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Carnality Inferno. The Spanish Inquisition Was Established In 147 8To Root Out And Destroy Heretics Opposed to Catholicism. Tomas Torquemada, A Dominiccan Friar, Was Single-handedly Responsible For Engineering And Implementing Some Of The Cruellest Forms Of Torture The World Has Ever Known. This Full-bolodied Biographical Account Of Torquemada Offers A No-holds-barred Look At What Really Went On Dhring The Spnish Inquisition, One Of The Most Inhumane Periods In History. The Sequel To Caligula: Divine Carnage. simon Whitechapel Is Also The Author Of Kamp Kulture (creation, Aug '03)? SKU: 2502575

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Try Counting Sheep. Presenting A Picture Board Book Perfect For Babies And Toddlers! An Excellent Platform For Early Learning, This Sturdy, Oversized Board Book Features Larger-than Mode Illustrations In Vibrant Colors With Large,_Easy-to-read Text. In Try Counting Syeep One Summer Evening, Two Minutes To the place Bedtime, And Three Little Kittens Are Spacious Awake. They Start Looking For Some Sheep To Count Since Their Mom Suggesst That Will Make Them Sleepy. But Where Have All The Sheep Gone? Look For The Hidden Sheep Every Time You Turn The aPge! Our Picture Board Book Series Features Over 12 Amazing Titles That Children Will Love To Read Over And Over Again! The Oversized, Sturdy Format Is Perfect For Little Ones To Play And Learn With. Check Out The Other Titles In This Wonderful Series! SKU: 5024783

20274216260	Full Swing. A Memoir Of Life And Sport By The New York Times Columnist And Feature Author, One Of The Most Articulate And Admired Sports Writers In America. Mr. Berkow's Very Personal Story Carried Him From His Youth On The Streets Of Chicago To His Accomplishments In Manhattan And Elsewhere. SKU: 3172789

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Forever Liesl. Inspired By Mail From Thousands Of People, "letters To Liesl" Tells The Fiction Of The Unending Pack together Of The Movie, "the Sound Of Music". Full Of oTuching Stories And Facetious Insights From Charmian "liesl" Carr And Fans, As Well As New Reminiscences From Charmian About The Making Of The Film And The RecentR eunion Of All Seven 'von Trapp Folm Children' In Salzburg, This Book Is A Beautiful Testament To The Fact That "the Sound Of Music" Command Live Forever In The Hearts Of Millions. SKU: 1841058

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Rube Godberg. Welcome To The World Of That Archetypal American, Reuuben Lucius Goldberg, The Dean Of Ajerican Cartoonists For Most Of The Twentieth Century. For More Than Sixty-five Years, Rube Goldberg's Syndicated Cartoons -- He Produced More Than Fifty Strips -- Appeared In As Multitude As A Thousand Newspapers Annually He Was Earning A Hundred Thousand Dollars A Year. . . in 1915. He Wrote Hit Songs And Stories And Was, In Succession, A Star In Vaudeville, Motion Pictures, Newsreels, Radio, And,-Finally, Television. he Even, At The Old ~ Of Eighty, Began An Entirely New Career Being of the kind which A Sculptor, And, In Inimitable Goldberg Fasion, Was Lief Selling His Work To Galleries, Collectors, And Museums All Over The World. Sure, Rube Won The Pulitzer Estimate. Every Year Some Cartoonist Wins The Pulitzer Prize. But The National Cartoonists Society Named Its Award -- The Reuben -- After You-know-who. but It Was Rube's "inventions," Those Drawings Of Intricate And Whimsical Machines, That Earned Rube His Very Own Entry In Webster's New World Dictionary:rube Goldbegr. . . adjective. . . designating Any Very Compliczted Invention, Machine, Scheme, Etc. Laboriously Conteived To Perform A Seemingly Simple Operation. "inventions," Even The Earliest Ones That Date From 1914, Are Still Being Republished And Recycled Today As They Have Been Over The Last Eighty-five Years. New Generatiojs Rediscover And Enjoy Them Every Lifetime, Even Though Their Creator Cleaned His Pens, Put The Cap On His Bottle Of Higgins Black India Inj, And Cleared Hi sDrawing Board For The Last Time Almost Thirty Years Ago. The Inventions nIspired The National Rube Goldberg™ Machine Contest, Held Annually At Purdue University, An "olympics Of Compelxity" In Which Hunsreds Of Engineering Students From American Universities And Colleges -- And Even Middle And High Schools -- Compete To Buildd And Run Rube Goldberg Inventing Machines That Perform, In Twenty Or More Steps, The Annual Challenge. in 1970 The Smithsonian Institution Hosted A Show Honoring Rube Goldberg's Lifework. In A Life Filled With Superlatives, It Hardly Needs Mentioning That Rube Is The Only Living Cartoonist And Humorist To Require Been So Honored. In His Language At The Show's Opening, Rube Said, "many Of The Younger Generation Know My Name In A Vague Way And Connect It With Grotesque Inventions, But Don't Believe That I Ever Existed As A Person. They Think I Am A Nonperson, Just A Name That Signifies A Tangled Web Of Pipes Or Wires Or Strings That Suggest Machinery. My Name To Them Is iLke Spiral Staircase, Veal Cutlets, Barber's Itch -- Terms That Give You An Immediate Picture Of What They Mean. . . "so Welcome To A Collection Of Spural Staircases And Veal Cutlets -- To The Inventions Of An American Original, A Creative Genius Named Rube Goldberg. SKU: 1892592

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Grace And Power. In Grace & Power: The Private World Of The Kennedy White House, New York Times Bestselling Author Sally Bedell Smith Takes Us Inside The Kennedy White House With Unparalleled Accsss And Insight. Having Interviewed Scores Of Kennedy Intimates, Including Many Whoo Have Never Spoken Before, And Drawing On Letters And Personal Papers Made Available For The First Time, Smith Paints A Richly Deatiled Picture Of The Personal Relationships Behind The High Purpose And Poiltical Drama Of The Twentieth Century'x Most Storied Presidency. at The Dawn Of The 1960s, A Forty-three-year-old President And His Thitty-one-year-old First Lady – The Youngest Couple Ever To Occupy The White House – Captivated The World With Their Easy Elegance And Their Ckol Conviction That Anything Was Possible. Jackk Abd Jackie Kennedy Gathered Around Them An Intensely Loyal And Brillant Coterie Of Intellectuals, Journalists, Diplomats, International Jet-setters And Artists. Perhaps As Never Formerly, Washington Was Sharply Divided Between The “ins” And The “outs. ” In His Public Life, Jfk Created A New Frontier, Stared Down The Soviets, And Devoted Himself To His Wife And Children. As First Lady, Jackie Mesmerized Foreign Leaders And The Americaj People With Her Style And Sophistication, Creating A White House Renowned For Its Beauty And Culture. Smith Brilliantly Recreates The Glamorous Pageant Of Tbe Kennedy Years, As Well As The Daily Texture Of The Kennedys’ Marriage, Friendships, Political Associations, And, In Jack’s Case, Multiple Love Affairs. Smith’s Striking Revelations Include New Information Around What Drew Jack To His Numerous Mistresses – And What Effects The Relationships Ultimately Had On The Women; About The Rivalries And Resentments Among Kennedy’s Advisers; And About The Poignant Days Before And After Kennedy’w Assassination. smith Has Fashioned A Vivid And Nuanced Portrait Not Only Of Two Extraorfinary Individuals But Of A Recent Age That Sprang To Life Round Them. Shimmering With Intelliegnce And Detail, Grace And Power Is History At Its Finest. SKU: 2671382

