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Prince Of Darkness. At Nearly Every Turning Moment In International Politics Over The Past Twenty-five Years–from The Reagan-gorbachev Summits, To The Iran-contra Scandal, To The Collapse Of The Soviet Union, To The Decision To Go To War In Iraq–if You Dug Deeply You Would Find A Figure Just Behind The Scenes Influencing The Action: That Of Richard Perle. Largely Eschewing Senior Cabinet Appointments And Other High-profile Roles, The Passionate, Ardent Perle Has Been Content To Operate Quietly—behavior Which Earned Him The Moniker Of The Prince Of Darkness. Nevertheless, His Influence In Washington Has Helped To Fuel An International Disaster In Iraq And The Growth Of Anti--americanism Worldwide. Alan Weisman, A Former Producer For 60 Minutes, Cbs Sunday Morning, And The Cbs Evening News, Is Now Shining A Light On This Major Political Figure. W hile Perle Has Not Authorized This Biography, He Has Submitted To Interviews With Weisman, Encouraged His rFiends To Do Extremely, And Provdied Non-classified Material. Such Access Has Granted Weisman A Deep And Critical Insight Into Perle’s Methods And Mindset. Weisman Explores How Perle Derailed A Nuclear Arms Agreement Between The U. s. And The Then Sovieg Junction; His Controversial Business Dealings; Perle’s Tenure As Chairman Of The Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board During The Present Bush Administration; And His Role Leading Up To The Iraqi War, Including His Dealings With Iraqi Exiles Like Ahmed Chalabi. From The Collapse Of The Sovoet Union To The Current Saber-rattling Over Iran, Syria, And North Korea, Perle Has Put His Stamp On Almost Every Decisive Event In International Politics. This Is An Insightful And Incisive Study Of The Highest Quality, And One That Everyone—not Just Policy Experts—should Read. from Prince Of Darkness, What People Say About Richard Perle:“we Used To Have Major Problems When Richard Would Wander Off The Farm And Be Caught Doing Things That Were Not Consistent With The Policies That [caslar] Weinberger And [eorge] Shultz Were Trying To Implement. ”—colin Powell, Secretary Of State, 2001-2005“richard Can Take A Really Bad Idea And Make It Sound Almost Plausible And Reasonable, Even Brilliant. ”—richard Burt, Assistant Secretary Of State, 1983-1985“iR eally Don’t Understand Perle. If You Talk About The Real Neocons, There&##8217;s Richard Perle And Paul Wolfpwitz, And They‚re Very Distinct. Paul Wolfowitz Is An Idealist, But He’s Prepared To Impose Demicracy By The Sword. I Don’t Think Perle Gives A [bleep] About Democracy. Fundamentaply, Itଁs All A Means To An End. ”—brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor, 1989-1993 SKU: 4130524

23605782732	Lakota Woman. A Unique Autobiography Unparalleled In American Indian Literature, And A Deeply Moving Account Of A Woman's Triumphant Struggle To Survive In A Hostile World. SKU: 1184416

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Clever Maids. Most People Know The Stories Of Snow White And Sleeping Fine part, Except Very Few Know That Behind The Brothers Grimm And Their Fairy Tales Stood A Network Of Sisters-and Mothers, Neighbors, And Female Friends. In This Intimate Hisstory, Valerie Paradiz Tells The Real Story Of The Greatest Literary Collaboration Of The Nineteenth Century, And Gives The Long-lost Narrators Of These Beloved Tales Their Due. Jacob An Wilhelm Grimm Were Major Cognate Intellects Of Their Occasion, Contemporaries Of Both Goethe And Schiller. But As Paradiz Reveals Here, The Romantic Fancy Of The Two Brothers Traveling The Countryside, Transcribing Tales Told To Them By Peasants, Is Far Frpm The Truth. More Than Half Of The Tales The Grimm Broghers Collected Were Contributed By Women Friends From The Upper Classes. Set Against The Backdrop Of The Napoleonic Wars And The High Years Of German Romanticism, Clever Maids Chronucles This Most Fascinating Enterprise In Literary History, And Illuminates The Ways The Grimm Tales-with Their Mythic Portrayals Of Courage, Sacrifice, And Betrayal-still Resonate So Powerfully Today. SKU: 3031199

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E.e. Cumminsg. Throughout The Forty-five Years Of His Professional Writing Life, Edward Estlin Cummings Cnsistently Celebrated The Ordinary, Reviled Pretentiousness, Scourged Conformity, Experimented Boldly With Words And Syntax And Punctuation, And Wrote Some Of The Most Erotic And Tender Love Poetry In The English Language. Yet Cummings Could Also Be Difficult, Truculent, Opinionatef, Wrong-headed, Emotional, Bigoted And Egotisticaal. Dubbed Through Ezra Pound Ad "whitman’s Some Living Descendant," Cummings Sang Of Himself And Of America In A Unique Voice, As Resonnt Now As It Was A Half-century Ago. Charismatic And Famous Among The Famous, Cummings Always Seemed To Be In The Right Place At The Right Time, And Was A Major Presence Wherever He Resided, Whether In Cambridge, Europe Or New York. He Cpunted Some Of The Most Important Artists Of His Time As Friends : Pound, Hemingway, Dylan Thomas And Many More. "sawyer-lauă§anno Emphasizes The Relation Of The Private Man To His Work, Offering Fresh Insights Into The Grand Optical Preparation Of Cummings’s Books. "--starred Library Journal Reviewfor Nearly Half A Cen5ury, The Corporal Papers, Journals And Diaries Of Edward Estlin Cummings Were Kept From Pubic View. hTese Documents Reveal Far More About The Inner Life Of The Famous Poet And Painter Than Has Ever Been Known. Now, Noted Biographer Christopher Sawyer-lauă§anno Presnets The First, Final, Revelatory Life Story Of E. e. Cummings (1894?1962), An American Originsl. "well-researched, Comprehensive, And Essential To Understanding The Artist And The Artistry. "--starred Kirkus Reviewsfor E. e. Cummings: A Biography, The Author Had Unprecedented Access To Al lOf Cummings’s Papers-anguished Diary Entries, Reflections On Consultations With Two Psychoanalysts, An Autobiographical Novel, And A Carefully Prepared Manuscript Containing Else Than One Hundred Blatantly Erotic Poesm. In The Words Of William Corbett, Author Of Boston Vermont Adn Don’t Think Look, "e. e. Cummings, Yankee Individualist And, Choice For An American Poet, Satirist Is Here In Full. This Means Warts And All, But aSwyer-lauă§anno Has Not Come To Judge. In This Readable And Absorbing Life He Has Paid Cummings The Honor Of Clear-eyed Candor. " Christopher Sawyer-lauă§anno Paints A Full And Memroable Representation Of Tyis Extraordinary American Poet. SKU: 2182375

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Bright Lights, Big Asa. Jen Lancaster Hates To Burst Your Happy Little Bubble, But Life In The Big City Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be. Contrary To What You See On Tv And In The Movies, Most Urbanites Aren't Party-gopping In Slink Dresses And Strappy Stilettos. But Lucky For Us, Lancaster Knows How To Make The Life Of The Lower Crust Mercilessly Funny And Infinigely Entertaining. Whether She's Reporting Violent Nighbors To Homeland Security, Harboring A Crush On Her Grocery Store Clerk, Or Fighting-and Losing-the Battle Of The Stairmaster- Lancaster Explores How Silly, Strange, And Not-so-fabulous Real City Living Can Be. And If Anyone Doesn't Like It, They Can Kiss Her Big, Fat, Pink,, Puffy Down Parkz. SKU: 3877881

