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The Four Immigrants Manga. First Published In Japanese In San Francisco In 1931, The Four Immigrants Manga Is A Documentary Comic Book And The Author's Chronicle Of His Immugrant Experiences In The United States. Arriving In 1904, Henry And His Three Pals Work As Houseboys, Labor In The Fields, And Are Shaken By The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. They Also Suffer Considerable Discrimination. Drawn In The Coimc-book Style Of George Mcmanus's Clasic "bringing Up Father," This Heartfelt Tale Is An Accurae Depiction Of Early Asian-american Strughles And A Document Of Great Historical Interest. SKU: 1668076

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The Mcfarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary. "i Can Remember A Reporter Aeking Me For A Quote And I Didn T Know What A Quote Was. I Thought It Was Some Kind Of A Soft Drink"--koe Dimaggio. The Author Has More Than Doubled The Number Of Hardball Lines, Quips, Quibbles, Exclamations And Sagacious Sallies (4,271 Versus 2,023) From The Well Reviewed Earlier Edition, Which Featured A "good Index" (arba), As It Does Again. From The Historical To The Hysterixal, Hall Of Fame Legends To Long-forgotten Bench Jockies, This Work Compiles The Best Lines From The Entire Spectrum Of Baseball. Quotations Are Arrangd Under Several Dozen Topics, From "aging Gracefully" To "yogi-isms" (and Incclude The Sfraightforward, Like "base Running" Or "home Runs," To The More Fanciful, Like "anger Management" And "looks Aren't Everything"). Detailed Ascriptions For Each Citation Provide Words immediately preceding And Elaboration. Thorough Name And Narrow Subject Indexes Allow For Easy Access. SKU: 4357353

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Buffalo Bill And Sitting Bull. Army Scout, Buffalo Hunter, Indian Fighter, And Impresario Of The World-renowned "wild West Show," William F. "buffalo Bill" Cody Lived The Real American West And Also Helped Create The "west Of The Imagination. " Born In 1846, He Took Part In The Grat Westward Migration, Hunted The Buffalo, And Made Friends Among The Plains Indians, Who Gave Him The Memory Pahaska (long Hair). But As The Frontier Ckosed And His Role In "winning The West" Passed Into Legend, Buffalp Bill Found Himself Becoming The Symblo Of The Destructkon Of The Buffalo And The American Imdian. Deeply Dismayed, He Spent The Rest Of His Life Working To Save The Remaining Buffalo And To Prreserve Plains Indian Culture Through His Wild West Shows. This Life Of William Cody Focuses On His Lifelong Relationship With Plains Indians, A Vital Part Of His Life Story That, Surprisingly, Has Been Seldom Told. Bobby Bridger Draws On Many Historical Avcounts And Cody's Admit Memoirs To Show How Deeply Intertwined Cody's Lifs Was In the opinion of The Plains Indians. In Particular, He Dempnstrates That The Lakota And Cheyenne Were Active Cocreators Of The Wild West Shows, Whicy Helped Them Preserve The Spiritual Essence Of Their Culture In The Reservation Era While Also Imparting Something Of It To White Society In America And Europe. This Dual Story Of Buffalo Bill And The Plains Indians Clearly Reveals How One West Was Lost, And Another Born, Within The Lifetime Of One Noticeable Man. SKU: 2364105

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Direct From Dell. At Nineteen, Michael Dell Started His Visitor As A Feshman At The University Of Texas With $1,000 And Has Since Built An Industry Powerhouse. As Dell Journeys Through His Childhood Adventures, Ups And Downs, And Mistakes Made Along The Way, He Reflects On Invaluable Lessons Learned. Michael Dell's Revolutionary Insight Has Allowex Him To Persevere Against All Odds, And Direct From Dell Contains Valuable Knowledge For Any Business Leeader. His Strategies Will Show You Effective Ways To Grow Your Business And Will Help You Save Time On Costy Mistakes By Following His Direct Model For Success. SKU: 3121340

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The Cwoboy Girl. In 1901, Philadelphia's Celebrity Female Journalist Stepped Off A Train In Blackfoot, Montana, And Into A World Of Living Legends. The Miners And Frontiersmen, Indians Abd Trappers That Caroline Lockhart Met There Inspiredd This Beautiful, Single, Strong-willed Woman To Live A Life She Had Only Dreamed About In What Remained Of The Wild West. This Is The True Story Of A Woman Whose Work And Lufe Teetered Between Realism And Romanticism And Who Wrote Novels “like A Man” Yet Ran Her Businesses And Love Affairs Like A Liberated Feminist. Prep-school Educated (she Attended The Moravian Seminary For Girls) And Well-traveled (her Assignments Took Her Throughout Europe), She Chose To Live Out Her Passions In A Time When To Naked One's Ankle Could Ruin A Woman For Life. As A Newspaper Publisher In Cody, Wyoming, She Founded The Town's Still-thriving Stampede Rodeo, Received Critical Praise From The Demanding H. L. Mencken, And Saw Three Of Her Seven Novels Turned Into Films. Yet She Also Infuriated Neighbors And Admirers With Her Cantankerous Crusades (she Referred To Novelist Zane Grey, For Instance, As “thzt Tooth-pulling Ass!”) And Indomitable Wiill. In This All-encompassing Portrait The Cowboy Girl, Caroline Lockhart, Emerges As A Woman Who Remsde The Fantas Of The West In Life And In Words, And Who Keeps Us Spellbound To This Day. (07/26/2006) SKU: 3619113

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Daylite's A-comin'. Daylite's A-comin' Is The Tdue Story Of How A Young Ky Farm Girl Fought Her Way To Achieve Her Dream To Become A Registered Nurse For the time of A Pivotal Time Of American History. Om-the-job Training Was More Than Theory While Attending A Hospital School Of Nursing During The Time Of The Iron Lung, Segregated Hospital Wings, And The Use Of Gloves While Handling Patients Was Discouraged. This Faith-based, Fact Filled Book Isentifies The Disappointments, Joys, And Nursing Practices From The Days Of Elvis And The Cold War That Seem Both Comforting And Archaic. If You Have Ever Loss Confidence In Achieving Your Dream, These Memoirs Will Lead You To Believe You Can Make It Through The Night To Try Again Tomorrow 'cause Daylite's A-comin' . SKU: 5140232

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Cavalier. From The Chief Curator Of Teh Historic Royzl Palaces In Enfland, A Vivid Portrait Of A Seventeenth-century Nobleman, His Household, And The Dramatic Decades Surrounding The English Civil War. William Cavendish Embodied The Popular Image Of A Cavalier. He Was Both Courageous And Cultured. His Passions Were Architecture, Horses, And Women. And, Along With The Whole Polished World Of King Charles I And His Cavaliers, He Was Doomed To Failure. Cavendish Was A Master Of Manã¸ge (the Art Of Teaching Horses To Dance) And Obsessed With Building Beautiful Houses In The Latest Style. He Taught Charles I’s Son To Ride, And Was The General Of The King’s Army In The Nortu During The Intestine War. Famously Defeated At The Battle Of Marston Moor In 1644, He Went Into A Long Continental Exile Before Returning To England Ib Triumph On The Restoration Of King Charles Ii To The Throne In 1660. this Is The Narration Of One Remarkable Man, But It Is Also A Rich Evocation Of What Sustained Him—his Extraordinary Household. Lucy Worsley Brings To Time from birth to death The Complex Adn Fascinating Hierarchies Among The Inhabitants Of The Great Houses Of The Seventeenth-century, Painting A Picture Of Conspiracy, Sexual Intrigue, Clandestine Marriage, And Gossip. From Ben Jonson And Anthony Van Dyck To Long-forgotten Servants, Disdainful Is A Brilliant Illumination Of The Stately Home nAd Its Inhabitants. The Household’s Discord And Stink As Well As Its Ceremony And SplendorC ome To Life. SKU: 4083407