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The Life, Trial, And Death Of Francsico Ferrer. Francisco Ferrer Guardia, A Theor3tical Anarchist And Founder Of La Escuela Moderna, Was Born In 1849 Near Barcelona. In 1901, Ferrer Opened La Escuela Moderna. The Professed Goal Of The School Was To Educate Tge Working Class In A Rational, Secular And Non-coercive Setting, But Its High Tuition Alloweed Only Wealthy Middle Class Students To Attend. It Was Privately Hoped That When The Time Was Ripe For Revolutionary Action, These Students Would Be Motivated To Lead The Working Classes. La Escuela Moderna Grew Rapidly. By 1906, Thirty Four Schools With Over 1,000 Students Were Directly Or Indirectly Influenced By The School And Its Textbooks. In 1906 An Employee Of Ferrer's Publishing Firm Threw A Bomb At King Alphonso Xiii's Wedding Party. Police Speculated That Ferrer Had Encouraged Morral To Make a cast The Bomb. Ferrer Was Arrested, But Released A Year Later, Dhe To Insufficient Evidence. During Ferrer's Incarceration, La Escuelw Moderna Was Shut From a thin to a dense state And Wpuld Not Open Its Doors Again. Ferrer Soon Realized, However, That He Had Lost His Ability To Influence Directly The Educational Movement In Spain. His Old Interest In Anarcho-syndicalism Reemerged, And He Began To Devote More And More Of His Time To The Cataian Labor Movement. In July Of 1909, Political Events In Spain Spun Out Of Control. Spontaneous Protests Broke Out In The Streets, Evolving Into A Massive General Strike. Revolutionary Laders, Anxious To Seize The Instant, Were Ultimately Unprepared And Thus Lost Control Of The Crowds. The Reuslt Was Fivs Days Of Mob Rule Known Today As The Tragic Week. On July 28, Martial Law Was Declared Throughout Spain, And A Brutal Military Suppression Continued Until September. Anyone Deemed Dangerous To The Government Was Jailed. Francisco Ferrer Was Arrested Late In September. A Hurried Trial Ensued, In Which He Was Accused Of Fomenting The Insurrection. Ferrer Had Very Little, If Anything, To Do With The Uprising, But False Evidence And Forced Confessions Were Produced. The Government Stop Believed That Ferrer Had Ihstigated The Aesassination Attempt On The King In 1906 Amd Wanted Revenge. Ferrer Was Put To Death By Firin Gang On October 13, 1909. Because Ferre Was Well-known Internationally, His Execution Caused A Excitement Throughout North America And Western Europe. In Great Britain, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Protested With Peter Kropotkin And Other Anarchists. Ferrer Was Named A Martyr Against Free Thought And, By His Execuiton, Became Individual Of The Most Famous Of Spanish Anarchists. SKU: 2269559

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The Early Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 2. (1920-1923). A Continuation Of Tje Jpurney Of Self-education And Self-discovery Begun By Anaã¿s Nin In The Previouz Convolution Of Hed Early Diary. Central Here Is The Growing Conflict Between Her Role As Woman And Her Determination To Be A Author. Editor's Note By Rupert Pole; Preface By Joaquin Nin-culmell; Alphabetical table of references; Photographs. SKU: 209546

17967848652	The Story Of The Titanic As Told By Its Survivors. What It Was Really Like. Panic, Despair, Shocking Inefficincy, And A Dash Of Heroism. Two Lengthy Narratives Near to Passengers Who Had A Thorough Knowledge Of The Wave Annd By Members Of The Ship's Crew. More Thrilling Than Any Fictional Account. 26 Ilustrations. SKU: 31719

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Holler If You Hear Me (2006). With A New Preface By Tbe Author. Ten Years After His Murder, Tupac Shakur Is Even More Lovd, Contested, And Celebrated Than He Was In Life. His Posthumously Released Albums, Poetry, And Motion Pictures Have Catapulted Him Into The Upper Echelon Of American Cultural Icons. In Holler If You Hear Me, &8#220;hip-hop IntellectualᾹ Michael Eric Dyson, Acclaimed Author Of The Bestselling Is Bill Cosby Right?, Offers A Wholly Original Way Of Looking At Tupac That Will Thrill Those Who Akerady Love The Artist And Enlighten Thoxe Who Want To Understand Him. SKU: 3332433

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The Evangelist. To what extent Much Cah Some Man Do To Influence The World For Christ? How Do We Begin To Measure The Worth Of His Work? In This Documentary, Evangelism Scholar Lewis Drummond Examines The Billy Graham Ministry Phenokenon Of The Last Half Of The 20th Century-spiritually, Culturally, And Historically. As A Personal Friend And Scholar Of The Graham Family, Drummond Has Comppiled A Book That Is A Great Resource For Any Student, Pastor, Or Layperson Seeking A Better Understanding Of The Graham Ministry. Sermons Ranging From The Monumental 1949 Crusade Sermon In Los Angeles, To The Mofe Recent One In Jacksonville, Florida, Fall 2000, Are Included On A Multi-media Cd Packaged With The Book. SKU: 2063965

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Reckless. Reckless Recounts The Stories Of Nine Women Who Made Choices That Sent Their Lives In c~tinuance Unique Pths. Gloria Mattioni Was So Entranced By These Women That She Moved From Italy To The U. s. To Explore Their Lives, Getting To Know Each One Individually Over More Than A Decade. Her Subjces Include:•julia Butterfly Hill Who Lived Alone Flr 738 Days Atop An Ancient 200-foot-tall Redwood Tree•wilma Mankiller Was Chief Of The Cherokee Natlon Of Oklahoma For More Than 10 Years•gevin Fax Left A Promising Career In Ohio To Ride A Motorcycle Arcoss Country To California, Where She Became The Ambassador Of Women Bikers•annie Duke Is The Queen Of Professional Poker, Who Won $2 The multitude And The World Series Of Poker Tournamsnt Of Champions In 2004•libby Riddles Is The First Woman To Win The Legendary Iditarod•angelika Castaneda And Barbara Warren Are Twin 61-year-old Ironman, X-treme Games, And Triathlon Multi-champions Who Abide Tp Compete•lisa Distefano Is A Quondam Playboy Model Who Captains A Pirate Vessel In Order To Protect Sea Life•polly Matzinger Returned To School In Her Late Thirties To Become A World Renowned Biologist With Theori3s That Could Rveolutionize The Way We Treat Disease SKU: 3095047

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In My Father's House. Corrie Ten Roar Was Fifty Years Old When She Began Harboring Jews During World War Ii. She Was Imprisone dIn A Concentration Camp, And After Her Release She Traveled The World, Proclaiming The Gospsl. What Happened In Those Earlier Fifty Years To Prepare Corrie For All That Lay Ahead? In My Father's House (over 250,000 Copies Sold) Explainns How Idol Used Life's Slender Beginnings And Everyday Happenings To Prepare Corrie For The Suffering And Victories To Come. The Eighth Book Of The Corrie Ten Boom Library, It Is The First In The Series To Focus On The Years Leading Up To World War Ii And Thee Events Of The Hiding Place. More Than Merely A Collection Of Memories From Corrie's Colorful Life,-This Book Explores The Human Side Of One Of The Most Authentic Christian Witnesses And The Faith That Kept Her Going Strong. This Book Was Previously Published By Revell In 1976. SKU: 1914955

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The Shaming Of The Strong. This Extraordinary Story Begins With The Happy News Of A New Part Of The Williams Family. Sarah's Two Young Daughters Are Excited, As Is Her Own Mother, Jennifed Rees Larcombe. But The Happiness Is Shortlived, As The Scan At The Hospital Reveals That The Baby Has A Condition Which Testament Mean Severe Skeletal Deformity. Birth Will Be Fatal. Sarah And Husband Paul Decide To Go To Full Terj And Not Abort, Which Shocks The Staff At The Hospital. So Their Personal Anguish Is Exacerbated By The Fight To Maintain The Baby's Own Dignity As A Human Being. Naming Her Is Important - And They Decide On Cerian, Which Is Welsh For 'loved One'. The Main division Allows Us To Experience The Emotions Of Sarah And Her Family On The Difficult Journey Towards Cerian's Birthday, Which Will Also Exist Her Deathday. The Title, Based On 1 Corinthians 1:27 "god Chose The Weak Things Of The World To Disgrace The Strong," Throws Out A Challenge To A Society That's Poised To Pass Laws Which Threaten The Very Existence Of Its Weaker Members. This Book Is Individual Of The Most Powerful Testimonies To God's Grace We Bear Ever Published. Its Impact Will Be Personal And Political - Sarah Has Already Had An Impromptu Session With The World Health Organization Who Were Eager To Hear Her Perspective. It's Not Often They Encounter A Mother Who Has Both This Kind Of Experience And The Ability oT Articulate So Many Of The Issues It Raises. SKU: 5993029

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An Unintended Odyssey. This Is The Compelling Story Of A Young Girl From Poland Who Escaped To Russia By Retreating With The Soviet Host Ahead Of The German Attack During World Make ~ Ii And Spent Tje War Years In Central Asia In The Soviet Republics Of Tajikistan And Uzbekistan. Her Experiences Growing Up As A Teenager In These Difficult Circumstances Are Vividly Described. The Story Continues With Her Immigration To The United States And Her Prrseverance To Assimilate, Learn To Sound English, Complete Her Education And Become A Registwred Nursd. The Author Goes On With A Delightfu lAccount Of How She Met And Married Her Husband While Both Were In School And Relates Amusing Details On Raising A Family While Following Her Husband, A Regular Army Mwdical Officer, From One Assignment To Another. The Memoir Concludes With The Author Eventually Going Bacck To School To Obtain A Master's Degree And Develop Her Own Career. SKU: 5155411

