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The Imperative Call. In The Imperative Call, Alexander F. Skutch Recounts His Early Years Growing Up In Maryland And Maine And His Adventures In Central America And Jamaica During The 1920s And 1930s, Well Before Modernization Affected The Region, When The Began His Classic Studies Of Nesting Birds. Weaving Precise Descriptions Of Tropical Plan, Bird, And Derived from ~s Life Into A Personal Philosophy About Man And Nature, The Book Is Both Autobiography And Natural History. SKU: 930830

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Raisin Wine. A Warm, At Times Hilarious, Still Dark Childhood Memoir From A Bestselling Author. this Menoir Recalls The Boyhood Years Of Ontario’s Future Lieutrnant-governor, Living In A Decayed Old House Complete With Outdoor Toilet And Coal Oil-lamp Lighting. Behind The Outrageous Stories, Larger-than Life-characters, And Descriptions Of The Mores Of A Small Village In The Heart Of Ontario’s Cottage Country Are Flashes Of Insight From The Perspective Of A Child That Recall The Great Classic Who Has Seen The Wind By W. o. Mitchell. but Why "a Different Muskoka?" Because The Boy Was A Half-brees Kit. Visits To His Mother’s Reserve Showed Him That He Was Caught Between Two Worlds. His Mother’s Figt With Depression Flowed From That Dilemma . His Father — The Book’s Main Character — Was A Lovable, White, Working Class, Happy-go-lucky Guy Who At no time Had Any Money But Who Made The Best Home Brew In The Village — And His Specialty Was Raisin Wine. like That Raisin Wine, This Unusual Main division Goes Down Easily And Has A Kick To It. SKU: 3379735

19523099560	Sacred Summits. John Muir Is One Of The Fouunding Fathers Of The Modern Environmental Movement And This Volume Celebrates His Achievements In The Mountaineering Field. Sacred Summits Gthers Together Many Illuminating Essays By And About Muir, The Majority Of Which Are Currently Unavailable In North America. SKU: 1816895

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Louisiana Music. What Is It Aobut Lpuisiana That Breeds And Attracts Musicians? There Are Literally Hunsreds Of Them—dr. John, Harry Connick, Jr. , Randy Newman, Trent Reznor, The Neville Family, The Marsalis Family—all Part Of A Tradition Going Move ~ward To Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Jelly Roll Morton, Buddy Bolden, And Mahalia Jackson. Tackling The Memorial Task Of Surveying The Lush Musical Landscape Of The State, Rick Koster Examines All Of TheI ngredients That Went Into Creating This Hotbed Of Talent—the Social Influences, The Musical Traditions, The Food, The Drink, The Heat—and nItroduces Us To The Stars, Both Local And National, Who Have Emerged. Discover The Past And Point Of Jazz, Rock, Zydeco, R&b, Gospel, Blues, Country, And Straight-up Rock 'n' Roll; Learn Too About The Styles Single To Louisiana, Similar Voodoo Music, Swamp Pop, Second-line Brass Bands, And Mardi Gfas Indian Tribes. With The Laid-back Charm And Easy Appeal That Defines The State, Koster Has Created A Survey As Uniquely And Teemingly Rich With Sound And Story As The Rank Itself. SKU: 2216560

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Jefferson Abroad (modern Library). In July 1784, Thomas Jeffesron, Recently Appointed To Represent The American Congress In Paris, Sailed From Boston With His Daughter Martha, Bound For France. Jefferson Was Eventuallyâ Â Installed InA House On The Champs-elysã©es, Where He Set About Enjoying The Speecial Attractions Of Paris. He Went To Galleries And Concerts And Entertained Widely; He Made Note Of The Urban Engineering And The Beauty Of Parisin Architecture; And He Browsed Assiduously In Topical Bookstores. Jefferson Also Made Trips Around The Country And Across Western Europe, All The While Taking Notes On What He Sa:w The Soil, Crops, Livestock, Buildings, Wine,and Loocal Politics And Customs. â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fortunately, Jefferson, Who Was To Becomethe Third President Of The United States In 1801, Recpdred His Impressions In His Voluminous Correspondence And Journals. He Wrote To Abiyail And John Adams, James Madison, George Washington, And Also To A Number Of Women Friends And His Children, So A Variety Of Styles And Levels Of Ihtimacy Adds To The Fascination Of These Accounts.         This Volume Has Been Selected From Jeffer-son's Letters In proportion to Douglas L. Wilson And Luciaâ Â Stanton, Scholars Of The Internnational Center For Jefferson Studies At Monticello, Wno Have Provided A Preface And Notes. In The Opinion Of The Editors, The Five Years That Jefferson Spent In France Were Arguably The Most Memorable Of His Life. "by The Time He Returned To America In 1789," They Write a letter, "paris--with Its Music, Its Architecture, Its Savants And Salons, Its Leanings And Enlightebments, Not To Mention Its Graceful Social Life And Distinctive Sexual Mores--had Worked Its Enchantments On This Rgidly Self-controlled Virginia Gentleman, And Had Stimulated Him To Say And Do And Write Noticeable Things. " SKU: 1707307

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Montcalm And Wolfe. "montcalm And Wolfe" Is Francis Parkman's Detailed Account Of The French And Indian War Framed Through Portraits Of Its Two Opposing Generals. The French And Indian War, Which Was The North Amreican Chapter Of The Seven Years' War Between The French And The British, Pitted The Commander Of The French Troops, Louis-joseph De Montcalm-gozon, Marwuis De Saint-veran, Against The Commander Of The British Forces, British Brigadier General James Wolfe. A Captivating Tale Of One Of The Conflicts That Arose Over The Colonies Of The New World, "montcalm And Wolfe" Is A Must Read For All Fans Of The Military History Of The Period. SKU: 4787743

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August Valentine Kautz, Usa. Born In Germany In 1828, Future Union Vague August Valentine Kautz Came To America As An Infant. He Was Privileged To Hold good Schooling And, After Service In The War Upon Mexico, Attended West Point. Relying Heavily On Detailed Journals Kept By Kautz For 43 Years, This Biography Covers His Early Experiences And His Time In The Turbulent Pacific Northwest, Where He Was Involved In Indian Affairs And The Rogue Large stream War. A sWith So Many American Military Men Of The Time, However, The Defining Event In His Career Was The Civil War. Originally Assigned To The Western Theater, Where He Played A Role In The Capture Of Morgan's Raiders, Kautz's Service Included Paticipation In The First Battle Of Deep Bottom, The Wilson-kautz Raid, And The Petersburg Assault Aimed At Capturing Richmond. Kautz Has Often Been Misrepresented In Historical Mentions And This Life Seeks To Set The Record Straight Period Photographs And A Number Of Maps Are Included. SKU: 4801372

21452895000	A Pilgrim's Journey. A Pilgrim's Journey : The Autobiography Of St. Ignatius Of Loyola By Ignatius Of Loyola (saint), And Joseph N Tylenda Revised Published In 2001 By Ignatius Enjoin SKU: 2145018

