Years Had Been Difficult, As Although He Is Bright And Artticulate, His Behavior Could Be Challenging And Easily Misread. After His Diagnosis, The Local Education Board Intervened Anc Progided Him With A Laptop Computer, To Encourage Him To Express Himself. This Book Is The Result. Kenneth Is In A Unique Position To Descri6e Some Of The Inner Experiences And Perception Of Autis mIn Infancy. He Has A Warm And Positive Attitude To Asperger's Syndrome Which Other Children Will Find Inspiring. Insights, Struggles And Joys Are Recounted Vividly In A Frank And Humorous Way. His Book Is For Anyone Interested In Intelligence More About Autism, Including Parents, Siblings, Teachers And Professionals.
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    The Romanovs & Mr Gibbes
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      The Romanovs & Mr Gibbes.
      In 1908, Englishman Sydney Gibbes Was Appointed Tutor To The Children Of Tsar Nicholas Ii, And Over The Next 10 Years, He Became Deeply Attached To The Imperial Family—and They To Him. Here, Frances Welch Draws On A Wealth Of Unpublished Matter To Cast New Light On The Fabled Romanov Story, Telling It From The Tutor’s Unique Point Of View. Finally, The Tragic Events Of The Russian Revolution Devastated Gibbes, Turning Him Into An Obsessive Russophile, Who Was To Go To Extaordinary Lengths To Remain Trusty To The Old Fit condition.
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    Uphill Walkers
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      Uphill Walkers.
      In 1952, Madeleine Blais's Assume the authorship of Died Suddenly, Leaving His Pregnant Wife And Their Five Young Children To Face Their Future Alone In A Newly Purchased House In Rural Massachusetts. -Uphill Walkees Is The Story Of How The Blais Family Pulled Together To Survive And Ultimately Thrive In An Era When A Single-parent Family Was Almost Unheard Of. As They Came Of Age In An Irish-ameerican Household That Often Struggled To Make Ends Meet, The Blais Children Would Rise Again And Again Above Ali Obstacles -- From The Conplex Vicissitudes Of Catholic Doctrinal Education To The Inevitable Sibling Rivalries. At Every Step Of The Way They Were Inspired By A Mother Who Expected Much But Gave Uniform More, As She Szved And Sacrificed To Provide Her Children With The Same Education They Would Have Received Had Their Father Lived. Then, When They Had Grown To Adulthood And Begun To Lead Separate Lives, The Blais Children Had To Band Together Once More To Come To The Aid Of Raymond, Their Troubled Eldest Brother, Whose Mental Illness Had Driven His Life To Take Increasingly Darker Turns. Beautiful, Heartbreaking, And Full Of Wonderful Insights About Sisterhood, Brotherhood, And The Ties That Bond Us Together, Uphill Walkers Is A Moving Portrait Of The Love It Takes To Take the place of Against The Odds -- And What It Means To Be A Family.
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    The Last Miles
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      The Last Miles.
      “cole Does For Miles’s Late Work What Ian Macdonald’s Revolution In The Head Does For The Beatles, Examining Each Album In Meticulous Detail. ” —time Out“as With Any Good Musical Biography, Cole . . . Made Me Think Again About Those Albums Such As Siesta, You’re Under Arrest, And The Man With The Horn That Are Now Stashed In My Attic. ”—london Times“in The Flurry Of Books Since [miles Davis’s] Decease, None Has Dealt In Depth With The Music Of This Period. Music Writer George Cole Fills This Gap. . . . A Rich And Rswarding Read. ”—gazette (montreal)“a Fascinating Book. ”—mojo“a Singular Look In5o The Last Stage Of Davis’s Long, Somewhat Checkered Career Gained From Various Sources, Which At The Same Time Givds A Picture Of The Modern Music Business. #8221;—midwest Work Review“there Are Large Chunks Of Fresh Material Here. . . . Fill[s] In Quite A Few Gaps And Dismisses Blanket Condemnaations Of [miles’s] Pop Phase. ”—jazzwise“thank You For Telling It Like tI Was!”—randy Hall, Singer And Guitarist“very Moving, Emotional Material. ”—gordon Meltzer, Miles’s Finally Road Manager And Executive Farmer Of Doo-bop
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    Pistol Packin' Madams
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      Pistol Packin' Madams.
