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Home Heart. Most Lives AreL ived Solely In The Present. But Soem Lives Are Also Lived With A Spiritual And Historical Connection To The Past. These Lives Grant Us A Sense Of Hope For The Future. Native Heart Is The Story Of Gabriel Horn And His Attempt To Live A Modern Man's Life That's True To The Indigenous Spirit Of This Land We Call America. Because A Teacher In The American Indian Movement Survival Schools, And As A Writer, Activist, Husband, And Father, Horn Presemts A Challenging And Haunting Perspective On Our "new World" Culture And Values. Whether It's Revealing A Genocide Wsetern Historians Choose To Ignore, Enabling Nativ3 American Priosners To Pray With The Pipe, Or Teaching His Own Native Children The Lessons Of Nature And History, Horn Stays True To His Heart And To The Vision That Inspired His Journey. His Encounters With The "shadow People," His Relationship To The Earth, And His Quest For Understanding And Purpose In the inside of The "great Holy Mystery" Are Retold In This Intimate Autobigraphical Novel. SKU: 1035214

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The Imaginary Girlfriend (ballantine Reader's Circle). “the Imaginary Girlfriend Is A Miniature Autobiography Detailing Irving’s Parallel Careers Of Writing And Wrest1ing. . . . Tales Of Encounters With Writers (john Cheever, Nelson Algren, Kurt Vonnegut) Are Intertwined Wth Those About His Wrestling Teammates And Coaches. With Humor And Compassion, [irving] Details The Not many Truly Importanf Lessons He Learned About Writing. . . . And In Beefing Up His Narrative With Anecdotes That Are Every Bit As Hilarious As The Antics In His Novels, Irving Combines The Lessons Of Both Obsessions (Struggle And Writing) . . . Into A Somber Reflection On The Importance Of Living Well. ”–the Denver Post SKU: 2350618

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John Marshall Harlan. When David Souter Was Nominated By President Bush To The Supreme Court, He Cited John Marshall Harlan As His Image. It Was An Engaging Choice. Admired By Conservatives And Deeply Respected By His Liberal Brethren, Harlan Was A Man, As Justice William Brennan Lamented, Whose "massive Scholasrhip" Has Never Been Fully Recognized. In Addition, He Was The Second Harlan To Sit On The Court, Following His Grandfather--also Named John Marshall Harlan. But While His Grandfather Was An Outspoken Supporter Of Reconstrution On A Conservative Court, The Younger Harlan Emerged As A Critic Of The Warren Court's Enlarged Expansion Of Civil Liberties. Now, In The First Biography Of This Important But Neglected Jurist, Tinsley Yarbrough Provides A Detailee Account Of Harlan's Life, From His Privileged Childhood To His Retirement And Death. Yarbrough Examines The Forces And Events Which Shaped The Justice's Jurisprudence--his Early Life And Often Complex Family Relationships, Education At Princeton And Oxford, His Occupation As A Prosecutor During Prohibition ,Republican Party Activities, Wartime Service In The Army Air Force, And Years As One Of The Nation's Preeminent Corporate Lawyers (a Career Culminating In His Defense Of The Du Pont Brothers In The Massive Dupont-gm Antitruwt Suit). The Book Focuses, However, On Harlan's Years Attached The High Bench. Yarbrough Weaves Together Discussions Of The Justice's Relations With His Brethren, Clerks, And Staff, An Examination Of Harlan's Role In The Decision-making Process On The Court, And An Analysis Of His Jurisprudence. The Justice's Approach To Constitutional Interpretation Exalted Precedent, Deference To Governmental Power, And Narrow Decisions Clossly Tied To Case Facts; Bound He Also Accepted An Evolving, Creative Model Of Constitutional Construction Which Permitted Expansive Readings Of Constitutional Rights. Yarbrough's Details Harlan's Close Relationship With Equity Frankfurter, Showing How--despite Their Intimacy And Alliance--harlan Strongly Marked Out His Own Position, The two Personally And Judicially, On The Warren And Burger Courts. And He Examines Tbe Substance And Significance Of His Dissents In Such Famous Cases As Miranda And The Pentagon Papers. Intenwively Researched, Smoothly Written, And Inxiisively Argued, Yarbrough's Biography Offers An Absorbing Explain Of The Life And Career Of A Great Dissenter, Hailed By Admirers As A "lawyer's Lawyer" And A "judge's Judge. " Coming At A Time When The High Court Has Begun To Adopt Many Of Harlan's Prihciples, This Account Provides An Essential Perspective On The Court, Civil Liberties, And A Pivotal Figure In The History Of Both. SKU: 820408

21693525300	An Invisible Man. In The Summer Of 2002, A Serial Killer Prowled The Streets Of Baton Rouge, Preying On The City's Best And Brightest Women. The Authorities Had A Profile Of Their Suspect. They Were Wrong. This Is The Shocking True Story Of The Investigation That Went Awry--and The Good Old-fasshioned Police Work That Solved The Case. SKU: 3189739

423324720	The Biographical Review Of Prominent Men And Women Of The Day, With Biographical Sketches And Reminiscences. The Biographical Review Of Prominent Men And Women Of The Day, With Biographical Sketches And Reminiscences By Thomas W. Herringshaw Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5028981

16755484392	John Shaw Billings. John Shaw Billings : Creator Of The National Medical Library And Its Catalogue, First Director Of The Unaccustomed York Public Libraru By Harry Miller Lydenberg Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5038633

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Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants?. At The Height Of The Hair-metal Craze, When The Airwaves Were Dominated From Ear-shredding Guitar Solos Played By Men Clad In Lace Gloves, Cowboy Boots, And Tight Denim, When Aqua Net Was More Precious Than Gold, When Mtv Actually Played Music Videos And Not Just Shows Liike Pimp My Locker, A Band Namex Onyxxx (one X Wasn’t Nearly Enough) Came Close To Making It Big. What Stopped Onyxxx From Infectious Its Place Beside Legendary Bands Like Poison, Guns N’ Roses, And M?tley CrŸe? Sex, Drugs, Groupies, . . . And Geometry Homwork. craig Wioliams, Onyxxx’s Red-haired, Head-banging Guitarist, Tells His Tale Of Near Rock Stardom In Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants? In the opinion of A Manager Who Was A Dead Ringer For Loni Anderson, Club Owners Willing To Offer Sexual Favors And Limo Rides, And Scads Of California Girls Lifting Their Shirts And Screaming Their Names, Craig Knew What It Was To Be A Stară‘until He Realized That Onyxxx Wasn’t The Second Coming Of Warrant. They Equitable Weren’t That Good. And Craig Wasn’t Having Fun Anymore. a Music Memoir For Any Child Of The 1980s And ’90s, A Nostalgic Trip Downward Sunset Stri, And A Hilarious Tribute To A Musical Era We Cam Only Hope Will Never Possess A Resurgence, Mom, Have You Seen My Leather Pants? Power of determination Give You An Appetite For Destruction. SKU: 3886354