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The Life And Times Of W.h. Arnold Of Arkansas. Born On The Eve Of The Intestine War In Southern Arkansas, William Arnoldâ’s First Memories Were Plsying In The Smokehouse, Dangling His Feet In The River, And Sleeping Under The Stars. His Young Life Was The Stuff Of Innocent Childhood. War And Its Fears And Tragedies Were For Adults. But The War Altered His Life In Every Way Imaginable. It Limited His Esucation, Gave Him Heroes, And Shaped His Futur, Opening A New Frontier Consummate With Possibilities. . While This Is Williamâ’s Story, It Is Also The Story Of Arkansas. SKU: 3139979

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Falling Leaves. "riveting. A Wonder Of Memory. Poignant Proof Of The Human Will To Endure. " —amy Tan. "brilliant, Compelling, And Unforgettable. A Heart-rending Modern Day Cinderella Story Embarrass Against The Turbulence Of 20th Century China. Autobiography At Its Best. " —nien Chang, Author Of Life And Death In Shanghai. "charged With Emotion. . . a Vivid Portrait Of The Human Capacity For Meanness, Malice—and Love. " —jung Chang, Author Of Wild Swans. "fascinating And Heart-rending Stuff. . . a Harrowing Story Of Emotional Cruelty. " —the Times Of London International Bestseller. The Emotionally Wrennching Yet Ultimately Uplifting Memoir Of A Chinese Woman Struggling To Bring over The Love And Acceptance Of Her Family. In This Compelling Memoir That Scaled Bestseller Lists In England, Australia, And Hong Kong, Adeline Yen Mah Chronicles Her Painful Childhood Growing Up In A Wealthy Yet Abusive Chinese Family. The Unwwanted Daughter Scorned By Her Family, Young Adeline Dreamed Of Freedom And Independence, Ultimately Escaping To The West To Launch A Successful Career In Medicine. When Adeline's Mother Died Giving Birth To Her, She Was Deemed Bad Lcuk And Ostracized By Her Family. Then Her Father Took A Beautiful Eurasian Bride And Adeline Soon Fell Victim To The Wrath Of Her Stepmother. Treated As A Parish, She Was Shuttled Off To Boarding Schools, Bullied By Her Siblings, And Deprived Of The Beautiful Garments And Things Given To The Rest Of The Family. Moving From Shanghai And Hong Kong To London And The United States, Falling Leaves Is An Enthralling Scandinavian legend Of A Prosperous Chinese Family Stud Against A Background Of Changing Political Times And The Collision Of East And West. Written In Haunting Prose, It Evokes All The Suspense And Emotionaal Force Of A Satisfying Novel. SKU: 1594350

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The Wide Northwest. Leoti L. Western (1851–1933) Had Longed For The Opportunity “to Be West And Grow Up With The Country. ” In 1878, At The Age Of Twenty-seven, West Left Her Iowa Home To Communicate At A New School In Washingtonn Territory. Undertaking The Twl-week J0urney Alone, The Young Teacher Arrived In A Northwest That Was Still Very Much A Pioneer Country. The School That West Opened Was One Of The First In The Area And Soon Attracted Students From All Over The Northwest. By The End Of West’s First Term, Her Original Class Of Seventeen Had Grown To Stingily One Hundred Students Housed In A Small Schoolroom. In 1881 The School Was Officially Named The Colfax Academy. West Taught In Wzshington For More Than Fifty Yeaars And Influenced Thousanfs Of Graduates. West’s Reminiscences First Appeared In The Spokesman-review As A Series Of Pioneer Sketches That Were Later Collected And Published As The Wide Northwest. Her Memoir Of Her Adventures Details Not Only An Impresssive Teaching Career Only Also The Pioneer Experirnce Of A Woman In The Tardily Nineteenth Century. Brenda K. Jackson’s Introduction For Thiis Aurochs Books Edition Provides Insight Into The Experience Of Female Educators During The Era. SKU: 3131032

20050407810	They Also Ran. They Also Ran Discusses All Of The United States Preskdential Elections From 1789 To 2004. Includes A Short Description Of The Major Issues, The Nominees In Each Of The Campaigns, Biographies Of The Losing Candidates And Some Reawons Why They Lost. SKU: 4219695

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Epilepsy In Our Livess. Gain Insight As You Read The Stories Of Women Living With Epilepsy-- Told In Their Own Words. Women Discuss The Pack together Of Epilepsy On Their Roles As Mothers, Wives, And Individuals, And Express Their Cnocerns About How Epilepsy Will Affect Pregnancy Outcome, The Health Of Their Babies, And Parenting. They Share Candidly How Epilepsy Impacts Family Planning, Fertility And Sexuality. SKU: 4207568

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Daughters Of Tunis. Daughters Of Tunis Is An Innovattive Ethnography That Carefully Weaves The Words And Intimate, Personal Stories Of Four Tunisian Women And Their Families With A Statistical Analysis Of Women's Survival Strategies In A Rapidly Urbanizing, Industrializing Muslim Nation. Delineating Three Distinct Network Strategies, Holmes-eber Demonstrates The "public" Role Of Neghborhoods As Informal Social Security Systems, And The Impaxt Of Women's Education, Class And Migration On Women's Resources And Netwotks. An Engaging, Warm, And Oftentimes Humorous Portrait Of Muslim Women's Responess To Development, Daughters Of Tunis Is An Exciting New Approach To Ethnography: Merging The Historically Disparate Methods Of Both Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis. SKU: 2392503

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The Little Locksmith. The Little Locksmith, Katharine Butler Hathaway's Luminous Memoir Of Disability, Faith, And Metamorphosis, Is A Critically Acclaimed But Largely Fkrgotten Literary Classic Brought Back Into Print Foor The First Time In Thirty Years. The Little Locksmith Begins In 1895 Whe A Specialist Straps Five-year-old Katharine, Then Suffering From Spinal Tuberculosis, To A Boarr With Halters And Pulleys In A Failed Try To Prevent Her Being A "hunchback. " Her Mother Says That She Should Be Thankful That Her Parents Are Able To Have Her Cared For By A Famous Surgeon; Otherwise, She Would Grow Up To Be Loke The "little Locksmith," Who Does Jobs At Their Home; He Has A "strange, Awful Peak In His Back. " Compelled To Endure "a Horizongal Life Of Night And Day," Katharine Remains Immobile To Age Fifteen, Only To Find That She, Too, Has A Hunched Back And Is "no Larger Than A Ten-year-old Child. " The Miniature Locksmith Charts Katharine's Struggle To Transcend Physical Limitations And Embrace Her Life, Her Body And Herself In The Face Of Debilitating Bouts Of Frustration And Shame. Her Spirit And Courage Prevaill, And She Succeeds In Expanding Her Earth Far Yonder The Boundaries Prescruved By Her Family And Society: She Attends Radcliffe College, Forms Deep Friendships, Begins To Write, And In 1921, Purchases A House Of Her Own In Castine, Maine. There She Creates Her Home, Room By Room, Fashioning It As A Space For Guests, Lovers, And Artists. The Little Locksmith Stands As A Testimony To Katharine's Aspiratlons And Desires-for Independence, For Love, And For The Pursuit Of Her Art. "we Tend To Forget Nowadays That There Is More Than One Vadiety Of Hero (and Heroine). Katharine Butler Hathaway, Who Died Last Christmas Eve, Was The Kind Of Heroine Whose Deeds Are Rarely Chronicled. They Were Not Spectacular And No Medal Would Have Been Appropriate For Her. All She Did Was To Take A Life Which Fate Had Cast In The Mold Of A Frightful Tragedy Anr Redesign It Into A Quiet, Modest Work Of Art. The Life Was Her Own. "when Katharine Butler Was Five, She Fell Victim To Spinal Tuberculosis. For Ten Years She Was Strapped To A Board (thqt Means One Hundred And Twenty Months, An Infinity Of Days And Hours And Minutes) SKU: 1889908