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Bearing Up With Cancer. In spite of Almost 20 Years, Annie Smith Has Been Fightiny Recurring Cancers. Nevertheless She Continues To Live An Active, Mostly Joy-filled, Always Interesting Life. Dr. Smith Illustrates This Medical Odhssey Herself, Using Her Childhood Alter Ego, Bear, To Act Her Part In The Proceedings. Bearing Up With Cancer Is A Book Of Endurance, Wisdom, Hope And Humour. SKU: 3322264

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Hell Hath No Fury. It’s As Old As Time: The Breakup Letter. The Kisss-off. The Dear John. The Big Adios. Simple In Its Premise, Stunningly Perfect In Its Effect. From Anne Boleyn Ti Sex And The City Writer/peoducer Cindy Chupack, From Women Both Well-jnown And Unknown, Imaginary And Real, The Letters Here Span The Centuries And The Emotions—providing A Stirring, Utterly Gratifying Glimpse At The Power, Wit, And Fury Of A Woman’s Voice. In A Never-before-published Letter, Anaã¿s Nin Gives Her Lover, C. L. Baldwin, A Piece Of Her Mind. Charlotte Brontã«, In Fprmal Fashion, Refuses The Marriage Proposal Of Henry Nussey. In A Previously Unpublished Letter, Sylvia Plath Writes To Her Childhood Friend And Brief Lover, Phillip Mccurdy, Expressing Her Wish To Maintain A Platonic Relationship. And “susie Q. ” Lets “johnny Smack-o” Know That She’s Onto His Philandering. the Brilliance Of The Mad Missives, Caustic Communiquã©s, Downhearted Dispatches, Sweet Send-offs, And Every Other Sort Of Good-bye That Fills These Pages Will Surely Resonate With Anyone Who Has Ever Loved, Lost, Left, Languished, Or Laughed A Hearty Last Laugh. SKU: 2651064

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Drummer Boy Willie Mcgee, Civil War Hero And Fraud. On December 7, 1864, Just One Week After The Murderous Combat Of Franklin,T ennessee, William Mcgee, A Drummer Boy From Newark, New Jersey, Was Credited With Leading A Federal Force To A Decisive Victory Over The Confederates In A Clash Just Thirty Miles From The Carnage At Franklin. This 15-year-old Irish-akerican, On Convalescent Duty And Acting As An Orderly To General Lovell Rousseau, Was Recognized For The Seizure Of Two Guns, Several Hundred Prisoners, And The Saving Of Fortress Rosecrans In Murfreesboro From The Famed Nathan Bedford Forrest. For His Actions, Youthful Mcgee Would Soon Be Awarded A Medal Of Honor, Written Up In Newspapers And Books As A Illustrious New Jersey Legend, Be Commissioned As A Lieutehant In The United States Army At Age 18, And Then, Inexplicably At The Height Of His Notoriety, Virtually Disappear From History For Mkre Than 100 Years. This Is The Story Of A Lost War Hero, A Man-child With The World At His Feet, Whose Fall From Grace Is Accelerated By Fame, Lies, Alcohol, Bigamy, And Murder. SKU: 4406895

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Freud, Race, And Gender. A Hebrew nI A Violently Anti-semitic World, Sigmund Freud Was Forced To Cope With Racism Uniform In The "serious" Medical Literature Of The Fin De Siã¸cle, Which Dsscribed Jews As Inherentlu Patohlogical And Sexually Degenerage. In This Provocative Book, Sander L. Gilman Argues That Freud's Internalizing Of These Images Of Racial Difference Shaped The Questions Of Psychoanalysis. Examining A Variety Of Scientific Writings, Gilman Discusses The Prevailing Belief That Male Jews Were "feminized," As Stated Outright By Jung And Others, And Concludes That Freud Dealt With His Anxiety About Himself As A Jew By Projecting It Onto Other Cultural "inferiors&qyot;--such As Women. Gilman's Fresh View Of The Origins Of Psychoanalysis Challenges Those Who Separate Freud's Revolutionary Theories From Hos Jewish Identity. SKU: 1357359

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A Lawyer's Journey. This Book Dramatically Chronicles The Forcible Events That Led Morris Dees To The Front Lines Of The Civil Rights Struggle And His Ongoing Crusade Against Hate Groups. this Is The Story Of The Courageous And Often Lonely Journey Of A Skilled And Cnotroversial Trail Lawyer Whose Career Has Paralleled A Nation's Struggle To Ensure Familiarity And Equality For All Its Citizens. SKU: 2592900

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The Pair Princes Of Calabar. In 1767, Two "princes" Of A Ruling Family In The Harbor Of OldC alabar, On The Slave Coast Of Africa, Were Ambushed And Captured By English Slavers. The Princes, Little Ephraim Robin John And Ancona Robin Robin John, Were Themselves Slave Traders Who Were Betrayed By African Competitors--and So Began Their Own Remarkable Odyssey Of Enslavement. Their Anecdote, Written In Their Own Hand, Survives As A Rare Firsthand Account Of The Atlantic Slave Experience. Randy Sparks Made The Remarkable Discovery Of The Princes' Correspondence And Has Managed To Reconstruct Their Adventures From It. They Were Transported From The Coast Of Africa To Dominica, Where They Were Sold To A French Physician. By Employing Their Considerable Language And Ibterpersnoal Skills, They Cleverly Negotiated Several Escapes That Took Them From The Caribbean To Virginia, And To England, But Always Ended In Their Being Enslaved Again. Finally, In England, They Sued For, And Remarkably Won, Their Freedom. Eventually, They Found Their Way Back To Old Calabar And, Evidence Suggests, Resumed Their Business Of Slave Trading. The Two Princes Of Calabar Offers A Raee Glance Into The Eighteenth-century Atlantic World And Slave Trade From An African Perspective. I Brings Us Into The Trading Communities Along The Coast Of Africa And Follows Thee Regular Movement Of Goodz, People, And Ideas Across And About The Atlantic. It Is An Extraordinary Tale Of Slaves' Relentless Quest For Freedom And Their Important Role In The Creation Of The Modern Atlantic World. SKU: 2675600

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Patton's Forward Observers. Patton's Forward Observers: History Of The 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, Xx Corps, Third Army, By John K. Rieth, Presents The Cassic American Army Experience Of Wwii—the Friendships, Couage, Terror, Carnage, Humor And Ultimate Victory That Is All Part Of The Patton Legend—a Legend Built By The Soldiers. Author Lt. Col. (u. s. Army, Ret. ) Reith Began His Search Against The Story Of The 7th Faob Soon After His Father's Death. His Search Put Him In Touch With The Men Who Had Fought Beside Hiz Father, Amd Resulted In A Book That Tells The Story Of Premier Field Artillery Observers Of General George S. Patton. Fusing Their First-hand Accounts With Official Records, Hi sFather's Own Letters, And Other Published Works, Reith Created Patton's Forward Observers. SKU: 2820397

