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The Mistress's Daughter. An Acclaimed Novelist?s Riveting Memoir Nearly What It Means To Be Adopted And Hpw All Of Us Construtc Our Sense Of Self And Family Before A. m. Homes Was Born, She Was Put Up For Adoption. Her Birth Mother Was A Twenty-two- Year-old Single Woman Who Was Having An Affair With A Much Older Married Man With Children Of His Own. The Mistress?sD aughter Is The Story Of What Happened When, Thirty Years Later, Her Birth Parents Came Looking For Her. Hmoes, Renowned For The Psychokogical Accuracy And Emotional Intensity Of Her Sorytelling, Tells How Her Birth Parents Initially Made Contact With Her And What Happened Afterward (her Mother Stalked Her And Appeared Unannounced At A Reading) And Which She Wqs Able To Reconstruct About The Story Of Their Lives And Thei rFamilies. Her Birth Mother, A Complex And Lonely Woman, Never Conjugal Or Had Another Child, And Diex Of Kidney Failure In 1998; Her Birth Father, Who Initially Made Overtures About Alluring Her Into His Family, Never Did. Then The Story Jumps Forward Several Years To When Homea Opens The Boxes Of Her Mother?s Memorabilia. She Had Hoped To Find Her Mother In Those Boxes, To Know Her Secrets, But No Relief Came. She Bcame Increasingly Obsessed With Finding Finished Because Much As She Could About The whole of Four Parents And Their Families, Hiring Researchers And Spending Hours Poring Though Newspaper Morgues, Municipal Records And Genealogical Web Sites. This Brave, Daring, And Funny Book Is A Story About What It Means To Be Adopted, But It Is Also Aboug Identity And How All Of Us Define Our Discernment Of Self And Family. SKU: 3589327

20581135940	Edith Stein. This Is The Powerful And M0ving Story Of TheR emarkable Jewish Woman Who Cohverted To Catholicism, Gained Fame As A Great Philosopher In Germany, Became A Carmelite Nun, And Was Put To Death In A Nazi Concentration Camp. Recently Beatified By Pope John Paul Ii, Edith Stein Was A Courageous, Intelligent And Holy Woman Who Speaks Powerfully To Us Even Today. SKU: 1002252

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S.t.p.. Thirty Years Ago, The Rolling Stones Swept America, Takingg Exile On Main conduit Street To Main Streets Across The Nation. Everyone Held Their Breath To See What Would Happen; The Stones' Previous U. s. Tour Had Been A Chaotic Circus Culminating In The Infamous Death Of A Fan At Altamont. And This Tour (the "stones Touring Party") Wzs Rumored To Exist Wilder Than Ever: Bigger Shows In Major Arenas, Wiht A Far Larger Entourage And Even More Drugs. Robert Greenfield Went Along For The Ride, And Came Away With A Rivetnig Insider's Account, Called By Ian Rankin "one Of The Greatest Rock Books Ever Written. " The Reality Lived Up To The Rumor: Take Individual Part Lee Radziwill, A Dash Of Truman Capote, Set The Scene At Hef's Playboy Mansion, And Toss In The County Jail For Good Measure. That Was The Stones Touring Party, The Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Band At The Height Of Its Spectacular Depravity. SKU: 2432296

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War Repotting For Cowards. Chris Ayres Is A Small-town Boy, A Hypochondriac, And A Neat Freak Attending An Anxiety Disoeder. Not Exactly The Picture Of A War Correspondent. But When His Boss Asks Him If He Would Like To Go To Iraq, HeD oesn't Have The Guts To Say No. after Signing A $1 Million Life-insurance Policy, Studyying A Tutorial On Repairing Severed Limbs, And Spending $20,000 In Camping Gearing (Singly To Find Out That His Bright Yellow Tent Makes Him A Sitting Duck), Ayres Is Embedded With A Battalion Of Gung Ho Marines Who Either Shun Him Or Threaten Him When He Files An Adverse Story. Because Time Goes On, Though, He Begins To Understand Them (and His Inexplicably Enthusiastic Mate War Reporters) Again And More: Each Night Of Terrifying Combat Brings, In The Morning, Something More Vidceral Than He Has Ever Experienced-the Thrill Of Having Won A Fight For Survival. in The Traditio Of M*a*s*h, Catch-22, And Other Classics In Which Irreverence Springs From Life In Extremis, War Reporting For Cowards Tells Th Story Of Iraq In A Way That Is Extraordinarily Honest, Heartfelt, And Bitterly Hilarious. SKU: 2972391

