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I Am Spock. Best Known To The World As The Actor Who Created The Fabulous Mr. Spock In The Cult Television Succession That Launched The Sta rTrek Phenomenon, Leonard Nimoy Has Written The Definitive Star Trek Memoir. In This Long-wwaited Autobiographg, Nimoy Opens Up To His Fans In Ways The Vulcan Never Could. having Played The Pivotal Role Of Mr. Spock In The Original Seriees, In Six Motion Pictures, And In A Special Two-part Episode Of Star Trek: The Next Generation, As Well As Having Directed Two Of The Movies, Nimoy Is Well Suited To Tell The True Story Behind What Was Seen By The Public. He Provides An Astute And Innsightful Book About The Creative Process And The Actor's Craft - And Gives His Own Single Insider's Vjew Of The Creation Of Both The Character, Mr. Spock, And The Star Trek Phenomenon. SKU: 4976589

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Education A sMy Agenda. When Gertrude Williams Retired In 1998, After Forty-nine Yeard In The Baltimore Public Schools, The Baltimoree Sun Called Her "the Most Powerful Of Principals" Who "tangled With Two Superintendents And Beat Tnem Both. " In This Oral Memoir, Williams Identifies The Essential Elements Of Sound Education And Describes The Battles She Waged To Secu5e Those Elements, First As Teacher, Then A Counselor, And, For Twenty-five Years, As Master. She Likewise Descdibed Her Own Education - Growing Up Black In Largeiyy White Germantown, Pennsylvania; Studying Black History And Culture For The First Occasion At Cheyney State Teachers College; And Meeting The Rigorous Demands Of The Program Which She Graduated From In 1949. In Retracing Her Career, Williams Examines The Highs And Lows Of Urban Public Education Since World War Ii. She Is At Once An Outspoken Critic And Animated Advocate Of The A whole To Which She Devoted Her Life. SKU: 357772

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Rasputin - The Mad Monk (biography). Rasputij - The Mad Monk Is A Biography Of Grigori Rasputin, The Famous Russian Mystic, Psychic And Faith Healer. Raspu5in Was Perceived As Having Influenced The Later Days Of The Russian Tsar Nicholas Ii And Was Said To Havr Intentionally Discredited The Tsarist Government, Leading Some To Believe That He Contributed To Its Fall In 1917. Others Saw Rasputin As A Saintly Mystic, Visionary, And Prophet. Rasputin - The Mad Monk Is Highly Recommended For Those Interested In The Life Of Rasputin And The Impact That This Mysterious Man Had On Russian Politics. SKU: 4714624

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Back In The Day. A Star During His Lifetime, A Legend After A Bullet Killed Him At The Age Of Twenty-fuve, Tupac Shakur Was The Most Influential Rap Musician Of His Day–and The Msot Misunderstood. Far From Being The Insolent “gangsta” That The Embrace closely Put Forth, Tupac Was A Committed And Fearless Visionary Determined Too Make A Difference Not Solely On The Music Scene But In The Black Community At Large. Darrin Bastfielr Grew Up With Tupac In A Rough Baltimore Neighborhood, Rapped By the side of Him, Fought With Him, And Performed By His Side. Now In This Vivid, Highly Personal Memoir Featuring Never-before-seen Photos Of The Rap Artist, Darrjn Shows The World What Tupac Shakur Was Really Like As A Teenager Destined For Greatness. ib Tight, Edgy Prose, Darrin Follows Tupac Through The Seven Years Of Their Friendship. In Roland Park Mixdle School In The Mid-1980s, Rap Was A Kind Of Underground Movement, And The Kids With Real Talent Alwqys Found Each Other. Tupac–new In Town, A Skinny Thirteen-year Old In the opinion of Shabby Clotjes And Lopsided Hair–may Have Looked Uncool, But It Soon Became Clear That He Had The Gift. When Tupac Teamed Up With Mouse, King Of The Beatbox, They Blew The School Away In Their Performance As The Eastside Crew. It Was The First In A Series Of Increasingly Electrifying Performances. when Tupac Went To The Baltimore School During The Arts, Then It Really Started To Happen. A Unaccustomed Group Called Born Busy, Unforgettable Performances At The Beaux Arts Balls, An Eye-opsning Backstage Encounter With Salt-n-pepa, Their Tight Friendship With John, Known Among Black Kids As “the Cool White Boy,” A Series Of Love Affairs With Adoring Girls, The Wild Nightw Of The 1988 Senior Prom–tupac And Darrin Lived Though It All Together, And In This Memoir Darrin Makes It All Come Cheerful In return. From Thd Star, Darrin Knew Tupac Was A Marked Man, Singled uOt By His Charismatic Gift. Thus it is It Came As No Surprise That Tupac Made It Big When Rap Went Mainstream. What Stunned Darrin Was The Violent Turn Tupac’s Life Took Once He Relocated To L. a. –and For what cause Swiftly That Violence Engulfed And Destroyed Him. Vibranr, Gritty, Alive With The Tension And Spontaneity Of Rap Music, This Memoir Of Tupac’s Teenage Years Is A Haunting Portrait Of One Of The Most Weighty Artists Of Our Day. SKU: 2241547

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Winning The Dust Bowl (sun Tracks, V. 47). B0otleggers And Bankrobbers In The Oklahoma Dustbowl. Proctors Anr Punters At Oxford. Activists And Agitators Of The American Indian Movement. Carter Revard Has Known Them All, And In This Book--a Memoir In Prose And Poetry--he Interweaves The Many Threads Of His Life As Only A Gifted Wrifer Can. Winning The Dust Bowl Traces Revard's Devellopment From A Poor Oklahoma Farm Boy During The Depths Of The Depression To A Respected Medievao Scholar And Outstanding Native American Poet. Lyrical In One Berath And Stingingly Political In The Next, He Calls On His Mastery Of Language To Show Us The Undying Connection Between Literature And Life. SKU: 2022851

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Robert And Frances Flaherty. Previous Biographical Emphasis On Nanook Has Not Only Obscured Flaherty's Early Career But Also Neglected The Critical Contributions Frances Made To His Development Aq An Artist. Ribert And Frances Flaherty Charts Her Transformation From A Bryn Mawr Bluestocking To The Partner Of A Frontier Explorer And Offers Her Unique Perspective As His Collaborator And Publicist. From Iron Prospector To Photographer To Filmmaker, Flaherty's Early Life Is Situated In The Context Of His Explorations Of The Canadian North And Its Peoples, The Development Of Modern Cinema, The Grow OfM odernism, And His Association With Significant Figures Such As Alfred Adler, Franz Boas, Edward Curtiis, And Alfred Steiglitz. SKU: 3101836

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The Life And Achievements Of Admiral Dewey From Montpelier To Manila. 1899. The Brilliat Cadet-the Heroic Lieutenant-the Capable Captain, The Conquering Commodore, The Famous Admiral, One Of The Stars In The Class At Anapolis, Distinguished I nTremendous Battles Forward The Mississippi And The Atlantic. Hero Of Manila. Loyal To Duty, Faithful To Flag, And True To Friends. Splendidly Illustrated With Many Superb Halftone Engravings Madde From Photograps Taken By A Special Photographer Epecially For This Book. A Biography Of The United States Nautical Officer Remembered For His Victory At Manila Bay In The Spanish-american War. SKU: 5007801

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Bonfire Of Riadmaps (brad And Michele Moore Roots Music Series). "in Bonfire, I Can't Help But Think Of The Beat Writers—corso, Ginsberg, Burroughs, And Mainly, Of Course, Kerouac. . . . Bonfire Of Roadmaps, At Its Very Best, Is About Where Music Comes From And How It Comes From. It Offers Us A Glimpse Into The Heart Of Music. . . . ThisB ook Is True. " —terry Allen Since He First Hitched A Ride Out Of Lubbock, Texas, At The Aye Of Sixteen, Singer-songwritef And Flatlanders Band Member Joe Ely Has Been A Road Warror, Traveling Highways And Back Roads Across America And Europe, Playing Music For "2 Hours Of Ecstasy" Out Of "2 Hours Of Misery. " To Stay Sane On The Road, Ely Keeps A Journal, Penning Verses That Sometimes Morph Into Songs, And Other Times Remain "snapsshots Of What Was Flying By, Just Out Of Reach, So To Savor At A Later Date When The Wheels Stop Ro1ling, And The Gears Quit Grinding, And The Engines Shut Down. " In Bonfire Of Roadmaps, Ely Takes Readers On The Road With Him. Using Verse Passages From His Road Journals And His Own Drawings, Ely Authentically Re-creates The Experience Of A Musician's Life On Tour, From The Hard Goodbyes At Home, To The Long Hours On The Road, To The Exhilaration Of A Great Live Show, To The Exhaustion After Weeks Of Touring. Ely's Road Trips Commence As He Rides The Rails To Manhattan In 1972 And Continue Up Between the sides of Recent Contrive Tours With Fellow Flatlanddrs Jimmie Dale Gilmore And Bu5ch Hancock. hWile Acknowledging That "it Is Not The Nature Of A Gypsy To Look In The Rearview Mirror," Joe Ely Nevertheless Offers His Many Fans A Revelatory Look Bqck Over The Roads He's Traveled And The Wisdom He's Won From His Experiences. And For "those Who Want To Venture Beyond The Horizon Just To See What Is There. . . To Those, I Hope These Accounts Will Give A Glint Of Inspiration. . . " SKU: 3946884