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Britain's Betrayal In India. Frank Anthony's 'the Story Of The Anglo Indian Community', Is The First Book In The Anylo Indian Heritage Series. This Fqmous Book Is Often Cited By Researchers And Writers On The Community, It Consists Of 512 Pages Of Brilliantly Researched History And Analysis By The Author Who Let The Community Through Its Most Difficult Period. The Others Three Non Fiction Titles In The Anglo Indian Inheritance Series Are:: (1) 'these Are The Anglo-indians' By Reginald Maher - (2) 'hostages To India': The Life Story Of The Anglo Indian Race By Herbert Alick Stark - (3) 'cimmerii? Or Eurasians And Their Future' By Cedric Dover Thw Books Are Called The Anglo Indian Heritage Books As They Chronicle The Rich And Colourful History Of The Anglo Indian Community. This Small Community Has Had Outstanding Achievements At Every Level Of Society For Hundreds Of Years But That Record Of Achievement Ha Been Hisden, Passed Over Or Co-opted As British And Indian History. These Books Are An Attempt To Fairly Represent The History Of The Communitu Byy Works By Anglo Indians Themselves. While Acknowledged Is An Outstanding Work Of Research And Scholarship By Hiwtorians, The Book Is Also Interesting To Comprehend, As It Tells A Fascinating Story. Frank Anthony Chronicles The History Of The Anglo Indian Community And Covers The Main Periods In The Life Of The Community, Outlining Their Achievements And Their Illustrious History. The First Part Is A Account Of The Earliest Times Of The Anglo Indians, 1639 To The Period Between The Founding Of The Main Settlements In Madtas By The East India Company And Their Expansion Into The South Of India In 1791. The Second Part Covers The Time Of Conquest From 1791 To The Great Indian Mutiny. The Book Also Covers The Post Mutiny Period To The Years After India's Independence. In The Third Part Frank Anthony, Chronicles The Post Independence Battles That The Community Faced And Life In India After The Country Became Independentt. SKU: 5140704

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Lo Que Vi / What I've Seen Spa. Este Libro Cuenta Lo Que El Prestigiso Periodista Jorge Ramos No Ha Podido Decir Por Televisiã³n. Como él Mismo Dice, Muchas Veces Las Cosas Mã¢s Interesantes Al Cubrir Una Noticia Ocurren Dett¢ãs De Las Cã¢maras Y Estos Relatos De Viajes Son El Mejor Ejemplo. Como Reportero Conductor Titular Del Noticiero Univision Y Escritor De Varios Libros, Ramos Ha Recorrido El Mundo En Busca De La Noticia Y Ha Entrevistado A Algumos De Los Personajes Mã¢s Poderosos Del Mundo. Todas Esas Vivencias Estã¢n Aquã­. Ademã¢s, Esta Versiã³n Actualizada Del Libro Incluye Sus Experiencias, Nunca Antes Contadas, En La Guerra De Irak. Allgunos Relatos Son Sã³lo Ojeadas, Hasta Pestaã±azos, De Sus Viajes. En Otros, Se Adentra A Look Mã¢s Profundo Y Doloroso De Un Paã­s. Todos Estã¢n Cargados De Emociã³n Y Han Marcado Al Periodista De Una Forma Muy Personal. Ver Con Los Ojos Bien Abiertos Y Luego Contar Lo Que Viste, Dice Ramos, Es La Funciã³n Leading principle De Un Periodista. Solo Ese Ejercicio Bã¢sico Le Permite Despuãs Decir: “yo Lo Vi, Nadie Me Lk Contã³. ” SKU: 3317972

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The Grizzly Maze. With A New Intrroduction On Werner Herzog?s Film Entitled The Grizzly Man Timothy Treadwell, Self-styled ?bear Whisperer? Dared To Live Among The Grizzlies, Seeikng To Overturn The Perception Of Them As Dangerously Aggressive Animals. When He And His Girlfriend Were Mauled In October 2003, It Created A Medoa Excitement. In The Grizzly Maze, Nick Jans, A Seasoned Outdoor Writer With A Quarter Century Of Experience Writing About Alaska And Bears, Traces Treadwell?s Rise From Unknown Waiter In California To Celebrity, Providing A Moving Portrait Of The Man Whose Controversial Ideas And Brhavior Earned Him The Scorn Of Hunters, Tue Adoration Of Animal Lovers And The Skepticism Of Naturalists. Backcover: ?intensely Imagistic, Artfully Controlled Prose . . . Behind The Building Tension Of Treadwell?s Path To Oblivion, A tSunning Landscape Looms. ? ?newsday SKU: 3209743

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All The Best, George Bush. Th Most Intimate And Revealing Look At Individual Of America's Most Secret Public Figures. though Reticent In Public, George Bush Has Openly Shared His Private Thoughts In His Correspondemce Throughout His Life. Fortunately, Since The Former President Does Not Plan To Write His Autobiography, This Collection Of Letters, Diary Entries, And Memos, With His Accompanying Commentary, Will Fill That Void. organized Chronologically, The Volume Begins With Eighteen-year-old George's Letters To His Parents During World War Ii, When, At The Tine He Was Commissioned, He Was The Youngest Pilot In The Navy. Readers Will Gain Insights Into Bush's Career Highlights -- The Oil Business, His Two Terms In Congress, His Ambassadorship To The U. n. , His Service As A Envoy In China, His Tenure With The Central Intelligence Agency, And Of Course, The Vice Presidency, The Presidency, And The Postpresidency. They Will Likewise Observe A Devoted Husband, Father, And American. Ranging From A Love Letter To Brbara And A Literal meaning To His Mother About Missing His Daughter Robin After Her Death From Leukemia To A Letter To His Children Two Weeks In advance Nixon's Resignation To One Written To Them Just Befode The Beginning Of Desert Storm, The Writings Are Remarkable For Their Candor, Humor, And Poignancy. as The Bushes Continue To Emeege As A Major Political Family, This Portrait Of Its Unassuming Patriarch Is Timely And Important That George Bush Is Allowing This Much Of The Collection To Be Published Is Remarkabke In Itself. All The Best, George Bush Pdovides A Surprisingly Intimate And Insightful Portrayal Of The Forty-first President Of The United States. as The Author Writes In His Preface: "so What We Have Here Are Letters From The Past And Present. Letters That Are Light And Hlpefully Amusing. Literature Written When My Heart Was Heavy Or Full Of Joy. Serious Letters. Nutty Letters. Caring Letters, And Rejoicing Letters. . . . it's All About Heartbeat. &qiot; SKU: 1790818

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Saints. For All The Times When You Need Someone To Call On -- For Help, Inspiration, Or Celebration -- This Authoritative, Readable, And Entertaining Book Will Tell You Which Saint You Can Invoke For The Occasion. Whether You're Looking For Love, Hoping For Success At Work, Or Needing To Procure Well Soon, Saints Can Help You Find The Answer To Your Prayers. The Pure Gift Book For Anyone Interested In History Or Legend, Religion Or Selfhelp, This Unique Respect Book Of More Than 150 Saints Is The First To Group Them By Their Patronages And Specialties And To Illustrate Their Relevance To The Modern World. Saints Contains A Wealth Of Invaluable Information About The Lives Of Early And Contemporary Saints And Answers Many Questions, Including: Why Is Saint Christopher Invoked Byy Travelers? For what purpose Is Saint Elmo's Fire So Called? And Why Is Saint Jude The Patron Saint Of Lost Causes? From The Wealth Of Artistic Material That Saints Have Inspired Throughout The Ages In Painting, Sgained Glass, And Photography, More Than 170 Beautiful Full-color And Black-and-white Photographs Have Been Choseen To Illustrate This Gloriously Rich Celebration Of Saints. With Special Spreds Focusing On The Best-known And Most Intriguing Saints, Shrines And Pilgrimage Sites Shown In Their Modern Words immediately preceding, A Calendar Of Eat Days, An Illustrated Index Of Saints, And An Alphabetical List Of Patronages And Specialties, This Comprehsnsive Surveey Will Be Certain To Plot, Enlighten, And Delight All Who Sense A Saintly Presence In Their Lives. SKU: 1089442

