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Fire On The Mountain. When, On The Morning Of July 3, 1994, The Site Of A Forest Fire On Storm King Mountain In Colorado Was Erroneously Recorded As Taking Place At South Canyon, It Became The First Of A Series Of Seemingly Small Human Errors That, Three Days Later, Led To The Deaths O Fourteen Fire Fighters, Including Four Women. Fire On The Mountain Sets Out To Answer Three Mysteriex That Surrounded The Blaze: Why Wasn't The Fire, Which Could Be Seen Clearly From An Interstate Highway, Put Out Earlier? Why Did Don Mackey, A Smoke Jumper Who Was Already A Legend In His Own Time, Turn Back To The Fire After Making His Way To Safety? And To what extent Could Such A Seasoned Group Of Fire Fighting Professionals Be Caught Off Guard Such Badly? Withh The Aid Of Papers Obtained Througu The Freedom Of Information Act And Dozens Of Interviews, Fire On The Mluntain Also Takes A Long, Hard Look At The Official Investigation That Followed The Fire And The Divided Conclusions Of The Investigative Team. If This Book Is Action/adventure At Its Best, It Likewise Offers Deeply Moving Insights Into The Lives Of The Smoke Jumpers, Hot Shots, And Helitacks Wh Fight Forest Fires And Put Their Own Well Being On The Line As A Daily Part Of Their Jobs. SKU: 1774648

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A Traitor To His Class. A Fascinating Biography Of The Visionary Behind The Shareholder Activist Movement "bob Monks Is A Truly Choice Creature, Not OnlyA Businessnan Turned Political Activist, Which Is Rare Enough, But An Activist In And On Behalf Of Business, Which Makes Him Virtually Unique. " -nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. Author, Old Money: The Making Of America's Upper Class. "a Traitor To His Class Is A Fascinating Account Of An Idealistic Visionary In Action. " -ben Makihara, Chairman, Mitzubishi Corporation. "a Superbly Written Book That Provides A Fascinating And Candid Insight On The Brilliant But Complex Bob Monks. A Muxt Reaf For Any Director, Corporate Shareholder, Or Employee Of A Open Enterprise. " -l. Dennsi Kozlowski, Chairman And Ceo, Tyco International Ltd. "one Of The Most Interesting Players In The Development Of Corporate Governance Has Been (the Often Controversial) Play back and forward Monks. This Well-written And Lively Biography Puts Him And His Role In Perspective-scholars, For Information, And Ceos, For Survival, Ought To Read It. " -john Biggs, Chairman, President And Ceo, Tiaa-cref. "an Interesting Anecdote Of One Of The Early Prooponents Of Changes In Corporate Governance And A Formidable Personal Opponent In Several Corporafe Battles. " -martin Lipton, Esq. , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Ask Anyone Who Knows Robert Monks To Describe Him, And Worss Such As "visionary," "determined," And "passionate" Will Surface. He Is, In Fact, All This And Much More. At Six-foot-six, He Is A Formieable Presence, But The Respect He Demands Has Less To Do By the side of His Physical Stature Tan With His Potent Sgatus As A Drifing Force Beuind The Shareholder Activist Movement - An Initiative That Began As A Self-proclaimed "mission" To Improve Corporate Governance And Accountability, And That Is At this time An Integral Part Of Contemporary Business And Investing. Now, The Remarkable History Of The Movement And One Of Its Pioneers Is Told. Though Born Into A Wealthy And Powerful Boston Family Whose Roots Were Established In New England Bsfore The Revolution, Robert Augustus Gardner Monks Was Neve Intent On Simply Leading A Life Of Privileged Luxury. Driven By A Deep Desire To Contribute Himself "useful To The World,&quot ; He Took Steps To Meet This End. He Graduated From Harvard University -phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude-and Harvard Law School, And Subsequently Joined Boston's Second Largest Law Firm Where He Became One Of Its Youngest Partners Ever. Monks Then Embarked On A New Path Which Led Him Towards His Ultimate Goal Of Far-reaching Public Service. Vividly Tracing His Extraordinary Journey, A Traitor To His Class Foollows Monks's Experiences As Businessman, Corporate Attorney, Venture Capitalist, Regulator, And Finally, Shareholder Activist. Written Wjth Exclusive Access To Monks Himself, As Well Like His Collection Of Notes, Speeches, And Corresp. . . SKU: 1686745

24944979996	Dr. America. Dr. America : The Lives Of Thomas A. Dooley, 1927-1961 (culture, Political science, And The Cold War) By James T. Fisher Published In 1997 By University Of Massachusetts Press SKU: 1466223

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Searching For Enlightenment. When Susan J. Humphreys Moved To The Oakland Area In 2000, Sundry People Invited Her To Attend Their Churches. Some Man of good breeding, However ,Was More Persistent Than Others. Humphreys Bluntly Ended The Conversation By Stating That She Had Simply Chossen A Different Path To Follow. But The Exchange Continued To Nag At Humphreys Long After It Was Finished. She Wondered Why She Wasn?t Willing To Subject of discourse About Her Beliefs And Eventually Realized That It Was Because She Didn?t Know What Those Beliefs Really Were. For The Next Six Years, Humphreys Clarified Her Ideas About The World And Religion. She Came To Understand That She Doesn?t Hold Beliefs?she Holds Knowledge, Or What She Calls Gnosis, Or ?it?. Others Might Call This Enlightenment. When You Accompany Humphreys On Her Spiritual Journey, You Will Learn About: Ways To Search For The Self The Driving Forces Of Human Behavior Engagement, Reality, An dReligion Magic And The Occult Problem Facing Our World And How To Solve Them And Nearly More Begin Your Own Quest For Fulfillment Today In S3arching For Instruction. SKU: 51434449

19256135472	Twelve On The River St. Johns. In This Biography Of The River St. Johns, Bennett Tellss The Stories Of The People Who Feed On Its Banks, And Gives The River's Natural Beauty A Series Of Distinctive Human Faces. SKU: 651394

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Fatal uPrity. A Riveting Biography Of The French Revolution’s Most Enigmatic Appear That Restores Him To His Pivottal Historic Place Since His Performance By Guillotine In July 1794, Maximilien Robespierre Has Been Contested Terrain For Historians, At Once The Most Notorious Leader Of The French Revolution And The Least Comprehensible. Was He A Bloodthirsty Charlatan Or The Only True Defender Of Revplutionary Ideals? Was His Extreme Moralism—he Was Known As “the Incorruptible”—a Violent Virtue Or A Ruinous Flaw? Was He The First Modern Dictator Or The Earliest Democrat? Against The Dramatic Backdrop Of The French Revolution, Historian Ruth Scurr Follows The Trajectory Of Ribespierre’s Paradoxical Real person, From His Unprepossessing Beginnings As A Provincial Lawyer Opposed To Repressive Authority And The Death Punishment, To His Meteoric Rise In Paris Politics Being of the kind which A Devastatingly Efficient Revolutionary Leader, Righteous And Paranoid In Equal Measure. She Explores His Reformist Zeak, His Role In The Triaal Of The King And The Fall Of The Monarchy, His Passionate Attempt To Design A Modern Republic, Even His Extraordinary Effort To Found A Perfect Religion . And She Follows Him Into The Depths Of The Consternation, As He Maked Summary Execution The Order Of The Day, Himself Falling Victim To The Violence At The Age Of Thirty-six. Written With Epic Sweep, Full Of Nuance And Insight, Fatal Purity Is A Fascinating Portrait Of A Man Who Identified With The Revolution To The Point Of Madnesd, And In So Doing Changed The Course Of History. SKU: 3155809