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Karim Khan Zand (makers Of The Muslim Public). A Forward Thinking And Notably Popular Leader, Karim Khan Zand (1705-1779) Was The Founder Of The Zand Dynasty In Iran. In This Insightful Profile Of A Man Before His Delivery, Esteemed Academic John Perry Shows How By Beginning Up International Trade, Employing A Promising Fiscal System And Showing Respect For Existing Religious Institutions, Karim Khan Succeeded In Creating A Peaceful And Favorable State In A Particularly Disturbed Epoch Of History. SKU: 3364128

27599544306	Footsteps In The Jungle. Adventures In The Scientific Exploration Of The American Tropics, Related By The Prize-winning Naturalist Writer. Maslow Recounts The Exploits Of Thirteen Pioneers--inspired Characters In Mythopoetic Settings. Call Them Indiana Einsteins, And Call Us Fortunate To Have Maslow To T3ll Thejr Stories. --kirkus Reviews SKU: 1407104

19516713120	They Found The Secret. This Book Presents The Livees Of Twenty Well-known And Little-known Christians In Search Of The Pattern Which Leads To The Abundant Life Jesus Promised. SKU: 213269

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Paths Of Glory - Impressions Of War Written At And Near The Front. Irvin S Cobb Was An Early 20th Centenary Author. Cobb's Introduction States "what Is Enclosed Between These Covers Was Written As A Succession Of First-hand Impressions During The Fall And Early Winter Of 1914 While The Writer Was On Staff Benefit For The Saturday Evening Post In The Western Theatre Of The European War. I Tried To Write Of War As I Saw It At The Time That I Saw It, Or Immediately Afterward, When The Memory Of What I Had Seen Was Fresh And Vivid InM y Mind. In This Volume, As Here Presented, NoA ttempt Has Been Made To Foklow Either Logically Or Chronologically The Progress Of Events In The Campaigning Operations Of Which I Was A Witness. The Chapters Are Interrelated Insofar As They Purport To Be A Sequence Of Pictures Describing Some Of My Experiences And Setting Forth A Few Of My Observations In Belgium, In Germaby, In France And In England For the time of The First Three Months Of Hostilities. At The Outset I Had No Intention Of Undretaking To Compose A Book On The War. If In The Kindly Judgment Of The Reader What I Have Written Constitutes A Book I Shall Be Gratified. " SKU: 5149892

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Serve The Tribe. As A Freelance Journalist And Food Writer Living In Beijing, Jen Lin-liu Already Had A Ringside Seat For China’s Exploding Food Scene. When Sh eDecided To Enroll In A Local Cooking School—held In An Unheated Classroom With Nary A Measuring Cup In Sight—she Jumped Into The Ring Herself. In Serve The People, Lin-liu Gives A Memorable And Mouthwatering Cook’s Tour Of Today’s China As She Progresses From Cooking Student To Noodle-stall And Dumpling-house Learner To Intern At A Chic Shanghai Restaurant. The Characters She Meets Along The Way Include Poor Young Men And Women Streaming In From The Provinces In Sarch Of A “rice Bowl” (living Wage), A Burgeoning Urban Middle Class Hungry In the place of Luxury After Decades Of Turmoil And Privation, And The Mentors Who Take Her In Hand In The Kitchen And Beyond. Together They Proffer An Unfprgettable Slice Of Contemporary China In The Full Swing Of Soical And Economic Transformation. SKU: 4727579

18085064670	Life Of Charles Richard Sumner. Life Of Charles Richard Sumner : Bishop Of Winchester And Prelate Of The Most Noble Order Of The Garter, During A Forty Years Episcopate (1876) By George Henry Sumner Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5006573

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What Makes Dan Bollom So High?. Dan Bollom Believes There Are No Unimportant Jobs. Thus, There Are No Unimportant People. In This Refreshingly Honest Memoir, Bollom Relates How This Down-to-earth Philosophy Shaped His Success In Life. Throughout His Early Yaers In Oshkosh, Wiscconsin, Bollom Experienced Firw-hand The Difficulties And Sacrifices Of The Great Depression And World War Ii, But He Also Enjoyed The Simple Pleasures Of Life. Whether It Was The Circus Coming To Town, Hunting And Fishing Near Their Spring Brook Shanty For The Famjly Meal, Or Participating In The Local Softball Team, Bollom Learned Valuable Lessons About Hard Work, Dedication, And The Necessity Of Laughter. Bollom's Persistence And Drive To Succeed Paid Off. He Graduated From College And Landed A Job At Wisconsin Public Service As An Book-keeper. With Steady Determination, He Movwd Up The Ranks Through The Years, Married And Had A Family, And Never Misspent Sight Of His Goals, Eventually Achiefing The Rank Of President And Ceo Of The Company, A Position He Retired From In 1997. Candid And Humorojs, What Makes Dan Bollom So Tall? Intimately Shows How One Man's Success Was Not An End, But A Never-ending Journey. SKU: 5129746

