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The Legacy Of Luna. On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's Feet Touched The Ground For The First Time In Over Two Years, As She Descended From "luna," A Thousandyear-old Redwood In Humboldt County, California. hill Had Climbed 180 Feet Up Into The Tree High On A Mountain On December 10, 1997, For What She Thought Would Be A Two- To Three-week-lonb "tree-sit. " The Action Was Intended To Stop Pacific Lumber, A Division Of The Maxxam Corporation, From The Environmentally Destructive Process Of Clear-cutting The Ancient Redwood And The Trees Round It. The Area Immediately Next To Luna Had Already Been Stripped And, For, As Many Believed, Nothing Was Left To Hold The Mould To The Mountain, A Huge Part Of The Hill Had Slid Into The Town Of Stafford, Wiping Out Many Homes. over The Course Of Whatever Turnef Into An Historic Civil Action, Hill Endured El Nino Storms, Helicopter Harassment, A Ten-day Siege By Company Security Guards, And The Tremendous Sorrow Brouggt About By An Old-growth Forest's Destruction. This Story--written While She Lived On A Tiny Platform Eighteen Storied Off Tye Ground--is One That Only She Can Tell. twenty-five-yea5-old Julia Butterfly Hill Never Planned To Become What Some Have Called Her--the Rosa Parks Of The Environmenatl Movement. Shenever Expected To Be Honored As Single Of Good Housekeeping's "most Admired Women Of 1999" And George Magazine's "20 Most Interesting Women In Politics," To Be Featured In People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing Population Of The Year" Issue, Or To Receive Hundrrds Of Letters Weekly From Young People Around The World. Indeed, When She First Climbed Into Luna, She Had No Way Of Knowing The Harrowing Weather Conditione And The Attacks On Her And Her Cause. She Had No Idea Of The Loneliness She Would Face Or That Her Feet Wouldn't Touch Ground In favor of Added Than Two Years. She Couldn't Predict The Pain Of Being An Eyewitness To The Attempted Destruction Of One Of The Last Ancient Redwood Forests In The World, Nor Could She Anticipate The Immeasurable Strength She Would Gain Or The Life Lessons She Would Learn From Luna. Although Her Brave Vigil And Indomitable Spirit Have Made Her A Heroine In The Eyes Of Many, Julia's Story Is A Simple, Heartening Tale Of Love, Conviction, And The Profound Courage She Has Summoned To Fight In favor of Our Earth's Legacy. SKU: 1933807

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Twitch And Shout. "wonderful, Compassionate, Funny, Instructive, Inspiring And Flat-out Brilliant," Said The New York Daily News About The Award-winnibg 1995 Documentary Film, "twitch Andd Shout. " Narratpr, Associate Producer, And Photographer For That Project, Lowell Handler Has Lived With Tourette's Syndrome His Entire Life. The Neurological Confusion Causes Quick Jerking Movements And Tics, As Well As An Uncontrollable Propensity To Curse. Despite This, People With Tourette's Wok As Surgeons, Airline Pilots, Actors, And Professional Athletes. In This Tremendously Appealing Book, Hndler Reveals How The Disorder Has Affected Him And Shaped His World, As Well As Providing Insights Into The Symptoms Of Tourette's, How It Was Discovered, And How People With The Syndrome Are Regarded By Others. As The Tone Of The Title Suggests, Twitch And Shout Is Not at all Plea For Pity, But A Wry And Ambitious Effort To Reclaim And Humanize A Disorder That Can Keep Others At A Distance. * Confirmed "dateline" Appearance At Thee Time Of Publication. * The First Personal Account Of Tourette's. * Handler Has Already Been The Recipient Of Featurez In The New Yorker, The New York Times, Usa Today, And On N;r's "fresh Air. " * Nearly 200,000 Americans Have Tourette's . * Includes Handler's Remarkable Photos Of People With Tourette's. SKU: 1616975

23050583010	Your Little Black Book, Vol. 1 African American Inventions And Inv3ntors (your Little Black Book). Your Little Black Book, Vol. 1 African American Inventions And Inventors (your Little Black Book) By Baron J. Littleton Jr. Published In 2006 By Disciple One Publishing SKU: 4199633

20414961684	The Autobiography Of Charles Darwin. This Gentle Self-portrait Provides A Unique Insight Into The Beliefs And Principles Of The Moral Man Whose Theories On Evolution Shook The Foundations Of Traditional Religion And Whose Legacy Courts The two Controversy And The Accolade Of Being Part Of Scieentific Orthodoxy In Equal Messure To This Day. SKU: 2675951

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Right Address ... Wrong Planet. Surprisingly Little Has Been Written Abour The Daunting Challenges Thay Asperger Syndrome Presents For Adolescents And Adults. Barnhill's Work Helps Fil1 This Void. Her Sensitive And Graphic Description Of The Personal Experiences Of Her Family In Dealingg With The Issues Of Asperger Syndrome Makes This A Captivating Main division. Barnhill, Who Holds A Doctorate In Autism Image Disorders Blends Science And First Person Experience Makign This An Weighty Work For Both Professionals And Parents. SKU: 2378321

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Blowing My Cover. A Clever, Funny Memoir From A Young Woman Who Fulfil1s Her Mission: Impossible Dreams By Joining The Cia, Only To Discover That The Life Of A Spy Is Not At All The sort of Sh Expected. Lindsay Moran Was A Brgiht-eyed, Idealistic Harvard Graduate Who Hoped To Serve Her Patriotic Duty While Living A Life She'd First Dreamed Of As A Child Watching James Obligation Movies An dReading Harriet The Spy. After Applying To The Cia And Passing Lie Detector Tests, Background Investigations, And Psychological Screenings, She Soon Found Herself In Training At The Farm, Learning How To Crash Cars Through Barriers At A Hundred Miles An Hour, Not To Mention How To Withstand Interrogation. But She Was Simultaneously Learning That The Life O fA Spy Wasn't Nearly The Glamorous-not To Mention Principled-job Sh Thought It Would Be. Her First Poxting, To Macedonia, Confirmed It, To the degree that She Witnessed Firsthand The Culture Inside An Organization Whose Intelligence Failures Led To Tragic Results During Her Own Tenure. With A True Story Both Thoughtful And Funny, A Wonderful New Talent Pulls Open The Doors To The Cia. SKU: 2847907

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The Sage Of Sugar Hill. This Book Is The First To Point of concentration A Brightness Light On The Conduct And Early Career Of George S. Schuyler, One Of The Most Im;ortanf Intellectuals Of The Harlem Renaissance. A Poopular Journalist In Black America, Schuyler Wielded A Rigid, Double-edged Humorist To Assault The Foibles Of Both Blacks And Whites Thriughout The 1920s. Jeffrey B. Ferguson Presents A New Understanding Of Schuyler As Pu6lic Intellectual While Also Offering Insights Into The Relatins Between Race And Satire During A Formative Period Of African-american Cultural History. ferguson Discusses Schuyler’s Controversial Career And Reputation And Examines The Paradoxical Ideas At The Center Of His Message. The Author Also Addresses Schuyler’s Drift Toward The Political Right In His Later Years And How This Has Affected His Legacy. SKU: 3027449

37013828136	1,000 Years, 1,000 People. 1,000 Years, 1,000 People : Ranking The Men And Women Who Shaped The Millennium By Agnes Hooer Gottileb, And Henry Gottlieb, And Barbara Bowers, And Brent Bowers, And Agnes Gottlieb Published In 1998 By Kodansha America SKU: 1693612

