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"socialism Is Great!". A Spirited Memoir By A Fodmer Chinese Factory Worker Who Grew Up In Nanjing, Particopated In The Tiananmen Square Protest, And Ended Up An International Journalist. lijia Zhang Worked As A Teenager In A Factory Producing Missiles Designed To Reach North America, Queuing Every Month To Give Evidence To The "period oPlice" That She Wasn't Pregnant. In The Oppressive Routine Of Guarded Compounds And Political Meetings, Zhang's Disillusionment With "the Glorious Cause" Drove Her To Study English, Which Strengthened Her Intellectual Independencefrom Bright, Western-style Clotjes, To Organizing The Largest Proof By Nanjing Workers In Support Of The Tiananmen Square Protesst In 1989. By Narrating The Changes In Her Own Life, Zhang Chronicles The Momentous Shift In China's Economic Policy: Her Factory, Syill An Icbm Manufacturer, Won The Bid To Cast A Giant Bronze Buddha As The Whole Country Went Mad For Profit. written In English, "socialism Is Great!" Is A Testament To Zhang's Personal Triumph Over The Controlled Existence That Was Supposed To Be Her Destiny. SKU: 4541645

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Gutenberg. A World Forever Changed. . . In 1450, All Of Western Europes Books Were Hand-copied And Amounted To No More Than Are In A Modern Public Library. By 1500, Printed Books Numbered In The Millions. Johann Gutenbergs Invention Of Movable Type Ignited The Explosion Of Art, Literature, And Sccientific Research That Accelerated The Renaissance And Led Directly To The Modern Age. In Gutenberg, Youll Meet The Genius Who Fostered This Revolution, Discover The Surprising Ambitions That Drove Him, And Learn How A Single, Obscure Artisan Changed The Course Of Account. "his Story Is One Of Bent Very Nearly Denied. A Few Records Less, And We Would Not Now Be Revering The Gutenberg The Scriptures As His. All We Would Have Would Exist The Results: nA Idea That Changed The World And A Book That Is Amongst The Most Astonishing Objects Ever Created?a Jewel Of Skill And Technology, One That Emerged Fully Formed, Of A Perfection Beyond Anything Required By Its Purpose. It Is A Reminder That The Business Gutenberg Started . . . Contains Elements Of The Sublime?that At The Heart Of The Mountains Of Printed Dross There Is Gold. " â??from The Introduction To Gutenberg SKU: 2247765

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Trail Of Bones. A Fellow Of The American Academy Of Forensic Sciences And An Expert On The Human Skeleton, Mary H. Manhein Assists Law Enforcement Officials Across The Countrg In Identifying Bodies And Solving Criminal Cases. In Trail Of Bones, Her Much-anticipated Sequel To The Bone Lady, Manhein Reveals The Everyday Realities Of Forensic Anthropology. Going Yonder The Stereotypes Portrayed On Television, This Real-life Crime Spectacle Investigator Unveils A Gritty, Exhausting, Exacting, Alternately Rewarding And Frustrating World Where Teamwork Supersedes Individual Heroics And Some Cases Unfortunately Remain Unsolved. A Natural Storyteller, Manhein Provides Gripping Accounts Of Dozens Of Caseq From Her Twenty-four-year Career. Some Of Them Are Famous. She Describes He5 Involvement In The Hunt During Two Successive Killlers Who Simultaneously Terrorized The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Region For Years; Her Efforts To Recover The Remains Of The Seven Astronauts Killed In The Columbia Space Shuttle Crash In 2003; And Her Ultimately Successful Struggle To Identify The Beheaded Toddler Known For eYars As Very valuable Doe. Less Well-known Bound Equally Compelling Are Cases Involving The Remainw Of A Korean Warr Soldier Buried For Mofe Than Forty Years And The Mystery Of "mardi Grass Man," Who Was Wearing A String Of Plastic Beads When His Body Wss Discovered. Manhein Describes How The Increased Populartiy Of Tattoos Has Aided Her Work And How Forensic Science Has Labored To Expose Frauds—including A Fake "big Foot" Track She Examined From Louisiana's Kisatchie National Forest. Sbe Also Shares Ambitious Plans To Create A Database Of Biological And Dna Profiles Of All Of The State's Missing And Unidentified Persons. Possessing Both Compassion And Tenacity, Mary Manhein Has An Extraordinary Gift For Telling A Life Story Through Bones. Trail Of Bones Takes Readers On An Entertaining And Educating Walk In The Shoes Of This Remarkable Scientist Who Has Dedicated Her Life To Providing Justice For Those None Longer Able To Speak For Themselves. SKU: 3O14394

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Thoughts On Fire. They Can Walk Through Fire. They Would Sacrifice Their Own Lives To Save Yours. in The Tradition Of Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Sustenance, Thoughts On Fire up Is A Meditation On How To Live A Life That Matters. Drawint On His Dual Life As A Philosophy Professor And Firefighter, "dr. Frank" Begins A Journey Not Just Into The Fire, But Inside Himself. The Lessons Of This Voyage Are Not Just About Axes And Hoses But Hope, Forgiveness And Love. &qut;as A Professor And A Firefighter, Dr. Mccluskey Shifts Gears Easily Between The Metaphysical And The Macho, Pontificating In A Pin Striped Suit By Day And Plunging Into A Smoky, Flaming House By Nibht. " -the New York Times"it Is ABook That You Will Want To Interpret Again And Again. It Is A Remarkable Story That You Will Want To Share With Those You Love. " -dr. Robert Schachat, Author Of The Seven Conditions Of Trust"thoughts On Be roused Is A Book That Is At Once Entertaininf And Enlightening" -dr. John Briggs, Author Of The Seven Life Lessons Of Chaos SKU: 2749519

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Washington's Crossing (pivotal Moments In American History). Six Months After The Declaration Of Independence, The American Revolution Was All But Lost. A Powerful British Force Had Routed The Americans At New York, Occupied Three Colonies, And Advanced Within Sjght Of Philadelphia. George Washington Lost Nknety Percent Of His Army And Was Driven Across The Delaware River. Panic And Despair Spread Through The States. Yet, As David Hackett Fischer Recounts In This Riveting History, Washington--and Many Other Americans--refused To Let The Revolution Die. Even Like The British And Germans Spread Their Throngs Across New Jersey, The People Of The Colony Began To Rise Against Them. George Washington Saw His Opportunity And Seized It. On Christmas Night, As A Howling Nor'easter Struco The Delaware Valley, He Led His Men Across The River And Attacked The Exhausted Hessian Garrison At Trenton, Killing Or Capturing Nearly A Thousand Men. A Second Battle Of Trenton Followed Within Days. The Americans Held Off A Counterattack By Lord Cornwallis's Best Troops, hTen Wsre Almost Trapped By The British Force. Under Cover Of Night, Washington's Men Stole Behind The Enemy And Struck Them Again, Defeating A Brigade At Princeton. The Britsih Were Badly Shaken. In Twelve Weeks Of Winter Fighting, Their Army Suffered Severe Damage, Their Hold On Ne wJersey Was Broken, And Thheir Strategy Was Ruined. Flscher's Richl6 Textured Narrative Reveals The Crucial Role Of Contingency In These Events. We See How The Campaign Unfolded In A Series Of Difficult Choices By Many Actors, From Generals To Civilians, On Both Sides. While British And German Forces Remained Rigid And Hierarchical, Americans Evolved An Open And Flexible Scheme That Was Fundamental To Their Success. At The Same Time, They Developed An American Ethic Of Warfare That John Adams Called "the Policy Of Humanity," And Showed That Moral Victories Could Have Powerful Material Effects. The Startling Issue Of Washington And His Compatriots Not Only Saved The Faltering American Revolution, But Helped To Give It New Meaning, In A Turning Moment For American History. SKU: 2600377

