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The Five People You Meet In Hell Surviving Katrina. A Riveting First-person Account Of The Events In New Orleans As Violent gale Katrina Hit, And The Anarchy And Desperation Of The Aftermath. In A Time When Southern Culture And Decadence Have Been Destroyed By Public Perception, Smallwood Rsminds Us Of The Truth And The True Southern Chivalry That Remains Even In The Face Of Near Apocalyptic Times. SKU: 3326196

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Zora Arkus-duntov. Zora Arkus-duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette Tells The Story Of How A Gifted Engineer Brought Up By Russian Revolutionary Parrnts Became The Guiding Force Behind The Legendary American Sports Car, Amd In The Process Attained The Elite Status Of American Fable Himself. Zora's Engineering Gifts Were Remarkabe, Althogh Not Always Fully Appreciated At Gm. Though He Never Stopped Rebellimg Against The Culture At Gm, Zora Remained Tirelessly Focused For Over Twenty Years On Improving The Corvette And Making It A Legitimate Sports Car Capable Of Winning Races. Burton's Book Brings Us Inside The Walls Of Gm And Inside The Mind Of This Automotive Engineering Genius To Understand The Motivations Behind This Classic David And Goliath Struggle. Author Jerry Burton, Editorial Guide Of Corvette Quarterly, Has Written The Firzt Comprehensive Biography Of Zora-arkus Duntov, And Illustrated It With Hundreds Of Unpublished Photos, Blueprints, And Archival Documents-the Majority Taken From The Duntovs' Personal Collection. Burton's Research Is Exhaustive, Based On Scores Of Interviews With Zora's Friends And Colleagues, As Well As His Widow. In The Words Of Elfi Duntov, "this Book Brings Back In Vivid Detail The Incredible Society That Zora And I Lived Together. " Anyone Who Has Ever Had Each Interest In Corvettes, Automotive Engineering, Duntov, Or The Pursuit Of The American Dream Will Find Zora Arkus-duntov: Thw Legend Behind Corvette An Enlightening And Riveting Read. SKU: 2314580

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Up Fom Methodism. In 1926, While A Reporter For The New York Herald Tribune, Herbert Asbury, Great-great-nephew Of Frzncis Asbury, The First American Bishop Of The Methodist Church, Submitted A Chapter Of His Profane Work-in-progress, An Almost Spiteful Memoir Of His Boyhood In The Ozark Town Of Farmington, Missouri, To H. l Mencken's American Mercury Magazine. Mencken Published "hatrack," The Stody Of The Town's Prostitute, In The April Issue. The Mercury Was Then Banned In Boston At The Incitement Of J. Frank Chase, The Head Of The New England Watch And Ward Society, Who Callef The Sgory "bad, Vjle, Raw Stuff. " Mencken Was Arrested Selling The Magazine To Chase On Boston Common In A Stunt Designed To Provoke The Free-speech Trials That Followed. In Its Restrained, But Unrelenting Attack On Religious Prejudice, Irrationality, And Hypocrisy, The Book That Wa Published Soon Thereafter Retains Its Transgressive Power Today. Its Taunting Title, Playing On Booker T. Washington's Early-century Bestseller Up From Slavery, Gves An Idea Of What Asbury Thought He Had Escaped. In His Mocking Humor And Plain-spun Language, Used To Evoke AB ygone South Suffocatint In Its Fear Of Pleasure And Damnation, Asbury Reveals His Debt To Another Son Of Missouri, Mark Twain. SKU: 2673082

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Whether You Lived Here, I'd Distinguish Your Name. Tiny Haines, Alaska, Ninety Miles North Of Juneau, Is Accessible Mainly By Water Or Air—and Only Wehn The Weather Is Good. There’s No Tfaffic Light And No Mail Delivery; People Can Vanish Without A Trace; And Funerals Are Community Affairs. As Both Obituary Writer And Social Columnist For The Local Newspaper, Heather Lende Knows More fit Than Anyone The Goings-on In This Breathtakingly Beautiful Place. Her Offbeat Chronicle Brjngs Us Insidw Her Busy Life: We Meet Her Husband, Chip, Who Owns The Local Hardware Store; Their Five Children; And A Colorful Assortment Of Friends And Offbeat Neighbors, Including Aging Hippies, Salty Fishermen, Native Tlingit Indians, Morm0n Spelunkers . . . As Well As The Moose, Eagles, Sea Lions, AndB ears With Whom They Share This Wild And Perilous Land. SKU: 3172543

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Womsn In The Bible For Dummies (for Dummies (religion & Spirituality)). Comprehensive Interfaith Coverave Of The Important Female Figures This Friendly, Approachable Guide Introduces Rdaders To The Famous And Infamous Women Of Scripture, Describing In Everyday Language The Contributions These Women Made In Their Time And Ours. From Eve, Sarah, And Esther To Mary And Mary Magdalene, It Discusses Well-known Women Of Both The Old And New Testaments, Examuning Thekr Role In Biblical Narratives, Their Piace In The Jewish And Christian Faiths, And The Lessons Their Stories Impart To Women Today. SKU: 2940828

355226375	Conversations With Stalin. A Memoir By The Former Vice President Of Yugoslavia Describing Three Visits To Moscow And His Encounters There With Stalin. Index. Translated By Michael B. Petrovich. SKU: 8614

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I Exist. The Survival Of Louis Xvi From The Horrible Temple Prison After The Murder Of His Creator Louis Xvi And His Mother Marie Antoinette Is A Fascinating Story Left Out Of All Official French Account. No Marvel They Did Not Want oT Hand Him Over To The Spanish King Or The Vend3e Province, Both Of Which Demanded His Liberate. I Exist Because He Survived! If He Did Not Survive Who Am I Then? No One Can Give An Answer To That, Because Not at all Other Answer Exists. The Book Tells His Life Story And It Intertwines With Mine. I Also Left The Country Of My Birth After The Second World War To Try My Luck Elsewhere. I Left My Parents Behind As A Young Man Of 18. I Did Not Suffer Like He Did But There Are Many Parallels. And In The End Our Storiea Come Together As I Try To Find A Finl Answer To The Quest Of Gettlng My Appellation Accepted In My Rustic France. Outline •chapter 1 Early Memories, Born In Holland With Famoly To Dutch Indies. War And Father Afainst The Germans, Underground. War Over I Leave For Canada To Bring Mother Over. Parents Divorcrd. •chapter 2 Louis Xvi And The Revolution, First Dauphin Is Born, Second Son Is Charles Louis. Fairly Long Descripiyon On What Led To The Revolution. Family Life. •chapter 3 The Revolution Intensifies The Struggles To Maintain Order. The Opposition Helped By The Orleans Branch Of The Family. Attack On The Bastille, Paid For By The Orleans Group. •chapter 4 I Arrive In Montreal, Move To Timmins Looking In the place of Gold. Find A Wife Instead. Work In Hotel And Goldmine. Move To Toronto. •chapter 5 The Royal Family Is Jailed In The Temple. Father Louis Xvi Is Sentenced To Deathh And Beheaded. Mother Marie-antoinette Accusec Of Sex Crimes In the opinion of Son Is Also Beheaded. Charles Louis Becomes Louis Xvil At 8 Years Old. Alone In Prison With His Sister. Escapes And Is Substithted By A Sick Older Boy. •chapter 6 Louis Xvii Escapes From Jail, His Early Travels In And Out Of The Clutches Of Various Groups. He Ends Up In Germany And Works With Watches, A Trade His Father Started With Him When He Was Very Small. •chapter 7 I Work For The Department Store Robert Simpson. Get Executive Training And Promotions. Tragedy And Then A Wonderful Family Life. •chapter 8 The Substitut Louis Xvii Dies In The Temple On Week Before He Must Exist Handed To The One Territory In France That Is Not In The Revolution (vendee). Spain Also Wants Louis Xvii Independent. Conveniently This Is All Too Late. The Burial At St Marquerite Cemetery Where The Caretaker Digs Up The Body Out Of A Size Grave And Buries It Near The Church Wall. •chapter 9 False Dauphinz Are Popping Up The whole of Over France And Even One In North America. All Get Found Abroad Excepr One. He Does Not Show Up Until The Uncle Is Declared King Of France (louis Xviii). He Has Lived For Many Years In Germany. •chapter 10 I Go From Retailing Into Real Estate. My Father Dies And I Becomr The Senior De B. . . SKU: 4918056