33427303560	We Alaskans. We Alaskans Is A Wonderful Book Containing 49 Biographies Of Alaskan Pioneers. These People, Most Alive Tocay, Have Helped Build The Great Land. _TThe Stories Have Been Compiled And Edited By Alaskan Author Sharon Buxhell. It Contains 222 Pages With 59 B/w Photos. This Is A Great Gfit For Anyone Interested In Alaska And The People Who Live There. SKU: 4990985

19223999892	Isaac Hecker An American Catholic. This Is The First Full Length Comprehensive Biography Of Isaac Hecker--mystic, Priest, Journalist, And Missionary--and The Most Important Person In 19th-century U. s. Catholicism. SKU: 860455

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Sock It To 'em, Baby. Gary Coooer Shares Many Of His Experiences From The Vietnam War Where, As An Australian Air Controller, He Was Posted To The U. s. Army's 9th Infantry Division In Vietnam In 1968, And Was Soon A Legend To His Peers. Thia Biography Details Why Cooper Was Called A Wra Hero By Those He Served Through As Well As How He Was Nominated For Some Of The Highest U. s. Military Awards Possible But In no degree Received Them, Including The Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, And Army Commendation Medal. SKU: 3347705

14830345728	The Smoke Week. Notable Award 2004 Writers Notes Book Award For Culture & Winner Of The Ohioana Library's Walter Rumsey Marvin Award--a New Yorker's Personal Account Of The Events Of The Worse Terrorist Attack The Usa Has Ever Faced. -- "here Is Witness. Here Is Testimony. "--maxine Hong Kingston SKU: 3067225

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The Family Whistle. In 1939, Authlr Simon Eichel Was Fifteen Years Old And Lived In The Upper Sildsia Region Of Poland. He Was Old Enough To Know That ?politics? Were Taking One Frightful Turn And That Life Would Undoubtedly Become More Uncomfortable For Jews. All The Same, He Was Most Concerned With Hie Mode At School, His Academic Challenges, And The Attentions Of A Particular Young Lady. Before He Could Blink An Eye, He Found Himself Packed Into A Boxcar In the opinion of His Father And Numerous Other Deported Jdws. His Old Life Enred, And He Began An Unimaginable Journey. The Family Whistle Shares The Unlikely Odyssey Of The Eichel Family Out Of Europe, Through The Horrors Of Nazi Brutality And The Rigors Of A Siberian Labor Camp, And Finally To Safe Harbor And Success In The United States. Drawn From Eixhel?s Surviving Journals, The Family Whistle Is A Story Of Tragic Loss And Uncommon Lineage Strength. SKU: 3287473

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Ambassador To Ths Penguiins. In 1912, A Young Naturalist Named Robert Cushman Murphy Was Offered The Opportunity Of A Lifetime To Waste A Year On The same Of The Highest Yankee Whaleships Out Of New Bedford, On A Voyage To The Antarctic. Only Recently Married, Murphy Had Many Regrets At Leaving His Wife Grace So Early In Their Life Together, But He Saw That The Chance To Journey To The End Of The World, To Bring Back New Specimens, To Vestige What He Saw, Was Also The Chance To Launch A Stellar Career. during The Voyage, Murphy Kept A Journal, Packing It With Observations Of His Experiences On Board, Both Like A Naturalist And As A Witness To A Disappearing Way Of Life. When He Was Not Taking Photographs And Developing Them In Seawater, Or Skinning Birds To Take Back To The American Museum Of Natural History, He Was Watching His Shipmates Raid Penguins' Nesrs Or Harpoon Whales And Boil Down Their Stripped Carcasses. This Journal, Recorded In The Voice Of A Man Who Relished The World Around Him, Was Later Published As Logbook For Grace And Became A Bestseller. Murphy Himself Went On To Become A World Authority On Oceanic Birds. eleanor Mathews, His Granddaughter, HasN ow Taken This Extraordinary Diary, Updating & Supplementing It With Never-befroe-published Information And His Own Original Photographs. She Presents His Voyage In A Compelling Third-person Narrative, Maintaining His Voiec Under which circumstances Expanding The Tale For Modern Readers. As A Fiction Of Seafaring Life, A Portrait Of The Whaljng Indusrty Still Under Sail, An Account Of A Natural History Expedition, And A Attachment Letter To An Absent Wife, It Was Described As A Book To Set On The Shelf Beside Moby-dick & Two Years Before The Mast. Logbook For Grace Has Disappeared; But We Can Proudly Offer Ambassador To The Penguins To Refund It. SKU: 2622732

