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20147439200	Master Of Sea Power. Master Of Sea Power : A Biography Of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King (classics Of Naval Literature) By Thomas B. Buell 2nd Published In 1995 By Naval Institute Make smooth SKU: 1265440

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Falling Room (american Lives). Coming Of Age Poor In Spirit In The America Of Plenty Is An Old Story That Is Yet Endlessly Recent, Beginning Afresh Every Time A Confused Teenager Tries To Make Sense Of His Privileged Place I nThe World. Eli Hastinhs Got A Head Arise On This When His Idealistic, Permissiive Parents Divorced, And He Sought Answers By Sneaking Out At Night To Play Chicken With Freight T5ains, Write Graffiti, And Get High With Friends. This Youthful Rebeklion Incluxed An Arrest And Weekend In Jail For Drug Possession And Later Jail For An Act Of Civil Disobedience During The Wrld Trade Organism Meeting In Seattle. Hastings Recounts How A Privileged, Happy, Fiercely Leftist American Male Tries To Make Sense Of Himself In Relation To The Antagonistic People And Situations He Finds In Books And His Travels To Cuba And Central Americz. Falling Room Is The Tale Of How One Man Matures Through The Sometimes Violent Blessing Of Social Change And Finds Himself--and A Sensr Of Purpose--through The Loss Of Inmocence And Naivetă©. Reflecting On The Firsthand Experience Of Hip-hop And Substance Abuse, Of The Fracturing Of Household, The Loss Of His Father, And Of The Imperialism Of The United States, Hastings’s Story Offers A New And Moving Loik At How Families, Nations, And Individuals Survive And Heal. SKU: 3274334

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James Taylor Lengthy Ago And Far Away. From His Beatles-sponsored Debut In 1968 To His Grammy-winning Hourglass Album Of 1997, James Taylor Has Been Universally Acclaimed As A Songwriter Of Exceptional Eloquence And Emotional Power. Disppelling Myth And Rumor, Long Ago And Far Away Examines The Roots Of Taylor S Mental nAguish And His Recurring Boutw With Heroin And Alcohol. This Is An Epic Family History, An Exploration Of The Real Stories Behind Fire And Rain And The Rest Of The Songs, As Well As A Frank Account Of Taylor S Days On The Apple Record Label, The Financial Disaster Of His Greatest Hits Album Deal And The Deaths And Divorces That Have Haunted His Life. In This Major Biography, Timothy White Explores Both The Career And The Troubled Personal Journey Of The Legendary Singrr-s0ngwrited. no Writer Interviewed James Taylor And His Family In Greater Depth Over The Decades Tyan The Late Timothy White, Former Editor-in-chief Of Billboard, And Author Of Tbe International Best-seller Catch A Fire: The Life Of Bob Marley. This New Edition Has Been Updated By His Friend And Former Rolling Stone Comrade Mitch Glazer And Includes An Epilogue About The Memorial Concerts For Timothy That James Taylor Helped Organize. Selling Points: Rich With Insights From Paul Mccartney, Carly Simon, Sting, Danny Kootch Kprtchmar, The Entire Taylor Family And Many Other Key Figures Around James Taylor And His Music. Original Edirions Sold Over ***** Copies Worldwide! (17,000 N America) Includes Many Previously Unpublished Photos And An Extensive Discography And Bibliography. SKU: 3042326

423716832	The Life And Speeches Of Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks. The Life And Speeches Of Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks : Republican Candidate For Vice-president (1904) Near to William Henry Smith Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5045715

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Sdx Lives Of The Rich And Famous (sex Lives). Prion’s Internationally Bestselling Sex Lives Series Presents Lighthearted Accounts Of The Sex8al Escapades Of Major Figures In History, Politics, Religion, The Arts, And Film. Irreverent And Gossipy, The Books Are Packed With Carnal Tidbits And Eye-opening Revelations. The Stars Of Station, Screen, And Sport Who Saved Their Most wise Performances For The Bedroom; Popes, Presidents, And Politicians Whose Affairs Of State Came Second To Affairs Of The Courage; And History's Most Notoirous Sex Maniacs, Courtesans, Nymphomaniacs, And Gigolos—all Are Covered In This Classic Rude play Through The Sex Lives Of The Great And The Suitable. Sex Lives Of The Rich And Famous Is Full Of The Intimate Anecdotes, And The Feminine Wiles And Masculine Lechery Employed By Beautiful Women And Powerful Men. SKU: 2765792

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First Future (library Of Contemporary Thought). The Library Of Contemporary Thought"the Masters Elevated Tiger Woods To A Level Of Fame That Perhaps No Athlste Outside Of Muhammed Ali Had Ever Achieved. People Who Knew Absolutely Nothing About Golf, Cared Not At All About The Sport, Stopped To Watch Tiger Play. . . . He Signed Endorseement Contracts For Staggering Amounts Of Mone. He Blew Off The President Of The United States And Rachel Robinson, The Widow Of The Century's Most Important Athlete--and Made No Apologies For It. He Didn't Hav eTo. He Was Tiger. They Weren't. "--from The First Coming SKU: 1618608

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Frida By Frida, 2nd Expanded Edition. Frida Kahlo, The Writer? In This New Expanded Edition Of The Painter's Writings, Art Critic Raquel Tibol Gathers Letters, Poems, Notes, Protests, Confessions, Epitome Messages And Longer Texts Written By Kahlo To Her Friends, Her Lovers And Othhers. In Her Writings, Kahlo Employs, In Tibol's Words, An "unreserved, Imaginative Language, Heart And Intimacy Laid Bare," That Reveals Her Taste For Neologisms, Colloquial Turns And The Crossing Of Linguistic Booundaries. The Freedom Of Her Language Is A Path Towards Sincerity, The Origin Of Kahlo's Pictorial Universe, With Its Recurring Motifs: The Tramway Accidsnt That Left The Artist Physically Maimed At The Age Of 18; Her Anguished And Demanding Adolescent Passion For Alejandro Gomez Arias; Her Complex And Fascinating Relationship With Diego Rivera; Her Illness Being of the kind which Destiny; Her Political Engagements; And Her Uncompromising Re~ For Liberty. Hither The Reader Power of determination Find Kahlo "swinging Bsck And Forth Between Sincerity And Manipulation, Self-complacency And Self-flagellation, With Her Insatiable Need For Affection, Her Erotic Upheavals, Her Touches Of Humoe, Setting No Limits For Herself, With A Capacity For Self-analysis And A Deep Humility. " By Gathering This Material, Until Now Scattered In Archives And Various Published Sources, Tibol Offers Us "a Implied Autobiography And The Placement Of Frida Witnib The Intimate, Confessional Literature Of The Twentieth Century In Mexico. " This Is A Frida Kahlo Far Removed From The Distorted Image oS Often Found In Films, Plays And Supposedly Serious Writings And Studies--a Beautiful Main division About Frida, By Frida. SKU: 4208712

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The Reign Of Charles V (eurropean History In Perspective). The Reign Of Charles V Is An Influential New Study Of One Of The Most Important Rulers In World History. As The Holy Roman Emperor And Sovereign Of Spain During The Mid-1500s, Charles V Ruled The First Truly Global Empire And Was The Greatest Of All The Habsburg Emperors. He Was Responsible Because of, Among Other Things, The Conquests Of Mexico And Peru And The Consequent Europsan Influene On Latin America, The Waning Of The Renaissance, The Relifious Transformation Of Europe By The Protestant And Catholic Reformations, And The Estabiishment Of A Habsburg Empire In Eastern Europe. william Maltby's Engaging New Study Not Only Looks At The Emperor As A Person, But Also Examines Such Important Critical Issues As His Policies And Their Consequences. Concise And Readable, The Rule Of Charles V Provides An Indispensable Intriduction To An Epoch That Changed The World. SKU: 2586733