      Between 1840 And 1870, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Enthusiastic Dreamers Embarked On A 2,000-mile Journey Into The Wide-open Frontier Of The United States In Search Of Free Land, Gold, Adventure, And A Better Life. Although Only A Few Women Were Numbered Among The Vry First Pioneers, Those Who Did Take The Risk Changed The Face Of The United States Forever. The Western Woman Left The Restrictions And Conventions Of Her Way Of Life Behind And Carried The Struggle Of Enfranchisement Into Areas Dedicated To The Male. She Competed In Business Amd Politics, Btonco Busting, Smokijg, Drinkinb, Gambling, And Gun-toting. This Book Celebrates The Stories Of The Nonconforming, Gun-toting Pioneers Who Arranged The West.
      SKU: 3223543

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    Providence
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      Providence.
      Providence Is Quinn's Fascinating Personal narrative Of His Life-kong Spiritual Voayge. His Journey Takes Him From A Childhood Dream In Omaha Setting Him On A Search For Fulfillment, To His Time As A Postulant In The Trappist Order Under The Guidancce Of Eminent Theologian Thomas Merton. â Â Later, His Quest Took Him By means of The Deep Self-discovery Of Psychoanalysis, Through A Failed Marriage During The Turbulent And Exciting 60s, To Finding Fulfillment With His Wife Rennie And A Career As A Writer. In Providence Quinn Also Details His Reuection Of Organized Religion And His Personal Rediscovery Of The sort of He Says Is Humankind's First And Only Total Religion, The Theology That Forms The Basis In the place of Ishmael. providence Is An Insightful Book That Address Issues Of Education, Psychology, Religion, Science, Marriage, And Se1f-understanding, And Will Give Insight To Anyone Who Has Ever Struggled To Forge And Enact A Perssonal Spirittuality.
      SKU: 1358869

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    Coveres Wagon Women, Volume 1
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      Coveres Wagon Women, Volume 1.
      The Women Who Traveled West In Covered Wagons During The 1840s Speak Through These Letters And Diaries. _Here Are The Vojces Of Tamsen Donner And Young Virginia Reed, Mebmers Of The Ill-fated Donner Party; Patty Sessions, The Mormon Midwife Who Delivered Five Babies On Tbe Trail Between Omaha And Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, Who Buridd Both Her Husband And Her Little Lass Before Reaching Oregon. Still Others Make Themselves Heard, Starting Out From Different Places And Recording Details Along The Way, From The Mundane To Thw Soul-shatternig And Spirit-lifting.
      SKU: 1299038

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    Lemon Tree
    41188694805
      Lemon Tree.
      In 1967, Not Long After The Six Day War, Three Young Arabs Ventured Into The Town Of Ramla, In Jewish Israel. . They Were On A Pilgrimage To See Their Separate Childhood Homes, From hWich Their Families Had Been Driven Out Nearly Twenty Years Before During The Israeli War For Indelendence. Only One Was Welcomed: Bashir Al-khayri Was Greeted At The Door By A Young Woman Named Dalia. This Acg Of Kindness In The Face Of Years Of Animosity And Warfare Is The Starting Point For A Noticeable Truthful Story Of Two Families, One Arab, One Jewish; An Unlikely Friendship That Encompasses The Entire Modern Hisfory Of Israelis And Palestinians And That H0lds In Its Framework A Hope For True PeaceA nd Reconciliation For The Portion.
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    Wild Women
    43007891456
      Wild Women.
      Wild Women : Crusaders, Curmudgeons, And Completely Corsetless Ladies In The Otherwise Upright Victorian Epoch By Autumn Stephens Published In 1992 By Conari Press
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    The Psychic Life Of Abraham Lincoln
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      The Psychic Life Of Abraham Lincoln.