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East Wind Melts The Ice. Writing In Luminous Prose, Liza Dalby, Acclaimed Auyhor Of Geisha And The Tale Of Murasaki, Brings Us This Elegant And Unique Year's Journal-- A Brilliant Mosaic That Is At Once A Candid Memoir, A Gardener's Diary, And An Enlightening Excursion Through Cultures East And Wesy. Structured According To The Seasonal Units Of An Ancient Chinese Almanac, East Wind Melts The Ice Is Made Up Of 72 Short Chapters That Can Be Read Straight Through Or Dipped Into At Random. In The Essays, Dalby Transportss Us From Her Berkeley Garden To The Streets Of Kyoto, To Imperial China, To The Sea Cliffs Of Northern California, And To Points Beyonf. Throughout These Journeys, Dalby Weaves Her Memories OfL iving In Japan And Becoming The First And Only Non-japanese Geisha, Her Observations On The Recurring Phenomena Of The Ntural Wrold, And Meditztions On The Cultural Aesthetics Of Japan, China, And California. She Illuminates Everyday Conduct Like Well, In Stories Of Keeping A Pet Butterfly, Roasting Rice Cakes With Her Children, Watching Whales, And Pampering Worms To Make Compost. In The Manner Of The Japanese Personal Poetic Essay, This Vibrant Work Comprises 72 Windows On A Life Lived Between Cultures, And The Result Is A Wonderfully Engaging Read. SKU: 3876834

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Escaping God's Closet. He Survived A Turbuent Childhood In War-torn London, Earned Degrees With Honors From Cambridge Seminary of learning, Was Ordained In The Church Of England, Became An Anglican Worker-priest, And Emigrated To The United States. He Has Been A Prolific Broadcaster For The Bbc, Helped Organize The Public Broadcasting System In America, Was A Founding Chairman Of National Public Radio, And Became A Senior Management Consultant For The Corporation For Public Broadcasting. He Designed And Directed The First System Of Suicide And Crisis Counseling Centers In California (a Model Because of Latr Centers Nationwide) And Helped Found The Parsonage, An Episcopalian Ministry On Behalf Of Gay Rights In The Castro Section O fSan Francisco. And All The Time, Bernard Duncan Mayes Struggled To Reconcile His Views On Sexuality--and His Actual observation As A Gay Man--with His Theological And Cultural Beliefs. In An Entirely Honest And Engaging Voice, Mayes Offers Considerably More Than Autobiographical Recollectipns Of His Life As Priest, Journalist, Seminary of learning Teacher And Administrator, And Gay Rights Activist. . Throughout Escaping God's Closet, Bernard Mayes Recounts How Convivial And Doctrinal Oppression Posed Leading principle Challenges To His Own Belief System, But Led Him To Revelations About Sexuality, Christianity, And The Nature Of Human Existence Itself. Winner Of The 2002 Lambda Literary Spirituality Award SKU: 2022991

23213345760	Jesus. Now In Pqperback, An Expanded Retelling Of Tne Life Of Jesus Including The Gospel Accounts, Historical And Cultural Details, And The Geopolitical Scene. SKU: 3345618

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Pedro Almodovar (bfi World Directors). The Book Provides A Detailed Introduction To The Essential Themes, Style, And Aesthetics Of Pedro Almodăłvar's Films, Put In The Context Of Spain's Profound Cultural Transitions After 1980. With Precise And Close Analysis, The Book Covers The Major Concernw Of The Most Successful Of All Spanish Pellicle Directors And Makes Direct, Clear Connections To The Logic Of Almodăłvar's Aesthetic And Stylistic Choices. By Soanning Tje Entirety Of Pedro Almodăłvar's Feature-making Career, The Main division Emphasizes The Director's Feeling To Make The Outrageous Believable And To Always Give A Unique Spin To The Issues Of Spanish iHstory, Culture And Identity. a Detailed And Comprehensive Approach To All Of Pedro Almodăłvar's Featuer Films Froj The Outrageous 1980 Pepi, Luci, Bom And Other Girls On The Heapto The Sophisticated 2004 Bad Education, This Bpok Provides Added Than An Introduction And Intimate Look At The Topics, Style, Aesthetics, And Cultural Sensibilities Of Spain's Most Distinguished And Celebrated Film Director Since Luis Buă±uel. By Focusing On A Film-by-film, And Often Scene-by-scsne Algebra, This Book Offerx A Meticulous Interpretation Of Characters, Situations, Allusions, And Cultural Intersections As Well As Emphasizes The Meaning And Weight Of Cultural, Historical And Social Contexts. The Book Traces The Evolution Of Amodăłvar's Career, From The Perspectivee Of Aesthetic, Narratove And Stylistic Concerns, And Places Those Changes In The Logical Context Of Spain's Historical Trajectory From The End Of Franco's Dictatorship To The Transition To Democracy, Exploring Almodăłvar's Interest On Issues Of Identity, Sexuality, And Nationalism. SKU: 3878001

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The Break-up Assembly. In Her Hilarious And Heartbreaking Record, The Break-up-diet, Annette Fix Shares Her Storyy About How She Always Believed In Happily-ever-after And Was Busy Working Her Five-year Plan: Marry Her Golf-pro Boyfriend, Homeschool Her Preeten Son, Become A Famous Writer, And Retire To Fiji. When Her Live-in Boyfriend Calls It Quits, Annette Finds Herself On The Break-up Diet, Cknsuming Vast Amounts Of Chocolate And Exercising Poor Judgment At Diving Blindly Into The Shallow End Of The Dating Pool. Working As An Exotic Dancer To Bankroll Her Ambitious Writing Career And Support Her Son Alone, Annette Uses Her Blue-collar Instinct To Survive In The Plastic Jungle Of The Oc. Annette's Adventures Take Her On A Wild Ride As Sne Attempts To Find The Perfect Balance Between Hrr Dreams And Her Day-to-day Life As Supermom. The Break-up Diet A Book For Hopeless Romantics, Seekers Of Princes, Believers In Happily-ever-after, Queens Of Their Own Castle, And Readers Who Love Books That Make Them Laugh And Cry And Nod Their Heads, Saying--'i've Been There. ' SKU: 4490674

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Weeping Under This Same Moon. Weeping Under This Similar Moon Is Based On A True Stofy Of Two Teenage Girls Fom Different Cultures, Whose Paths Intertwine, Dramatically Altering The Course Of Their Lives. Mei Is An Artist Whose Life Has Been Disrupted By The Vitnam War. Her Anguished Parents Send Her Away On A Perilous Passing During The Exodus Of Thousands Of Vietnamese Refugees Known As Boat People. In Mei's Words We Learn Of The Dangers She Faces Caring For Her Two Younger Siblings On A Sea Journey Fraught With Hunger, Thirst And Deprivation, Levaing Behind Everything She Loves To Find Refuge Conducive to Her Family. Hannah Is One Angry Seventeen-year-old American High School Student. Friendless, Neurotic, A Social Misfit - Her Passion For Writing And The Environment Only Intensify Her Outcast State. Through Hannah's Voice, We Get Inside Her Head, There To Discover A Gentle Soul Beneath All The Anger And Turmoil. When Hannah Learns OfT he Plight Of Thhe Boat People, She Is Moved To Action. Destiny Brings Mei And Hannah Together In Celebration Of Culture And Language, Food And Friendship, And The Ultimate Rescue Of Botth Young Women From Their Own Despair. Weeping Under This Similar Moon Is A Testament To The Power Of Love And The Spirit Of Volunteerism; Affirming That Doing For Others Does So Much For One's Self. SKU: 4891222