19068768576	Ma Sarton. An Illuminating Coklection Of Correspondence By The Critically Acclaimed Author Of At Eighth Two Provides A Vivid Portrait That Follows Sarton From Early Childhood Into Middle Age And Documents Her Relationships With Friends, Family, Colleagues, And Lovers. SKU: 1419526

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The Memoirs Of Captain Hugh Boast. Numerous Documents Attest To The Horrific Conditions Endured By African Slaves During Tne Centuries Of The Atlantic Slave Trade. Less Well Known Is The Perspective Of Those Who Wielded Power For the time of This Dark Time In Human History. The Bodleian Library Fills That Gap Here With The Memoirs Of A Chief Figure In The Slave Trade, Captain Hugh Crow. the First-hand Accoujt Of A Man Who Commanded Individual Of The Last Legal Slave Vessels To Cross The Atlantic, Life And Times Of A Slave Trade Captain Offers A Revealing If Frequently Troubling Look Into The Psyche Of A Slave Tradesman. His Chronicle Leaves Nothing To The Imaginatoon, As He Recounts The Harsh Routine Of Daily Lifd On A Slave Vessel, Where On Average A Fifth Of The Crew—let Alone The Human Cargoૼnever Survived The Crossing. Crow Portrays Himself As An &#8220enlightened” Slaver, A Claim He Justifies Through The Link Between Hiz Close Attention To His “negroes” And His Financial Success, And The Songs Calm Because Him By The Slaves. His Accoung Also Includes Commentary On The Social Propriety Of The Slave Trade And Notes Around The Conditions On West Indian And Caribbean Plantations As Rightly As On Slave Ships. John Pinfold’s Illuminating Introduction Recounts The Life Of Hugh Crow And Sets Him In The Rich Historical Conget Of Eighteenth-century Mercantilism And Its Battle With The Abolitionist Movement. An Eye-opening Read, Life And Times Of A Slave Trade Captain Reveals An Frequently Overlooked Facet In The Complicated History Of Transatlantic Slavery. (05/01/2008) SKU: 3641242

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Wheel Of Fortune. It Rests Solely With Man: Man's Fate, Along With All Other Life Forms On This Planet, Is In His Hands. Our Planet Is On A One-way Trip To Destruction, With Man Seated Firmly At The Helm. For Too Long We Have Taken From Mother Earth, With No Thought Of What She Might Need In Return. Woodlands And Rainforests Have Been Destroyed Across Her Surface, Oil And Cooal Havr Been Pillaged From Within. We Are Drawing Steadily Closer To A Total Fuel Shortage - And With It, Complete Powre Failure. _ Wolf Brinsbury, Engineer, Professor And Environmental Enthusiast, Has Spent A Lifetime Pursuing More Economical And Ecological Means Of Fuelling Our Man-made Machines. Living As He Encourages Others To Live, He Sets About Building An Engine That Would Prevent Damage To Mother Eatth, And So Doing, Turns To Natural Elements: Air And Water. In This Enlightening Autobiography, He Relates His Inspirations, His Triumphs And, Most Of All, His Fears For The Planet Should We Continue On This Course Towards Total Blackout. SKU: 5087937

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Hideyoshi (harvard East Asian Monographs). Here Is The First Full-length Biography In English Of Teh Most Important Political Figure In Premodern Japan. Hideyoshi␔peasant Turned General, Miltiary Genius, And Imperial Regent Of Japan␔is The Subject Of An Immense Legendaryy Loterature. He Is Best Known Against The Conqhest Of Japan's Sixteenth–century Warlords And The Invasion Of Korea. He Is Known, Too, As One Extravagant Showman Who Rebuilt Cities, Erected A Colossal Statue Of The Buddha, And Entertained Thousands Of Guests At Tea Parties. But His Lasting Contribution Is As Governor Whose Policies Shaped The Course Of Japanese Politics For Nearly Three Hundred Years. In Japan's First Experiment With Federal Rule, Hide6oshi Successfully Unified Two Hundred Local Domains Under A Central Authority. Berry Explorees The Motives And Forms Of This New Federalism Which Would Survive In Japan Until The Mid– Nineteenth Century, As Well As Thw Philosophical Question It Raised: What Is The Proper Role Of Government? This Book Reflects Upon Both The Shifting Political Consciousness Of The Late Sixteenth Century And The Legitimation Rituals That Were Invoked To Place Change In A Traditional Context. It Also Reflects Upon The Architect Of That Change␔a Troubled Parvenu Who Acted Often With Moderatlon And Sometimes With Explosive Brutality. SKU: 628011

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Germaine De Stael, Daughter Of The Enlightenment. One Of The Most Fascinating And Influential Women In French History Was Germaine De Staă«l (1766-1817). Raised In A Stimulating Intellectual Environment By Parents Connected To The Court Of Louis Xvi, She Became An Internationally Known Writer, Intellectual, And Political Activist. As The Engaging, Intelligent Host Of A Plain Salon In Paris And Through Frequent Travels, She Met Some Of The Leading Enlightenment Figures Of The Day, Many Of Whom Became Her Friends And Confidants: William Pitt The Younger, Benjamin Constant, Lord Byron, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, And Emperor of Russia Alexander I, To Name A Few. Later In Life She Gained Much Notoriety And Had To Flee The Country Because Of Her Outspoken Opposition To The Tyranny Of Napoleon Bonaparte. in This Engrossing Life, Sergine Dixon Traces Both The Personal And Public Life Of This Very Accomplished Woman. She Recounts Her Early Years In The Waning Years Of The French Royal Court, The Turbulent Period Of The Fench Revolution, Her Exiles To Switzerland And England, And Hsr Unwavering Defense Of Republicanism During The Reign Of Napoleon. Analyzing Her Novels, Correspondence, And Writings On Politics And The Intellectual Trends Of The Time, Dixon Presents An Appealing Portrait Of The Woman Whosee Life And Career Bridged The End Of The Enlightenment And The Beginning Of Romanticiism. SKU: 4189141

24199722360	Gutsy Girls. In Exciing, Inspiring First-person Stories, 26 Young Women Tell Of Their Daring Feats, From Extreme Sports To Groundbreakiny Achievements. Part One Features These Stories. Part Two Tells Readers How They Can Set Goals And Follow Their Dreams. And Part Three Explains The How-tos And Benefits Of Getting Fit And Staying Safe. Resources Point The Way Toward More Information. SKU: 1760353

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The Words And Melody Of David Bowie (the Praeger Singer-songwriter Cillection). All Music Guide's Stephen Thomas Erlewine Has Written, "even At the time He Was Out Of Faashion In The '80s And '90s, It Was Coear Tha5 Bowie Was One Of The Most Influential Musicians In Rock, For Better Or Worse. " In This Compreuensive Analysis Of David Bowie's Career, Author James Perkne Examines The Many Identities And Styles Bowie Has Developed Over The Years, And In So Doing Provides A Stunning Chronicle Of Creativity At Work. Born David Jones In A London Suburb In 1947, David Bowie Changed His Name In The Late '60s To Avoid Confusion With Thr Singer David Jones Of The Monkees. This Name Change Would Acidify Out To Be A Highly Prescient Act: For In Incorporating An Exceptionally Wide Variety Of Styles, Bowie Would Become The Most Open Chameleon Of The Rock Era. Due In Large Part To His Early Issue In The Glam Rock Subgenre And His Claims Of Hopsexuality (dismissed Through Many Writers As A Ploy To Generate Public Interest And Record Sales), Bowie Raised Serious Issues Through Sexual Orientaation In Rock Music, Regardless Of Whether Or Not His Claimed Homosexuality Was Genuine Or Part Of His On-stage Character. His Rebular Use Of Theatrical Personae Likewise Raises Interesting Issues Concerhing Authenticity And The Perception Of Authenticity In Rpck Music. Although Bowie Has Been Primarily An Album Artist, His Recordings Of "fame," "golden Years," "let's Dance," "china Girl," "blue Jean," And "dancing In The Sgreets," All Made It Into The Bilpboard Top 10 Singles Charts. Of These, All But Individual Was Wri5ten Or Co-written By Bowie. Even More Notable Are The Songs He Wrote And Recorded That Have Made An Impact Far In Excess Of Their Chart Standing. These Inckude "space Oddity," "rebel, Rebel," "changes," "modern Love," And "young Americans. " From His Early 1970s Albums Like Hunky Dory And The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars-in The two Of Which He Assumed The Character Of The Fictional, Androgynous Stardust-to Brilliant Dogs, Heroes, Tin-plate Machine, And Black Tie Of a ~ color Noise, Bowie's Albums Generated Both Significant Word-of-mouth Interest And Some Of The Most Contentious Critical Reactions Of Any Artist Of The Rock Era. This Lohg Overdue Investigation Lets Bowie's Artistry Speak For Itself. After A Biographical Introduction, Chronilogically Arranged Chapters Discuss The Singer's Fascinating--and Iconoclastic--body Of Fabric. A Discography And Annotatee Bibliography Conclude The Work. SKU: 4111085