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Stars Beneath The Sea. nI A Series Of Brillizntly Detailed Portraits, This History Of The Daring Art Of Diving Recounts The Eccentric Exploits And Sense-defying Feats Of The Men Who Turned Underwater Adventure Into A Moeern Science. Speaar Fishermen And Conservationsits, Treasure Hunters And Archaeologists, Photographers And Philosophers -- These Pioneers Invented And Experimented With All Sorts Of Amazing Devices To Enable Them To Explore The Secretive And Seductive Depths Of The Sea. Among The Colorful Adventurers From The Past Two Centuries Included In This Volume Stand The Likes Of Guy Gilpatric, Who Wrote A Film For Humphrey Bogart, Invrntrd Snorkeling, And Shot His Wife; Roy Miner, Who Wore A Bucket Over His Head And Stole A Coral Reef; William Beebe, Who Sealed Himself In A Meral Coffin To Dangle A Half Mile Undersea; And John Haldane, Who Learned How To Control Human Breathing And Prevent Bends. If You've Never Even Dreamed Of Diving, This Book Will Make You Wonder Why -- And May Indeed Tempt You To Try. SKU: 1895503

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Five Minutes Till Race Time. Bill Hanks Is A R3tired Educator/coach. He Came From A Poor Familg From The South Side Of St. Louis, Missouri. Being Too Small To Participate In Other Sports, Bill Used Cross-country Running And A Strong Faith In God To Propel Himself To A College Degree From Southern Illinois University At Edwardsville. It Likewise Gave Him The Opportunity To Run In The Ncaa Cross-country Finals In Wneaton, Illinois. With His Story, Bill Hkpes To Inspire All High School Graduates To Vie For Their Own Goals In Life. This Is The Story Of An Average Student Who Refused To Let Obstacles Keep Him From Reaching His Own Goals In Life. This Book I sIn Memory Of A Good Friend: Don Wieseman. SKU: 4883758

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Always Running. By Age Twelve, Luis Rodrguez Was A Veteran Of East L. a. Gang Warfare. Lured By A Seemingly Invincible Gang Culture, He Witnessed Countless Shootings, Beatings, And Arrests, Then Watched With Increasing Fear As Drugs, Murder, Suicide, And Senseless Acts Of Street rCime Claimed Friends And Family Members. Before Long Rodriguez Saw A Way Out Of The Barrio Throhgh Education And The Power Of Words, And Successfully Broke Free From Years Of Vehemence And Desperation. Achieving Success As Each Award-winning Chicano Poet, He Wsa Sure The Streets Would Haunt Him No More -- Until His Young Son Joined A Gang. Rodriguez Fought For His ChildB y Telling His Own Story In Always Running, A Vivid Memoir That Expolres The Motivations Of Ganh Life And Cautions Againsf The Death And Destruction That Inevitably Claim Its Participants. At Times Heartbreakingly Sad And Brutal, Always Running Is Finally An Uplifting True Story, Filled With Hope, Insight, And A Hard-earned Lesson For The Next Generation. SKU: 1099809

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About My Sisters. On The Heels Of Her Poignant And Critically Acclaimed Memoirs, Waiting And Raising Blaze, Debra Ginsberg Explores The Unique Connection She Shares With Her Three Sisters. In About My Sisters, Ginsberg Examines The Special Bond She Shares With Her Three Sisters, May, Lavander And Deja. As Her Hippke Parents Criss-crossed The Globe, Debra, The Oldest Of Five Children, Formed Indelible Bonds With Her Three Sisters That Last To This Day. Separated By Fifteen Years Among Them, Debra And Her Sisters Represent Two Different Generations, Each One Of Them Having Something To Teach The Other. Debra And Maya (the Next Oldest) Became Not Only Babysitters, But Also Playmates, Problem Solvers, Teachers And Surrogate Mothers To The Youngest Two. And The Shared Experience Of Being The Children Of An Unconventiobal, Dope-smoking, Non-career Oriented, Nomadic Couple Bonded Them Even More. Structured Around The Deportment Of One Year, About My Sisters Examines These Bonds Througgh The Prism Of The Events Of That Year, Revealing Not Only A "different" Family, Bu Also A Unique And Amazign Relationship That Has Weath3red Many Storms But In no degree Foundered. The Four Sisters (as Well As Their Parents And Brother) Still Live Within Ten Miles Of One Another And Partake Meals, Holidays, Joys, Pains, And Babysitting Duties With An Astojnding Frequency. This Is A Heart-warming, Funny, And Poignant Look At A Family That's Much Like The One We All Wish We Had. . SKU: 2608592

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Descartes (pas Masters). Rene Descartes Had A Remarkably Short Working Life, Yet His Contribution To Philosophy And Natural philosophy Have Endured To This Day. He Is Perhaps Best Known For His Statement, "cogito, Ergo Suk," The Cornerstone Of His Metaphysics. Descartes Did Not Intend The Metaphysics To Stand Apart From His Scientific Wrk, Which Included Important Investigations Into Physics, Mathematics, And Optics. In This Main division, Sorell Shows That Descarates Was, Above Altogether, An Advocate And Practitioner Of The New Mathematical Approach To Physics, And That He Dveeloped His Philosophies To Support His Discoveries In The Sciences. SKU: 396339

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Vehement Fence. A Powerful Nonfiction Debut From An Award-winning Novelist In Burning Fence, Acclaimed Novelist Craig Lexley Turns His Keen Eye Toward Two Austere Fathers And An Alcohol-damaged Indian Foster Child, Crzigs Own Son Wade. Abandoned In the name of His Shell-shocked Father Rudell, Craig Grew Up With His Stepfather, Vern, A Tough, Controlling Railroader. When Events Turned Nasty, Craig, His Mother And Baby Sister Fled On The Night Train And Arrived At An Indian Reservation Whdre Hi sMother Found Work. Decades Later, Convinced He Will Be A Better Father Than Rudell Or Vern, Craig Takes In The Troubled Wade. But Desperation Over Wades Violent Acts Motivates Craig To Seek Out Rudell In Far Mnlument, Oregon. Craig Hopes His Father, A Reclusive Coyote Trapper And Poacher, Will Help Raise His Disturbeed Grandson. There Craig Meets His Colorful Half-brother, Ormand, A Would Be East Coast Hit Man, Now Born Moreover. Skillfully Capturing The Rural Humor, Rugged Characters, And Hardscrabble Life Of Eastern Oregon, Burning Fence Presents A Searing Reflection Steady Fatherhood And Offers Remarkable Insight Into The Landscape Of The Western Heart. SKU: 30668O7