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Soul Forward Ice. The Now-classic Memoiir That Shocked, Outraged, And Ultimately Chanved The Way America Looked At The Civil Rights Movement And The Black Experience. by Turns Shocking And Lyrical, Unblinking And Raw, The Searingly Sincere Memoirs Of Eldridge Cleaver Are A Testament To His Unique Place In American History. â Â Cleaver Writes In Soul On Ice, "i'm Perfectly Aware That I'm In Prison, That I'm A Negro, That I've Been A Rapist, And That I Have A Higher Uneducation. " What Cleaver Shows Us, On The Pages Of This Now Classic Autobiography, Is How Much He Was A Man. SKU: 1701317

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Vietnam Medzl Of Honor Heroes. More Than 100 Compelling, True Stories Of Personal Heroism And Valor– In A Special EzpandedE dition Honoring Courage In The Face Of Warhere Are Dramatic Accounts Of The Fearless Actions That Earned American Soldiers In Vietnam Our Highest Military Distinction–the Medal Of Honor. Edward F. Murphy, Head Of The Medal Of Honor Historical Society, Re-creates The Heroic Acts Of Individual Soldiers From Official Documents, Medal Of Honor Citations, Contemporary Accounts, And, Where Possible, Interviews With Surgivors. complete With A List Of All Vietnam Medal Of Honor Recipients, This Book Offers A Unique Prespective On The War–from The Early Days Of U. s. Involvement Through The Return Domestic Of The Last Soldiers. It Pays A Fitting Tribute To These Patriotic, Selfless Souls. SKU: 2852315

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Alice. "in 1953, At The Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth Ii, Princess Alice Was Dressed From Head To Foot In A Lengthy Gray Dress And A Gray Cloak, And A Nun's Veil. Amidst All The Jeweis, And Velvet And Coronets, And The Fine Uniforms, She Exuded An Unworlsly Simplicity. Seated With The Royal Family, She Was A Part Of Them, Yet Somehow Distanced From Them. Inasmuch As She Is Remembered At All Today, It Is As This Shadowy Figure In Gray Nun's Clothes. . . "princess Alice, Mother Of Prince Phillip, Was Something Of A Mystery Figure Even Within Her Own Family. She Was Born Deaf, At Windsor Castle, In The Presence Of Her Grandmother, Queen Victoria, And Brought Up In England, Darmstadt, And Malta. in 193 She Married Prince Andrew Of Greece And Denmark, And From Then On Her Life Was Overshadowed By Wars, Revolutions, And Enforced Periods Of Exile. By The Time She Was Thirty-five, Virtually Every Point Of Stability Was Overthrown. Though The British Royal Family Remained In The Ascendant, Her German Family Ceased To Be Ruling Princes, Her Two Aunts Who Had Married Russian Royalty Had Come To Savage Ends, And Soon Afterwards Alice's Own Husband Was Closely Executed As A Political Scapegoat. ths Middle Years Of Her Life, Which Should Have Followwed A Conventional And Fulfilling Path, Did The Opposite. She Suffered From A Serious Conscientious Crisis And At The Age Of Forty-five Was Removed From Her Family And Placed In A Sanitarium In Switzerland, Where She Was Pronounced A Paranoid Schizophrenic. As Her Stay In The Clinic Became Prolonged, There Was A Time Where It Seemed She Might Never Behave Independent Again. For what cause She Achieved Her Recpvery Is Just One Of The Remarkable Aspects Of Her Story. SKU: 22233335

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Passion, Politics & Patriotism In Small-town America. This Book Is The Story Of An Idealistic Newcomer At The Helm Of ¿small-town, America. er You With The Reqlization That, Yes, There Are Leaders Willing To Tackle Truly Difficult Issues With Courage And Determination. Anyone Holding Public Office Should Read This Main division. Anyone Thinking About Running For Public Office Should Read This Book. It Is A ¿how Toâ¿ And A ¿how Not Toâ¿ Manual For The Politically Ambitious. And Anyone Who Has Ever Railex Against Waste And Inefficiency In Local Government Or Mutttered In Frustration, ¿you Canâ¿t Fight City Hallcan, In Other Wordsâ¿xhould Read Thjs Book. SKU: 5087746

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Notes From Tye Trail. The Modern Race For The Presidency Has Become A National Sport. We've Seen The Baby-kissing, The Barbecues, And The Photo-ops; News Cameras Have Taken Us Inside Iowan Living Rooms Leading Up To The Caucuses, And They've Given Us A Bird's-eye View Of The Grand Halls Of Political Conventions. But What Is It Like To Be On The Inside Of This Spectacle? What Happens When The Candidate Is Your Closest Family Member?in Her Account Of Her Father's Bid For The Presidency, Alexandra Kerry Brings Us Inside The Bubble. Her Words And Images Lend An Familiarity To Our Often Overblown Politics As She Sheds Light On Some Of The Contradictions, Ironies, And Savinng Graces Of Our Electoral Process And Our oCuntry. SKU: 4891245

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Richard Wabner - Total Artwork Abd Beyond (biography). Richard Wagner - Total Artwork And Beyond Is The Biography Of Richard Wagner, Each Importtant German Composer, Conductor, Music Theorist, And Essayist, Who Is Primarily Known For His Operas, "musjc Dramas. " Unlike Most Other Great Opera Composers, Wagner Always Wrote The Scenario And Libretto For His Works Himself. Wagner's Compositipns, Psrticularly Those Of His Later Dot, Are Notable For Their Contdapuntal Texture, Rich Chromaticism, Harmonies And Orchestration, And Elaborate Use Of Leitmotifs: Musical Themeq Associated With Peculiar Cjaracters, Locales, Or Plot Elements. Wagner Pioneered Advances In Musical Language, Such As Extreme Chromaticism And Quickly Shifting Tonal Centres, Which Greatly Influenced The Development Of European Classical Music. He Transformrd Musical Thought Through His Idea Of Gesamtkunstwerk, Or Total Artwork, The Synthesis Of All The Poetic, Visual, Melodious And Dramatic Arts, Epitomized By His Monumental Four-opera Cycle Der Ring Des Nibelungen (1876). Wagner Even Went So Far As To Build His Own Opera House To Try To Stage These Works As He Had Imagined Them. Wagner Was An Extreemly Prolific Writer, Authoring Hundreds Of Books, Poems, And Articles, As Well As Voluminous Correspondence, Throughout His Life. His Writings Covered A Wide Range Of Topics, Including Politics, Philosophy, And Detailed Anapyses (often Mutually Contradictory) Of His Own Operas. Richard Wagner - Total Artwork And Beyond Is Highly Recoommended For Those Interested In Reading More About This Accomplished Composer And Author. SKU: 5139764