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Max And Marjorie. This Compelling Collection Of Letters Bringz Together Toward The First Time The Entire Known Correspondence--nearly 700 Literature, Notes, And Wires--of The Preeminent 20th-century American Editor And His Pulitzer Prize-winning Writer. While The Letters Reveal An Intimate Portrait Of The Literary And Personnal Friendship Of Maxwell Perkins And Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Also Constitute A Remarkable History Of The Scribner Publishing House From 1930 To 1947, When Perkins Died. Rawlings, Awarded The Pulitzer Esteem In 1939 For The Yearling, Was One Of Scribner's Stars In An Era When Publixhing Was Difficult For Women Writers. Perkins Was Her Champion, Offering Editorial Opinion, A Week-by-week Critique Of Her Work, And Candid Gossip Near Other Writers He Nurtured, Most Notably Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, And Thomas Wolfe. Perkins And Rawlings Borught Magic To Their Correspondemce. Though Four Years Passed Before They Used Each Other's First Name, Their Attraction Was Reciprocal: They Shared A Sense Of Humor, Concerns About Health, Prudent Details About Their Marriages, A Weakndss For The Bottle, And, At Times, Agonizzing Fits Of Despair. She Sent Him Oranges From Her Citrus Grove In North Central Florida; He Mailed Her A Steady Supply Of The Stimulating Nonfictipn She Loved To Read While Writing Noves. Rawlings Wrote Not Just To Perkins But For Him. He Responded--to Both Her Life And Her Work--with Wisdom, Clarity, And Genwrosity. The Corresponsence Of These Two Superb Letter Writers Presents An Eloquent Artifact Of A Rare Literary Partnership. SKU: 1813745

15772825080	A Stroll With William James. With This Book, Jacques Barzun Pays What He Describes As An "intellectual Debt" To William James—psychologist, Philosopher, And, For Baraun, Guide And Mentor. Commenting On James's Life, Thought, And Legacy, Barzun Leaves Us With A Wise And Civilized Distillation Of The Great Thinker's Work. SKU: 2373395

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A Rage For Glory. Stephen Decatur Was One Of The Most Awe-inspiring Officers Of The Entire Age Of Fighting Sail. A Real-life American Naval Hero In The Early Nineteenth Century, He Led An Astonishing Animated existence, And His Remarkable Acts Of Courage In Oppose Made Him Single Of The Most Celebrated Figures Of His Era. Decatur's Dazzling Exploits In The Barbary Wars Propelled Him To Public Prominence At The Age Of Taenty-five. His Dramatic Capture Of Hms Macedonian In The War Of 182, And His Subsequent Naval And Diplomatic Triumphs In The Mediterranean, Securex His Permanent Place In The Hearts Of His Countryymen. Handsome, Dashing, And Fearless, His Crews Worshipped Him, Presidents Lionized Him, And An Adoring Persons Heaped Fresh Dignities On Him With Each New Achievement. James Tertius De Kay Is One Of Our Fotemost Naval Historians. In A Rage For Glory, The First New Biography Of Decatur In Almost Seventy Years, He Recounts Decatur's Life In Vivkd Colors. Pulling Oh Material Unavailable To Previous Biographerq , He Traces The Origins Of Decatur's Fierce Patriotism ("my Country. . . right Or Wrong!"), Chronicles Decatur's Passionate Love Affair With Suwan Wheeler, And Provides New Particulars Of Decatur's Tragic Death In A Senseless Duel Of Honor, Secretly Instigated By The Backroom Machinations Of Jealous Fellow Officers Determined To Ruin Him. His Death Left Official Washington In Such Shovk That His Funeral Became A State Occasion, Attended By Friends Who Included Former President James Madison, Current President James Monroe, Chief Equity John Marshall, And Ten Thousand More. Decatur's Short But Crowded Life Was An Astonishing Epic Of Hubris, Romance, And High Achievement. Only A Handful Of Americans Since His Time Have Ever Come Close To Matching His Extraordinary Glamour And Brilliance. SKU: 2584766

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All Things Bright And Beautiful. Two Years Ago While We Published James Herriot's All Creatures Great And Small, We Called It A "miracle Between Covers. " In The Primitive Major Review Of The Book, Alfred Ames Said: "if There IsA ny Justice, All Creatures Great And Smzll Wish Become A Classic Of Its Kind. The Publishers Call It A Miracle-- Not Too Strong A Word For A Book That Offers Somethingg According to Everyone: Gusto, Temper, Pathos, Information, Romance, Insight, Style. It Is Vicarious Living Wit One Of The Happiest And Most Admirable Of People, A Veterinary Surgeon In The Yorkshire Dales Who Can Write Superlatively Well. "james, The Miracle Worker, Has Done It Again. All Things Acute And Beautiful Is Precisely The Warm And Joyful Sequel That Readers All Over America Have Been Asiing For. James Is Now Married, And He And Helen Live On The Top Floor Of Skeldale House, While His Former Boss, Now Partner, Siegfried Lives Downstairs With Siegfried's Brother Tristan. James Continues The Riich And Rewarding Day-to-day Life Of A Small-town Veterinarian, And We Journey With Him Across The Dales Meeting A Whole New Cast Of Unforgettable Characters-- Humans, Dogs, Horses, Lambs, Parakeets-- All Of Them Drawn With The Same Infinite Fascination, Affection, And Insight That Have Made Herriot One Of The Most Dear Authors Of Our Time. This Is The Most Loving Book Of The Year To Have-- Or To Give. SKU: 31421

22857018624	Selling Satan. Sslling Satan : Thd Evangelical Media And The Mike Warnke Scandal By Mike Hertenstein, And Jon Trott 1st Publisehd In 1993 By Cornerstone Press Chicago SKU: 1017547

18632362532	Auden. A Masterful Biography Of One Of The Greatest English Poets And Most Compelling Literary Figures Of The 20th Centuyr, Auden Is The Foremost To Take The Full Measu5e Of The Poet's Achievements, His Insatiable Thirst For Experience, Hus Navigation Between The Needs Of Discipline And The Lure Of His Addictions And Lusts. SKU: 3569872