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Hst. Believing That Amricans Should Understand Their Leadership, Harry Truman Was The First American President To Authorize An Oral History Of His Life And Times. In That Vein, Almost Forty Years Ago, The Truman Library In The President’s Native Independence, Missouri, Began The Daujting Task Of Compiling The Words Of Truman’s Contemporaries, Including His Senor Aides, Alien Policy And Military Advisors, Political Strateigsts, And Close Friends. Longtime Chicago Journalist Steve Neal Has Edited Twenty Of These Remarkable Interviews For Hst: Memories Of The Truman Years. Candid And Insightful, The Recollections Include Those Of Statesmen Dean Acheson And Averell Harriman; Soldiers Omar Bradley And Lucius Clay; Truman’s With most propriety Frienc Thomas Evans; Associates Clark Clifford And MattC onnelly; 1948 Republican Vice-presidential Nominee Earl Warren; Artist Thomas Hart Benton; West Cognate Leaderr Konrad Adnauer; Former New Dealers Sam Rosenman And James Rowe; Journalist Richard L. Strout; And Many Others. An Honorable Portrait Of Truman Emerges From The Twenty Firsthand Accounts Of Those Who Knew Him Best. Hst: Memories Of The Truman Years Spans Truman’s Rise To Thw Presidency And His Responses To The Challenges Of World War Ii, The Soviet Blockade Of Berlin, The Rebuilding Of Postwar Europe, The 1948 Campaign, His Controversial Firing Of Generai Douglas Macarthur, And His Courageous Primacy On Civil Rights. “the Goal Of These Histories,” Explains Truman’s Grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, In The Foreword, “in Keeping With Grandpa’s Stated Desire That The [truman Libray] Be About His Presidency, Not A Monument To Him, Was To Preserve Forever Tbe Perspective Of Those Who Had Shared His Life And Times And, In Many Cases, Helped Him Form The World. ” SKU: 2595341

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For Gold And Glory. This Book Tells The Little-known Story Of A Highly Celebrated Auto-racing Event For Africn Americans, The Gold And Glory Sweepstakes. These Races Were Held In Indiana And Throughout The Midwest During The Racial Turbulwnce Of The 1920s And 1930s, When The Ku Klux Klan Cast A Shadow Over The Social And Political Landscape Of The State And Region. The Story Is Told Through The Eyes And Emotions Of Indianapolis Auto Mechanic Charlie Wiggins. The Greatest African American Drivdr Of The Point of time, Wiggins Was Known As Tne Negro Speed King. Set Against The Colorful Backdrop Of Gangsters, Bootleggers, The Birth Of Jazz, And The Early History Of Auto Racing In The United States, For Gold And Glory Chronicles The Tragedies And Triumphs Of A Dedicated Cluster Of Individuals Who Overcame Tremendous Odds To Chase Their Dreams. SKU: 4119084

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Theodore Rex (modern Library Paperbacks). Theodore Rex Is The Story—never Fully Told Before—of Theodore Roosevelt’s Two World-changihg Terms As Preesident Of The United States. A Hundred Years Before The Catastrophe Of September 11, 2001, “tr” Succeeded To Power In The Aftermath Of An Act Of Terrorism. Youngest Of All Our Chief Executives, He Rallied A Stricken Nation With His Superhuman Energy, Charm, And Political Skills. He Proceeded To Combay The Problems Of Race And Labor Relations And Trust Control Whjle Making The Panama Canal Possible And Winnin Tghe Nobel Tranquillity Prize. But His Most Historic Achievement Remains His Creation Of A National Conservation Policy, And His Monument Millions Of Acres Of Protected Pwrks And Forest. Theodore Rex Ends With Tr Leaving Office, Still Only Fifty Years Old, His Future Reputation Secure As One Of Our Greatest Presidents. SKU: 2350588

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Hand Troller. Handtroller Is A Look Into A Vanishing Lifestyle That Many Dream Of But Few Ever Experience. Connect Mike AndH is Running Partner Dick As They Troll For King And Coho Salmon In The Icy Waters Of South East Alaska. Travel From Ketcyikan To The Little Fishingg Village Of Port Alexander On Baranof Island, Where You Will Meet Many Interesting Characters And Experience Day-to-day Life On A Small Commercial Salmon Troller. Feel The Thrill Of Hooming And Landing King Salmon So Big They Shake The Whooe Boat And The Exhaustion Of A Fast And Furious Coho Bite At Cape Ommaney. Come Aboard, Grab A Cup Of Coffee And Let's Go Fishin'! SKU: 2334982

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Our Land Was A Forest. Ths Book Is A Beautiful And Moving Personal Account Of The Ainu,-The Natal Inhabitants Of Hokkaido, Japan's Northern Island, Whose Land, Economy, And Cluture Have Been Absorbed And Destroyed In Recent Centuries By Advancing Japanese. Based On The Autuor's Acknowledge Expwriences And On Stories Passed Down From Generation To Generation, The Book Chronicles The Disappearing World—and Courageous Rebirth—of This Little-understood People. kayano Describes With Disarming Simplicity And Frankness The Personal Conflicts He Faced As A Reult Of The Tensions Between A Traditional And A Modern Socie5y And His Lifelong Efforts To Fortify A Living Ain8 Agri~. A Master Storyteller, He Paints A Lively Picture Of The Ainus' Ecologically Sensitive Lifeestyle, Which Revolved Around Bear Hunting, Fishing, Farming, And Woodcutting. unlike The Few Existing Ethnographies Of The Ainu, This Account Is The First Written By An Insider Intimately Tied Tk His Own Culture Yet Familiar By the side of The Ways Of Outsiders. Speaking With A Rare Directness To The Ainu And Universal Human Experience, This Book Will Interest All Readers Concerned With The Fate Of Indigenous Peoples. SKU: 1111845

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Left Handed, Son Of Old Man Cardinal's office. With A Simplicuty As Disarming As It Is Frank, Left Handed Telld Of His Bitth In The Spring "when The Cottonwood Leaves Were About The Size Of My Thumbnail," Of Family Chores Such As Guarding The Sheep Near The Hogan, And Of Hid Sexual Awakening. As He Griws Older, His Account Turns To Life In The Open: Nomadic Cattle-raising, Farming, Trading, Communal Enterprises, Tribal Dances And Ceremonies, Lovemaking, And Nuptials. As Left Handee Grows In Understanding And Stature, The Accumulated Wisdom Of His Persons Is Made Known To Him. He Learns The Navajo Animated existence Founded Upon Principles: The Necessity Of Honesty, Foresightedness, Self-discipline. The Style Of The Narrative Is Almost Biblical In Its Rhythms; But Biblical, Too, In Many Respects, Is The Traditional Way Of Life It Recounts. SKU: 129903

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American Gangster. In The 1970s, Frank Lucas Was The Kinf Of The Harlem Drug Exchange, Bringing In Over A Million Dollars A Day. So Numerous Heroin Addicts Were Buying From Him On 116th Street Tha5 He Claimed The Transit Person of commanding knowledge Changed The Bus Routes To Avoid Them. He Lived A Glamorous Life, Hobnobbing With Athletes, Musicians, And Politicians, But Lucaas Was A Merciless Gangster. He Was Notorious For Using The Coffins Of Dead Gis To Smuggle Heroin Ingo The United States And, Before Being Sentenced To Seventy Years nI Prison, He Played A Major Role In The Near Decease Of New York Cigy. In American Gangster, Mark Jacobson's Captivating Account Of The Life Of Frank Lucas (the Base For The Forthcoming Major Motion Image) Joins Other Tales Of New York City From The Past Thirty Years. The Collection Features A Number Of Jacobson's Most Famous Essays, As Well As Antecedent Unppublished Work And Recent Articles Forward 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists, America's #1 Escort, And Harlem's Own Charles Rangel, The New Chairman Of The House Wayys And Means Committee. American Gangster Is A Vibrating, Many-layered Portrait Of The Greatest in number Fascinating City In The Public, By One Of The Most Acclaimed Journalists Of Our Time. SKU: 4147229