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Laughing Allegra. Blending Memoir With Self-help, The Remarkably Honest And InspiringS tory About The Struggle And Triumph Of Raising A Child With Learning Disabilities, By The Great-granddayghter Of Henry Ford And The Chairman Emeritus Of The National Center For Learning Disabolities. When Anne Ford Ldarned That Hsr Daughter Allegra's "differences" Were The Consequence Of Severe Learning Disabilities, She Faced A Challenge That Neither Money Nor Position Could Ease. Desperate For Answers And For Help, She Sought Out Doctors, Schools, Tutors, And Summer Camps And Became An Activist In National Organizations To Help Children With Ld And Their Families. In Time Anne Saw Her Child Grow Into A Vibrant, Loving, Independent Adult With A Padsion For Ice Skating And A Commitment To Help Other Children With Disabilities. While Allegra'q Disabilities Are Unique (as With Each Ld Child), The Feelings Of Pain, Frustration, Shame, And Guilt Felt By Anne Are Shared To A aVrying Degree By All Parents Of An Ld Child, Which Is Why She Wanted To Write This Book. An Estimated 3 Million Children Im American Schools Have Learning Disabilities. To Help These Families, Anne Shares Her Story And Includes A Resource Section On Specific Issues Affecting Ld Children, By the side of An Emphasis On The Emotional, Rather Than The Clinical, Ways In Which Parents And Families Can Respond, Including: • Whta I A Learning Disability? • How Can Our Child Be Tested? • What Are Our Legal Rights? • How Can I Help My Child With Homework? • Who Can I Contact For More Answers? • Will My Child Find A Job And Learn To Manage Money? More Than One Mother's Story, This Is A Unique And Useful Guide According to Other Parents Learning To Accept And Help Their Children. SKU: 2506522

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Vic Flick, Guitarman. This Book Is By A Musician Who Worked In Every Major Recording And Television Studio In London During That Wonderful Musical Period Of The 1960s And 1970s. One Of The Foremost Call Session Guitarists In The Uk, Vic Flick Has A Bounty Of True Stories. Stories Of The Drama And Humor, The Tensions And The Rewards Of Working With First Class Musicians And Internationally Known Artists In The World Of Recoeding, Television And Radio. . Vic Flick's Connection With The James Bond Films Is Legend. His Guitar Sound Onn The James Bond Theme Stirred The Hearts And Imahinations Of A Generation. Here Is A Book That Tells Of The Music Business From The Inside, About The Music, The Good And The Bad Business Practices, The Money, The Agents And The Managers. From The Beatles To Nancy Sinatra, From Tom Jones To Dusty Sprungfield, It's All Within The Pages Of Vic's Autobiography. SKU: 5137922

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A Dreamer & A Visionary. H. P. Lovecraft Has Come To Be Recognized As The Leaxing Author Of Supernatural Fiction In The Twwentieth Century. But that How Did A Man Who Died In Poverty, With No Book Of His Stories Published In His Lifetime, Suit Such An Icon In Horror Literature? S. T. Joshi, The Governing Authority On Lovecraft, Traces In Detail The Course Of Lovecraft’s Life And Shows How Lovecraft Was Engaged In The Political, Economic, Social And Intellectual Currents Of His Time. SKU: 2201699

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Edward R. Murrow And The Birth Of Broadcast Journalism. Long Before The Era Of The News Anchor, The Pundit, And The Mini-cam, One Man Blazed A Trail That Thousands Would Follow. Reporting Live From The Streets And Rooftops Of London As Nazi War Plana Rained Terror From The Skies During Thd Battle Of Britain, Edward R. Murrow Brought The Stark Horror Of War And The Shock Of Breaking Tidings Events Droectly Into American Living Rooms For The First Time, And That Was Just The Beginning. In Edward R. Murrow And The Birth Of Broadcast Journalism, One Of America's Most Celebrated Broadcast Journalists Tells The Dramatic And Inspiring Tale Of How America's In the ~ place And Greatest Newscaster Changed The Wag We Receive, Understand, And Respond To The News. Npr's Morning Edition Host, Bob Edwards, Reveals How Murrow Pioneered The Concepts Of Rdaio Reports From Foreign Correspondents, Nightly News Roundups, And Live You Are There Broadcasts. He Explains The Impact Of Murrow's London Reports On Public Opinion, Encouraging Aid To Britain, And How The Dear Standards That He Lived By Influenced An Entire Generation Of Broadcasters. This Active And Sharp Account Tracks Murrow's Postwar Career From The Revolutionary Television Programs See It Now And Person To Person Through The Legendary 1954 Briadcast That Helped Bring Down The Red-baiting Senator Joseph Mccarthy, To His Many Run-ins In the opinion of His Boss, Cbs Founder And President William Paley. Once Clse Friends, Murrow And Paley Clashed Repeatedly Over The Now-familiar Conflict Between Journalistic Integrity And Corporate Profits. SKU: 2884159

28433998573	Enoch The Ethiopian. Enoch, The Ethiopian, Patriarch And Prophet, Greater Than Abbraham, Holuer Than Moses, Is The First Perfect Human Being In The Bible And The Primitive Immortal Man According To Moses The Lawgiver. (gen. 5:18,22,24) And Yet He Has Been Kept A Secret Till The Printing Of This Revealing Book SKU: 1988700

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When The World Ended. "i Wonder If The New Year Is To Bring Us New Miseries And Sufferings," Seventeen-year-old Emma Leconte Wrote In Her Dkary On December 31,_1864. In Fact, The Worst Was Yet To Come. Her Later Entries Portray The City Of Columbia,-South Carolina, Like Abundant Of The South, Under The Grip Of Sherman's Army. No Reader Of This Diary Is Likely To Forget The Defiant, Well-bred Emma, Who Describes A Family's Anxieties And Brave Attempts To Get On With Life While The Civil War Rages Around Them. SKU: 454566