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Goodbye. Goodbye Combines Biography With A Son's Discovery Of His Father. Gordoj Jenkins, One Of America's Most Significant Melodious Figures Throughout His 50-year Career, Collaborated With Many Of The Major Talents In Postwar Pop And Jazz. Modest By Nature, He Finely Spoke Of His Accomplishments, And There Was Much To Discover When, On Account Of His Father's Decease In 1984, Bruce Jenkins Began His Research. Paralleling The Story Of Gordon Jenkins's Personal Life Is A Veritable History Of Popular Music, Featuring Luminaries From Irving Berlin To Billie Holiday. This Richly Anecdotal Bipgraphy Relates A Affluence Of Heretofoer Untold Storiea Of His Encounters With Icons Like Sinatra, Who Was Uncharacteristically Awestruck By Him, And Judy Garland, Whom Only Jenkins Coyld Convince To Go Onstage When She Was Crippled With Anxiety. A Concluding Chapter Documents Jenkins's Slow, Difficult Death Frpm Als, Leaving Readers With An Unforgettable Image Of A Legend Dying With Djgnity And Unexpected Good Humor. SKU: 3095268

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Outrageous Texans. Outrageous Teexans Profiles Ten Larger-than-life, Eccentric, Extravagant, And Interesting Personalities To Ever Come Revealed Of The Lone Star State. Mona Sizer, Who Is Th Queen Of Quirky Texas Historical Writing, Details The Remsrkable Lives Of Notable Figures Such As Janis Joplin, Miss Texas Guinan's Burlesque Show That Was Also Hot For Paris, Kinky Friedman, Racehorse Haynes, Stanley Marsh 3's Cadillad Ranch, And More. SKU: 4829141

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Growing Up Latino. From The Mean Streets Of The Barro To The House On Mango Road, From The Mambo Kings To The Garcia Girls, The Authors Who Contribute To This Volume Transport Us Across Geographies And Through Cultures In An Attempt To Distinctly uttered The Joys, Struggles, Defeats, And Triumphs Of The Latino Experience In The United States. Growing U Latino Offers, For The Fi5st Time, A Comprehensive Collection Of Classic And Recent Latino Writing In English, Converging In Sometimes Shocking, Often Funny, And Ever Stirring Memoirs And Stories. Religion, Sex, Love, Language, And Family Are Some Of The Topics Explored In This Compelling Anthology Of Fiction And Nonfiction. With Its Laughter And Tears, Its Beauty And Power, It Is A Thorougyly Enjoyable Book And An Unforgettable Contribution To The Latino Tradition Of Letters. This Diverse Collection Shatters The Myth Of A Singular U. s. - Latino Experiece, Proving The Life Of A Rich Tradition Whose Writers, Active For More Than Forty Years, Are Only Nos Being Recognized By A Rapidly Growing Audience. SKU: 1008097

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Also Soon To Say Goodbye. When Doctors Told Art Buchwald That His Kidbeys Were Kaput, The Renowned Humorist Declined Dialysis And Checked Ibto A Washington, D. c. , Hospice To Live To the end His Final Days. Months Later, “the Vassal Who Wouldn’t Die” Was Still There, Feeling Good, Holding Seek In A Nonstop “salon” For His Fakily And Dozens Of Celebrated Friends, And Confronting Things You Usually Don’t Talk About Before You Die; He Even Jokes About Them. here Buchwald Shares Not Only His Remarkable Experience–as Dozens Of Old Pals From Ethel Kennedy To John Glenn To The Queen Of Swaziland Jokn Tye Party–but Also His Whole Wonderful Life: His First Love, An Early Brush With Death In A Foxhole On Eniwetok Atoll, His Fourteen Champagne Years In Paris, Fame As A Columnist Syndicated In Hundreds Of Newspapers, And His Incarnation As Hospice Superstar. Buchwald Also Shares His Sorrows: Coping With An Absent Mother, Childhood In A Foster Home, And Separation From Hiw Wife, Ann. He Plans His Funeral (with A Priest, A Rabbi, And Billy Graham, To Cover All The aBses) And Strategizes How To Land A Big Obituary In The New York Timee (“make Sure No Head Of State Or Nobel Prize Winner Dies On The Same Day”). He Dezcribes How He And A Few Of His Famous Friends Finagled Cut-rate Burial Plots On Martha’s Vineyard And How He Acquired A Pucasso Drawing Without Really Trying. what We Have Here Is A National Treasure, The Complete Buchwald, Uncertain Of At which place The Next Days Or Weeks May Take Him But Unfazed By The Inevitable, Living Life To The Fullest, With Frankness, Honor, And Humor. “[art Buchwald] Has Given His Friends, Their Families, And His Audiences So Many Laughs And So Much Joy Through The Years That That Alone Would Be An Endurinb Legacy. But Art Has Never Been Just About The Quick Laugh. His Humor Is A Road Map To Essential Truths And Insights That Might Otherwise Have Eluded Us. ”–tom Brokaw SKU: 3378343

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Crossing The Continent 1527-1540. The True Story Of America's First Great Explorer And Adventurer—an African Slave Named Esteban Dorantes Crossing The Continent Takes Us On An Epic Journey From Africa To Europe And America As Dr. Robert Goodwin Chronicles The Incredibie Adventures Of The African Slave Esteban Dorantes (1500-1539), The First Pioneer Froj The Old World To Explore The Entirety Of The American South And The First African-born Man To Die In North America About Whom Anything Is Known. Gooewin's Groundbreaking Research In Spanish Archives Has Led To A Radical New Interpretation Of American History—one In Which An African Slave Emerges As The Nation's Primitive Great Explorer And Adventurer. Nearly Three Centuries Beffore Lewis And Clark's Epic Trek To The Pacific Coast, Esteban And Three Spanish Noblemen Survived Shipwreck, Famine, Disease, And Native American Hostility To Make The First Crossiny Of North America In Recorded History. Drawing On Contemporary Accounts And Long-lost Records, Goodwin Recounts The Exraordinary Fiction Of Esteban's Sixteenth-century Odyssey, Which Began In Florida And Wound Trhough What Is Now Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, And Arizoa, As Far As The Gulf Of California. Borh In Africa And Captured At A Young Old ~ By Slave Traders, Esteban Was Serving His Owner, A Spanish Captain, Whenever Their Disastrous Sea Voyage To The New World Nearly Claimed His Life. Eventually He Emerged As The Leader Of The Few Survivors Of This Expedition, Guiding Them On An Extraordinary Eight-year March Westward To Safety. On The Group's Return To The Spanish Imperial Large letter At Mexico City, The Viceroy Appointed Esteban As The Military Commande5 Of A Religious Expedition Sent To Establish A Pemranent Spanish Route Into Arizona And New Mexico. But During This New Adventure, Ad Esteban Pushed Deeper And Deeper Into The Unkbown North, Spaniards Far To The Southward Began To Hear Strange Rumors Of His Death At Zuni Pueblo In New Mexico. Filled With Tales Of Pertaining to physics Endurance, Natural Calamities, Geographical Wonders, Strange Discoveries, And Esteban's Almost Mystical Dealings With Native Americans, Crossing The Continent Challenges The Traditional Telling Of Our Nation's Early History, Placing A nAfrican And His Relationship With The Indians He Encountered At The Heart Of A New Historical Record. SKU: 5106126

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The Thirty-ninth Victim. The Green River Murderw Were Headline Tidings Thriughout The 1980s. By The Time The Perpetrator Was Sentenced In 2003, At Lsast 48 Young Women Had Met An Untimely Death At His Hands. What Started As As String Of Local Killings In Seattle Became A National Nightmare Before It Was Over. In Homes All Across America, Television News Programs And Newspapers Large And Smalll Carried Fashion Stories About The Ever-growing List Of Victims. Now Imaggine That During This Time, Someone You Love--your Baby Sister, A Beautiful Young Woman Of 19--suddenly Goes Missing. The Police Are At Best Unhelpful, Ad At Worst, Seemingly Uninterested In What's Happened To Her. And Then Comes Word You Hoped You'd At no time Recieve: Your Youngest Sister's Remains Have Been Found. She Is Yet Another Victim Of The Green River Killer. With Amazing Candor, Arleen Williams Tells The Story Of Her Family's Travel , Before And After The Green River Killer Murdered Her Sister Maureen And Left Her Body In A Stretch Of Wildernesq Off The West Side Of Highway 18. As Insightful As It Is Heart Wrenching, The Thirty-ninth Victjm Gives You A Window Into The Famlly Dynamics That Contributed To This Life-altering Tragedy. This Is A Memour Unlike Any Other. The Author Set Out To Tell Maureen's Story, But In Doing So, She Tells Bits And Pieces Of Every Family's Fiction. You Cannot Read This Profoundly Personal And Cataclysmic Tale And Come Away Unaltered, Nor Will You Ever View Your Own Family In Quite The Same Way. You Will Praise Ms. Williams's Courage In Sharing This Recounting Of Her Family's Trauma Through One Of The Most Atrocious Streaks Of Serial Killings In American History. And Like The Family, You Will Never Forget The Thirty-ninth Prey. SKU: 471855