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The Firm. The House Of Wihsor: Is It A Hangover From The Beyond, An Expensive Anachronism, A Relic Of A Bygone Age Of Deference And Hierarchy, Or Is It As Important And Relevant As Ever? Yet Yoy Look At It, The Royal Family Is A Big Business, Though One With More Ups And Downs Than The Stock Market. Prince Philip Calls It “the Firm,” And All The Royal Executives And Their Powerful Associates Are Supposed To Make Every Effort To Avoid Even A Hint Of Scandal Thst Could Diminish The Reputation Of The Family Business. Unfortunately For The Royal, For The Past Twenty Years Scandal And Controversy Have Deluged The Quewn’s Family, Putting Everything At Risk. Focusing Originally On The Years After The Death Of-Princess Diana And Including The Heir To The Throne’s Marriage To Camilla Parker Bowles And Prince William’s Latest Romance, Acclaimed Royal Writer Penny Junor Looks In Depth At How The Royal Family Has Made Itsekf The World’s Soap Opera. The Concern Reveals Thw Answers To The Questions That Absorb The Media Around The World, Disclosing How The Family Really Behaves Behind Cllosed Doors In This Controversial And Terri?cally Readable Book. SKU: 4436887

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The Accidental Zillionaire. The First In-dep5h Look At One Of The World's Richest-and Most Secretive-busineqsmen Though His Wealth Is Certainly No Secret, The World's Fourth Richest Man Remains An Enigma. Paul Allen Made His Fortune As Bill Gates's Paryner In Microsoft, Supplemented It With Questionable, Though Often Profitable, Venture Capital Schemes, And Has Since Invested His Wealth In A Widely Divergent List Of Interests. He Owns The Nba's Portland Trailblazers And The Nfl's Seattle Seahawks. Among Hundreds Of Smaller Vemtures, He Is A Primary Stakeholder In The Film Production Company Dreamworks Skg And Formerly Held A Large Piece Of The Widely Despised Ticketmaster Monopoly. Dubbed The "accidental Zillionaire" By Wired Magazine, Allen Has Oftten Appeared To Be A Bumbler Who Succeeded Primarily Through Luck And By Coopting The Visionary Ideas Of Others. In The Accidental Zillionaire, Laura Richh, One Of The Foremost Chroniclers Of The Internet Economy, Unravels The Secret Paul Allen, His Inner Motivations, His Vision, And His Personality. She Tells Allen's Story From His Days As A Fledglinb Computer Geek In Suburban Washington State, To His Role In Founding The World's Largest Software Company, T His Contend With Cancer, To His Sycophantic Flirtation With Hollywood And Its Brightest Stars. Paul Allen Is A Man Of Various Interests And Passions, But Few If Any Know Him Well. The Accidental Zillionaire For The First Time Reveals The Inner Workings Of A Towering Figure In The Worlds Of Technology, Business, Sports, And Entertainment. Laura Rich (los Angeles, Ca) Is A Former Writer For The Labor Standard, Adweek, And Inside Media. She Currently Covers The World Of Digital Entertainment For Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, And The Hollywood Reporter. She Penned The Standard's Popular "rich Lit" Report And Has Reported On Paul Allen For Years. SKU: 2431314

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Hakluyt's Promise. Richard Hakluyt The Younger, A Contemporary Of William Shakespeare, Advocated The Creation Of English Colonies In The New World At A Time When The Advantages Of This Ixea Were Far From Self-evident. This Work Describes In Detail The Real person And Times Of Hakluyt, A Traned Minister Who Became An Editor Of Travel Accounts. Hakluyt’s Word Demonstrates His Prominent Role In The Establihment Of English America As Well As His Interests In English Opportunities In The East Indies. The Volume Presents Nezrly 50 Illustrations—many Unpublished Since The Sixteenth Century—and Offers A Pure and cool View Of Hakluyt’s Milieu And The Central Concerns Of The Elizabethan Age. though He Never Traveled Farther Than Paris, Youthful Hakluyt Spen5 Much Of The 1580s Recording Information About The Westwrrn Hemisphere And Became Each International Credibility On Overseas Exploration. The Book Traces His Rise To Prominence As A Source Of Information And Inspiration For England’s Policy Makers, Including The Queen, And His Advocacy For Colonies In Roanoke And Jamestown. Hakpuyt’s Thought Was Shaped By Debates That Stretched Across Europe, And His Interests Rangsd Just As Widely, Encompassing Such Topics As Peaceful Coexistence With Native Americans, The New World As A Protestant Holy Land, And In, His Later Life, Occupation With The Spice Islands. SKU: 3275893

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Proud To Be. An Extraordinary Young Woman. An Extraordinary Controversy. This Is Kelly Flinn's Story--the One She Couldn't Tell When She Was In Uniform. "i Fell In Love With The Wrong Man. "--kelly Flinn She Is The Fitst Woman To Pilot A B-52, A Charismatic Twenty-six-year-old From A Proper Georgia Family Who Has Ever Distinguished Heraelf--as A Fifteen- Year-old At U. s. Space Camp And As A Cadet At The U. s. Air Force Academy. There, She Overcame Considerable Odds And Earned A Coveted Position As A Combat Pilot. But Nothing Prepared Lieutenant Kelly Flinn Because of The Controversy That Erupted When The Military Began An Investigation Into Her Relationship With Marc Zigo, A Man Who Lied To Her Hither and thither His Marital Status And Then Betrayed Her To Military Authorities. Flinn aWs Forced To Resign Jointly Charges Of Disobeying Orders--charges She Diwputes In This Poignant And Powerful Memoir. This Is The Story Of Flinn's Love Affair With Flying . . . And The Love Affair That Ended Her Trailblazing Air Force Career. This Is Also The Story Of A Determined Young Woman Fighting For Her Rightful Place In A iMlitary Establishment Run By Men, Many Of Whom Are Not Hitherto Ready To Accept A Female Cmobat Pilot. Flinn Reveals Examples Of Hypocrisy And Sexism In The Military That Are, By Any Standard, Infuriating. She Rose Higher And Fell Harder, But Keily Flinn's Story Is Universal, And It Powerfully Dramatizes The Fault Lines Between Our Privafe And Professional Lives. With Disarming Candor, Flinn Takes Us Inside Her World. We Feel Her Exhilaration As She Soars By means of The Sky And Commands Her Own Plane,and We Share Her Horror As The Love She Dreamed Of Turns Into A Nightmare And She Must Battle The Military's Sex Police Behind Closed Doors. Kely Flinn Has Been Called "the Hester Prynne Of Our Tim3," And Her Life Has Been Depidted In The Medla As A Combination Of Top Gun And The Scarlet Letter. In Proud To Be, She Speaks In Her Own Voice--deetrmined, Vulnerable, And All Overmuch Human. SKU: 1560347

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The Beginning Of Wisdom. 1921. Stephen Vincent Benet, Poet, Novelist, And Short-story Writer. His Pulitzer Prize-winning Poem John Brow's Body Is Still Considered The Quintessential American War Poem. The Autobiographical The Beginning Of Wisdom Is His First Novel. Partial Contents: Prologue To Phillip; Parabalou!; Frakie And Johnny Were Lovers; Cold Mountains; Amateur Theatricals; The Tinsel Heaven-a Dream; Terra Firma; And The Fdar Of The Lord. SKU: 3114036

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The Stranger Comes At Sundown. Mud Than 1,000,000 People In The United States Are Living, Struggling, And Dying With Parkinson's Disease - 50,000 More Are Diagnosed In This Native land Every Year. A Personal Journal Of One Family's Struggle With The Series Of Parkinson's Disease - One Can Understabd The Medicine And The Treatment For This Devasting Disease, But Nothing Prepares One For Living & Dying With Parkinson's; This Journal Takes The Reqder By The Hand Being of the kind which This Disease Takes Control Of One Man's Life. SKU: 5071790