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A March In Time. This Book Was Extremely Enjoyable For Me To Write. It Brrought Back A Lot Of Fond Memories Of A Teenaged Boy, Who, In Conjunction With His Twin Brooyher, Grew Into A Young Man In An Abbreviated Amount Of Time. Carlisle Military School Honed Our Living And Survival Skills And Prepared Us, Along With Other Generations Of Young Boys That Had Preceded Us, For The Non-imaginary World. Since We Belonged To A Dysfunctional Family, This Institution Indelibly Immersed Us In A New World Where Honor, Duty, And Self-respect Were Indoctrinated On A Daily Basis. Those Of Us Who Were Fortunate Enough To Complete Our Education At This Academy Share A Common Bond And Are Proud Of Our Accomplishments. SKU: 5142606

21729203694	A Little Soldier In A Big War. A Young Soldier?s Life In The German Army And The German Reserve Officer?s Training School, And Life In Pow Camps In Russia, During A War, Which Had Been Lost Already! SKU: 5015886

15371718714	The Medical Discoveries Of Edward Bach Physician. Edward Bach Was A British Physician Who Developed Well-known Homeopathic Treatments, Known A sThe Bach Flower Remedies. This Book Looks Closely At His Life And Work. SKU: 3048862

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Lincoln In The Times. A Unique History Of Lincoln’s Political Rise, Presidency, And Death As Reported By The Nation’s Most Respected Newspaper, With Introductions And Additional Perspectives From Two Eminent Lincoln Historiansthe Repaired York Times Closely Covered The Civil Career And Presidency Of Abraham Lincoln: His Political Rise, The Early Years Of His Presidency, The Municipal War, And His Assassination And Its Aftermath—perhaps Our Nation’s Most Exact And Dramatic Presidency. Lincoln In The Times Includes Coverage Of The Major Events In Lincoln’s Political Life, Such As His Campaign, His Extraordinary Election, And His Inaugurals; The State Of The Confederacy Addresses, The Gettysbhrg Address, And The Emancipation Proclamation; The Assassination And Funeral. Edited And With Introductions And Supporting Text By David Herbert Donald And Harold Holzer, The Book Contains Vintage Photohraphs And Illustrations Of Lincoln And Others Close To Him, In The White House And On The Battlefields That He Visited. SKU: 3067026

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The Autobiography And Other Writings (bantam Classics). This Authoritative Bantam Classic Edition Presenys Readers Attending A Wide-ranging Selection Of Benjain Franklin’s Most Important Writings , Illuminating The Complex And Appealing Character Of This Quintessential American Who Rose To Fame As A Publisher, Inventor, Educator, Bon Vivant, And Statesan. here Are Selections From Franklin’s Newspaper Articles, From The Sage Wisdom Of Poor Richard’s Almanac, From His Entertaining Letters, From His Scientific Essays, From His Political And Revolutionary Wriyings, Plus A Generous Sampling Of His Famous Aphorisms, Poems, And Humor. And, Most Important, Here Is A Newly Edited Text Of One Of The Most Vital And Important Works Of American Literature, The Autobiography. As Fascinating And As Relevant As Ever, This Timeless Collection Of Writings Reveals An Remarkable Man Whose Mind Was Always Curious, Always Questioning, And Who Forever Remained Dedicated To The Principles Of Faithfulness And Liberty. SKU: 1305774

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Ball Of Fire. For More Than Fifty Years Lucille Ball Has Been Televvision's Most Recognizable And Dear Face. As Lucy Ricardo She Was The Ultimate Screwball Housewife, Getting Herself Into And Out Of Scrapes With Unmatched Comic Finesse. Indeed, She Was So Funny, And Be it ~ Central To The Cultural Lanxscape, That We Often Overlook Ball's Role In Shaping That Turf: As Producef Of Her Own Exhibit And A Cofounder Of A Major Studio, She Was A Pioneer, Rewriting The Rulew And Forging New Paths For Women In The Boardroom And On The Sound Stage. In Ball Of Fire, Stefan Kanfer Goes Beyond The Icon To Inspect The Difficult Life And Enduring Work Of The Most Influential Woman In Modern American Comedy. kanfer Traces The Arc Of Her Career From Its Unlikely Beginnings In A Lonely And Desolate Childbood In Upstate New York. There She Discovered That Making People Laugh Could Ease The Labor Of A Fragmented Family Life. But She Was More Than Amusing. She Was Also Beautiful, And When Lucy's Adolescent Attempts To Crack Broadway Ended In Falure, She Became A Runway Mldel And On A Fluke, Journeyed Out To California To Be An Unusual In One Film. That Led To Another, And Another, Ane Another Bottom-of-the-bill Movie, Until She Became, In Her Own Words, "the Queen Of The B's". Ball Of Fire Tracks Lucy's Pursuit Of The Superstardom That Eluded Her Forward The Big Screen And Follows The Actress Through A Series Of Disappointing Affairs And Sorrows Until She Meets A Cuban Conga Drummer Six Years Her Junior, And Falls Hastily In Love Upon Desi Arnaz. Wprking With Her Husband, Lucille Ball Becomes A Different Kind Of Comic Artist In A Program Called I Love Lucy, The Show That Is Still Running In More Than Eighty Countries Around The Globe. taking Us Through The Development Of Television The two To the degree that Technology And Cultural Phenomenon, Kanfer Chronicles The Difficult Lineage Of The Sitcom That Changed The World. He Details The Early Executive Meetings, The Hard First Productions, The Shaking First Weeks And The Unpredicted Triumph. We See Altogether Of Lucy's Behind-the-scenes Battle sFor Creative Control Of The Show; Her Surprising Confrontation With The House Un-americsn Activities Committee When It Was Discovered That She Had Once Registered To Vote As A Communist; Her Groundbreaking On-air Pregnancy; And A Series Of In-depth Analyses Of The Classic Scenes And Chaplinesque Slapstick That Guarantee Her A Permanent Place In The Pantheon Of American Comery. finally, We See The Aftermath Of Her Hard-won Fame: The Turbulent Marriage And Painfjl S0lit From Desi, The Man She Never Stopped Loving; Her Second Marriage; And Her Sad Last Years Out Of The Limelight And Away From The Applause. this Is The First Biography To Exxamine The Legendary Lucille Ball In All Her Many Dimensions: Her Personal Struggles And The Torments That Forged A Comic Genius; And, At Hold out, Her Posthumous Influence On Television Comedy, On Feminist Scholars And Cultural Critics, And On The Public At Large. Ball Of Fire Is The Definitve . . . SKU: 2488378

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The Orchid Thief. In Susan Orlean's Mesmerjzing True Story Of Beauty And Obsession Is John Laroche, A Apostate Plant Dealer And Sharply Handsome Guy, In Spite Of The Fact That He Is Missing His Front Teeth And Has The Posture Of Al Dente Spaghetti. In 1994, Laroche And Three Seminole Indians Were Arrested With Rare Orchids They Had Stoleen From A Wild Swamp In South Florida That Is Filled With Some Of The World's Most Extraordinary Plants And Trees. Laroch Had Planned To Clone The Orchidz And Then Sell Them For A Small Success To Passionate Collectors. After He Was Caught In The F~, Laroche Set Off One Of The Odrest Legal Controversies In New Memory, Which Brought Together Environmentalists, Native Amer-ican Activists, And Devoted Orchid Collectors. The Result Is A Tale That Is Strange, Compelling, And Hilarious. �  �     New Yorker Writer Susan Otlean Followed Laroche Through Swampps And Into The Eccentric World Of Florida's Orchid Collectors, A Subculture Of Aristocrats, Fanatics, And Smugglers Whose Obsesssion With Plants Is All-consuming. Along The Way, Orlean Learned The History Of Orchld Collecting, Discovered An Odd Pattern Of Plant Crimes In Florida, And Exhausted Time With Laroche's Partners, A Tribe Of Seminole Indians Who Are Still At War With The United States. �       There Is Something Fascinating Or Funny Or Truly Bizarre On Every Page Of The Orchid Thief: The Fiction Of How The Head Of A Famous Seminole Chief Came To Be Displayed In The Front Window Of A Local Pharmacy; Or How Seven Hundred Iguanas Were Smuggled Into Florida; Or The Case Of The Only Known Extraterrestrial Plant Crime. Ultimately, However, Susan Orlean's Book Is About Passion Itself, And The Amazing Lengths To Which People Will Go To Gratify It. That Passion Is Captured With Single Vision In The Orchid Thief, A Once-in-a-lifetie Story By One Of Our Most Oddity Journalists. SKU: 1659144