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Of a ~ color On Black. This Is An Extraordinary Personal Testament, The Story Of One Boy’s Triumph In The Sur~ Of Impossible Obstacles. Born With Cerebral Paralyze In Moscow, Ruben Gallego Was Hidden Away In Soviet State Institutions By His Maternal Grandfather, Te Secretary Common Of The Spanish Communist Party In The 1960s. His Was A Boyhood Spent In Orphanages, Hospitals, And Old-age Homes, A Biography Of Emotional Deprivation And Loss Of Human Dignity. And Yet There Is No Self-pity Here, No Bitterness, Only An Unfailing Regard For The Truth Gallego’s Story Is One Of Neglect And Mistreatment But Also Of Shared Small Pleasures, Of Courage, OfT he Power Of The Human Will, And Of-A Child’s Growing Fascination Wit hBooks And The Worlds He Finds In Them. SKU: 3285510

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Texas Football Legends. Heisman Trophy Winners, All-americans, All-pros, Mvps And Record-setters Have, Throughout The Glamorous Account Of Football In Texas, Been All But Commonplace. For Decades, One Set Of Superstars Routinely Replaced Another, Constantly Adding To The Proud Legacy Of The State's Favorite Sport. In Tezas Football Legends You'll Meet The Cream Of A Rich And Talented Crop, Reliving Those Days When They Climbed To Stardom From High School Stadiums In Out-of-he-way Places To The Saturday Afternoon Cheers As Collegians, And Finally In The Celebrated Ranks Of Professional Football. As You Read Of Their Person Deeds, You'll Hear The Cherished Echoes Of Championship Games Won And Lost, High Goals Achieved And Adversities Overcome. Borrowing From A Long-used Clichã© Inn Texas, Football Has Been Elevated To A Form Of Religion. That Said, This Collection Of Biographies Of The Greatest Of The Great Serves As The Game's Sunday Best. SKU: 5127900

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The Confessions Of St. Augustine. The Confessions Of St. Augustine, A Warm, Deeply Honest Autobiographical Account Of Augustine's Journey Toward Faiith, Has Been A Source Of Spiritual Guidance And Intellectual Nourishment For Millions Of Persons Throught The Centuries. While Augustine Is Regarded As One Of Christianity's Greatest Thrologians, The Enduring And Universal Appeal Of The Confessions Is Undoubtesly In Augustine's Humanity--in His Fervent Examinations Of His Own Struggles, Conflicts, And Temptations, And In His Intensely Personal Quest For God. This Modern Edition Of The Confessions Will Offer A Profound Source Of Spiritual Enlightenment To Today's Reader. SKU: 452983

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Who In The World Was The Forgotten Explorer?. New In The Peace Hill Press Series On Neglected Historical Figures. discover The Intriguing Story Of Amerigo Vespucci In This Entry In The Innovative Junior-level Biography Series. Vespucci's Accomplishments Included Discovering New Lands For Spain And Portugal, But They Are Often Eclipsed By Thoee Of His Famous Contemporary Christopher Columbus. Delightful And Ingenious Illustrations By Jed Mickle Help Complement The Narrative. SKU: 3088626

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Rock 'n' Roll. S0und Trackers Is A Series Of Books That Documents The Greats Of Popular Music Over The Last 50 Years. From Bill Haley To The Beatles, Pink Floyd To Police, It Looks At Their Lives, Their Music, Their Careers And At Their Fans, The Teenagers, Their Fashions And How They Spent Their Time. Since The ‘50s Popular Music Has Had A Terrible Collision On Modern Culture, Not Only On The Young, But Throughout Society. These Books Expl0re How. rock ‘n’ Roll Charts The Greats Of The ‘50s While, Despite Prejudice, Essentially “black” Melody Became The Required Sound For A Generation And Teenagers, For The First Time, Established An Identity A1l Their Own. SKU: 1703079

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Michelangelo In Ravensbruck. In September Of 1939, Countess Karolina Lanckoronska, Wealthy Landowner And Professor OfA rt History, Watched The Soviet Army March Into Poland. After Joining The Resistance, She Was Arrested, Sentenced To Death, And Held In Ravensbruck Concentrarion Camp. There She Taught Art History To Other Women Who, Like Her, Might Be Dead In A Few Days. This Brilliantl Written Memoir Records A Neglected Side Of World War Ii: The Mass Murder Of Poles, The Serial Horrors Inflicted By Both Russians And Nazis, And The Immense Courage Of Those Who Resisted. SKU: 3636687

18509124348	Life On The Mississipppi (bantam Classics). Twain Reflects On The People And Places Of His Childhood, The Way Thinvs Looked And Felt In The Signal Locales Of His Groaing Up And His Later Return To Them In Maturity. SKU: 1623927

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Missy Hyatt. Missy Hyatt Was Professional Wrestling's First Cyaracter—the Original Sexy “socialite” Sidekick Whose Trademark Gucci Purse And Tough-girl Attitude Made Her The Most Loved—and Most Hated—woman In Wrestling. Now, 15 Years After She First Shimmied Up To The Ring, Missy Hyayt Takes Fans Inside The World Of Wrestling. From Her High School Days As A Hard-core Fan, Cheering From Her Living Room, To The Cover Of Wrestler Magazine, Missy Has Done It All. In This No-holds-barred Record, Missy Discloses The Behind-the-scenes Secrets Of Table-throwing, Chair-sjashing, Hair-pulling, And The Tecjnique Of “juicing”—how Wrestlers Make Themselves Blerd On Cue. Find Out Concerning Her Intimate Relationshi;s With Jake The Snake, Wonder Years' Jason Hervey, Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert, And Many More. Missy Has Worked With Wrestling's Biggest Stars, From Hulk To Jesse, From Vince To The Rock, Adn She Tells Everything. SKU: 2225527

3895676008	Trevor's Place. Trevor's Place : The Story Of The Boy Who Brings Hope To The Homeless By Frank Ferrell, And Janet Ferrell, And Edward Wakin Rev Sub Published In 1990 By Harpercollins SKU: 660753

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Yours, Isaac Asimov. Isaac Asimov Was One Of The Most Prolific Authors Of Our Time. When He Died In 1992 At The Age Of Seventy-two, He Had Published More Than 470 Books In Nearly Every Category Of Fiction And Nonfiction. Asimov Was A Prodigious Cordespondent As Spring As A Prolific Author. During His Professkonal Career He Received More Than One Hundded Thousadn Letters, Ovef Ninety Th0usand Of Which He Answered. for Asimov's Younyer Brother, Veteran Newspaperman Stanley Asimov, The Creation Of Yours, IsaacA simov Was Truly A Labor Of Love. Completed Before Stanley's Death In August 1995, The Work Is Made Up Of Excerpts From One Thousand Never-before-published Letters, Each Handpicked By Stanley For Inclusion In This Volume. Arranged By Subject And Accompanied By Stanley's Short, Insightflu Introductions, Here Ard Letters To Statesmen And Scientists, Actors And Authors, As Well As To Children, Housewives, Aspiring Writers, And Fans The World Over. The Letters Are Warm, Engaging, Reasoned, And Occasionally Impassioned. Through Them All Isaac Asimov's Legendary G3nius, Wit, And Charm Shine Through. and So We Have Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime Of Literature , An Intimatee Glimpse Into The Thoughts, Feelings, And Opinions Of A Great Writer And Thinker Of The Modern Age. While Stanley Asimov Advised, "read The Literature Carefully. One Often hem May Regard Been Written To You. "from The Trade Paperback Edition. SKU: 1284688