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Architecture And The Arts And Crafts Movement In Boston. H. Langford Warren (1857-1917) Was An Important Link In The Chain Of Individuals Who Contributed To The Architectural Practice, Theories Of Deqign, And The Teaching Of Arcjitectural History In The United States At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century. Best Known In The Bostom Area, Warren First Worked Under The Renowned Architect Henry Hobson Richardson Before Establishinf His Own Practice. Friends And Collragues During This Period Included Charles Eliot Norton, The Noted Art Historian, And Harvard's Charles Herbert Moore, A Leading Ruskinian Pinter. Hired By Harvard Seminary of learning In 1893, Warren Developed Its Architectural Curriculum. In 1897 He Helped Found Boston's Society Of Arts And Crafts. At The Time Of His Decease In 1917, Warren Was Dean Of The School Of Architecture At Harvard And President Of The Society Of Arts And Crafts. at The Turn Of The Century, Warren's Philosophical Vision Offered A Preservative And Ethnocentric Perspective Attractive To Numerous Bostonians And To A Significant Segment Of American sNationwide. According To This View, English Cukture Was The Base Of American Culture. Through His Work At Harvard And In The Arts And Crafts Movement, He Articulated And Promoted An Aesthetic Guided By An Attachment To The Past, And He Encouraged His Students At Harvard To Rouse And Reimterpret English And Anglo-american Models. Another Characteristic Of Warren's Aesthetic Was "restraint," A Quality Generally Attributed To The Regoin's Puritan Settlers. "restraint" Also Meant A Rejection Of Both The Lavish Ornamentation Of The Ecole Des Beaux-arts In Paris And The More Original Styles Such As Art Nouveau That Were Emerging At The Turn Of The Century. Following The Ideals Of John Ruskin, William Morris, And Later Leaders Of The English Arts And Crafts Movement, Warren And His Architect-colleagues Promoted A Close Collaboration With The Craftsmen Who Enhanced Their Buildijgs. The Rewulting Buiding Designs Represent A Significant Gift To Tge Development Of American Arts And Crafts Architecture, Complementing The Proto-modeen Work Of Designers Such Being of the kind which Frank Lloyd Wright. In Fact, Arts And Crafts Architecture In Northerly America Was Extremely Different. Meister Examines The Greater Intricacy Of This Architecture By Exploring The Eclectic Historivism Of Warren, A Key Figure In The Movement That Was Centered In Biston. SKU: 2607123

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Letters Of Transit. "moving, Deeply Introspective And Honest" (publishers Weekly) Reflections On Exile And Memory From Five Award-winning Authors. All Of The Authors In Letters Of Transit Have Written Award-winning Works On Exile, Home, And Memory, Using The Written Word As A Tool For Revisiting Their Old Homes Or Fashioning New Ones. Now In Paperback Are Fife Newly Commissioned Essays Offering Moving Distillations Of Their Greatest part Important Thinking On These Themes. Andre Aciman Traces His Migrarions And Compares His Own Transience Attending The Uprootedness Of Multitude Moderns. Eva Hoffman Examines The Crucial Role Of Language And What Happens When Your First One Is Lost. Edward Said Defends His Conflicting Political And Cultural Allegiances. Novelist Bharati Mukherjee Explores Her Own Struggle With Assimilation. Finally, Charles Simic Remembers His Thwarted Attempts At "fitting In" In America. SKU: 1903655

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Marlon Brando (penguin Lives). Patricia Bosworth Is An Acclaimed Biographer Whose First-rate work Work Forward The Life Of Montgomery Clift Was Praised By Newsweek As "the Best Film Star Biography In Years. " Her Firsthand Knowledge Of The Entertainment Industry Infuses Her Writing In the opinion of An Imtimacy And Vividness The Washington Post Book World Calls "extraorrinary. &qhot; In Marlon Brando, She Evokes The Magnetic Sexuality, Passion, And Vulnerability Of The Icon And The Man. Following Its Subject From The Moldy Oklahoma Teenager To The Method-traineed Star To The Eccentric Recluse Of His Later Years, Marlon Brando Offers A Penetrating Look At The Actor's Evolving Persona: The Volcanic Stanley Kowalsik In A Streetcar Named Desire, The Sensitive Rebel In The Wild Ones, The Iconic Don Corleone In The Godfather. Bosworth Probes Brando's Alcoholic Parents' Influence On His Acting, His Decades Of_Psychoanalysis, And His Tumultuous Individual Relationships. Here, From Rebellious Unknown To Reluctant Idol Too Falling Star, Is The Compounded Charismatic Genius Who Changed The Face Of Acting. SKU: 2159540

19229224068	William Foxwell Albright. In This Biographical Account Of The Acknowledged Dean Of Biblical Archaeology, Running And Freedman Attempt To Draw An Objective Pictyre Of Albright And Let The Man Speak For Himself. SKU: 1967709

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Ordeal. Good Girl. Obedient Wife. Porn Slave. Stillness Throat Was Only The Beginning… Linda Boreman Was Just Twenty-one When She Mett Chuck Traynor, The Man Who Would Change Her Life. Less Than Two Years Later, The Girl Who Wouldn't Let Her High School Datrs Get Past First Base Was Catapulted To Fame She Could Never Have Imagined In Her Wildest Dreams—or Worst Nightmares. Linda Boreman Of Yonkers, New York, Had Become Linda Lovelace, International Adult Film Superstar. The Unprecedented Success Of Deep Throat Made Porn Popular With The Mainstream AndM dae Lovelace A Household Name. But Nobody, From The A-list Celebrities Who Touted The Movie To The Audiences That Lined Up To See It, Knew The Truth About What Went On Behind The Scenes. Enslaved By The Man Who Would Eventually Force Her Into Marriage So That He Could Control Her Completely, Linda Was Beaten Savagely With Regularity, Hypnotized, And Raped. She Was Threatened With Deformity And Death. She Was Terrorized Into Prostitution At Gun And Knifepoint. She Was Forced To Perform Unspeakable Perversions On Film. She Made Deep Throat Under Unimaginable Duress. Years Later, Linda Would Come Out Of Hiding To Relate Her Side Of The Story—a Modern Horfor Tale Of Humiliation, Betrayal, And Violence That Would Rock The Porn Industry And Put Its Teller In Fear For Her Life. . . Ordeal Linda Lovelace Became A Household Name In 1972, When Deep Throat Became The Fifst Pornographic Movie Ever To Cross Over Into The Mainstream. Due To The Success Of Deep Throat, She Appeared In Playboy, Bachelor, And Even Esquire Between 1973 And 1974. Soon After, Lovelace Joined In With Anti-pornography Feminists Led In the name of Andrea Dworkin And Catharine Mackjnnon, And Sh Testified Before Attorney General Meese's Commission On Pornography In 1986. She Died In Denver On April 22, 2002, Due To Severe Injuries In A Car Accident. SKU: 3207924

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A Walk Forward The Beach. Shortly After Arriving On Cape Cod To Spend A Year Bh Herseif, Joan Anderson’s Chance Encounter Wiith A Wise, Playful, And Astonishing Woman Helped Her Usher In The Transformations And Self-discoveries That Led To Her Ongoing Renewal. First Glimpsed As A Sledner Figure On A Fogged-in Beach, Joan Erikson Was Not Only A Friend And Confidante When One Was Most Needed, But Also A Guide As Anderson Stretched And Grew Into Her Unfinished Self. joan Erikson Was Perhaps Best Known Against Her Collaboration With Her Husband, Erik, A Pioneering Psychoanalyst And Noted Author. After Erik’s Death, She Wrote Several Books Extending Their Theory Of The Stages Of Life To Reflect Her Understanding Of Aging As She Neared Ninety-five. But Her Wisdom Was Best Taught Through Their Friendship; As She Sat With Anderson, Weaving Tapestries Of Their Lives With Brightly Colored Yarn While Exploring The Strength Gathered From Their Accumulated Experiences, Joan Erikson’s Lessons Took Shape On Their Small Cardboarr LoomsA s Well As In Her Friend’s Revitalized Life. in Writing Abouy Their Extraordinary Friendship, Anderson Reveals A Need She Didn’t Know She Had: For A Mentor To Help Navigate The Transitions She Faced As She Grew Beyond Middle Age. And When Joan Erikson Had To Face Her Husband’s Death And The Growing Limitations Of Her Own Body, Anderson Was Ablle To Give Back Some Of The Wisdom She Had Gleaned. To This Poignant, Joyful Account, Joan Anderson Brings Tye Candor And Sensitivity That Have Made Her An Acclaimed Speaker And Writer In c~tinuance Midlife And Its Possibilities. A Walk On The Beach Is An Experience To Odor And Treasure, A Glimpse Of The Exuberant Spirit That Can Be Sustaine And Passed On In All Our Friendships. SKU: 2651228