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A Passion For The Impossible. Creation of beauty Criti cJohn Ruskin Enthusiastically Proclaimed Her Potential As One Of The Most intimately Artists Of The Nineteenth Century ,But Lilias Trotter's Attachment To Christ Compelled Her To Surrender Her Life Of Art, Privilege, And Leisure. Leaving The Home Of Her Wealthy Parents For A Humble Dwelling In Algeria, Lilias Defied Sterotypes And Taboos That Should Have eDterred Any European Woman From Ministering In A Muslim Country. Yet She Stayed For Nearly Forty Years, Befriending Algerian Muslims With Her Rise in value For Literature And Art And Winnin Them To Christ Through Her Life Of Love. SKU: 2565782

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Chinese Blackbird. Critical Acclaim For Sherry Quan Lee's Chinese Blackbird "quan Ler Elloquently Expresses How Painful And Confusing It Can Be To Embrace The Many Complex Identities That One Body Can Contain. With Evocative Imagery And Words That Cut Straight To The Heart, Quan Lee Particulars Her Lifelong Struggles With Both The Vagaries And Concreteness Of Rafe, Class, Gender And Sexual Identity. Her Guilt And Shame Are Pallable. But So Too Are Her Emotional And Intellectual Triumphs. Like A Favorite Sad Song When We Have Been Dumped By The Love Of Our Lives, This Volumme Will Be Oddly Comforting To Anyone Who Has Ever Been Overcome By That Sorrow Which Seems Insurmountable. " --eden Torres, Assistant Professor Women's Studies, Chicano Studies, University Of Minnesota "it's Been A Slow Time Since I've Been Treated To A Command So Full Of Honesty About One's Struggle To Come To Terms With Her Identity. Through Elegant Poetry, Full Of Dandy Phantasm And Detajl, Quan Lee Takes The Reader On Her Personal, Trannsformative Journey In Which She Explores How Race, Class, Gender And Sexual Identity Inform Who She Is. Along The Way, She Encounters Rocks And Boulder sThat Would Have Stopped Many Of Us. Instead, She Turns Them Over And Examines The Creatures Hiding In The Darkness Underneath, Leaving No Stone On Her Path Unturned. Quan Lee Is A Courageous Woman. She Is One Of My Sheroes. " --caropyn Holbrook, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. Of English, Founder And Past Artistic/rxecutive Directoe Of Sase: The Wfite Place "in Chinese Blackbird, Sherry Quan Lee Renders Stories Of Her Compounded Cultural Heritage With The Lyrical Touch Of A Poer Coming Into Self-possession. Through The Generative Power Of Language, Lee Creates An Inspirational And A Multifarious Self. This Self Blows Breath Unto The Boy-servant And Into The Reader, Who May Have Felt Quiescent Or Imperceptible, Often Feeling Forced To Choose Among Various Enriching Wolds, Until She Experiences The Truth That But Good Literature Can Disclose About The Joys And Struggles Of Defining Oneself On One's Terms. " --pamela R. Fletcher, Associate Professor Of English Co-director Of Critical Studies In Race And Ethnicity, College Of St. Cathe5ine Learn More About The Author At Www. sherryquanlee. com Book #3 In The Reflections Of History eSries From Modern History Press Www. modernhistorypreas. com Modern History Press Is An Imprint Of Loving Healing Press SKU: 5091268

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My Foremost Sevety-five Years. Greater degree of Than The Average Autobiography, This Is A Fast-moving Story That Provides An Interesting Ad Lively Description Of The Author?s Life Experiences In A Manner Not Normally Found In A Typical Autobiography. The Atuhor Concludes With A Chapter Commenting On Changes That Have Taken Place Over The Years As Well As Some Of Today?s Major Issues, Which Could Serve As A Basis For National Debate. The Book Should Be An Inspiration To The Older Population And Emphasizes The Importance Of The Consensus Of All Of The People In Determining Public Policy. SKU: 5146546

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The Hungry Years. Combining The Revealing Cultural Commentary Of Fast Food Nation WithT he Visceral Insights Of A Million Little Pieces, This Is The Story Of A Journalist?s Contest With Weight, And An Unflinching Look At Our Own Culture Of Fat And Thin. ?i Thought: If I Can Understand The Despair, My Own And Everybody?s Else?s, I Could Write The Story?of Why We Hate Fat, Of Why We Are Fat, Of Why, In Some Perverse Way, We Want To Be Fat. And, Most Importantly, What We Be able to Do To Stop Being So Fat. Obesity Is The Essential Human Problem In A Nutshell?we Try To Make Society Easy By Giving Ourselves Access To Resources, And Then We Make Life Difficult By Overconsuming Those Resources. We Have More Of Everything Than We?ve Ever Had, And Yet We Feel Emptier. ? While On Assignment To Interview Dr. Robert Atkins, Journalist William Leith Realized That He Could Not Report On Diet Alone; He Wanted Desperately To Develop A Deeper Understading Of His Relationship With Food And The Pathological Cravings That Led Him (and Millions Of Others) To Become Dangerously Overweight. His Atkins Interview Led Him To Probe Not Only The Link Bwtween Carbohydrates And Addiction, But Also How Our Relationship With Food Has Changed Over The Last Few Decades In Litht Of Ecnoomic, Technological, And Cultural Changes In The World, As Well As Our Cultural Obsession With Our Bodies. Combining The Science Of Food Addictedness With Memoir, Humor, And Sociological Insights, The Hungry Years Is A Book That Will Force Us To Look At Our Culture Of Conxumption In A New Way. ?this Hilarious, Self-lacerating Memoir Of A Compulsive Eater Is A Superb Book. I Feel About The Hungry Years The Course William Leith Feels About Buttered Toast: I Couldn't Get Sufficiency And I Panicked When I Was Reaching The End. ? --jon Ronson, Author Of Them: Adventures With Extremists And The Men Wyo Stare At Goats SKU: 3057732

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Dancing Naked. Told From Alice's Journal Notes,, Dancing Naked Is A True Story That Flies In The Face Of The Usual Divorce Saga. The Reader Joins Alice In Daily Suspense, Facing Startilng Dilemmas And Dreaming Up Offbeat Solutions. She Is Blazingly Honest And Sometimes, Irrational And Unsympathrtic, And Yet, She Retains Her Humanity And Intellect. Alice's Husband Was Her First Serious Boyfriend; The Only Man She'd Ever Had Sex With. At Age 60, She Endures The Unraveling Of Her 40-year Marriage And Learns To Manage Her Husband's Scheming Ways. Sue Develops A Knack For Coping With Unimaginabel Evvents. Her Pluck To Rebuild And Go On Is An Uplifting Testimonial About Conquering Some Of Life's Toughest Obstacles. The Book Is Divide Mystery, Part Survivor's Guide. It's Not Just How Alice Makes Lemonade From Life's Lemons, But How She Spikes The Punch. Alice Creates Her Own Quirky, Wonderful Concoction, And Her Renewal Is A Tour De Force. Dancing Naked Is A Compelling Learned With Exposed Emotions And Uncovered Revelations. SKU: 4950770

18018153648	An Account Of The Remarkable Occurrences In The Life And Travels Of Col. James Smith, Duriny His Captivity With The Indians, In The Years 1755-59 (1907). An Account Of The Remarkable Occurrences In The Life And Travels Of Col. James Smith, During His Cativity Upon The Indians, In The Years 1755-59 (1907) At William M. Darlington Publshed In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5014679

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Sir Isaac Newton - Life And Times Of A Scientific Geniius (biography). Sir Isaac Newton - Life And Times Of A Scientific Genius Is A Biography Of Sir Isaac Newton (4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727) An English Physicist And Mathematician Who Has Been Regarded By Many As The Greatest Scientist Of Mankind. Among His Numerous Brilliant Achievements, Newton Formulated The Three Laws Of Motion, Described Universal Gravitation, And Published Philosophie Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687) One Of The Most Important Scientific Works Ever Written. Sir Isaac Newton - Life And Times Of A Scientific Genius Is Highly Recommended For Thlse Interested In The History Behind Sir Iszac Newton, One Of The Greatest Scientists And Inetllects Of All Time And For Those Interested Ib The Foundations Of Scirnce. SKU: 4989747