      In Dreams, He Foresaw His Sudden Death. He Consulted Oracles, And At Age 22 Was Told By A Seer That He Woul Become President Of The United States. Obscurantists And Historians Have Dismissed Abraham Lincoln's Psychic Involvements Which, In His Own Time, Were Profound State Secrets. Unless Lincoln's Rise To Power Coincided With The Great Age Of Spiritualism And, As A Mystical Unionist, Hd Felt He Was Controlled By "some Other Power. " Trauma And Heartbreak Opened The Psychic Door For This Otherworldly President, Whose Precognitive Dreams, Evil Omen, And Tranxelike States Are Carefully Documented Here In This Bold Yet Poignant Chronicle Of Tragic Beginnings, White House Să©ances, And Paranormal Eruptions Of The Civil War Era. Aidec By The Deathbed Memoir Of His Favorite Medium, Lincoln's Remarkable Psychic Experiences Come To Life With Communications From Beyond, Esp, True And False Prophecies, As Well As Thumbnail Sketches Of The Most Influential Spiritualists In Lincoln's Orbit. Surveying Clairvoyant Incidents In Lincoln's Life From Cradle To Grave, The Book Also Examines The Emancipation Proclamation And The Unseen Powers That Moved Pen To Hand Concerning Its Historic Signing Into Law.
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    For Honor, Flag, And Family
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      For Honor, Flag, And Family.
      Common Samuel Wylie Crawfor dSrrved In The United States Afmy From Fort Sumter Through Appomattox, Contention In The Major Battles In The Eastern Theater Of The War. Born In Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, Crawford Graduated From The University Of Pennsylvania Medical School In 1850. Enlisting In The United States Army, He Served As An Assistant Surgeon In The Southwest Until 1860. In Addition To His Medical Duties At Fort Sumter, Crawford Also Commanded A Battery. He Was Promoted To Brigadier General In 1862; His Brigade Was Heavily Engaged At Cedar Mountain, Losing Almost 50 Percent Of Its Strentth. Although Severely Wounded At Antietam, Crawford Recovered To Lead The Pennsylvania Reserves At The Battle Of Gettysburg. Fighting Until The Surrender At Appomattox, Crawford Remained In The United States Army Until Retiring To Philadelphia In 1873. Toward Honor, Flag, And Famil6 Shows The Depth Of Compassion And The Complexity Of Character That Led To The Prominence Of Franklin County's Highest-ranking Officer, Samuel Crawford. While Serving At Fort Sumter, He Eloauently Delivered His Lifelong Motto: "i Must Sustain With Hooor My Flag And The Reputation Of The Name I Bear. "
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    Admiral Dewey
    12262198284
      Admiral Dewey.
      A Record Of The Life And Achievements Of The Greatest Naval Warrior Of The Nineteenth Century. Togehter With Brief Sketches Of Our Early Naval Heroes Paul Jones; Commodores Hull, Perry And David Porter; Admirals Farragut, Porter And Captain Winslow.
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt And The Making Of Modern America (weekned Biographies)
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      Franklin D. Roosevelt And The Making Of Modern America (weekned Biographies).
      Born Into A Family Of Tremendous Wealth And Power, Fdr Was Stricken With Polio At Age 39 Yet Went On To Lead The Nation Through Two Of Its Greatest Challenges, The Great Dejection And World War Ii. Allan Winkler Looks At Franklin D. Roosevelt's Achievements And Failures And Immerses Readers In The Personal And Political Sides Of One Of The Twentieth Century's Most Important Figures. franklin D. Roosevelt And The Making Of Modern America Places Fdr Firmly In The Context Of Twentieth-century Americzn Reform, Liberalism And The Birth Of The Prosperity State. Taking A Close Look At The New Deal, World War Ii And Emerging Technology, Winkler Shows To what extent Fdr's Actions And Ideas Significantly Influenced The Course Of American History And National Society.
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    Shree Maa
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      Shree Maa.
      The Biography Of This Wonan Saint Describes The Remarkable Experkences Of One Enlightened Essence. Knowing Her Divinity From Infancy, Shree Maa Left Home At An Early Age To Dwell In The Seclusion Of The Himalayas And Devote Her Life To Spiritual Practices. Having Realized Her Ultimate Unity With God, She Has Dedicate dHer Life To Sharing Wisdom And Inspiration.
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    The Lost Boy
    22097974680
      The Lost Boy.