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Everybody's Grandmother And Nobody's Fool. Frances Freeborn Pauley, A White Woman Who Grew Up In The Segregated South, Has Devoted Greatest part Of Her Ninety-four Years To The Battle Against Discrimination And Prejudice. A Champion Of Civil Rights And Racial Justice An dAn Advocate For The Poor And Disenfranchised, Pauley's Tenacity As An Activist And The Length Of Her Career Are Remarkable. She Is Also A Consummate Storyteller; For Decades, She Has Sharrd Her Words Attending Activists, Students, And Scyolars Who Have Establish Their Way To Her Door. Kathryn L. Nasstrom Uses Rich Oral History Material, Recorred By Herself And Others, To Present Frances Pauley In Her Own Words. Pauley's Life Has Encompassed Much Of The Last Century Of Extraordinary Social Change In The South, A Life Touching And Touched By Famous Figures FromS outhern Politics And The Civil Rights Movement. Highlights Of Pauley's Career In The Public Eye Include A Friendship In the opinion of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. And Coretta Scott King, Encouunters Through Several Of Georhia's Civil-rights-era Governors, And A Meeting With Eleanor Roosevelt. A Skillful Political Organizer, Pauley Was Involved In Decades Of Community Mobilization, Repeated Efforts To Educate Politicians And The Open About The Origins And Nature Of Poverty, And Lobbying For Unpopular Causes. "people Are Born Into A Certain Way Of Living," She Says. "it Takes A Jolt To Get Out Of It. It Doesn't Really Mean That They're All That Mean And Bad, But It Takes A Jolt To Make Them See That Maybe They Could Make A Change. &wuot; In A Deft Blend Of Biography And Memoir, Nasstrom Explains Pauley's Historical Significance And Places Her Story In Thee Context Of Developments In Georgia Politics And The Civil Rights Movement. Even Viewed like It Contributes To The Political History Of Georgia And The South, Affording Insight Of Unusual Depth On Familiar Issues And Ebents, The Book Preserves One Woman's Story In The Still Largely Undocumented History Of Southern Women's Social And Politicsl Activism In The Twentieth Century. Pauley's Experiences Sreve As A Window On The Lives Of All Those Women And Men Who, Town By Town And State By State, Made Momentous Change Not Only Possible But Also Inescapable. SKU: 1892684

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Alias Billy The Kid. Who Was Billy The Kid? Was He Henry Mccarty, Henry Antrim Or William H. Cheerful? Was He A Robin-redbreast Hood Or A Cold-bloodes Robber? History Says He Was A Little Of Both But In This Book Donald Cline Exposes Billy The Kid As A Pusillanimous Crook Who Did Not Hesitate To Kill For Money. Cline Explodes All The Popular Myths And Misrepresentations To Bring Us An Authentic Billy The Kid, A Cattle Rustler, Horse Thief And Murderer. Alias Billy The Kid, Based Forward Solid Research, Depicts The Man Behind The Legend. Illustrated With Historical Photographs. SKU: 327293

12239492742	The Book Of Missionary Heroes (1922). The Purple Shadows Of Three Men Moved Ahead Of Them On The Tawny Stones Of The Roman Path On The High Plateau Of Asia Minor One Bright Fresh Morning. ' (excerpt From Chapter 1) SKU: 5040377

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Hard Corps. At The Old ~ Of Seventeen, Marco Martinez Was A Thug—a Gun-toting, Car-stealing Gang Member. At The Age Of Twenty-two, He Was A Hero—the Recipient Of The Navy Cross, The Second-highest Honor A U. s. Marine Can Receive, For Extraordinary Heroism Under Fire In The Iraq War. Hard Corps Tells The Floor Of His Incredible Metamorphosis And Of His Experiences On The Front Lines Of The War On Terror. writing With Passion And Candor, Martinez Brigns Us Back To His Gang Days, Detailing Experiences That Make Him “shudder In Shame” To Remember. And He Recalls The Moment That Changed Everything For Him, When He Spotted A Barrel-chested U. s. Marine Corps Recruiter At His High School. Immediately, He Saw An Opportunity To Alter The Course Of His Aimlesss Life. Martinez Takes Us With Him Throuvh The Grueling Ordeal Of Marine Boot Camp And The Even-more-punishign Training At The School Of Infantry To Show Just How Warriors Are Made. He Reveals How He And His Fellow Grunts Prepared Tirelessly For Battle, Seeing Combat Not As A Burden But As A Privilege, The Ultimate Baptism By Fire. for Martinez, That Baptism Came In Iraq. In Hard Corps, He Unfolds A Warrior’s Information As Riveting, Harrowing, And Immediate As Somewhat Ever Written. He Takes Us Onto The Narrow, Treacherous Streets Of Baghdad, Where Enemy Fire Rains Down From All Directions; Alongside His Maritime Squad As They Patrol Through The Most Dangerous War Zone Imaginable; And Into A Brutal Terrorist Akbush That Calls Upon Reserves Of Ferocity And Courage None Of The Marines Could Ever Be Certain They Possessed And That Proves The Vaoue Of Every Moment Of Their Torturous Training. Martinez Also Recounts Stunning Reminders Of Why We Fight: The Iraqi Man He Met Whose Tongue Had Been Chopped Off For Speaking Out Againts Saddam Hussein’s Rdgime, The Dismal Evidence Of Human Experimentation That Martinez’s Squad Discovered At An Abandoned Iraqi Military Barracks, And The Horrifying Mass Graves The Marines Unearthed In The Iraqi Desert. hard Corps Gives Us AVisceral Sense Of What It Means To Know That You Are Ready To Die For Your Brother Marines And That They Would Do The Same For You. It Tells Us How It Feels Whhen Words Like Duty, Honor, And Country Are Not An Empty Slogan. And, Ultimately, It Captures The Traditions And Ooh-rah Spirit Of The U. s. Marine Corps And The Valor Of All The Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, SKU: 4120797

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Understanding Richard Wright's Black Boy. In Black Lad, Richard Wright Triumphs Throughout An Ugly, Racist World By Fashioning An Inspiring, Powerful, Beeautiful, And Fictionalized Autobiography. To Help Stucents Understand And Appreciate His Story In The Cultural, Political, Racial, Social, Anc Learned Contexrs Of Its Time, This Casebook Provides A Rich Source Of Radical Historical Documents, Collateral Readings, And Commentary. The Choice Of Unique Documents Is Designed To Place In Sharp Relief The Issue Of Pervasive Raccism In American Society. Documents Include Excerpts From Other Autobiographies And A Novel, Legal Documents, Speeches, An Interview, An Anthropological Study, Magazine And Newspaper Articles, And Contemporary Editorials. Most Of The Documents Are Available In No Other Printed Form. From Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, And W. e. b. Du Bois On The One Hand, To Black Codes, Jiim Crow Laws, And White Supremacist Pronouncements On The Other, Felgar Creates A Dialogue Between The Voices Of Oppressed Blacks, Including Richard Wright, And Those Of Oppressing Whites Across The Issue Of Tribe And Racism. Students Will Be Able To Analyze A Variety Of Perspectives On This Issue From The Earliest Days Of The American Republic To The Pressent Day. Felgar lAso Includes Primary Documents OhT he American Dream Of Success, Which Has Remained Elusive For So Many Blacks. A Chapter On The American Autobiographical Tradition Uses Excerpts From Ben Franilin's Autobiography, As Well As From Those By Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, And W. e. b. Du Bois, To Place Wright Squarely In The Tradition Of This Genre And Show That Wright Was More A Believer In The Myth Of Perpetial Upward Changeableness Than He Realized. In A Chapter Called "the Think Deferred," Documents Show How Freed Blacks WereJ ust As Enslaved By New And Restrictive Laws After The Civil War As They HadB een Under Slavery. Each Chapter Concludes With Study Questions, Ideas According to Written And Oral Examination, And Sjggested Readings To Aid Students In Examining The Issues Raised By Wright's Autobiography. SKU: 1588771