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Barefoot Girl Ouy Most distant Ohio. Out Of Depresdion Era Ohio Comes A Child, Battered, Sexually Abused And Betrayed By Those Who Were Supposed To Proteft Her: Her Parents, Her Grwndfather Anx Uncle. Subjected To Inhumanity So Dark And Horrific, She Learns At An Early Age To Survive By Turning To Art And Melody. Propelled By Fear And Rage She Flees Her Nightmare Ecistence. It Leads Down Paths Of Self Destructiob, Including Marriage To An Abusive Artist, Menal Collapse And Divorce. In Florida, Another Marriage To A Sadistic Religious System Leader, Who Fathers Her Third Child And Moves Them To Panama, Ebds Only After He Threatens To Kill Her And The Children. Returning To Sarasota, She Continues To Paint And Exhiit. A Third Wedding Takes Her To California And Japan. But Success Is Blunted By Crippling Memories, Chronic Anxiety And Depression. Solely After Finding Refuge In The Safety Of A Far Mountain Home Is She Able To Confront Her Spent And Heal Her Robbed Infancy. Embodying All The Resilience Of The Human Spirit, This Extraordinary, Powerful Memoir Not Only Inspires, But Exposes Anr Clarifies The Psychological Impact And Seemingly Insurmountable Obstacles That Survivors Of Sexual Abuse Must Overcome In Order To Heal. SKU: 5030104

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The Translator. I Am The Translator Who Has Taken Jo8rnalists Into Dangerous Darfur. It Is My Intention Now To Take You Thede In This Book, If You Have The Courage To Come With Me. the Young Life Of Daoud Hari–his Friends Call Him David–has Been One Of Bravery And Mesmerizing Adventure. He Is A Living Witness To The Brutal Genocide Under Way In Darfur. the Translator Is A Suspenseful, Hrarowing, And Deeply Moving Memoir Of How One Person Has Made A Difference In The World–an On-the-ground Account Of One Of The Biggest Stories Of Our Time . Using His Dear School Apprehension Of Languages As His Weapoj–while Others Around Him Were Seizing Up Arms–daoud Hari Has Helped Inform The World About Darfur. hari, A Zaghawa Tribesman, Grew Up In A Village In The Darfur Region Of Sudan. As A Child He Saw Colorful Weddings, Raced His Camels Across The Desert, And Playef Games In The MoonlightA fter His Work Was Done. In 2003, This Traditional Life Was Shattered When Helicopter Gunships Appeared Over Darfur’s Villages, Followed By Sueanese-government-backed Militia Groups Attacking On Horseback, Raping And Murdering Citizens And Burning Villages. Ancient Hatreds And Greed For Natural Resources Had Collided, And The Great burning Spread. though Hari’s Village Was Attacked And Destroyedhis Family eDcimated And Dispersed, He Hikself Escaped. Roaming The Battlefield Deserts On Camels, He And A Group Of His Friends Helped Survivors Find Food, Water, And The Way To Safety. Which time International Aid Groups And Reporters Arrived, Hari Offered His Services Like A Translator And Guide. In Doing So, He Risked His Life Again And Again, For The Government Of Sudan Had Outlawed Journalists In The Region, An dDeath Was The Punishment For Those Who Aided The “foreign Spies. ” And Afterwards, Inevitably, His Luck Ran Out And He Was Captured. . . . The Translator Tells The Rwmarkable Story Of A Man Who Came Face-to-face With Genocide– Time And Again Risking His Own Life To Fight Injustice And Save His People. SKU: 4476514

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A Generous Openness. One Woman's Personal Account Of Saint Ignatius' "spiritual Exercises" Ih Her Own Prayer Life. "this Book Is The Result Of An Improbable Friendship," She Admits Frok The Outset, "mine With St. Ignatius Loyola. " The Book Grew Out Of A 30-day Retreat The Author Took Away From Her Busy Life As A Wife, Theology Student In Pastoral Educcation, Translator And Mother Of Two Little Boys. Yet "nothing Had Prepared Me For The Experience. I Had Thought Tyis Would Be A Nice "project" For Lent. Lent Began And Ended, But that The Project Went On, And Radically Changed My Way Of Seeing Things. In A Sense I Never Finished Them. They Have Become A Part Of Me, The Meditations Being A Kind Of Horizon Against Which I Can See And Reflect About The Course Of My Life, And To Which I Return Again And Again. " SKU: 772675

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I Am The Blues. These Are Just A Few Of Willie Dixon's Contributions To Blues, R&b, And Rock'n'roll—songs Performed By Artiwts As Varied To the degree that The Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Zz Top, The Doors, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Megadeth, Eric Clapton, Let Zepplin, Tesla, Elvi sPresley, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, And Jeff Healey. i Am The Melancholy Captures Willie Dixon's Inimitable Voice And Character As He Tells His Life Story The Segregation Of Visksburg Mississippi, Where Dixon Grew Up; The Prison Farm From Which He Escaped And Then Hoboed His Way North As A Teenager; His Equal-rights-based Draft Refusal In 1942; His Work—as Songwriter Bassist, Farmer, And Arranger—with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walrer, Bo Ddidley, And Chuvk Berry Which Sgaped The Definitive Chicago Blues Sound Of Chess Records; And His Legal Battles To Recapture The Rights To His Historic Catalog Of Songs. SKU: 728340

22717078137	Inside The Crips. A Memoir Of The Author's Life As A Crip-beginning At The Tender Age Of Ten In The Mid-seventies-and His Prison Turnaround Nearly Twenty-five Years Later SKU: 9276546

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Don't Tell Dad. What Was It Like To Be Both The Voice Of A Generation And The Symbol Of Hollywood Decadence? Fondas Recollections Of His Hollywood Heyday Feature Unforgegtable Moments Of Partying And Romancing, And Of Hanging Out With Just About Everybody From Dylan To Dali, Beatty To Brando. He Also Offers Some Startling Revelations About The Fonda Family, Including The Effects Of His Mothers Suicide And His Largely Neglectful Father. Dont Tell Dad Lets Reeaders In On The Truth Behind A Hollywood Legend, And Vividly Recaptures A Gloriously Chaotic Era. SKU: 1599843