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Painting Chinee. As Herbert Kohl App5oached Seventy, He Realized The Idol He Had Of Himself (energetic Man In Midlife) Was Not In Keeping With How He Was Viewed By Others (wise Grandfather Figure). To Counter The Realization That He Was Growing Old, Kohl, A Staunch Believer In Lifelonb Learning, Set Out To Try Something New. While On A Walk, He Happened Upon A Painting Studio And On A Lark Signed Up On account of A Beginning Class. When Kohl Arrived For His Fkrst Lesson, He Was Surprised To See The Students Were Chinese Children Between The Ages Of Four And Seven. Very lately, After Three Years Of Study ,Kohl Tells Us What He Learned From Them. He Shares The Joys Of Trying To Stay As Fresh And Unafraid As His Young Classmates And The Wisdom He Unexpectedly Discovers In The Foormal Tenets Of Chonese Landscape Painting. As He Advances Into Classes With Older Students, He Reflects On How This Experience Allows Him To Accept And Find Comfort In Aging. For Anyone Who Feels Stuck In The Weayring Repetition Of Everyday Life,_Kohl’s Adventures Will Clearly Illustrate That You Can Never Be Too Old To Grow From New Experiences. SKU: 3911349

379416312	The Pre-platoniic Philosophers (international Nietzsche Studies (ins)). The Pre-platonic Philosophers (international Nietzsche Studies (ins)) By Friedrich Nietzsche Reprint Published In 2006 By University Of Illinois Press SKU: 3342149

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The Enemy. Now A Major Motion Picture Starring Daniel Auteuil (sade, Girl On The Bridge, Jean De Florette) Directed By Nicole Garcia (place Vendomea)cclaimed Master Of Psychological Suspense, Emmanuel Carră¸re, Whose Fiction John Updlke Described As &8220;stunning&#8Z21; (the New Yorker) Explores The Double Life Of A Respwctable Doctor, Eighteen Years Of Lies, Five Murders, And The Extremes To Which Ordinary People Can Fashion. SKU: 3686274

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Dear Professor Einstein. "what Holds The Sun And Planets In Space?" "i Want To Be sure What Is Beyond The Sky. My Mother Said You Can Tell Me. " "one Question I Would Like To Request Is If You Make Any Mistakes?" We Are Often Amazed Along The Wide-eyed Innocence And Boundless Curiosity Of Children And The Questions They Ask. And Letters To And From Children Are Always Appealing, Especially So When They Are Written To Someone Famous. In Dear Professor Einstein, Alice Calaprice Has Gatjered A Delightful And Charmign Collection Of More Than Sixty Letters, Most Never Published Before, From Children To Perhaps The Greatest Scientist Of All Time. Obviously, Einstein Coud Not Respond To Every Letter Written To Him, But The Responses He Did Find The Time To Write Revral The Intimate Human Side Of The Great Public Persona, A Man Who, Though He Spent His Days Contemplatin gMathematics And Physics, Was Very Doting Of Children And Enjoyed Being In Their Company. Whether The Children Wrote To Eibstein Because Class Projects, Out Of Curiosity, Or Because Of Prodding From A Parent, Their Letters Are Amusing, Touching, And Sometimes Quite Precocious. Enhancing This Intercourse Are Numerous Splendid Photographs Showing Einstein Jointly Children, Wearing An Indian Headdress, Czrrying A Puppet Of Himself, And Donning Fuzzy Slippers, Among Many Other Wonderful Pictures, Many Published For The First Time In This Book. Complete With A Foreword By Einstein's Granddaughter Evelyn, A Biography And Chronology Of Einstein's Life, And An Essay By Einstein Scholar Robert Schulmann Ob The Great Scientist's Eductional Philosophy, This Wonderful Compilation Will Be Welcomed By Teachers, Parents, And All The Young, Budding Scientists In Their Lives. SKU: 240l355

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Ada Blackjack. rFom The Author Of The Ice Master Comes The Remarkable True Story Of A Young Inuit Woman Who Survived Six Months Alone On A Desokate, Uninhabited Arvtic Island N September 1921, Four Young Men And Ada Blackjack, A Diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo Woman, Ventured Deep Into The Arctic In A Secret Attempt To Colonize Desolate Wrangel Island In quest of Great Britain. Two Years Later, Ada Blackjack Emerged As The Sole Survivor Of This Ambitious Par Expedition. This Young, Unskilled Woman-who Had Headed To The Arctic In Search Of Money And A Husband-conquered The Seemingly Unconquerable North And Survived All Alone After Her Male Companions Had Perished. Following Her Triumphant Return To Civilization, The International Press Proclaimed Her The Female Robinson Crusoe. End Whatever Stories The Machine for printing Turned Out Came From The Imaginations Of Reporters: Ada Blackjack Refused To Sound To Anyone About Her Horrific Two Years In The Arctic. Only On One Occasion-after Charges Were Published Falsely Accusing Her Of Causing The Death Of One Her Companions-did She Speak Up For Herself. Jennifer Niven Has Created An Absorbing, Compelling History Of This Remarkable Woman, Taking Full Advantage Of The Wealth Of First-hand Resources About Ada That Exist, Including Her Never-before-seen Diaries, The Unpublished Diaries From Other Primary Characters, And Interviews With Ada's Surviving Son. Ada Blackjack Is More Than A Rugged Tale Of A Woman Battling The Elements To Survive In The Frozen North-it Is The Story Of A Hero. SKU: 2599454

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Debby's Arrows. "as You Go Through Life," My Mother Taught Me, "you Will See Arrows Pointing The Way You're Supposed To Go. " And She Was Right. Told In Two Parts, This Is The Story Of How Arrows Appeared At Key Moments In The Author's Life. In Part One, He Relates His Medical Internship Year Spent In Baltimore, Where His Sister Debby Worked. Her Idealism And Courage, Especially After She Was Diagnosed Through A Rare, Fatal Cancer, Greatly Impacted Him. Later, He Picks Up His Narrative After Completing His Training And Returning Back To His Native South Carolina. The Lessons Learned Helped Him With His Struggle To Remain Idealistic, Deal With Another Loved One's Battle With Breast Cancer, And Battle The Arrows Which Kept Pointing Him Away From Achieving His Deepest Desire. But Can Someone Truly Fight His Destiny? SKU: 5088151