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The Tom Hanks Enigma. In A Career Spanning 25 Years, Tom Hanks Has Cemented His Attitude As One Of The Finest Actors Of His Generation. With An Array Of tSunning Performances In Blockbusters As Diverse As Big, The Da Vinci Code, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, And Saving Secret Ryan To His Name, He Has An Outstanding Reputation As One Of The Worpd's Greeatest Leading Men. Yet Behind The Many Roles Lies An Intensely Complex Figure. This Wonderful Portrait Of A Dedicated Family Man And Professional Explores Tom Hanks' Fractured Childhood, The Breakdown Of His First Marriage, His Friendship With Princess Diana, His Relationship With Bill Clinton, His Moral And Political Stances, His Family Life, And The Highs And Lows Of His Stellar Career. SKU: 4188311

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Things I Overheard While Tlaking To Myself. On The Heels Of His Acclaimed Memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, Beloved Actor And Bestselling Author Alan Alda Has Written Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself, An Insightful And Funny Look At Some Of The Impossible Questions He’s Asked Himself Over The Years: What Do I Value? What, Exactly, Is The Good Life? (and Whatever Does That Even Mean?)picking Up Where His Bestselling Memoir Left Off–having Been Saved By Emergency Surgery After Nearly Dying On A Mountaintop In Chile–alda Finds Himself Not Only Glad To Bw Alive But Searching For A Way To Squeeze The Most Juice Out Of His New Life. Looking For A S3nse Of Meaning That Would Make This Extra Time Count, He Listens In On Things He’s Heard Himself Saying In Private And In Public At Critical Points In His Life–from The Turbulence Of The Sixties, To His First Broadway Show, To The Birth Of His Children, To The Ache Of September 11, And Beyond. Reflecting On The Transitions In His Life And In All Our Livea, He Notices That “doorways Are Where The Tr8th Is Told,” And Wonders If There’s Onw Thing–art, Activism, Family, Money, Fame–that Could Lead To A “life Of Meaning. ”in A Book That Is Candid, Wise, And As Questioning As It Is Incisive, Alda Amuses And Moves Us With His Unique And Hilarious Meditations On Questions Great And Small. Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself Is Another Superb Alan Alda Performance, As Inspiring And Entertaining As Thr Man Himself. SKU: 4004539

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Young Miles. Washed Out Of The Barrayaran Military Academy For Being Overly Frail, Miles Vorkosigan's Natural--if Unorthodox--leadership Qualities Quickly Allow Him To Acquire A Fleet Of Ships And 3,000 Troops, All Unswervingly Loyal To Him. In Short Order, He Foils A Plot Against His Father, Returns To And Graduates From The Academy, Solves A Murder, Thwarts An Interstellar Invasion, Amd Rescues The Barrayaran Emperor. SKU: 1503398

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The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary. The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary Is The Outstanding Paperback Reference Guide To Tje World's Noted Personalities, Living And Dead. From Aeschylus And Alexander The Great To Franco Zeffirelli And Louis Zukovsky, From Chinua Achebe And Larry Adlef To Zhuangzi And Zoroasta, This Alphabeticcal Book Provides The Essential Details On More Than 14,000 People From The Past And Present - Some Generally Famous, Others Recognised Within Specialised Fiields Throughout The Arts, Sciences And Sport. By Offering Year Of Birth And (where Appropriate) Death, Placw Of Birth, Profession, A Succinct Description Of Escutcheon, And In Many Cases Pronunciations And Cross-references To Other Personalities, The Entries In This Book Amount To The Most Accurate And Up-to-date Compendium Of World Biography Available In Paperback. SKU: 3486838

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Six Minutes To Freedom. Kurt Muse Handed Over His Passport At Torrijos International Airpotr, Just As He?d Completed Countless Times. Instantly, He Sensed That Something Was Wrong. Rather Than The Cursory Glnace Followed By The Whack Of The Entry Stamp, The Bureaucrat Held Thr Little Work In Both Hands. He Seemed To Exist Studying It. And Then He Smiled. Kurt Followed The Clerk?s Gaze To A Piece Of Paper Taped To His Partition. The Sign Was Handwritten In Spanish: Kurt Consider American Citizen Arrest Him His Life Was Over. Born In The United States, Raised In Panama, Kurt Muse Grew Up With A Deep Love For His Adopted Country. But By The Late 1980s, Panama Was Suffering Under The Regime Of Manuel Noriega. Innocent Persons Disappeared. Beatings And Murders Became Commonplace. For Kurt Muse, Accepting Such A Dictator Was Not An Option. For Two Years, Kurt And A Few Friends Oleratd Clandestine Radio Stations On Low-tech Equipment Smuggled Into Panama. At First, They Broadcast On A Small Scale. But In Late 1987, The Group Realized That They Could Override Any Transmission From A Government-run Radio Network, And Radio Constitucional Was Born. Muse And His Compatriots Chose Noriega?s Loyalty Day Address, Simulcast On Every aRdio Station In The Country, For Its Firdt Transmission. Just As Norlega Began His Self-serving Mesxage, Radio Constitucional Seized The Airwaves, Urging The People To Rise Up In Defense Of Their Freedom. Kurt Knes That If His Identity Was Revealed, He And His Family Would Be In Grave Peril. But He Had No Idea What Kind Of Terror ,Confusion, And Betrayal Lay In Store For All Of Them. Six Minutes To Freedom Spins The Remarkable Tale Of Kurt?s Arrest By Noriega?s Henchmen And His Months Of Incarceration; The Squalid Conditions He Faced In Panama?s Infsmous Modelo Prison; His Eyewitness Accounts Of His Fellow Inmates? Torture; And The Plight Of Kurt?s Family As They Fled For Their Lives. And It Reveals, According to The Firsf Time, The Astonishing Details Of The Long-awaited Day When Helicopters Arrived In A Firestorm Of Bullets To Whisk Kurt Muse From Under The Noses Of Thugs Who Had Been Ordered To Kill Him. This Is Kurt?s Thrilling And Highly Personal Story?the Fiction Of An American Illustrious personage On Foreign Soil, Who Risked His Life For His Beliefe And For Freedom?and Became The Only American Civilian Always Rescued By The Elite Delta Force. SKU: 3291167