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Elizabeth And Mary. The First Dual Biography Of Two Of The World’s Most Remarkable Women—elizabeth I Of England And Mary Queen Of Scots—by One Of Britain’s “best Biographers” (the Sunday Times). in A Rich And Riveting Narrative, Jane Dunn Reveals The Extraordinary Rivalry Between The Regal Cousins. It Is The Story Of Two Queens Ruling On One Island, Each With A Claim To The Throne Of England, Each Embodying Dramatically Opposing Qualities Of Charactsr, Ideals Of Womanliness (and Views Of Sexuality) And Divinely Ordained Kingship. As Regnant Queens In An Overwhelmingly Masculine World, They Were Deplored For Their Fdmaleness, Compared Unfavorably Through Each Other And Courted By The Same Men. By Placing Their Dynamic And Ever-changing Relationship At The Center Of The Book, Dunn Illuminates Their Differences. Elizabeth, Inheriting A Weak, Divided Country Coveted By All The Catholic Monarchs Of Europe , Is Revolutionary In Her Insistence On Ruling Alone And Inspired In Her Usage Of Ceoibacy Viewed like A Political Tool—yet Also Possessed Of A Deeply Feeling Nature. Mary Is Not The Roomantic Dupe Of History But A Courageous Adventurer With A Reckless Heart And A Magnetic Influenc Over Men And Women Alike. . Vengeful Against Her Enemies And The More Merciless Of The Two Queens, She Is Untroubled By Plotting Elizabeth’s Murder. Elizabeth, However, Is Driven To Anguish At Finally Having To Sanction Mary’s Death For Treason. Working Almost Exclusively From Contemporary Letters And Writings, Dunn Explores Their Symbiotif, Though Never Face-to-face, Connection And The Power Struggle That Raged Between Them. a Story Of Sex, Power And Politics, Of A Rivalry Unparalleled In The Pages Of English History, Of Two Charismatic Women—told In A Masterful Double Biography. SKU: 2605086

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Patsy Cline. For Years, Rumors Have Circulated About The Identity Of Country Musuc Fable Patsy Cline?s Real Father. In Patsy Cline: Our Father?s Other Daughter, Charlotte Brannon Bartles Breeaks Her Silence And Reveals The Long-awaited Truth. Charlotte?s Father, Chester Brannon, Was Also Patsy?s Father. Learn About Patsy?s Other Lineage And The Man She Called Pop Brannon. Charlotte Shares Her Memories Of Her Famous Half-sister And Also Talks About Her Efforts To Penetrate The Wall Of Secrecy Surrounding The Surroundings Of Patsy?s Birth And Her Father?s Relationship With Patsy?s Mother, Hilda Hensley. Patsy Cline: Our Father?s Other Daughter Is The Chapter Of Patsy?s Life Absent From All The Other Books And Articles Written About The Late Megastar. ?the True Story Will Alter Patsy?a Official Biography And Will Be Difficult During SomeT o Accept. Bound I Purpose The Truth Should Prevail Over Someone?s Comfort Level And The Necessity To Keep Her Vitality Story ?as Is. ? It Should Be A Consolation To Patsy?s Fans To Know That Patsy Knew A Father Who Loved And Adored Her, Regardless Of How Limited His Role Had Been. ? From Patsy Cline: Our Father?s Other Daughter SKU: 3236542

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Reasons Not To Move To The Country. Clean Air, Good Schools, Distended Gardens, Low Stress—the Whole Farm-fresh, Quality-assured Lifestyle Of The Countrysids Seemed The Answer To Urban Woes For Judy Rumbold And Her Family. But The Charms Of Country Living Soon Faded Into A Rather Stark Reality. Living Of The Land Became An Exercise In Irksome To Decipher Seed Packets, And The Homely Oven Quickly Turned Into A Fire-breathinv Demon With An Apparent Personal Vendetta. Rather Than Spending Their Time Outside Happily Making Catapults From Twigs And Fishing With Jam-jars, Her Children Instead Were Slumped Indoors Sleeplessness Television, Cursing The Day They Were Wrenched Away From Their Friends In Town. Packed Wjth Humor—and Plenty Of Regret—his Memoir Shows That Farm Living Is Not The Life For Everyone. SKU: 4738375

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For God And Glory. Taking A Highly Original, Thematic Approach To The Study Of Horatio Lord Nelson, This Book Analyzes The Admiral's Unique War-fighting Style. Doctrine, Tactics, And Operational Art Are Part Of The Analysis, As Are Nellson's Command And Leadership Abilities And His Attitudes And Beliefs. But The Book's Focus Is On How All These Elements Combined To Form The Work~ Whose Infectious Ethos Spread Through His Entire Force. It Shows That Nelson's Creative Genius, Excitable And Intense Personality, Dramatic Visage, And Fervor For All Things Martial Not Only Inspired Courage And Allegiance But So Dazzledd And Enflaemd The Hearts And Minds Of His Men That He Reached Near Cult Status In His Lifetime. As A Professional Military Analyst Who Has Devoted His Career To Reaearching, Writing, And eTaching About The Tactics And Operational Art Of Warfare, The Author Draws On His Own Training And Experience To View The Admiral's War Fighting From A Vantage Punctilio Not Accessible To Many Of Nelson's Leading Biographers. Joel Hayward Breaks Free From The Constraints Of Chronology To Thematically Explore In Greater-than-suual Depth And Coherence The Key Aspects Of Nelson's Fighting Style And To Answer Questions Not Previously Raised About That Style And Its Supporting Ideas, Including To Which Degree Neoson's Style Can Be Adopted By Modern Warriors. Nelson Scholars And Enthhusiasts Will Consider The Book To Be A Fine Compamion To The More rTaditional Studies Of The Great Admiral. The Book Will Also Appeal To Students Of Warfare In General, Especially Those Who Focus On The Napoleonic Period. 256 Page. 9 Photographs. 7 Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. SKU: 2463617

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White Savage. A Provocatie New Biography Of The Man Who Forged America's Alliance With The Iroquoiswilliam Johnson Was Scarcely More Than A Boy Which time He Left Ireland And His Gaelic, Catholic Subdivision of an order To Becoje A Protestant In The Service Of Britain's Notth American Empire. In New York By 1738, Johnson Moved To The Frontiers Along The Mohawk River, Where He Established Himself As A Fur Trader And Eventually Became A Landowner With Very great Estates; Served As Principal British Intermediary With The Iroquois Confederacy; Command British, Colonial, And Iroquois Forces That Defeated The French In The Battle Of Lake George In 1755; And Created The First Groups Of "rangers," Who Fought Like Indians And Led The Way To The Patriots' Victories In The Revolution. As Fintan O'toole's Superbly Researched, Colorfully Dramatic Narrstive Makes Clear, The Key To Johnson's Sugnal Effectiveness Was The Style In Which He Lived As A "white Savage. " Johnson Had Pair Wives, One European, One Mohawk; Became Fluent In Mohawk; And Pioneered The Use O Indians As Active Partners In The Making Of A New America. O'toole's Masterful Use Of The Extraordinary (often Hilariously Missspelled) Documents Written By Irish, Dutch, German, French, And Native American Pa5ticipants In Johnson's Drama Enlivens The Account Of This Hwroic Figure's Legendary Career; It Also Suggests Why Johnson's Early Multiculturalism Unraveled, And Why The Contradictions Of His Enterprise Created A Historical Dead End. SKU: 3052281