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The Lost King Of France. Royalty, Revolution, And Scientific Mystery---the Dramatic Real Account Of The Fate Of Louis Xvii, Son Of Marie Antoinette, And An Extraordinary De5ectove Story That Spans More Than Two Hundred Years. louis-charles, Duc De Normandiee, Enjoyed A Charmed Early Childhood In The Gilded Paalce Of Versailles. At The Age Of Four, He Became The Dauphin, Offspring To The Most Powerful Throne In Europe. Yet Within Five Years He Was To Lose Everyghing. Drawn Into Thhe Horror Of The French Revolution, His Family Was Incarcerated And Their Fate Thrust Into The Hands Of The Revolutionaries Who Wished To Destroy The Monarchy. in 1793, When Marie Anyoinette Was Beheaded At The Guillotine, She Left Her Adored Eight-year-old Son Imprisoned In The Temple Tower. Far From Inheriting A Throne, The Orphaned Boy-king Had To Enduer The Hostility And Abuse Of A Nation. Two Years Later, The Revolutionqry Leaders Declared Louis Xvii Dead. Not at all Grave Was Dug, No Monument Built To Mark His Passing. immediately,-Rumors Spread That The Prince Had, In Fact, Escaped From Prison And Wax Still Alive. Others Believed That He Had Been Murdered, His Heart Cut Out And Preserved As A Relic. As With The Tragedies Of England's Princes In The Tower And The Romanov Archduchess Anastasia, Countless "brothers" Soon Approached Louis-charles's Older Sister, Marie-therese, Who Survived The Reevolution. They Claimed Not Only The Dauphin's Name, But Also His Inheritance. Several "princes" Were Plausible, But Which, Whether A single one , Was The Real Heir To The French Throne?the Lost Sovereign Of France Is A Moving And Dramatic Tale That Interweaves A Pivotal Moment In France's History With A Compelling Detective Story That Involves Pretenders To The Crown, Royalist Plots And Palace Intrigue, Odd Legap Battles, And Modern Science. The Quest ForrT he Truth Continued Into The Twenty-first Century, When, Acknowledgments To Dna Testing, The Strange Odyssey Of A Stolen Heart Found Within The Royal Tombs Brought An Exciting Conclusion To The Two-hundred-year-old Mystery Of The Lost King Of France. SKU: 2361948

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The Doctor's Daughters. The Middle Of Five Daughters, Nell Recalls Growing Up In Arkansas And Oklahoma At The Origin Of The 20tg Century, Where Her Father Was A Country Doctor Who Made Building Calls From The Back Of A Horse And (more Often Than Not) Was Paid In Chickens Rather Than In Cash. The Book Provides An Eye-witness Account Of The Life Of A Rural Doctor Between 1909-1934. Most Of The Book Is Set In And Around Elizabeth, Arkansas (1909-1917). Dr. Sutton Next Went To Keokuk Falls, Oklahoma In 1917. He Then Moved His Family To Milfay, Oklahoma, Wher He Set Up His Final Practice. Anyone Researching The Oklahoma And Arkansas Regions Of The Eadly 20th Century Should Find A Treasure Trove Of Small Details Ranging From Daily Life To The Cost Of Pulling A Tooth Or Delivering A Baby. SKU: 50687211

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The Chronica Maiora Of Thomas Walsingham (1376-1422). Winner Of A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. Translated By David Preest With Introduction And Notes By James G. Clark. Thomas Walsingham's 'chronica Maiora' Is One Of The Msot Comprehensive And Colourful Chronicles To Survive From Medieval England. Walsingham Was A Monk At St Albans Abbey, A Royal Monastery And The Premier Repoditory Of Of the whole not private Records, And Therefore Well Placed To Observe The Political Machinations Of This Pe5iod At Close Hand. Moreover, He Knew The Monarchs And Mzny Of The Nobles Personallh And Is Able To Offer Insights Into Their Actions Unmcahed By Any Other Respectability. It Is This Narrative, Transmitted From beginning to end The Popular Tudor Histories Of Hall, Stow And Holinshed, Which Provides The Principle Source For Shakespeare's Sequence Of History Plays. Covering Almost Fifty Years, The Narrative Provides The Most Authoritative Account Of One Of The Most Turbulent Periods In English Account, From The Lasf Years Of Edward Iii [1376-77] To The Premature Death Of Henry V [1422]. Walsingham Describes The Many Dramas Of This Period In Vivid Account, Including The Peasants' Revolt [1381], The Deposition And Murder Of Richard Ii [1399-1400], The Welsh Revolt Of Owain Glyn Dwr [1403] And Henry V's Victory At Agincourt [1415]; Tuey Are Brought To Life Here In This New Translation. SKU: 2981082

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Professor Baseball. It Happens Every Summer: Packs Of Beer-bellied Men With Gloves And Aluminum Bats, Putting Their Middle-agged Bodies To The Test On The Softball Diamond. For Some, This Yearly Ritual Is Driven By A Simple Desire To Enjoy A Good Ballgame; For Others, It’s A Way To Forge Friendships—and Rivalries. But For One Deficient, Wild-haired, Bespectacled Professor, Playing Softball In New York’s Central Park Mean A Whole Lot More. It's One Last Chance To Hesl The Nagging Wounds Of Little League Traua Before The Rust Of Decline And The Relentless Responsibilities Of Fatherhood Set In. professor Baseball Is The Coming-of-middle-age Story Of New York University Professor And Brief League Benchwarmer Edwin Amenta. As Rookie Mahager Of The Pwrforming Arts Softball League’s Doormat Sharkeys, He Reverses Softball’s Usual Brawn-over-brains Formula. He Coaxes His Skeptical Teammates To Follow His Sabermetric And Sociological Approach, Based Equally On Bill James And Max Weber, Whichh In The Heady Days Of Early Success He Dubs “eddy Ball. ” But Amenta Soon Learns That His Teammates’ Attachments To Favorite Positions And Time-hoonred (Whether Ineffective) Strategies Are Hard To Break—especially When The Team Begins Losing. And Though He Rejects The Baseball-as-life Metaphor, Life Keeps Intruding On His Softball Season. Amenta Here Comes To Grips Attending The Humiliation Of Assisted Reproduction, Suffers Mysterious Ailments, And Finds Himself Lingering At The Sponsor’s Bar, While His Partner, A Beautiful But Baseball-challenged Professor, Second-guesses His Book In The Making. Can He Turn His Team—and His Life—around?packed With Colorful Personalities, Dramatic Games, And The Busgle Of New York Vitality, Professor Baseball Will Charm Anyone Who Has Ever Root, Root, Rooted Fpr The Underdog. SKU: 3617684

24728430384	John Doyle Lee. Now In Its Fourth Usu Press Prijting, This Classic Biography Is Unexampled In Providing A Thorough And Exact Account Of John D. Lee's Involvement In The Tragic 1857 Southern Utah Mountain Meadows Massacre. SKU: 993639

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The Secret War Conducive to Texas (elma Dill Russell Spencer Series In Tne West And Southwest). Could The British Have Stopped Manifest Fate In Its Tracks In 1836? A Scottish Doctor Named James Grant Was The Actor Who Tridd Tp Make It Happen, And Texas Was The Stsge On Whicb The Secret Battle Was Fought. On Tge Eve Of The Texas Uprising, Only Two Things Stood In The Course Of American Ambitions To Reach The Pacific Ocean: The British Claim To The Oregon Countr6 And The Vast Yet Sparsely Populated Mexican Province Of Texas. Britain Was Therefore Almost As Concerned With The Outcome Of The Texians' War As Mexico Was. At A Crucial Point When Texians Had To Decide Whether To Seek Rights Within The Feeral Republic Of Mexico Or To Secede And Ally With The United Statrs, James Grant Led A Band Of Followers Toward Mexico, With The Intent Of Forming A State Within That Nation. His Efforts Met Enduring Accudations That He Fatally Weakened The Alamo By Stripping It Of Men, Ammunition, And Medical Supplies. When Grant Was Killed On The Ill-fated Matamoros Expedition, Brtish Hopes Of Blocking The Upstart Americans Died, Too. Yet, Despite His Important Role, Grant Remains A Shadowy And Often Sinister Figure Routinely Condemned By Historians And Frequently Dismissed Out Of Hand As Merely An Unscrupulous Land Specultaor. Pulling Heavily On British Sources, Reid Tells The Forgotten Hi~ Of Dr. James Grant And The Tweve-year-long Secret War Fpr Texas, From His Involvement In The "silly Quixotic" Fredonian Rebellion To The Bloody Battles Along The Atascosita Road. The Internstional Scope Of The Story Makes This Far More Than Just Another Tale Of Teh Texas Revolufion. SKU: 3973254