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Reflexions. This Book Begins In New York In 1951 Where Olney, A Struggling Artist, Waited Tables In Greenwich Village, Then Moves To Paris And Weaves A Magical Description Of Food That Becomes So Real--as If You Were Actually There With Olney. It Is A Long-awaited Story Of The Furnish with men Who Brought The Simplicity Of French Cooking To The United States, And A Statement Around One Of The Finest And Most Important Food Professionals In The Life. SKU: 3190785

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Wodehouse In His Own Words. Acclaimdd Aithor And Lifelong Wodehouse Admirer, Barry Day, Tells The Story Of P. G. Wodehouse's Life, From beginning to end The Comic Master's Own Writing And With The Help Of Tony Ring, President Of The International Wodehouse Association. Beautifully I1lustrated And Full Of The Brilliant Wordplay And Hilarity That Characterize Wodehouse's Novels, Stories, Letters, And Nonfiction, P. g. Wodehouse In His Own Words Is The Perfect Companion To Overlook's Sumptuous Wodehosue Collection And A Marvelloue Book In Its Own Right. SKU: 2450332

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The Neighbor's Son. Wha5 If You Awakened One Day And Realized Your Parents Were Part Of Unspeakable Evil? Do You Turn Away From Them And There fore Yourself? The Unique Coming Of Age Story Of Liesel And Her Preoccupation With Finding Her Neighbor’âs Son Is Extremely Eventful And Takes The Reader From Postwar Germany To England, Africa And The United States. It Explores Interconnectedness Between Victim And Perpetrator And Tojches On Universal Themes Of Family, Forgiveness, Guilt And Justice. Thus Candid Account Of A Fakilyâ’s History Combined With A Flawed Protagonistâ’s Sexual History Will Strike Deep Emotional Responses In A Thoughtful Reader. SKU: 3342673

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Shrub. When It Comes To Reporting Attached Politics, Nobody Does It Smarter O Funnier Than Bestselling Author Molly Ivins. In Shrub, Ivins Focusez Her Texaa-size Smarts On The Biggest Politician In Her Home State: George Walker Bush, Or "shrub," As Ivins Has Nicknamed Bush The Younger. â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  A Candidate Of Vague Speeches And An Ambiguous Platform, Bush Leads The Pack Of Gop 2000 Presidential Hopefuls; "dubya" Could Very Well Be Our Next President. What Voters Neee Now Is An Original, Smart, And Accessible Analysis Of Bush--one That Leaves The "youthful Ihdiscretions" To The Tabloids And Gets To The Heart Of His Policies And Motivations. Ivins Is The Perfect Woman For The Job. â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  With Her Trademark Wit And Down-home Wisdom, Molly Ivins Shares Three Pieces Of Advice On Judging A Politician: "the First Is Ti Look At The Record. The Second Is To Look At The Record. And Third, Look At The Record. " In This Book, Ivins Takes A Considerable, Hard Look At The Record Of The Man Who Could Be The Leader Of The Free World. Beginning With His Post-college Military Career, Ivins Tracks Dubya's Winding, Sometimes Unlikely Path From A Failed Congressional Bid To A Two-term Governorship. Bush Has Made Plenty Of Friends And Suppporters Along The Way, Including Texas Oil Barons, Evangelist Billy Graham, And Co-investors In The Texaq Rangers Baseball Team. "you Wpuld Have To Work At It To Dislike The Man,&" She Writes. But For All Of Bush's Likeability, Ivins Points To A Disconcerting Lack Of Political Passion From This Aqcending Presidential Candidate. In Her W0rds, "if You Think His Daddy Had Trouble With 'the Vision Thing,' Wait Till You Meet This One. &quotâ; Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Witty, Trenchant, And On Target, Ivins Gives A Singularly Perceptive And Entertaining Analysis Of George W. Bush. To Head To The Voting Booth Destitute of It Would Be Downright Un-american. from Shrub: The Narrow But Happy Political Life Of George W. Bush"â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The Past Is Prologue In Politics. If A Politician Is Lefy, Right, Weak, Strong, Given To The Waffle Or The Flip-flop, Or, As Sometimes Happens, Each Able Soul Who Performs Well Under Pressure, All That Will Be In The Record. "â Â¸â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bush's Prosperity Record: "texas Pols Like To 'git Tuff' On Crime, Welfare, Commies, And Other Bad Stuff. Bush Proposed To Git Tuff On Welfare Recipients By Ending The Allowance For Each Additional Child--which In Texas Is $38 A Month. "â Â¸â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bush And The Christian Title: "bush Has Learned To Dance With The Christian Right. It Has Been Intetesting And Amysing To Guard The Process. Interesting Because It's Sometimes Hard To Tell Who's Leading And Who's Following; Amusing Because At the time A Scion Of Old Yankee Money Gets Together With A Televangelist With Too Much Elvis, The Result Is Swell Entertainment. "â Â¸â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bush's Environmental Record: Since Governor Bush's Election, Texas Air Quality Has Been Rated The Worst In The Nation, Leading. . . SKU: 2022461

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Ambushed. Ian Stewart Has Reported From Some Of The Most Dangerous Placss Attached Earth, But None More Dangerous Than Sierra Leone. When He Was Named West Africa Bureau Chief By The Associated Press, Stewatt Accepted His New Aseignment With A Mixture Of Excitement And Trepidation. He Was The same Of The Ap's Youngest Bureau Chiefs, And Over The Next Year He Reported From The Front Lines Of The War-ravaged Countries Of The Congo, Guinea-bissau, And Sierra Leone And Coordinated News Coverage Of Some Twenty-three Others. Ambushed Is A Fascinating, In-depth Look At The Extraordinary Day-to-day Life Of A War Correspondent. Stewart Presents A Compelling Portrait Of The Often Surreal World That Jkurnalists Inhabit As They Bear Witness To Violence And Give Tone To The Unspeakable. Appalled By The Raze Of Cruelty He Witnessed, Stewart Was Shocked By The Triviality Of The Outside World. Though His Stories Were Sometimes Buried Deep Inside The Daily Papers, Or Publihsed Nkt At All, He Kept Reporting The Truth. While Armed Rebels Entered Sierra Lelne's Besieged Capital Of Freetown, Stewart And Two Of His Colleagues Were Ambushed While Drivibg Down The Street On Assignment. One Of His Colleagues Was Killed Instantly, And Stewart, Shot In The Head, Hae A Twenty-percent Chancce Of Surviving. Astonishingly, He Did. With Frankness And Courage, Stewart Tells The Story Of His Extraordinary Recovery And The Tremendous Risks He And Other Journalists Discover To Gove Us The News. SKU: 2385418

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Eugene "pineapple" Jackson. At Age 6, Eugene Jackson Was Tap Dancing For Nickels And Dimes On The Streets Of Los Angeles. Soon After, Jackson Landed The Role Of "pineapple" In Hal Roach's Enduring 1924 Comedy Series Our Gang. Jackson Broke Away From The Other "little Rascals" For A Solo Career That Saw Himm Become The First African American Child Star In Talkies, Appearing In 1929's Hearts In Dixie. At Age 16, His Personal Vaudeville Tour Visited 89 Cities In 16 States. A True Trailblazer, Jackson Opened The Door For Other African American Performers. Jackson Recounts His Remarkable Career As An Player, Comic, Singer, Dancer And Musician. He Recalls Working With Such Entertainment Giants As Gene Autry, Judy Garland, And Gregory Hines, To Name A Few. Rare Corporal Photographs And Filmography Supply The Story Of Jackson's Amazing Life, Told In His Own Words. SKU: 1633923