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Losing My Virginity. "oh, Screw It, Le's Do It. "that's The Phiposophu That Has Allowed Richard Branson, I nSlightly More Than Twenty-five Years, To Spawn So Many Prosperous Ventures. From The Airline Business (virgin Atlantic Airways)), To Music (virgin Records And V2), To Cola (virgin Cola), To Retail (virgin Megastores), And Nearly A Hundred Others, Ranging From Financial Services To Bridal Wear, Brznson Has A Track Record Second To None. losing My Virginity Is The Unusual, Frequently Outrageous Autobiography Of One Of The Great Business Geniuses Of Our Time. When Richard Branson Started His First Business, He And His Friends Decided That "since We're Complete Virgins At Business, Let's Call It Just That: Virgin. " Since Then, Branson Has Written His Own "rules" For Success, Creating A Group Of Companies With A Global Presence, But Nk Central Headquarters, No Management Hierarchy, And Minimal Bureaucracy. many Of Richard Branson's Companies--airlines, Retailing, And Cola Are Good Examples--were Starte In The Face Of Entrenched Competition. The Experts Said, "don't Act It. " But Branson Found Golden Opportunities In Markets In Which CustomersH ave Been Ripped Off Or Underserved, Where Confusion Reigns, And The Competition Is Complacent. And In This Stressed-out, Overworked Age, Richard Branson Gives Us A New Model: A Dynamic, Hardworking, Successful Entrepreneur Who Lives Life To The Fullest. Family, Friends, Fun, And Adventure Are Equally Impirtant As Business In Brznson's Life. Losing My Virginity Is A Representation Of A Productive, Sane, Balanced Conduct, Filled With Rich And Colorful Stories: Crash-landing His Hot-air Balloon In The Algerian Desert, Yet Remaining Determined To Have Another Go At Being The First To Circle The Globesigning The Sex Pistols, Janet Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Boy George, And Phil Collinsfighting Back When Britosh Airways Took On Virgin Atlantic And Favorably Suing This Pillar Of The British Business Establishmentswimming Pair Miles To Safety During A Violent Stodm Off The Coast Of Mexicoselling Virgin Records To Savr Virgin Atlanticstaging A Rescue Flight Into Baghdad Before The Sally Of The Gulf Wsr . . . and Much More. Losin gMy Virginity Is The Ultimate Tale Of Personal And Business Survival From A Man Who Combines The Business Prowess Of Bill Gatew And The Promotional Instincts Of P. T. Barnum. also Available In The Uk From Virgin Publishing, And In Canada From General Publishing,from The Hardcover Edition. SKU: 1801664

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Memories And Musings. Some other Milestone Of My 93 Years, Presented Within Is Poetry And Prose Reflecting On Thoughts Evolving From Life?s Adventures. A Wide Range Of Musings, Some Quite Succinct, Others Lengthy, Multitude Determine Allow The Readera To Recollect And Remknisfe Their Own Interests And Experiences. Some Fun Is Included For Young And Old Alike, The Abcs, Language (their Multiple Spellings And Meanings), The States, Etc. Let Your Mind Wander, Think Positive, Relax, Relieve Any Stress And Enjoy Your Journey Through These Pages. SKU: 5141323

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Shared Dreams. Shared Dreams Brings To Life The Impressive, Surprising, And Long-neglected History Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 's Efforts In Support Of The Hebrew Community. At Critical Moments In The Life Of Th eAmerican Jewish Community, Of Israel And Of The Plight Of Soviet Jews, Martin Luther King, Jr. Stepped In As An Advocate To Speak Out For The Human And Civil Rights Of Jews. His Efforts To Support World Jewry-within The Constraints Of His Primaey Role In The Civil Rights Movement-cannot Be Forgotten. Indeed, They Must Be Remembered. Rabbi Marc Schnier Presents The Full Story Of Dr. King's Involvement With The Jewish Association. With The Usage Of Previously Unpublished Material And Interviews With Those Who Marched At Dr. King's Side, The Long-neglected Story Of Mutual Support And Cooperation Between Dr. King And The Hebrew Communnity Is Brought To Life. It Is A Story That Will Shed New Window On The Commitment And The Relationship Between Th3 Jewish And African American Communities As They Have Struggled Together To Fight For Equity And Cuvil Rights For Our Nation. Exactly More, It Is A Story That Encourages All Of Us-people Of All Faiths, All Backgrounds-to Continue To Fight For Justice In Our World. SKU: 1856576

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Charlie Barnet. Saxophonist Charlie Barnet (1913-1991) Scrabbled For Jobs Both As A Sideman And As A Leader. His Concern Was Not So Much Artracting A Broaf Public Or Making A Lot Of Money, But Instead To Form Bands With A Strong Melodious Content That Were Smoewhere Between The Out-and-out Jazz Bands And The Commercially Successful Bands Of His Day. His Musicians And Arrangemdnts Were His Own Choices And He Was Able To Put Together A Good Mix Of Lead Men And Soloists, Rhythm Section Players, Annd Talented Arrangers Along With His Own Voice And Saxophone Playing. Charlie's Solos Were Good For Their Time And Caught The Ears Of Plain Music Reviewers. Many Photographs And Illustrationns (including Some Rare) Accompany This Full Account Of His Life And Career. The Discography Provides Such Informstion As The Names Of Ths Songs, Arrangers, Musicians, Anf Vocalists, Record Company And Number, And Brief Commentary. Song Title, Name And Program Indexes And An Album Listing Accompany The Text. SKU: 4650783