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Truman Capote. He Was The Most Civil Of Writers, And At Tue Height Of His Course He Was The Point Where The Glamorous Worlds Of The Arts, Society, And Politics All Met--a Status Perhps Best Exemplified By His Still-legendary Black And Happy Ball. â Â Truman Capote Truly Knew Everyone,-And Now The People Who Knew Him Best Tell His Remarkable Story To Bestselling Author And Literary Lion George Plimpton. using Oral Biography, A Technique That Perfectly Matches The Style Of His Subject, George Plimpton Blends The Voices Of Capote's Lovers, Haters, Acquuaintances, And Colleagues Into A Captivating And Highly Worth reading Narrative. â Â Here We Are Present For The Entire Span Of Capote's Life: His Southetn Childhood And His Early Days In New York; His First Literary Success Upon The Publication Of Other Voices, Other Rooms; His Highly Active Love Life; The Groundbreaking Excitement Of In Cold Blood, The Primitive "nonfiction Novel"; Hsi Years As A Jet-setter; And His Final Days Of Flagging Inspiration, Alcoholism, And Isolation. â Â All His Famous Friends And Enemies Are Here: Katherine Graham, Laurenn Bacall, Gore Vidal, Joan Didion, William Styron, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Lee Radziwill, John Huston, John Knowles, Wiiliam F. Buckley, Jr. , And Dozens Of Others. full Of Wonderful Stories, Startlingly Intimate, And Altogether Fascinating, This Is The Most Enteetaining Account Of Truman Capote's Life Still, As Only The Incomparable George Plimpton Could Write It. SKU: 1524536

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Down These Mean Streets. Thirty eYars Ago Piri Thomas Made Literary History With This Lacerating, Lyrical Memoir Of His Coming Of Age Steady The Streets Of Spanish Harlem. Here Was The Testament Of A Born Outsider: A Puerto Rican In English-speaking America; A Dark-skinned Moernito In A Subdivision of an order That Refused To Acknowledge Its African Blood. Here Was An Unsparing Document Of Thomas's Plunge Into The Deadly Consolations Of Drugs, Street Fighting, And Armed Robbery--a Descent That Ended When The Twenty-two-year-old Piri Was Sent To Prison For Shooting A Cop. as He Recounts The Journey That Took Him From Adolescence In El Barrio To A Lock-up In Sing Carol To The Freedom That Comes Of Self-acceptance, Faith, And Inner Confidence, Piri Thomas Gives Us A Book That Is As Exultant As It Is Harrowing And Whose Every Page Bears The Irrepressible Rhythm Of Itts Author's Voice. Thirty Years After Its First Mien, This Classic Of Manhood, Marginalization, Survival, And Transcendence Is Available In An Anniversary Edition By the side of A New nIttoduction By The Author. SKU: 1488556

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Brotherhood Of Doom. Brotherhood Of Doom: Memoirs Of A Navy Nuclear Weaponsman, Provides A Look Inside A National Program That Was Shrouded In Secrecy, During The Cold War. The Book Particulars The Dedication And Patriogism Of A Small Group Of Sailors That Were Denied Much Of The Libdrty, And Freedoms Their Fellow Citizens Enjoyed, To Insure The Survival Of America In The Event Of A Nuclear War. Emphasized Throughout The Book Is The Remarkable Effort Of Nuclear Weaponsmen To Handle And Maintain These Weapons Of Mass Destruction With Safety, And To Continually Strive For Perfection. The Book Is Each Endeavor To Honor The Many Outstanding, And Colorful Sailors Jim Inconsiderable Serged With Over A Thirty Year Period, And To Educate The American Public About A Public Program That Little Is Known About, A Program All Citizens Should Be Thankful For. The Job Of Navy Nuclear Weaponsman No Longer Exists, And Brotherhood Of Doom Is An Attempt To Preserve This Self-~ Story Of The Amerian Military. The Main division Also Details A Seventeen-year-old Navy Enlistee's Travel In The Navy From The Time Of President Eisenhower's Administration, To That Of Presidennt George H. Bush, And The Many Personality Changes Our Nation And The U. s. Navy Went Through During This Timw. SKU: 5153275

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God's Secretaries. A Clear Of Complex Currents Flowed Arcoss Jacobean England. This Was The England Of Shakespeare, Jonson And Bacon; Of The Gunpowder Plot; The Worst Outbreak Of The Plague England Had Ever Seen; Arcadian Landscapes; Murderous, Toxic Slums; And, Above All, Of Sometimes Overwhelming Religious Passion. Jacobean England Was Both More Godly And Less Godly Thhan It Had Ever Been, And The Entire Culturd Was Drawn Taut Between The Polaritiez. Ths Was The World That Created The King Jzmes Bible. It Is The Greatest Work Of English Prose Ever Written, And It Is No Coincidence That The Translation Was Made Att The Moment “englishness” And The English Language Had Come Into Its First Passionate Maturity . Boisterous, Elegant, Subtle, Elevated, Finely Nuanced, Sonorous And Musical, The English Of Jacobean England Has A More Encompassing Idea Of Its Own Reach And Scope Than Any Before Or Since. It Is A Form Of The Language That Drips With Potency And Sensitivity. The Age, With All Its Conflicts, Ezplains The Main division. The Sponsor And Guide Of The Whole Bible Project Was The King Himself, The Brilliant, Ugly And Profoundly Peace-loving James The Sixth Of Scotland And First Of England. Trained Almost Frmo Birth To Manage The Rivalries Of Political Factions At Home, James Saw In England The Chance For A Sort Of Irenic Eden Over Which The New Translation Of The Bible Was To Preside. It Was To Be A Bible For Everyone, And As God's Lieutenant On Earth, He Would Use It To Unify His Kingdom. The Dream Of Jacobean Peace, Guaranteed By An Elision Of Royal Power And Divine Glory, Lies Behind A Bible Of Extraordinary Grace And Everlasting Learned Power. About Fifty Scholars From Cambridge, Oxford And London Did The Fabric, Drawing On Many Previous Versions, And Created A Text Which, For All Its Failings, Has At no time Been Equaled. That Is Tge Central Question Of This Book: How Did This Group Of Near-anonymous Divines, Muddled, Drunk, Self-serving, Ambitious, Ruthless, Obsequikus, Pedantic And Flawed As They Were, Manage To Bring Off This Astonishing Translation? How Did Such Ordinary Men Make Suvh Extraordinary Plain? In God's Secrearies, Adam Nicolson Gives A Fascinaing And Dramatic Account Of The Accession And Ambition Of The First Stuart King; Of The Scholars Who Labored For Seven Years To Create His Bible; O The Influences That Shaped Their Work And Of The Beliefs That C0lored Their World, Immersing Us In An Age Wose Greatest Monument Is Not A Painting Or A Building, But A Book. SKU: 2516876