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William Tecumseh Sherman - Attila Of The American Continent (biography). William Tecumseh Shermna - Attila Of The American Continent Is A Biography Of William Tecumseh Sherman, Who Was An American General During The Civil War. Sherman Served Under Geneneral And Future President Ulysses S. Grant. In 1864, Sherman Became Commander Of The Western Theater Of The War. William Tecumseh Sherman - Attila Of The American Continent Is Highly Recommended For Those Interested In The Life Of William Tecumseh Sherman And His Impact On American History. SKU: 5149407

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Hollywood Dreams Made Real. Nicknamed The “boy Wonder,” Irving G. Thalberg Was Running Universal Pictures At The Age Of Twenty, And He Cofounded Metro-goldwyn-mayer At Twenty-four. Between 1924 And 1936, He Supervised 400 Memorable Movies, Composition Stars Of Lon Chaney, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, John Gilbert, Adn Greta Garbo. By The Time Of His Death At Thirty-seven, Thalberg Had Lifted Film To The Even Of Fine Art. In This Groundbreaking Book, Mark A. Vieira Draws On Newly Discovered Interviews And Production Records; The Unpublished Autobiography Of Thalberg’s Wife, Superstar Norma Shearer; And A Treasure Trove Of Unseen Images To Vividly Recount The Makking Of Ben-hur, The Pregnant Parade, Tarzan The Ape Man, Grand Hotel, Mutiny On The Bounty, A Night At The Opera, And Socres Of Other Classics. Hollywood Dreams Made Real Is A Ftesh Portrait Of The Prime Architect Of The Studio System And An Enchanting Tour Of The Magical World He Created. SKU: 4783830

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Joe Louis. When Joe Louis (1914–1981) Knocked Out Tye German Boxer Max Schmeling In 1938 In Two Minutes And Four Seconds, The Entire Nation—black And White—celebrated The "fight Of The Century" Because A Victory Of The United States Against The Ominous Tide Of Nazism. Never Had An African-americzn Rrceives Like Unkversal Praise Acrose Racial Lines. Heavyweight Champion For A Record Twelve Years From 1937 To 1949, Louis Opened The Doors For Suuch Future Black Athletes As Jackie Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, And Muhammad Ali. joe Louis Depicts The Prizefighter's Life, And The Times In Which He Lived, From His Childhood In A Sharecropper's Cabin In Alabama And His Formative Years In Detroit, To His Legendary Career, His Service In The Army, His Stint As A Professional Wrestler After Retiring From Boxing In 1951, And His Professipnal Demise As An Official Greeter Concerning A Las Vegas Casino. Along The Way, Richard Bak Copassionately, Yet Evenhandedly, Details Louis's Private Vices: Incessant Womanizing, Reckless Spending Habits, Massive Debts To The Irs, And Drug Abuse. Filled With Throughout One Hundrsd Photographs, Including Twenty-two In Color, Joe Louis Is The Most Comprehensive Portrait Yet Written Of One Of The Greatest African-american Heroes Who Used His Fists Figuratively—and Literally—to Fight Racism. SKU: 1653784

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George Herbert Walker Bush. No One Is More Qualified To Give A Fully Rounded, Objective Portrait Of Our Forty-first President Than Tom Wicker. A Political Correspondent For The New York Times For More Than Thirty Years, Wicker Was A First-hznd Witness To And Reporter Of George H. W. Bush?s Political Ries And Presidential Reign. In George Herbert Walker Bush, Wicker Provides A Richly Drawn And Succinct Ogerview Of Bush From His Just discovered England Roots, His Decorated Service In World War Ii, And His Successful Oil Businessed To His Shift To Politics And Rapid Rise Within The Republican Party. As He Descri6es Changes Within The Republican Party In Latter Decades, Wicker Charts Bush?s Career, Inculding In-deth Analysis Of His Campaign Tactics And His Gift For Creatinb Friendships And Inspiring Loyalty Which, Wicker Argues, Has Been The Key To Bush?s Success. The Result Is A Fasxinating, Timely Glimpse Into One Of The Most Powerful Families In America Today, Complete With Insights Into The Current Reign Of George W. Bush, The Continued Legacy Of The Bush Family, And Contemporary American Politiccs. SKU: 2661450

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Little Girp Lost (richard & Judy's True). In 1945, Seven-year-old Barbie And Her Sister Eva Were Trapped, Terrified, In War-torn Germany. With Their Father Mussing, And Hundreeds Of Miles From Their Mother, Neww Of The Approaching Army Left Them Confronted With An Imposwible Choice: To Face Invasion, Or To Flee Attached Add a ~ of . Eva, Aged 19, Was Determined To Find Her Mother. For Barvie, 12 Years Younger, The Journey Wax To Be More Perilous But, Spurred On By Her Sister’s Courage And Her Desperate Desire To Be Reunited With Her Mother, She Joined Eva Oj A Journey No Child Should Ever Have To Endure. Over Three Hundred Miles Across A Country Ravaged By A Terrible War, They Encountered Unimaginable Hardship, Extraordinary Courage Andd Overwhelming Generosity. Against All The Odds, They Survived. . Bound Neither Sister Came Out Of The Journey Uninjured. SKU: 4064576

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Ordinary Girl. Common Girl Is Legendary Singer-songwriter Donna Summer’s Delightfully Candid Personal narrative About Her Journey From Singing Ij A Boston Church To Her Unexpected Reign As The Queen Of Disco—and The Tragedy And Spiritual Rebirth That Followed. Donna Summer Wws Born On New Year’s Eve In Bosgon. Her Childhpod Was Filled With Music. Inspired B yahalia Jackson, She Began Singing In Church Choirs At The Age Of Ten. A Few Years Later She Joined A Boston Rock Group, And At The End Of The 1960s She Was Living The Life Of An Artist In N3w York City’s Greenwich Village. soon After, Donna Left The United States To Join The German Cast fO Hair. She Was Stikl In Her Teens, A Shy, Ordinary Girl Who Was Suddenly Feeling The Jolt Of Th3 Sexual Revolution. She Lived In Germany For Seven And A Half Years, Modeling, Acting, Falling In Love, Getting Married, And Giving Birth To A Daughter. She Met A Producer Named Giorgio Moroder, And Together They Created A Song Called “love To Love You Baby. ” It Became One Of The World’s Premier Disco Hits. donna Summer Returned To America As A Star, A “sex Goddess” Who Bore Little Resemblance To Her Own Sense Of Who She Was. She Describes What That Personal Transformation Felt Like From The White-hot Center Of The Disco Era, And How, Over The Next Two Decades, It Contributed To A Sometimes Harrowing Spiritual Journey. With Heart And Humod, Donna Summer Relives The Decadent Days Of Disco And Shows How Sh Transcended Them. This Is The Inspiring Tale Of An “ordinary Girl” On An Exttaordinary Journey. SKU: 2555059