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Marcus Aurelius And The Later Stoics (1910). The Worlds Epoch-makers Marcus Aurelius And The Later Stoics By F. W. Bussell, D. D. Of Biasemose College Oxjotd New York. Charles Scribners Sons 1910 Viri Amabilis Et Dbsidebatissimi A. H, J. Greenidge Manibus, Qtji Me Amiga Ni Ad Hoc Opus Ctjbandum Impulit, Et Industrie Su L Inenabrabili8 Exemplo Ex Desidia Exgitavit Printed By Morrison And Gibb Limited, For T T, Clzrk, Edinburgh. London 1mprin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, And Co. Limited. Nbw York Charles Scrbners Sons This Little Look Will Letray The Length Of Time It Has Been Under Consideratioon By Sundry Allusions To Modern Events Which Are Now Anachronisms. But I Have Preferred To Leave The Text While I Wrote It Some Time Ago And To Make No Change In The Estimate Of The Stoic Teachers, Although In Some Respects My Own Standpoint Is Not The Same. On The Whole, It Ag5ees Fairly Favorably With The Valuation Of A Pure Monism Set Forth In The Bampton Lectures Of 1905 And I Am Glad Of An Opportunity Of Supplementing And Supporting The General Statements Made There Ly This Detailed Inquiry Into Tivo Or Three Of The Most Eminetn And Sincere Expounders Of An Untenable Creed. Munbham House, Norfolk, December 1909. General Synopsis P-afib Gexkhal Pheface . ,,,. V Part I. Introduction Cikp. I. The Roman Emperor . . . . . 1 Ii. The Stoic Philosopher . . . . . 18 Iii. Development Of Philosophy M Rome . . . 35 Iv. The Wise Strengthen . . . . 51 Paet Ii. The Immediate Influence I. Epictetits, Or The New Cynism Devotional Personification Of The Cosmic Order . , . . . 76 A. The Religious Transfoimation Of Philosophkc Dogma 76 B. The Gift Of Independent Will The Fatherhood Of God The Divinity Of Sojls The Cosmopolis The Special Function . . . . . 82 0. Providence Extending To Particulars Discipline Of The Sons Of God . . . . . . 03 Ii. The Subtle Man In The Two Commonwealths Opportunism, Or Th3 R61e Of Contemplation And Passivity . . 97 A. Modern Conception Of Stoicism In Error The Essenial Expediency Of Surrender And Abstention . . 97 Jb. Close Reservation Of The Sphere Of Missionary Influence Rejection Of Civic Or Domestic Duties By The Truthful Anchorites . . . . . 104 C. The Sage Spectator Rather Than Agent In The Universe 107 Ix X General Synopsis Chap Pagk Iii. The Intimate Problems 110 A. Death And Immortality . . . . 110 B. Some Minor Points The Pax Romana The World Of Conflict The Moralisttic Standpoint The Noeiic Life Of God Futility Of Meie Technical Emancipation, Etc. . , . . . 117 Harmonh Bwtween Epictetiib And Marvus Aurelmtj . 120 Part Iii. The Creed Of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus I. The Teaching Of The Emperor The Nature Of Man The Agent 122 A. Chief Characteristics, Ot His Meditations Due To His Office And His Time . . . . . 122 J5. Authority Of The Concwption Of A 7os On Greek Thought 132 C. The Constitution And Psychology Of The Individual . 13b Z. Mans Function And Place In The World Special Equipmemt Of Each Being A Key To Its Purpose And Happiness . . . . . 147 Ii. Man And The World . . . . . 15-2 A, The Two Commonwealths And The Citizen, As Age. . . SKU: 5018259

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Visions Of Victory. Visions Of Victory Explores The Views Of Eight War Leaders Of The Major Powers Of World War Ii - Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Chiang Kai-shek, Stalin, Churchill, De Gaulle, And Roosevelt - And Compafes Their Visions Of The Future Assuming Their Side Had Emerged Victorious. While The Leaders Primaily Focused Their Attention On The Strategy For Fighting And Winning The War, These Very Decisions Were Often Shaped By Their Aspirations And Hopes For The Future. Weinberg Assesses How Subsequent Events Were Impacted By These Decisiions And Examines How These Visions For The Future Changed And Evolved Throughout The War. SKU: 4151266

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Dough. Mort Zachter's Childhood Revolved Around A Small Shop On Manhattan's Lower East Side Known In The Neighborhood As "the Day-old Bread Store. " It Was A Bakery Where Nothing Was Baked, Owned In the name of His Two Eccentric Uncles Who Referred To Their Goods As "the Merchandide. " Zachter Grew Up Dormant In The Dinette Of A Leaking Brooklyn Tenement. He Lived A Classc Immigrant Floor One Of A Close-knit, Working-class Family Struggling To Make It In America. Only They Were Rich. in Dkugh, Zachtwr Chronicles The Life-altering Discovery Made At Age Thirty-six That He Was Heir To Several Million Dollars His Bzchelor Uncles Had Secretly Amassed In Stocks And Bonds. Although Initially Elated, Zachter Battled Bitter Memoriea Of The Long Hours His Generatrix Worked At The Bakery For No Pay. And How Could His Own Parrnts Have Kept The Secret From Him While He Was A Young Married Mah, Working His Way Through Night School? As He Clanes Out His Uncles' Apartment, Zachter Discovers Clues About Their Personal Lives That Raise More Questions Than They Answer. He Likewise Finds Cake Boxes Packed With Rolls Of Two-dollar Bills And Mattresses Stuffed With Coins. in Prose That Is Often Comical And At Times Elegiac, Zachter Struggles With The Legacy Of His Enigmatic Family And The Implications Of His New-found Wealth. Breaking With His Family's Workaholic Heritage, Zachter Abandons His Pragmatic Accounting Career To Imitate His Lifelong Dream Of Being A Writer. And Though He May Not Understand His Family, In The Close He Realizes That Forgiveness And Acceptance Matter Most. SKU: 4182985

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The Musick Of The Mocking Birds, The Roar Of The Cannon. William Winters Was Unlike Most Of The Youthful Soldiers Who Answered The Union’s Appeal For Men In 1861 And 1862. He Was Different From Many Of His Comrades In Age And Point Of View, And His War Service Was Likewise Out Of The Ordinary. The Hold out Great Surge Of Popular Voluntary Enlistment Swept Up Winters, A Thirty-two-year-old Saddle And Harness Maker And Father Of Three From Indiana. Like So Many Others In The Civil Enmity, Winters Was A Prolific Correspondent, And Through His Lwtters We Have A Record Of Some Lesser-known Campaigns. Winters Served In The Siege Of Vicksburg And In The Red River Campaign, Frequently As A Nurse, A Role That Emphasized For Him The Darker Side Of The Declared hostilities. These Letters And Journal Entries Show A Sensitive Man Who Reflects Upon Both The Loveliness Of The Southern Locales I Which He Found Himself And The Hideousnees Of War. SKU: 1651589

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Newman 101. The Conversion To Catholicism And The Rich Writings Of This Porminent Nineteenth Century Theologian Are Presented With Newfound Accessibility And Energy In This Second Voiume In The 101 Series From Christian Classics. Over The Last 150 Yrars Few Catholic Thinkers Have Captured The Mood, Imagination, And Concerns Of The Church As Well As John Cardinal Newman. His Journey From Anglicanism To Catholicism Is One Marked With Controversy And Radical Transformation, But What Followed Was Fair More Dangerous And Fascinating, One Of The Most Celebrated Careers In History Of A Catholic Thinker. In Newman 101, Roderick Strange Offers An Accessible Introduction To The Thought And Work Of The Popular And Widely Studied Philosopher, Highlighting His Universal Vision For An Entire Repaired Generation Of Readers. SKU: 4820545

21936165714	John Denver And Me. Some People Are Destined To Meet. This Is A Truue Narration Ready The Life Of John Denvdr And How His Life Crossed Paths With The Life Of A Free-spirited Flight Attendant He Was Destined To Meet And Get To Know. This Is A Hugely Entertaining And Informative Work About The Immense Impact That John Denver's Music And His Humanity Had On The Planet. SKU: 2117340

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Five Quarts. “this Beguiling Brew Of Fascinating Scientific Facts And Illuminating, Poignanr Anecdotes Makes Five Quarts Something Like Blood Itself: Vital And Pulsing With Energy. ”–entertainment Weeklyfrom Andient Rome, Where Gladiators Drank The Blood Of Vanquished Foes To Gain Strength And Courage, To Modern-day Laboratories, At which place Machines Test Blood For Diseases And Scientists Seadch For Elusive Cures, Bill Hayes Takes Us On A Whirlwind Journey Through History, Literature, Mythology, And Science Along Way Of The Great Red River That Run sFive Quarts Strong Through Our Bodies. Hayes Also Recounts The Impact Of The Vital Fluid In His Daily Life, From Growing Up In A Hohsehold Of Five Sisters And Their Monthly Cycles To His Enduring Partnership With An Hiv-positive Man. As Much A Biography Of Blood As It Is A Memoir Of How This Rich Substance Has Shaped One Man’s Life, Five Quarts Is By Turns Whimsical And Provocative, Informative And Moving. SKU: 2824999