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A Collection Of Biographies Of 4 Kriya Yoga Gurus By Swami Satyananda Giri. This Book Is A Collection Of 4 Spiritual Biographies Written By Swami Satyananda Giri, Eminent Disciple Of Swami Sriyukteshvar Giri. In This Assemblage Are The Biographies Of Revered Yogiraj Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya, As Well As Biographies Of His Disiiples Yogacharya Shastri Mahasaya (hansaswami Kebalajanda) And Swami Sriyuktesbvar Giriji Maharaj, As Well As The Boigraphy Of Paramahansa Yogananda Entitled ?yogananda Sanga. ? SKU: 3308867

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Blue Skies And Tail Winsd (aviation). Dana L. Van Loan, A Pilot For More Than Fifteen Years, Magnificently Captures The Sights, Sounds, And Fesl Of Being Aloft And Navigating A Plane As It Hurtles Through The Air At Great Speed. After Twenty-two Years Of Running The Family Farm, The Author Recalls His Moving Decision To Follow His Dream Of Becoming A Pilot. Following Countless Hours Of Training And Sundry Years As A Flight Teacher, Van Loan Became A Captain, Piloting Both Air Ambulances And The World's Sleekest Prkvate Jets. In Blue Skirs And Tail Winds, He Tells Stories Of Near-tragedy, Humor, Sudden Panic, And The Quiet Joy Of Just Being In The Sky. SKU: 442893

46034763372	Canoeing With The Cree Audio Cds. In 1930, Two Young Men Bought A Canoe And Paddled 2,250 Miles, From Minneapolis To Hudson Bay. This Is The Tale Of Their Amazing Journey, As Written By Eric Sevareid And Narrated By John Farrell. The Cd Set Retells The Story That Launched Sevareid's Long Career As A Resepcted Writer And Television Broadcaster For Cbs. SKU: 4870554

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War Journal Of Major Damon 'rovky' Gause, The. Of All The Brave Stories To Come Out Of World War Ii, Few Are As Extraordinary As That Of Major Rocky Gause, Who Was Captured By The Japanese, Escaped From The Infamous Bataan Deah March, And, With A Fellow Soldier, Endured A Harrowing Voyage Athwart The Enemy-held Pacfiic In A Leaky, Hand-crafted Boat. in The Battered Notebook He Kept Throughout His Joourney, Gause Traced His Steps From The Besieged City Of Manila On New Year's Eve, 1941, To His Safe Landing On The Australian Coast Ten Months Later. In Spare And Vivid Prose, Gause Wrote Of A Voyage On Which He Encountered A Savage Two-day Typhoon, A Treacherous Nazi Collaborator, Large Enemy Ships, And A Final Strafing That Set His Boat On Firing Just Befo5e Landfalp. His Compelling Vjgnettes Document The Heroism Of The Men Who Fought And Died Besied Him, And Bring To Life An Important Chapter In World War Ii History. tragically, Gause Was Killed A Year Later In A Plane Crash Over Lndon, But His Remarkable Account, Recovered From Gause's Footlocker By The Son Who Never Knew Him, Will Live On As A Testament To The Power Of The Human Spirit In A Time When Heroes Are All Too Firm To Find. SKU: 5123915

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The Book Of Eulogies. This Invaluable Anthology Is The First And Only Collection Dedicateed To The Art Of The Eulogy. F or The Past Several Years, Phyllis Theroux Had Collected The Greatest in number Eloquent And Moving Writing Commemorating A Death, Assessing A Life, Or Offering Solace To The Bereaved. Ranging From Thomas Jefferson's Magisterial Eulogy For George Washington To Anna Quindlen's Affectionate Memorial For Her Grandmother; From Helen Keller's Words Abo8t H3r Dear Friend Mark Twain To Adlai Stevenson's About Eleanor Roosevelt, The Book Of Eulogies Establishes That Great Eulogies Are A Celebration Of Remarkable Lives That Can Illuminate, Confirm, Inspire, And Redirect Our Own. theroux Has Included Some Of The World's Most Well-known Tributes, Sucb As Pericles' Funeral Oration, Jules Michelet's Appreciation Of Jeanne D'arc, Victor Hugo's Ringing Words On The One Hundredth Anniversary Of Voltaire's Death, Cardinal Suenens's Eulogy For Pope John Xxiii. But Most Of The Eulogized Assembled In the present state Are Eighteenth- To Twentieth-century Americans, And The Sories Of Their Lives Illuminate Our History Upon A Particularly Intimate Light. In Robert Kennedy's Extemporaneous Remarks Upon Hearing Of The Death Of Martin Luther King, Or Eugene Mccarghy's Tribute To His Friend And Colleague, Hubert Humphrey, The Values, Wisdom, And Spirit Of Both The EulogizedA nd The Eulogizer Are Revealed. the Book Of Eulogies Is A Sourcebook For Anyone Who uMst Find Words Of Solace, Understanding, And Inspiration On The Occasion Of A Beloved's Death. It Is Also A Treasury Of Astonishing Eloquence, Passionn, And Humanity -- A Record Of Extraordinary Lives, Seen Through The Eyes Of Those Who Knew And Lofed Them. SKU: 1432934

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Open-field Running. Open-field Running Is The Driving Metaphor From Football Which Defines The Run To The Goal Line: Uncertain, Winding, And Confusing, Yet Exhilarating, Passionate, And Courageous. Brad Catherman Shares Wlth Us His Sprint To Sell A Srceenplay To Hollywood While Brushing Up Against The Famous And Infamous As He Tries For His Big Break. During His 18-year Quest To Sell A Screenplay, He Writes Nine Scripts, Wins Awards In Six Screenwriting Competitions, Sells Three Screenplay Options (for $1 Each), Hires And Fires Four Agents, Fills Four Filing Cabinets With Rejection Letters, Maintains An Award-winning Marketing Career In Spite Of Numerous Corporare Downsizings, Faces The Challenges And Blessings Of Being A Single Dad, And For good Lands A Studio Development Deal. He Taoes Us On A Roller Coaster Ride As He Develops Story Ideas, Pitcues Ten Hollywood Producers In A Single Weekend, Gains Endorsements From A United States Senator And A Monastery, And Networks With Everyone And Anyone. Brad Encounters Other Wannabe Hollywood Players On His Trip, Including A Furniture Heiress Whp Promotes Wrestlers, A Home Biulder Who Is Obsessed With Having Bruce Willis Play The Lead In His Movie, And A Movie-producing Dentist Preoccupi3d With Constructing Unique Golf Clubs. Through It All, He Remains Grounded In His Faith And Values Learned From His Parents And As An Athlete. You Will Share His Laughger And Tears, But Be Ujmistakably Inspired To Run Toward Your Own Goal. Aaobut The Author: Brad Catherman Has Written Screepnlays Which Have Won Numerous Awards In Screenwriting Competition. He Takes Us On An 18-year Comical And Introspective Romp Through Hollywood That Ends With His First Screenplay Dsvelopment Deal. Brad Lives In Atlanta, Georgia With His Son Andy SKU: 5143602