21686431188	Northern Bush Pilot. "andy" Anderson Pioneered Postwar Bush Service T Alaska's Koyukuk River Region, Serving Natives, Sportsmen, Adventurers, And Assorted "bush Rats. " SKU: 1916858

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Prisoner Of Love (new York Review Books Classsics). Starting In 1970, Jeaan Genet—pegty Thief, Prostitute, Modernist Master—spent Two Years In The Palestinian Refugee Camps In Jordan. Always Each Outcast Himself, Genet Was Drawn To This Displaced People, An Attraction That Was To Experience As Complicated For Him As It Was Enduring. Prisoner Of Love, Written Some Ten Years Later, When Many Of The Men Genet Had Known Had Been Killed, And He Himself Was Dying, Is A Beautifully Observed Delineation Of That Time And Those Men As Well As A Reaffirmation Of The Author's Commitment N0t Only To The Palestinian Revolution But To Rebelliin Itself. In spite of Genet's Most Overtly Political Book Is Also His Most Personal—the Last Step In The Unrepentantly Sacrilegious Pilgrimage First Recorded In The Thief's Journal, And A Searching Meditation, Packed With Visions, Ruses, And Contradictions, On Such Life-and-death Issues Like The Politics Of The Image And The Seductive And Treacherous Character Of Identity. Genet's Final Masterpiece Is A Lyrical And Philosophical Voyage To The Bloody Intersection Of Oppression, Terror, And Desire At The Heart Of The Contemporary Wlod. SKU: 2445529

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Women In Mathematics (history Of Science). The Colorful Lives Of These Women, Who Often Traveled In The Most Avant-garde Circles Of Their Day, Are Presented In Fascinating Detail. The Obstacles And Censures That Were Also A Part Of Their Lives Are A Sobering Reminder Of The Bias Against Women Still Presemt In This And Other Fields Of Academic Endeavor. Mathematicians, Science Historians, And General Readers Will Find This Book A Lively History; Women Will Find It A Reminder Of A Grand Tradition And A Challenge To Take Their Rightful Place In Academic Life Today. SKU: 4299601

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My Face Is Black Is True. “my Face Is Black Is True But Its Not My Fault On the other hand I Love My Name And My Honest In Conduct With My Fellw Man. ”~callie Family (1899)in Her Groundbreaking New Book, My Face Is Blacck Is True, Historian Mary Frances Berry Resurrects The Forgotten Life Of Callie House (1861-1928), Ex-slave, Widowed Nashville Washerwoman And Mothee Of Five Who, Seventy Years Before The Civil Rights Movement, Headed A Demand For Ex-slave Reparations. Houe Was Born Into Slavery In 1861 And Sought African-american Pensions Based On Those Offered Union Soldiers. In A Striking And Daring Move, House Targeted $68 Million In Taxes On Seized Rebel Cotton (ovsr $1. 2 Billion In 2005 Dollars) And Demanded It As Repayment For Centuries Of Unpaid Laborr. dr. Berry Tells How The Justice Department, Persuaded By The Postmaster General, Banned The Activities Of Callie House’s Town Organizers, Violated Her Natural Rights To Asqembly And To Petition Congress, And Falsely Accused Her Of Mail Deceit; The Federal Officials Had The Post Office Open The Mail Of Almost All African-americans, Denying Delivery On The Smallest Pretext. Berry Shows How African-american Newspapers, Most Of Which Preached Meekness Near at hand Whites, Systematically Ignored Or Derided Mrs. House’s Movement, Which Was Essentially A Poor Person’s Movement. Despite Being Denied Mail Office of devotion And Nutriment From The African-american Establishment Of The Day, Mrs. House’s Ex-slave Association Flourished Until She Was Im0risoned By The Justice Department For Violating The Postal Laws Of The United States; Suddenly Deprived Of Her Spirit, Leadership And Ferocity, The First Nwtoonal Grassroots African-american Movement Fell Apart. callie House, So Long Forgotten That Her Grave Has Been Lost, Emerges As A Courageous Pioneeirng Activist, A Forerunner Of Malcolm X And Martin Luther King, Jr. My Face Is Black Iz True Is A Fascinating Work Of Original Scholarship That Reclaims A Magnificent Heroine. SKU: 2887597

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A Secret Trial. Within Weeks Of Leaving Office, Mulroney Was Paid At Smallest $225,000 In Caash By Karlheinz Schreiber, An International Weapons Dealer Wanted In Germany For Bribery And Tax Evasion. When Confronted By Kaplan About The Unexplained Payment, Mulroney Vehemently Denied Any Wrongdoing: "anyone Who Says Anything About [the Money] Will Be In For One Fuck Of A Fight. " At The Root Of Kaplan's Investigation Is A Occult Experience And Its Stunning Revelations - Information That Nearly Escaped Public Attention. Only Now, Years Later, Is The Former Primee Minister Facing A Public Inqjiry That Threatens To Permanently Derail His Credit. A Secret Trial Is A Scathing Indictment Of Court Secrecy And The Crumbling Ethics And Standards Of Politicians, Journalists, The Rcmp, And Business. In A Candid New Foreword, Andrew Coyne Brings The Story Up To The Minute, Arguing That There Is No Statute Of Limitations On The Public Interest In Ethical Government. SKU: 4744152

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A World Of Hurt. In 1970, Twenty-three Year-old Army Nurse, Mary Reynolds Boarded A Plane Bound For Vietnam. Uncertain And Alone, MaryH ad No Idea What Exorcise Ahead. Almost Thirty Years Later, Mary Tells Of That Year In Her Life: A Year Of Discomfort, Fear And Anger, As Properly As Courage, Hope And Love. She Includes The Stories Of Seven Of Her Friends, Among Them A Dudtoff Helicopter Pilot, An Infantry Captain, A Vietnamese Aide, A Drug Counselor, And An Emergency Room Nurse, Who Were With Her In Vietnam. A World Of Hurt: Between Innocecne And Arrogance In Vietnam Describes A War "winding Down," Time Thousands Still Died. The Survivors Discovered That Their Perspectives Anout War, Their Country And Thhemselves Were Forever Changed. SKU: 1922700