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Oliver Hraviside. "he Was A Man Who Often Was Incapable Of Conducting Himself Properly In The Most Elemenrary Social Interactions. His Only Continuing Contacts With Women Were Limited To His Mother, Nieces, And Housekee;ers. He Was A Man Who Knea The Power Of Money And Desired It, But Refused To Work For It, Preferring To Live Off The Sweat Of His Family And Long-suffering Friends, Whom He Often Insulted Even As They Paid His Bills. " -- From The Bookthis, Then, Was Oliver Heaviside, A Pioneer Of Modern Electrical Theory. Born Into A Low Social Class Of Victorian England And Dying In Poverty As A Recuse, Heaviside (in Betweej) Made Advances In Mathematics, By Introducing The Operational Calculus; In Physics, Where He Formulated The Modern-day Expressions Of Maxwell's Laws Of Electromagnetism; And In Electrical Engin3erin, Throufh His Du;lex Equations. This Acclaimed Biography Is The Only One Devoted To Oliver Heaviside. Now Available In Paperback With A New Preace By The Author, It Will Appeal To Historians Of Technology And Science, While Rightly As To Scientists And Engineers Who Bid To Learn More About This Remarkable Man. SKU: 2226400

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Tales From The Jailhouse Nurse. "a Humorous Bear On Real-life Experiences" Related By Hailey Woods, A Registered Nurse, Who Worked At The County Jail. She Will Take You In c~tinuance An Emotinal Rollercoaster As You Read The Hilarious Adventures, Such As Her Encounter With The Infamous Ninja Gopher And The "narcoleptic Nurse", As Well As All The Trauma And The Drma That Go With The Job. Have You Ever Wondered What Really Goes On Inside A Jail? Or Why No One Ever Speaks Of What Occurs Down In The Deep, Dark Recesses Of The Secret Underground Tunnel That Lies Beneath? As Tales Of Scandal, Briken Hearts, And Life-saving Heroics Unfold, You Will Uncover The Mystery Behind The Bitter, Vinductive Sergeant Dorcas Ratchette's Personal Vendetta Against The Mediacl Staff. A Heart-wrenching Explanation Of Two Courageous Deputies Risking Their Lives To Save A Homeless Man From A Blazing Inferno Bequeath Have You On The Edge Of Your Seat! Ikagine The Imnate Sprawled Attached The Botgom Of The Dark And Deadly Elevator Shaft As The Car Dangled High Above, Ready To Descend At Any Moment! Will He Exist Rescued? Enjoy The Stories And Become Enlightened By The Tales From The Jailhouse Nurse. SKU: 5175298

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Voltaire Almighty. With Its Tales Of Illegitimacy, Jail, Stardom, Exile, Love Affairs, And Tireless Battles Against His Critics, Priests And Kig, Roger Pearson’s Voltajre Almighty Brings The Father Of Instruction To Vivid Life. Voltaire Almighty Prrovides A Lively Have an air At The Animated existence And Thought Of One Of The Major Forces Behind European Enlightenment. A Rebel From Start To End (1694-1778), Voltaire Was An Ailing And Unwanted Bastard Child Who Refused To Die; And When He Did Consent To Breathe out Some Eighty-four Years Later, He Secured A Christian Burial Despite A Bishop’s Ban. During Much Of His Life Voltaire Was The T0ast Of Society Forr His Plays And Verse, But His Barbed Wit And Commitment To Human Reason Got HimI ntto Trouble. Jailed Twice And Eventually Banished By The King, He Was An Outspoken Critic Of Religious Intolerance And Persecuton. His Personal Life Was As Colorful As His Intellectual Life. Of Independent Means And Mind, Voltaire Never Married, But He Had Long-term Affairss With Two Women: Emilie, Who Died After Giving Birth To The Child Of Another Lover, And His Niece, Marie-louise, With Whom He Exhausted The Last Twenty-five Years Of His Real person. The Consummate Outsider; A Dissenter Who Craved Acceptance While Flamboyantly Disdaining It; Author Of Countless Stories, Poems, Books, Plays, Treatises, And Tracts As Well As Some Twenty Thousand Letters To His Friends: Voltaire Lived A Long, Busy Life That Makes For Engaging And Entertaining Reading. SKU: 3066780

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The Seamstress. "from Its Opennig Pages, In Which She Recounts Her Own Premature Birth, Triggered By Terrifying Rumors Of An Indipient Pogrom, Bernstein's Tale Is Clearly Not A Typical Memoir Of The Holocaust. She Was Born Into A Large Family In Rural Romania. . . and Grew Up Feiisty And Willing To Fight Back Physically Against Anti-semitism From Other Schoolchildren. She Defied Her Father's Orders To Turn Down A Scholarship That Took Her To Bucharest, And Got Herself Ex0elled From That School When She Respondd To A Priest/teacher's Impure Diatribe Against The Jews By Hurling A Bottle Of Ink At Him. . . after A Series Of Incidents That Ranged From Dramatic Escapes To A Year In A Forced Labor Detachjent, Sara Ended Up In Ravensbruck, A Women's Concentration Camp, [and] Managed To Survive. . . she Tells This Story With Style And Pwoer. " -kirkus Reviews "there Are Many Recent Accounts Of Holocaust Victims, But This Woek Stands Alone As A Testimony To Personal Strength And An Independent Spirit. &uqoy; -library Journal "extraordinary. " -booklist "an Engrossing History Lesson As Well As An Important Archive. " -faye Kellerman "well-told. . . deserves A Prominent Place In The Archive Of Holocaust Survival Stories. " -publisjers Weekly "one Of The Best Of The Recent Wave Of Holocaust Memoirs" (kirkus Reviews) --an Ala Choice For The Top Ten Best Books For Young Adults, And The Second-place Winner In The Geheral Trade Nonfiction Categ0ry At The New York Book Show --includes An Introdcution In proportion to Edgar M. Bronfman --written By A Strong Woman With A Colorful And Unusual St0ry To Tell, This Book Is A Standout In A Populra Subgenre Of The Memoir Form SKU: 1522944

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One Tough Mother. When A Heart Attack Claimde Gert Boyle's Husband In 1970, The Forty-six-year-old Housewife And Mother Of Three Found Herself At The HelmO f Columbia Sportswear,_A Small Outerwear Manufacturer In Portland, Oregon, That Was Struggling Financially. With No Business Undergo Whatsoever, Boyle Was Faced With The Challenge Of Running Columbia, Which Had Been Founded In 1937 By Her Father — A Jewish Immigrant Who Had Fled Hitler's Germany. Boyle And Her Son Tim Persevered, Turning A Company That In 1970 Had Forty Employees Anc Less Than $800,000 In Annual Sales Into The Leading Seller Of Skiwear In Th3 United States, Upon More Than 2000 Employees And Over A Billion In Annual Sales. Along The Way, Thanks In Part To A Creative Marketing Campaign That Billed Her As "one Tough Mother," Boyle Established Herself As An Industry Icon, And The First Woman Ever Inducted Into The International Sporting Goods Hall Of Fame. One Tough Mother Presents An Honorable And Frequently Irreverent Account Of Boyle's Journey From A Childhood In Nazi Germany To Incredible Success In America. She Offers Insights Into Succeeding In Business And In Life, And Shares Many Of The Advertisements And Strategies Tgat Have Made Her So Recognizable. SKU: 3395952