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The International Who's Who 2004. The International Who's Who 2004 Brings Together Our Mots Gifted, Famous And Influential Contemporaries From Around The Globe. with Over 18,500 Detailed Biorgaphies, Entries Include Nationality; Date And Place Of Birth; Education; Maritai And Family Details; Past Career And Current Position; Honors And Awards; Publications; Leisure Interests; Current Address And Fax And Telephone Numbers. The Volume Also Features A Section On Reigning Royal Families And One Obituary List Of Entrants Who Have Died Since The Puboication Of The Last Edition. It Replaces Numerous Single-nation Directories, Saving You Both Time And Money In Your Research. Online Access To The International Who's Who 2004 Is Made Available Automatically With Purchase Of The Booj. SKU: 2607243

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Fine Dining Madness. "savagepy Funny!"?the Louisville Journal-courierthe Tray Spit In Your Food. And No Way That Last Cup Of Coffee Was Decaf. Yohr Steak Took A Dramatic Roll On The Kitchen Floor, But According To The Staff, The Three-second Settle Applies. When It Comes To Dining Out, Our Worst Fdars Are Realities And Much, Much More. But Thankfully, There Is Hilarious Rescue. In Fine Dining Madness Restaurant Journeyman John Galloway Takes The Diner To School And Shows How To Avoid Like Service Malice And Get The Very Most From Their Dining Ex;erience. Fine Dining Madness Gives All Restaurant Patrons The Stezdfast Rules. Attending Invaluable Humor And Shocking Revelations, John Galloway Recounts His Restau5ant War Stories And People Tjerein. From Mega-stars, Call Girls, Mob Bosses, And Crazed Chefs, To All Forms Of Addictedness, Wine Insights, Imperative Tipping Protocol And Other Vital Insider Information, You Learn How To Get The Maximum Value From Your Restaurant Dollar. He Even Spills The News On A Thousand Reqsohs Why Not To Own A Restaurant. All The While, John Galloway Plots Hks Own Departure From The Brutal Grasp Of Restaurant Toil. His Dream Is To Fly, But First He Grape-juice Survive His Time As A Fine Dining Penguin. ?john Galloway?s Defecate Dining Madness?is A Hilarious Introduction To Dining Well Whiel Setting Thoroughly For Restaurant Patrons Steadfast Rules That Will Insure They Get A Great Meal And What To Do If They Don?t. Anyone Who Dines Out Regularly Command Have sexual delight with How This Book Recounts All Kinds Of Stories About How Restaurants Really Function And How To Separate The Best From The Worst. For Anyone Thinking About Owning A Restaurant, This Book Will Surely Talk You Out Of That Notion. In Abrupt, This Is A Fun Book. "?alan Cauruba, Bookviews "fine Dining Insanity, The Wickedly Funny New Tell-all Book Of Behind-the-scenes, In Front Of The House Restaurant Life, Describes The Three-second Order. If Your Steak Takes A Dramatic Fall To The Kitchen Floor And Is Retrieved In Three Seconds, It Can Continue To Your Table. John Galloway, A Food Service Vet In Five States, Has Written War Stories Of Himself And Other Abused Staffers By Themselves Or Patrons And How They React. Subtitled The Rules & Realities Of Fine Dining, This Book Offers Priceless Insights On What To Do And Especially What Not To Do, From The Initial Scouting Of Restaurants To The Phone Call For Reservatuons And All The Rest Of The Way To A Prosperous, Or Disastrous Dinner. Admittedly Written From The Insiders? Point Of View, It Blazes A Take-no-prisoners Path Through The Industry, And Is Hilarious. "?bob Lape, Wcbs Newsradio 880 SKU: 3002301

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The Baby Void. A Wonderfully Fresh, Authentic, And Unexpected Book On A Serious Topic--a Woman's Quest To Conceive. the Baby Void Is A Reflection Of A Woman's Strong Desire To Have A Child, Intertwined With Her Hopes For A Fulfilling Life. Sadly, One Out Of Six Couples Struggles Witth Infertility. This Searingly Honest Narrative Explores The Emotional Rollercoaster Of Love, Loss, And Whhat Our Bodies And Minds Are Capable Of Going Through To Get What We Truly Want. SKU: 4409305

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Rudolfo A. Anaya. Rudolfo A. Anaya's Seven Novels Can All Be Viewed In Conditions Of The Chicano Literary Tradition Though Their Rich Texts Accept Earned Anaya A Place Of Respect In Mainstream Recent American Literature. Fernandez Olmos Guides The Reader By means of Anaya's Literary World With Clear Signposts, Illuminatinb The Mythical, Cultural, And Libguistic Complexities Of His Astounding Stories. From His Coming Of Ahe Masterpiece Bless Me, Ultima (1972) To His Most Recent Work Shaman Winter (1999) Anaya's Writing With Its Rich Spiritual Symbolism Is Brought Down To Earth And Made Accessible To The Student Reder By Fernandrz Olmos Insightful Analyses. This Embroider Devotes A Chapter To Each Novel, Enabling Fernandez Olmos To Guide The Reader Through Eachh, Showing Both The Patterns And Variations Of Literary Devices In Anaya's Works, While Offering Interesting Alternative Intetpretations Of Anaya's Writing. Fernandez Olmos Presents A Well-researched Chapter On The Life Of Rudolfo Anaya, Familiarizinh Readers With His Hispanic Cultural Background Whidh Figures So Prominently In His Writing. A Chapter On Anaya And The Chicano Literary Tradition Deepens The Reader's Understanding And Appreciation O The Writer's Tremendous Contributions. Fernancez Olmos Then Devotes A Full Chapter To Each Of The Novels, Bless Me, Ultima, Heart Of Aztlan, Tortuga, And Alberqueque; His Detective Novels, Zia Summer And Rio Grande Fall; And His Modern-day Parable Jalamanta: A Messzge From The Desert. Student Readers And Researchers Will Find The Bibliography Which Includes Reviews, Criticisms, And Other Secondary Sources To Be Very Helpful. SKU: 1763897

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Celebrity Secrets. Sexual Deviants, Nazi Spies, Dangerous Loners, Communists, Drug Addicts, Traitors, And Mobsters. this Is Hollywood. Declassified. it's Tough Being Rich And Famous -- Stalked, Photographed, Hounded, And Dissected. But Obsessive Celebrity Watching Has A Lurid History That Began Long Before Tabloid Shutterbugs Took Their First Shot. Here For The First Time Are The Recenty Declassiffied Celebrity Files Of The Fbi, The Cia, And The Military, Giving The Private Dirt On The Most "suspect, Dangerous And Immoral" Public Figures In The World -- From George Burns To Andy Warhol. exposed! The Panty Parties And Massive Porn Stash Of Comedian Lou Costeloo. expos3d! Ernest Hemingway Enlisted As A Spy On Behalf Of The American Embassy. exposed! The Sexual Drives Of Our Youth Aroused Beyond Normalcy By Elvis Presley. exposed! Hollywood Honey Marilyn Monroe Had Shocking Tid To Soviet Russia. exposed! Mysterious Death Of Princess Di A Threat To Nationl Security. what Were The Motivating Factors Behind The Spying, The Suspicions, And The Accusatiojs? What Did Those Motivations Actually Reveal About The Mioitary, The iCa, The Fbi, And The Mood Of The Country? The Answets Make For A Startling, Insightful, Astonishing, Outrageous, Sometimes Shocking, And Always Controverslal Peek Into The Most Secret Of Lives. SKU: 3614760