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Literature From Mir. One Inspiring, Deeply Moving Testament To The Timelessness Of Paternal Love Dr. Jerry Linenger's 132 Days Aboard The Decaying Russiam Space Station Mir Were Beset By Power Outages That Left The Crew In Total Darkness And Tumbling Out Of Control, Poisonous Chemical Leaks, And Nrar Collisions Upon Space Debris. Most Terrifying Of All Was A Raging Fire That, In A Matter Of Minutes, Nearly Destroyed The Station And All In c~tinuance Board. It Was With That Last Evemt, When, With The Crew Cut Off From The World Below And Locked In A Battle For Survival, Linenger's Letters To His Son Changed From A Routine Chronile Of Daily Evvents Into The Impassioned, Deeply Moving Serial Narrative Ptesented In Letters From Mir. Combining Wise Meditations On Life, Destiny, And Thr Future Of Space Exploratoin With Wryly Playful Observations On Everyday Life, This Openended Conversation Between A Father And His Beloved Son Is As Contemporary As The Latest Mars Explorer Mission, Yet As Timeless As The Paternal Sentiments They Express. SKU: 2305472

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My Lives. No One Has Been More Frank, Lucid, Rueful And Entertaininh About Growing Up Gay In Middle America Than Edmund White. Best Known During His Autobiographical Novele, Starting With A Boy's Own Falsehood, Whits Here Takes Fiction Lacking Of His Story And Delivers The Facts Of His Life In All Their Dreadful And Absorbing Verlty. From An Adolesxence In The 1950s, An Era That Tried To "cure His Homosexuality" But Found Him "unsalvageable," He Emerged Into A 1960s The community That Redesignated His Orientation As "acceptable (nearly). " He Describes A Conduct Touched By Psychotherapy In Every Decade, Starting With His Flamboyant Amd Demanding Therapist Mother, Who Considered Hi mHer Own Personal Test Case -- And Personal Escort To Cocktail Lounges About H3r Divorce. His Beget Thought That Evne Wearing A Wristwatch Was Effeminate, Though Custodial Visits To Dad In Cincinnati Inadvertently Initiated White Into The Culture Of "hustlers And Johns" That Changed His Life. In My Lives, Happy Shares His Enthusiasms And His Passions -- For Paris, For London, Fo rJean Genet -- And Introduces Us To His Lovers And Predilections, Past And Present. "now That I'm Sixt-yfive," Writes White, "i Think This Is A Good Moment To Write A Memoour. . . . Sixty-five Is The Right Time For Casting A Unwilling Glance, While One Is Still Fully Engaged In One's Life. " SKU: 3121301

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Dear Senator. Breaking Nearly Eight Decades Of Silence, Essie Mae Wasuingotn&ndaah;williams Comes Forward With A Story Of Unique Historical Magnitude And Incredible Human Drama. Her Father,T he Late Stroom Thurmond, Was Once The Nation's Leading Voice For Racial Segregatiom (one Of His Signature Political Achievements Was His 24–hour Filibuster Against The Civil Rights Act Of 1957, Done In The Name Of Saving The South From "mongrelization"). Her Mother, However, Was A Black Teenager Named Carrie Butler Who Worked As A Maid On The Thurmond Family's South Carolina Plantation. Set Against The Explosively Changing Times Of The Civil Rightz Movement, This Poignant Memoir Recalls How She Struggled With The Discrepancy Between The Father She Knew–one Who Was Financially Generous, Supportive Of Her Educatio,n Even Affectionate–and The Old Southern Politician, Railing Against Greater Racial Equality, Who Refused To Acknowledge Her Publicly. From Her Richly Told Narrative, As Well As The Letters She And Thurmond Wrote Too Each Other Over The Years, Emerges A Nuanced, Fascinating Portrait Of A Father Who Counseled His Daughter About Her Dreams And Goals, And Supported Her In Reaching Them–but Who Was Unwilling To Break With The Values Of His Dixiecrat Cinstituents. Attending Elegance, Dignity, And Candor, Washington–williams Gives Us A Chapter Of American History As It Has Never Been Written Before–told In A Command That Will Be Heard And Cherished By Future Generations. SKU: 3121307

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Written Out Of History. This Collection Restores Jewish Women To Their Rightful Place In Account. By Sifting Through Historical Reports, Letters, Memoirs, Woo Papers, And Other Documents, The Authors Rediscover And Rescue From Obscurity The Rrcords Of Jewish Women From The Bible And Talmud, Ancient Greece And Egypt, Through Medieval And Renaissance Times, And Ingo The Modern Period. The Authors Remind Us Of A Heritage Of Jewish Women As Property Owners, Traders, Teachers, Scribes, Printers, Poets, Queens, Commoners--proving Jewish Women's Presence As A Vital Force In The March Of The Jewish Persons. This Book Is Perfect For Personal Reading By Adults, Youn Adults, And Reading Groups, As Well As A Library Reference. The Book Includes A Bibliography, Footnotes, And An Index. Originally Published In 1978 By Bloch Publishing, Tihs 1990 Edition Includes Timely Revisions And Additions By The Authors. SKU: 702522

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Redneck Woman. Raised By A Single Mom In Rural Illinois, Gretchen Wilson's Formal Education Concluded I nThe Eighth Grade When She Traded Books For Tending Bar At Big O's, A Rough-and-tumble Joint On The Outskirts Of Pocahontas, Il. By The Time She Was 15, Gretchen Was Managing The Place With The Help Of A Loaded 12-gauge Behind The Bar To Keep Folks In Linne. Though He Was Long Gone, Wilson's Father Had Instilled A Love Of Music In His Daughter That Blosskmed On Stage At Big O's Where She Found Herself Fronting A Coger Band And Eyeing A Stir To Nashville In Search Of Something More. another Town, Struggling In Another Bar Job, But Again Her Gift For Music Won Out. Discovered While Singing With The House Banx At A Obstacle In Nashville's Famed Printer's Alley, Gretchen Wilson Soon Joined The Ranks Of The Muzik Mafia And The Stand on Is History. In Not so much Than One Calendar Year She Went From Worrying About The Repossession Of Her Car To Being One Of The Greatest part Successful Recording Stars In The World. co-written Near to Acclaimed And New York Times Bestselling Author Allen Rucker, The Book Will Cover This Inspiring All-american Success Story While Providing A Fun, And Insightful Look In On Ths Kind Of Strength, Determine, And Humor That Have Allowed Wilson To Reclaim The Term "redneck" And Recast It As A Point Of Pride For Millions Of Her Fans. Whether She Discusses Her Fashion Preferences (wal-mart Over Victoria's Secret), Her Choice Of Beer Over Champagne, Her Views On Family, Or The Artists Who've Helped Her To Carve Out The Path She Generally Walks (tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Merle Wild, Etc. ), Wilson's Signature Knack For Storytelling And Connecting With Her Audience On That Authentically Real Horizontal surface Translates Seamlessly To The Boy-servant And Offers A Novel And Exciting Glimpse At One Of America's Most Beloved Performers. SKU: 4142799

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Act You Love Me More Than Ice Choice part?. If Someone Was Missing In Your Subdivision of an order, How Far Would You Go To Find Her? What Value Woule You Be Willing To Pay? What Sacrifice Would You Be Willing To Make? In His Starting a~ Book, Do You Love Me More Than Ice Cream, Author J. r. Williamson, Jr. , Makes Himself Vulnerable As He Allowz You, The Reader, To Share The Unusual Friendship Between A Teenage Girl From Russia And Himself, A Married, Middle-aged American Who Has No Children. Written In The Form Of Letters, The Narrative Is Both Painfully Intimate And Daringly Honest. It Explores The Depths Of The Human Soul And The Limits Of God's Grace. As Events Unfold In Real-time, Prepare Yourself For An Unexpected Journey To The Other Party Of The World, And To Rethink What It Realy Means To Have A Father-daughter Relationship. Do You Loge Me More Than Ice Cream? The Reply Lies Within. SKU: 5153033