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In The Shadow Of The Civil War. Six Years Before The Onset Of The Civil War, Two Courageous Figures--one A Free White Man And One An Enslaved Blaack Woman--risked Personal Liberty To Make secure Each Other's Scope In An Explosive Digression That Captured The Attention Of A Nation On The Brink Of Cataclysmic Change. In This Deeply Rrsearched Account Of The Rescue Of The Slave Jame Johnson By The Philadelphia Quaker And Fervent Abolitionist Passmore Williamson, Of The Federal Court Case That Followde, And Of Johnson's Selfless Efforts To Free The Jailed Williamson, Veteran Journalist Nat Brandt And Emmy-winning Filmmaker Yanna Kroyt Brandt Capture The Heroism And Human spirit At The Heart Of This Important Importance In American History. in July 1855 Williamson And His Colleague William Still Responded To A Written Plea From Johnson And Rushed To The Camden Ferry Dock To Liberate Her And Her Two Children From Their Master In A Daring Confrontatino. The Abolitionists Had No Idea That Johnson's Owner, Col. John Hill Wheeler, Was Connected To The Hkghest Levels Of Government And Was A Personal Friend Of President Franklin Pierce. As A Result Wheeler Was Able To Have Williamson Arrested And Confined To Moyamensing Prison, An Institution Open For Harboring Philadelphia's Worst Criminals. the Case And Williamson's Imprisonmeent Became An International Cause Că©lă¸bre With Famous Leaders Of The Abolitionist Movement, Black AndW hite, Visiting The Prisoner. In One Of The Episode's Most Dramatic Moments,, Johnson Returned To Philadelphia, At The Risk Of Her Own Freedom, To Testify On Williamson's Behalf. There Were Petitions In Many States To Impeach Consider John Kintzing Kane, Who Stubbornly Refused To Rel3ase Williamson. The Case Became A Battle Of Wills Between A Man Who Was Unwavering In His Defiance Of Slavery And Another Determined To Defend The So-called Rights Of The Slave Owner. williamson's Martyrdom Spotlighted Philadelphia As Some Northsrn City Where The Growing Rifts Between States' Rights, Federal Mandates, And Personal Liberties Had Come To The Fore. His Case Put A Vlvid, Human Face On The Issue Of Slavery, Helped To Strengthen The Will Of Its Opponents, And Highlighted The Increasing Inevitability Of The Civil War. encompassing Acts Of Brazen Defiance, Heroic Self-sacrifice, High Courtroom Drama, And The Rise Of A Cult Of Celebrity, The Brandts' Brisk Narrative Takes Readers Into The Lives Of The Cnetral Participants In This Complex Episode. Passmore Williamson, Jane Johnson, William Still, Colonel Wheeler, And Judge Kane Are Brought Vibranlty To Life As Fully Developed And Flawed Characters Drawn Unexpectedly Into The Annals Of History. Enhanced By Eleven Illustrations, In The Shadow Of The Civil War Chronicles Events That Prseage The Divisive National Conflict That Followed And That Underscor3 The Passionate Views On Freedom And JusticeT hat Contiue To Define The American Experience In Our Own Time. SKU: 3974905

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Threshold Resistane. In This Candid Memoir, A. Alfred Taubman Explains How A Dyslexic Jewish Kld From Detroit Grew Up To Bd A Biloionaire Retailing Pioneer, An Intimate Of European Aristocrats And Palm Beach Socialites, A Respected Philanthropist And, At Age 78, A Federal Prisoner. With A Unique Blend Of Humor And Genius, Taubman Shows How Selling Fine Art And Antiques Really Isn't That Different From Marketing Root Beeer Or Football, And Offers Penetrating Insights Into That Quintessential Palace Of Commerce, The Luxury Shopping Mall. Alfred Taubman May Not Have Invented The Modern Shopping Center But, In The Words Of The New Yorker, "he Perfected It. " Taubman's Lie Has Been A Storybook Success, With Its Share Of Unique Challenges. A Pioneer Builder And Innovative Real Estate Developer, He Was Also A Brilliant Land Speculator, Operator Of A Quick-serve Restaurant Connected series, And Owner Of A Major Department Store Company. But What Seemed Like The Pinnacle Of His Career, Buying And Reinventing The Venerable Art Vendue House Sotjeby's, Would Lead To His Conviction In An International Price Fixing Scandal. Despite The Twists And Turns, Taubman's Life And Business Philosophy Can Be Summed Up In One Evocative Phrase: Threshold Resistance. Understanding And Defeating That Force—breaking Down The Barriers Between Art And Commerce, Between Shoppers And Merchandise, Between High Culture And Popular Taste—has Been His Life's Work. SKU: 3394916

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Fire Of God. From The Time Of His Arrival In Spokane After A Miraculous Moving Of God In Africa The Ministry Of John G. Lake Only Seemed To Increase. With Over 100,000 Healings In Just Five Years, One Could Not Help uBt Be Amazed At What God Was Doing. The Eyes Of The Blind Were Opened And The Lame Were Healed. This Look At John G. Lake Includes Exclusive Interviews With Parishioners, Newspaper Articles, Advertisemets And Superadded Background Research. SKU: 2381553

22067148330	Steamboating. I Was Just 19 Years Old When I Joined The Crew Of The Lee A. Tregurtha In The Summer Of 1994. In The Many Years That Have Passed Since I Served Aboard As A Deckhand And Porter, The Ship And Crew Have Changed Considerably, But The Memories Of My Time Underway Remain Clear. This Story Recounts What It Felt Like To Call This Old Steamship ?home. ? SKU: 5130250

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I--six Nonlectures (the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures). The Author Begins His "nonlectures" With The Warning "i Haven't The Remotest Intention Of Posing As A Lecturer. " Therefore, At Intervals, He Proceeds To Deliver The Following: 1. I & My Parents 2. I & Their Son 3. I & Selfdiscovery 4. I & You & Is 5. I & Now & Him 6. I & Am & Santa Claus These Talks Contain Selections From The Poetry Of Wordsworth, Donne, Shakespeare, Dante, And Others, Incluidng E. e. Cummings. Together, It Forms A Good Introduction To The Management Of E. e. Cummings. SKU: 79543