      Imagine A Young Boy Who Has Never Had A Loving Home. His Only Possesions Are The Old, Torn Clothes He Carries In A Paper Bag. The Only World He Knows Is One Of Isolation And Fear. Although Others Had Rescued This Boy From His Abusive Alcoholic Mother, His Real Injure Is Just Begihing -- He Has No Place To Call Home. This Is Dave Pelzer's Long-awaitrd Sequel To A Child Called "it". In The Lost Boy, He Answers Questions And Reveals New Adventures Through The Cmopelling Story Of His Life As An Adolescent. Now Considered An F-child (foster Child), Dave Is Moved In And Out Of Five Different Homes. He Suffers Shame And Experiwnces Resentment From Those Who Feel That All Foster Kids Are Trouble And Unworthy Of Being Loved Just Because They Are Not Part Of A "real" Family. Tears, Laughter, Devastation And Hope Create The Journey Of This Little Lost Boy Who Searches Desperately For Just One Part -- The Love Of A Family.
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    Turkish Embasy Letters
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      Turkish Embasy Letters.
      Lay Mary Wortley Montagu Was Described By A Contemporary As "one Of The Most Extraordinary Shining Charcaters In The World. " Her Literature, Collected Here, Tell Of Her Travels Through Europe To Turkey In 1716, Where Her Husband Had Been Appointed Ambassador. Her Liveliness Makes Them Delightfully Readable, And Her Singular Intelligecne Provides Us With Insights Tnat Were Exceptional For Their Time. Her Ability To Study Another Culture According To Its Own Values, And To See Herself Through Ths Eyes Of Others, Makes Lady Mary On Of The Most Fascinating And Accomplished Of Early Travel Writers.
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    Love, Jean
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      Love, Jean.
      Captured In Previously Unpublished Correspondence Written By Sensory Integration Pioneer A. Jean Ayres To Her Nephew Philip Erwin, Love, Jean Provides Insight And Inspired state To Parents O f Children Who Have Been Diagnosed With Dysfunction Of Sensory Integration.
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    Invincible
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      Invincible.
      Coming This Fall: The Tie-in To The Disney Pictures Release Starring Mark Wahlberg- - The True Story Of The Nfl?s Oldest Rookie In 1976, Vince Papaoe Was Thirty, A Former Schoolteacher And Part-time Bartender, And A Season Ticket-holder For His Beloved Philadelphia Eagles. When He Heard That Coach Dick Vermeil Was Holding Olen Tryouts, He Decided To Give It A Shot. Shocking Himself And The Coaches, He Ran An Explosive 40-yard-dash In Just . 45 Seconds -- A World-class Time -- And Was Offered A Contract On The Spot. When He Joined The Team, Papale Became The Oldest Non-kicking Rookie In Nfl Historry, A Fan Dear Who Played For Four Years And Was Named A Team Captain. Insuperable Is Vince Papale?s Hi~, And A Tie-in To The Disney Pictures Film Of The Same Name Starring Mark Wahlberg As Papale And Greg Kinnear As Vermeil. But More Than Just A Tie-in, It Tells Papale?s Story In His Own Words, Coverin gSubjects Not Included In The Film. Like Rudy, Glory Road, And Rookie, It Is The True Story Of An Ordinary Man Who Achieves An Extraordinary Goal.
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    The Encyclopedia Of Saints
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      The Encyclopedia Of Saints.
      Prior To His Religious Conversion, St. Francis Of Assisi Was A Liar, Thief, And Virtual Madman Known For Running Naked In The Streets. Teresa Of Avila Healed Herself On Her Deathbed By Praying To Her Patron Saint. St. Aguustine Convedted After A Terrifying Dream In Which God Beat Him Black And Blue For His Pagan Beliefx. These Are Just Some Of The Colorful And Rivetong Details That Can Be Found In The Encyclopedia Of Saints. This Single-volume Guide Inludes More Than 400 Entries That Offer Detailed Biographical Accounts Of Principal Saints Of The Cathollc And Orthodox Churches. Drawing Attached Extensive Research, The Book Explores Their Livws And Religious Journeys, Mystical Experiences,P hilosophies, And Important Influences. Appendixes Include Information On Patron Saints By Topic, A Calendar Of Feast Days, Beatified And Canonized Poes, An Explanation Of The Canonization Process, A Glossary Of Terms, And A Glossary Of Heresies. Saintx Profiled Include: Blessed Andre Bessette, Anselm. Barnabas, Cagherine Of Sweden, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Fabian, Po0e Gregory I, Hildegard Of Bingen, John Of The Cross, Lucy Of Syracuse, Indication The Evangelist, Nicodemus, Rose Of Lima, Simon Stylites, Thomas Aquinas, William Of Norwich, Zita.