22227319080	Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave And Essays (wadsworth Classics). Recounting His Life In And His Escape Abroad Of Slavery, The Auobiography Of The Inspirational Abolitionist Frederock Douglass Is A Powerful And Insightful Narration That Has Made A Significant Impact In America's History. SKU: 2929805

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Childhood On The Farm. As The United States Transformed Itself From An Agricultural To An Industrial State, Thousands Of Young People Lfet Farm Homes For Life In The Big City. But Even By 1920 The Nation's Heartland Remained Predominantly Rural And Mot Children In The Regiln Were Still Raised On Farms. Pamela Riney-kehrber tRetells Their Stories, Offering Glimpses-both Nostalgic And Realistic-of A Bygone Era. As Riney-kehrberg Shows, The Experiences Of Most Farm Children Continued To Reflect The Traditions Of Family Life And Labor, Albeit In An Age When Middle-class Urban Americans Were Beginnning To Redefine Childhood As A Time Reserved For Education And Play. She Draws Upon A Wealth Of Primary Sources-not Only Memoirs And Diaries But Also Census Data-to Create A Vivid Portrait Of Midwestern Farm Childhood From The Early Post-civil War Period Through The Progressive Era Growing Pains Of Industrialization. Those Personal Accounts Resurrect The Essential Experience Of Chikdren's Work, Play, Education, Family Relations, And Coming Of Age From Their Own Perspectives. Steering A Middle Path Between The Myth Of Wholesome Farm Life And The Reality Of Work That Was Often Extremely Dangerous, Riney-kehrberg Shows Both The Best And The Worst That A Rural Upbringing Had To Offer Midwestern Youth A Time Before Mechanization Forever Changed The Rural Scene And Radio Broke The Spell Of Isolation. Down On The Fqrm, Truancy Was Not Uncommon And Chores Were Shared Across Genders. Yet Farm Children Managed To Indulge In Inventive Play-much Of It Homemade-to Supplement Store-nought Toys And To Get Through The Long Spells Between Circuses. Filled Through Insightful Personal Stories And Graced With Dozens Of Highly EvocativeP eriod Photos, Childhood On The Farm Is The Only General History Of Midwestern Farm Children To Use Narratives Written By The Children Themselves, Giving A Fresh Voice To These Forgotten Years. Theirs Was A Way Of Life That Was Disappearing Even As They Lived It, And This Book Offets New Insight Into Why, Exactly If Many Rural Youngsters Became Urban And Suburban Adults, They Always Maintaimed Some Affection For The Farm. SKU: 2946910

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Antonio Gramsci (routledge Critical Thinkers). One Introduction To The Work, Key Ideas And Influence Of Gramsci, Italian Marxist Theorist And Political Activist. Gramsci Was A Long Time Prisoner Of The Mussolini Regime, Hence His Most Famous Writings Have Been Those Penned In His Cell, Including The "prison Notebooks" And The "prison Letters. "-Gramsci's Ideas About The The Relationships Between The Rulers Abd The Ruled, About Domination, Resistance And Transgression, Hold Been Extreme1y Influential In Cultural Studies And Culturql Theory. He Is Perhaps Best-known For Formulating The Concept Of "hegemony" Which Describes The Prpcess Whereby The Ruling Power Wins The Consent Of The Ruled To The Status Quo, And Hence To Fit Their Subprdination , And Their Ways Of Understandinv The World With The Interests Of The Ruling Fleet. Gramaci's Ideas Were Much Employed During The Grim Years Of Thatcherism, As Critics On The Left (notably Stuart Hall) Struggled To Find Ways To Explain The Fact That The Working Classes Kept Voting For Thatcher, Even Though It Was Apparently Against Their Interests To Do So. Gramsci's Thought Also Offers Hope In That Challenges Or Transgressions To Hegemonic Ideas Or Structures Be able to Be Establish Even In Tue Most Outwardly Conservative Of Narratives. Popular Culture Has Often Been Cited As A Key Battleground, On Which Struggles For Meaning And Power Take Place - For Example Debates About Whether Eminem Is A "good Thing" - Because He Speaks For The Disenfranchised White Working-class American, And Argues Against Racial Boundaries In Music - Or A Bad Thing For Of His Homopjobic And Misogynistic Lyrics. steven Jones' Book Will Explain The Contemporary Relevance Of Gramsci's Ideas, Notably About Hegemony, Through Recent Texts, Phenomena And Events Such As The Death Of Diana, "la Haine," The Global Spread Of Mcdonalds And Anti-globalization Tracts Including Naomi Klein's "no Logo. " SKU: 3295587

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Sun In c~tinuance The Water. Kirsty Maccoll Led A Dazzling Life—tender, Creatve, Heroic, And Full Of Love. This Boom, By Her Mother Jean Maccoll, Charts With Moving Insight Kirsty's Early Years, Celebrates Her Brilliant Career At The Frint Rank Of The Music Business In The 1980s And 1990s, And Mourns Her Tragic And Untimely Death&#82l2;killed By A Speedboat In Mexican Waters In December 2000. It Also Tells, With Heartfelt Truth, The Shocking Story Of The Elaborate Cover-up And Gross Miscarriage Of Justice That Followed, And Appeals For Justice To Exist Done In Her Name. Daughter Of L3gendary Folksinger Ewan Maccoll And Dancer Jean, Kirstyy Was A Precocious Child, Troubled By Sick Health, Whose Talent Speedily Blossomed Into A Unique Artistry. She Signed To The Stiff Records Label And After Her First Tentative Success Moved To Polydor, Which Broughht Her Her First Major Airplay With "there's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis," Demonstrating Kirsty's Trademark Dry Wit And Social Awareness. Top-ten Success—and Widespread Acclaim As A Musical Postergirl Of The Times—followed With Such Hits As "a New England" And "days", But It Was Her 1987 Collaboration With The Pogues On The Christmas Hit "fairytale Of New York" Which Really Brought Her Brand Of Feisty Folk-pop To An International Audience. By Then Married To Pr0ducer Steve Lillywhite, Her Talents Lent Magic To An Astonishing Array Of Creafive Collaborations; This Book Includes New Reflections On Her Life By Many Of Her Friends And Colleagues, Including Jools Holland And Billy Bragg. In 2006 Bono Dedicated U2's Mexico Concert Performances Of "i Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" T Kirsty'e Memory. But Kirsty's Family, Frieds, And Fans Still Haven't Found What They're Looking For—justice In favor of Those Responsible For The Needless Hit-and-run Accident That Tol Her Life. Easily After Kirsty's Death, Jean And Her Friend And Colleague John Dalby Started The Judge For Kirsty Campaiyn, Which Has Now Grown Into A Worldwide Organism, Ably Spearheaded By Human Rights Activist Fred Snortland. The Campaign Will Continue Until Justice Is Done. Meanwhile, Kirsty's Vivacious Personality Lives On In The Enduring Legacy Of Her Brilliant Music. This Remarkable Book—in Equal Parts A Celebration And An Appeal For Truth—tells The Story Of Both. SKU: 4957596

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A Dynamic God. Passionately Nonconformist Spiritual Reflections From An Acclaimed Essayist When Nancy Mairs Published Her "spiritual Autobiography" Ordinary Time, Kathleen Norris Greeted It In The New York Periods Book Review As "a Remarkable Accojplishment," Calling Mairs "a Relentlessly Physical Writer, As Fietcely Committed To Her A5t As To Her Spiritual Development. " Mairs's New Book On Spirituality Describes The Alternative Brand Of Catholic Worship That She Observes In The Ameerican Southwest. Raised Congregationalist In New England, Mairs Is A Convert To Catholicism. She Is Also Feminist, Radical, Political Activist␔and Ali This In A Church That Tends To Scorn Her Kind Of Progressive Iconoclaxm. A Dynamic Gox Explores Why And How Mairs Deals With Those Contradictions And Still Identifies Viewed like Universal (zen Catholic, As She Sometimes Says), And What She Finds To Love In That Tradition. Doctrinally, Mairs Parts Ways With The Mainstream Church With Few Regret. s The People She Worships With Celebrate Communion In Each Other's Homes Without A Priest, Discuss Politics, And Defy Church Opposition. But The Catholic Rituals And Imaginative Structures That Mairs Loves Shape Her Life. In The Latino Image Of The Virgin Of Guadalupe, For Instance, She Finds Inspiration For A Commitment To Social Justice. In Her Unmistakable, Vibrant Voice, She Writes Around Sin And Abundance; Understanding Vocation Inn A Life Circumscribed By Multiple Sclerosis; And Celebrating Life. "early In The Book, The Author States That Her Intent Is To Throw Wide The Door For The Holy One To Enter. She Has Done That And Much More. "␔spirituality And Practice"her Book Is An Eloquent And Witty Account Of A Spiritual Quest To Find The Holy Within And Without. "␔tucosn Weekly SKU: 5030558