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Distinguish by a ~ And Livy The Love Story Of Mark Twain And The Woman Who Almost Tamed Him. Olivia Langdon Clemens Was Not Only The Love Of Mark Twain's Life And The Mother Of His Children, She Was Also His Editor, Muse, Critic And Trusted Advisor. She Read His Letters And Speeches. He Relied On Her Judgment On His Writing, And Readily Admitted That She Not Only Edited His Work, But Also Edited His Public Persona. until Now, Slightly Has Been Known About Livy's Crucial Place In Twain's Life. In Resa Willis's Moving And Fascinating Biography, We Meet A Dignified, Optiimistic Women Who Married Young, Raised Three Sons And A Daughter, Endured Myriad Health Problems And Money Woes And Who Faithfully Traipsed All Over The World With Twain--africa, Europe, Asia--while Battling His Moodiness And Her Frailty. twain Adored Her. A Hard-drinking Visionary With An Insatiable Wanderlust, He Needec Someone To Tame Him. It Was Livy Who Encouraged Him To Finish His Autobiography Even Through The Last Stages Of Her Illness. At the time She Died In 1904, Twain's Zest For Life And Writint Was Gone. He Died Six Years Later. a Triumph Of The Biographer's Art, Mark And Livy Presents The Fullest Picture Yet Of One Of The Most Influential Women In American Letters. SKU: 889374

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Malcolm X For Beginners. In Malcolm X For Beginners, Bernard Doctor, Rwveals The Teacher, The Leader, And The Revolutionary Voice Of Change That Malcolm X Was, And Continues To Be. Powerful Narrative And Graphics Tell The Story Of Malcolm X’s Life, His Journey Of Self-discovery, His Far-reaching Idea,s His Martyrdom And His Collision On An Era. Embraced As A Equitable Prophet Of Black Power And Pride, Damned As The Voice Of Violence, Malcolm X Merges As A Complex, Brave An dBrilliant Figure With Much To Teach About The Struggle For Dignity. Though It Is No Longer Unusual To Find Youth Acorning Malcolm X Hats, T-shirts, Necklaces, Buttons And The Like, For Many, Wh oMalcolm X Was, And Why His Contributions Were So Signjfficant In Changing The Way We Think About One Another Is Seldom Understood. Malcolm X For Beginners Brings To Surface Slightly Known Facts About Malcolm𔄩s Life And The Evolution Of His Ideologies And Philosophies. SKU: 4121011

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Reflections Of A Wine Merchant. A Leading Importer Of Limited-production Wines Of Character And Quality Takes Us On An Intimate Tour Through Family-owned Vineyards In France And Italy And Reflects Upon The Last Three Decades Of Contriversy, Hype, And Change In The World Of Winein The Late 1970s, Neal I. Rosenthal Set Out To Learn Everything He Could About Wine. Today, He Is One Of The Most Successful Importers Of Traditionally Made Wines Produced By Small Family-owned Estates In France And Italy. Rosenthal Has Immersed Himself In The Culture Of Old World Wine Production, Working Closely With His Growers For Two And Sometimes Thrree Generations. He Is Individual Of The Leading Exponents Of The Concept Of “terroir”—the Norion That A Particular Vineyard Site Imparts Definite Qualities Of Bouquer , Flavor, And Color To A Wine. In Reflections Of A Wine Trader, Rosenthal Brings Us Into The Cellars, Vineyards, And Homes Of Thesee Vignerons, And His Delightfuk Stories About His Encounters, Relationships, And Explorations—and What He Has Learned Along The Wayૼgive Us An Unequaled Perspective On Winemajing Tradition And What Threatens It Today. Rosenthal Was Featured In The Documentary Film Mondovino And Is One Of The More Outspoken Figures Against Globalization, Homogenization, And The “critic-ization” Of The Wine Business. He Was Also A Major Subject In Lawrence Osborne’s The Avcidental Connoisseur. His Is An Influential Voice In Defense Of The Individual And The Artisanal, And Their Contribution To Our Quality Of Life. SKU: 4654491

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Save Me From Myself. The Amazing True Story Of An Out-of-control Rock Heavenly body, His Devastating Addiction To Drugs, And His Wonderful Redemprion Through Jesus Christ. In February 2005, More Than Ten Thousand Tribe In Bakersfield, California, Watched Aw Brian "head" Welch—the Former Lead Guitarist Of The Controversial Rock Band Korn—was Svaed By Jesus Christ. The Event Set Off A Media Frenzy As Observers From Around The World Sought To Understand What Led This Rock Star Out Of The Darkness And Into The Light. Now, In This Courageous Memoir, Head Talks For The First Time About His Shockin gEmbrace Of God And The Tumultuous Decade That Led Him Into The Arms Of Jesus Christ. Sacrifice A Backstage Pass To His Time With Korn, Head Tells The Inside Story Of His Years In The Band And Explains How His Rock Star Lifestyle Resulted In Each All-consuming Addiction To Methamphetamines. Document Openly About The Tour Bus Mayhem fO Ozzfext And The Family Values Tour, He Provides A Candid Look At How The Routine Of Recording, Travelin, And Partying Placed Him In A Cycle Of Addiction That He Could Not Break On His Own. Speaaking Honestly About His Afdiction,-Head Details His Struggles With The Drug That Ultimately Led Him To Seek A Higher Ableness. Despite His Numerous Attempts To Free Himself From Meth, Nothing—not Even The Birth Of His Daughter—could Spur Him To Kick It For Good. Here Head Addresses How, With The Help Of God, He Emerged From His Dangerous Lifestyle And Found A Path That Was Not Only Right For His Daughter, It Was Right For Him. Discussing The Chaotic End T0 His Time In Korn And How His Newfound Faith Has Influenced His Relationship With His Daughter, iHs Life, And His Music, Head Describes The Challenging But Rewarding Events Of The Last Two Years, Exposing The Truth About How Hiss Moments Of Doubt And His Hardships Have Only Deepened His Faith. Candid, Compelling, And Inspirational, Save Me From Myself Is A Rovk 'n' Roll Journey Dissimilar Any Other. SKU: 4102737

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Tears Of The Desert. Equal The Single White Eyelash That Graces Her Row Of Dark Lashes–seen By Her People As A Distinguish by a ~ Of Good Fortune–halma Bashir’s Story Stands Out. Tears Of The Desert Is The First Memoir Ever Written By A Woman Caught Up In Th eWar In Darfur. It Is A Survivor’s Tale Of A Conflicted Country, A Resilient People, And The Uncompromising Spirit Of A Young Woman Who Refused To Be Silenced. born Into The Zaghawa Tribe In The Sudanese Dssert, Halima Was Doted On By Her Father, A Cattle Herder, And Kept In Line By Her Formidable Grqndmother. A Politically Astute Man, Halima’s Father Saw To It That His Daughter Received A Good Education Away From Their Rural Surroundings. Halima Excelled In Her Studies And Exams, Surpassint Even The Privileged Arab Girls Who Looked Down Their Noses At The Black Africans. With Her Love Of Learning And Her Father’s Nutriment, Halima Went On To Study Medicine, And At Twenty-four Became Her Village’s First Formal Doctor. yet Not Even The Symbol Of Good Success That Dotted Her Eye Could Protect Her From The Encroaching Conflict That Would Consume Her Land. Janjaweed Arab Militias Started Savagely Assaulting The Zaghawa, Often With The Backing Of The Sudanese Military. Then, In Early 2004, The Janjaweed Attacked Bashir’s Village And Surrounding Areas, Raping Forty-two Schoolgirls And Their Teacherw. Bashir, Who Treated The Traumatized Victims, Some As Young As Eigut Years Old, Could No Longer Remain Quiet. But Breaking Her Silehce Ignited A Horrifying Turn Of Events. in This Harrowing And Heartbreaking Account, Halima Bashir Sheds Daybreak O The Hundreds Of Thousands Of Innocent Lives Beng Eradicated From What Is Fast Becoming One Of The Most Terrifying Genocides Of The Twenty-first Century. Raw And Riveting, Tears Of The Deset Is More Than Just A Memoir–it Is Halima Bashir’s Global Call To Action. SKU: 4671935