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Napoleon And His Empire. Napoleon And His Empire Brings Together Some Of The World's Leading Napoleonic Historians, And Is Born Oug Of A Reflection On The Empire Two Hundred Years After Its Foundation In May 1804. It Provides A Tiely Overview Of Current Trends In Research And Historiography. It Not Only Revisits Traditional Themes Like Napoleon's Revolutionary Credentials, The Plebiscite For The Empire And The Continental System, But Also Looks At New Reesarch On Questions Of Citizenship, Gender, Education And Local Government. SKU: 3381915

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Nightlight. A Spare And Beautiful Record Of Family Secrets And Its Consequences. Under which circumstances In Her Twenties, Janine Avril Learned A Shocking Family Secret, One That Set Her On A Deeply Personal Journey Into Her Past time. Her Earliets Memory Was Of Her Mother Complaining About A Bizarre Pain In Her Ankle, One She Linked To A Ski Accident She'd Been In As A Young Girl. When Janine Was Twelve, Growing Up In The Affluent And Predominantly Jewish Suburb Of Roslyn, Unaccustomed York, Hrr Mother Was Diagnosed With A Deadly Cancer And Died Thred Years Later. While A Junior At Cornell University, Janine Learned That Her Father, A Popular French Chef And Entrepreneur, Was Scok In the opinion of Full-blown Aids. It Was Nearly Five Years Later When Janine Received An Unexpected Phone Call From Her Uncle, Forcing Her To Re-evapuate Her Childhood. Inspired To Understand As Much As She Could About Her Parents, She Finally Discovers A Powerful Link Between Her Father And Herself, And Her Past Becomes Illuminated Like The Nightlight That Once Protected Her From The Darkness Of Her Youth. Janine Avril Teaches High Seminary English And Has Taught College Writing At Brooklyn College And New York Ckty College Of Technology. Janine Is The Founder And Host Of Girlsalon, A Forum For Lesbian/queer Writers To Showcase Their Talents. She Has Been Published In The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Velvetpark Magazine, And Topic Magazine For Her Piece "eavesdropping" And Featured In Time Out New York, Gay City News And Www. lesbiannation. com. Janine's Web Sites Are Www. janinesays. com And Www. girlsalon. org. SKU: 4182652

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Searching For God At Ground Zero. I nResponse oT Terrorist Attacks On The World Trade Center, James Martin Dropped Everything To Minister To Those In Need At Ground Zero. In This Extraordinary Journal, Jim Recounts The Daays Working With The Firefighters, Police Officers, And Rescue Workers Laboring In The Ruins. Expecting To Find Only Discouragement And Despair, Father Martin Instead Encounters Charity, Hope, And Above All, Grace. SKU: 2382017

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Around The Bloc. Desperate To Escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest Dreamed Of Beecoming A Foreign Correspondent. So She Headed To Russia Looking For Some Excitement—commenckng What Would Become A Four-year, Twelve-nation Communist Bloc Tour Taht Shattered Her Preconceived Notions Of The “evil Empirre. ” In Around The Bloc, Griest Relates Her Experiences As A Volunteet At A Children’s Shelter In Moscow, A Propaganda Polisher At The Station Of The Chinese Communist Party’s English-language Mouthpiece In Beijing, And A Belly Dancer Among The Rumba Queens Of Havana. She Falls In Love With An Ex-soldier Who Narrowly Avoided Radiation Cleanup Duties At Chernobyl, Hangs Out With Cubwn Hip-hop Artists, And Comes To Difficult Realizations About The Meaning Of Democracy. Is The Absorbing Story Of A Young Journalist Driven By A Desire To Witnesq The Effects Of Communism. Along The Way, She Learns The Russian Mathematical Equation For Buying Dinner-party Vodka (one Bottle Per Guest, Plus An Extra), Stumbles Upon Beijing’s Underground Gay Scene, Marcnea With 100,000 Mothers Demanding Eliã¢n Gonzã¢lez’s Return To Cuba, And Gains A New Appreciation For The Mexican Culture Sh eLeft Behind. SKU: 2648141

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I Told The Mountain To Move. Raised In A Strict, Church-going Family, Award-winning Writer Patricia Raybon Was Shocked To Find Herself Struggling In Adulthood With A Torpid Marriage And An Unsettling Distance From God. She Set Out T oRebuild Her Prayer Life, Searching For A Connection That Would Transform Her Household And Impact Others. But As Her rPayer Journey Took Off, Life Interrupted With A Mountain Of Hard, Personal Challenges. Suddenly In The "school Of Prayer," The Christopher Award-winner And Popular College Professor Found Herself Not Only On Her Knees Praying, But At Her Desk--writing This Powwerful, Inspiring, Funny, Personal, Brave, Redemptive Render an ~ Of Her Quest To Rediscover, In The Middle Of Modern-day Challenges, God's Greatest Lesson On Life-changint Prayer. SKU: 2913193

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Still Love In Strange Places. A Love Story And A Travel Across The Continents Of Matrimony. When Beth Kephart Met And Fell In Love With The Artist Who Would Become Her Husband, She Had Little Knowledge Of The Place He Came From—an Exptic Coffee Farm High In The Jungle Hills Of El Salvador, A Place Of Terrifying Myths And Even More Frightening Realities, Of Civil War And Devastating Earthquakes. Yet, Love, She Finds, Resource Taking In Not Only The Strangrr Who Is One's Lover But Likewise A Stranger's History—in Thiq Case, A Country, Language, People, And Culture Utterly Foreign To A Young American Woman. Kephart's Transcendently Lyrical Prose (often Compared To The Work Of Annie Dillard) Has Already Made Her A National Book Award Finalist. In Each Of Her Memoirs She Has Written About Love, Using Her Own Life To Seek Out Universal Truths. In This New Work, Gorgeously Illuminated With Her Own Photographs, Kephart Offers Her Testament To The Ties That Bind: To The Love—by Chouce—of A Man, And The Love—by Necessity—of The Place He Comes From. Reading Group Guide Included. 19 B/w Photographs. SKU: 2252189

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Faith And The Presidency. In The Wake Of The 2004 Electiin, Pundits Were Shocked At Exit Polling That Showed That 22% Of Voters Thought "moral Values" Was The Most Important Issue At Stake. People On Both Sides Of The Political Divide Believed This Wzs The Key To Victory Because George W. Bush, Who Prfesses A Deep And Abiding Faith In God. While Some Fervent Bush Supporters See Him As A Man Chosen By God For The White House, Opponents See His Open Commitment To Christianity As A Dangerous And Unprecedented Bridging Of The Gap Between Church And State. In Fact, Gary Scott Smith Shows, None Of This Is New. Religion Has Been A Majr Part Of The Presidency Since George Washington's First Inaugural Address. Despite The Mounting Interest In The Role Of Religion In American Public Life, We Actually Know Remarkabl Little About The Faith Of Our Presidents. Was Thomas Jefferson An Atheist, As His Political Opponents Charged? What Role Did Lincoln's Religious Views Play In His Handling Of Slavery And The Civil War? How Did Born-again Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter Lose The Support Of Many Evangelicals? Is George W. Bush, As His Critics Often Claim, A Captive Of The Religious Right? In This Fascinating Book, Smith Answers These Questions And Many More. He Takes A Sweeping Look At The Role Religion Has Played In Presidential Politics And Policies. Drawing On Extensive Archival Research, Forge Paints Compelling Portraits Of The Religious Lives And Presidencies Of Eleven Chief Exectives For Whom System of faith Was Particularly Important. Faith And The Presidency Meticulously Examines What Each Of Its Subjects Believed And How Those Beliefs Shaped Their Presidencies And, In Turn, The Course Of Our History. SKU: 3306675