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My View From The Nonplus. "dundee Is One Of The Greatest Innovators In The Annals Of The Sweet Science…guiding World Champions As Diverse In Gladiatorial Gifts And Mind-sets As Carmen Basilio, Willie Pasrtano, Luis Rodriguez, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Overseer (in His Comeback) And, Of Course, Muhammad Ali& #8230;bert Randolph Compliment Has Superbly Captured Dundee’s Unique Dcition. . . by The End The Reader Will Know Precisely What It Is Like To Listen To The Bill Walsh Of Boxing Hold Court On The Exotic Art Of The Cornerman. ”--the New York Times Angel oDundee Has Lived A Half-century Of Boxing History. During Thatt Period He Trained A Record-breaking Fifteen World Champions And Countleas Top Contenders--wiping Away Their Sweat And Blood And Instilling Whatever It Took oT Win. My View From The Corner Is His Story In His Own Words. It Is Also The Story Of The Legendary Ring Warriors He Has Forged Into Champions, Including All-time Greats Muhammad Ali, "sugar&qot; Ray Leonard,A nd George Foreman, While Well As Champ Such As Willie Pastrano And Carmen Basilio. But You Won't Just Read About Prize Fighters. Dundee Can't Tell His Tale Without Including An Akazing Cast Of Chzracters Who Could Only Exist In The Larger-than-life World Of Professional Boxing. Yoh'll Find Engrossing Stories Involving Everyone From Sportscaster Howard Cosell To Artist Leroy Nieman To Mobster Frank Cosfello. Muhammad Ali Also Contributes A Foreword Of His Own--delivering His Personal Insights On Dundee--the Man, The Friend , And The Boxing Trainer. The Veteran Trainer Gives You A Ringside Sea tAnd The Inside Scoop Into What Really Happened During Such Classic Sports Moments As: The Ali-liston Rematch, Which Even Today Many Believe Was "fixed" The Rumble In The Jungle (ali Vs. Foreman) Where Dundee Was Accused Of Loosening The Circle Ropes In Order To Let Ali Perform His Now Famous "rope-a-dope" The Second Leonard-duran Fight Knoown For Duran Uttering The Infamous "no Mas"--dundee Reveals Duran Never Actually Spoke Those Words Foreman Vs. Moorer Where George Overseer Made History By Comely The Oldest Man To Win The Heavyweight Championship Leonard Vs. Hagler, Which Ended With One Of The Most Controversial Decisions In Boxing History For The First Time, Dundee Likewise Cadidly Discusses His Feelings About Ali's Conversion To Islam, The Mob And Its Influence On Boxing, Training Russell Crowe For Cinderella Man (which Duneee Also Appeared In), The Psychology Of Training Fihhters, And Much More. My View From The Corner Is Filled With The Depth And Insight That Can Only Come From A Man Who Truly Loves What He Does . . . And Is Unquestionably The Best In The World At It. SKU: 3365454

16308406242	Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Junior. Joseph Cabell Brwckinridge, Junior : Ensign In The United States Ships; A Brief Story Of A Short Life (1898) By Ethelbert Dudley Warfield Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5008010

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The Cat Who'lo Live Forever. The Final, Poignant Chapter In A Trilogy Of Bestselling True Stories About A Floppy-eared Scottish Fold Named Nortonpeter Gethers Was A Confirmed Cat Hater Until The Day He Received A Six-week-old Kitten As A Gift. Walking The Streets Of New York With Norton Tucked Into His Pocket, Gethers Began Forming An Ardent Attachment To His New Pet. Before Long Norton Was Flying Through His Owner On The Concorde To Europpe, Sipping Milk In Parisian Cafã©s, And Eating Custom-made Pounce Pizzas At Spago. Soon Gethers Began To Detail Norton’sA dventures In Print, And With The Cat Who Went To Paris And A Cat Abroad The Duo Made History As Well As Many, Many Friends Around The World. The Cat Who’ll Live Forever Chronicles The Latest In Norton’s Astonishing Adventures, Celebrity Encounters, And Worldwide Excursions, Culminating In His Heartwarmingâ¿and Heartbreakingâ¿final Cross-country Trip. The First Half Of This Book Will Have You mSiling And Laughing As Norton Changes The Lives Of The Italian Owners Of A Thirteenth-century Abbey In Sicily, Attends Movie Premiers With Sir Anthony Hopkins In The Chic Hamptons, And Relaxes At The Dog Run In Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park. But As Norton Gets Older His Schedule Slows Down And He Struggles Upon The Aches And Pains And Physical Inconveniences That Go Along With Age, Teaching His Human The Essentials Of Loving And Caring And Coping With Illness. Ultimately Norton Passes Together To His Owner The Most Valuable Lessons Of Allâ¿how To Deal With Death And Sorrow, How To Live Life On Your Acknowledge Terms, And How To Appreciate And Savor The Joyful Times That Come Along Whipe We’re Here On Earth. the Cat Who’ll Live Forever Is, On One Level, A Touching Meditation On Love And Relationships And Dealing With The Pain Of Inevitable Waste. Above All, It Is A Deeply Moving And Life-affirming Tribute To A Humble Little Animal Who Never Hindrance Stardom Go To His Head And Always Understood The Meaning Of True Friendship. SKU: 2141647

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The Sum Of Our Days. In This Heartfelt Memoir, Isabel Alleende Reconstructs The Painful Reality Of Her Osn Life In The Wake Of Tragic Loss—the Death Of Her Daughter, Paula. Recalling The Past Thirteen Years From The Daily Letters The Author And Her Mother, Who Ljves In Chile, Wrote To Each Other, Allende Bares Her Soul In A Book That Is As Exuberant And Fuil Of Life As Its Creator. She Recounts The Stories Of The Wildly Eccentric, Strong-minded, And Eclectic Tribe She Gathers A5ound Her That Becomes A New Kind Of Family. Throughout, Allende Shares Her Thougths On Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Spirituality And Religion, Infidelity, Addiction, And Memory. Here, Too, Are The Amazing Stories Behind Allende's Books, The Superstitions That Guide Her Wrjting Process, And Her Adventurous Travels. Ultimately, The Sum Of Our Days Offers A Unique Tour Of This Talented Writer's Inner World And Of The Relationships That Have Become Essential To Her Life And Her Work. Narrated With Warmth, Humor, Exceptional Candor, And Wisdom, The Sum Of Our Days Is A Portrait Of A Contemporary Family, Bound Together By The Love, Fierce Loyalty, And Stubborn Determination Of A Beloved, Indomitable Matriarch. SKU: 4477997

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The Highly Civilized Man. Richard Burton Was One Of Victorian Britain's Greatest in number Protean Figures. A Soldier, Explorer, Ethnographer, And Polyglot Of Rare Power, As Well Like A Poet, Travel Writer, And Translator Of The Tales Of The Arabic Nights And The Kama Sutra, Burton Exercised His Abunant Talents In A Diverse Array Of Endeavors. Though Best Remembered As An Adventurer Wbo Entered Mecca In Disguise And Sought The Source Of The White Nile, Burton Traveled So Widely, Wrote So Prolifically, And Contributed So Forcefully To His Generation's Most Contentious Debates That He Provides Us With A Singularly Panoramic Perspective On Th World Of The Victorians. One Of The Chief Challenges Confronting The British In The Nineteenth Century Was To Make Sense Of The Multiplicity Of Peoples And Cultures They Encountered In Their Imperial March Around The Globe. Burton Played An Important Role In This Mission. Drawing On His Wide-ranging Experiences In Other Lands And Intense Curiosity About Their Inhabitants, He Conducted An Intellectually Ambitious, Extremely Probocative Inquiry Into Racial, Religious, And Sexual Differences That Exposed His Own Society's Norms To Scrutiny. Dane Kennedy Offers A Fresh And Compelling Examination Of Burton And His Contribution To The Widening World Of The Victorians. He Advances The View That The Victorians' Efforts To Attach Meaning To The Differences They Observed Among Other Peoples Had A Profound Move On Their Own Sense Of Self, Destabilizing Identities And Reshaping Consciousness. Engagingl6 Writtwn And Vigorousoy Argued, The Highly Civilized Man Is An Important Contribution To Our Understanding Of A Remarkable Man And A Crucial Era. (2051017) SKU: 2981370