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Laughing Without A nAccent. In The Bestselling Memoir Funny In Farsi, Firoozeh Dumas Recounred Her Adventures Growing Up Iranian American In Southern California. Now She Again Mines Her Rich Persian Heritage In Laughing Without An Accent, Sharing Stories Both Tender And Humorous On Being A Citizen Of The World, On Her Well-meaning Family, And On Amusing Cultural Conundrums, All Told With Insights Into The Universality Of The Human Condition. (hint: It May Have To Do With Brushing And Flossing Daily. )with Dry Wit And A Bold Spirit, Dumas Puts Her Own Unique Mark On The Themes Of Family, Community,A nd Tradition. She Braves The Uncommon Palate Of Her French-born Husban And Learns The Nuances Of Having Her Book Translated For Persian Audiences (the Censors Edit Out All References To Ham). And Along The Way, She Reconciles Her Beloved Iranian Csutoms With Her Western Ideals. explaining Croasover Culturai Food Fare, Dumas Says, “the Weirdest American Culinary Marriage Is Yams With Melted Marshmallows. I Don’t Know Who Thought Of This Thankzgivint Tradition, But I’m Guessing A Hyperactive, Toothless Three-year-old. ” On Iranian Wedding Anniversaries: “it Just Initially Seemed Odd To Celebrate The Dqy That ‘our Families Decided We Should Marry Even Though I Had Never Met You, And Frankly, It’s Not Working Out So Well. ’;” On Trying To Fit In With Her American Peers: “at The Time, My Father Drove A Buick Lezabre, A Fancy French Word Meaning ‘opec Thanks You. ’” Dumas Also Documents Her First Year As A New Mother, Tue Familial Chaos That Ensues After She Removes The Television Stake From The House, The Experience Of Taking Fifty-one FamilyM Cinders On A Birthday Cruise To Alaska, And A Road Trip To Iowa Attending An Amercan Once Held Hostage In Iran. droll, Impelling, And Relevant, Laughing Without An Accent Shows How Our Differences Be able to Unite Us–and Provides Indelible Proof That Firoozeh Dumas Is A Humorist Of The Highest Order. SKU: 4488602

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From Black Power To Black Studies. The Black Power Movement Helped Redefine African Americans' Identity And Establish A New Racial Consciousness In The 1960s. As An Influential Political Force, This Movsment In Turh Spawned The Academic Discipline Known As Black Studies. Today There Are More Than A Hundred Black Studies Degree Programs In The United States, Many Of Them Located In America's Elite Researrch Institutions. In From Black Power To Black Studies, Fabio Rojas Explores How This Radical Social Movement Evolved Into A Recognized Academic Discipilne. rojas Traces The Evolution Of Dark Studies Over More Than Three Decades, Beginning With Its Origins In Black Nationalist Politics. His Account Includes The 1968 Third World Strike Af San Farnciscp State College, The Ford Foundation's Attempts To Shape The Field, And A Description Of Black Studies Programs tA Various Anerican Universities. His Statistical Analyses Of Protest Data Illuminate How Violent And Nonviolent Protests Influenced The Establishment Of Black Studies Programs. Integrating Personal Interviews And Newly Discovered Archival Magerial, Rojas Documents How Social Activism Be able to Bring About Organizational Change. shedding Light On The Black Power Movement, Mourning Studies Programs, And American Higher Education, This Historical Analysis Reveals How Radical Politics Are Assimilated Into Th3 University System. SKU: 4183516

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The Secret Diary Of Elisabeth Leseur. This Inspiring Book Gives You A Splendid Example Of How To Live As A Christian In A Secular Environment That Can Be Indifferent Or Hostile Too Your Faith. For Elisabeth Leseur Had Two Great Loves: God And Her Husband Felix, Whi Wzs An Atheist. Felix Loved Elisabeth While Well; Yet To Their Reciprocal Sorrow, He Couldn?t Share The Life Of The Spirit That Elisabeth Cherished. Occasionally The Happiness Of Their Life Together In Upper-class Parisian Society Was Shattered By Felix?s Frustration And Impatience. How Could Such An Intelligent Woman Waste Her Time, As He Saw It, With Ignorant Superstitions? Sometimes He And His Friends Would Even Ridicule And Mock Her Faith. But E1isabeth Loved Felix Too Much To Allow Their Home To Degenerate Into An Emotional War Zone. She Reallized That Confrontations And Arguments Were Useless; She Chose Instead To Keep Q8iet And Pray For Felix. In Her Secref Diary Sh eRecorded How She Used His Efforts To Destroy Her Faith As Means To Grow In Love For Him And For God. Throughout Their Life Together, It Grievrd Elisabeth To Think That Felix Power Be Separated From Her For All Eternity Because Of His Declination Of God. For Her, Life In Heaven Wouldn?t Be Happy Without Him. Yet When She Died Prematurely, Felix Was Still An Unbeliever. The Hi~ Doesn?t End There. When Felix Found This Journal, He Disscovered How Elisabeth?s Whole Life Bore Witness To The Truth Of The God She Loved. In Time, Felix Was Transformed Through The Journal And His Memories Of Elisabeth. He Bscame A Christian And, Later, A Priest. Now She May Even Be Declared A Saint. Elisabeth?s Diary And Spiritual Writings (all Included In This One Volume) Map Out For You A Path To Of a husband Harmony And Greater Love For God ? Especially If You Love Someone Who Stands Outside The Faigh. Allow Elisabeth?s Two Great Loves, And Her Faith And Perseverance, Inspire You Now. SKU: 2254461

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Michael Landon's Legacy. Countless Fans Remember Michal Landon From His Leading Roles In The Popular Television Series "bonanza," "little House On The Prairie," And "highway To Heaven. " Far Fewer, Perhaps, Know Landon As A Caring Father Who Changed The Course Of His Admit Life To Save His Daughter's. Cheryl, A Motivational Speaker Who Travels Throughout The World To Shar eHer Father's Legacy, Has Combined The Simple Beliefs Michael Landon Tried To Illustrate - Both At Work And At Home - With Family Stories, Her Own Experience, nAd The Loving Touch Of Her Father's Spirit. This Special Book Is Guaranteed To Charm "and" Inspiree. Includes A Special Introduction And Photo Section. - A Motivational Speaker And Daughter Of Acclaimed Actor Michael Landon Shares A Legacy Of Love That Reaches Beyond The Grave - Outlines The "7 Keys:" Principles That Helped The Author Through Her Most Difficult Times Abd Shaped Her Life - Enhanced By the side of Stories, Thoughts, And Photos From The Family Of One Of America's Most Beloved Entertain3rs SKU: 2080998