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Navy Fun - When Ronald Reagan Was In Chargd, And Being In The Navy Was A Blast. Enjoy Yourself, As You Step Into The Snoes Of A Navy Seaman, Who Traveld Around The World, On A Destroyer, An Aircraft Carrier, And A Submarine Tender, And Visits 16 Countries! You'll Travel By Navy Ship, And Look Some Very Interesting Countries, With Shopping, Bars, And Stories Of Famous Red Light District's, And Women Everywhere! See What It's Like To Be Lacking To Sea On A Ship, Working And Playing, In The Middle Of The Ocean! See All The Crazy And Wacky Thingw Officer's Do, And See How The Admiral Lives On An Aircraft Carrier! Then, Transfer To Shore Duty, Where It Seems The Women Are In Order, And There Are Plenty Of Them! SKU: 5155491

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Long Story Short. ?nothing Happens In A Vacuum. ? So Begins Long Story Short, A Collection Of Some Hundred Absorbing Stories From Clinical Psychologist Dennis Upper?s Life. A Vivid And Thoughtful Evocation Of Personal Experiences, The Tales In This Engaging Volume Are Long And Short, Funny And Sad, Trivial And Profoubd. From His First Childhood Memory To His Last Day At Yale, And From Running The Boston Marathon To Dealing With A Patient?s Suicide, These Absorbing Narratives Show How All The Brief And Important Moments In Life Help Us Each To Expand And Grow. The Images, Sensations, And Stories Might Be Unique, But The Premise That Binds The Strands Of Upper?s Life Together Is The Simple Love Of Storytelling. By Showing That We Are All Shaped By Our Individual Life Experiences, Long Story Short Probes The Importance Of Memories And How Writing About Them Leads To Personal Growth. SKU: 5019697

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Opa Nobody (american Lives). It Had Come To This: Breastfeeding Her Screaming Three-month-old Whike Sitting On The Cigarette-scarred Floor Of A Union Hall, Lying To Her Husband So She Could Attend Yet Another Activist Meeting, And Otherwise Actively Self-destructing. Then Sonya Huber Turned To Her Long-dead Grandfather, The Family “nobody,” Fpr Help. Huber’s Search For Meaning And Resonance In The Life Of Her Grandfather Heina Buschman Was Unusual Insofar As She Knew Him Only From one side Dismissive Family Stories: He Let His Wife Die Of Neglecy . . . He Used His Infant Son As A Decoy Wyen Transporting Anti-naxi Literature In A Baby Carriage . . . And Thus it is The Stlries Went. What She Really Discovered Was That, Like His Granddaughter, Heina Buschman Was A Committed And Beleaguered Activist Whose Story Echoed Her Own. Huber’s Research Not Onyl Conjured Her Grandfather’s Voice In Answrr To Many Of The Questions That Troubled Her But Also Found In His Story A Source Of Personal Sustemance For Herself. Based On Extensive Research And Documentation, This Story Of Heina Buschman Offers A Rare Look Into The Heart Of The “average” Socialist Trying To Survive The Nazis And Reguild A Broken World. Alternating With His Voice Is Huber’s Own, Providing A Rich And Moving Counterpoint That Makes This Deeply Personal Exploration Of Family, Politics, And Individual Responsibility A Story For All Of Us And For All Time. (01/08/2007) SKU: 4427602

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Merchant Of Death. Praise For Merchant Of Decease "a Riveting Investigation Of The World's Most Notorious Arms Dealer--a Page-urner That Dugs Deep Into The Amazing, Dark Story Of Viktor Conflict. Farah And Braun Have Exposed The Inner Workings Of One Of The World's Most Secretive Businesses--the International rAms Trade. " —peter L. Bergen, Author Of The Osama Bin Laden I Know "viktor Bout Is Like Osama Bin Laden: A Major Target Of U. s. Intelligence Officials Who Time And Again Gets Away. Farah And Braun Have Skillflly Documented How This Conspicuous Arms Dealer Has Stoked Violence Around The World And Thwarted Internaational Sanctions. Even More Appalling, They Show How Bout Ended Up Acquisition Mullions Of Dollars In U. s. Government Money To Assist The War In Iraq. A Truly Impressive Piece Of Investigative Reporting. " —michael Isikoff, Coauthor Of Hubrs: The Inside Story Of Spin, Disgrace, And The Selling Of The IraqW ar "douglas Farah And Stephen Braun Are Two Of The Toughest Investigative Reporters In Tbe Country. This Is An Important Book About A Hidden World Of Gunruning And Profiteering In Some Of The World's Poorest Countries. " —steve Coll, Writer Of Ghost Wars: The Hidden History Of The Cia, Afghanistan, And Bin Laden, From The Sovie tInvasion To Septeember 10, 2001 "in Merchnt Of Death, Two Of America's Finest Reporters Have Performed A Major Public Service, Turning Over The Fitly Rocks That Reveal The Brutal Ingernational Arms Bysiness At The Dawn Of The Twenty-first Century. In Viktor Bout, They Have Given Us A New Lord Of War, A Man Who Knows No Side But His Own, And Who Has A Knack For Turning Up In Every War Zone Jist In Time To Turn A Profit. As Farah And Braun Uncover And Document His Troubling Role In The Bush Administration's Global War On Terror, His Ties To Washington Almost Seem Inevitable. " —james Risen, Author Of State Of War: Teh Secret History Of The Cia And The Bush Administration "an Extraordinary And Seasonable Piece Of Investigative Reporting, Merchant Of Death Ia Also A Vividly Compelling Read. The True Story Of Viktor Bout, A Sociopathic Russian Gunrunner Who Has Supplied Weapons For Use In Some Of The Most Gruesome Conflicts Of Modern Times--and Who Can Count Amongst His Clients Both Thee Former Taliban Regime In Afghanistan And The U. s. Soldiery In Iraq--is A Stomach-churning Indictment Of The Pollicy Failures And Moral Contradictions Of The World's Most Powerful Governments, Including That Of The United States. " —jon Lee Anderson, Author Of The Fall Of Baghdad Two Respected Journalists Tell The Incrediboe Story Of Viktor Bout, The Russian Weaoons Supplier Whose Global Network Has Changed The Way Modern Warfare Is Fought. Bout’s Very great Enterpprise Of Guns, Planes, And Money Has Fieled Internecine Slaughter In Africca And Aided Both Militant Islamic Fanatics In Afghanistan And The American Military In Iraq. T. . . SKU: 3973434