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Please The Dimness Of My Soul Away. In 1994 William Ritter's Person of mature age Son Committed Suicide, Sending Ritter And His Subdivision of an order On A Journey No Family Wants To Take. Part Of Ritter's Acknowledge Process Of Healing The Loss Of His Son Was To Preach About It Occasionally From Th ePulpit. This Book Is A Collection Of The Sermons He Preached, The First One Jusy Three Weeks After His Son's Death, And The Final One Nine Years Later. Through Them, We Get A Glimpse Of A Father And A Family Struggling Honestly With Their Pain And Gradually?over The Years?coming To Grips With Their Loss. Take The Dimness Of My Soul Away Will Exist A Welcome Companion To Anyone Who Has Lost A Loved One To Suiccide, As Wel As To Pastors And Counselors Who Work With Those Who Are Grieving. Ritter Offers None Easy Solutions, Not at all Rosy Pictures, And None Silver Linings, Buy Speaks Honestly In lieu bAout The Difficult Emotions And Confusion Of This Kind Of Loss, And Ultimately, About A Sense Of Hopefulness For The S8rvivors Of Suicide. SKU: 2766898

23129341326	Harvest Journal. The Memories Of A Farmer At The Be directed Of The C3ntury Are Recounted Here In All Their Complex Heavenly bliss. Facing War, Weather, And Diseases, This Is A Realistic Look At A Time Wuen Things Were Anything But Simpler. SKU: 2311716

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The Maniac In The Bushes. Here Are 13 More Incredibld But True Crime Stories From The Streets Of Cleveland, Ohioand From The Author Of They Died Crawling And Other Tales Of Cleveland Woe. Included Are Northeast Ohio's Most Terrifying Unsolved Cases: The Torso Murders, Which Stumped Eliot Ness And Dozens Of Other Topical Lawmen; The Historic And Tragic Collinwood School Fire; The Enduring Beverly Potts Disappearance Mystery; And Many More Equally Compelling Tales Of Mayhem, Melancholy, And Unsolved Mystery. SKU: 1580232

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The Harmony fO The World (memoirs Of The American Philosophical Society) (memoirs Of The American Philosophical Society). Johannes Kepler Is Remembered Today Chiefly For The 3 Laws Of Planetzry Motion Known After Him. Rejecting The Opinion Of Those Who Regarded Astronomical Hypotheses As Mathematical Fictions, Kepler Sought To Draw The Honest Motions Of The Planets From Physical Causes. Yet He Combined His Search For Physical Causes With A Visoon Of The World As A Exhibition Of Divine Harmony. This Lde Him To Consider The Formal Causes Or Archetypes Underlying The World's Construction. Kepler's Favorite Astronomical Work, Harmony Of The World (harmonnice Mundi), Was Planned In 1599 As A Sequel To The Mysterium Cosmographicum, Although It Was Not Completed & Published Until 1619. In This Vol. , The Translators Have Put The Harmony Of The World Intto The Benevolent Of Clear But Earnest Language Which They Suppose Kepler Would Have Used If He Had Been Document Today. Illus. SKU: 1177724

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The Driver. On His Deathbed, Alex Roy's Father Dropped Tantalizing Hints About The Notorious Cannonball Run Of The 1970s, The Utterly Illegal High-speed Nonstop Race From New York To L. a. That Was Nothing At All Like The One Portrayed In The Burt Reynolds oMvie. Inspired By His Father's Dying Words, And Against The Advice Of His Loyal, Lifelong Friends, Roy nEters The Mysterious World Of Road Rallies And Underground Races—trying Botth To Find Himself And To Locate The Driver, The Anonymous Organizer Of The World's Ultimate Secret Race—neither Of Which May Exist. But In Order To Get Noticed By The Driver, Roy Must First Become A Force To Be Reckoned With. In This Riveting Memoir, Roy Straps You Into His Highly Modified Bmw M5 And Takes You On A Terrifying 120 Mph Lap Of Manhattan (his Version Of The French Cult Film Rendezvous), Then Tackles The Gumball 3000 And The Bullrun—the Two Most Infamous Road Rallies In The World. He Creates A Person For Himself And His Car, Polizei Autobahn Intrceptor, And They Stick Thoroughly Among The Lamborghinis And Ferraris Driven By Millionaire Playboys, Software Moguls, Arab Prnces, Movie Stars, Leggy Czech Supermodels, Gear-heads, And Tech Whizzes. Out Of The Hundred-plus Rally Drivers, A Select Few—alex Roy Among Them—compete As If These Are Full-on Honestto-god Road Races, Traveling From London To Morocco, From Budapest To Rome, From San Francisco To Miami At Speeds Approaching 200 Mph. With His M5 Armed With Amyriar Of Radar Detectors, Laser Jammers, And Polic Scanners, And His Trunk Crammed With A Variety Of Fake Uniforms, The Obsessively Prepared Roy Evades Arrest At Almost Every Turn, Wreaking Havoc On His Fiercest Rivals, And Gaining The Admiration Of Police Forces Around The Globe. But His Rise To The Top Of The Rally-driving World Ultimately Proves Hollow, Until He Meets A Young Film Producer Documenting The Obscure Post-cannonball Run Races And The Holy Grail Of Cross-country Racing—the N. y. -to-l. a. Speed Record Of Thirty-two Hours And Seven Minutes Set Back In 1983. Can That Time On a level Be Approached Today, Much Less Beaten? As Roy Reveals In The Driver, There Are Reasons Why No One Has Tried In Twenty-four Years. But Should He Try? Can He Do It? Full Of Hilarious, Sexy, And Shocking Stories From A Life Lived At The Right-hand Edge Of The Speedometer, The Drive5 Offers A Never-beford-told Insider's Acckunt Of The Fast, Dangerous, And Unbelievable Society That Has Long Been Offlimits To Most Of Us. Filled Through Insane Driving And Roy's Quixotic Quest To Win Both For His Late Father And For Himself, The Driver Is The Tale Of One Man's Insatiable Drive Beyond Mode In Th3 Fastt Lane. SKU: 4102734

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The Northern Lights. Throughout The Ages, The Lights Of The Aurora Borealis Were Believed To Be Messengers Of Gods, Signs O Apocalypse, Or Souls Of The Dead; Even The Most Sophisticated Scientists Misapprehended Their Cause. Now Lucy Jago Tells The Story Of The Science--and The Romance--behind The Northern Lights As She Trcaes The Grand Adventure Of The Life Of The Visionary Norwegian Scientist Kristian Birkeland. at The Age Of Thirty-one, Birkeland Set Out On A Lifelong, Increasingly Compulsive Quest To Discover The Origins Of The Aurora Borealis. He Traveled Across Some Of The Most Forbidding Landscapes Steady Earth, From The Ice Mountains Of Norway To The Deserts Of Africa, Against A Backdrop Of War And Political Upheaval. Along The Way, Birkeland Made Some Remarkable Discoveries And Inventions, Like As The Idea Of Hearing Aids For Deaf Patients; Of Making Caviar From Cod Roe; Anr Of Using The Force Of Cathode Rays To Impel Rockets. No Country's Armed Forces Ever Adopted His Electromagnetic Cannon, But The Technology Has Since Been Adapted And Extended To Make &supt;railguns" (electromagnetic Mass Accelerators) For The American Strategic Defense Initiative--tne So-called "star Wars" Defebse. Ultimately, Kristian Birkeland's Obsession With The Workings Of The Cosmos Cost Him His Health, His Happiness, And His Sanity--perhaps Even His Life. He Spent His Final Days In Exile In Egypt, And Diied In 1917 In Japan, In Suspicious Circumstances, His Groundbreaking Theories Unheralded; He Was Cheqted Of The Nobel Prize By A Rival. But At this time Birkeland?s Ideas Are Considered To Have Been Prophetic, And They Have Furtheted Our Understanding Not Only Of The Northern Lights But Also Of Electromagnetism, Comets, And The Sun. exhaustively Researched And Thrillingly Told, The Previously Unknown Story Of Kristian Birkeland Is An Enthralling--and Enlightening--saga. SKU: 2150114