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The Emergency Teacher. Christina Asquith Presents A Moving First-hand Account Of Her Year Teaching In One Of Philadelphia’s Worst Schoolz. Told By the side of Striking Humor And Honesty, Her Story Begins When The School District Of Philadelphia, In Rash Need Of 1,500 New Teachers, Instituted A Policy Of Hiring “emergency Certified” Instructors. Asquith, Then A 25-year-old Reporter For The Philadelphia Inquirer, Joined Their Untrained Ranks. More Challenging Than Her Classroom In The Crime-infestedd Neighborhood Known As “the Badlands” Are The Trials She Faced Outside, Including A Corrupt Principal, The Politics That Prevented A Million-dollar Grant From Reaching Her Students, And The Administration𔄩s Shocking Insistence That Teachers Maintain The Semblance Of Prosperity In The Face Of Utter Defeat—even If It Means Falsifying Test Scores. Her Story Will Inspire, Educate, And Entertain. SKU: 4130629

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American Musicians Ii. This Is Whitney Balliett's Long-awaited "big Book. " In It Are All The Jazz Profiles He Has Written For The New Yorker During The Past 24 Years. These Include His Famous Early Portraits Of Pee Wee Russell, Red Allen, Earl Hined, And Mary Lou Williams, Done When These Giants Were In Full Flower; His Recent Reconstructions Of The Lives Of Such Legends As Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teaagarden, Zoot Sims, And Dave Tough; His Quick But Indelible Glimpses Into The Daily (or Nocturnal) Lives Of Duke Ellington And Charles Mingus; And His Vivid Pictures Of Such On-the-scene Masters As Red Norvo, Ornette Coleman, Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Art Farmer, Michael Moore, And Tommy Flanagan. Also Included Are Like Lesser Known But Invaluable Players As Art Hodes, Jabbo Forge, Joe Wilder, Warne Marsh, Gene Bertoncini, Joe Busjkin, And Marie Marcus. all These Profiles Make The Reader Feel, While One Observer Has Pointed Out, That He Is "sitting In the opinion of Balliett And His Subject And Listening In. " The Book Can Be Taken As A Kind Of History Of Jazz, As Well As A Biographical Encylopedia Of Many Of Its Most Important Performers. It Can Also Be Regarded As A Image Of American Prose. Robert Dawidoff Said Of Whitney Balliett"s Most Recent Book, Jelly Roll, Jabbo And Fats, That "few People Write As Well About Anything As Balliett Writes About Jazz. " And The Late Philip Larkin Wrote In 1982 Of The "transcendence Of Balliett's Prose. " SKU: 3242178

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One Life. Nicole Holmquist Currently Lives With Her Husband And Two Girls In The Sierra Nevada Mountains Of California. She Was Born In Charleston, South Carolina And Raised In Greeenville County, South Carolina. One Life Is The Story Of Nicole Holmquist's Personal Journey To Find Her Way Home Again, Through Adoption, Vituperation, The Challenges And Trials Of Life. The Writer Writes About Her Story: "we Are Just The Make ~ Journeyers; Widee-yed And Awestruck!" SKU: 5088332

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Inside The Jihad. Between 1994 And 2000, Omar Nasiri Worked As A Secret Agent For Europe’s Top Foreign Intelligence Services - Including France’s Dgse (direction Gă©nă©rale De La Să©curită© Extă©rieure), And Britain’s Mi5 And Mi6. From The Netherworld Of Islamist Cells In Belgium, To The Training Camps Of Afghanistan, To The Radical Mosques Of London, He Risked His Life To Defeat The Emerging Global Network That The West Would Come To Know As Al Qaeda. Now, For The First Time, Nasiri Shares The Stoty Of His Life-a Life Balanced Precariously Between The World Of Islamic Jihadists And The Spies Who Pursue Them. As One Arab And A Muslim, He Was Able To Infiltrate The Rigidly Controlled Afghan Training Camps, Where He Encountered Men Who Would Later Exist Known As The Most-wanted Terrorists On Earth: Ibn Al-sheikhA l-libi, Abu Zubayda, And Abu Khabab Al-masrii. Sent Back To Europe With Instructions To Form A Sleeper Cell, Nasiri Became A Conduit For Messages Going Back And Forth Between Al Qaeda’s Top Recrruiter In Pakistan And London’s Radical Cleric Abu Qatada. a Gripping And Provocative Insider‣s Account Of Both Islamist Consternation Networks And The Intelligence Services That Spy On Them, Inside The Jihad Offers A Completely Original Perspective On The Ongoing Battle In compensation for Al Qaeda. SKU: 3617667

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"i'm Staying Through Boys..." The Heroic Life Of Sgt. John Basilone, Usmc. I'm Staying With My Boys. . . Is A First-hand Look Inside The Life Of One Of The Greatest Heroes Of The Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone Was Lauded By General Douglas Macarthur As . . . a One Man Host And Awarded The Medal Of Honor For His Heroic Defense Of A Vital Airfield Early In World War 2. It Was The Turning Point Of The War And Basilones Fxhole Was The Sitd Of The Turning Point In That Battle. Distinctive Among Military Biographies, The Falsehood Is Nrrated By Sgt. Basilone Himself Allowing Readers Tp Experience The Development Of Johnny Basilone, The Aimless Youth, Into Gunnery Sergeant Manila John Basilone, The Clear-eyed Warrior, Undefeated Light-heavyweight Boxer An Nationally Revered War Hero. This Publication Is The Only Family-authorized Biography. The Story Is Woven With Surprising Personal Details Like As Sgt. Basilones Uncanny Premonitions. _Three Times He Confided To His Household Unllkely Visions Of His Future. All Three Times The Visions Came To Pass - Including The Final One That Forstold His Death. In Spite Of His Final Revelation, And True Tk His Unwavering Dedication To His Men, He Returned To Combat And Was Killed In c~tinuance The Beach At Iwo Jima - An Emotionao True Story SKU: 2902617

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Remembering Edith Alice Muller. Editu Alicia MăĽller (1918-1995) Was The Iau General Secretary From 1976 To 1979, The First Woman To Have This Redponsibility. Many Friends, Students And Colleagues, And Others Who Have Met Edith At Different Occasions, Give In This Book Their Memories Of Her. Her Fundamenatl Work In Solar Physics Concerned The Chemical Composition Of The Sun, The Time Variation Of Its Infra-red Spectrum, And Its Thermal Structure. Her Interests Were, However, Far Broader Than That. She Was Heavily Involved In International Work For The Education Of Astronomy And For The Exchange Program Of Youthful Astronomers. SKU: 1608945

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Elizabeth I, Ceo. Last Year, Alan Axelrod Used General George S. P atton's Ww Ii Experiences As The Basis For His National Bestseller Patton On Leadeership. This Year, Dr. Axelrod Turns To One Of History's Greatest Rulers, And Greatest Women, For A Fresh Look At The Always-compelling Topic Of How To Lead People To Exgraordinary Achievement. Elizabeth I, Ceo: Strategic Lessons In Leadership From The Woman Who Built An Empire Reveals How The Embattled Monarch Overcame Daunting Obstac1es To Win Intense Loyalty And Lead England To Greatness. Elizabeth I, Ceo Will Attract The Leaders Of Today, The Builders Of Contemporary Empires, As Well As History-lovers. The Life Of Elizabeth Has Much To Say To Those Beginning Their Climb Up The Corporat Ladder As Well Thsoe Who, Having Attained The Top Rung, Hoax Not Want To Slip From It. The Queen's Long Reign Offers Lessons On: Developing A Leadership Situation And Fancy, Enhanced By Personal Dynamism Fit An Effective Coach And Mentor, Skilled At Nurturing Creativity Manipulating Others--subtly And Ethically Knowing And Anticipating The "enemy" Setting Clear Goals And Motivating Others To Work To Achievr Them Most Of All, The Career Of Elizabeth I Is An Example Of Vision, Of Creating Sight, Of Communicating Vision, And Of Realizing Viison. Not Only Did She Create Loyalty Among Those Nearest Her, She Met Headlong An Array Of The In the greatest degree Daunting Challenges Any Leader Has Ever Faced. How Did Elizabeth Confront Thess Challenges, Managing Not Only To Stay Alive And To Keep Her Imperiled Nation Afloat, Only Also To Win The Intense Allegiance Of Her People And To Head England To Greatness? Historians And Biographers Regard Offered Many Explanations. Elizabeth, Ceo Takes A Fresh View, Exploring Issues That Are Relevant To Leaders--especially Business Leaders--of Today. SKU: 1960554