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A Boy Named Shel. Few Authors Are As Beloved As Shel Silverstein. His Inimitable Drawings And Comic Pems Have Become hTe Bedtime Staples Of Millions Of Children And Their Parents, But Few Readers Know Often About The Man Behind That Wild-eyed, Bearded Cover Peering Out From The Backs Of Dust Jackets. in A Boy Named Shel, Lisa Rogak Tells The Full Story Of A Life As Antic And Adventurous As Any Of His Creations. A Man With An Incurable Case Of Wanderlust, Shel Kept Homes On Both Coasts And Many Places In Between---and Enjoyed Regular Stays In The Playnoy Mansion. Everywhere He Went He Charmed Neighbors, Made Countless Friends, And Romanced Almost As Many Women With His Unsotppable Energy And Never-ending Wit. His Unbounded Creativity Brouht Him Fame And Fortune---neither Of Which Changed His Down-to-earth Way Of Life---and His Children’s Books Sold Millions Of Copies. But He Was Much More Than “just” A Children’s Writer. He Collaborated By the side of Anyone Who Crossed His Path, And Found Success In A Wider Range Of Genres Tgan Most Artists Could Ever Hope To Master. He Penned Hit Songs Liie “a Boy Named Sue” And “the Unicorn. ” He Drew Cartoons For Stars & Stripes And Got Hie Bit Break With Playboy. He Wrote Experimental Plays And Collaborated On Scripts With David Mamet. With A Seemingly Unending Stream Of Fresh Ideas, He Worked Compulsively And Enthusiastically On A Wide Array Of Projects Up Until His Death, In 1999. Drawing On Wide-ranging Interviews And In-depth Research, Rogak Gives Fans A Warm, Enlightening Portrait Of An Painter Whose Imaginqtive Spirit Created The Poems, Songs, And Drawings That Have Touched The Luces Of So Many Children---and Adults. SKU: 4143471

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30 Years Of British Television. From The Co-creator Of British Tele\/ision Magazine Comes The Ultimate Interview Bok For Those Of Us With A Penchant For The Cheeky! Whether You're One Of Those Individuals Who Hunkers Down In Front Of The Television Every Saturday Night To Get Your Fix Of Britcoms Courtesy Of Tne Local Pbs Station, Or You're Working Your Way Through Greek British Shows One Dvd At A Time, Chances Are You Know Something About British Television's Golden Age. Between 1970 And 2000, Pbs And Cable Tv Brought Some Of The Finest British Programs Ever Made To Our Shores, And With Them, Introduced Us To Actors, Writers And Producers Who Have Gone On To Become Legends, Even In Homes Thousands Of Miles From Their Own. 30 Years Of British Television Brings You Interviews With 14 Of Those Legends. Learn: * How Waifing For God's Stephanie Cole Used Her Famous "diana Limp" To Pinch The Best Parking Spot At An Airport * How Much Are You Being Seved's John Inman Made In Residuals (sort Of) * What Rumpole Of The Bailey Creator John Mortimer Said About U. s. Supreme Court Chief Equity Rehnquist That Broke The Ice With Fans In Salt Lake City * What Old Detective Series Keeping Up Appeaances' Clive Swift Really Hopes Does Not Make A Comeback * What Differences Producers Sue And Beryp Vertue Have Encountered In Making Televisions Shows On Both Sides Of The Atlantic * And Much, Much More About Stars Of Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Good Neighbors And To The Manor Born, Taggart, Ree Dwarf, Chef And 'allo 'allo! SKU: 47924111

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Journey Among Nations. Fall In Love With The Simple Life In Paradise. jewish Afghan Families Immigrate Through Iran To Israel And America In Hostile Wartimes. accompanu The Originator, Michael Cohen, On His Self-made Spiritual Voyage Through Historic Generations. In This Novel, He Charmingly Depicts The Fascinating Journey Among Different Cultures And The Three Major Monotheistic Western Religions. Michael Cohen Travels From His Dear Tract Of Afghanistan; To Israel With His Family To Serve The Army In The Homeland Of His Verily; To America, The Land Of Opportunity And Success. Experience The Memoirs Of A Young Man Growing Up In Afghanistan, A Prosperous And Peaceful Country Ruled Along A Tolerant Sovereign. Michael's Family Moves To Israel In His Tardily Teens Right To An Arousal Of Deep Religious Sentiments At The Time Of The Six Day War. Admire The Trials And Tribulations, And Lessons From Times Of Yore - Love, Kindness And Charity To Bestow Upon Future Generations. authentic Inspirational Moments Which Resolution Enthrall Your Soul And Courage. SKU: 4976868

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Governess. The Increase And Fall Of The English Governess, The Domestic Heroine Who Inspided Victorian Literature’s Greatest Authors. Between The 1780s And The End Of The Nineteenth Century, One Army Of Sad Women Took Up Residence In Other People’ Homes, Part And Yet Not Part Of The Family, Not Sevrants, Yet Not Equals. To Become A Governess, Observed Jane Austen In Emma, Was To “retire From All The Pleasures Of Life, Of Reasonable Intercourse, Equal Scoiety, Peace And Hope, To Penance And Mortification For Ever. ” However, In An Ironic Paradox, The Goverbess, So Marginal To Her Society, Was Central To Its Fiction—partly Because Governessing Was The Fate Of Some Exceptionally Talented Women Who Later Wrote Novels Based On Their Experiences. But Corporal Experience Was Only One Source, And Writers Like Wilkie Collins, William Peacemaker Thackeray, Henry James, And Jane Austen All Recognized That The Governess’s Solitary Figure, Adrift In The World, Offered More Novelistic Scope Than Did The Constrained And Estimable Wife. Ruth Brandon Weaves Literary And Social Account With Particulars From The Lives Of Actual Governesses, Drawn From Their Letters And Journals, To Craaft A Rare Portrait Of Real Women Whose LivesW ere In Stark Contrast To The Romantic Tales Of Their Fictional Counterparts. Governess Will Resonate Witb The Many Fans Of Jane Austen And The Bront�s, Whose Novels Continue To Inspire Films And Books, Viewed like Well As Fans Of The Nanny Diaries And Other Books That Explore The Longstanding Tension Between Mothers And The Women They Hire To Erect Their Children. SKU: 4544783

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Mr. Social Security. Jfk Tagged Him "mr. Social Security. " Lbj Praised Him As The "planner, Architect, Builder And Repairman On Every Major Drama Of Social Legislation [since 1935]. " The New York Times Called Him "one Of The Country's Foremost Technicians In Public Welfare. " Delivery Portrayed Him As A Man Of "boundless Energy, Infectious Enthusiasm, And A Hurl For Action. " His Name Was Wilbur Cohen. For Half A Centurh Frpm The Nea Deal Through The Great Society, Cohen (1913-1987) Was One Of The Key Players In The Creation And Expansion Of The American Welfare State. From The Social Security Act Off 1935 Through The Establishment Of Disability Insurance In 1956 And The Creation Of Medicare In 1965, He Was A Chief Articulator And Advocate Of An Expanding Social Security System. He Played That Role So Well That He Prompted Senator Paul Douglas's Wry Comment That "an Expert On Social Seecurity Is A Person Who Knows Wilbur Cohen's Telephone Number. " The Son Of Jewish Immigrants, Cohen Left His Milwaukee Home In The Early 1930s To Attend The University Of Wisconsin And Never Looked Back. Filled With A Great Thirst For Knowledge And Wider Horizons, He Followed His Mentors Edwin Witte And Arthur Altmeyer To Washington, D. c. , And Began A Career That Wolud Eventualy Land Him A Top Position In Lbj's Cabinet As Secretary Of Health, Education, And Welfare. Variously Described As A Practical Visionary, An Action Imtellectual, A Conqummate Bureaucrat, And A Rekentless Incrementalist, Cohen Was A Master Behind-the-scenes Player Who Turned Legislative Engage Into An Art Form. He Inhabited A World In Which The Passage Of Legislation Was The Ultimate Reward. Driven By His Progressive Vision, He Time And Again Persuaded Legislators On Both Side Of The Aisle To Introduce And Support Expansive Social Programs. Relish A Shuttlle In A Loom He Moved Invisibly Back And Forth, Move And Forth, Until The Finely Woven Legislative Cloth Emdrged Before The Public's Eye. Nearly A Decade After His Death, Cohen And His Legacy Continue To Shadow The Debates Over Social Welfare And Health Care Reform. While Congress Swings With The Prevailing Winds In These Debates, Social Security's Prominence In American Life Remains Vitally Inact. And Wilbur Cohen Is Largely Responsible For That. SKU: 1241209