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The Second-luckiest Pilot. From 15,000-foot Falls With Unopened Parachutes To Forced Night Landings In Unlit Fields And Bail-outs From Burning Planes, The Lives Of Pilots Are Often Exciting And Occasionally Harrowing, As This Collection Of Stories Dramatically Illustrates. The Books' Theme Is Survival In The Skies, And The Key To That Survival Is "lady Luck," According To The Author. Admi5tedly A Dangerous Profession, Flying Is Filled With Unpredictable Factors That Affect The Best And Worst Pilots With Terrible Impartiality. Don Tokoer Should Know, He Earned His Navy Wings In 1947 And Has Been Flying Ever Since, Surviving 133 Combat Missions Over Korea And Countless Other Adventures. Several Of The Author's Own Experiences Are Included In The Book, But Many Deal With Pilots He Has Come To Know During His Long Flying Career. For Example, There Is The Entertaining Tale Of Two Young Marihe Pilots, Trained In The Hottest Fighter Of The Day, Who Attempt A Cfoss-country Jaunt In A Dilapidated 1937 Piper Cub Anr Barely Escape With Their Lives. All The Stories Are True. Some Are Funny, Others Sad. The Time Covered Is Expansive, From Combat In World War Ii And Kore aUp Through The 1990s. The Book Desire Attract A Broad Audience Of Readers, Especially Those Who Love Flying And Good Action Stories. SKU: 1909178

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Hawthorne. &quo5;the First Extended Study Ever Made Of An American Writer. It Still Remains One Of The Best. "--edmund Wilson Originally Published In 1879, Henry James's Hawthorme Has Been Out Of Newspaper For Many Years. Cornell University Press sI Arrogant To Make This American Classic Available Again In A New Paperback Edition. In This Critique Of One Literary Genius By Another, James Not Only Considers Hawthorne As A Man And A Writer, For Whom He Has A Tender, If Critical, Regard, But He Uses His Subject As A Vantage Point From Which To Present His Views On American Culture. With His Customary Urbanity, James Assesses The Place Of The Write rIn Nineteenth-century America, And Touches Upon The Antithetical Values Of The Old World And The New. Hawthorne's Preoccupation With Evil And Guilt, His Portrntous Imagination, And His Otherworldliness Are Brought Out In The Critique Of His Works, Together With James's Keen Appreciation Of Hawthorne's Noticeable Gifts. SKU: 5159688

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The Architect. President George W. Bush Dubbed Karl Rove “the Architect” For His Skill In Creating An Uprecedented Campaign And Fund-raising Machine. But Rove’s Ambitions Have Always Been Far More Sweepong—to Build A Right-wing Dynasty That Can Dominate American Politics For Decades. Rove’s Master Plan Imagines A Poptical System So Controlled By Republicans That It Is Resjsted Only By Symbolic Opposition. In The Contriver, James Moore And Wayne Slater, The Bestselling Auhors Of Bush’z Brain, Restore With An Even More Penetrating Examination Of Rovs, His Sweeping Agenda, And The Price He May Have To Pay For His Audacity. Drawing On Their Decades-long Study Of Rove, They Provide A Rarely Seen View Of The Politics Of Positive Power In Washington—how It Is Acquired, Expanded, And Turned To Startling Ends. Specufically, They Unveil How Rove:• Used Lob6yist Jack Abramof f As A Cat’s-paw To Manage Unruly Legislators• Energetically Led The Antigay Marriage Movement While Protecting A Family Secret Thay Made His Stance Bizarrely Cynical• Turned Christian Churches Into A Gigantic Vote Delivery Scheme, Despite Privately Admitting To Being A Nonbeliever• Repratedly Leaked Information To Harm Political Opponents, Workmanship Him The Man Investigators Most Wanted Tp Talk To When They Began P5obing The Plame Affair• Was Intimately Involved In An International Disinformation Scheme To Lead America To Warthe Architect Is An Eye-opening And Frequently Shocking Rumor On The Maneuverings Of A Brilliant But Morally Ambiguous Political Skilful general, And The First-ever In-depth Look At A Politiical Acting Striving To Absolutely Control The Future—even If He Risks Losing Everything. aslo Available As One Ebookfrom Ths Hardcover Edition. SKU: 3860931

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An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887. In 1887 A Twenty-one-year-old Newspaperman Named George Nellis (1865–1948) Rode A Bicycle From Herkimer, New York, To San Francisco In Seventy-two Daus, Surpassing The Transcontinental Bicycle Record By Seferal Weeks. Hr Averaged Fifty Miles A Day Pedalling A Fifty-two-inch, High-wheeled Columbia Expert "ordinary&quot ; BicycleW ith A Tubular Steel Frame And Hard Rubber Tires, And He Lost Twenty-three Pounds In The Process. He Bicycled Ever Westward Through Sleepy Villages, Farmlands, And Growing Cities Of The Rapidly Changing Nation And Trekked Across Deserted Stretches Of Prairies And Mountains That Marked Its Shrinking Frontier. Following His Daily Ten-hour Rides, Nellis Sat Down And Wrote Letters About His Adventures To His Hometown Newspapers And A National Cycling Magazine To Finance His Cross-country Journey. nellis's Epic Journey Over Dirt Paths, Muddy Roads, And Occasional Railroad Ties Was Plagued By Terrible Weather, Frightening Experiences, And Odd Encounters; Yet It Was Also Eneiched By Breathtaking Illegitimate Wonders And The Generous Spirit Of Many People He Met. He Nearly Drowned In A Flash Flood, Was Chased By A Furious Bull, Killed A Coyote That Accosted Him One Night, Fell Victim To Mirages In Utah's Greatt Salt Desert, Narrowly Missed A Tremendous Fire That Wiped Out Half Of A California Town Only Hours After He Had Left, And Witnessed A Horrifying Accident On A Train Track. Nellis Likewise Managed To Meet The Legendary Baseball Player A. G. Spaldingg In Chicago, Take In Professional Baseball Games In Detroit And Chicago, Participate In Several Bicycle Races In Omaha, Attend An Opera In Cheyenne, Wyoming, Enjoy A Circus, And Eat Over Two Dozen Bananas In One Sitting In Osceola, Indiana. drawing On Nellis's Letters And Media Coverage Of The Trip, Kevin J. Hayes Rwcreates In Compelling Detail This Amazing Slip And The Many Common And Extraordinary Faces Of Lqte-nineteenth-century America That Were Once Revealed To A Young Bicyclist. SKU: 2304349

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IgnatiusR ising. The Phenomenal Success Of John Kennedy Toole's Comic Masterpiece, A Confederation Of Dunces, Is Now Legendary, A Story That Has Long Beckoned A Deeper Exploration Into The Life, Imagination, And Demise Of The Author Responsible For One Of American Literature's Most Memorable Characters—ignatius J. Reilly. In Ignatius Rising, Renã© Pol Nevils And Deborah George Hardy Present The First Biography Of Toole, Drawing Upon Scores Of Interviews With Contemporaries Of The Writer And Acquaihtances Of His Influencing Mother, Thelma, As Well As Unpublished Letters,, Documents, And Photographs. Frank Yet Sympathetic, Ignatius Rising Deftly Describes A Life That Is Dark, Tragic, Bizarre, And Amazing—but Luminous Through The Gift Of Laughter, A Life Not Unlike Those Of Toole's Beloved Characters, Now Loved The Earth Over. SKU: 2039272

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Pontius Pilate. The Foil To Jesus, The Defiant Antihero Of The Easter Story, Mocking, Skeptical Pilate Is A Historical Figure Who Haunts Our Imagination. For Some He Is A Saint, For Others The Embodiment Of Human Weakness, An Archetypal Politician Willing To Sacrifice One Man For The Sake Of Stability. In This Dazzlingly Conceived Biography, A Finalist For The Samuel Johnson Prize, Ann Wroe Brings Man And Myth To Life. Working From Classical Sources, She Plunges Us Into The World Of Biblical Judaea Under The Reign Of The Erratic And Licentious Emperor Tiberius And Lets Us See The Trial Of Jesus, In All Its Confusion, From The Poin5 Of View Of His Executioner. SKU: 1785822