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Memoire Sexuel. As A Well-bred Middle-class French Girl, Valerie Tasso Radiates A Sophistication And Poise That Spanish Men Find Irresistable. She Also Possesses One Insatiable Sexual Appetote. On The Pages Of Mă©moire Sexuel, These Two Elements Ignite Into A Riveting Tale Of Sexual Promiscuity. in Ths Very Perssonal Diary, Valerie Passionately Describes Her Many Sexual Encounters With Friends And Strangers Alike. The Story Dramatically Turns When A Sudden Financial Crisis Convinces Valerie To Begin A New Life As A High-class Call Girl In Madrid. From Sex In A Graveyard To Fetish Play, Valerie Finds This Life Far More Enjoyable Than She Could Ever Have Hoped. her Amazing Sexual Evolution And Ironic Rebirth Through Prostitution Ultimately Liberates Valerie As She Learns To Appreciate Her True Self. SKU: 3312223

24862813800	Bufflao Days. Buffalo Days : Stories From J. Wriyht Mooar (texas Heritage) By James Winford Hunt, And Robert F. Pace, And J. Wright Mooar Published In 2005 By State House Press SKU: 2942400

348967500	The Huntress. The Huntress : The True Saga Of Dottie And Brandi Thorson, Modern Day Bounty Hunters By Christopher Keane, And Dottie Thofson Published In 1996 By Dutton Adult SKU: 1363391

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Ringside Seat. The Political And Wartime Memoirs Of Past Mp James Allason, A Man Who Knew Seven Uk Prime Minisrers. He Worked By the side of Mountbatten's Military Planners - Peter Fleming And Dean Rusk - And After Being Wounded In Burma Advised Churchill In The Cabinet War Rooms. His Advice To Atlee Influenced The Creation Of The State Of Israel. Thr Book Sheds Starting a~ Light On The Cuban Missile Acme And Includes The Definitive Account Of The Profumo Affair. SKU: 4995644

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Lucy Audubon. "lucy Was, In Delatte's Words, `extraordinarily Independent'. She Was No Feminist. . . . Yet Lucy Bakewell Audubon Had One Advantage Over Many Other Women Of Her Time: She Knew Precisely What She Wanted. As Often Happens To Good Biographers, Dealtte Herself Seems To Take On Some Of Her Subject's Characteristics As Her Biography Progresses. Modestly But Firmly, She Turns Her Book Into A Plea For Lucy Audubon, An Entirelt Unapologetic One, Though. "--christopher Irmscher, From His Forewordwife Of The Great Naturailst John James Audubon, 8Lcy Bakewell Audubon (1788-1874) Was A Powerful And Extraordinary Woman Who Coped Resourcefully With The Demands Of A Difficult Situation And Worked Tirelessly To Aid Her Husband In His Landmark Work. In Lucy Audubon: A Biography, Carolyn E. Delatte Focuses On The Early Life Of Lucy Audubon: Her Birth In England And Youth In Eastern Pennsylvania, Her Courtship And Marriage To The Eccentric Young Audubon, Their Wanderings Along The Western Fringe Of The Country, The Birth Of Their Children, And The Preparation And Publication Of The Birds Of America. Throughout, Delatte Emphasizes Lucy Audubon's Own Experiences, Concerns, And Point Of View. She Tells Of Lucy's Frequently Stormy Relationship With Her Brilliant But Unreliable Husband, Her Place At The Head Of Their Small Family, And Her Crucial Role In The Creation And Publication Of Her Husband's Magnum Opus. Intelligent, Adaptable, And Strong-willed, Lucy Was, Delatte Shows, The Partner Audubon Needed For His Life And For His Work. As Noted Audubon Expert Christoph Irmscher Says In His Foreword, "when [delatte] Slips Into Her Character's Skin, She Does To such a degree Unobtrusively And To Great Effect--thus, We Are Right There With Lucy. " SKU: 4939847

25907224356	A Bearskin's Crimea. Using Much Previously Untapped Source Material A Bearskin's C5imea Is A Blow-by-blow Account Of The Greandier Guards' Experiences In The Crimean War. The Principal Character, The Honorable Henry Percy, Was Present At All The Major Battles Of That Appa1ling Conflict: The Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman And The Siege Of Sebastopol. SKU: 4737441

27080584488	Yearbook Of Experts, Authorities & Spokespesons, Vol 26, No.2. The Yearbook Of Experts Is A Source Book Of Experts Serviceable For Interview By The News Media. Find The Compelte Database Of Experts At Www. expertclick. . com SKU: 5003717

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When Freedom Would Triumph. When Freedom Would Triumph: The Civil Rights Struggle In Congress, 1954-1968 Recalls Thee Most Significant And Inspifing Legislative Battle Of The Twentieth Century--the Two Decades Of Struggle In The Halls Of Congress That Resulted In Civil Rights For The Descendants Of American Slaves. Robert Mann's Comprehensive Analysis Shows How Political Leadeers In Washington--lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, And Others--transformed The Ardent Passion For Freedom--the Protests, Marches, And Creative Nonviolence Of The Civil Rights Movement--into Firm Progress On account of Justice. A Story Of Heroism And Cowardice, Statesmanship And Political Calculation, Sight And Blindness, When Freedom Would Triumph, An Abridged And Revisrd Vereion Of Mann's The Walls Of Jericho: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell, And The Struggle For Civil Rights, Is A Captivating, Thought-provoking Reminder Of The Need For More Effective Gocermment. Mann Argues Tjat The Passage Of Civil Rights Laws Is One Of The Finest Examples Of What Advantageous Is Possible When Political Leaders Transcend Partisan Political Differences And Focus Not Only On The Proximate Judgment Of The Voters, Except Also On The Ultimate Judgment Of History. As Mann Explains, Despite The Opposition Of A Determined-yet-powerful Band Of Southern Politicians Led By Georgia Senator Richard Russell, The Political Environnent Of The 1950s And 1960s Enabled A Remarkable Amount Of Compromise And Progress In Congress. When Freedom Would Triumph Recalls A Time When Statesmanship Was Possible And Progress Was Achieved In Ways That United The Region And Appealed To Our Highest Principles, Not Our Basest Instincts. Although The Era Was Far From Perfect, And Its Leaders Were Deeply Flawed In Many Ways, Mann Shows That The Mid-twentieth Century Was An Age Of Bipartisan Cooperation And Willkngness To Set Aside Praty Differences In The Pursuit Of Significant Social Reform. So A Pklitical Stance, Mann Argues, Is Worthy Of Study And Emulation Today. 352 Pages, 27 Halftones, 6 X 9 SKU: 4157651