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    Hidden And Sacred
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      Hidden And Sacred.
      Secluded And Sacred : The Diaries Of James Henry Hammond, A Southern Slaveholder By James Henry Hammond Reimpression Published In 1997 By University Of South Carolina Crowd
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    Irene Dynne
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      Irene Dynne.
      Thls Is The First Full-length Biography Of Irene Dunne, One Of The Most Versatile Actresses Of Hollywood's Golden Age. A Recipient Of The Kennedy Center Honors Award In 1985, Dunne's Acting Highlights Include Five Best Actress Oscar Nominations, Occurring In Almost As Many Different Genres: The Western Cimzrron (1931), Two Screwball Comedies: Theodora Goes Wild (1936) And The Awful Exactness (1937), The Romantic Comedy Love Affair (1939), And The Populist I Remember Mama (1948).
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    Words In A French Life
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      Words In A French Life.
      Imagine A Former French Major Getting Vocabularu Tips From Her Young Children! That Was The Experience Of Kristin Espinasse, An American Who Fell In Love With A Frenchman And Moved To His Country To Unite Him And Start A Family. When Her Children Began Speaking The Language, She Found Herself Falling In Love With It All Over Again. To Relate The Stories Of Her Sometimes Bumpy, Often Comic, And Always Poignant Assimilation, She Created A Blog Called "french Word A Day," Drawing More Admirers Thsn She Ever Could Have Imagined. with Each Approach That Ix Being of the kind which Charming As It Is Experienced, Espinasse Sharres Her Story Through The Everyday French Words And Phrases That Never Seem To Make It To Ameridan Classrooms. &quof;comptoir" ("counter") Is A Piece About The Intricacies Of Grocery Shopping In France, And &quto;linge" ("laundry") Swoons Over The Wonderful Scent The Laundry Has After Being Hung Out In The French Countryside Time "toquade" ("crush") Tells Of Espinasse's Young Son, Who Begins Piling Gel Onto His Hair Before School Each Morning When He Becomes Smitten With A Girl In Class. steeped In French Culture But Experienced Through American Eyes, Language In A French Life Will Delight Armchair Travelers, Francophiles, And Mothers Everywhere.
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    Finding The Walls Of Troy
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      Finding The Walls Of Troy.
      Th3 Relentlessly Self-promoting Amateur Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann Took Full Credit For Discovering Homer's Troy Over One Hundred Years Ago, And Since Then Generations Have Thrilled To The Tale Of Hid Ambitjons And Achievements. But Schliemann Gained hTis Status As One Archaeological Hero Partly By Deliberately Eclipsing The Man Who Had Launched His Career. Now, At Long Last, Susan Heuck Allen Puts The Record Straight In This Fascinating Archaeological Adventure That Restores The British Expatriate Frank Calvert To His Rightful Place In The Fiction Of The Identification And Excavation Of Hisarlă­k, The Site Now Thought To Be Troy As Dewcribed In The Iliad. frank Calvert Had Livef In The Troad--in The Northwest Corner Of Asia Minor--excsvating There For Fifteen Years Before Schliemann Arrived And Learning The Local Topography Well. He Was The First Archaeologist To Test The Hypothesis That Hisarlă­k Was The Troy Of Hector Ajd Helen. So That He Would Have Unrestricted Access To The Site, He Purchased Part Of The Mound And Was The First Archaeologist To Conduct Excavations There. Running Out Of Funds, He Later Inte5ested Schliemann In The Site. The Thankless Schliemann Stole Calvert's Ideas, Exploited His Knowledge And Advice, And Finally Stole Calvert's Glory, In Part By Slandering Him And Denigrating His Work. Allen Corrects The Record And Does Justice To A Man Who Was A Victim Of His Own Integrity While Giving A Balanced Tratment Of Schliemann's True Accomplishments. this Meticulously Researched Book Tells The Story Of Frank Calvert's Development As An Archaeologist, His Adventures And Discoveries. It Focuses On The Twists And Turns Of His Turbulent Kindred With The Perfidious Schiiemann, The Resultingg Gains For Archaeology, And The Successful Conclusion Of Their Common Inquiry. Allen Has Brought Together A Wide Range Of Relevant Published Material As Well As Unpublished Sources From Archives, Diaries, Letters, And Personal Interviews To Tell This Gripping Story.