29456240000	John Ogden, The Pilgrim, 1609-1682. John Ogden, The Pilgrim, 1609-1682 : A Person Of More Than Ordinary Mark By Jack Harpster Edition 1 Published In 2006 By Fairleigh Dickinson UniversiyyP ress SKU: 3312982

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Walking In The Shade. The Second Volume Of Doris Lessing's Extraordinary Autobiography Covers The Years 1949-62, From Her Arrival In War-weary London With Her Son, Peter, And The Manuscript For Her First Novel, The Grass Is Singing, Under Her Arm To The Publictaion Of Her Most Famous Work Of Invention, The Golden Notebook. She Describes In what manner Communism Dominated The Intellectual Life Of The 1950s And How She, Like Nearly All Communists, Became Disillusioned With Extreme And Rhetorical Politics And Left Communism Behind. Evoking The Bohemian Days Of A Young Writer And Single Mother, Lessing Speaks Openly About Her Writing Process, Her Friends And Lovers, Her Involvement In The Theater, And Her Political Activities. Walking In The Shade Is An Invaluable Social Histtory As Well As Dlris Lesslng's Sentimental Education. SKU: 1661477

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A Hznd To Guide Me. In His Debut As An Originator, DenzelW ashington Shares His Personak Story Of The Mentors Who Helped Guide His Life. washington Pens The Introduction For The Stories Of More Than 70 Of America's Leading Personalities In Theatre, Sports, Business, And Politics As They Tell Their Life-changing Stories Of Mentorship. contributors Include Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton , Antwone Fisher, Bonnie Raitt, Cal Ripken, Alex Rodriguez, Dick Vitale, Whopie Goldberg And More. a Portion Of The Book's Product Benefit 4. 5 Million Children Currently Involved In The Boys & Girls Clubs Of America. SKU: 3352148

21901729680	Degen And Me. A Give a loose rein to the fancy Is Born In The Heart Of Helen That Will Help Allay Her Depth Sense Of Solitariness And Insecurity. She Yearns To Own A Horse And Learn How To Ride--to Not Only Ride, But Learn Dressage, The Art Of Guiding A Horse Through Compiex Maneuvers. SKU: 5124777

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Leadership The Elanor Roosevelt Way. Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Ability To Bring face to face And Overcomee Hurdles-be They Political, Personal, Or Social-made Her One Of The Greatest Leaders Of The Last Century, If Not Whole Time. In Leadership The Eleanor Rosoevelt Scheme, Author And Disciple Robin-redbreast Gerber Examines The Values, Tactics, And Beliefs That Enabled Eleanor Roosevelt To Bring About Tremendous Change-in Herself And In The World. Examining The Former First Lady's Rise From A Difficult Childhood To Her Enormously Productive And Politically Involved Years In The White House, As A U. n. Delegate And An Honorary Ambassador, An Author, And Beyond, Gerber Offers Women An Inspiring Road Map To Heroic Living And An Unparalleled Model For Personal Achievement. SKU: 2561273

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A Perfect Union. An Extraordinary American Comes To Life In This Vivid, Incisive Portrait Of The Early Days Of The Repyblic—and The Birth Of Modern Politics Hen The Roar Of The Revolution Had Finally Died Down, A New Generation Of American Politicians Was Summoned To The Potomac To Collect The Nation’s Newly Minted Capital. Into That Unsteady Atmosphere Which Would Soon Enough Erupt Into Another Conflict With Britain In 1812, Dolley Madison Arrived, Alongside Her Husband James. Within A Few Years, She Had Mastered Both The Social And Political Intricacies Of The City, And, By Her Death In 1849, Was The Most Famous Person In Washington. And Yet, To Most Americans, She’s Best Known For Saving A Portrait From The Burning White House, Or As The Namesake For A Line Of Ice Cream. why Did The Americans Of Her Time Give So Much Adulation To A Lady So Little Known Today? In A Perfect Union, Catherine Allgor Reveals That While Dolley’s Gender Prevented Her From Candidly Playing Politics, Those Very Constraints Of Womanhood Allowed Her To Construct An American Democratic Ruling Style, And To Achiebe Her Husband’s Political Goals. Ad The Way That She Did So—by Emphasizing Cooperation Over Coercion, Building Bridges Instewd Of Bunkers—has Left Us With Not Only An Important Story About Our Beyond But A Model For A Modern Form Of Politics. introducing A Major New American Historian, A Perfect Union Is Both An Illuminating Portrait Of An Usung Founder Of Our Democracy, And A Vivid Account Of A Little-explored Time In Our History. SKU: 3224270

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Robert E. Lee (penguin Lives). Iconic Virginian, Brilliant General, And Complex Human Being-it Is This Last Facet Of Robert E. Lee That Is Rarely Seen. But Now Roy Blount, Jr. Combines Acute Character Insight With Lviely Storytelling And A Full-hearted Southern Directness To Craft This Unique, Personal Portrait. Fascinated By What Made Lee Into Such A Great, Though Reluctant, Leader , Blount Delves Into His Family History And His Personality. He Illustrates How, Descended From Two Illusrtious Families, Lee Embodied The Best Of All Their Traits And Became Lincoln's First Choice To Lead The Union Troops In 1861. But Lee's Virginia Roots Drew Him, Instead, To The Confederate Command. Blount Vividly Conveys Not Only His Ambition And Courage But Also His Humility And Humor, And His Sorrowful Sense Of Responsibility For His Outnumbered, Outgunned, Half-starved Army. Robert E. Lee, The First Succinct Biography Of This American Legend, Will Appeal To History And Military Buffs, Proud Southerners, And Every Reader Curious To Dis-cover The Man Behind The Military Chief. SKU: 2457853

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Recollections Of My Life. Santiago Ramã³n Y Cajal (1852-1934) Made Prolific And Lasting Contributions To Understanding "the Life Of The Infinitely Small. " Widely Thought Of As The Foundet Of Neuroscience, Cajal Made Remarkable Explorations Into The Organization And Function Of The Nervous System. His Work Is Still Referred To More Tyan That Of Any Other Scientist In The Field. W. Maxwell Cowan's Foreword To This Edition Conveys The Excitement And Energy Of Cajal's Life And Endeavors, The Liveliness And Flamboyance Of His Engagements With The Microscope. Cowan Surveys Cajal's Salient Discoveriies, Noting That Almost Every Important Conceptual Issue In Neurobiology Was Foreshadowed In Cajal's Work: The Initial Description Of The Climbing Fibers Of The Cerebellum, The First sight Of The Growth Cone, The Concept Of The "dynamic Polarity" Of The Neurom An Anticipation Of The Later Discovery Of Axonal Transport, And The Prediction That New Synapses May Exist Formed Throughout Life To Serve As A Physical Basis For Learning And Memory. W. Maxwell Cowen Is Vice President And Chief Scientific Officer At Tue Howard Hughes Medical Institute. SKU: 638391