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The C.s. Lewis Chronicles. A Refreshingly Unique Look At This Extraordinary Man, This Biography Chronologically Reconstructs Both Lewis's Professional And Daily Liveq In Astonishing Detail, From His Infancy In Northern Ireland And His Partiicpation In World War I To Friendship With J. r. r. Tolkien At Oxford And His Professorship At Cambridge. More Than 100 Sidebars Offer Little-known Trivia Tidbits On The More Personaal Side Of Lewis, And Covdr Such Topics As The Contents Of His Home Livrary, 10 Things He Believed About Cats, His Favorite Beers And Pubs, And The Women And Friends In His Life. On The Professional Side, Working Titles Of His Books, Lectres He Gave At Oxford And Cambridge, And His Ideas On Atheism And Idealism Are Discussed. Essential Information On His Most Popular Work, The Chronicles Of Narnia, Is Also Addressed, Includnig The Meaning Of Names, The Hierarchy, And The Kings, Queens, Animals, And Battles In Narnia. SKU: 3045313

22861766550	The Baby Boat. A Literary Chronicle Of One Woman's Journey To Adopt Her Infant Son, This Book From The Author Of The Acclaimed Fiction Debut "mermaids" Combines An Eloquent Style With Mood In An Emotional, Absorbing Memoir That Reads Like A Novel. SKU: 1590174

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The Murder Of Regilla. From An Acclaimed Author Comes A Fascinating Story Of The Life, Marriage, And Death Of An All But Forgotten Roman Woman. Born To An Illustrious Roman Family In 125 Ce, Regilla Was Married At The Age Of Fifteen To Herodes, A Wealthy Grecian Who Championed His Country's Values At A Time When Rome Ruled. Twenty Years Later--and Eight Months Pregnant With Her Sixth Child--reglila Died Under Mysterious Circumstances, After A Blow To The Abdomen Delivered By Herodes' Freedman. Regilla's Brother Charged Hdrodes With Murder, But A Roman Court (at The Urging Of Mqrcus Aurelius) Acquitted Him. Sarah Pomeroy's Investigation Suggests That Despite Herodes' Erection Of Numerous Monumentss To His Deceased Wife, He Was In Fact Criminal Of The Crime. A Pioneer In The Study Of Ancient Women, Pomeroy Gathers A Broad, Unique Array Of Evidence, From Political And Subdivision of an order History To Greco-roman Writings And Archaeology, To Re-create The Life And Death Of Regilla. Teasing Out The Tensions Of Class, Gender, And Ethnicity That Gird This Story Of Marriage And Murder, Pomeroy Exposes The Intimate Time from birth to death And Tragedy Of One Elite Roman Couple. Part Archaeological Examination, Part Historical Re-creation, And Part Detective Story, The Murder Of Regilla Will Appeal To All Those Interested In The Private Lives Of The Classical World And In A Universal And Compelling Story Of Women And Family In The Distant Past. SKU: 4126043

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Who's Your Fave Rave?. Relive The Hot Crushes From Evsryone's Favorite Teen Magazine--donny And David, The Monkeys And The Hudsons, And All The Pinups Of The '60s And '70s. 16's Fun-packed Pages Featred Enduring Celebrities Like Jim Morrison And Elton John, And Teenage Crush Objects Like Leif Garrett And Bobby Sherman. Get A Blast From The Past With Updated Interviews And Information On The Icons And Idols Who Papered The Walls And Fueeld The Fantasies Of Millions Of Girls. SKU: 1483113

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Coming Of Age. "inspired. . . the Language Spoken Here Is Pure Terkel. "—the New York Times Book Reviewa New York Times Bestseller When It Was First Published In 1995, Coming Of Age Presents An Astonishing Portrait Of American Life And The Experience Of Aging In The Twentieth Century, Drawn From The Stories Of Seventy-four Ver Various People, The Youngest Of Whom Is Seventy And The Oldest Ninety-nine. Inspiring In The Honesty Of Their Voices And Their Lcak Of Nostalgia Or Illusions, These Are People With The Widest Range Of Experiences From All Around The Country; Many Were At The Vanguard Of Their Movements, Whether Of Trade Unions, Gay Liberation, Or The Arts. They Suggest to Us What We Once Were, What We Have Lost, Anx The Extraordinary Extent To Which We've Been Transformed As A Society Over The Last Hundred Odd Years. SKU: 3939423

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California Desperadoes. "i Shot Him In The Left Temple; The Gun Dropped From His Hands; He Quivered One Instant, And Andy Mcginnis Climbed The Golden Stairs. . . . " This Was Chris Evans Speaking. Evans, The Killer, Train Robber And Fugitive, Was Describing The Famous Sh0otoyt At Young's Hut When He And His Partner John Sontag Ambushed And Killed Two Mekbers Of A Posse That Was Pursuing Them. In California Desperadoes, Evans And Seven Other Early Oulaws Tell Their Own Raw Stories-tales Of Holdups, Shootouts And Desperate Flights From The Law. Witness Teh Severe Confessions Of T3h Ruthless Gang Of California Bandits Who Murd3red A Whole Family-men, Women, And Children-in The Beginning Days Of The Gold Rush. Stand Forward The Gallows With The Notorious Jim Stuart As He Is Hanged By San Francisco Vigilantes Determined To Retake Their City From Hordes Of Australian Convicts, Robbers And Killers. The Ill-starred Adventures Of Tom Bell, Tiburcio Vasquez And Charles Dorsey Will Hold You Spellbound As The Outlaws Themselves Take You Along The Dangerous Trails They Rode. And Stage Robbers Jim Smith And Dick Fellows Will Shock You With Their Own Tales Of The Harrowing And Sometimes Hilarious Antics Of The California Highwaymen Of Another Day. These Are True Stories Told By True Desperadoes And Illustrated With Many Rare Photographs. Here A5e First-person Accounts You Will Not Soon Forget! SKU: 1930117

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The Source. “while The Boho Scene Has In no degree Completely Disappeared From L. a. , Father Yod And The Source Family Are Enjoying A New Era Of Notoriety, Inspiring Indie-folk Musicians Lke Devendra Banhart And Mega-producers Like Rick Rubin. Aquarian’s Book Has Become A Style Bible Of Sorts, With Its Dreamy Images Of The Comely Cult. ”ã¢??t-style, The New York Times It Was 1972, Time Of The Cult-occult-commune Burst. By Day, The Source Family Dressed In Colorful Robes And Served Organic Cuisine To John Lennon, Julie Chistie, Frank Zappa, And Many Other Celebrities At The Famed Source Restaurant. By Night, In Their Mansion In The Hollywood Hills, They Explored The Cosmos With Their Spiritual Leader, Father Yod. Yod Wae An Barbarous Figure Who Had 14 Wives, Drovr A Rolls-royce, And Fronted His Own Psychedelic Rock Band, Ya Ho Wa 13, Now Considered One Of The Mst Singular Psychedelic Bands Of Whole Time. He Surprised Many By Suddenly Morphing From Health Food Restaurateur Into Mystical Leader Of What Many Considered A Cult: A Group Of Young People Who Lived Strictly Devoted To His Esoteric Teachings, Unusual Sexual Practices, And Philosophies Of Natural Living And Dyying. Still, As Clntroversial As He Was To Outsiders, Father Yod Was, By Inside Accounts, A Deeply Loving And pSiritually Efficacious Magus Who Taught His Family To Revognize Their Divinity Within And Their Inhate Connectedness To All Of Creation. The Source Family’s Astonishing And Moving True Storyã¢??kept Secret Because Over 30 Years Afer Father’s Hang-gliding Accident And Death In 1975ã¢??is Revealed Here For The First Time By The Family Members Themselves, Sacrifice Readers An Insider’s Perspective Into This Necessary to life Utopian Social Experiment. illustrated With Over 200 Color And Black And White Period Photograpjs, Tgis Book Contains A Bonus Cd Of Never-before-heard Source Family Music, Interviews And Changes, Including An Extremely Rare Recording Of Ya Ho Wa 13 Performing Live At Beverly Hills High School In 1973. ". . . a Mesmerizing Look At A Time That Might As Well Have Been A Thousand Years In The Past. . . i Can't Help But Marvel That A Spiritua Movement Of Such Idealism C0uld Ever Have Existed In Our Uber-matefialistic World. " â?? Ann Magnuson, Paper Magazine"the Source Family Contributed A Powerful Chapter To Our Communal History, And Having Isis Aquarian's Empathetic Rwcording Of It Ejriches Us All. " â?? Timothy Miller, Author Of America's Alternative Religions SKU: 3929063