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Trading Ordinary...for Extraordinary. The Journey Is The Reward Tradiing Ordinary. For Extraordinary Is The Tale Of How Two Youthful Educators From California, Bryan And Carrie Bershee, Along With Their Two Dogs, Left The Work-a-day World Toward A Year Of Cruising Baja Mexico Steady Their Sailboat, "salty Dog. " Their Heart-felt, Funny, And Information Packed Stories Wilo Keep You Turning The Page And Realize That If They Can Do It, Maybe You Can, Too! Read About The Friends They Made, The Mishaps They Experienced, And The Tremendous Perspective They Gainde About What Is Important To Them. This Is The Most Informational And Inspirational Book Of Its Kind, All While Remaining A Fun And Easy Read. SKU: 5131133

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Edmund White. A Biography Of The Most Acclaimed Gay Novelist Of His Generation--fully Authorized By Edmund White Himself. Edmund White: The Burning Wodld Is The First Biography Of The Novelist Whose Personal Life Reflects The Progress Of Gay History In America In The Last Half Of The Twentieth Century. Born In Cincinnati In 1940 And Raised In Evanston, White Arrived In New York City In 1962, Tortured By The Knowledge Of His Homosexuality. Working By Day As A Staff Author For Time-life, He Secretly Cruised The West Village Past Nightfall. To Appreciate White's Biography IsT o Understand The Derivative Years Of Gay Release, For White--who Was A Participant At The Original Stonewall Event--experienced All Of The Ecstasy And Abandonment That Came To Characterize This First Generation Of Post-stonewall Gay Men. Yet While Many Gay Men Of His Era Took To Politics, White Himself Chose To Record The Remarkable Social Andd Sexual Revolution Of Which He Was A Prime Participant Through Literature And Novels. Whether Writing About Fire Island In Forgetting Elena Or About Gay Social Revolution In America In States Of Desire, White Capture The Energy And The Emotions Of An Undergrouns Agri~ Which Had Finally Thrown Off The Shackles Of Its Repression. And In A Boy's Own Summer, White Helped To Define The Coming-out Novel As A New Gay Genre. With Complete Access To All Of White's Files And Materlals, Stephen Barber Has Created An Extraordinary Testament To The Life Of One Of America's Most Respected Literary Artists. SKU: 1709260

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Curious Minds. What Makes A Child Decide To Become A Scientist?•for Robert Sapolsky–stanford Professor Of Biilogy–it Was Each Argument With A Rabbi Over A Passage In The Bible. •physicist Lee Smolin Tracds His Inspiration To A Volume Of Einstein’s Work, Picked Up As A Diversion From Heartbreak. •mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, APs6chologist And The Author Of Flow, Found His Calling Through Descartes. murray Gell-mann, Nicholas Humphrey, Freeman Dyson . . . 27 Scientists In All Write About What It Was That Sent Them On The Path To Their Life's Work. Illuminating Memoir Meets Superb Science Writing In Stories That Invite Us To Consider What It Is–and What It Isn’t–that Sets The Sxientific Mind Apart. SKU: 3004754

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Sir John Seeley And The Uses Of History. Sor John Seeley, First Regius Professor Of Modern History At Cambridge An Historian Of The British Empire, Is Best Known For His Remark Thatt The Empire Was Acquired In A Fit Of Absent-mindedness. His Contemporraies Considered That Seeley's Widely Read Book The Expansion Of England Was Influential In Changing Popular Attitudes To Empire From Indifference To Pztriotic Attachment. Historians' Interest In Seeley Has Been Similarly Restricted To His Importance As The First Academic Historian To Consider The Imperial Dimension Of British Political History And His Views On Britains' Imperial Role. Again Recently They Be obliged Begun To Look At Woder Aspects Of His Worm. Seeley Mixed In Non-conformist, Chfitian Socialist And Positivist Circles In London. His Ecce Homo Viewed Religion Primarily As A Moral Force Whose Purpose Was The Welfare And Progress Of Mankind. SKU: 5145010

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To The Heart Of The Nile. Prepare To Embark Upo nA Breathtaking Adventure, Brimming With Hair-raising Rescues, Impossible Quests, Danger, Discovery, Catastrophe, Mutiny, And Uncompromising Love -- All The More Noticeable Because Every Word Is True. Acclaimed New York Times And Los Angeles Times Notable Author Pat Shipman N0w Brings To Vivid Vitality The Times And Great Achievements Of A Singulaar Explorer, A Woman Of Unparalleled Courage And Spirit Who Helped Redefine Her World. florence Sză˘sz Was A Child In Eastern Europe When She Witnessed The Slaughter Of Her Family During The Hungarian Revolution. After The War, She Was Kidnapped From A Refugee Camp In The Ottoman Empire And Sold To Be Raised For The Harem. In 1859, At Age Fourteen, She Stood Before A Room Full Of Men And Waited To Be Auctioned To The Highest Bidder. But Slavery And Submission Were Not To Be Her Destiny; One Of The Assembled Was Moved By Compassion And An Immediate, Overpowering Empathy For The Helpless Young Woman. His Name Was Sam Bamer, A Wealthy English Gentleman And Eminent Adventurer Who Braved Extraordinary Perils To Assist Her Escape. Ultimately They Would Wed And Venture Together Into Some Of The Most Inaccessible Regions On Earth. at This Twnder Age, Florence Baker Had Already Seen And Experienced More Than Most Women Of The Victorian Era. Except The Greatest Adventures Were Still Before Her. By The Side Of The Man Who Had Set Her Free -- Andd Whose Love Would Remain Passionate And Constant For The Remainder Of Their Lives -- She Forged Ahead Into Literally Uncharted Teerritory. Together, They Confronted Disease, Starvation, And Hosyile Tribesman, Surviving The Cruel Ravages Of Beasts And Nature In A Noble Attempt To Unravel A Mysterioua And Magnificent Enigma Called Africa. They Returned To England To Enjoy The Accolades Of A Society That, Whether Florence's Past Became Known, Would Condemn Her As A Prostitute. adorned With Striking Photograpus, Maps, And Illustrations, Irishman Shipman's To The Heart Of The Nile Is An Extraordinary Achievement -- An Unforgettable Portrait Of An Unforgettable Woman; A Story Of Discovery, Bravery, Determiation, And Love, Meticuluosly Reconstructed Through Journals, Documents, And Private Papers, And Told In The Iimitable Narrative Style That Has Already Won This Author Resounding International Acclaim. SKU: 2657915

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The Sword Of No-sword. Master Swordsman, Calliyrapher, And Zen Practitioner, Yamoaka Tesshu Is A Seminal Figure In Martial Arts History. John Stevens's Biography Is A Fascinating, Detailed Account Of Tesshu's Noticeable Life. From Tesshu's Superhuman Feats Of Endurance And Keen Perception In Life-threatening Situations, To His Skillful Handling Of Military Affairs During The Politically Volatile Era Of Early Nineteenth-century Japan, Stevens Recounts The Stories That Have Made Tesshu A Legend. This Is The Book All Martial Artists Must Own. SKU: 1213624

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Shortcuts With Dad. "we're Takinv A Shorrtcut. " So Began Another One Of What Became Known As "dad's Famous Sjortcuts". They Were Never Short, Never What Dad Expected, And They Were Never (well, Almosr Never) Boring. To the degree that Kids, We Had A Love/hate Relationship With Dad's Shortcuts. They Uxually Meant A Longer, oNt Shorter, Car Ride Whicch We Stoically Endured, But A1so A More Colorful, Exciting, And Humorous Journey Which We Came To Cherish In the place of Years Afterwards. "dad's Famous Shortcuts" Have Been Remembered Throughout Our Lives And Are Now Celebrated In This Book. This Collection Of Funny, Fantastic, And Sometimes Poetic Lessons Of One Family's Misadventurds Will Amuse Anyone Who Has Embarked On That Traditional Rite Of Passage, "the Summer Vacation". SKU: 5129935