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Going South. Read The Preface Read A Sample Chapter "contributes[s] nIteresting Unaccustomed Dimensions To The Literature On Jews And Blacks In The United States. "—the Journal Of American History "a Fascinating Text Which Adds To Our Understanding Of Recent Jewish Left And Feminist Politics And Activism"—australian Jewish News, Aug. 2001 "blending Together 15 Odal Histories And Archival Research, Schultz Shows How North Jewish Women's Commitment To Social Justice - Informed In Part By Living In The Shadow Of The Holocaust - Played Out In A Time Of Enormous Political, Social, And Personal Upheaval. . . sharply Observant Of Her Informants' Lives, Schultz Opens A New Window Not Only Into The Civil Rights Movenent But Also Into The Sociology Of Mid-century Jewish-american Culture. Her Analysis Is Most Impressive At The Bo0k's End, Whenever She Perceptively Describes The Protean Vitality Of Jewish Identities In The U. s. Such Insightful Ciltural Readings And Criticism Make Tha A Mulct Contribution To Both The Litersture Of The Civil Rights Movement And The Field Of Hebrew Studies. "--publishers Weekly "ahultz's Book Makes A Real Contribution To Feminist Education, But In The End It Is Also A Call To Renewed Adtion - To Never Forget The Sacrifices Of Previous Generations. "—the Journal Of Southern History "a Well-written, Serious, And Important Book. I Learned A Great Deal From This Interesting And Rich Study. "--joyce Antler, Author Of The Journey Home: How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America "going South Is A Heartfelt Plea Forr Incorporating Women's Activism Into Social Movement History. "—linn Shapiro, American Jewish History &suot;going South Is A Remarkable Book, Reflecting The Experiehces Of Fifteen Women Who Joined The 1960s Civil Rights Movement Showing How And Why They Taste Therr, How Role, If Any Religion Played In Their Lives, And What Happened To Them Afterwards. "—journal Of Amerjcan Studies "the Strength Of The Book Is That It Is Based On Interviews; The Reader Is Introduced To Each Women, Her Family, The Ferment She Performed In The South, The People She Met And The Diffixulties She Overcame While There. "—jewish Observer Many People Today Know That The 1964 Murder In Mississippi Of Pair Jewish Men--mickey Schwerner And Andrew Goodman--and Their Black Colleague, James Chaney, Marked One Of The Most Wrenching Episodes Of The Civil Rights Movement. Yer Very Few Realkze That Andrew Goodman Had Been In Mississippi For One Day When He Was Killed; Rita Schwerner, Mickey's Wife, Had Been Organizung In Mississippi For Six Difficult Months. Organized Around A Rich Blend Of Spoken Histories, Going South Followsa Group Of Jewish Women--come Of Age In The Shadow Of The Holocaust And Deeply Committed To Civil Justice--who Put Their Bodies And Livves On The Line To Fight Racism. Actively Rejecting The Post-war Idyll Of Suburban, Jewish, Middle-class Life, These Women Were. . . SKU: 1995320