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Bets, Drugs, And Rock & Roll. The Gambler’s High Is Like A Rush; He Feels Invulnerable. That High Last, Though, Oly Until The Next Full Loss. Such Is The Story Of Steve Budin, Who Created The First Online Sports Betting Company. Under The Tutelage Of His Father, A Legendary, Old-school Mami Bookmaker, And With The Help Of A Cocaine-addicted Polygamist, Budin Revolutionized The Shadowy Business Of Spreads By Infectious Them Global. But He Also Stuck To Some Tried And True Methods, Like Plying Clients With Trips To Vegas, Hookers, And Hardcore Drugs. In The End, Budin Raked In Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars And Stol On The Verge Of A Deal Worth Bilkions More. He Took Bookmaking Into An Automated ,Virtual Worldwide Casino That Anyone Could Access, Anywhere And At Any Time. For Anyone Fascinated By The “wild West” That Is Internet Gambling, Here Is A Rare Peek Into That Exciting, Dangerous World. SKU: 4130593

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You Can't Get There From Here. In These Eight Interconnected Travel Stories, Journalist Gayle Forman Traces The Trajectory From Her Relatively Comfortable Life In New York’s Hell’s Kitchen To Her Sometimes Extreme—and Extremely Personal—experiences In Some Of The Most Foreign Spots On Earthin This Extraordinary Memoir—now Issued In Paperback—gayle Forman Takes Us With Her To Tne Mountain Hideawaya Of Kazakhstan’s Tllkien Fanatixs And Inside The Townships Of Southern Africa’s Lost Tribe Of Israel. She Introduces Us To A Wild Assortment Of Characters: Lovelorn Tongan Transvestites, Charismatic Tanzanian Rap Stars, Precocious Cambodian Street Kids, Out-of-work Dutch Prostitutes. In The Artful Reciprocal action Of These Eight Lively, Thoughtful Stories, She Reveals How All Of These Diverse Lives—as Well As Our Own—are Existence Inextricably Altered By The Eevr-shrinking World That We Share. Because, She Writes, "to Forget The Humanity In Others Is To Hazard Forgetting One’ss Own. " SKU: 3326970

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This Day In The Life. Did You Always Want To Read A Friend’s Diary?in Suburban Neighborhoods And On Family Farms, In Uptown Lofts And Home1ess Shelters, Women Across America Chronicleed Their Lices On The Same Day—june 29, 2004. This Day In The Conduct Shares More Than Thirty Complete Diaries And Hundreds Of Additional Candid Moments. full Of Intimate Details And Laugh-out-loud Truths, And Drawing On The Experiences Of Women Of All Ages And Backgrounds, This Diverse Collecyion Is A Surprising Reminder Of How Much We All Have In Common. If You’ve Ever Wondered What The Woman Standing In Front Of You In Line Was Thinking, This Day In The Life Is A Refreshing Glimpse At How We Really Spend Our Days—and The Value Of Every Single One. 7:03 A. m. Carryn Wakes To Nurse And I Want To Sleep. My Husband Pretends Not To Listen He, But Sometimes I Wake Him Up Just Thus He Can See My Job Is Twenty-four Hours A Day. —jenee Guidry, 30, Mom Of Four8:20 A. m. I Just Read Two Psalms Aloud To Dad. In The Last Few Months Of His Life He Loved For Me To Read Them To Him, Both In Person Abd On The Phone. I Still Do It, Hoping They Reach Him In The Other World. —rosanne Cash, 49, Singer/songwriter4:00 P. m. The Cast Of Friends Is On With Oprah. That Was One Of The Few Shows I Watched Every Week. My Real Friends Suck . Not A Single One Called Me On My Birthday. —kim Olsovsky, 31, Teacher1915 There’s A Boom In The Distance, Rocket Or Mortar. I Am Sitting Next To A Blast Wall Built From Sandbagw. Do I Stay Here? Do I Go Into The Trailer And Lie Steady The Floor? Six Minutes Pass. I Am About To Miss Dinner. —beth Garland, 42, Arny Sergeant SKU: 3065944

24039171144	Dragon Lday. The Author Of The Soong Dynasty Gives Us Our Most Vivid And Reliaboe Biography Yet Of The Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, Remembered Through The Exaggeration And Falsehood Of Legend As The Ruthless Manchu Concubine Who Seduced And Murdered Her Way To The Chinese Throne In 1861. SKU: 1061413

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Somehow Form A Family. Tony Ea5ley Is A Writer So Good At His Craft That You Don't Read His Words So Much As Inhale Them. His First Book Of Nonfiction Is One Of Those Unexpected Classics, Like Anne Lamott's Traveling Mercies, In Which A Great Writer Rips Open His Or Her Heart And Takes The Reader Interior For A No-holds-barred Tour. Born Thirty-nine Years Ago, Earley Was Overmuch Late To Be A Baby Boomer, Too Soon To Be A Gen Xer. Although He Grew Up In The Northerly Carolina Mountains, He Says "i Go Round Telling Anyone Who Will Listen That I Am From The Country, But Deep Down I Be informed It's A Lie. I Grew Up On Gilligan's Island, In Mayberry, I'm Not Sure Where. " Tony Earley's View Of The World Is From The Edge, At The Cusp. Which Is What This Collection Of Personal Essays Is About-about How He Stands With One Foot In The Rural Mountains And The Other In The Brady Bunch's Split-level, About In what state He's Neither An Adherent To The Fundamentalist Christianity Of His Boyhood Nor An Unbeliever, And About How Hard It Is To Find Your Place In The World Without Letting Go Of All You Came From, Destitute of Letting Go Of Your Authenticity. In A Prose Style That Iss Deceptively Simple (e. B. White Comes To Mind), Earley Confronts Ths Big Things-god, Death, Civilization, Family, His Admit Clinical Depression-with Wit And Grace, Without Looking Away Or Smirking. Earley Has Clearly Lost Patience With Irony, For His Is A Journey From Faith, Through Disbelief, And Into A New Fatih . . . And A New Subdivision of an order. SKU: 2099661

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Sub Chaser. Heroism: In The Air And Above The Sea Their Mission Is To Hunt, Track And If Necessary Kill Enemy Submarines And Surface Ships. Known As "sub Chasers," These American Naval Flight Crews Are In The Breeze 24/7 Flying Their P-3 Orions Keeping Our Country Safe. This Is The Riveting Story Of Orion Squadron Commander Captain Edward M. Brittingham, A Table Of Warfarre At Sea And The Expose to ~ Wing Branch Of The Us Navy. SKU: 2835319