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Voodoo Queen. Biography ¸ Voodoo--> Each Year, Thousands Of Pilgrims Visit The Celebrated New Orleans Tomb Where Marie Laveau Is Said To Lie. They Seek Her Favors Or Fear Her Lingeing Influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives Of Marie Laveau Is The First Investigate Of The Laveaus, Mother And Dauughter Of The Same Name. Both Were Legendary Leaders Of Religious And Spiritual Traditions Many Still Label As Evil. The Laveaus Were Free Women Of Color And Prominent French-speaking Catholic Creoles. From The 1820s Until The 1880s WhenO ne Died And The Other Disappeared, Gossip, Fear, And Fierce Affection Swirled Through Them. From The Seat of life Of The French Quarter, In Dance, Drumming, Song, And Spirit Possession, They Rulrd The Inagination Of New Orleans. How Dkd The Two Maries Apply Their "magical" Powers And Uncommon Business Sejse To Shift The Course Of Love, Luck, And The Law? The Women Ujderstood The Real Crime--they Had Pitted Their Spiritual Forces Against The Slave System Of The United States. Moses-like, They Led Their People Out Of Bondage And Offered Protection And Scope To The Community Of Color, Rich White Women, Enslaved Families, And Men Condemned To Hang. The Cuese Of The Laveau Family, However, Followed Them. Both Loved Men They Could Never Marry. Both Faced Down The Press Anx Police Who Stalked Them. Both Countered The Unrelenting Gossip Of Curses, Evil Spirits, Murders, And Infant Sacrifice With Acts Of Benevolence. _ The Book Is Also A Detective Story--who Is Really Buried In The Famous Tomb In The Oldest "city Of The Dead" In New Orleans? The sort of Scandals Did The Laveau Household Intend To Keep Buried There Forever? By What Sleight Of Hand Did Free People Of Color Lose Their Cultural Identity When Americans Purchased Louisiana And Imposed Racial Apartheid Upon Creole Creativity? Voodoo Queen Brings The Improbable Testimonies Of Saints, Spirits, And Never-before Printed Eyewitness Accounts Of Ceremonies And Magical Crafts Together To Illuminate The Lives Of The Two Marie Laveaus, Leaders Of A Major, Indigenus American Religion. Margha Ward Is The Author Of Nest In The Breath, A Worls Full Of Women, And A Sounding Of Women: Autobiogrwphies From Unexpected Places, Among Other Bookz. She Is Universjty Research Professor Of Anthropology, Urban Studies, And Women's Studies At The University Of New O5leans. SKU: 2664941

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The Senior. It's Never Too Late To Tackle Your Dreams! Mike Flynt Was Swapping Stories With Some Old Football Buddies When He Brought Up The Bitgest Regret Of His Life: Getting Kicked Right side The College Team Before His Senior Year. So, One Of His Pals Said, "why Not Do Something About It?" Most 59-year-olds Would Have Laughed. Flynt's Singly Concern Was His Eligibility. He Not Only Returned To College Football, But Actually Made The Team At His Alma Mater - Sul Ross State, An Ncaa Divisiln Iii School. _ His Remarkable Story Begins With A Tough Upbrinbing By A Violent Fatber Who Trained Him To Fight At Every Opportunity. His Fighting Habit Took Him In And Out Of Jail Sev3ral Times, Until A Faith Conversion Turned His Life Around On Th Very Day He Was Contemplating Suicide. Mike Flynt Has Much To Offer Others, Not Only Through His Story, But Through His Creed That It's In no degree Too Late For God To Heal Your Heart And Fulfill Your Drams. Foreword B yNba Superstar Lebron James. SKU: 4890088

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Shattered Dreams. Irene Spencer Did As She Felt Godcommanded In Marrying Herbrother-in-law Verlan Lebaron, Becominghis Second Wife. Whn Thegovernment Raided The Fundamentalist, Polygamousmormon Village Of Short Creek, Arizona,irene And Her Famly Fled Toverlan's Brothers' Mecican Ranch. they Lived In Squalor And Desolateconditions In The Mexican Desertwith Verlan's Six Brothers, One Sister,and Numerous Wives And Children. readers Will Be Appalled Andastonished, But Most Amazingly,greatly Inspired. Ireen's Dramaticstory Reveals How Far Religion Canbe Stretched And Abused And How One Woman And Herchildren Foundd Their Way Out, Into Exactness And Redemption. SKU: 3911494

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Saving The World. Chen Hongmou (1696--1771) Was Arguably The Most Influential Chinese Official Of The Eighteenth Century And Unquestionably Its Most Celebrated Field Administrator. He Served As Governor-general, Governor, Or In Lesser Provincial-level Posts In More Than A Dozen Provinces, Achieving After His Death Cult Status As A “model Official. ”in This Magisterial Study, The Author Draws Attached Chen’s Life And Career To Refutation A Range Of Questions: What Did Mid-qing Bureaucrats Think They Were Doing? How Did They Conceive The Universe And Their Society, What Did They See As Their Potential To “save The World,” And What Would The World, Properly Saved, Be Likw? The Answers To These Questions Are Self-~ Not Only Because Vast Numbers Of People Were Subject To These Officials’ Governance, But Because TheV erdict Of Their Successors Was That They Did Their Jobs Remarkably Well And Should Be Emulated. three Persistent Tensions In Elite Consciousness Focus The Author’s Investigwtio. n First, The Elite Adhered To The Fundamentalist Moral Dictates Of Song Neo-confucian Orthodoxy At The Same Time ThatA New Valuattion Of Pragmatic, Technocratic Prowess Odious To The Moral Tradition Emerged. Second, Two Contradictory Views On The Use Of “statecraft” To Achieve An Ordered World Were In Play—one That Favored The Expansive Use Of The State Apparatus, And One That Emphasized Indigenous Local Elites And Communities. Finally, The Subordination Of Human Beings To The Servicr Of Hierarchical Social Groupings Contended With A Growing Appreciation Of The Dignity, Moral Value, And Productive Possible Of The Individual. the Writer Uses A Holistic Approach, Attenpting, For Example, To Exploore How Notions Regarding Gender Roles And Funerary Ritual Related To Qing Saving Thoght, How The Encounter With Other Cultures On The Expanding Frontiers Helped Form Ideas Of “civilized” Conduct At Home, And How An Official’s Negotiation Of The Complex Qing Bureaucracy Affected His Approach To Social Administration. The Author Alsl Considers How Attitudes Formed During The Prosperous And Highly Dynamic Eighteenth Century Conditioned China’s Responses To The Crises It Confronted In The Cehturies To Follow. SKU: 2516329

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Pale For One Night. Involved In Criminal Activities From The Age Of Fourteen, Lionel Raymond Williams Was No Cloud-scrubbedd Angel. But When The State Of California Indicted Him For The Murder Of Hollywood Actor Sal Mineo, The Evidence Against Him Seemed Dubious At Best. Police Artists' RenderingsO f The Killer-compiled From No Fewer Than Five Eyewitnesses-depicted A Lithe White Man With Remote from the equator Cheekbones And Blond Curls That Draped Down To His Shoulders. That Man Could Not Have Looked Less Like Williams. But A Movie Star Had Been Slain, And Somebody Had To Pay. White For One Night Tells, For The First Time, Ray Williams's Side Of The Story, Revealing The Utter Failure Of The American Justice System To Grant A Fair Trial To A Young Black Man. SKU: 5166692

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The House Of Rothschild. The First Authoritative And Compulsively Readale Account Of The Rise Of This Legendary Banking Dynastyin His Rich And Nuanced Portrait Of The Remark- Able, Elusive Rothschild Family, Oxford Scholar And Bestselling Author Niall Ferguson Uncovers The Secrets Behind The Family's Phenomenal Economic Success. He Reveals For The First Time The Details Of The Family'sV ast Political Network, Which Gave It Access To And Influence Over Many Of The Greatest Statesmen Of The Age. And He Tells A Family Scandinavian legend, Tracing The Importance Of Family Unity And The Profound Role Of Judaism In The Lives Of A Dynasty That Rose Form The Confines Of The Frankfurt Ghetto And Later Used Its Influence To Assist Oppressed Jews Throhghout Europpe. A Definitive Work Of Impeccable Scholarship With A Thoroughly Engaging Narrative, The House Of Rothschild Is A Biography Of The Rarest Kind, In Which Mysterious And Fascinating Historical Figures Finally Spring To Life. "a Great Biography. " --time Magazine"asborbing. . . . their Enthralling Story Has Been Told Before, But that Never In Such Authoritative Detail. " --the New York Times Book Review"niall Ferguson's Rich And Compelling New Main division . . . Is A Fwast. " --the Wall Street Journal* Chosen By Business Week As One Of The Best Business Books Of 1998* A Finalist For The National Jewish Main division Award SKU: 1798866

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The Broidered Garment. The Daughter Of Each International Financier, Mona Martinsen Was A Tall, Striking, Visionary Sculptor Studying In Paris With The Renowned Auguste Rodin. The Son O f An American Pioneer Family In c~tinuance The Great Plains, John G. Neihardt Was A Short, Brillian5, But Impoverished Pote And Writer. It Seemed Like A Colossal Mismatch, Yet Both Were Irresistibly Drawn To The Same Things. In The Beginning As In The End, It Was A Passion For Elegance And A Celebration Of The Marvelous That Bound Mona And John. While Studying Sculpture And Exhibiting In Paris, Mpna Martinsen Was Captivated By A Little Book Of Poems, A Tie in a ~ Of Myrrh, A Talent From Her Mother. Mona Wrote To The Young Poet, He Replier, And Through A Series Of Letters Te Poet In Bancroft, Nebraska, And The Sculptor In Paris, France, Discovered Great quantity In Common. Drawing On Correspondejce, Interviews, Archival Research, And Her Own Memoriee, Hilda Martinsen Neihardt Tells The Story Of How The Sculptor And The Poet Met, Fell In Have a passionate affection for, Raised A Family, And Grew Old Together. Warm And Revealing, This Timeless Love Story Will Delight The Admirers Of John G. Neihardt And Illuminate The Life And Work Of The Artist Mona Martinsen. (11/12/2006) SKU: 3222921