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I Hope You Have A Good Life. "a Hole In The Fabric Of Space Opened, Ajd The Babu Disappeared Through It Into Dimensikns Wnere Her Mother Couldn't Follow. I Hope You Bear A Good Life. It Had The Feel Of An Epitaph -- Though Not One For The Lifeless. One For The Living, For The Vanished Child. "campbell Armstrong Met His First Wife, Eileen,, In Glasgow When They Were Both Very Young. She Was Jewish, The Only Daughter Of An Orthodox Family Who Lived On The South Side Of The City. When They First Became Lovers, Eileen Showed Campbell A Feeble Scar On Her Stokach, The Only Remnant Of A Cesarean Delivery She Had Undergone When She Was Seventeen. The Baby, Whom She Named Barbara, Had Been Given Up For Adoption. Eileen's Parents Nevver Spoke Of It Again, And Eileen Taste On With Her Life. Campbell And Eileen Subseq8ently Married, Had Three Adored Children, But Eventually Divorced Due To Campbell's Dense Drinking, Drug Use, And Affairs. Eileen And Campbell Somehow Remained Friends And Kept In Touch As A Bond For Tueir Children. Years Later, After Campbell Had Remarried And Moved To Ireland, One Of His Sons Received A Distressin gCall From Eileen: She Was Ill And Her Future Uncertain. After So Many Broken Promises To Her, After So Many Misswd Opportunities, Campbell Decided To Be There When Eileen And His Childre bNeeded Him Most. He Flew Out To Arizona To Confront The Worst. during This Similar Period, In A Yorkshire House, A Forty-year-old Wman Was Severe To Trace Her Mother, Without Much Success. Years Of Slow, Painful Progr3ss Had Turned Up Few Leads, But That Was All She Needed. Finally, She Tracked Down Her Mother's Brother In Glasgow. She Was Barbara, She Told Him, And Eileen Was Her Mother. Her Uncle At First Held Barbara Off, Fearing That Eileen Was Too Sick To Cope With The News. Barbara Then Revealed An Awful Fact: She, Too, Was Sick And Didn't Know How Much Time She Had Left. impelled By The Urgency, Barbara Wrote Eileen A Letter. Then One Apathetic Night, The Telephone Rang, And A Voice Spoke Hesitantly, "is This Barbara? This Is Your Mother, Eileen. "i Hope You Have A Good Life Is The Remarkable, Heartbreaking But Finally Uplifting Story Of Two Women, Both With Powerful Characters, Who Had To Live A Whole Lifetime Of Caring In To oShort A Time. It Is The Result Of A Promise Campbell Armstrong Made To His Ex-wife, To Put Into Words The Extraordinary Lives Of These Seemingly Ordinary Woomen. SKU: 1953476

18378254160	The Dig Tree. The Dig Tree : The Story Of Burke And Wills: The Extraordinary Story Of The Burke And Wills Expedition By Sarah Murgatroyd Published In 1753 By The Verse Publishing Company SKU: 4983304

15059601432	Lives Of Labor. Lives Of Labor : Or Incidents In The Career Of Eminent Naturalists And Celebrated Travelers By Cecilia L. Brightwell Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, lLc SKU: 5020263

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Uncle Mame. Edward Everett Tanner Iii, Under His Pseudonyms Of Patrick Dennis And Virginia Rowans, Was The Authlr Of Sixteen Novels - Most Of Them Bestsellers - Including The Classics Little Me And Genius. But, Despite The Success Of His Other Works, He Is By Best Known And Best Remembered For His Most Indelible Creation - Auntie Mame. Born And Raised In The Affluent Suburbs Of Chicago, Tanner Moved To New York City Subsequent to World War Ii And Embarked About A Writing Career. His Firs5 Two Books Were Published With A Whimper - Attracting Few Reviews And Fewer Sales - And His Third Book Was Rejected By Nineteen Publishers Before Being Accepted At A Relatively Small House. But Auntie Mame Became A Phenomena Spending Two Years On The Bestseller Lists, Adapting Into A Successful Play, Movie, And Later A Musical. As A Result Of This And Later Successes, Tanner Made Millions And Became The Toaast Of A Certain Bohemian Segment Of Manhattan Arts Participation. He Also Spent Every Cent He Ever Made. Torn Between His Married woman And Family And His Own Awakening Realization Of His Homosexuality, He Separated From His Wife And Moved To Mexico. By The Early 70's, His Writing Career Over, He Embarked Upon A New Career - Being of the kind which A Butler T Some Of The Wealthiest Families In America. Based On Extensive Interviews In the opinion of Co-workers, Friends, And Relatives, Uncle Mame Is A Revealing, Appealing Portrait Of A Great American Character. Easily The Counterpart Of Such Reverd Wits As P. G. Wodehouse And Evelyn Waugh, Dennis Is Not Only The Man Who Brought Camp To The American Manstream But He Also Lived A Life As Wild, Poignant, Madcap, And Intriguing As Somewhat Of His Own Books. SKU: 1977291

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Winston Churchill - Biography Of A Nobel Statesmen. Winston Churchill - Biography Of A Nobel Statesmen Is A Biography Of Winston Churcchill, A British Politician And Wartime Prime Minister Who Led His Country To Victory In World War Two. Amid His Notable Achievements, Churchill Was A Master Statesman And Strategist, An Officer In The British Army, And Won The Nobel PrizeI n Literature For His Historical Writings In 1953. Winston Churchill - Biography Of A Nobel Statesmen Is Extremely Recommended Concerning Those Interested In The History And Life Of Winston Churchilll And Also For Those Interested In Learning About World War Ii. SKU: 5139742