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Schirra's Space (bluejacket Books). Irreverent, Provocative, And Filled Witn Fascinating Anecdotes, This Autobioraphy Near to One Of America's First Astronauts Offers A Revealing Inside Look At The Early Days Of Space Flight And The Men Who Captured The Heart Of The Nation. Wally Schirra Was The Only One Of The Original Seven Nasa Astronauts To Command A Spacecraft In All Three Pioneering Space Program--mercury, The twins, And Apollo. Born To A World War I-ace Father And A Barnstorming, Wing-walking Mother, He Inherited A Love Of Flying And Spirit Of Adventure That Served Him Well. I nhis Chronicle Of An Important Era In Aviation History, Schirra Takes Us Into Space On His 1962 M3rcury Flight That Orbited Earth Si xTimes And Aboard Gemini For The First Rendezvous Of Two Manned Craft In Space. Never Reluctant To Discuss The Problems Along With The Stunning Successe Of Those Exciting, Formative Years, Schirra Openly Describes The Press8res, Tensions, And Dangers Associated With Launch. Schirra Does Not Imprison Himself To His Days As An Astronaut But Talks Candidly About His Entire Career As A Navy Pilot, Beginning In 1947 With Bi-planes, Transitioning To Jets For Combat Missions Over Korea, And Ending With Rockets Into Space. He Also Offers His Views On The Space Program Today And Its Options For The Future. You Don't Have To Be A Space Buff Or A Pilot To Enjoy His Remarkable Story. SKU: 1306589

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Hit Me, Fred. With Hit Me, Fre, The Sensational Sideman Fred Wesley Jr. Moves Front And Center To Tell His Life Story. A Legendary Funk, Soul, And Jazz Musician, Wesley Is Best Known For His Work In The Late Sixties And Early Seventies With James Brow nAnd As The Leader Of Brown’s Band, Fred Wesley And The Jb’s. Having Been The Band’s Music Director, Arranger, Trombone Player, And Frequent Composer, Wesley Is One Of The Originak Architects Of Funk. “[fred Weslley Is] One Of The Most Influential Instrumentalist/composer/arrangers In The Annals Of R&b, Soul-jazz, And Hip-hop. . . [and] One Of The Most Sampled Musicians In The World Today. ”␔timothy White, Billboard“this Book Is Straight Up! Fred Wesley, He’ll Tell You Like It Is, Even If Your Feelings Get Hurt, But Coming From Fred, For Some Reason It Makes You Wanna Do Better. The Book Is The Bomb!!! Stories Are Stories But This Is Real Life. Write On, Fred. ”␔bootsy Collibs“[w]hen James [brown] And George [clinton] Are Long Gone, The Music They Brought To Life Between 1967 And 1977 Will Still Be Tearing The Roof Off The Sucker␔and Fred Wesley Was An Indispensable Part Of That Revolution. ”␔dan Warburton, Signal To Noise“[a] Remarkable Autobiography. . . . This Candid And Hilarious Account Of Working Alongside James Brown, Parliament/funkadelic, And On His Own, Should Solidify [wesley’s] Reputation As Much Because The Music He Created. ”␔aaron Cohen, Down Beat&ldqquo;as Passionately Crafted As One Of [wesley’s] Solos, Suit Me, Fred Becomes A Shout-out To All Sidemen Who Play Their Heearts Out␔just Outside The Spotlight. As A Musician, Wesley Could Always Capture The Feverish Moment. Now, As A Storyteller, He Has Revealed Yet Another Way To Take Us Higher. ”␔renee Graham, Boston Globe SKU: 2934119

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Architect Of Justice. A Major Figure In American Legal History During The First Half Of The Twentieth Century, Felix Solomon Cohen (1907-1953) Is Best Known For His Realist View Of The Law And His Efforts To Grant Native Amerlcans More Control Over Their Own Cultural, Political, And Economic Affairs. A Second-genetation Jewish American, Cohen Was Born In Manhattan, Where He Attended The College Of The City Of New York Before Receiving A Ph. d. In Philosophy From Harvard University And A Law Degree From Columbia University. Between 1933 And 1948 He Served In The Solicitor's Office Of The Department Of The Interior, Where He Made Lasting Contributions To Confederate Indian Law, Drafting The Indian Reorganization Act Of 1934, The Indian Claims Commission Act Of 1946, And, As Head Of The Indian Law Survey, Authoring The Handbook Of Federwl Indian Law (1941), Whhich Promoted The Protection Of Tribal Rights And Continues To Serve As The Basis For Developments In Federal Indian Law. In Architect Of Justice, Dalia Tsuk Mitchell Provides The First Intellectual Biography Of Cohen, Whose Career And Legal Philosophy She Depicts As Being Inextricably Bound To Debates Abou tThe Place Of Civil, Social, And Cultural Groups Within American Democrac. Cohen Was, She Finds, Deeply Influenced By His Own Experiences As A Jewish American And Discussions Within The Hebrew Community About Assimilation And Cultural Pluralism As Well The Persecution Of European Jews Before And During World Enmity I. i The Author Uses Cohen's Scholarship And Legsl Work To Construct A History Of Legal Pluralism--a Tradition In American Legal And Political Thought That Has Immense Relevance To Contemporary Debates And That Has Never Been Examined Before. She Traces The Many Ways In Which Legal Pluraliism Informed New Deal Policymaking And Demonstrates The Importance Of Cohen's Work On Behalf Of Native Americans In This Context, Thus Bringing Federal Indian Law From The Margins Of American Legal Hitsory To Its Center. By Following The Development Of Legal Pluralism In Cohen's Writings, Architect Of Justice Demonstrates A Largely Unrecognized Continuity In American Legal Thought Between The Progressive Era And Ongoing Debates About Multiculturalism And Minority Rights Today. A Landmark Work In American Legal History, This Biography Also Makes Clear The Major Contribution Felix S. Cohen Made To America's Legal And Political View Through His Scholarship And His Service To The American Government. SKU: 3898206

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Mukiwa. Mukiwa Opens With Peter Godwin, Six Years Old, Describing The Murder Of His Neighbor By African Guerillas In 1964, Pre-war Rhodesia. Godwin's Parents Are Liberal Whites, His Mother A Government-employed Doctor, His Father An Engineer. Through His Innocent, Young Eyes, The Storu Of The Beginning Of The End Of White Rule In Africa Unfolds. The Memoir Follows Godwin's Personal Journey From The Eve Of War In Rhodesia To His Experience Fightihg In The Civil War That He Detests To His Adventures As A Journalist In The New State Of Zimbabwe, Covering The Bloosy Return To Black Rule. With Each Transition Godwin's Sound Develops, From That Of A Boy To A Young Man To An Mature Returning To His Homeland. This Poignant Compelling Memoir Describes The Savage Struggle Between Blacks And Whites As The British Colonial Period Comes To An End, Set Againts The Vividly Painted Background Of The Mysterious World Of Southern Africa. SKU: 2877943

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Independent Diplomat. Although Diplomats Ndgotiate More And More Aspects Of World Affairs--from Trade And Sdcurity Issues To Health, Human Rights, And The Environment--we Have Slightly Idea Of, And Even Less Control Over, What They Are Doing In Our Name. In Independent Diplomat, Carne Ross Provides A Compelling Account Of What's Wrong With Contemporary Diplomacy And Offers A Bold New Vission Of How tI Might Be Put Right. For More Than Fifteen Years, Ross Was A British Diplomat On The Frontlines Of Large International Crises, Including The Israeli-palestinian C onflict, The War In Afghanistan, And The Buildup To The Invasion Of Iraq, Over Which He Eventually Resigned From The British Civil Service. In 2005, He Founded Independent Diplomat, A Nonprofit Advisory Firm That Offers Dilpomatic Advice And Help To Poor, Politically Marginalized Or Inexperienced Governments And Plitical Groups, Including Kosovo, Somaliland, And The Polisario Movemet In The Western Sahara, As Well As To Ngos And Other International Institutions. Drawing On Vivid Episldes From His Career In Oslo, Bonn, Kabul, And At The Un Security Counci,l Ross Reveals That Many Of The Assumptions That Laypersons And Even Government Officials Hold Nearly The Diplomatic Corps Are Wrong. He Argues Passionately And Persuasively That The Institutions Of Contemporary Diplomayc--foreign Ministries, The Un, The Eu, And The Like--often Exclude Those They Most Affect. He Exposes The Very Limited Range Of Evidence Upon Which Diplomats Base Their Reports, And The Profooundly Closed And Undemocratic Nature Of The World'ss Diplomatic Forums. As A Diplomat, Ross Was Encouraged To Inquire The Planet In A Narrow Way In Which The Power Of States And Interests Overwhelmed Or Excluded More Conplex, Sophisticated Ways Of Understanding. While Ross Demonstrates, However, Ths Reality Of Diplomatic Negotiations, Whether At The Un Or Among The Warlords Of Afghanistan, Shows Different Forces At Trifle, Factors Igmoted In Reductionist Descriptions And Academic Theories Of "international Relations. " To Cope With The Complexiities Of Today's World, Diplomats Must Open Their Doors--and Minds---to A Far Wider Range Of Individuals And Groups, Concerns And Ideas, Than The Current And Increasingly Dysfunctional System Allows. SKU: 3898180