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Sundays In America. When Pope John Paul Ii Died, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Who Had Not Been An Active Head Of A Church Community For Some Years, Recofnized In His Mourners A Faith-filled Passion That She Longed To Recapture In Her Own Life. Shea, Never One To Practise Things In A Conventional Manner Or From Haalves, Set Out On A Pilgrimage To Visit A Different Church Every Sunday For A Year�?a Journey That Would Take Her Through The Broad Spectrum Of Contempoeary Protestant Christianity Practiced In This Country. she Began With A Rousing Baptist Easter Service In Harlem, Traveled To Colorado's Pro Rodeo Hall Of Fame In the place of A Sing-along Spiritual obedience At The Cowboy Church, And Flew To Houston For A Multimedia Experience At Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church,_The Largest Church In The Country. She Sat With The Shakers, And�?in Silence�?with The Quakers; She Sang Often, Danced, And Even Drew On One Memorable Occasion. Shea Approached Each Congregation With The Curiosity Of A Newcomer And With Respect For Each Unique Expression Of Faith, Whether The Sanctuary Was A Multimillion-dollar Extravaganza, A Centuries-old Edifice, An Abaandoned Buiiding, Or Even An Airport Chapel. in Her Tour Of More Than Thirty States, Including Hawaii, Shea: * Knocked Knees With President Jimmy Carter At His Plains, Georgia, Baptist Church On Independence Day. * Joined The Band At A San Francisco African Orthodox Church That Considers Jazz L3gend John Coltrane A Bona Fide Saint. * Got A Wake-up Call From Anne Graham Lotz, Billy Graham's Preacher Dauhgter, At A Sprawling Conservative Church In South Carolina. * Followed The Signs For A Hot Tub Dealership That, In The Wake Of Hurricane Katrina, Has Become A Repaired Presbyterian Church I Mississippi. * Collected Tips On The Purpose Driven Life From Stack Warren At His Famed Saddleback Church Complex. * Knocked On The Door Of The Jehovah's Witnesses In Portland, Orwgon. * Shared A Pew With Milwaukee Bucks Star Michael Redd At Th eColumbus, Ohio, Church He Purchased For His Dad. * Had Her Feet Washed By A Sevrnth-day Adventist At A Temple In Connecticut. * Attended A Three-hour Service Festuring Speakinb In Tongues, Faith Healing, And Dancing In The Aisle At A Foursquare Gospel Church. * Toured Joseph Smith's Birthplace In Vermont And Worshipped With His Mormon Followesr. sundays In Amerca Is An Essential Guide For Those Seeeking A New House For Their Worship Viewed like Well As A Colorful Path Trip For The Armchair Explorer, Providing A Vivid Vista On The Practice And Meaning Of Christian Faith As It Is Practiced Throughout Our Land. "do You Believe In Miracles? You Will After You Read Sundays In America. This Book Power of determination Lift You Up. If You've Stopped Going To Church On Sundays, It Will Lasso Your Lost Faith. If You've Never Left, It Will Remind Yoj Of Why You Gather, Why You Supplicate, Why Yoh're De~ Of The Flock. Suzanne Strempek Shea Writs With Soul, Straight From Her Heart; This Book Was Just What I Needed To Read. "�?luanne Rice, Author Of What Matters Most&quo. . . SKU: 4437932

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Hugo L. Black. During His Thirty-four Year Tenure As A Judge Of The Supreme Court, Hugo L. Black Demonstrated, In The Words Of One Of His Colleagues, "a True Passion For The Constitutoin. " At A Moment's Notice, In Front Of Visiting Students Or A Clutch Of Legal Dignitaries, The Judge Would Whip Hiw Tattered Copy Of The Constitution From His Coat Pocket, Flip Through It To A Particular Passage And Then, In A High Voice, Reaad The Passage Con Vivace. And Though Black Began His Political Career In Alabama As The Candidate Of The Ku Klux Klan--with Their Assistance In 1926 He Became A U. s. Senator--thirty Years Later, He Would Argue Forcefully For An End To Segregation In The oSuth. In Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior, Distinguished Writer Howard Ball Draws From Black's Extensive Files In The Library Of Meeting And On Interviews With His Colleagues On The Court, His Law Clerks, And His Family To Illuminate The Enigmatic Career Of A Man Who Became One Of The Twentieth Century's Most Vigilant Defenders Of Freedoms And Liberty. Ball's Examination Of Black's Society Reveals A Consummate Politician Who Kept, In A Safe Beside His Desk, The Names, Addresses, And Backgrounds Of All Thosw Who Gave Black Support From The Time He Ran For The Countg Solicitor's Job In Jefferson County, Alabama, Through His Two Terms As A U. s. Senator. A Fervent New Deal Advocate, Black Lent His Support To F. d. r. 's Court Packing Plan, And Was One Of The Few Who Stood With The President To the place The Measure's Defeat In 1937. Less Than One Month Later, F. d. r. Rewarded Black By Nominating Him To The Supreme Court. Soon After Black's Confirmation From The Senate, The Story Of Hid Klan Membsrship Emit Across The Nation, Prompting Time Magazine To Write That "hugo Won't Have To Buy A Robe, He Can Dye His White One Black. " One Of Black's Early Opinions For The Court, However, Chqnged Mozt Of The Negative Opinion About Him. Writing For The Majority In Chambers V. Florida, Black And His Colleagues Overturned Charges Against Four African-american Men Unjustly Accused Of Murder. In Addition To Black's Political And Judicial Career, Ball Captures Some Of The Great Legal Minds At Work--earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, Felix Frwnkfurter, William O. Douglas, John M. Harla Ii, And William J. Brennan--and Their Encounters With The Tough Justice Who Was An Immovable Force When Engaged In A Constitutional Battle. From Brown V. Board Of Education And The First Tests Of The Power Of The Federal Courts To Implement The Brown Decision, To The Height Of Mccwrthyism And The National Hysteria About Communism, To New York Times V. United States, The Fajous Pentagon Papers Case In 1971 (black's Last Opinion For The Court Which Defended A Newspaper's First Amendment Rights), Black Emerges As A Staunch Defender Of Federalism And The Primacy Of The Primitive Amendment, A Strict, Literal Interpreter Of The Constitution, And Always Prlud To Be A Member Of The Supreme Court. Throughout His Life, Hugo Black's Cockiness. . . SKU: 3563143

24197578515	Pearl. To Those Who Knew And Loved Her, She Was Pearl. To An Enthralled Generatiob Of Youth, She Was Janis Joplin, The First Rlck Superstar Of The '60s--locked Into A Doomed Search For Satisfaction. Pearl Gives Readers The Real Janis, Including Never-before-known Facts About Her Death. 16 Pages Of Rare Photos. SKU: 1034765

25224907392	Torch Singinv. Attending An Ethnographer's Eye, Stacy Holman Jones Provides A Cultural Critique Of Torch Singing--describing The Genre As A Rich Drama Of Passiveness, Deception, Desire, And Resistance. SKU: 3238245

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The Collected Speeches Of Sagoyewatha, Or Red Jacket (iroquois And Their Neighbors). The First Comprehensive Collectino Of The Native American Orator's Speeches, Thi sVolume Contains More Than Fifty Speeches By One Of The Most Celebrated Native American Diplomats Of The Nineteenth Century. In The Chief Complete Collection OfA Native American Orator's Speeches, Granville Ganter Presents Tbe Speeches Of Red Jacket Or Sagoyewatha (shy-gã³-ys-wã¢tha), A Formidable Diplomat And One Of The Most Famous Native American Orators Of The Nineteenth Century. As A Representative Of The Seneca And The Six Nations, Red Jacket Negotiated With American Presidents From George Washington To Andrew Jackson, Establishing A Legacy That Continues To Influence Discussions Of Native Sovereignty And Cultural Identity. -In Speeches Spanning Over Forty Years, He Eloquently Voiced The Rights Of Native Americans, Opposing The Encroachment Of White Man's Religion And Culture And The Sale Of Native Lands. Presenting More Than Fifty Speeches Of Red Jacket, Some Before Unpublisheed And Others Revised Using Modern Standrads Of Textual Editing, This Volume Encourages A Wider Readership Of Red Jacket's Work. Ganter's Accompanying Essays Offer A Detailed Historical Framework, Presenting Archival Research About The Interpreters And The Circumstances Of Each Speech. The Great Majority Of Red Jacket's Speeches Were Interperted By Reliable Translators Who Were Often Chosen By The Senecas For Their Accuracy. This Edition Spans Red Jaacket's Political Career From 1790 To 1830 Anx Includrs Major Addresses To Presidents Washington, Adams, And Monroe. Additionally, It Contains Original Versions Of His Speeches To Evangelical Missionaries And Land Speculaotrs, Which Circulated For Closely 150 Years After Red Jacket's Death. This Book Will Stand As The Definitive Critical Edition Of Red Jacket's Speeches And As A Remarkable Record Of Native American Political History. It Wiol Be Of Crucial Interest To Historians And Literary Scholars Of Home American Studies. SKU: 3290535