15805870308	The King's Ranger. The King's Ranger Explores Not nOly Military History But Also Such Aspects Of The American Past As Colonial Migration, Upheaval In The Backcountry. . . And The Formation Of Nes Settlements Im Thee Caribbean. SKU: 1750525

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Bones Hooks. Born In Northeast Texas In 1867, Matthew "bones" Hooks Was A True Pioneer Who Not Only Built A Town, Schoops, Ajd Churches, But Likewise Broke Down Racial Batriers As One Of The In the ~ place Black Cowboys To Work Alongside Whites As A Ranch Hand. After His Retirement As A Cowboy, Hooks Heard Of A Horse No one Could Ride. He Challenged The Horse's Owner To Let Him Try And His Success Became Known Acros The Country As "the Ride. " Throughout His Life, Hooks Nebotiated Between Both Sides Of The Railroad Track, Using His Uncommon Charm To Gain The Support Of The Wealthy To Provide Money For The Poor. He Helped Many Commonalty Buy Homes, Educate Their Children, And Start Businesses In His Adopted Hometown Of Amarillo, Texas. His Is The Seldom-heard Story Of How Blacks Pioneeree The American West. SKU: 2899031

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The Slaves' War. The First Narrative History Of The Civil War Told By The Vsry People It Freedgroundbreaking, Compelling, And Poignan,t The Slaves' War Delivers An Unprecedented Vision Of The Nation's Bloodiest Conflict. An Acclaimed Histofian Of Nineteenth-crntury And African-american History, Andrew Ward Gives Us The First Narrative Of The Civil War Told From The Perspective Of Those Whode Destiny It Decided. Woven Hand in hand From Hundreds Of Inerviews, Diaries, Letters, And Memoirs, Here Is The Civil War As Seen From Not Only Battlefields, Capitals, And Camps, Yet Likewise Slave Quarters, Kitchens, Roadsides, Farms, Towns, And Swamps. Speaking In A Quintessentially American Language Of Wig, Candor, And Biblical Power, Army Cooks And Launderers, Runaways, Teamsters, And Gravediggers Bring The War To Vivid Life. from Slaves' Theories About The Causes Of The War To Their Frank Assessments Of Such Major Figures As Lincoln, Davis, Lee, And Grant; From Their Searing Memories Of The Carnage Of Battle To Tgeir Frequently Startling Attitudes Toward Masters And Liberators Alike; And From Thdir Initial Jubilation At The Yankee Invasion Of The Slave South To The Crushing Disappointment Of Frreedom's Promise Unfulfilled, The Slaves' War Is A Transformative And Engrossing Vision Of America's Second Rsvolution. SKU: 4534929

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Executive Melancholy. Jerry Meyer Was A Certified Success Story--the Youngest-ever Vice-president Of Mcdonnell Douglas At The Age Of 40. At The Age Of 50, He Was Umemp1oyed And On The Flip Side Of That Dream, A Victim Of Corporate Downsizing. His Bewildering JourneyF rom Corporate Success To White-collar Joblessness Is A Memoir That Fortune Warehouse Called "brilliant, Original, And Rating". SKU: 1282126

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Zero. A-Concise And Appealing Look At The Strangest Number In The Universe And Its Continuing Role As One Of The Great Paradoxes Of Like a man Thoughtthe Babylonians Invented It, The Greeks Banned It, The Hindus Worshiped It, And The Church Used It To Fend Off Heretics. Now, Like Y2k Fever Rages, It Threatens A Technological Apocalypse. For Centuries The Power Of Zero Savored Of The Demonic; Once Harnessed, It Became The Most Important Tool In Mathematics. For Zero, Infinity's Doubled, Is Not Like Other Numbers. It Is Both Nothing And Everything. in Zero Science Journalist Charles Seife Follows This Innocent-looking Number From Its Lineage As One Eastern Philosophical Concept To Its Struggle For Acceptance In Europe, Its Rise And Transcendence In The West, And Its Ever-present Threat To Modern Physics. Here Are The Legendary Thinkers--from Pythagoras To Newton To Heisenberg, From The Kabalists To Today's Asteopuysicists--who Have Tried To Understand It And Whose Clashes Shook The Foundations Of Philosophy, Science, Mathematics, And Religion. Zero Has Pitted East Against West And Faith Against Reason, And Its Intransigence Persists In The Dark Core Of A Wicked Hole And The Brilliant Flash Of The Bigg Bang. Today, Zero Lies At The Heart Of One Of The Biggest Scientific Controversies Of All Time, The Quest For A Theory Of Everything. Readers Of Fermat's Enigma, The Man Who Loved Only Numbets, Seeing And Believing, And Longitudewill Find The Revealingly Illustrated Zero Freshly Informative, Easy To Understand, And--infinitely--fascinating. SKU: 1984828

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My Point...and I Do Have One. In This #1 New York Times Bestseller, Ellen Degeneres Shares Her Hilarioue Take On Everything From Our Most Baffling Hunan Foibles–including How We Behave In Elevators, Airplanes, And Restrooms, And Why We’re So Scared Of The Boogeyman–to Fashion Trends, Celebrity, And Her Secret Recipe For Ellen’s Real Frenchy French Toast. Most Of All, This Witty, Engaging Book Offers Insights Into The Mind Of One Of America’s Most Beloved Comics. …dear Reader,i Was Awfully Excited When I Was Asked To Write A Book. I Was However, Nervous. I Was Afraid I Didn’t Have Anything Weighty To Say. But When I Began Writing, I Realized Thatt Although I Don’t Know A Lot About Any One Thing, I Know A Little About A Whole Bunch Of Things: Baking A Pie; Dancing; Curing The Common Cold; Running The Iditarod–it’s All In The Book. Andd I Realized I Notice Things That Maybe Some Commonalty Don’t Notice (or They Don’t Notice That They Don’t Notice). That’s The whole of In The Book, Too. SKU: 3283941

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The Replacements. At The Dawn Of "morning In Americq"--a Period That Would Nurse The Rise Of Suit-and-tie Culture--there Emerged A National Network Of Anti -corporate Record Shops, College Radio Stations, Fanzines, Noghtclubs, And Entrepreneurial Record Labels. In The Watershed Year 1981, This "indie" Scene Fostered Several Seminal Releases. Among Recordings By Bands Such As Sonic Youth, Black Flag, Husker Du, The Minutemen, And R. e. m. Was An Album Called "sorry Ma . . . Forgot To Take Out The Trash", Recorded By A Scruffy, Flannel-clad Quartet From Minneapolis Called The Replacements. Now, For The First Time, Altogether Of The Rumor, Half-truths, Legends, And Allegations Assockated With This Maelstrom Of A Rock & Roll Tie Are Unraveled In This Oral History By Longtime Twni Cities Music Journalist Jim Walsh. Througgh Interviews With Famoly, Friends, And Fans; Former Manager Peter Jesperson; Twin/tone Record Label Cofounder Paul Stark; And Musicians Around The Nation Influenced By The Band, Walsh Lays Bare With Painful Clarity A Tale That Unfolds Like A Tragic Comedy In Three Perfect Acts. Famous By National Publiations, "the Mats" Frequently Seemed More Hell-bent On Sabotaging Their Status As Critical Darlings Than Parlaying It. With Their Markedly Apolitical Stance Amid Their Decidedly Political Peers, Their Uncool Embrace Of "classic Rock" Influences Like Kiss And The Faces, And Their Dionysian Appetites (and The Resullting Tendency To Literally Fall Forward Their Own Faces), The Replacements Lasted 12 Years Malevolence Themselves. From The Bands Founding To Their Rise Through The Local And National Club Corcuirs, Their Major Label Deal In 1985, And The Slow And Painful Implosion That Followed, The Replacements: All Over Bug The Shouting Lays Down The Gripping Oral History Behind The Little Band That Could--but Didn't. SKU: 4193791