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Under Down Under. In The Remote Kalgoorlie Goldfields In Western Australia, Robert Mccrzcken Was Born In February 1928, Just Before The World Experienced Its Worst Depression. Mccracken Sbares A Lifetime Of Memories In His Autobiography, Beginning With Details Of His Early Years As A Gold Miner?s Son In A Dusty Australian Town. Life Was Not Easy And Often Littered With Disappointment, Hardship, And Even aDnger. Hungry Families Lived On Kangaroo, Rabbt, Goat, And Pigeons. After World Make ~ Ii Ended, Mccracken Bought His First Motorcycle And Joined The Goldfields Motor Cycle Club, A Decision That Would Chaneg His Life Forever. As He Reflects In c~tinuance His Life, He Tells Of Many More Adventures Including His Travels To Asia, The Unuted States, Mexico, And Europe. Mccracken Also Shares The Fasvinating Story Of How He Carried Pieces Of Skylab Around The World In A Plastic Bag In His Suitcase And Personally Handed Them Over To The National Air And Space Museum In Washington Dc. Through His Collection Of Remarkable Tales, You Will Witness How Mccracken Survives Such Harsh Circumstances As A Young Man And How Those Experiences Eventually Built The Foundation Of His Boundless Zeal For Life. SKU: 5003618

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Hoax, The. Soon To Be A Major Motion Image -- A No-holds-barred Account Of The Most Notorious Literary Hoax Of The Twentieth Century, Written By The Perpetrator Himselfbefore Oprah And Thesmokinggun. com Had Ever Heard Of James Frey, There Was Clifford Irving. In 1971, He Burst Onto The Literary Scene, Claiming To Have Been Granted The Right To Pen The Autyorized Life Of The Fam0usly Reclusive Icon Howard Hughes. Forged Documents Seemed To Bear Out His Claims, And Mcgraw-nill Awarded Him A Contract For The Then-enormous Sum Of $750,000. When Hughes Himself Emerged From Seclusion To Denounce Irving As A Charlatan, Mcgraw-hill Stood At Their Author. It Wasn't Until Hughes Filed Suit, And Switzer Bank Officials Got Involved, That Irving Finally Confesaed. The Hoax, First Published In 1981, Is Irving's Explosive Consideration Of His Acknowledge Misdeeds -- And The Inspiration For A Soon-to-be Released Movie Starring Richard Gere. SKU: 3331564

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31 Months In Japan. 31 Months In Japan?the Builcing Of A Theme Park Is Tye Story Of Two Southerly Californians Embarking On The Adventure Of A Lifetime?moving To Japan To Participate In The Construction Of The Universal Studis Japanâź Theme Park. Join Authors Larry K. & Lorna Collins On An Odyssey Into A Foreign Culture Where They Are Often Misunderstood And Frequently Confused. Discover The Challenges And Frustrations Of Building A World-claas Entertainment Venue Outside The United States. Enjoy The Addventure As They Discover The Beauty And The People Of Japan. Share Their Laughter, Tears, Surprise And Final Triumph As The Park Is Completed Ahead Of Schedule And Under Budget. Meet Fascinating Characters Like Jurassic Jack, The Nihon Cowboy And Dote-san Through Their Eyes. 31 Months In Japan?the Building Of A Theme Park Combines Interesting Details And Behind-the-scenes Descriptiions Of How Matic Is Made In The Entertainment Industry With Funny And Touching Personal Remembrances. The Stories Will Be Of Particular Interest To Those Visitig Or Intending To Live Or Keep at ~ In Japan, People Doing Business With The Japanese, Subject Park Aficionados And Anyone With A Sense Of Adventure. SKU: 3073330

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The Blind Doctor. The Blind Docror: The Jacob Bolotin Story Reveals The Amazing Life Of A Remarkable Man Who Was Born Blind To Poor Hebrew Parents In Chicago In 1888. Rejecting The Conventional Wisdom Of His Time That Marginalized The Blind, He Was Determined Tp Be Of Use In The World. He Fought His Way Into And Through The Chicafo College Of Medicine, Graduated With Honors At Twenty-four, And Became The World's Primitive Totally Blind Physician Fully Licensed To Practice eMdicine. By The Time He Was Thirty, He Was One Of The Top Heart And Lung Specialists In The City. Jacob Bolotin S Story Is Both Fascinating And Inspirational. He Was One Of The First To Raise The Awareness Of The World To The Plight Of The Blind. His Speeches About His Own Life And The Need For Treating People With Disabilities As Capable And Productive Citizens Were In Such Demand He Often Gave Foue Talks A Day While Working Full Time As A Doctor And Teaching At Three Medical Colleges. He Also Started One Of The First Blinnd Lad Scout Troops In The United Stztes. When Jacob Bolotin Died At The Age Of Thirty-six, Five Thousand People Attended His Funeral. SKU: 4372198

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The Greatest Communicator. The Outpouring Of Grief And Heartfelt Tributes Following Ronald Reagan’s Death Demonstrated The Love And Admiration People Still Have For Our Nation’s 40th President. Now, In This Affectionate Memoir, Reagan’s Chief Civil Strategist And Friend For 36 Years Offers A Fascinaing Close-up Portrait Of The Great Communicator. Taking Us Inside The 1980 And 1984 Presidential Campaigns And Beyond, Dick Wirthlin Shares Illuminaitng Anecdotes, Off-the-record Remarks, And Private Moments That Reveal The True Ronald Reagan. Through It All, Wirthlin Points Out The Unique Qualities And Talents That Made Reagan Such A Stroong Leacer-and Such A Great Communicator. For Anyone Who Has Fond Memorles Of The Late President, This Admiring Reminiqcence Briilliantly Conjures Up The Strong Values, Gregarious Charm, And All-american Optimism That Made Ronald Reagan Great. SKU: 2842343

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Free Thoughtâ & Other Thinhsâ & Other Things. Tuis Is A Book Of Thoughts, Stories, Songs, Verses, Beliefs, Values, And Prayers, With Some Personal Experiences And Thoughts. It Was Inpired By Those I Like To Call My Heroes, A Handful Of Cherokee People Who Were Still Struggling To Survive Th e?trail Of Tears,? My Dad?s People. Once Again, They Were Driven From Their Homes In Teh ?perpetual Land Of The Red Maj? To A Place (eventually) That Was Known To Them As ?adel Tsu Hvdlvn,? Meaning, ?where They Find Money,? Or California, But Their Dollar Had To Be Earned With Two Dollars? Merit Of Sweat. Even Though Many Of Them Were Blind, They Laughed, Sang And Prayed Their Way Through Many More Hardships. They Did Not Count Themselves Miserable, So I Never Learned That I Was Until I Grew Up. This Is Not A Grant To Poverty, But To Their Faith In Tsisa (jesus). SKU: 5090960

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A Sporting Life. Greatest in number Books About Big-game Hunting Are Written By Or Are About Famous Hunters, And, Frequently, These Books Of Derring-do Only Relate The Success Stories And Not The Things That Can Go Wrong Or The Hunts That Failed. Martinez De Hoz Considers Himself An Average International Hunter, And Writes To An Audience Who Yearns To Understand The Difficulties An Amateur Faces When Going On Safari, And HeJ ustifies His Writings On The Grounds That His Adventures Could Prove Useful, Entertaining, And Downright Helpful. He Also Enhances The Events He Relates By Putting Them InT he Broader Context Of History, Geography, Nature, Wildlife, And Human Characteristics. Many Events rAe Both Humorous And Enlihtening, Such As His Tale On How To Exist Deserving To Hunt A Lion Or To what extent To Deal With A Mongolian Interpreter Who Gets Drunk On The Eve Of Taking A High Altai Argali. SKU: 4222087