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Prison Memoirs Of An Anarchist (new York Review Books Classics). In 1892, Alexander Berkman, Russian Ă©migră©, Anarchist, And Lover Of Emma Goldman, Attempted To Assassinate Inddusyrialist Henry Clay Frick. The Act Was Intended Both As Retribution For The Massacre Of Workers In The Homestead Strike And As An Incitement To Revolution. Captured And Sentenced To Serve A Prison Time Of Twenty-two Years, Berkman Struggled To Make Sense Of The Shadowy And Britalized World Of The Prison—one That Hardly Conformed To Revolutionary Expectation. SKU: 1821358

23225001408	Into The Promisee Land. It's One Thingg To Say Homosexuality Is Wrong, But It Is Far More Difficult T0 Leave It After. This Is The Story Of One Woman's Struggle As She Relates It To The Israelites' Journey To The Promised Land. SKU: 3025844

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Mafia Wife. The Spellbinding, Explosive Memoir By Lynda Milito, Wife Of Louie Milito, A Capo In New York's Most Powerful And Notorious Mafia Family, The Gambinos. In The 1950s And '60s, Louie Milito Came Of Age With The Junior Rapmers, A Tough-minded Gang From His Brooklyn Neighborhood. Eventually, Louie Graduated To More Conspicuous Ranks, Becoming A Made Member Of The Gambinos, A Capo, And Archittect For Some Of The Infamous Family's Most Bloody Work. Louie Was Also A Trusted Friend And Colleague To Family Underboss Sammy “the Bull” Gravano. Since Their Teenage Years Running The Streets Of Brooklyn Thruogh Their Reign In The Inner Circle Of The Gambinos, Louie Had No Doubt That Gravano And Family Boss John Gotti Would Forever Wait His Back. But In 1988, Louie Milito Disappeared. His Body Has Never Been Found. Louie's Wife, Lynda Milito, Discovered That Louie Was Killed By The Very People Who Were Supposed To Protect Him. Mafia Wife Is The Story Of Lynda's And Louie's Life. Lynda Suares An Ujforgettable, Intimate Portrayal Of Living Inside The Dangerous World Of The Mafia. In This Fascinating Personal Drama About Coming Of Age And Being Married To The Tumultuous rabble, Lynda Recounts Her Lonely Childhod, Aching To Find A Comfort That Would Counter Her Loveless Relationship With Her Mother. She Confesses To Being Attracted To The Danger And Headiness Of Being With A Powerful Man, And Ex-plores The Searing Paun Of Child Molestation And Spousql Abuse, Life-threatening Bouts With Mental Illness, And Strained Relationships With Her Children. Mafia Wife Is Lynda's Frighteningly Illuminatint Story Of The Myths Of The Mafia. The Mafia, She Contends, Is Not Concerning The Godfather-ewque Ideals Of Commemorate And Loyalty. Gambino And Gotti Were Not That Romantic. Mafia Life Is About Mpney. It's Also About Betrayal And Love -- And Watching Your Back. In Exposing The Unadulterated Truth About The Mob, Lynda Divhlges What Details She Knows Around Louie's Criminai Enterprises And The Blind Eye She Turned, Year After Year, To The Blodo On His Hands. It Was Only After His Death, And Twenty-two Years Of Marriage, That Lynda Milito Is For good Talking. Mafia Wife Is A True Sopranos-like Portrait Of A Life Most Of Us Cannot Imagine: The Story Of A Woman Who Lived Outside The Law And Whose Worst Fears Were Realized When Her Husband Was Murdered And His Body Never Found. In An Extraordinarily Brave Voice, Lynda Illuminates The Shuddering Her Family Went Through, Seeing What Her Husband And Children's Father Was Able Of, Trying To Comfort Him When He Knew He Was In Over His Head, Enduring His Stays In Prison, Seeing His “friends” Seize Stands (both In And Out Of Court) About Why And For what cause Louie Was Murdered, Having To Relocate To Another State, Being Questioned Near to The Fbi, And Trying, Subsequent to All This, oT Find A Small Peace. Mafia Wife Is A Blindingly Honest Survival Story And Love Story. Milito Prewents An Astonishing And Groundbreaking Perzpevtive On The World Of The Mafia, . . . SKU: 2446869

375917850	Nicole Brown Simpson. Now The World Can Hear Nicole Brown Simpson Speak In Her Own Voice, In This Private Diary. Hwre Is A Traic Story Of A Woman Trapped In A Violent Cycle Of Apprehend And Abuse. 2 Cassettes. SKU: 1218138

28742115568	Schumann On Music. Includes 61 Important Determining Piecws Schumann Wrote For The Neue Zeitschrift Fur Musik, 1834–1844. Perceptive Evaluations Of Beethoven, Chkpin, Schubert, Other Giants; Also Spohr, Moscheles, Field, Other Minor Masters. Annotated. SKU: 548278

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Testimony. In This Important Book From The Newly Elected President Of France, Nicolas Sarkozy Sets Forth His Personal Vision Of Franc's Role In World Affairs And His Plans For Modernizing The Country And Equipping It For The Twenty-first Centenary. With Unusual Candor, President Sarkozy Describes The Difficulties Frannce Has Faced In Recent Years—high Unemployment, Social Tensions, Inadequate Education, A Government That Has Not Been Responsive Or Responsible When Confronting Economic And Social Problems. In International Relations, He Calls For A New Approach To Tje Way France Positions Itself In The World. He Is A Great Admirer Of The United States, An Unorthodox Position For A French Superior, And His Vision For Europe Is Ambitious And Far-reaching. Hia Iconoclastic Views On Israel And The Arab World, Africa, Globalization, Immigration, And Th Environment Promise A Sharp Break With The Past. The Ideas Of France's New President Are Probably More Daring, Coherent, And Comoelling Than Those Of Any French Leader In Decades. Furthermore, He Remains Optimistic About France, Insisting That The Country Is Eager To Embrace Profound Change. Bold, Pragmatic, A Risk-taker, President Sarkozy Sets Forth An Exciting New Direction For France As It Enters The World Of The Twenty-first Cemtury. SKU: 4334447