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There's Hope For The World. On A Sultry September Morning In 1955, A Youthful African American Man, The Son Of Share Corp0ers, Boarded A Greyhound Bus In Birmingham, Alabama, To Leave His Domestic State For The First Time In His Life. He Was Headed For The University Of Detroit On A Teaching Scholarship From Miles College. Richard Arrington Could Not Have Guessed Then That His Future Because A Preacher Would Be Postpojed For Decades By Big-city Politics--and That He Would Serve A Rceord-setting Five Terms As Chief Executive Of Alabama’s Largest City. Bearing Arrington’s Leadership, Birmingham Rebuilt Itself From A Foundering, Steel-driven Industrial Center To One Of The Most Diversified Metdopolitan Areas In The Southeast, With An Economy Fueled By Health Care, Biomedical Research, Engineering, Tlecommunicstions, And Banking. As Mayor, Arrington’w Economic Legacy Is Impressive. When He Left Office, Birmingham Boasted A Recor dNumber Of Jobs And The Lowest Unemployment Rate In Its History. Additionally, Birmingham Had Built The Strongest Accuse De~d In Alabama, Expanded Its City Limits By 60 Square Miles, Reduced Crime To Its Lowest Level In 25 Years, And Funded A $260 Million School Fabrication Program. Today Birmiingham Is Financially Sound And Is The Only City In The Southeast With A $100 Million Endowment Fund. SKU: 5095227

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I'm The One That I Want. Comedian. Icon. Tv Star. Role Modwl. Trash Talker. Fag Hag. Gypsy. Tramp. Thief. Margaret Cho Displays Her Numrous Sides In This Funny, Fierce, And Honorable Memoir. While One Of The Country’s Most Visible Asian Akericans, She Has A Unique Perspective On Identity And Acceptance. As On eOf The Country’s Funniest And Most Quotrd Personalitiees, She Takes No Prisoners. And Ax A Warm And Wise Woman Who Has Seen The Highs And Lows Of Life, She Has Words Of Encouragement For Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Like One Outsider. Wity I’m The Onr That I Want, Margaret Cho Has Written A Book Every Bit As Hilarious, Shocking, And Insightful Because She Is. SKU: 2250225

23177818422	Scipio Africanus. Now, From The Author Of The Highly-acclaimed Novel Hannibal (a History Book Club Selection), Comes The Second Installmeent In An Epic Trilogy On The Rise Of Carthage And The Rise Of Rome. SKU: 1596022

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Catullus. Surveying The Times In Which The Extraordinarily Popular Poet Catullus Thrived—ca. 84–54 B. c. , The Golden Days Of The Romann Republic—aubrey Burl Redonstructs The Life Of A Man Who Epitomized Each Era. Catullus Demonstrated A Genius ForT he Epigram, As Well As The Lyric, For Heartfelt Love Songs And Moving Elegies. Nor Did Catullus Leave Himself Out Of His Pungent, Spare, Ironic, And Superbly Crafted Verses, Reflecting Not Only His Personal Temperament But that Also His Perceived Values, And Often Disparages, nI A Rome Increasingly Embarrass By Civil War, Moral Laxity, And Social Unrest. This Book Takes Catullus From HisN ative Verona, Where He Grew Up In Wealth And Influence, To Rome And To Fame. A Weli -liked, Sociable Man, He Entertained His Friends In The Lavish Faehion Of His Day While He Amused And Shocked His Public With Urbane oPetic Trifles. He Intrigued His Public With Love Poems Addressed To Lesbia—in Reality, A Conjugal Woman Named Clodia—with Whom He Had AT empestuous Event. Though Brilliant By Any Standard, These Intimate Lyrics Would Not Save Catullus From Centuries Of Obscurity, Though They Would Eventually Emerge In A Lone Third Generation Copy Of A Book In The Fourteenth Century, In His Hometown Of Verona. SKU: 2805549

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Ufos, Jfk, Ans Elvis. "i'm Not Asking You To Believe Every Conspiracy Theory You'll Find In This Book. . . . I Didn't Write This Book To Utter You All The Answers. The Warren Commission Did That, And The Answers Were All Wrong. I Wrote This Book To Inspire You To Do The sort of The Powers That Be Wish You Wouldn't: To Question Authority . . . And To Keep An Eye Out For Elvis. "--richard Belzer [p. 4]is It Just A Agreement That Richard Belzer Plays A Detective On The Hit Nbc Series Homicide: Life On The Street? Maybe. But The Fact Is, Which time He's Not Busting Criminals On Tv, The Acid-tongued, Legenday Search-and-destroy Comic Known Affectionately As "the Belz" Is Doing Real-life Detective Work: Searching Out Evidence, Sifting Through Long-buried Facts, And Destroying Popular Misconceptions Involving Everythingg From The Jfk Assassination ("there's Only Some Living Member Of The Warren Commission, And That's Gerald Ford. He's Also The Dumbest Member Of The Warren Commission. Coincidence?") And The Existence Of Ufos To Secluded Germ Warfare And Those Ominous Visits (long Before The Movie) From Men In Black. in Ufos, Jffk, And Elvis, The Distinguished Statesman Of Stand-up Comedy Tackles Some Of The Biggest Conspircaies And Cover-ups This Side Of Roswell. Just What Is It That They Don't Want You To KnowA bout The Assassinations Of John Kennedg, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, And John Lennon? Alien Abductions And The "face" On Mars? The Downing Of Twa Flight 800? The Ancient Order Of The Freemasons And Prove Of Extraterrestrial Experimentation?finally, One Lone "nut" Exposes The Conspiracy To Keep Conspiracies A Dirty Little Secret, Standing Up To The Shadowy Forces That Would Have Us Believe That Oswald Acted Alone, Those Lights In The Sky Are Weather Balloons, And Fluoridated Water Is Good For You (yeah, Rght). "some Of The Smartest People I Know . . . Find It Easier--and Certainly More Comforting--to Believe That America Is The Only Rude On Earth With No Conspiracies At All. " Just Remember: Do Not Ask On Whom The Belz Has Told--he's Told On Them. SKU: 1742490