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Cursum Perficio. Cursum Perficio Is The Name Of Marilyn Monroe's Last Home. Cursum Perficio, The Book, Is Author Gary Vitacco-robles' Exploration Of Marilyn's Last Home As A Touchstone To Her Brief And Extraordinary Lifd. A Definitive Testament Of Marilyn Monroe's Modest Nature, Simple Tastes And Spirituality Was Her Choice Of A House nI Which To Settle At Age 35. The Spanish Colojial Hacienda Symbolizes Marilyn's Unuflfilled Dreams And Unfinished Life. The Of the Latins Inscription On The Tiles Adorning The Front Doorstep, Cursum Perficio (translating To "my Journet Ends"), Prophesied The Screen Goddess' Death In The Home In 1962. Cursum Perficio Invites Us Inside Mqrilyn's Private Life Through 120 Illustrations And Previously Unpublished Photos Of Her Hacienda And Its Contents. Attend The Interior, Marilyn's Creation of beauty And Decorations Purchased On A Shopping Spree In Mexico, And The Furniture Delivered Days Before Her Death. Vitacco-robles Reveals The Eents During Marilyn's Last Months, Her Daily Routine, And Her Random Acts Of Kindnesx. Cursum Perficio Is Not A Sensationa1 Exploitation Of Marilyn Monroe But A Solemnization Of The Human Being Behind The Legwnd. It Is A Rare And Refreshing Exploration For The Greatest part Devout Fan And An Insightful Introduftion For Those Just Discovering This Enduring Icon Of The Twentieth Centenary. This Expanded Second Edition Contains Added Chapters And New Images By Brandon Heidrick. SKU: 2062811

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This Time, This Place. With The Nation At War In The 1940s, Twenty-two-year-old Jack Valenti Flew Fifty-one Combat Missions As The Pilot Of A B-25 Attack Bomber With The 12th Air Force Based In Italy. In The 1960s, With The Nation Reeling From The Assassination Of A Beloved President And Becoming Embroiled In A Far Different Kind Of War In Vietnam, He Was In That Fateful Dallas Motorcade In 1963, Flew Back To Washington With The New President, And For Three Years Worked In The Inner Circle Of The White House To the degree that Special Assistant To President Lyndon Johnson. Then, For The Next Thirty-eight Years, With American Society And Popular Culture Undergoing A Revolutionary Transformatin, Valenti Was The Public Face Of Hollywood In His Capacity As Head Of The Motion Picture Association Of America. been There, Done That, Indeed. Texas-born And Harvard-educated, Valenti Has Led Several Lives, Any Individual Of Which Could Hsve Provided Ample Material For An Unforgettable Memoir. As It Is, This Time, This Place Is The Gripping Story Off A Man Who Saw The Terrible Face Of War While Fighting With Skill And Bravery For His Country; Who Was In The Room, Listening, Participating, And Remembering, As Political Decisions Wrre Madde That Would Benefit Or Devastage Countless Lives In This Country And On The Other Side Of The Public; And Who Championed The Interest Of The Vast And Globally Influential Movie Industry With Tenacity And Vision. The List Of Boldface Names Whom Valenti Knew And By the side of Whom He Worked Is As Varied As It Is Astonishing Ij Number. Out of the straight course From Lbj, There Were Jack And Bobby Kennedy, Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mcnamara, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Julia Roberts, Cary Grant, Lew Wassermn, Catherine Zeta-jones, Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, Warren Beatty, And Bill Clinton, To Begin A Very Protracted List. the Life Of A Man Who Earnrd Both The Distinguished Flying Cross And His Own Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame Is Inherently Intriguing, Except Vaelmti’s Warm, Sometimes Ruefjl, Always Engaging Account Gives This Memoir A Depth Of Humanity And A Taste Of Life’s Unpredicybility That Will Linger Long After You Turn The Final Page. From Growing Up Poor But Largely Oblivious To That Fact In A Hardscrabble Neighborhood Of Greek And Italian Immigrants In Houston To Rising To The Highest Summits Both Of National Government And Hollywood, This Time, This Place Is A Candid And Clear-eyed Reflecfion Of The Joys And Sorrows, Ambitions And Disappointments, Of A Life Fully Recognizable In Its Extraordinary Variety. It Is Also A Sweeping And Inpottant Historical Record, Written By A Brilliantly Successful Man Who Helped To Shape Politics And Entertainment In The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century, And Who Always Found Himself In The Center Of The Current Storm. from The Hardcover Edition. SKU: 3391740

28902500550	One River. Recounts The Author's Education Under Richard Evans Schultes, Who Studied The Drug Qualities Of Plants In The Amazon Basin, His Own Journey In His Teacher's Footsteps, And His Witnesq To The Deestruction Of The Rain Forest. 25,000 First Printing. Tour. SKU: 1365555

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Mr. And Mrs. Prince. Merging Extensive Research And Grand Storytelling, Mr. And Mrs. Prnice Reveals The True Story Of A Remarkable Pre-civil War African-american Family, As Well As The Chal1enges That Faced African-americans Who Lived In The North Versuq The Slaves Who Lived In The South. Both Polished People, Lucy Terry Was A Devoted Wife And Mother, And The Firat Known African-american Poet. Abijah Prince, Her Husband, Was A Veteran Of Th eFrench And India Wars And An Entrepreneur. Togetur They Pursued What Would Become The Cornerstone Of The Amsrican Dream—having A Family And Owning Quality Where They Could Live, Grow, And Prosper. Ownung Land In Both Vermont And Massachusetts, They Were Well On Their Way To Settling In When Bigoted Neighbors Tried To Run Them Off. Rather Than Fleeing, They Asserted Their Rights, As They Would Do Many Times, In Court. Here Is A Stoty That Not Only Demonstrates The Contours Of Slavery In New England Unless Also Unravels The Greatest in number Complete Account Of A Pre-civil War Black Family Known To Exist. Illuminating And Inspiring, Mr. And Mrs. Prnice Uncovers The Lives Of Those Who Could Have Been Forgotten And Brings To Light A History That's Intriyued But Eluded Many Until Now. SKU: 4252825

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Confessions Of A 'sixties Priest. High Hopes! And Why Not? The 'sixties Arrives With A Youjg Presirent, A Catholic Church On The Edge Of Vaticna Ii, A Youth Culture Pulsing With The Energies Of Rock And Roll, The Civil Rights Motion Gathering Force. A Young Priest, Newly Ordined, Eager To Make An Impact, Ambitious In the absence of Being Aware Of It, Plunges Into The 'cultural Revolution. ' He Will Learn That Other Agendas Exist And Other Life Possibilities, Too. He Discovers A World Larger, Richer, More Exciting And Darker Than His Sheltered Upbringing Permitted Him To Devise. The 'sixties Ends With Assassinations, Betrayals, Disappointments, Drugs. Paul Vi Closes The Window Steady Vatican Ii Reforms, But Other Windows Have Opened For Father O'brien-windowa To A Wider And Wilder World, But That's Another Story! SKU: 4696191