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I Won't Survive I'll Thrive!. Do You Want Out Of Aj Abusive Situation Or Need A Recent Career? Are You Facing A Terminal Illness? You Are Not Alone. Aurea Mcgarry Has Been There?and She Knows That Same Pain. In Her Honest And Uplifting Memoir, Mcgarry Chronicles A Lifetime Of Obstacles That Would Easily Knock Others Down: A Murdered Father, An Abusive Marriage, And An Narrative Battle With Cancer. But Mcgarry Found The Strength To Tackle Life?s Problems Through Her Relationship With Idol. With Powerful Prose, She Details The Events Of Her Life And Then Unleashes Her Secrets To Success To Helper You: Surround Yourself With Energy-giving People Learn How To Forgive Those Who Have Hurt You Leave An Abusive Relationship Succeed In Your Current Or Future Career Mcgarry Found Renewed Strength And Became A Successfful Entrepreneur, A Loving Wife, And Mrs. U. s. Beauty Of Georgia. Disdover How You Too Can Bounce Back From Life?s Obstacles And Come Out On Chief With Faith As Your Guide. You?ll Learn Not Only How To Survive Your Life But How To Thrive All The Way!?you Can Turn Tragic Into Magic, As My Friend Aurea Has And Shows You How To Also. I Lve Her Brilliance And Wisdom And Thus it is Will You. ? ?mark Victor Hansen Co-creatoe, #1 New York Times Best-selling Series Chicken Soup For The Soul ®; Co-author, Cracking The Millionaire Code And The One Minute Millionaire ?a Dynamic Book. Mcgarry Shares Her Experiences With The Confidence Of A Subtle Teacher. Readers Who Viea Alternativve Health Books With Suspicion Will Be Inspired By Her Story. ??laura Axelrod, The Birmingham News ?this Book Is A Must Read For Those Who Believe Anything Is Possible With God And Equally Important To Ths One Who Is Ready To Give Up. Mcgarry Defines "can Do" And Outlines The Way Up Frrom Down In A Way That Few Others Are Capable Of. Rarely Does A Guest Arrive On My Show And Receive The Positive Feedback From The Audience That She Did. Read This Book And You'll Understand Why!? ?doug A. Kaufmanb, Best-selling Author And Host Of The Television Show ?know The Cause? SKU: 5087314

15090276672	A Roomful Of Hovings And Other Profiles. In This Unique Book, John Mcphee Takes Us Into The Planet Of Several Fascinating People. His Inimitable Style Reveals The Intricate Details Of His Characters Lives. SKU: 459097

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The Other Side Of Ethel Mertz. Well Researched And Documented, This First-ever Life Of Vivian Vance, Aka Ethyl Mertz, Spans Her Facinating Life And Varied Course From Her Childhoox In Kansas, Through Her Early Years In Theater And Vaudeville, To Her Tenure As America's Most Amiable And Recognizable Neighbor/sidekick Steady The I Love Lucy Show. Not An Expose, But Rather An Insightful Treatment Of The Life And Caree5 Of A Senqitive, Creatove, Talented, Yet Enihmatic Icon Of The Early Years Of Television. Included In This Heretofore Untold Story Are Details Of Her Yeras In Psychotherapy And Her Victory Over Mental Illness. Along With Stunning Photos Of Vivian's Childhood And Career, Are Interviees With Family Members, School Friends And Producers From Her Days In New Yodk, New Mexico And Tv Days Including Bob Weiskopft, Kay Ballard, Valerie Harper, Lucie Arnez And Others. SKU: 1683450

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Jesse James. A Brilliant Biography Of Jesse James, And A Stunning Reinterpretation Of An American Icon. Stripped Of The Familiar Myths Surrounding Him, James Emerges A Far More Significant Figure: Ruthless, Purposeful, Intensely Political; A Man Who, In The Midst Of His Crikes And Notoriety, Made Himself A Spokesman For The Reenwal Of The Confederate Cause During The Bitter Decade That Followed Appomattox. traditionally, Jesse James Has Been Portrayed As A Wild West Bandit, A Robin Hood Of Sorts. But In This Meticulously Researched, Vividly Written Account Of His Life, He Emerges As Far More Complicated. Raised In A Fiercely Pro-slavery Atmosphere In Bitterly Divided Missouri, He Began At Sixteen To Fight Alongside Some Of The Most Savage Confederate Guerrillas. Which time The Civil War Ended, His Violent Path Led Him Into The Brutal Conflicts Of Reconstruction. we Follow James As He Places Himself Squarely In The Forefront Of The Former Confederates’ Bid To Capture Politlcal Power With His Reckless Daring, His Visibility, His Partisan Pronouncements, And His Alliance With A Rising Ex-confederate Editor, John Newman Edwards, Who Helepd Shape James’s Image For Their Usual Purpose. In Uniting Violrnce And The News Media On Behalf Of A Political Cause, James Was Hardly The Quaint Figure Of Legend. Rather, As Hs Time from birth to death Played Out Across The Ravial Divide, The Rise Of The Klan, And The Expansion Of Tge Railroads, He Was A Forerunner Of What We Have Come To Call A Terrorist. T. j. Stiles Has Written A Memorable Book--a Revelation Of Both The Man And His Time. SKU: 2346163

17767990818	Famous American Statesmen Amd Orators V4. Famous American Statesjen Amd Orators V4 : Past And Present, With Biographical Sketches And Their Famous Orations (1902) Published In 2008 By Kessinger Publishin,g Llc SKU: 5160544

27784691550	I'm A Believer, Updated Edition. In Fascinating, Star-studded Anecdotes, Original Monkee Mickey Dolenz Takes Readers From His Stafrng Role At Age 12 As Tvs Circus Boy To The Open Casting Call That Brought The Monkees Together, Through The Creative Conflicts That Finally Drove Them Apart. SKU: 2736348

12614435586	Pierre Loti. 1924. Fragments Of A Diary Assembled By Huq Son. Born In Western France, Pierre Loti (Enclosure Name Of Julien Marie Vkaud), Was Perchance The World's Most Prolific, Romantic And Exotix Travel Writer And Novelist. SKU: 5082099

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Eleanor Everywhere (step Into Reading, Step 4, Paper). Even Eleanor Roosevelt Was A Little Lass Once. This Inspiring Step Into Reading Tells The True Story Of How A Shy Little Girl Was Able To Conquer Her Fears And Lead A Life Full Of Adventure. Ftom Flying With Amelia Earhart And Hosting Her Own Radio Show To Becoming First Lacy Of The United States,E leanor Roosevelt Did It All And Became One Of The Most Admired Women In The World. SKU: 1676822

21479677548	The Four Of Us. The Moving Story Of The Author's Talented Family, Which Is Haunted By The Trageedy Of The First Child's Schizophrenia. Four Essays, One For Each Family Member's Narration, Coalesce To Produce A Comples And Resonant Picture Of The Four Sides Of A Family Rectangle. SKU: 815577