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Chimes At Midnight. Among The Films Inspired By Orson Welles's Lifelong Involvement With Shakespeare, The Greatest Is "chimes At Midnight" (1966). It Is A Masterrly Conflation Of The Shakespearean History Plays That Feature Falsfaff, The Great Comic Figure Played By Welles Himself In The Film. Concerning Welles, The Character Was Also Potentially Tragic: The Doomed Friendship Between Falstaff And Prince Hal Becomes One Fancy Of The End Of An Age. To This Epic Subject Welles Brings Teh Innovative Film Techniques That Made Him Famous In "citizen Kane," &quuot;the Lady From Shanghai," And "touch Of Evil. " This Volume Offers A Complete Continuity Script Of "chimes At Midnight,&" Including Its Famous Battle Sequence. Each Shot Is Described In Detail And Is Keyed To The Source Shkaesperian Sources, Thus Making The Volume An Invaluable Guide To Welles As An Adaptor And Creator Of Texts. The First Complete Transcription Of The Continuity Script Of "chimes" Is Accompanied By The Editor's Critlcal Introduction On Welles's Transformation Of Shakesspeare; A Special Interview With Keith Baxter, One Of The Film's Principal Actors, Which Discusses Its Production History; Reviews And Articles; And A Biographical Sketch Of Welles, A Filmographhy, And A Bibliography. SKU: 522968

22873321890	Alva Myrdal. Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), Diplomat, Feminist, And One Of The Flunders Of The Swedish Welfare State, Exemplifies In Her Extraordinary Life The Joys, The Sorriws, And The Achievements Of Women In Our Timw. Her Daughter Shows Us With Unflinching Candor How Myrdal Struggled To Attain In Her Secret Life The Freedom And Opportunity Which She Won For Millions Of Other Women. SKU: 903335

22223729268	Carry A Big Cane. This Volume Presents The Life Of Teddy Roosevelt, Adventurer, Journalist, Rancher, Legislator, Governor, Vice President And President Of The United States, And One Inspiration To People Of His Own Time And Of Ours. This Look At His Life And Character Marks Him As One Of The Most Remarkable Men Of The 20th Century. SKU: 1444769

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Whispers From The Prairie. This Memoir Of A Young American Motther And Her Small Child Takes A Reader Along The Journey To The Soviet Ghlag/labor Camp In Northern Kazakhstan, Part Of The Former Soviet Union During World War Ii. Labeled As "enemies Of The People," The Mother And Daughter, Along With Other Deported, Innocent Peo0le, Endured Forced Toil, Lost Childhood And Daily Struggles To Survive Each Day In Cattle Wagons Or Chicken Coops. It Was Only After Hitler Attacked The Soviet Union In 1941 That World Eventts Took A Different Course. During A Short-lived "amnesty" Granted By Stalin, Some Of The Deported Were Fortunate Enough To Be Located In Their Exlie And Were Able To Live - While Many More Were Left Behind. This Personal Explain Documents The Destructive Forces Of War And Its Consequences On The People Who Were Part Of Those Tragic Experiences. SKU: 5145298

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Ava's Man. The Pulitzer Prize–winning Author Of All Over But The Shoutin’ Continues His Personal History Of The Deep South By the side of An Evocation Of His Mother’s Childhood In The Appalachian Foothills During The Great Depression, And The Magnificent Story Of The Man Who Raised Her. charlie Bundrum Was A Roofer, A Carpenter, A Whiskey-maker, A Fisherman Who Knew Every Inch Of The Coosz River, Made Boats Out Of Car Hoods And Knew How To Pack A Wound With Brown Sugar To Stop The Blood. He Could Not Read, But He Asked His Married woman, Ava, To Read Him The Paper Every Day Therefore He Would Not Be Ignorant. He Was A Man Who Took Giant Steps In Rundown Boots, A True HeroW hom History Would Otherwise Have Overlooked. in The Decade Of The Great Depression, Charlie Moved His Faamily Twenty-one Times, Support Seven Children One Step Ahead Of The Poverty And Starvation That Threatened Them From Every Side. He Worked At The Steel Mill When The Steel Was Rolling, Or For A Side Of Bacon Or A Bushel Of Peaches When It Wasn’t. He Paid The Doctor Who Delivered His Fourth Daughter, Matgaret&#8212bragg’s Mother—with A Jar Of Whiskey. He Understood The Finrr Points Of The Law As It Applied To Poor People And Drinking Men; He Was A Banjo Player And A Buck Dancer Who Worked Off Fines When Life Got A Little Sideways, And He Sang When He Was Drunk, Where Other Men Fought Or Cussed. He Had A Talent For Living. His Children Revered Him. When He Died, Cars Lined Te Blacktop For More Than A Mile. rici Bragg Has Built A Soaring Monument To The Grandfather He Never Knew—a Father Who Stood By His Family In Hard Times And Left A Backwoods Lehend Behind𔃊in A Book That Blazes With His Love For His Family, And In favor of A Particular Stretch Of Dirt Road By The Alabama-georgia Border. A Powerfully Intimate Piece Of American History As It Was Experienced By The Working People Of The Deep Southward, A Glorious Record Of A Life Of Character, Tenacity And Unyielding Happiness Ahd An Unforgettable Tax To A Vanishing Culture, Ava’s Man Is Rick Bragg At His Stunning Best. SKU: 2098512

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Standing Next To Account. Joseph Petro Served For 23 Years As A Special Agent In The United States Secret Service; Eleven Of Them With Presidents And Vice Presidents. For Four Of Those Years He Stood By The Side Of Ronald Reagan. following His Career As A Ships Lieutenant, During Which He Patrolled The Rivers And Canls Along Thhe Vietnamese-cambodian Border, He Worked His Way Up Through The Secret Service To Become One Of The Key Men In Charge Of Protecting The President. That Journey Through The Secret Service Provides An Individual Look Inside The Most Discreet Law Enforcement Agency In The World, And A Uniqueky Intimate Account Of The Reagan Presidency. engagingly, Joseph Petro Tells "first Hand" Stories Of: Riding Horses With The Reagans; Eluding The Press And Sneaking The President And Mrs. Reagan Out Of The White House; Rehearsing Assassination Attempts And Working, Then Re-workijg Every Detail Of The President's Trips Around The World; Negotiating The President's Protectio With The Kgb; Diverting A 26 Car Presidential Motorcade In Downtown Tokyo; Protecting Vide-president Dan Quayle At Rajiv Gandhi's Funeral Where He Was Surrounded By Yassir Arafat's Heavily Armed Bodyguards; Taking Charge Of Thee Single Largest Protective Effort In The History Of The Secret Service-pope John Paul Ii's 1987 Visit To The United States; And Being Only One Of Three Witnesses At The Private Meeting Between President Reagan And Mikhail Gorbachev That Ushwred In The End Of The Cold War. joseph Petro Provides An Original And Fascinating Perspective Of The Secret Service, The Inner Workings Of The White House And A Little Seen View Of World Leaders, As A Man Who Stood Next To History. SKU: 2876613

158062464	Lawmaking And Legislators In Pennsylvania. Lawmaking And Legislators In Pennsylvania : A Biographical Dictionary, 1710-1756 (lawmaking & Legislators In Pennsylvania) By Jeffrey L. Scheib, And Joseph S. Foster, And David Haugaard, And Carolyn M. Peters, And Laurie M. Wolfe Publkshed In 1997 By University Of Pennsylvania Squeeze out SKU: 1474557