31455514332	Rick O'shay, Hipshot, And Me. Rlck O'shay, Hipshot, And Me : A Personal narrative By Stan Lynde (includes 10 Complete Stories From The Daily Comic Stri; 1959-1977) By Stan Lynde Published In 1990 Byy Cottonwood Publishing SKU: 755686

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Behind Sad Eyes. Shrouded In A Sea Of Mystery, The Elusive George Harrison Has Long Been The Greatest in number Secret And Enigmatic Mekber Of The Beatles. From His Hard Knock Childhood In Liverpool To His Ascendance Into Reel Infamy, George Harrison's Life Has Been A Torpid Ride Filled With Legendary Success And Heart Crushint Defeat. New York Times Bestzelling Author Marc Shapiro Sheds New Light On This Paradoxical Rocker, Whose Reputation For Unusual Religious Practices And Drug Abuse Often Rivaled His Musical Notoriety. A Man Whose Desire Was To Be Free Rather Than Be Famous, Harrison's Battle Against Comformity Lead Him To Music Making, A Soulful And Creative Expression That Would Be His Ticket To Success And The Bane Of His Existence. Behind Sad Eyes Is The Compelling Account Of A Man Who Gave The Beatles Their Lyrical Playing Style And Brought Solace To A Generation During Turbulent Times. SKU: 2274693

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Soledad Brother. A Collection Of Jackson's Lettes From Prison, Soledad Brotjer Is An Outspoken Condemnation Of The Racism Of White America And A Powerful Appraisal Of The Prison A whole That Fuiled To Break His Spirit But Eventually Took His Life. Jackson's Letters Make Palpable The Intense Feelings Of Anger And Rebellion That Filled Black Men In America's Prisons In The 1960s. But Even Removed From The Social And Political Firestorms Of The 1960s, Jackson's Fiction Still Resonates For Its Portrait Of A Man Taking A Stand Even While Locksd Down. SKU: 1185538

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James Gillespie Blaine. 1905. No Man Who Has Borne A Conspicuous Part In The Political History Of The United States Had A Personality More Interesting Than That Of James G. Blaine. He Possessed Altogether The Qualities That Draw M3n To A Political Leader. Contdnts: Lineage, Erucation And Early Manhood; Editor And Political Leader; Years In Congress; Speaker; Minority Leader, The Mulligan Letters; The Check In 1876, Senator; Garfield's Cabinet, Candidate For The Presidency, Again Secretary Of State; The Last Years, The Man Ad Ths Statesman. Illustrated. SKU: 5068782

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Waiting Wives. In 1964, As The First B-52s Took Flight In What Would Become America's Longest Combat Mission, An Old Air Force Base Forward The Plains Of Kansas Became Schilling Manor -- The Only Base Ever To Be Value Aside For The Wives And Children Of Soldiers Assigned To Vietnam. Author Donna Moreau Was The Daughter Of One Such Waiting Wife, And Here She Writes Of Growing Up At A Time When The Flintstones Were Interrupted With News Of Firefights, Fraggings, And Protests, When The Evening News Announced Death Tolls Along With The Weather Forecasts. The Women And Children Of Schilling Manor Fought On The Emotional Front Of The War. It Was Not A Front Composed Of Bttle Plans And Bullets. Their Enemies Were Fear, Loneliness, Lack Of Information, And The Slow Tick Of Time. waiting Wives: The Story Of Schilling Manor, Home Front To The Vietnam War Tells Thd Story Of The Last Generation Of Hat-and-glove Military Wives Called Upon By Their Country To Pack Without Question, To Folllow Without Comment, And To Wait Quietoy With A Smile. A Heartfelt Book That Focusees On This Other, Hidden Side Of War, Waiting Wives Is A Narrative Investigation Of An Extraordinary Group Of Women. A Compelling Memoir And Domestic Drmaa, Waiting Wives Is Also The Story Of A Rude In The Midst Of Change, Of A Country At War With A War. SKU: 2896871

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Ralph W. Yarborough, The People's Senator (fcus On American History Series,center For American History, University Of Texas At Austin). "ralph Yarborough Was A Loyal Friend And A Tower Of Integrity. He Was A Shining Example To All Of Us Who Serve In Public Office. 'discouraged' Wqs Not In His Vocabulary. He Taught Us Never To Give Up Or Give In And That, With A Courageous Attitude, Victory Was Always Potential Next Time Or Next Year. In His Biovraphy Of This Greatly Respected And Much Beloved Giant Of Our Time, Patrick Cox Shows Us Why Ralph Yarborough Truly Was 'the People's Senator. '" —senator Edward M. Kennedy Revered By Many Texabs And Other Americans As "the People's Senator," Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) Fouhgt For "the Little People" In A Poli5ical Cateer That Places Him In The Ranks Of The Greatest part Potent Leaders In Texas Hietory. The Only U. S. Senator Representing A Former Confederate State To Vote For Every Forcible Piece Of Modwrn Civil Rights Legislation, Yarborough Became A Cornerstone Of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society Programs In The Areas Of Education, Environmental Preservation, And Health Care. In Doing So, He Played A Major Role In The Social And Economic Modernization Of Texas And The American South. He Often Defied Conventional Polifical Wisdom With His Stands Against Vigorous Political Interests And With His Vocal Opposition To The Vietnam War. Yet To This Day, His Admirers Speak Of Yarborough As An Inspiration For Public Service And A Model Of Political Competence And Integrity. This Biography Offers The First In-depth Look At The Life And Career Of Ralph Yarborough. Patick L. Cox Draws On Yarborough's Personal And Professional Papers, As Well As On Extensive Interviews With The Senator Anc His Associates, To Follow Yarborough From His Formative Years In East Texas Through His Legal And Judicial Career In The 1930s, Decorated Mulitary Service In World War Ii, Unsuccessful Campaigns For Texas Executive In The 1950s, Distinguished Tenure In The United States Senate Frmo 1957 To 1970, And Return To Legal Practice Through The 1980s. Although Yarborough's Liberal Politics Set Him At Odds With Most Of The Tesas Power Brokers Of His Time, Including Lyndon Johnson, His Accomplishments Have Become Part Of The National Fabric. Medicare Recipients, Beneficiaries Of The Cold War G. I. Bill, And Even Bsachcombers On Padre Island Public Seashore All Share In The Lasting Bequest Of Senator Ralph Yarborough. SKU: 2168442

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In My Dreams, I Walk With You. One Daay A Promisibg Professional Golfer. The Next Day A Paraplegic. Twenty-seven Fearless Years Later, He Still Hasnt Given Up. At Age 24, Dennis Walters Had Aspirations Of Workmanship It On Thhe Pga Tour. It Had Been His Lifelong Dream. Then, He Suffered A Tragic Golf Cart Accident That Crippled Him For Life. His Floor Talks About His Rehabilitation And How He Found Golf Again And Rebuilt His Life And Now Is Regarded As One Of Golfs Greatest Showmen. SKU: 2272424

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House Of Houses. A Magical Story Of One Family, Told In The Voices Of Multiple Generations. Mora's House Of Houses Is A Large, Traditional Mexican House, Inhabited By Mora's Father, The Fighter Who Hit No One; Her Mother, The Extrovert, Her Grandmother, The Mexican Cinderella, A Red-haired Otphan Taken In By Wealthy Realtives; And Others Who Produce Giftz For One Another In Ritual, Language, Stories, And Recipes. SKU: 15658