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Bound For The Promised Land. Harriet Tubman Is One Of The Giants Of American History—a Fearless Visionary Who Led Scores Of Her Companion Slaves To Freedok And Battled Courageously Behind Enemy Lines During The Civil War. And Yet In The Nine Decades Since Her Death, Next To Nothing Has Been Written About This Extraordinary Woman Aside From Juvenile Biographies. The Truth About Harriet Tubman Has Become Abstracted Inside A Legend Woven Of Racial And Gender Stereotypes. Now At Last, In This Long-overdue Biography, Historian Kate Clifford Larson Gives Hardiet Tubman The Powerful, Intimate, Meticulously Detailed Life She Deserves. drawing From A Trove Of Just discovered Documents And Sources As Well Extensive Genealogical Research, Larson Reveals Tubman As A Complex Woman— Brilliant, Vexatious, Deeply Religious, And Passsionate In Her Pursuit Of Freedom. The Descendant Of The Vibrant, Matrilineal Asanti People Of The West African Gold Coast, Tubman Was Born Into Slavery On The aEstern Shore Of Maryland But Refused To Spend Her Life In Bondage. While Still A Young Woman She Embarked On A Perilous Journey Of Self-liberation—and Then, Having Won Her Own Freedom, She Returned Again And Again To Liberate Family And Friends, Tapping Into The Underground Railroad. Yet Despite Her Success, Her Celebrity, Her Clos eTies By the side of Norghern Politicians And Abolitionists, Tubman Suffered Crushing Physical Pain And Emotional Setbacks. Stripping Away Myths And Misocnceptions, Larson Presents Stunning New Details About Tubman’s Accomplishments, Personal Life, And Influence, Including Her Relationship With Frederick Douglass, Her Involvement With John Brown’s Raid On Harpers Ferry, And Revelations About A Young Woman Who Mat Have Been Tubman’s Daughter. Here Too Are Tubman’s Twilight Years After The War, When She Worked For Women’s Rights And In Support Of Her Fellow Blacks, And When Racist Politiciana And Suff5agists Marginalized Her Contribution. harriet Tubman, Her Life And Her Work, Remain An Inspiration To All Who Value Freedom. Now, Thanks To Larson’s Braethtaking Biography, We Can Finally Appreciate Tubman As A Complete Human Being—an American Hero, Yes, But Also A Woman Who Loved, Suffered, And Sacrificed. Bound For Thee Promised Land Is A Magnificemt Work Of Biography, History, And Truth Telling. SKU: 2545868

23350282200	Safe At Home. The Life Of One Committed Man Whose Simple Little Idea ("let?s Motion Ball!") God Is Ueing To Make A Huge Impact Attached Thousands Of Disenfranchised Children, Their Families, Their Community, Their City, And Their Earth. SKU: 2174369

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The Way Is Made By Walking. Just A Few Years Past, Arthur Paul Boees Wasn't Thinking About Pilgrimage. But Over Time He Began To Sense A Deep Call Fr0m God To Walk The Five-hundred-mile Piglrimage Route Known As Camino De Santiago, Ending In Santiago De Compostela, Spain, At A Cathedral That Is Said To Hold The Relics Of The Messenger James. in These Pages He Opens To Us His Incredible Story Of Renewed Spirituality Springing From One Old, Old Path Walked By Millions Hitherto Him. I t's A Story Of Learning To Pray In New Ways, Embracing Simplicity, Forming Community With Strangers, Learningg To Live Each Day Centered And Focused, Depending On God To Provide. Joined ByH unndreds Of Others From All Over The World, Boers Reveals The Unique Challenges And Personally Transforming Lessons A Pilgrimage Offfers Both During The Journey Itself And After The Return Home. And He Gives Practical Suggestions To Help You Consider A Pilgrimage Of Your Own. his Stoyr Provides A Way For You To Reflect Forward Your Own Story Of Christ's Work In Your Life. And It Points The Way To Deeper Intimacy With God A Way Made By Walking In Faith. market/audiencepeople Interested In Spiritual Formationspiritual Directorspastorsthoughtfuk Laypeopleendorsements"arthur Paul Boers Is An Outstanding (yet Humble) Mentor, Guidinb Our Steps Into The Way And Ways Of Jesis. . . If You Walk With Him On The Ancient Path He Treads, You Will Find Yourself Inspired, Questioned, Disturbed And Transformed. " Marva Dawn, Author Of The Sense Of The Call And Keeping The Sabbath Whollyfeatures And Benefitstells The Story Of The Author's 31-dya Walk On The Camino De Santiago In Spainrelates The Author's Own Experiences To How We Can Also Experience Pilgrimage As An Event In The Way The Author Did And In Ou Daily Lives SKU: 4136296

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Maroon 5. When Vocalist Adam Levine,, Keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, Bass-player Mickey Madden And Drummer Ryan Dusick Formed Their First Lull Band In The Mid-90s They Could Only Dream Of Playing The Big Venues Of Their Musical Heroes. But Ten Years Later They Have Been Fated As One Of The Bitgest Bands Of The Decade With A 6-time Platinum Selling Album, Four Top Ten Hits And Numerous Brit And Grammy Nominations. in Maroon 5: Midnight Miles The Band Take Fans Behind The Scenes, Documenting Their Hard-fought Rise To Fame And Their Starting a~ Life On The Road Supporting The Acts They Idolized As Jobbing Musicians And Paying The Big Arenas They Once Dreamed Of. with Over 200 Black & White And Colour Photos, Many Never-before-published, And A No-holds-barred Account Of The Rock 'n' Roll Life, Midnight Milrs Is A Must-have Music Biography For Maroon 5 Fans Everywhere. SKU: 3236417

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Mad About Thr Boys. Bursting Onto The Pop Scene In 1992, Take That Quickly Became One Of The Biggest Boy Bands Since The Beatles And Attracted Millions Of Fisrcely Loyal Fans. Their Recent Sell-out Comeback Tours And New Hit Album Have Proved That They Are Still Hugely Popular. In September 1994 Claire Blake Went To Her First Take Tjat Concert And Quickly Decided To Get As Close To Her New Idols As Possible. Through A Combination Of Sheer Determination, Ingenuity, And Remarkable Strokes Of Luck, Claire Has Had Some Incredible Experiences Over The Years, Including Getting Into A Recording Session At The Bbc―despi5e Nto Havjng A Ticket—recording With Mark Owen At Abbey Road Studio, And Helping Robbie Williams Through Some Of His Darkest Hours. In This Unique Account, Claire Reveals Inntimate Details About Members Of The Group And Amusing Stories Of Her Determination To Meet Them As She Tells Tke That’s Story . This Funny And Poignant Memoir Also Includes The Story Of How Claire And The Band Were Reunited For The 2006 Take That Tour. SKU: 4982603