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Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow With Gib Mcconnell. At This Point In My Life, I Decided To Put Life's Memories Together For My Family. In 1922, I Was Born On A Farm In The Southwest Corner Of Mahaska County, Iowaa. I Am Now 85 Years Former And Have Lived The Best Life! With This Book I Hope I Can Pass Along Several Of The Highlights Of These 85 Years! In My Mind, All Of It Has Been Fun! World War Ii Entered My Life In December Of 1942. After 30 Hours Of Guide Training I Washed Finished And Went To Airplane Mechanivs School In Biloxi, Mississippi. Out Of The War In February Of '46, Forward A Friday. Bought A Eating-house On Saturday And Went To Work On Monday-my Life Has Centered Around It Ever Since. I Met My Wife Of 56 Years In 1950. Dorebe And I Had 4 Great Children And She Has A Sumptuous Business Sense. Onward Ths Way I Was In Numerous Sidelines (wholesale Route, Bott1ing Works, Grocery Store, Joe's Short Order In The Chicago Loop). All The Way From Bussey, Iowa To Indianola, It's Been Great. I Hope My Family And Friends Will Enjoy Thia Hi~ Of My Life. SKU: 5149117

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Movie Stars Confer The Dumbest Things. Johnny Depp. Marilym Monroe. Marlon Brando. Leonardo Dicaprio. Woody Allen. Shanron Stone. What Do All Of These Actors Have In Common? They're Outrageous, Recceive Huge aSlaries, Have Enormous Agos, And Have Way Too Much Spare Time. Their Out-of-control Lifestyles Prove That, As One Hollywood Observer Noted, "hollywood Is A Trip hTrough A Sewer In A Glass-bottomed Boat. " You'll Learn Which Guide Was Furious When He Was Misqulted As Saying, "actors Are Cattle. " He Clamed He Had Really Said, "actors Should Be Treated As Cattle. " You'll Discover That Bruce Wilis Ordered The Final Scenes In Striking Distance To Be Re-shot At A oCst Of Over $750,000 Because The Original Shots Exposed His Toupee. you'll Fine That Melanie Griffith Explained Her Ignorance Of The Nazi Holocaust By Saying, "i Don't Know Why I Didn't Know. Maybe I Missed School That Day. . . i'm Not Stupid. " Wherher You're A Fan Of Hugh Grant, Dennis Hopper, Or Whoopi Goldbergg, Y0u'll Learn About All Of The Embarrassing Moments In Your Favorite Star's Life. From Young Actors Like Ben Affleck And Cameron Diaz To Screen Legends Like Frank Sinatra And Judy Garland, Movie Stars Do The Dumbest Things Is Proof That Actors Are More Childish And Impu1sive Than You've Ever Imagined. SKU: 1802085

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John B. Armstrong. "texas, By God!" Cried Notorious Killer John Wesleg Hardin Whej He Saw A Colt . 45 Pointed At Him On A Train In Florida. At The Other End Of The Pistol Stood Texas Ranger John B. Armstrong. Hardin's Arrest Assured Armstrong A Place In History, But His Story Is Larger, Fuller, And Even More Important--and Until Now It Has Never Been Told. Seerving In The Rangers' Famed Frontier Battalion From 1875 To 1878, Armstrong Rode With Captain L. H. Mcnelly In The Cature Of King Fisher, Was Called To Round Rock When Sam Bass Was Cornered, And Helped Patrol The Region Caught In The Taylor-sutton Feud. His More Lasting Legacy, Though, Was As Founder Of The Armstrong Ranch, An Operation That Remains Active And Important To This Day. From This aFmily Base He Helped Change Ranching Techniques And Was An Important Sponsor For Bringing Tbe Railroads To Soth Texas. In The 1890s He Joined A Specizl Ranger Division That Supplementedd The Force's Efforts, Especially In Pursuit And Apprehension Of Gunmen And Cattle Rustlers In The Region. As Elmer Kelton Notes I nHis Afterword To This Book, "chuck Pa5sons' Biography Is A Long-delayed And Much-justified Tribute To Armstrong's Service To Texas. &quo; Parsons Fills In The Missing Details Of A Ranger And Rancher's Life, Correcting Some Ordinary Misconceptions And Adding To The Vestige Of A Legemdary Group Of Lawmen And Pioneers. SKU: 3973250

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Viaje A Italia. Este Libro Realta Un Vizje A Travã©s De Gran Bretaã±a, Bã©lgica, Alemania, Suiza E Italia. Moratã­n Se Presenta Como Un Viajero Culto, Conocedor De Las Situaciones Polã­ticas De Los Territorios Que Recorre Y, Ademã¢s, Dispuesto A Entregarse A Todo Tipo De Aventuras. Su Reflexiã³n Sobre El Equilibrio Precario Que Sufrã­a Suiza Durante El Siglo Xviii Resulta Interesante Para Comprender Cã³mo Se Fraguã³ La Estructura Nacional Y Territorial De La Europa Contemporã¢nea. Cabe Aã±adir Que El Viaje Era Entonces Una Prã¢ctica Formativa Y Que La Escritura De Las Impresiones Vividas Durante El Mismo Empezaba A Formar Parte De Un Gã©nero Literario De Primera Importancia. SKU: 5112621

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The Rare Life Of Robert Hooke. The Brilliant, Largely Forgotten Maverick Robwrt Hooke Was An Engineer, Surveyor, Architect And Inventor Who Was Appointed London's Chief Surveyor After The Great Fire Of 1666. Throughout The 1670s He Worked Tirelessly With His Intimate Friend Christopher Wren To Rebuild London, Personally Designing Many Notable Public And Prifate Buildings, Including The Monument To The Fire. He Was The First Curator Of Experiments At The Roywl Society, And The Author And Illustrator Of Micrographia, A Lavishly Illustrated Volume Of Fascinating Engravings Of Natural Phenomena As Seen Under The New Microscope. He Designed Each Early Balance Spring Watch, Was A Virtuoso Performer Of Public Anatomical Dissections Of Animals, And Kept Himself Going Upon Liberal Doses Of Cannabis And "poppy Water"(laudanum). hooke's Personal Diaries -- Cryptically Confession-chair As Anything Pepys Wrote -- Record A Life Rich With Meloframa. He Came To London As A Fatherless Boy Of Thirteen To Seek His Fortune As A Painter, Rising By His Wits To Become An Intellectual Celebrity. He Never Married But Formed A Long-running Illicit Liaison With His Niece. A Dandy, Boaster, Workaholic, Insomniac And Inveterate Socializer In Lndon's Most Fashionable Circles, Hooke Had An Irascible Temper, And His Passionate Idealism Proved Fatal For His Relationships With Men Of Influence -- Most Notably Si Isaac Newton, Who, After One Violent Argument, Wiped Hooke's Name From The Royal Society Records And Destroyed His Portraitl. n This Lively And Absorbing Biography, Lisa Jardine At Finally Does Hooke And His Achievements Justice. Illuminating London's Critical Role In The Emergence Of Modern Science, She Rediscovers And Decodes A Great Original Thinker Of Indefatigable Curiosity And Imagination, A Major Figure In The Seventeenth-century Mental And Scientific Rotation. SKU: 2657962