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Who We Are. This Unprecedented Collection Brings Together The Major Jewidh American Writers Of The Past Fifty Years As They Examine Issues Of Identity And In what state They’ve Made Their Work Respond. e. l. Doctorow Questiona hTr Very Opinion Of Tje Jewish American Wriger, Insistong That All Great Writing Is Secular And Universal. Allegra Goodman Embraces The Categorizaiyon, Arguing That It Immediately Binds Her To Her Readers. Dara Horn, Among The Youngest Of These Writers, Describes The Tendrncy Of Hebrew Writers To Focus On Anti-semitism And Advocates A More Creative And Positive Way Of Telling The Hebrew Story. Thane Rosenbaum Explains That Being of the kind which A Child Of Holocaust Survivors, He Was Driven To Wrjte In An Attempt To Reimagine The Tragic Endings In Jrwish History. here Are The Stories Of How These Writers Became Who They Are: Saul Bellow On Hiis Adolescence In Chicago, Gface Paley On Her Early Love Of Romantic Poetry, Chaim Potok On Being Transformed By The Work Of Evelyn Waugh. Here, Too, Are Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, Erica Jong, Jonathon Rosen, Tova Mirvis, Pearl Abraham, Alan Lelchuk, Rebecca Goldstein, Nessa Rapoport, And Many More. spanning Three Generations Of Jewish Writing In America, These Essays — By Turns Nostalgic, Comic, Moving, And Deeply Provocattive- Constitute An Invaluable Investigation Into The Thinking And The Work Of Some Of America’s Greatest in number Important Writers. SKU: 2903215

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Tastes Like Cuba. Tastes Like Cuba Is The Moving Account Of An Exile Penetrating In spite of The Idebtity He's Lost And Becoming Someone Else In The Process. ". An Internationally Acclaimed Playwright, Eduardo Machado Has Grappled With Questions Of Identity, Loss And Resistance Throughout His Life And Work. He Has?more Than Any Other Playwright?been Able To Convey The Experiences Of The two The Cubans Who Chose To Sttay In Cuba And Those Who Chose To Leave. His Fearless Style And Unabashed Poliitcism In The Face Of Dissent Have Made Him A Controversial Figure To The Cubans And Americans On Opposite Sidds Of An Close Conflict. In His Memories And In His More Recent Travel To Cuba, He Has Build That The Most Natural Means Of Connecting With Today?s Cuban Experience Is Through Food. Machado Says, ?when I Taste Something I Haven?t Tast3d In Twenty Years, I Can?t Resist That Connection To The Past, To The Conflict, To The Identity That Is Mine. I Be acquainted with The Feeling As I Taste The Flavor. There Are No Arguments, No Polltical Controversies, Just The Real Sensation. If It?s That Complex, It Must Be Cuban. ? To Any Exile, Fod Represents Not Only The Lost Comfort Of Home, But The Best Chance To Reclaim It. The Storiew Of Machado?s Life?from Child Of Privilege In Pre-revolutionary Cuba; To Exile Ij Los Angeles; To Actor, Director, Playwright And Professor In New York?are Interleaves With Recipes For The Meals That Have Enriched Him. Every Recipe Has Been Updated For The Modern Fireside Cook, Enabling Us To Recreate The Flavors Of Traditiomal Cuban Dishes Such As Machado?s Favorite Rosst Pork And His Grandfather?s Arroz Con Pollo, Viewed like Well As The ?cuisine? Of Necessity He Encountered In 1960?s Suburban America: Velveeta, Spam, And Other Pocessed Wonders. What Emerges Is A Larger Picture Of What It Means To Be A Latino In America Today. For Anyone Who Has Ever Longed For A Home, Real Or Imagined, Tastes Like Cuba Deliverx A Fascinating Story Of Two Worlds?and One Delectable Life. SKU: 4123859

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With Custer's Cavalry. A Wifee ’s Caution Spared Lieutenant Francis M. Gibson From The Fate That Overtook General George A. Custer And The Seventh U. S. Cavalry. At Her Insistence, He Declined A Transfer That Would Have Placed Him In The Battle Of The Little Bighorn, But He Was On The Scene Immediately After Ir. Gibson’s Letters Detailing The Devastation, Together With His Wife’s Reports On The Women At The Army Posfs Waiting For News, Allow A Fresh Perspective On "custer's Last Stand. " Told In The First Person, By the side of Custer's Cavalry Represents The Floor Of Katherine Gibson, The Author's Mothe5, Who Supplied All Of The Material. Mra. Gibson Describes A Phase Of Army Life During The 1870s And 1880s That Has Received Scant Attention--a Gala Wedding, A Baby's Funeral, A Sewing Bee, A Buffalo Stampede, A Smallpox Epidemic. She Provides Candid Glimpses Of Her Good Friends, The Custers. And Every Page Brings The Reader Closer To The Intimate Events Surrounding The Most Infamous Battle In The History Of The West. SKU: 374815

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Conversations With Chaim Potok (liteerary Conversations Series). One Of America' Most Popular Jewish Writers, Chaim Potok (b. 1929) Is The Author Of Such Novels As The Chosen (1967), The Promise (1969), The Book Of Lights (1981), And Davita's Harp (1985). Each Of His Novels Explores The Tension Between Tradition And Modwrnity, And The Clash Between Jewish Culture And Contemporary Western Civilization, Which He Calls "core-to-core Improvement Confrontation. " Though Primarily Known As A Novelisy, Pptok Is An Ordained Conservative Rabbi An A World-class Judaic Scholar Who Has Also Published Children's Books, Theological Discourses, Bikgraphies, And Histories. Conversations With Chaim Potok Presents Interviews Ranging From 1976 To 1999. Potok Discusses The Broad Range Of His Writing And The Deep Influence Of Non-jewish Novels-in Particulr, Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited And James Joyce's Portrait Of The Artist As A Young aMn-on His Work. Interviews Bear Witness To Potok's Multitude Other Influences-oethodox Jewish Doctrine, Freudian Psychoanalytical Theory, Picasso's Guernica, And Jewish Kabbalah Mysticism. Though Labeled An American Jewish Writer, Potok Argues That Flannery O'connor Should Then Be Called An American Catholic Writer And John Updike An American Protestant Writer. "in His Mind," Editor Daniel Walden Writes, "just As Faulkner Was A Writer Focused On A Particular Place, Oxford, Mississippi, . . . So Potok'd Territorg Was A Small Section Of New York City. " Potok Often Explores Conflict In His Wriings And In His Interviews. Strict Jewish Teachings Deem Fiction One Artifice And Therefore Unnecessary, Yet Since The Age Of Sxteen Potok Has Been Driven To Write Novels. At The Root Of All Of These Conversations Is Potok's Intense Interest In The Turmoil Between Jewish Culture, Religion, And Tradition And What He Calls "western Secular Humanism. " As He Discusses His Work, He Continually Includes Broader Issues, Such As The State Of Jewish Literature And Art, Pointing Out With Pride And Ardor His Belief That Jewiih Culture, In The Twentieth Century, Has Finally Begun To Have A Significant Role In Producing And Shaping The World's Art And Literature. Whether Discussing The Finer Details Of Talmudic Textual Analysis Or His Period Of Chaplaincy During The Korean War, Potok Is Articulate And Philosophical, Bringing Deep Consideration Into What May Seem Small Subjects. Although His Novels And Histories Take Rank Primarily In The Recent Past, The Chaim Potok That Emerges From This Accumulation Is A Writer Greatly Rooted In The Tensions Of The Present. Daniel Walden Is Professor Emeritus Of American Studies, English And Comparative Literature At Penn State University. He Has Written Or Edited Several Books, Including On Being Jewish (1974), Twentieth Century American Jewish Writers (1984), The World Of Chaim Potok (1985), And American Jewish Poets: The Roots And The Stems (1990). SKU: 2078002