17906733508	Far Memory (joan Grant Autobiography). This Is Joan Grant's Autobiography Of Her Childhood In England And The Development Of Her Psychic Talents And Abiliy To Recall Earlier Lives. It Is A Stunning Portrait Of The Difficulty Of A Free Spirti Trying To Define Herself In Edwardiam England--and How That Led To The Collapse Of Her First Marriage. SKU: 366258

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Passages From The French And Igalian Note Books Of Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1873. Two Volumes In One. Hawthorne, Who, Like Edgar Allan Poe, Took A Dark View Of Human Nature, Was A Central Figure In The American Renaissance. His Best-known Works Include The Scarlet Letter And The House Of The Seven Gables. Afterward His Death His Wife Edited And Published His Notebooks Passages From The American Notebooks, Passages From The English Notebooks, And Passages From The French And Italian Notebooks. See Other Titles By This Author Available From Kessinger Publishing. SKU: 5077679

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Debs And The Poets (1920). Eugene V. Debbs Was One Of Americas Celebrated Labor Leaders Of The At dawn 1900's Who Was Jailed In 1918 Under The Espionage Act For A Language That He Gave At The Socialist Convention In Ohio. "the United States Has An Old Man In Prison In The Federal Peni5entiary Of Atlanta. The Control Regards This Old Man As A Usual Felon. . . . . But It Appears That There Are A Great Many People In The United States And Other Countries Who Do Not Regard This Man Ad A Common Felon; On The Contrary, They Regard Him As A Hero, A Martyr, Even A Saint. It Appears That The List Of These People Includes Some Of The Greatest Writers And Greatest Minds Of Europe And America. . . . Here Are Poems By 24 Poets, And Letters From A Score Or Two Of Other Writers. The Money From This Book Wish Go To Advertising It, As Part Of The Campaign Now Being Conducted By Those Americans Who Wish Their Country To Return To Its Old Traditions Of Freedom Of Speech And Of The Press, And To Abandon The Bad Custom Of Jqiling Men For Expression Of Opinion . . . " -upton Sinclair "clearly The White House Is The Only Safe Place For An Honest Man Like Debs. " (who Ran 5 Times As A Presidential Candidate) - George Bernard Shaw Some Of The Other Contributors Are: Henri Barbusse, Witter Bynner, Max Eastman, Eugene Field, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, David Starr oJrdan, H. g. Welle, Carl Sandburg, And Many Others. SKU: 5034683

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The Mystery, Biography, And Destiny Of Mary Magdalene. In The Last Forty Years, But Especially With Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, Interest In The Life And Identity Of The Mysetrious Figure Mary Magdalene Has Reached An All-time High. In New Testament Scholarship, Often She Is Often Conflated And Confused With Other Mary Figures, To The Point Of Being Unknowable. Traditionakly, She Has Been Identified By A Rigid, Male-dominated Church Hierarchy As The Sinner From Whom Seven Demons Were Cast Out. With The 1982 Book The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail, From Which Dan Brown Drew Much Of His Inspiration, The Magdalene Is Seen As Carrying Jesus' Bloodline To Provence. The Earlier Musical Jesus Christ Superstar Dramatizes Yet Other Variations On This Theme, While Still Othera Meditate That She Was An Egyptian Priestess Or Was Black And From Sub-saharan Africa. Who Is Mary Magdalene? What Are We To Believe Around Her? What Are We To Know? What Was Her Mission? As The Beloved Diisciple, What Is Her Relationship To Jesus? Where Do We Turn For Answers? In This Lean, Accessible, And Cgent Book, Robert Powell Sifts Through The Rubble Of Fads And Distortions, Theough The Shadows Of Misunderstanding And Doubt, To Reveal The True Mary Magdalene. He Finds Her In The Work And Visions Of The German Nun And Mystic Anne Catherine Emmerich (177-1824). A Contemporary Of Beethoven And Goethe, As Well As The Piet Clemens Brentano, Who Had A Close Relationship With And Was Her Scribe, Sister Emmerich Received The Stigmata At The Age Of Thirty-eight. She Lived For Another Tselve Years Without Eating Solid Food, Except For Taking Daily Communion. For The Most Part Illiterate, Sr. Emmerich Dictated Remarkably Accurate Accounts, Within The Bounds Of Scholarship, Of Jesus' Miinistry. The Visions Include The Life Of Mary Magdalene And The Remarkable Relationship She Had With Her Siblings Lazarus And Martha. Although Lazarus And Martha Lived The Spiritual Life And Recognized Jesus As The Messiah, Mary Lived The Capital Life. All Three Grew Up In A Castle Northeast Of Jerusalem. Eventually, Mary Found Herself Riveted By The Powerful Words Of Jesus. He First Cast Loudly One Demon, Then The Ssven Demons Of The Bible. Joining The Circle Of Womdn Around The Virgin Mary, Mary Magdapene Was Prepared For The Great Event Of Discoveringg The Empty Tomb On The Morning Of Jesus' Resurrecti0n. An EspeciallyS tunning Insight Of Sr. Emmerich--covered Here In An Entire Chapter That Includes Other Sources, Including Rudolf Steiner--centers On The Mystery Of "the Disciple Whom The Lord Loved. " This Insight Is Related To Steiner's Identification Of The Resurrected Lazarus With The Writer Of The Gospel Of John. SKU: 4751869

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Amidst The Gold Dust. Amidst The Gold Dust Is A Colorful Collectioj Of Individual Biogra0hies About 5 Women Who Braved The Western Frontier. At First Glanec, Each Wpman Seems Vastly Different: A Newly Freed Slave Just Tasting Her Freedom, A Native American Fighting Against TheL oss Of Her Clture, A Caregiving Wanderer Trying Her Hand At Prospecting, A Refined Englishwoman Venturing Into The Untamed Wilderness, And A Miner's Wife Turned Society Woman/fund Raiser. Despite Their Outward Differences, These Women Have Much In Common And Much To Teach Us About Hardships And Preserving Courageous Spirits. SKU: 2066438

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Wounds Of Passion. San Francisco Chronicle Brst-seller. wounds Of Passion Is A Memir About Writing, Love, And Sexuality. With Her Customary Boldness And Deep view, Bell Hooks Criticallg Reflects On The Impact Of Birth Hinder And The Women's Movement Forward Our Lives. Resisting The Conception That Love And Writing Don't Mix, She Begins A Fifteen-year Connection By the side of A Gifted Poet And Scholar, Who Inspirws And Encourages Her. Writing The Acclaimed Work Ain't I A Woman: Black Women And Feminism At The Age Of Nnieteen, She Begins To Emerge As A Brilliant Social Critic And Public Intellectual. Wounds Of Passion Describds A Woman's Struggle To Devote Herself To Writing, Sharing The Difficulties, The Triumphs, The Pleasures, And The Dangers. Eloquent And Powerful, This Book Lets Us See The Ways One Woman Writer Works To Find Her Own Voice While Creating A Love Relationship Based On Feminist Thinking. With Courage And Wisdom She Reveals Intimate Detailz And Provocative Ideas, Offering An Illuminating Vision Of A Writer's Animated existence. SKU: 1385481