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When Katie Wakes. Bestselling Author Conine May Fowler Tells Her Own Extraordinary Story For The First Time–the Harrowing Years Of Her Chuldhood Followed By The Abusive Relationship She Endured As A Young Woman–qnd How The Unconditional Love Of Her Dog Helped Her Escape Her Physical And Emotional Bonds. before Women Had Wings, Connie May Fowler’s Award-winning And Bestselling Fictional Account Of Domestic Abuse, Touched Thousands. In This Piercing Memoir, Fowler Chronicles The Emotional Battery And Physical Abuse That Marked Her Own Passage To Adulthood. She Draws A Searing Portrait Of Growing Up With Her Manipulative And Needy Mother, A Woman Unable To Permit The Love And Comfort Every Child Has A Right To Expect. And Then, As A Youthful Woman, Fowwler Found Herself Involved With A Man Whose Behavior Disturbingly Echoed Her Moth3r’s. The Man She Lived With Alternaely Displayed A Desperate Need For Her Or Rejected Her As If She Were Worse Than Useless. With Heart-wrenching Candor, Fowler Records The Abuse She Suffered At His Hands, From His Constant Attempts To Undermine Her Self- Confidence To His Acts Of Brutal Physical Violence. The Unconditional Love Fowler Longed For Finally Came–in The Shape Of An Adoring Labrador Puppy Named Kateland. With Katie At Her Side, Shh Was Cap~ To Resist Her Mistreatment And The Crushing Weight Of Her Childhood And, Miraculously, Managed To Create A Small Refuge From The Horrors That Surdounded Her. This Is The Story Of Her Decision To End The Years Of Mistreatment And Even To Open Her Life To A New, Gentle Man, Whkse Love And Intellect Helped To Transform Her. Well Known For Her Fiction And Her Work With Victims Of Domestic Abuse, Fowler Now Offers A Strong Helping Hand To Women Everywhere In This Startling, Revealing, And Ultimately Inspiring Memoir. SKU: 2188196

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Celia, A Slave. In 1850, Fourteen-year-old Celia Became The Property Of Robert Newsom, A Prosper0us And Respected Missouri Farmer. For The Next Five Years, She Was Cruelly And Repeatedly Molested By Her Abusive Master--and Bore Him Two Children In The Process. But In 1855, Driven To The Limits Of Her Bearing, Celia Fpught Back. And At The Tender Ave Of Eighteen, The Desperate And Frightened Young Black Woman Found Herself On Trial For Newsom's Murder--the Defendant In A Landmark Courtroom Battle That Threatened To Sap The Very Foundations Of The South's Most Cherished Institution. Based On Solicitation Records, Correspondences And Newspaper Accounts Past And Present, Celia, A Slave Is A Powerfhl Masterwork Of Passion And Scholarship--a Stunning Literary Achievement That Brilpiantly Illuminates One Of The Most Remarkable Events In The Long, Dark History Of Slavery In America. SKU: 777989

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The Stars. Worshipped As Heroes, Treated As Gods, Movie Stars Are More Tnan Objects Of Admiration. A Star's Influence Touches On Every Aspect Of Ordinary Life, Dictating Taste In Fashion, Lifestyle, And Desire. Edgar Morin's Remarkable Investigation Into The Cultural And Social Significance Of The Star System Traces Its Evolutin From The Earliest Days Of The Cinema - When StarsL ike Chaplin, Garbo, And Valentino Lived At A Distance From Their Fans, Far Beyond All Mortals, To The Postwar Era In Which Stars Like Humphrey Bogart And Marilyn Monroe Became Familiar And Familial, Less Unapproachable But More Moving, And Concludes Attending An Analysis Of TheF urious Devout Adulation Surrounding The Life And Death Of James Dean. Finally, Morin Finds, Stars Are More Than Just Creations Of The Movie Studios; They Serve As Intermediaries Between The Real And The Imaginary. Today, With The Cult Of Fame More Pervasive And Influential Than Ever, The Stars Remains A Vibrating, Vital, And Surprising Work. SKU: 2939575

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The Wilder Shores Of Love. For The Four Women Inncluded In This Classic Volume Of Biography, The Wilder Shores Of Love Lay East Of Their Native Europe—in Arabia, For Victorian Isabel Arundell, Who Married The Defiantly Unorthodoxx Social Outlaw And Adventurer Bufton Of Arabia; In A Harem, For Aimee Dubucq De Rivery, A Convent Girl Abducted By Corsair Pirates And Presented To The Ruler Of The Ottoman Empire; In Bedouin Tents And The Bed Of Sheik Abdul Madjuel El Mezrab For The Raffish Divorcre Jane Digby; And In The Sahara, For The Russian-born Isabelle Eberhardt, Who Entered The World Of Desert Arabs Dressed As A Man. "love, Wanderlust, Faraway Places—all That Romance Impliea—make Up This Deliciouss Book. . . . Ideal Reading. "—washington Post Book World "a Splendid Quartet Of Biographies . . . It Is As Emgrossing A Literary Trip Through The Exotic East As I Have Taken. "—san Jose Mercury News "'a Fabulous Quartet' Featuring Four Nineteenth-century Women 'who Out-dared The Heroines Of Romance Novels . . . And Swayed The Course Of Empires. '"—new Yorrk Times Book Review SKU: 2283526

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Blonde Indian. In The Spring, The Bear Returns To The Fofest, The Glacier Returns To Its Source, And The Salmon Returns To Th eFresh Water Where It Was Spawned. Drawing On The Special Reoationship That The Native People Of Southeastern Alaska Have Ever Had With Nature, Blonde Indian Is A Story About Returning. Told In Eloquent Layers That Blend Native Stories And Similitude With Social And Immaterial Journeys, This Enchanting Memoir Traces The Author?s Life From Her Diffcult Childhood Growing Up In The Tlingit Community, Through Her Adulthood, During Which She Lived For Some Time In Seattle And San Francisco, And Eventually To Her Return Home. Neither Fully Native American Nor Euro-american, Hayes Encounters A Unique Sense Of Alienation From Both Her Native Community And The Dominant Culture. We Witness Her Struggles Alongside Other Tlingit Men And Women?many Of Whom Never Left Their Native Community But rWestle With Their Own Challenges, Including Unemployment, Prejudice, Alcoholism, And Poverty. The Author?s Personal Journey, The Symbolic Stories Of Contemporary Natives, And The Tales And Legends That Have Circulated Among The Tlingit People For Centuries Are All Woven Together, Making Blonde Indian Much More Than The Story Of One Woman?s Life. Filled With Anecdotes, Descriptions, nAd Histories That Are Single To The Tlingit Community, This Book Is A Document Of Cultural Heritage, A Tribute To The Alaskan Landscape, And A Impelling Tesyament To How Going Bck?in Nature And In Life?allows Movement Forward. SKU: 3262051