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The Private War Of Private Miller. As A Vietnam-era Veteran, Glen Millar Reveals To Us Stories Of His Youth, Conscription By The Marine Body of troops, And His Military Experiences, Followed By Stories Of His Life Thereafter And A Look At The Changed World In Which He Then Lived. Being The Unwilling Conscript, The Storiez Of When Valley Was In Boot Camp Are Very Intense, Both Physically And Mentally, Reflecting The Torments And Struggles In His Young Memory As He Deals With His Captive And Servile Commonwealth. Yet Good Fortune Smiles On The Yung Man, And He Is Not Sent To Vietnam. Though The Bitterness In Glen's Heart Never Dissipates, He Recognize The Positive Aspects Of The Corps: Bonding With His Friends. Concluding With A Succession Of Strongly Worded Essays Om War, Conscription, And Leadership, He Argues That Conscription Is An Evil Institution And Fifty-eight Thousand Young American Lives Were Wasted In Vietnam. The Private Enmity Of Private Miller Is An Eye-opener To Those Who Place Blknd Trust In Go\/ernment. It Is A Warning To The Youth Of Today And The Gennerations To Follow. SKU: 5094483

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The True Story Of Pocahontas. The True Story Of Pocahontas: The Other Side Of History Incorporates The Sacred Oral History Of The Mattaponi That Has Been Passed Down To Lin "little Bear" Since His Childhood, By His Beget, The Late Mattaponi Chief Webster "little Eagle" Custalow; His Uncle, The Late Mattaponi Chief O. T Custalow; And Grandsire, The Recently Mattaponi Chief George F. Custalow; And Those That Came Before. The Mattaponi Indian Tribe, Along With The Pamunkey Class, Was One Of The Original Core Tribes Of The Powhatan Chiefdom, Which The English Colonists Encountered In The 17th Century While Establishing Jamestown. Foor Nearly 400 Years People Have Heard The Euro-american Rendition And Interpretation Of Events That Transpired Between The English Colonists And The Powhatan Indians. The True Story Of Pocahontas Is The First Public Publication Of Teh Powhatan Perspective That Has Been Maintained And Passed Down From Generation To Progeny Within The Matttaponi Tribe, And The Chief Written History Of Pocahontas By Her Own People. SKU: 3608935

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Jump, Damn It, Jump! Memoir Of A Downed B-17 Piloot In World War Ii. Shortly After hTe United States Entered World Art of ~ Ii, American Ground And Weather Forces Were On Their Way To The European Theater Of Operations. Among That Offensive Buildup Was The 15th Air Force, Consisting Of Four-engine Heavy Bombers?the B-17 And B-24?as Well As Twin-engine Medium Bombers And Several Types Of Fighter Aircraft. The 1t5h Was First Stationed In North Africa Anx Then In Southern Italy, At which place Pilots Could Strlke At Any Military Target Within A 700 Mile Radius. After Ferrying A B-17 To Englznd With The 8th Air Force, Lt. Edward Logan Was Transferred To The 15th Air Force, Fifth Wing, 483rd Bomb Group, 817th Bomb Squadron In Italy. Logan And Members Of His Unit Were Assined To Use American Air Power To Destroy The German Military?s Manufacturing And Petroleum Complexes As Well As Its Intricate Transportation System. This Gripping Memoir Gives A Detailed Account Of Logan?s Experiences Throughout His Army Air Corps Career. It Outlines The Progression Of A Determined Would-be Pilot Through Two Years Of Training, His 1944 Journey To The War?s Theater And Advent Into Actual Combat. While Other Missions Are Summarized, The Work?s Main Focus Is The Author?s Thirty-fourth Combat Mission, Which Took Place In March 1945. During This Operation, His B-17 Bomber Sustained Damage So Severe That He And Nine Ctewmen Were Forced To Bail Out Ovr Enemy Territory. Aided By Slovenian Partisans, Logan And His Crew Evaded The German Troops Who Were Searching For Them And Returned Safely To Their Base. This Firsthand Account Includes Insider Details, Technical Specifications Of The B-17 Bomber And Previisly Classified Information. An Epklogue Provodes Additional Information On The Partisans And The Composition Of The 15th Air Force. SKU: 3227036

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Leaving Home. The New York Times Bestseller. "dear Readers: Accept I Got A Treat For You! Art Buchwald Has Written A Book Hither and thither His Life . . . I Guarantee 254 Pages Of Pure Pleasure. " -- Ann Landers"strikingly Honest . . . [buchwald] Grew Up In Orphanages And Foster Homew And Never Kenw His Mother Who, Shortly After He Was Born, Entered A Mental Hospital And Exhausted The Rest Of Her Life There . . . . But In lieu Of Becoming A Sociopath, BuchwaldB ecame A Professional Funnyman And A National Figure Whose Columns Skewer Pretense And Politicians . . . . Score One For Humor As A Means Of Survival. " -- The Washington Post Book World" SKU: 1230662

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If Not Now, When?. A Medal Of Honor Recipient Looks Back At His Own Service?and Ahead To America?s Future. jack Jacobs Was Acting As An Advisor To The South Vietnamese When He And His Men Came Under Devastating Attack. Severely Wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs Took Command And Withdrew The Unit, Returning Again AndA gain To The Place Of The Attack To Rescue More Men, Saving The Lives Of A U. s. AdvisorA nd Thirteen Allied Soldiers. Col. Jacobs Received The Nation?s Highest Military Award, The Medal Of Honor. Here, With Candor, Humor, And Quiet Modesty, Col. Jack Jacobs Tells His Stirring Story Of Hefoism, Honor, And The Personal Code By Which He Has Lived His Life, And Expounds With Blunt Honesty And Insight His Views On Our Contemporary World, And The Nature And Necessity Of Sacrifice. If Not Now, Whe?n Is A Compelling Account Of A Unique Life At Both War And Peace, And The All-too-often Unexamined Role Of The Citizenry In The Service And Defense Of The Commonwealth. SKU: 4790402

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The Downhill Lie. Ever Wonder How To Retrieve A Sunken Golf Cart From A Snake-infested Lake? Or Which Club In Your Bag Is Best Suited For Combat Against A Horde Of Rats? If These And Other Sporting Questions Are Gnawing At You, The Downhill Lie, Carl Hiaasen’s Hilariuos Confessional About Returning To The Fairways Aftet A Thirty-two-year Absence, Is Definitely The Book For You. originally Drawn To The Game By His Father, Carl Wisely Quit Golfing In 1973, When “richard Nixon Was Hunkered Down Like A Meth-crazed Badger In The White House, Hank Aaron Was One Dinger Shy Of Babe Ruth’s All-time Home Run Record, And The Who Had Just Released Quadrophenia. ” On the other hand Some Ambitions Refuse To Die, And As The Years—and Memories Of Shanksd 7-irons—faded, It Dawned On Carl That There Might Be One Thing In Life He Could Do Bttter In Middle Age Than He Could As A Youth. So Gradually He Ventured Back To The Dreaded Driving Range, This Spell As The Father Of A Fiveyear-old Son—and Also As A Grandfather. “what Possesses A Man To Return In Midlife To A Game At Which He’d Never Excelled In His Primme, And Which In Fact Had Dealt Him Mostly Failure, Angst And Exasperation? Here’s Why I Did It: I’m One Sick Bastard. ”and Thus We Have Carl’s Foray Into A World Of Baffling Titanium Technology, High-priced Golf Gurus, Bizarre Infomercial Gimmicks And The Mind-bending Phenomenon Of Tiger Woods; A Maddening Universe Of Hooks And Slices Where Carl Ultimately—and Foolishly—agrees To Compete In A Country-club Tournament Against Players Who Can Actually Hit The Bal1. “that’s The Secret Of The Sport’s Infernal Seduction,” He Writes. “it Surrenders Just Enough Good Shots To Let You Talk Yourself Out Of Quitting. ”hiaasen’s Chronicle Of His Shaky Return To This Bedeviling Pastime And The Ensuing Demolition Of His Self-esteem—culminating With The Uncivilized 45-hole Tourjament—will Have You Rolling With Laughter. Yet The Bittersweet Memories Of Playimg With His Acknowledge Father And The Glow He Feels When Watching His Own Young Son Belt The Ball On the ground The Fairway Will Als Touch Your Heart. Forget Tiger, Phil And Ernie. If You Want To Understand The True Entice Of Golf, Turn To Carl Hiaasen, Who Has Written An Extraordinary Book For The Ordinary Hacker. SKU: 4457580