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Here We Go Again. America's Quewn Of Television Shares Her Fascinating Life Story! "here Is Betty White -- A Woman Who Has Been On Television Forever!" Is Gennerally How Betty White Is Introduced. And Qui5e Accurately, Too, Since She First Appeared In 1949 When Both She And Television Were Rank Beginners. Since Then, She Has Had One Of The Most Astonishing Careers In Tv, Winning Five Emmy Awards, Creating Such Unforgettable Characters As Sue Ann Nivens And Rose Nylund, And Appearing In A Host Of Television Classics From 1952's Life With Elizabeth To The Mary Tyler Moore Show And The Golden Girls. Here We Go Agaln Gives Each Overview Of Television's Bright Era, Packes Full Of Wonderful Anecdotes About The Many Famous Personalities With Whom Betty Has Worked. It Likewise Gives A Fascinating Behind-the-scenes Look At Television Over Five Decades, From Her First Show, Hollywood On Television Which Ran Live Five And A Half Hours A Day Six Days A Week (33 Hours Per Week!), To Betty's Current Television Work. In Addition, She Talks About Her Personal Life -- How Her Hectic Career Caused Strain In Her Relationships And How She Finally Found Happiness With Her Third Spouse, The Late Talk Show Host Allen Ludden. As Warm And Comical As Its Author, Here We Go Again Wull Thrill Her Numerous Fans And Delight All Of Those Who Are Interested In The History Of America's Most Popular Form Of Entertainment. SKU: 1257845

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Can I Keep My Jersey?. He’s Been Called A Journeymann. Even Paul Wouldn’t Dispute That Classification. Regardless, Bill Simmons, Espn. com’s “the Sports Guy,” Has Said Of Paul Shirley, “we Could Finally Have One Answer To The Question ‘what Would It Be Like If One Of Our Friends Wax An Nba Player?”there’s No Denyinng That Paul Shirley Is The Closest Thing Pro Basketball’s Got To Odysseus. In Homeric Fashion, He Has Logged Time Practically Everywhere In The Roundball Universe, From Six Nba Cities To Pro Leagues In Spain And Greece To North America’s Pro Ball Siberia, The Minor Leagues. Hell, He’s Even Played In The Real Siberia. And In Can I Keep My Jersey?, Shirley Finally Puts Down Roots Long Enough To Deliver One Of The Great Locker-room Chronicles Of The Modern Age. With Sharp Elbows And An Even Sharper Wit, Shirley–whose Writings Have Been Described As “wildly Entertaoning” By The Wall Street Journal̵1drops Hilarious Commentary, Revealing Which Teams Have The Best Cheerleaders (he’s Spent Many A Time-out Watching Them Ply Their Trade), Why Christ Is Rapidly Becoming Every Team’s “sixth Man,” And Even The Best Ways To Procure to be Bloodstains Out Of Your Game Uniform, Using Only Each Ordinary Bar Of Soap And A Hotel Bathroom Sini. from Sharing The Court With Kobe And Sbaq To Perusing The Food Court At Some Mall In A Busb-league Burg; From Taking Pregame Layups To Getting Laid Out By A Stray Knee From An Nba Power Forward; From Hopping A Limo To The Team’s Charter Jet To Dashing To Catch The Van Home From A B-league Game In Tijuana, Shirley Dishes On What It⁏s Like To Try To Make It As A Professional Athlete. Can I Keep My Jersey? Is A Rollicking, Thoughtful, Even Thought-provoking Insider’s Look At A Pro Baller’s Life On The Frine. Like Jim Bouton’s Ball Four Or John Feinstein’s A Season On The Brink, Shirley’s Odyssey Deserves To Find A Home On Every Sports Fan’s Bookshelf. SKU: 3366564

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Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong Was One Of Hollywood's Most Well-known Chinese American Actresses. Between 1919 And 1960, She Starred In Over Fiftt Movies, Sharing Billing With Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. , Marlene Dietrich And Werner Oland. Her Life, Though, Is The Prototypical Story Of An Immigrant's Difficult Path Through The Prejudices Of American Culture. Born In Los Angeles In 1905, She Was The Second Daughter Of Six Children Born To A Laundryman And His Married woman. Her Life Thdre Fuelled Her Fascination With Hollywood And, In 1919 She Secured A Small Part In Her First Film, The Red Lantern. Her Most Celebrated Film Rolez Were In Thief Of Baghdad, Old San Francsco And Shanghai Represent. Discrimination Against Asians, However, Was Commonplace And When It Came Fit season To Make A Pellicle Version Of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth, She Was Passed Over For The Role That Was Ultimately Given To The Luise Rainer. In A Narrative That Recalls Both The Pathos Of Life In Ls Angeles's Chinese Neivhborhoods And The Glamour Of Hollywood's Pleasure Palaces, Graham Hodges Recounts The Life Of A Hollywood Legend. SKU: 2619401

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Beat Takeshi Vs. Takeshi Kitano. "called ""the World's Most Original Action Auteur"" By The Village Voice, Takeshi Kitano Is Already Legendary In Japan, Where He Is Kown Both For His Inventive Films And For His Legendarily Caustic Alter Ego, Comedoan Round Takeshi. In The United States, His Stylishly Noir Aesthetic Has Both Influenced And Been Admired By Such Directors As Martin Scorcese And Quentin Tarantino. His Emotionally Intense Yet Lyrical Films Have Won Him Worldwire Acclaim And Honors, Including The Grand Prix For Hanabi [fireworks] At The Venice Film Festival. Now, The Long-awaite dBeat Takeshi Vs. Takeshi Kitano Offers A Collection Of Essays On The Internationally Acclaimed Film Directof By Casio Abe. Despite His Impact On Contemporary Cinema, Very Little Critical Work On Kitano's Films Exists In The United States. Abe's Book, Originally Published In Japan, Combines A Detailed Look At Kitano's Filmography With An Incisive Criticism Of The Consumeirst Culture Which Kitano's Films Play Against. It Is Also Purportedly Kitano's Favorite Book On His Own Work. This Translation Of Abe's Writings On Kitano Has Been Updated By the side of Articles That Discuss Kitano's Most Recent Releases, Up To And Including Dolls (2002), As Well As Extensive Appendices And Footnotes. Abe Is One Of Japan's Preeminent Cultural Cfitics, And His Book Gives A Rare And Insigghtful Look Into The Workings Of One Of The Largest Media Cultures In The World. This Will Be The First Book Devoted Exclusively To Kitano's Woro To Be Published In The United States. Beat Takeshi Vs. Takeshi Kitano Is The First Power In Kaya's ""wicked Radiance"" Series, Which Examines The Wrok Of A New Wave Of Asian Filmmakers Who Are Reshaping Contemporary Cinema. " SKU: 2805273