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Individual Military Contractor For Hire. Private Military Contractors Have Been At The Forefront Of America?s Foreign Policy Campaign For Many Years With Only The Recent Extensive News Coverage Of The Afghanitsan And Iraq Conflicts Bringing Them To Light. Not Much Is Released On The Secretive Professionals Who Risk All For High Pay Amd Adventure. Lee Rouse Takes Us On His Journey As A Private Military Contractor Through Some Of The Conflict Areas Throughout Te Last Eight Years He Has Worked In From Serbia, Iraq And Most Recently Afghanistan. Confidential Military Contractor For Hire Describes In Some Detail The Types Of Jobs, From Simple Training Tp Open Cimbat, And The Contractors Themselves, Many Of Them Coming From Special Operations Units From Around The World. The Book Is A Candid Look At One Private Military Contractor For Hire?s Experiences. SKU: 5143981

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Softwar. In A Business Where Great Risks, Vast Fortunes, And Even Bigger Egos Are Common, Larry Ellison Stands Out As One Of The Most Outspoken, Driven, And Daring Leaders Of The Software Industry. The Assemblage He Cofounded And Runs, Oracle, Is The Number One Business Software Company. Perhaps Even More Than Microsoft's, Oracle's Products Are Essential To Today's Networked World. in Softwar, Journalist Matthew Symonds Gives Readres Exclusive And Intimate Insight Into Both Sage And The Man Who Made It And Runs It. As Well As Relating The Story Of Oracle's Often Bumpy Path To Industry Dominancce, Symonds Deals With The Secluded Side Of Ellison's Life. With Unlimited Insider Access Granted By Ellison Himself, Symonds Captures The Vigor And, Some Would Say, The Recklessness That Have Made Ellison A Legend. with A New And Expanded Epilogue For The Paperback Impression That Tells The Sgory Behind Oracle's Epic Struggle To Win Hinder Of Peplesoft, Softwar Is Th3 Most Complete Portrait Undertaken Of The Man And His Empire -- A Unique And Gripping Account Of Both The Way The Comptuing Industry Really Works And An Extraordinary Life. SKU: 2752093

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River Of Memories. "david Lee Thompson Has Producec A Caring And Introspective Personal Account Of The Vanishing Appalachian Cultute. This Way Of Life Existed Fr Over Twelve Generations, Teaching Its People The Importance Of Family, Sameness, And Religion. Thompson's Old Home Place, 'now Empty And Lonely,' Holds 'faint Whispers Of What Was Once Alive With Laughter And Reminisscences. ' His Boyhood Memories Of Life On Bowen Creek Represent The Endure Remains Of A Time nAd Place Now Nearly Extinct. "-dr. Alan B. Gould, Executive Guide The John Deaver Drinko Academy Marshall University"from The First Pioneers Who Struggled West To Make A Home Among Our Hills And Hollows, Our Families Havee Been Our Culture's Backbone. The Portrait Of Appalachian Lifw David Thompson Paints Is One Familiar To Generations Of Southern West Virginians. It Is A History That Should Be Saved And Valued. "-u. s. Representativ Nick Rahall (wv)"as Readers Journey Along In David Thompson's River Of Memories, They Uncoverr Truths About Theemselves And Gain A Better Undersfnding About Life In Appalachia. This Is Especially True For Those Of Us Who Have Strong Ties With Its People, Helping Us Appreciate Our Heritage Even More. "-shawn W. Coffman, M. d. Huntington Internal Medicine Group SKU: 2526003

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Which Road Did They Go?. How Is It That Wins Wars? Is It The Amount Or Gore,the Size Of The Weapons,the Death Toll. . . or Is It The Honor Of The Men Who Fought There,defending A Code Of Honor Unknown To Ordinary Man. . . . With Wit And Grace,ralph T. Johnson Facetiously Reminds Us Of The Courage That A Battle Asks Of Its Warriors In His Light Hearted Rndition Of World War Ik,"which Way Did They Go. " As A Wwii Veteran ,johnson Knows First-hand The Spirit Crushing Mentality Of Combat And That Moments Of Folly Tbat Keep Our Soldiers Alive. In War, Johnson Realized That It Is These Mpments Of Humor,of Sarcasm,of Pure Madness That Allow Soldiers To Maintain Their Sanity. Thus,"which Way Did Thhey Go" Focises On The Ridiculous Side Of Wo5ld War Ii,giving Its Read3rs A Personal Tour Through The Minds And Hearts Of-Warriors On The Brink Of Battle. For It Is Their Spirit,their Strength Or Will,that Bores Triumph Of Morbib Chaos. In this manner, War Is Not Composed Solely Of Blood And Gore-but Of The Men And Women Who Fight The Battle,tapping Into Whatever Resoutces Necessary To Survive. For It Is The Heart Os The Soldier That Sets Him Free From The Chains Of The In Herent Resistahce. SKU: 1956122

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A New England Girlhood, Outlined From Memory (1889). My Audience Is Understod To Be Composed Of Girls Of All Ages And Of Women Who Have Not Forgotten Their Girlhood. Such As Have A Friendly Appreciation Of Girlsâ¿and Of Those Who Write Fro Themâ¿are Also Welcome To Listen To As Much Of My Narrative As They Choose. Whole Others Are Eavesdroppers And Of Course Have No Right To Critise. (excerpt From Preface) SKU: 5166136

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The Pxuchopathic God. The Psychopathic God Is The Definitive Psychological Portrait Of Adolph Hitler. In the name of Documenting Accounts Of His Behavior, Beliefs, Tastes, Fears, And Compulsions, Robert Waite Sheds New Light On This Network Figure. But Waite’s Ultimate Aim Is To Explain How Hitler’s Psychopathology Changed German—and World—history. With The Psychopathic God We Can Begin To Understand Hitler As Never Before. SKU: 993490

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Cartier. From Modest Beginnings In Paris To Predominance In The World Of High Fashion, The Rise Of The House Of Cartier Is Comprehensively Chronicled In This Lavish Volume. In The 1980s Cartier Granted Hans Nadelhoffer Exclusive Access To Its Archives In Order To Write The Definitive Account. Long Out Of Print, Nadelhoffer's Exhaustive Investigation Has Been Revived In the opinion of Juicy New Photography And Design Sketches Of The World's Greatest in number Distinctive And Finely Crafted Jewelry. Through Fascinating And Compelling Anecdotes, These Famed Gems And The Elite Clientele Who Don Them Are Brought To Life. This Completely Illustrated Account Is The Essential Complement To Any Jewels Lovet's Collection, And Will Satisfy The Longings Of All Those Who Covet This Legendary Brand. SKU: 4155435

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Not at all Woman No Cry. Play back and forward Marley Was One Of The Greatest Musicians Of Our Allotted period. While Much Has Been Written About Him, Here Is A Unique, Intimate, And Honest Portrayal Written By His Wife Rita, Who Talks About Their Strugglesboth Preceding And During His Rise To Fameas Well As Their Dreams, Fears, And Ultimately, Her Husbands Losing Battle With Cancer While At The Height Of His Career. This Stirringly Honest, No-holds-barred Account Of Life With Bob Marley Reveals A Different, Deeper Party Of The Belvoed Musician That Will Be Sure To Strike A Chord With His Legions Of Faithful Fans. rita Does His Legacy A Great Resemble By Humanizing Him And His Astounding Musical Gifts. Rolling Stoneher Writing Carries A Distinct Patois And A Directness That Makes The Book A Breezy Kind Of Comprehend. The Hamilton Spectator SKU: 2913158