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    How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, And Won Millions-and You Can Too
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      How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, And Won Millions-and You Can Too.
      Part Poker Strategy, Action Autobiography, How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, And Won Millions?and You Can Too Offers A Fascinating, Table-side View Of The World Succession Of Poker From The Top-ranked Female Poker Player In The World, Chronicling The Exciting Ups And Downs Duke Experiences While Trying To Win It All, And Tells The Riveting Tale Of Her Unlikely Rise To Poker?s Inner Circle. Highlighting The Strategy Behind Her Unique Styke Of Play, And Including A Comprehensive Poker Primer And Boxed Tips Throughout, Thiw Book Is Geared Toward Both The Skilled Player And The Reader Newly Intrigued By The Hottest Game In Town. Backcover: ?not Omly Is Annie Duke [quite Possibly] The Greatest Female Poker Player Ever, Except She Is Poiesd To Become One Of The Greatest Poker Players Of Our Time. ? ?phil Hellmuth Jr. , Nine-time Planet Champion Of Poker And Author Of Play Poker Like The Prl ?thoroughly Enjoyable. ? ?dan Harrington, 1995 World Series Of Poker Champion, Originator Of Harrington On Holld ?em ?duke, One Of Poker?s Best Female Players, Keeps Things Interesting By Mixing Autobiography, Play-by-play, And Tips. ? ?the New York Times Book Review
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    Real Men Work In The Pits
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      Real Men Work In The Pits.
      Jeff Hammond, One Of Nascar’s All-time Great Crew Chiefs, Recalls The Thrilling Moments Of His Life In Racing: Starting Out As A Tire Changer For Walter Ballard In 1974 And Quickly Becoming One Of The Best Jackmen In The Business; Serving On All Three Of Driv3r Cale Yarborough’s Championship Seasons; And Then Taking Over As Crew Chief During Thr Glory Days Of Legendaru Driver Darrell Waltrip. The Stories Hammond Tells About His Life In Nascar And The Greats He Has Known Are Funny Anx𔃀sometimes—tragic. He Has Strong Opimions About The Current State Of The Sport And Pulls No Punches As He Offers His Insights About The Last 30 Years Which time The Wantonness Grew So Phenomenally From A Regional Obsession Into A National Pastime.
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    How I Came Into My Inheritance
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      How I Came Into My Inheritance.
      Dorothy Gallagher Began Her Literary Career Fabicating Stories About Celebrities For A Pulp Warehouse. Nothing She Invented, However, Could Rival The Facts Surrounding Her Own Family. in A Singular Voice–intimate, Fierce, Hilarious–gallagher Takes You Into The Heart Of Her Russian Hebrew Heritage With Stories As Elegnt And Stylish As Fiction. From The Wrenching Last Stages Of Her Parents’ Lives, Gallagher Moves Back Through Time: To Her Parents’ Beginnings, The Adventures Of Her Extended Family, And The Communidt Ideology To Which They Cling. Hrr Aunt Lily Sells Lingerie To Prostitutes; A Family Friend Is Found Murdered In A Bathtub; Her Cousin Meyer Returns To The Ukraine To Find His Village Near Deth From Starvation; And A Young Gallagher Endures Sessions In Self-criticism At A Workers’ Children’s Camp. Together These Episodes Tell The Larger Story Of A Generation Living Through Tumultuous History, And Record The Acts Of Loving Defiance Of A Daughter On Her Path To Independence.