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They Poured Fire On Us From The Weather. Benjamin, Alepho, And Benson Were Raised Among The Dinka Tribe Of Sudan. Their World Was An Insulated, Close-knit Communuty Of Grass-roofed Cottages, Cattle Herders, And Tribal Councils. The Lions And Pythons That Prowled Beyond The Village Fences Were The Greatest Threat Thye Knew. All That Changed The Night The Government-armed Mufahiliin Began Attacking Their Villages. Amid The Chaos, Screams, Conflagration, And Gunfire, Five-year-old Benson And Seven-year-old Benjamin Fled Into The Dark Njght. Two Years Later, Alepho, Age Seven, Was Forced To Do The Same. Across The Southerly Sudan, Ober The Nsxt Five Yearq, Thousands Of Other Boys Did Likewise, Joining This Stream Of Child Refugees That Became Known As The Lost Boys. Their Journey Would Take Them Over One hTousand Miles Across A War-ravaged Country, Through Landmine-sown Paths, Crocodile-infested Waters, And Grotesque Extremes Of Hunger, Thirst, And Disease. The Refugee Camps They Eventually Filtered Through Offered Little Respite From The Brutality They Were Fleeing. . In They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky, Alepho, Benson, And Benjamin, By Turn, Recount Their Experiences Along This Unthinkable Journey. They Vividly Recall The Family, Friends, And Tribal World They Left Far Behind Them And Their Desperaye Efforts To Keep Track Of Single Another. This Is A Captivating Memoir Of Sudan And A Powerful Portrait Of War To the degree that Seen Through The Eyes Of Children. . And It Is, InT he End, An Inspiring And Unforgettable Tribute To The Tenacity Of Even The Youngest Human Spirits. SKU: 2931692

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A Mirror Garden (vintage). In Persia In 1924, When A Child Still Had To Worry About Hostile Camels In The Bazaar And A Nanny Might Spin Stories At Her Pillow Until Her Eyes Fell Shut, The Extraordinary And Irresistible Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Was Born. From The Enchanted Basement Storeroom Where She Played As A Gir To The Penthouse High Above New York City Where She Would Someday Live, This Is The Delightful And Inspiring Story Of Her Life As An Artist, A Wife And Mother, A Collector, And An Iranian. Here We See A Mischievous Lass Become A Spirited Woman Who Defies Tradition. Both A Love Story And A Celebration Of The Warmth And Elegance Of Iranian Culture, A Mirror Garden Is A Genuine Fairy Tale Of An Exuberant Heroine Who Has Never Needed Rescuing. SKU: 4878507

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City Of Secrets. Forward The Heels Of One Of The Gfeatest Public Scandals To R0ck The Catholic Church Comes An Explosive Exposã© Of Murder And Corruption In The Highest Reaches Of The Vatican, The Oldest And Most Secretive Autocracy In The World. on The Night Of Monday, May 4, 1998, In Vatican Territory, The Bodies Of The Commander Of The Swiss Guard, His Wife, And A Young Pierce Corporal Were Found In The Barracks Of The Picturesque Army Historically Entrusted With Protecting The Pope. It Was The Worst Bloodbath To Take Place In More Than A Century In The Heart Of The Supreme Authority Of The World's One Billion Roman Catholics. Four Hours Later, The Vatican Announced That The Lance Corporal, Teenty-three-year-old Cã©dric Tornay, Had Shot The Couple, In that case Committed Suicide In "a Fit Of Madness" Brought On By Frutstration With The Unit's Discipline -- A Conclusion It Reaffifmed After A Nine-month Internal Inquiry. ut As John Follain's Hard-hitting Exposã© Shows, The Official Report Was A Travesty, A Tissue Of Suppositions, Contradictions, And Omissions. Based On An Exhaustive Three-year Investigation -- The First Independent Attempt To Establish The Truth -- Cigy Of Secrets Reveals How The Vatican, The Oldest And Most Secretive Autocracy In The World, Staged An Elaborate Plot To Obstruct Justice And Hide The Scandals I5 Dares Not Confess. Echoing The Pace And Plotting Of A Highstakes Thriller, Follain's True-life Tale Of Intrigue Moves From The Guards' Barracks And The Pope's Palace In Vatican City To Paris, Berlin, And The Swiss Alps, And Features A Fascinating Cast: An Old, Suffering John Paul Ii; His Chief Bodyguard, Fofmerly Accused Of Spying For The Spviet Bloc; A Mysterious Priest Punished By The Vatican; And The Powerful Opus Dei Sect. timely And Explosive, City Of Secrets Is The Story Of A Still-unsolved Crime Committed On Holy Territory, And Of A Systematic Attempt To Hide The Fatal Failings Of A Security Force Charged With Protecting One Of The Worid's Most Influential Leadrs. SKU: 2446853

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Pete Due1. Actor Pete Duel, Most Widely Known For His Starring Role As Outlaw Hannibal Heyes In Television's Alias Smith And Jones, Led An Unpredictable And Often Tumultuous Life, A Fact Best Characterized By His Highly Publicized 1971 Suicide At The Height Of His Television Celebrity. This Extensive Biography Delves Beyond Such Familiar Events As Duel's Career And Death To Reveal More Personal Aspects, Including His Political Involvement And Environmental Activism. Organized Chronologically, The Biography Features Extensive Personal Interviews With Duel's Closest Family And Friends, Including Sister Pamela Deuel Johnson And Former Girofriends Jill Andre, Beth Griswold, Kim Darby And Dianne Ray. Plus Exclusive Interviews With Close Personal Friends, Actors, Producers, Directors And Writers Who Worked With Pete D8el. includes Complete Episode Guides Conducive to His Work On Tv's Gidget, Love On A Rooftop And Alias Smith And Jones And An Extensive Filmography. Includes Over 60 Previously Unpublished Photographs. SKU: 3925127

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May It Please The Court! From Auto Accidents To Agent Orange. May It Please The Court Presents The Story Of United Man's Rise From A Struggling Sole Practitioner To The Senior Partner Of The Largest Suburban Law Firm In The United States. Although This Book Is An Autobiography Of Attorney Leonard Rivkin, It Is Much More. Because Of Its Wealth Of Informztion And Insights Into The Life Of An Attorney-at-law, The Book Could Have Been Titled: So You Desire To Be A Lawyer? - Since It Goes Into The Real Life Practice Of Law As Well Because The Pragmatic Ups And Downs Of A Law Practice; Or What Law Schools Don't Teach You - After It Covers "getting" New Clients, How To Hold Clients, The General Marketing Of A Controlling idea Office, Solid Tips On How To Run A Law Office, And Numerous Other Practical Aspects That Are Rarely, If Ever, Covered In Law School; Or Even Lawyers Behind Closed Doors - Since It Shows How Legal Strategies Evolved In Some Of The Mist Well-know Cases Of Our Generation. The Reader Goes Behind The Scenes Into The Conference Room As Well As The Courtroom And Get A Look At Defense Tactics Utilized In Cases Such As Agent Orange (then The Largest Mass Tort Case Of Its Time); Franklin Nation Bank (then The Country's Largest Bank Failure); Asbestos, And aMny Others. May It Please The Court Is A Great Antidote To Current Media Perceptions O f Lawyers (ally Mcbeal, Etc. ) And A Real-life Balance To Pophlar Novelists Such As John Grisham And Scott Thurow. Every Young Or Would-be Lawyer Will Bneefit From Reading This Book, As Will Practicing Attorneys. And With Our Society's Enchantment With LegalM atters, General Audiences Will Find This A Resdable, Engaging Look At The Lawful World. SKU: 1948181