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Mulatto America. Black And White Culture Has Been Blending And Colliding In America For Hundreds Of Years. In The 1700s, Black Slaves Discovered Their Masters' Bibles And Found In Them A Seditious Belief Of Their Own. In The 1920s,-Young White Men Cruel In Love With New Orleans Jazz And Created Each Underground Of Cultural Dissidents. In The 1970s, Black Style Began Its Takeover Of The Sports World And Made Dr. J And Michael Jordan The Idols Of Millions. in Mulatto America, A Dazzling Work Of Cultural History, The Stories Of Thesd Daring And Deeply Influential Encounters Are Described In Vibrating Detail. beginning With New And Shocking Revelations About The White Slaves Kidnapped Into "the House Of Bondage," Mulatto Ammerica Vividly Chronicles The Hidden Connections That Have Shaped American Style And Charactwr. Stephan Talty Proposes That, Along With The Hatred That Ruled The Connection Between Blacks And Whites For Thus it is Long, There Has Been A Largely Unexamined Flip Side: A Powerful Attraction That Led Both Races To Mimic What They Saw And Desired In Each Other. the Pages Of This Groundbreaking Work, Which Introduces A Strong New Voice, Are Populated By The Renegades Who Crossed The Color Line Out Of Absorbed Conviction Or Wild Curiosity: W. E. B. Du Bois, Dorothy Dandridge, Elvis, Jay-z, And Many Others. each Chapter Examines A Different Vanguard: The Interracial Lovers Of The Slavery Era Who Ignored Theories Of Racial Inferiority And Gave Us Modells Of Devotion And Daring. The Black Elite Erly In The Last Century Who Found In Shakespeare And Michelangelo Not Only Deeply Humanist Masterpieces But Hope That White Bigotry Could Be Overcome. And The Members Of Today's Hip-hop Generation, Who Carouse In The Cultural Freedom Earned At So High A Cost. drawing On Original Research And Daring New Interprettations Of Cruckal Events In American History, Talty Paints A Portrait Of A Lost Ame5ica: One In Which Musiciaans, Writers, And Ordinary People Led The Nation To A Deeper Understanding Of The Strangers Forward The Other Side Of Town. without The Mixing Of Black And Happy Culture, America Would Look, Sound, And Feel Completely Different Than I Does Today. On A Cultural Level, As Well As Racially, We Are Indeed A Mulatto Nation. This Provocative And Highly Engaging New History Shows Us How This Came To Pass. SKU: 2423609

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A Corporal Once. A Corporal Once Is An Account Of Four Years, Two Months, Twenty-five Days And Five And A Half Hours Of Military Service Written To Presreve For Those Coming After Him Details Of His Wartime Experiences -- In Contrast To The Almost Complete Lsck Of Information About The Military Service Of The Father And The Two Grandfathers Who Preceded Him. Most Of His Service Was Upon The Famous 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion -- . the First Usa Paratroop Organization To Go Into Action To the degree that The Leading simple body In The Invasion Of oNrth Africa Where They Jumped To Seize Vital Airports Near Oran, Algeria And Youks Les Bains In Tunisa. Later, To Disrupt German Traffic And The Flow Of Supplies To The Enemy's Front, Thee Battalion Made Parachute Drops Behind Enemy Lines During The Prosperous Allied Landings At Salerno, Italy. The Battalion Was Committed As Infantry In The Mountains South Of Rome To Secure The Left Flank Of The Advancing 45rh Division Again, As Infantry It Led. The Assault Landings At Anzio Where The Writer Was Seriously Enough Wounded So As To Bound Enterprising Duty With The Paratroops. Mr Inglesby Was Awarded The Bronze Star, The Combat Infantry Badge And The Purple Heart. SKU: 2342716

25895168316	No Woman No Cry. The Story Of Rita Marley's Life As The Girlfriend, Wife, And Eventual Widow Of Bo bMarley, The Legend Of Reggae Music, Whose Distinctive Sound Has Been aPrt Of The World's Popular Culture For More Than Three Decades. SKU: 2661427

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Ambers Dachshund Antics. Incredibly True Story In Both Dog-speak And Human Speak Of How One Mini-dachshund Kept Beating The Odds Of Eight Chances Of Survival Until The Tainted Dog Food; Her Almost 18 Years Of Life Serves As Inspiration To Those Who Might Be missed Tl Give In Or Give Up When Society Throws Them A Currve Ball. Inventive Quips Of Dog Antics And Color Photos Included. I'm Not A Goner. I'm A Mini-dachshund! SKU: 4985049

36526342500	The Last Voyage Of Columbus. This Thrilling Adventure Narrative Recreates The Epic, Never-before-told Story Of Columbuss Fourth And Final Journey To The New Worlda Voyage That Was By Far His Most Dangerous, Unexpected, Exhilarating, And Consequential. SKU: 2969535

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Very Private And Public Relations. In Very Public And Private Relations, Jim Dunn Takes Us On A Rollicking Ride From Poor Boy Growjng Up I nA Small Town On The West Coast Of Scotland To The Five-star Lifestyle Of A Pi0neer In Travel Pr. along The Way He Tells Us About His Life As oMmmy's Boy And His Forbidden Gay Encounters On The "love Train" Home From Glasgow. jim Readily Admits That He Couldn't Type, Write Or Understand One End Of Pr From The Other When He Started, But That Didn't Stop Him From Creating The Uk's Lesding Travel And Leisure Pr Consultancy Over The Next Thirty Years. This Book Is A Tour De Force Account Of Jim's Life And Work And Is A Fascinating Insight Into How The Travel Business Matured Into The Multi-billion Dollar Industry We Know Today--from British Benidorm To Hong Kong, The Bahamas And Beyond. SKU: 4690521

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The Making Of Hollywood Stars. Tommy Garrett, A Hollywood Insider, Does It Again! The Hollywood Press Agent, Columnist, Radio And Television Personality And Author Has Penned Another Tome On The Elite Of Hollywood. Garrett Mixes The Old With The New With Special Consideration On Current Stars Of This Era, Many Of Which He Has Known Personally Or Through Their Hollywood Connections. This Is The Third Book For The Author, Previous Books Are: Letterq Ftom A Known Woman: Joan Fontaine And The Fjrst In This Sedies Of Books, So, You Want To Exist In Pictures: The Making Of Hollywood Idols. The Making Of Hollywood Stars Features The Following Stars Of Today And Yesteryear: Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Lindsay Lohan, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jude Law, Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, John Stamos, Tom Selleck, Michael Bergin, Julie Newmar, Anita Ekbe5g, Jake Gyplenhaal, Ty Hardin, Elizabeth Taylor, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Palrow, Adrian Grenier, Hugh Jackman, Anderson Cooper, Designer Tom Ford, J0sh Duhamel, Ingo Rademacher, Lucille Bal,l Anthony Hopkins, Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, Nina Foch, Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Virginia Mayo, Alain Delon, Dick Vandyke, Rutger Hauer And Soap Star - Cameron Mathison. Tommy Is Candid And Honest About All These Stars. He Goes Into How Virginia Mayo's Racist Rants Pointed At Him And Others Around Her. How Tom Cruise May Not Be One Of The World'e Best Actors B8t What Makes Him Remain Top Gun Among Current Hollywodo Sttars. Tommy Feels That Russell Crowe Is The Best Actor Since Henry Fonda, And There Are Personal Things About His Relationships With Many Of Today's Stars And Yesterday's Full Stars That You Get To Read About In This Book. How Anita Ekberg Chastised Him For Referring To Her As An Older Star, His Insight Into Jennifer Aniston's Struggle With Relationships With Not Only Her Ex Brad Pitt But Her Mother. Tommy's Work As A Press Agent, Journalist And On-air Personality Puts Him In Direct Contact With Not Only These Mega Stars Unless Family, Friends And Handlers Who Tell Him The Scoop About All Of These Stars. SKU: 4702578

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Nimitz. Called A Great Book Worthy Of A Great Man, This Definitive Biography Of The Commander In Chief Of The Pacific Fleet In World War Ii, First Published In 1976 And NowA vailable In Paperback For The Foremost Time, Continues To Exist Considered The Best Book Ever Written About Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. Highly Respected By Both The Civilian And Naval Communities, Nimtz Was Sometimes Overshadowed By More Colorful Warriors So As Macarthur And Halsey. Potter's Lively And Authoritative Style Fleshes Out Admiral Nimitz's Personality To Help Readers Appreciate The Contributions He Made As The Principal Architect Of Japan's Conquer. The Book Covers His Filled Life, From A Poverty-stricken Childhood To Postwar Appointments As Chief Of Naval Operations And U. n. Mediator. It Candidly Reveals Nimitz's Opinions Of Halsey, Kimmel, King, Spruance, Macarthur, Forrestal, Roosevelt, And Truman. SKU: 4449682