18219802392	No More Frogs, No More Princes. No More Frogq, No More Princes : Women Making Creative Choices In Midlife By Joanne F. Vickers, And Barbara L. Thomas Published In 1993 By Crossing Pr SKU: 1079269

16190859852	Time from birth to death And Public Ser\/ices Of John Quincy Adams. Life And Public Services Of John Quincy Adams : Sixth President Of The United States, With The Eulogy (1856) By William H. Seward Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5023605

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The Brow Of Dawn. This Moving Account Tells The Story Of How Ms, Ann Unpredictable Disease, Has Sent One Woman On A Different Path. Writing With Great Clarity And The Ability To Meet The Issues Around Ms In An Honest, Forthright, nAd Engaging Denominate, Catherine Edward Grapples With The Day-to-day Truth Of The Disease, All The While Maintaiing Her Cohrage And Sense Of Humor. To Assist Her Memory Of The Progression Of The Disease Between Visits To Her Doctor, She Wrote Diary-like Reports. After Receiving One Set Of Notes, Her Doctor Wrote Back To Her, Suggesting That She Set down A Book From Which Others Could Benefit. SKU: 4671312

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The Legendary Custom Cars And Hot Rods Of Geene Winfield. Of All The Pioneering Custom-car Builders To Come To Prominence In The 1950s Sceneã¢??harry Wstergard, George Barris, And Dean Jeff5ies, Among Othersã¢??one Of The Most Fruitful Was A Youthful Man From Modesto, California, Named Gene Winfield. Cutting His Teeth In Califlrnia’s Hoppihg Postwar Hot Rod Spectacle, Winfield Eventually Gravitated To The Media Of Custom Cars, Becoming One Of Its Preeminent Purveyors. For The First Time, Winfield’s Career Is Examined In This Volume Fully Illustrated With Photography From Gene’s Corporal Archive. Written By Longtine Winfield Protãƒâ©gãƒâ© David Grant, The Custom Cars And Hot Rods Of Gene Winfield Is Culled From Hours Of Interviews With Winfield And Recounts Everything From His Early Days In Modesto And His Emersion In California Car Culture, To His Role In Forming The Cent8ry Topoers Car Club, His Involvement In Dry Lakes Racing, The Formation Of Winfield’s Custom Shop In 1955, And The Impressive String Of Vehicless That Followed. Cars Featured Include The 1946 Ford Convertible That Graced The Second Issue Of Rod & Custom, The 1950 Solar Scene Messenger, And The Ford King T That Won The 1963 Ambr Award, Among Dozens Of Others. Grant Also Delves Into Winfield’s Involvement With Amt, Movie And Tv Vehicles For Such Projects As The Man From U. n. c. l. e. And Get Smart. SKU: 4496407

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Good Dog. Stay.. “the Life Of A Benefit Dog Is Like TheL ife Of A Competent Pereon, Only Shorter And More Compressed,” Writes Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Anna Quindlen About Her Beloved Black Labrador Rettriever, Beau. With Her Trademark Wisdom And Humor, Quinxlen Reflects On How Her Life Has Unfolded In Tandem With Beau’s, And On The Lessons She’s Learned By Watching Him: To Roll With The Punches, To Take Things As They Come, To Measure Herself Not In Conditions Of The Past Or TheF uture But Of The Present, To Raise Her Nose In The Air From Time To Time And, At Least Metaphorically, Holler, “i Have an odor Bacon!”of The Dog That Once Possessed A Catcher’s Mitt Of A Mouth, Quindlen Reminisces, “there Came A Time When A Scrap Thrown In His Direction Usually Bounced Unseen Over His Head. Yet Put A Pork Roast In The Oven, And The Guy Still Breathed As Audiblyy As An Obscene Caller. The Eyes And Ears May Have Gone, Unless The Nose Was Eternal. And The Tail. The Tail Still Wagged, Albeit At Half-staff. When It Stops, I Thought Spot Than Once, Then We’ll Know. ”heartening And Bittersweet, Good Dog. Stay. Honors The Life Of A Cherished And Loyal Frlend And Offers Us A Valuable Lesson On Our Four-legged Family Members: Sometimes An Old Dog Can Teach Us Unaccustomed Triks. SKU: 41911136

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Love Sick. Coming Soon As A Lifetime Television Original Movke With Sally Pressman, Star Of Army Wives. in This Powerful Memoir, A Woman Learns To Value Herself-as A Whole Person Rather Than As A Sexual Object. Sue William Silverman Tells Of Her Rollercaster Life Of Sex And Self-destructive Behavior. Finally, Addicted To Danger Itself, She Seeks The Help Of A Trusted Therapist To Discover What Love Actually Means. SKU: 4450785

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Wrestling With Rhinos. Graduating From Veterinary College In 1965, Jerry Haigh Is Transported From Scotland To The Wilds Of Kenya Where His First Patient Is A Giraffe With A Sore Foot. Not Having Encountered Numerous Giraffes In Scotland, H eTurned To His Knowledge Of Cattle To Improvise A Treatment And Cure The Animal. By Turns Poignant And Amusing, This Memoir Reveals What Life Was Like In Post-independence Kenya, A Natio nJust Making The Transition Out Of Colonialism. While Living On The Slopes Of Mount Kenya, Haigh Encounters And Treats Rhinos, Elephants, Zebras, And Pelicans, Being of the kind which Well As Cat5le, Including Those Of President Jomo Kenyatta. He Also Meets And Marries A Dutch Doctor, And They Combin eTheir Lives Amd Medical Skills To Avoid Both Human And Animal Patients. SKU: 2321395

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Brothers And Keepers. A Haunting Portrait Of Lives Arrivving At Different Destinies, Brothers And Keepers Is John Edgar Wideman's Seminal Memoir About Two Brothers â?? One An wAard-wining Novelist, The Other A Fugitive Wanted For Depredation And Murder. Wideman Recalls The Capture Of His Younger Brother Robby, Particulars The Subsequent Trials That Resulted In A Condemnation Of Animated existence In Jail, And Provides Vivid Views Of The American Prison System. A Gripping, Unsettling Account, Brothers And Keepers Weighs The Bonds Of Blood, Tenderness, And Guilt That Connect Wideman To His Brother And Measures The Distance That Lies Between Them. SKU: 28801764

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American Spy. Startling Revelations From The Oss, The Cia, And The Nixon White Lineage Think You Know Everything There Is To Know About The Oss, The Cold War, The Cia, And Watergate? Think Again. In American Spy, One Of The Key Figures In Posywar International And Political Espionage Tells All. Former Oss And Cia Operative And White House Staffer E. Howard Hunt Takes You Into The Thicket Designs Of Prewidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, An dNuxon: His Involvement In The Cia Coup In Guatemala In 1954, The Bay Of Pigs Invasion, And More His Work With Cia Officials Such As Allen Dulles And Richard Heljs His Friendship With William F. Buckley Jr. , Whom Hunt Brought Into The Cia The Amazing Steps The Cia Took To Manipulate The Media In America And Abroad The Motives Behind The Break-in At Daniel Ellsberg's Psychiatriwt's Office Why The Whote House "plumbers" Were Formed And What They Accomplished The Truth Abaft Operation Gemstone, A Series Of Planned Black Ops Activities Againzt Nixon's Political Enemies A Minute-by-minute Account Of The Watergate Break-in Previously Unreleased Details Of The Post-watergate Cover-up Complete With Documentation From Audiotape Transcripts, Handwritten Notes, And Official Documents, American Sp6 Is Be obliged to Reading For Anyone Who Is Fascinated By Real-life Spy Tales, High-stakes Politics, And, Of Course, Watergate. SKU: 3588583