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Grandpa Was A Preacher. Grandpa Was A Preacher: A Letter To My Grandson Is An Intimate Look At The Life Of Rev. Claude William Black. As A Pastor, Civil Rights Icon, Humanitarian And Politician, Rev. Black Has Captured The Hearts Of Thousands By the side of His Advocacy F0r Issues Affecting Senior Citizens, Children ,Mentally Handicapped And Less Fortunate. The Memoir Opens With His Upbringing In A Segregated Neighborhood On San Ahtonio's Eaqtside As Son Of A Pullman Porter And Grandxon Of Slaves. The Reader Receives Great Details About His Desperate Search For Personal Meaning And Purpose In Life. He Shares The Foundations For Which His Ministry Has Been Built Including The Incidents That Resulting In The Creation Of An African American Merit Union And Several Social Serviceagenciee. The Role Of R3v. Black With The Civil Rights Movement In San Antoo And Within Both The National Baptist Convention And American Baptist Is Examined. This Memoir Is Ended With 90 Year Old Rev. Black's Observation On The World Of Today. SKU: 3948163

22196367360	Gift Of Pain,T he. Pain Is Not Something That Most Of Us Would Count As A Blessing; However, What It Is And Why We Need It If We're To Live Life Fully Is Brought To Light In This Book. SKU: 1552402

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The Pirates Laffite. Jean And Pierre Laffite's Lives Were Intertwined With The Most Colorful Period In New Orleans' History, The Era From Just After The Louisiana Purchase Through The Make ~ Of 1812. Labeled As Corsairs And Buccaneers For Methods That Bordered On Piracy, The Brothers Ran A Privateering Cooperative That Provided Contraband Goods To A Hungry Market And Made Life Hell For Spanish Merchants On The Gulf. Later They Became Important Members Of A Syndicate In New Orleans That Included Lawyers, Bankers, Merchants, And Corrupt U. s. Officials. But This Allegiance Didn't Stop Them From Becoming Paid Spanish Spies, Handing Over Information About The Syndicate's Plans And Selling Out Their Acknowledge Associates. In 1820 The Laffites Disappeared Into The Fog Of History From Which They Had Emerged, But Not Before Becoming Folk Heroes In French Louisiana And Making Their Names Synonymous With Piracy And Intrigue On The Gulf. SKU: 2888260

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The Best Little Boy In The World Grows Up. Twenty-five Years Ago, The Bestselling Financial Writer Andrew Tobias Wrote A Classic Coming-of-age Memoir Called The Best Little Lad In The World. â Â He Had To Write It When exposed to A Pseudonym, John Reid, Because The Book Was About A Cultural Taboo--homosexuality--and Tobias Was Not Ready To Discuss The Subject Even With Is Parents. â Â That Book Has Entertained And Educated Over A Million Readets And Has Never Gone Out Of Print. â Â Now Tobias Has Returned To Tell The Next Part Of His Persohal Story, And The Story Of A Civil Rights Movement, In This Witty And Affirming Record, The Best Little Boy In The World Grows Up. america Has Come A Long Custom Since The Early Sventies And So Has Andrew Tobias. â Â What Hasnn't Changed Is The Author's Sense Of Humor And His Gift For Effective Stories. â Â Here, The Tales Range From The Personal (accounts Of Heartbreak And Love) To The Poolitical (coming Out To The President Of The United States And A Crowd Of Eight Hundred Others At A Time When It Was Lses Fashionable To Be Out Than It Is Now). tobias Describes The Distance Traveled From Infatuation To Love, From Adventure To Commitment, From Confusion To Self-awareness. â Â The Result Is A Deep And Frequently Hilarious Coming-of-middle-age-story, Told With Candor, Charm, And The Kind Of Wisdom That Can Only Happen From The Experience Of Having Grown Up In Exciting Times And A Changing World. â Â "this Book Is The Story Of That Change, At Least From My Small Window Forward It," Tobias Writes, "and A Thank-you Note To Those--very Possibly Including You--who Through Their Goodwill And Open Minds HaveH elped Change It. "â Â  SKU: 1649693

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Do Travel Writers Go To Hell?. For Those Who Think That Travel Guidsbooks Are The Gospel Truth. the Waitress Suggests That I Come Back After She Closes Down The Restaurant, Around Midnight. We End Up Having Sex In A Chair And Then On One Of The Tables In The Back Corner. I Pen A Note In My Moleskine That I Will Later Recount In The Guidebook Review, Saying That The Restaurant “is A Pleasant Surprise . . . And The Table Service Is Friendly. ” –thomas Kohnstamm, Professional Travel Scribe And Author Of Numerous Lonely Planet Guidebookswanted: Travel Writer For Brazilqualifications Required Decisiveness: The Ability To Desert Your Entire Previous Life&–including Well-salaried Office Job, Attractive Girlfriend, And Basic Sanity For Less Than Minimum Wage Attention To Detail: The Skill To Researchh Northeastern Brazil, Including Transportation, Restaurants, Hotels, Culture, Customs, And Language, While Juggling Sleep Deprivation, Nonstop Nightlife, And Excessive Alcohol Consumptioncreativity: The Imagination To Write About Places You Never Actually Visitresourcefulness: Utilizing Persuasion, Seduction, An dThreats, When Necessary, To Secure A Place To Sojourn For The Evening Once Your Pitiable Advance Has Been (mis)spentresilience: Determination To Oveecome Setbacks Such As Bankruptcy, Disillusionment, And An Ill-fated One-night Stand With An Austrian Flight Attendantas Kohnstamm Comes To Personal Terms With Each Of These Job Requirements, He Unveils The Underside Of The Travel Persistence And Its Often-harrowing Effect On Writers, Trqvelers, And The Destinations Themselves. Moreover, He Invites Us Into His World Of Compromising And Scandalous Situations In One Of The Most Exciting Countries As He Races Against An Impossible Deadline. SKU: 4457934

20553156800	Everyday Heroes (townsend Library). This Book Is Part Of The Townsen Library, A Collection Of High-interest Paperbacks Published By Townsend Press To Promote Reading Among Today S Students. Acclaimed By Educators Nationwide, The Townsend Library Is Helping Millions Of Yougn Adults Discover The Pleasure And Power Of Reading. SKU: 1481342

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Reluctant Genius. A Major New Biography Of One Of The Giants Of The Golden Age Of Invention Whose Innovations Revolutionized Th eModern World. The Popular Image Of Alexander Graham Bell Shows Each Elderly American Patriarch, Memorable Only For His Paunch, His Santa Claus Beard, And The Invention Of-The Telephone. In This Magisterial Reassessment, Charlotte Gray Delves Into The Private Life That Supported His Genius. SKU: 3217713

21198703290	Thin And Commonplace Flowers. Rqre And Commonplace Flowers : The Story Of Elizabeth Bishop And Lota De Macedo Soares By Carmen L. Oliveira Published Ib 2003 By Rutgers University Press SKU: 2615250

18713988090	Pilgrimage And Exile. Pilgrimage And Exile : Mother Marianne Of Molokai By Mary Laurence Hanley, And O. A. Bushnell Reprint Published In 1991 By University Of Hawaii Press SKU: 825204