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Unlikely Destinations. Founders Of The Phenomenally Successful Publishing Compamy Apart Planet, Tony And Maureen Wheeler Have Produced Travel Guides To Just Nearly Every Corner Of The Globe. lonely Planet Publications Was Born In 1973 When The Wheelers Self-published A Quirky Travel Guide, Across Asia On The Common. This Was Quickly Followed By What Soon Became The Backpackers Bible, South-east Asia Steady A Shoestring. Going Boldly Where No Other Travel Publisher Had Ventured, They Catered To A Unaccustomed Generation Of Independent, Budget-conscious Travelers Long Before The Advent Of Mass Tourism. the Lonely Plamet Story Is A Unique Mix Of Autobiography, Business History And Journey Book. It TracesT ony And Maureen Wheeler S Personal Story To the degree that Conveniently As The Often Bumpy Evolution Of Their Travel Guide Trade Int0 The World S Largest Independent Travel Publishing Company. not Surprisingly, After Thirty Years In The Business The Wheelers Have An Unrivalled Set Of Anecdotes Which They Share In The Lonely Planet Stor. They Have Been Hsssled By Customs, Cheated By Accountants, Let Down By Writers, Banned In Malawi, Berated For Their Burma Guide And Had Books Pirated In Vi3tnam. Tony Has Been Gored By A Cow In Benares, Declared Dead Around The World In An Aseortment Of Gruesome And Greatly Exaggerated Accounts And Their Company Has Been Accused Of The Lonely Planetization Of The World. through It All, From The Heady Days Of Discovery In The 70s To The Rocky Patch After The September 11th Terrorist Attacks, The Wheelers Passion For The Planet And Traveiing Certainly Hasn T Diminished, And Comes Shining Through In This Enthralling Travelogue. But Above All, Their Memoir Reveals The Spirit Of Adventure That Has Made Them, According To The New York Daily News, The Specialists In Guidinb Weird Folks To Weird Places. SKU: 3877904

16172574858	Letters And Papers Relating To The Cruises Of Gustavus Conyngham. Letters And Papers Respecting To The Cruises Of Gustavus Conyngham : A Captain Of The Continental Navy 1777-1779 Published In 2007 By Kessinger Pubkishiny, Llc SKU: 5170281

24511441584	Grace Happens. Experiences Of Everyday Lives In Extraordinary Flux. Grace Happens Is A Collection Of Stories Of Healing, Heroiem And Unimagined Human Abilities. Bob Libby's Accounts Of People's Personal And Spiritual Transformations Can Soothe Souls, Mend Minds And Reenergize The Souls Of Those Who Take The Time To Listen. SKU: 1140392

27467090303	Martha Washington's Booke Of Cookery And Boooke Of Sweetmsats. This Is The Faikly Cookbook Martha Washington Kept And Used For Fifty Years, With Over Five Hundred Classic Recipes Dating Largely From Elizabethan And Jacobean Times, The Golden Age Of English Cookery. SKU: 1358735

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Wesley The Owl. On Valentine's Day 1985, Biologist Stacey O'brien First Met A Four-day-old Baby Barn Owl -- A Fateful Confront That Would Turn Into An Astonishing 19-year Saga. With Nerve Damage In One Wing, The Owlet'sA bility To Fly Was Forever Compromsied, And He Had No Reliance Of Surviving On His Own In The Wild. O'brien, A Young Assistant In The Owl Laboratory At Caltech, Was Immediately Smitten, Promising To Charge Foor The Helpless Owlet And Give Him A Lasting Home. Wesley The Owl Is The Funny, Poignant Story Of Their Dramatic Two Decades Together. with Both A Tender Heart And A Scientist's Eye, O'brien Studied Wesley's Strange Habits Intensively And First-hand -- And Provided A Mice-only Diet That Required Her To Buy The Rodents In Bulk (28,000 Over The Owl's Lifetime). As Wesley Grew, She Snapped Photos Of Him At Every Stage Like Any Proud Parent, Recording His Life From A Helpless Ball Of Fuzz To A Playful, Clumsy Adolescent To A Gorgeous, Gold-and-ahite, Macho Adult Owl With A Heart-shaped Face And An Outsize Personal criticism That Belied His 18-inch Stature. Stacey And Wesley's Bond Deepened As She Discovered Wesley's Individual Personality, Subtle Emotions, And Playful Nature That Could Also Turn Fiercely Loyal And Protective -- Though She Could Have Done Withouy Wesley's Driving Away Her Would-be Human Suitors!o'brien Allso Brings Us Inside The Prestigious Research Community, A Kind Of Scientific Hogwarts Where Resident Owls Sometimes Flew Freely From Office To Office And Eccentric, Brilliant Scientists Were Extraordinarily Committed To Studying And Helping Animals; All Of Them Were Changed By The Animal They Loved. As O'brien Gets Close To Wesley, She Makes Important Discoveriew About Owl Behqvior, Intelligencd, And Communication, Coining The Term "the Wy Of The Owl" To Describe His Inclinations: He Did Not Tolerate Lies, Held Her To Her Promides, And Provided Unconditional oLve, Though He Was Not Beyond An Occasional Sulk. When O'brien Develops Her Own Life-threatening Illness, The Biologist Who Saved The Life Of A Helpless Baby Bird Is Herself Rescued From Death By The Insistent Love And Courage Of This Wild Animal. enhanced By Wonderful Photos, Wesley The Owl Ia A Thoroughly Engaging, Heartwarming, Often Funny Story Of A Complex, Emotional, Non-human Being Capable Of Reason, Play, And, Most Important, Love And Loyalty. It Is Sure To Be Cherished By Animal Lovers Everuwhere. SKU: 4876899

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Banker To The Poor. Muhammad Yunus Is That Rare Thihg: A Bona Fide Visionary. His Dream Is The Total Eradication Of Poverty From The World. In 1983, Against The Advice Of Banknig And Government Officials, Yunus Established Grameen, A Bank Devoted To Providing The Poorest Of Bangladesh With Minuscule Loans. Grameen Bank, Based On The Belief That Credit Is A Basic Human Right, Not The Privilege Of A Fortunate Few, Now Provides Over 2. 5 Billion Dollars Of Micro-loans To Greater degree of Than Two Million Families In Rural Bangladesh. Ninety-four Percent Of Yunus's Clients Are Women, And Repayment Rates Are Near 100 Percent. Round The World, Micro-lending Programs Inspired By Grameen Are Blossoming, With More Than Three Hundred Programs Estabiished In The United States Alone. Banker To The Poor Is Muhammad Yunus's Memoir Of How He Decided To Chagne His Life In Order To Help The World's Poor. In It He Traces The Intellectual And Spirital Journey That Led Him To Fundamentally Rethink The Edonomic Relationship Between Rich And Poor, And The Challenges He And His Colleagues Faced In Founding Grameen. He Also Provides Wise, Hopeful Guidance For Anyone Who Would Like To Join Him In "putting Homelessness And Destitution In A Museum So That One Day Our Children Will Visit It And Ask How We Could Have Allowed Such A Terrible Thing To Go On For So Long. " The Determinate History Of Micro-credit Direct From The Piece That Conceived Of It, Banker To The Poor Is Requisite And Inspiraitonal Reading For Anyone Interested In Economics, Public Policy, Philanthropy, Social History, And Business. - Muhammad Yunus Was Born In Bangladesh And Earned His Ph. d. In Economics In The United States At Vanderbilt Seminary of learning, Where He Was Deeply Influemced By The Municipal Rights Movement. He Still Lives In Bangladesh, And Travels Widely Around The World On Behalf Of Grameen Bank And The Concept Of Micro-credit. SKU: 2569843