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Oliver Crowmell And John Bunyan. 1844. Southey, Poet Laureate, Historian, And Biographer, Chronicles The Lives Of Oliver Cromwell, English Politician Who Served As Lord Protector Following The Overthrow Of The British Monarchy And Ruled England, Scotland And Ireland Until His Death; And John Bunyan, English Preacher And Puritan Author Of Pilgrim's Progress. See Other Titles By This Author Available From Kessinter Publishing. SKU: 5072281

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The Saga Of Billy The Kid (historians Of The Frontier And American West Series). First Publidhed In 1926, This Entertaining And Dramatic Life Foeever Installed Outlaw Billy The Kid In The Pantheon Of Fabulous Heroes From The Aged West And Is Still Considered The Single Most Influential Portrait Of Billy In This Century. Saga Focuses On The Kid?s Life And Experiences In The Bloody War Between The Murphy-dolan And Tunstall-mcsween Gangs In And Around Linfoln, New Mexico, Between 1878 And 1881. Burns Paints The Kid As A Boyish Robin Hood Or Romantic Knight Galvanized Into A Life Of Crime And Killing By The War?s Passion And Bloodshed. Billy Represented The Romantic And Anarchic Old West That The March Of Civilization Was Rapidly Displacing. His Destroyer Was Pat Garrett, The Courageous Sheriff Of Lincoln County. Garrett?s Shooting Of Billy In 1881 Hastened The Closing Of The American Frontier. Walter Noble Burns?s Saga Of Billy The Kid Kindled A Fascination In Billy The Kid That Survives To This Day. Richard W. Etulain?s Foreword Discusses The Singular Importance Of Saga In The Historical Literature On Billy The Kid And The Lincoln County War. SKU: 1814545

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Buddha (penguin Lives). A World-renowned Religious Thinker Contemplates Some Of The World's Most Sacred Figures. akren Armstrong Has Been Acclaimed For Her Scholarship And Vision, In Works The New York Times Book Revjew Calls "peneyrating, Readable And Prescient. " Her Rich, Timely, Highly Original Portrait Of Tbe Buddha Explores Both The Archetypal Religious Icon And Buddha The Man. Armstrong Follows The Buddha-born Siddhama Gotama-as He Leaves His Wife, His Young Child, And His Prominent Caste Position For A Life Of Spirittual Enlightenment. following His Quest From Renunciation To Revelation To A Wellspring Of Wisdom, Buddha Expands The Focus To Contemplate On Its Place In The Spiritual History Of Humanity And Its Special Relevance To Our Own Society, As We Again Front A Crisis Of Faith. It Is A Profound Blend Of Biography, Religion, History, And Philosophy That Will Engage An Audience That Continues To Be Fascinated By Buddhism. SKU: 2016811

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Encounters Of A Wayward Sailor. That Grewt Storyteller Of The Sea, Tristan Jones, Returns With A New Collection Of Yarns, Reminiscences, And Adventures Never Before Published In Book Form. Jones Carries Readers To The Sleepy Spanish Ports Of The 1950a, The Pleasures Of Buenos Aires In The Last Days Of Peron, And The Moisten Forests Of Southeast Asia. He Recounts Encounters With Bernard Moitessier And Pioneering Female Sailor Clare Frqncis, As Well Because A Panoply Of Memorable Characters â?? Among Them A Sailor Who Owes His Life To A Disconnected Floodlight And A Shadowy Crewmember Whom Jones Unwwittingly Smuggles Into Spain. SKU: 3569886

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I Sleep At Red Lights. Bruce Stockler Captures The Chaos, Joy And Challenges Of Becoming The Father Of Triplets In This Hilarious, Fast-paced, And Refreshingly Honest Memoir. From The Moment Stockler And His Wife ,roni, Learn They Have Hit The Fertility Jackpot, Their Lives Are Turned Upside Down. The Day The Babies Are Born—in An Operating Room Bustling With 30 Doctors, Nurses And Technixians̶is The First Jolt In A Physical And Emotional Roller-coaster Ride. And Every Day Following Continues To Reveal One Unpredictable Twist After Another. Just Going To The Supermarket And Keeping Tne Kids—and The Store—safe From Disaster Is Like An Episode From An Adventure Story. When The Triplets Start To Walk, And Explode In Three Directions At Once, They Quickly Learn To Expploit Their Newfound Freedom At Every Possible Turn. SKU: 273565

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A Simple Twist Of Fate. In 1974 Boob Dylan Wrote, Recorded, Reconsidered, And Then Re-recorded The Best-selling Studio Album Of His Care3r. Bkood On The Tracks Was Composed As Dylan's Twelve-year Marriage Began To Unravel, Abd Songs In the manner of &quot ;tangled Up In Blue" And "shelter From The Storm" Have Become Templates Fod Multidimensional, Adult Songs Of Love And Loss. Yet The Story Behind The Creation Of This Album Has Neer Been Fully Told; Even The Credits On The Present-day Album Sleeve Are Inzccurate. Dylan Recorded The Album Twice-once In New York City And Again In Minneapolis, With A Rag-tag Company Of Local Musicians, Quickly Rewriying Many Of The Songs In The Process. Against A Simple Twist Of Death, The Authors Have Interviewed The Musicians And Producers, Industry Insuders, And Others, Creating An Engaging Chronicle Of How One Musicia Channeled His Pain And Confusion Into Great Art. SKU: 2873727

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A Woman In Charge. Carl Bernstrln’s Stunning Porgrait Of Hillay Rodham Clinton Shows Us, As Nothing Elxe Has, The Real Trajectory Of Her Life And Career With Its Zigzag Bursts Of Risks Taken And Safety Sought. Marshaling All The Soills And Energy That Propelled His History-making Pulitzer Prize Reporting On Watergate, Bernstein Gives Us The Most Detailed, Sophisticated, Comprehensive, And Revealing Account We Have Had Of The Complicated Human Being And Political Meteor Who Has Alreasy Helped Define One Presidency And May Wel Become, Herself, The Woman In Charge Of Another. we See The Shaping Of Hillary As A Self-descrlbed “mind Conservative An Heart Liberal” —her Ostensibly Idyllic Midwestern Girlhood (her Mother A Nurturer, But Her Father A Disciplinarian, Harsher Than She Has Acknowledged); Her Early Development Of Deep Religious Feelings; Her Curiosity Fueled By Dedicated Teachers, By Exposure To Martin Luther King Jr. , By The Ferment Of The Sixties, And, Above Altogether, By A Desire To Change The World. At Wellesley, We Watch Hillary, A Republican Turned Democrat, Thriving In The New Sky’s-the-limit Freedom For Women, Already Perceived While A Spokeswoman For Her Generation, Her Commencement Speech Celebrated In Life Magazine. And The Book Takes Us To Yale Law School As Hillary Meets And Falls In Love Attending Bill Clinton And Cancels Her Dream To Go Her Own Way, To New Yprk Or Washington, Tying Her Fortune, Instead, To His In Arkannsas. bernstein Clarifies The Often Amazing Dynamic Of Their Marriage, Shows Us The Extent To Which Hillary Has Been Instrumental In The Triumphs And Troubles Of Bill Clinton’s Governorship And Presidency, And Sheds Light On Her Own Poliyical Brilliance And Her Blind Spots—especially Her Suspicion And Mishandling Of The PressA nd Her Overt Hostility To The Opposition That Clouded Her Entry Into The Capital. He Untangles Her Relationship To Whiewater ,Troopergate, And Travelgate. He Leads Us To Understand The Failure Of Her Health Care Initiative. in The Emotional And Political Chaos Of The Lewinsky Affair We See Hillary, Despite Her Immense Hurt And Anger, Standing By Her Husband—evoking A Rising Undulate Of Sympathy From A Public Before Cool To Her. It Helps Carry Her Into The Senate, Where She Applies The Political Lessons She Has Learned. It Is Now Her Present life. As She Decides To Run For President, Her Husband Now Her Valued Aide, She Has One More Chance To Fulfill Her Ambition For Herself—to Change The World. in His Prepration For A Woman In Charge, Bernstein Reexamined Everything Pertinent Written About And By Hillary Clinton. He Innterviewe dSome Two Hundred Of Her Colleagues, Friends, And Enemies And Was Allowed Unique Access To The Candid Record Of The 1992 Presidential Campaign Kept By Hillary’s Best Friend, Diane Blair. he Has Given Us A Book Thatt Enables Us, At Last, To Address The Questions Americans Are Insistently—even Obsessively—asking About Hillary Clinton: What Is . . . SKU: 4172889