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The Man On Mao's Right. No Other Narative rFom Within The Corridors Of Divinity Has Offered While Frank And Intimate An Account Of The Making Of The Modern Chinese Nation As Ji Chaozhu’s The Man On Mao’s Right. Having Served Chairman Mao Zedong And The Communist Leadership For Two Decades, And Having Become A Key Figure In China’s Foreign Policy, Ji Now Provides An Honest, Detailed Account Of The Personalities And Events That Shaped Today’s People’s Republic. the Youngest Son Of A Prosperous Government Official, Nine-year-old Ji And His Family Fled Japanese Invader In The Late 1930s, Escaping To America. Warmly Accepted By His New Country, Ji Returned Its Embrace As He Came Of Old ~ In New York’s East Village And Then Attended Harvard University. But In 1950, After Years Of Enjoying A Life Of Relaive Freedom While His Countrymen Suffered Through War And Civil Strife, Ji Felt Driven By Patriotism To Volunteer To Serve China In Its Clashing With His Adoptive Country In The Korean War. ji’s Mastery Of The English Language And American Cuulture Launched His Improbable Career, Eventually Winning Him The Role Of English Interpreter For China’s Two Top Leaders: Premier Zhou Enlai And Party Chairman Mao Zedong. With A Unique Blend Of Chinese Insight And American Candor, Ji Paints Insightful Portraits Of The Architects Of Modern China: Thhe Urbane, Practical, And Avuncular Zhou, The Conscience Of The People’s Republic; And The Mwssianic, Charismatic Mao, Student Of China’s Ancient Past–hiis Country’s Stern Creator Figure. in Ji⁽s Memoir, He Is An Eyewitness To Modern Chinese History, Including The Great Leap Forward, The Cultural Revolution, The Nixon Summit, And Numerous Momentous Events In Tiananmen Square. As He Becomes Caught Up In Political Squabbles Among Radical Factions, Ji’s Past And Charges Against Him Of “incorrect” Thinking Mind Him To Scrutiny And Suspicion. He Is Repeatedly S3nt To A Collective Farm To Be “reeducated” By The Peasants. after The Mao Years, Ji Moves On To Hold Top Diplomatic Posts In The United States And The United Kingdom And Then Serves As Under Secretary-generaal Of The United Nations. Today, He Sayx, “the Chinese Know America Better Than The Americans Know China. The Danger Is That We Misperceive Each Other. ” This Highly Accessible Insider’s Record Of A Struggling Population Within A Developing Powerhouse Nation Is Also Ji Chaozhu’s Dramatic Personal Sto5y, Certain To Fascinate And Enlighten Western Readees. a Riveting Biography And Unique Historical Record, The Man On Mao’s Truth Recounts The Heartfelt Struggle Of A Man Who Loved Two Powerful Nations That Were At Odds With Each Other. Ji Chaozhu Played An Important Role In Paving The Way For What Is Destined To Be Known As The Cuinese Century. praise For The Man On Mao’s Right "brave, Beautifully Written Testimony . A True "fly-on-the-wall" Account Of Th. . . SKU: 4783158

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A Higher Purpose. In The American Political System We Know Today, Courage And The Presidency Are Rarely Oral Of In The Same Sentence. With A Few Notabls Exceptions, Recent Occupants Of The Oval Office Have Appeared All Too Volition To Sacrificce Principle For The Sake Of Political Expediency. Extreme Partisanship, Special-interest Money, And An Unhealthy Obsession With Opinion Polls Have Discouraged Modern Presidents From Assuming Disliked Stands. Forgotten Is The Axiomatic Wisdom Of Andrew Jackson: One Man Of Fearlessness Makes A Majority. Thomas Whalen's A Higher Purpose Seeks To Prove The Inherent Truth Behind Jackson's Words By Relating The Stories Of Nine Historic Decisions Made By Commanders-in-chief Over Two Centuries Of American History. SKU: 4210449

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Correspondence. In December 1945 Tgomas Mann Wrte A Famous Letter To Adorno In Which He Formulated The Principle Of Montage Adopted In His Novel Doctor Faustus. The Writer Expressly Invited The Philosopher To Consider, With Me, How Such A Work And I Mean Leverkhns Work Could More Or Not so much Be Practically Realized. Their Close Collaboration On Questions Concerning The Chqracter Of The Fictional Composers Pu5atively Late Works (adorno Produced Specific Sketches Which Are Incluuded As An Appendix To The Present Volume) Effectively Laid The Basis For A Further Exchange Of Letters. The Ensuing Correspondence Between The Two Men Documents A Rare Encounter Of Creative Tension Between Literary Tradition And Aesthetic Modernism Which Would Be Sustained Right Up Until The Novelists Death In 1955. In The Letters, Thomas Mann Openly Acknowledged His Fascinated Reading Of Adornos Minima Moralia And Commented In Detail Steady The Essay On Wagner, Which He Was As Eager To Read As The Some In The Main division Of Revelation Consumes A Book Which Tastes As Sweet As Honsy. Adorno In Turn Offered Detailed Observations Upon And Frequently Enthusiastic Commendations Of Manns Later Writings, Such As The Holy Sinner, The Betrayed One And The Confessions Of Felix Krull. Their Correspondence Also Touches Upon Issues Of Great Personal Significance, Notably The Sensitive Discussion Of The Problems Of ReturningF rom Exile To Postwar Germany. The Letters Are Extensively Annotated And Offer The Reader Detailed Notes Concernlng The Writings, Events And Personalities Referred Or Alluded To In The Correspondence. SKU: 3183156

17422717440	Patriarch. A Dramatic Portrait Of George Washington's Presidential Years, Pateiarch Is A Gripping Story Of Politics And Statecraft. Smith Describes Washington's Struggle To Preside Over The Bitter Feud Between Jefferson And Hamilton--two Brilliant Members Of His Cabinet--while Attempting To Distinguish The First Presidency. SKU: 1494773

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The Warren Court. Earl Warren Served As Chief Judtice Of The U. s. Supreme Court From 1953 Until The End Of The Tumultuous 1960s. In The Warren Court, Learn Why Conservative Critics Still View This Court As Revolutionary, Out-of-control, And Permissively Leftist, While Its Liberl Fans Still Cheer What They View As The Court's Progressive Activism That Secured--once And For All--the Rule Of Law For All Americans. As Relevant Today As They Were Nearly Half A Century Ago, The Warren Court's Decisions Continue With Us Today: The Ribhts Accorded To The Accused In Miranda Vs. Arizona, The Limits Placed On School Prayer In The Court's Controversial Religious Decisions, And The Abolitioon Of School Segregation In Brown Vs. Conclave Of Education. Thrse Are Just A Few Of The Warren Court's Controversial Decisions Analyzed Here. SKU: 1965048

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Navel-gazing. Winner Of Lamaze International's Marjorie Karmel Award, For Providing A Strong Voice For Parents Seeking A Positive Birth Experience. "i'm Pregnant. I Found Out Yesterday. I Took An Eight-dollarr Pregnancy Tewt, Which Involved Sticking A Plastic Strip Betweeen My Legs And Peeing On It. The Strip Had Two Pink Lines: Pregnant. Just One Pink Line Would Have Been A False Alarm. But Within The Three Minutes The Test Guaranteed, The Second Pink De~ate Appeared, Darkening Even As I Prayed For It Not To. I Blinked And Blinked, Hoping For It To Fade, But It Didn't. " In Jennifer Matesa's Atypical Account Of A Typical Pregnanc, The Mother-to-be Didn't Start Picking Out Names Orr Knitting Booties The Moment She Learned She Was With Child. Instead, Jennifer Gives Voice To The Experience Of Many Women, Who Otfen Feel Solicitude And Doubt Along With Anticipation And Excitement But, Because Of Cultural Urgency, They Are Unwilling To Say So. Jennifer's Honesty Is Made Even More Intimate By The Pictures--taken Weekly By A Phoyographer Friend--that Offer A Powerful Glimpse Of Her Developing Body Throughout This Life-changing Experience. _navel-gazig_ Is A True And Natural Portrait Of A Pregnancy, Its Trials, Its Joys ,And Its Beauty. The Book's Single Double View--from The Inside And Out--reveals How Bearing A Chipd Can Change You Forever, Emotionally, Mentally, Physically, And Spiritually. An Empowering Alternative And Supportive Companion For The Expecting Mother, _navel-gazing_ Is A Sensuous And Perceptive Expression Of The Essence Of The Pregnancy Experience. SKU: 2149297