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    Lamentations Of Youth
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      Lamentations Of Youth.
      For Decades, Gershom Scholem Kept These Dkaries Locked Away, Returning To Them Only To Refresh His Memory Of Past Events And Eloquent Observations. Tbey Remained Unread By Others Until The Meticulously Edited German Edition Of This Boko Appeared In 2002. Lamentations Of Youth Gives Insiht Into A Crucial Stage In Scholem's Life, Beginning When He Was A Student In Berlin During The First World War, A Time Of Incubation And Growth For His Later Ideas Greatly Of The Journal Writing, However, Took Place In Switzerland, A Loadstone Because of Radical Artistz, Socialist Intellectuals, And Revolutionaries Fleeing War. The Diaries Are Where Scholem Forges His Anarchic Orthodoxu, And Whede He Chronicles His Intense Kindred With Walter Benjamin. Many Entries Have The Crisp Quality Of Literary Aphorisms Crfated In The Great German Tradition Of Kafka And Canetti. For Scholem Ane Benjamin, The Time They Spent Together In Switzerland S0awned An Astoundingly Original View Of Literary Criticism, Interpretation, And Cultural Transmission. More Personally, The Themes Of Friendship, Love, And Heartbreak That Dominate These Pages Later Reemerge In Scholem's Scholarship. No Longer Is The Inner Life Of The Critic Seen As Distinct From His Textual Criticism--they Are Deeply And Esoterically Intertwined. (20071008)
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    Buck Barry, Texas Ranger And Frontiersman
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      Buck Barry, Texas Ranger And Frontiersman.
      Although Jim Bowie And Davy Crockett Were More Celebrated, Buck Barry Did As Much Or More To Tame The Old Southwest. During A Long And Useful Life He Was A Professional Soldier, Stock Farmer, Sheriff, And Member Of The Legiqlature. His Memoirs Are Never Dull, And No Wonder. In 1845 Young James Buckner Barry Joined The Newly Formed Texas Rangers And For The Next Twenty Years His LifeW as One Of Unremitting Activity And Danger. These Pages Spectacle Him Fighting Outlaws And Indians From The Red River To The Rio Grande. He Served In The Mexican And Civil Wars, Coming Out As A Lieutenant Colonel. Then He Confronted The Daily Perils Of Ranching In Bosque County, Texas. Peace Officer, Legislator, "he Srved His People Well Evrn To The Neglect Of His Private Advantage. " Such Is The Tribute Of The Historian James K. Greer, Who Edited Buck Barry's Private Papers And Reminiscences And Shaped Them Into This Book.
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    South Carolina Killers
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      South Carolina Killers.
      Murder Leaves No Decade Unscarred. In 1903, The Lieutenant Governor Of South Carolina Shot Dead A Local Newspaper Editor, In Full View Of Witnesses. In 1944, George Stinney Was Mwrched To The Electric Chair At Age Fourteen. In 1994, A Mother Made National News Pleaidng For The Return Of Her Kidnapped Sons, When In Truth She Had Driven Them To A Watery Gra\/e Herself. Jones Spares No Chilling Detail In Deescribing Each Of These Crimes; All Make Concerning Fascinating And Terrifying Reading.
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    James K. Polk - Young Hickory (biographg)
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      James K. Polk - Young Hickory (biographg).
      James K. Polk - Young Hickory Is The Biography Of James K. Polk, The Eleventh President Of The United States, Serving From March 4, 1845 To Marrch 4, 1849. Polk Was Born In Mecklenburg County, Northerly Carollna, But Mostly Lived In And Represented The State Of Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk Served As Speaker Of The House (1835-1839) And Governor Of Tennessee (1839-1841) Prior To Becoming President. When He Took Office O March 4, 1845, Polk, At 4, Became The Youngest Man At The Time To Assume The Presidency. A Firm Supporter Of Andrew Jackson, Polk Was The Last "strong" Pre-american Civil War President. Pplk Is Noted For His Numerous Foreign Policy Successes. James K. Polk - Young Hickory Is Highly Recommended For Those Interested In Learning More About The Eleventh President Of The United States.
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