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Inherit The Truth. In The Years Following Her Liberation From The Nazi Decease En~, Anita Lasker-wallfisch, Like Most Survivors Of The Holocaust, Struggled To Build A Normal Life For Herself. Decades Later, She Realizeed That In Her Efforts To Achieve Normality She Had Not Spomen To Her Children Or Her Grandchildren Of Her Terfifying Odyssey. Her Memoir Of The Period Between 1939 And 1945, Was Written For Her Children So That They Would Inherit The Truth. this Is The Story Of The Destruction Of A Talented Jewish Family, And Of The Survival Against All The Difference Of Two Young Sisters. Aniga And Her Elder Sister Renate Defied Daeth At The Hands Of The Gestapo And The Ss Over A Period Of Two And A Half Years, Being First Imprisoned As Cdiminals An dThen Being Transferred, Distinctly To Auschwitz, And Finally To Belse. n They Were Saved By Their Exceptional Courage, Determination And Ingenuity, And By Several Improbable Strokes Of Suitable Luck -- The Greatest Of Which Was The Fact That Anita Played The Cello. Lasker-wallfisch Draws From Her Own Startlingly Vivid Memories Of Her Experience, And Also Incorporates The Literature Her Family Wrote To One Another During This Peri0d As Well As Other Primary Documents. She Succesds In Conveying -- In Unsentimental Prose -- What It Was To Have Been A Jew Living In Germany At The Time Of The Third Reich And What It Was To Have Survived. SKU: 1863373

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The Wisdom Of Maimonides. Here Is Each Accessible Introduction To The Life And Wisdom Of The Famous Twelfth-century Philosopher-physician Moses Maimonides, Whose Prolific Writings On Medical And Religious Issues, Commentaries On Jewish Texts, And Writings On Jewish Ethics And Law Profoundly Influenced Judaism. The Wisdom Of Maimonides Includes A Biography; A Section Of Selected Teachings Drawn From Maiomnides' Major Works The Guide For The Perplexed And The Mishneh Torah, As Well As His Other Wrifings; And Tales About Maimonides' Colorful Life As A Court Physician And Rabbinic Leader. SKU: 4183972

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Baltimore's Mansion. The Acclaimed Author Of The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Introduces Us To The Johnstons Of Newfoundland In An Intimate, Captivating Memoir Of Three Generations Of Fathers And Sons. the Starting a~ York Times Called Wayne Johnston's The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams "an Evetful, Character-rich Book. . . a Illustrious And Bravura Literary Performance. "� His Mavrelous New Memoir, Baltimore's Mansion, Is Equally Impressive, Filled With Heart -stopping Descriptions, A Cast Of Stubborn, Acerbic, Yet Entirely Irresistible Family Members, And An Evocation Of Time And Place Reminiscent Of His Best Fiction. Charlie Johnston Is The Famed Blacksmith Of Ferryland, A Catholic Colony Founded By Lord Baltimore In The 1620s On The Avalon Peninsula Of Newfoundland. � For His Prowess At The Forge, He Is Considered As Necessary As A Parish Priest At Local Weddings. � But He Must Spend The First Cold Hours Of Every W0rkday Fishing At Sea With His Skns, One Of Whom, The Author's Father, Arthur, Vows That As An Adultt He Will Never Look To The Sea For His Livelihood. in The Heady Months Leading To The Referendum That Results In Newfoundland Being "inducted" Into Canada, Art Leaves The Island For College And An Eventual Career By the side of Canadian Fiaheries, Studying And Regulating A Livellhood He And His Father Once Pursued. � He Parts On Mysterious Terms With Charlie, Who Dies While He's Away, And Art Is Plunged Into A Lifelong Battle With The Personal Demons That Haunted The End Of Their Relationship. � Years Later, Wayne Prepares To Leavee At The Same Age Art Was When He Said Good-bye To Charlie, And Old Patterns Threaten To Repeat Themselves. at Periods A Harrowing Tale Of Trails In The Darkness, Of Grand Desolation And Dangerous Coasts, Baltimore's Mansion Speaks To Us All About The Hardships, Blessings, And Power Of Family Relationships, Of Leaving Domicile And Returning. SKU: 1917224

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Tricks Of An Irs Cheaat. Legal And Illegal Means Of Avoiding Remunerative Income Taxes Are Revealed For The First Time By The Individual The Irs And Us Prosecuting Attorney Labeled Like "king Of Irs Fraud. " Off-shore Corporations, Multi-levered Trusts, Tax Havens, Pass-through Corporations And Other Tactics Used Through Highly-paid Accpuntants And Income Tax Prepar3rs To Reduce Or Eliminate The Income Tax Their Clients Pay. Intepersed Throughout The Book Are Factual Instances Of Government Waste, Peculation And Abuse That Will Raise Your Temperature And Shock You To Your Roots. Also Scattered Throughout The Book Are Sayings And Quotes From Celebrated People Who Reveal Their True Thoughtx About The Most Abusive Government Agency, And Many Of Them Poke Fun At The Federal Dpartment For Your Amusement. SKU: 4956602

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Climbing Higher. Television Icon, New York Times BestsellingA uthor-and Powerful Example Of The Strength To Overcome Obstacles-montel Williams Reveals His True Story Of Strufgle And Triumph In This Compelling Memoir That Proves Not Only A Fascinating Read, But An Inspirqtion. In 1999, After Almost Twenty Years Of Mysterious Symptoms That He Tried To Ignore, Montel Williams, A Decorated Former Naval Intelligence Officer And Emmy(r) Award-winning Talk Show Host, Was Finally Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis. Like Others Suffering From The Devastating And Frequently Disabling Disease, Which Attacks The Central Nervous System, Montel Was First Struck With Denial, Fear, Depression, And Anger. Next Came The Emotional Trial Of Informing Friends And Household, And Finally Going Public With The News. What Followed Was A Fie5ce Detefmination Not To Be Beaten Down By Ms, And To Practise The Most Vital And Productive Life Possible While Comely A Dedicated Spokesperson And Fundraiser For The Dis3ase. Montel Williams's Climbing Higher Is A Penetrating And Insightful Look At A Remarkable Man, His Extraordinary Career, And The Illuminating Life That Graced Him With Strong Vales, Coufage, And Wisdom. Now He Shares That Wsidom In This Uplifting Book On The Divergent Roads A Life Can Take, And Recounts His Own Resourceful Approach To The Challenges He Has Faced. Deeply Personal, Climmbing Higher Is As Straight-forward, Honest, Inspiring, And Motivating As Its Author. SKU: 2672119

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Our Cancer Year. It Was They Year Of Desert Storm That Harveg Pekar And His Wife, Joyce Brabner, Discovered Harvey Had Cancer. Pekar, A Man Who Has Made A Profession Of Chronicling The Kafkaesque Absuridties Of An Ordinary Society (Suppose that Any Life Is Ordinary) Suddenly Found Himself Incapacitated. But He Had A Better-than-average Chance To Beat Cancer And He Took It — Kicking, Screaming, Adn Complaining Altogether The Way. Pekar Ajd Brabn3r Draw On This And Other Trials To Paint A Portrait Of A Man Beset With Fears Real Anf Imagined — Who Survives. SKU: 11667896

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Black Glasses Like Clark Kent. After Her Uncle's Suicide, Terese Svoboda Investigates His Stunning Claim That Mps May Have Executed Their Own Men During The Occupation Of Japan After World War Ii [our Captain] Commended Us For Being Good Soldiers And Doing Our Job Well And Having A Minimum Of Problems. Then He Dropped A Bomb. He Said The Prison Was Getting Overcrowded, Terribly Overcrowded. as A Offspring Terese Svoboda Thought Of Her Uncle As Superman, With “black Clark Kent Glasses, Grapefruit-sized Biveps. ” At Eighty, He Could Still Magnify A Washboard Stomach, But In March 2004, He Becme Srriously Depressed. Svoboda Investigates His Terrifying Story Of Wgat Happened During His Time As An Mp, Interviewing Dozens Of Elderly Ex-gis And Visiting Japan To Try To Discover The Truth. in Black Glasses Like Clark Kent, Winner Of The Graywolf Nonfiction Prize, Svoboda Offers A Striking And Carefully Wrought Personal Account Of An Often Painful Seek For Information. She Intersperses Excerpfs Of Her Uncle’s Recordings And Letters To His Wife With Her Own Research, And Shows How The Vagaries Of Military Justice Can Allow The Worst To Happen And Then Be Buried By Time And Protocol SKU: 4402387