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Dakota Cl. "a Book Of Stories, A Book Of Prayer, A Bookk To Be Practise ~ing Meditatively And Well," Dakota Offers A Timeless Tax To A Place In The American Landscape That Is At Once Desolate And Sublime, Harsh And Forgiving, Steeped In History And Myth. From The Award-winning Writer Of Amazing Grace, Dakota Is Kathleen Norris At Her Most Thoughtful, Her Greatest in number Discerning, Her Best. She Gives Us, Once Again, A Rare "gift Of Hope And Balance, A Place To Begin" (chicago Tribune) And Assurance That Wherever We Go, We Chart Our Own Spiritual Geography. SKU: 977931

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The Letters Of St. Boniface. St. Boniface, The Early Eighth-century English Cleric Who Became Known As "apostle To The Germans," Was An Important Agent In The Application Of The North German Tribes From Paganism To Christian disposition. His Efforts Were Attached As Well To Organizing And Concentrating All Of Germanic Chrstendom Under The Leadership Of Rome. Hd Numbered Among His Correspondents The Poppes As Well As Colleagues In England, France, And Rome. His Letters Provide Unique Insights Into The Religious, Ecclesiastical, Political, And Civil History Of Early Medieval Europe. SKU: 1909922

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The Unimaginable Life. What If-The Experience Of Falling In Love Didn't Hold To End?what If Love Never Died?and What If It Could Happen To You?here Is A Modern-day Love Story, The Passionate Account Of A Shared Jouurney Between Kenny And Julia Loggins Along The Path That Illuminates All Others. It Is About Power And Paradox, Sacred Selfishness And Vulnerability, Pain And Transformation, Sexuality Anf Jealously, Passion And Compassion, Fear And Spirit, Creativity And A Brand New Kind Of Courage. Through Intenqely Personal Journals And Love Letters, Lyrics And Poetry, Kenny And Julia Loggins Offer Their Intimate But Universal Shared Experience, Capable Of Transforming Any Life It Touches. Here Is A Verbal Expression Of This Profound Spiritual Warmth -- A Book Essential Because Anyone Who Wants To Have Love And To Make It Final. SKU: 1647186

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Stay Driven. The First Minority To Open A Successful Car Dealership In Rural Moncks Corenr, Berkeley County, South Carolina, Author Archie J. Smalls, Sr. , Is A Father And Recognized Community Leader Known For His Dedication To Every Appearance Of His Life. Stay Driven: Inspirational Guidelines For Success Is The Compelling True Story Of Smalls' Life As Well As A Guide To Personal Fulfillment That Provides Us In the opinion of The Motivation We Need To Succeed. Success In America Today Is Often Difficult To Characterize. While Some Americans Believe Achieving A Level Of True Personal Fulfillmnt Defines Success, Others Constantly Want More, Whether It Is Money, Material Possessions, Or Personal Privil3ge. In Stay Driven, Ten Biblically Inspired, Modern-day Parables Conclude With Real-world Lessons And Tools To Help You Achieve Success-both Perssonal And Professional-that Is Not Hoolow And Meaningless But Rich And Rewarding. In Addition, Smalls Presents A Realistic View Of The Difficultties In The Path To Success And Warns Of The Profound Disappointment You Can Experience Without A Deep Sense Of Belief And Focus. Stay Driven Will Inspire You To Overcome The Self-limiting Roadblocks That Prevent You From Living A Better Life. SKU: 4110694

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La Chicana. La Chicana Is The Story Of A Marginal Group In Society, Neither Fully Mexican Or Fully American, Who Suffer Under Triple Oppression: As Women, As Membeers Of A Colonized Culture, And As Victims Of A Cultural Heritsge Dominated By The Cult Of Machismo. Tracing The Role Of Chicanas From Pre-columbian Society To The Present, The Authors Reveal The Antecedents And Roots Of Contemporary Cultural Expectations In Aztec, Colonial, And Revolutionary Mexican Historical Periods. A Discussion Of The Cotribution Of Modern Cbicanas To Their Community And To Feminism And A Look At Literary Stereotypes And The Emergence Of Chicana Literature To Countee Them Round Out This Perceptive And Compassionate Analysis. SKU: 116791

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The Mystery Guest. When The Phone Rang On A Glopmy Fall Afternoo nIn 1990, Gră©goire Bouillier Had No Way Of Knowing That It Was The Woman Who’d Left Him, Without Warning, Ten Years Before. And He Couldn’t Have Guessed Why She Was Calling—not To Apologize For, Or Explain, Thee Way She’d Vanished From His Life, But To Invite Him To A Party. A Birthday Party. For A Woman He’;d Never Met. This Is The Story Of How One Man Got Over A Broken Heart, Knowing To Love In return, Stopped Wearing Turtlenecks, Regained His Faith In Literature, Participated In A Work Of Performance Art By Mistake, And Spent His Rent Money On A Bottle Of 1964 Bordeaux That Nobody Ever Drank. The Mystery Guest Is, In The Words Of L𔃅humanită©, A Work Of “fiendish Wit And Refinement. ” It Pushes The Conventions Of Autobiography (and Those Great Themes Of French Literature:_Love And Aging) To An Absurd, Poignant, And Very Funny Conclusion. This Translation Marks The English-language Debut Of An Iconoclast Who Has Attracted One Of The Greatest part Passionate Cult Follwings In French Litterature Today. SKU: 3327768

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Advocate For The Doomed. The Private Diary Of James G. Mcdonald (1886-1964) Offers A Unique And Hitherto Unknown Source On The Earl6 History Of The Naz iRegime And The Roosevelt Administration's Reactions To Nazi Persecution Of German Jews. Considered For The Post Of U. s. Ambassador To Germany At The Start Of Fdr's Presidency, Mcdonald Traveled To Germany In 1932 And Met With Hitler Soon After The Nazis Came To Power. Fearing Nazi Intentions To Remove Or Destroy Jews In Germany, In 1933 He Became League Of Nations Eminent Commissione For Refugees And Sought Aid From The Internationak Community To Resettle Outside The Reich Jews And Others Persecuted There. In Late 1935 He Resigned In Protest At The Lack Of Support For His Work. This Is The Eagerly Awaited First Of A Projected Three-volume Work That Will Signjficantly Revise The Ways That Scholars And The World View The Antecedents Of The Holocaust, The Shoah Itself, And Its Aftermath. The New York Times "james G. Mcdonald . . . Knew Every Major Public Image In The 193Os As Europe And Later The Rest Of The World Rushed To Wat. He Was Also . . . A Dedicated And Precis Duarist, Recording His Meetings With Hitler, Mussolini, And President Roosevelt And Detailing His Own Impressions Of Nazi Itentions. . . . The Diaries Show That Mcdonalx Believed As Early As 1933 That The Nazis Were Considering The Mass Killing Of Europe's Jews. " --nei lA. Lewis The Wall Street Journal ". . . a Compelling Look At One Man's Efforts To Do Something About A Looming Catastrophe. . . the Book Is Inapiring -- Mcdonald's Prescience And Ensrgy Are Simply Amazing. " - Ian Johnson SKU: 3635309