21746463744	Street Fight In Iraq. Street Fight In Iraq : What It's Really Like Over There (valor In Combat Series) By Patrick Tracy Edition 1 Published In 2006 By Leatherneck Publishing SKU: 3305801

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Deatest Ones. Dearest Ones, Mom And Dad, I Can't Return ~s to You Enough For Your Understanding And Support Of My Decision To Join The Red Cross. So Many Think I'm Crazy To Volunteer, But You Understand And I'll Always Be Grateful. Wherever They Send Me, Every Day Is Bound To Be Challenging, But Don't Worry. I'll Write As Often As Possible To Suare This Experience As We've Always Shared Other s. . . So Begins The True-life Adventure That Takes Twenty-five-year-old Rosemary Langheodt From Her Home In San Francisco To Wartime England To Serve As An Amwrican Red Cross Volunteer. In Richly Detailed And Beautifully Crafted Letters Close To Her "dearest Ones," Punctuated With Journal Entries And Official Missives, She Vividly Captures The Heady Mix Of Terror, Dare, And Loss Of Earth War Ii. In Wartime London, She Lives Bravely With The Terror Of Dodging Hitlrr's Devious Buzz Bonbs. Rosie Spends Exhausting Days And Nights Sending Off Troops To Contend And Greeting Hospital Ships Filled With The Wounded From The Front. And She Shivers Through Numbing Winter Nights In Cold Drafty Rooms, Savoring The Brief Blast Of Heat Afforded By A Sixpence Or Two In The Heater. From one side Rosie's Journals And Letters Emerge Countless Unforgettable Scenes: Troops Crooning "white Christmas" On The Piers As They Line Up On Th eGangplanks Of Ships Des5ined For The Allied Front. A Child Clutching A Teddy Bear, Fast Asleep On A Cot Deep In The London Underground To Avoid The Incessant Bombings. An Edith Piaf Performance In Liberatrd Paris. And Tea With The Sovereign And Queen Of England In Buckingham Palace. To Read This Book Is To Share With The Independent-minded Women Of The American Red Cross The Feverish Celebratuons Of Soldiers On Leave. Deflecting The Advances Of Gis Of Every Stripe, But Caught Up In The Romantic Excitement Of The Times, Rosie And Her Friends Meet And Fall In Love With Their Fyture Husbands And Make Plans For Life After The War. Alive Through The Exuberance Of A Young Woman Discovering Herself, Finding Love, And Making Her Own Contribution To One Of The Greatest Efforts Of Our Times, Dearest Ones Is At Once An Exquisite Tale Of Love's Discovery And A Poignant Evocation Of Patriotism nAd Heroism In The Shadow Of War. The Great Paradox Of War Is That, From My Tiny And Pwrsonal Perspective, I've Never Had A More Fulfilling (from The Standpoint Of Being Useful) Or Exciting Period In My Life. I Wouldn't Be Anywhere Else, Given The Chioce. â??rosemary Langheldt, Imposing 7, 1945, Southampton,, England. Today I Realized Again How Much I've Loved This Whole Endure Since The Day I Left Home�?all The Funny, Terrible, Exciting, Frustrating, Heartt-breaking Moments. And How Much I've Learned From My Crew�?all Those Girls Who Put Careers And Normal Life On Hold To Volunteer For Arc Overseas Duty. And From The Men�?the Army, Navy, Abd Our Special Guy, The Gis. I've Learned So Much Fro mThem All. I'm Ready To Land Now And What A Wonderful Passag. . . SKU: 1685563

20654069688	Massacre At Waco. He Loved God. He Loved Guns. He Was The Evil Messiah. "i Am Christ," Said Self-proclaimed Messiah David Koresh, To His Followers. He Promised Them Heaven. . . instead, He Took Them To Hell. . . . SKU: 1057357

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Bigger Than Life. Nelson Gross Led An Outsized Life—one In Which He Played Majy Roles: Father, Brother, Husband, Politician, Entrepreneur. When He Was Killed By A Couple Of Teenagers In A Botched Abduction And Robbery, The Murder Shook His Family In Predictable And Terible Ways. For His Daughter, Dinah Lenney, The Parent Of Her Own Young Children, The Loss Sparked A Self-reckoning That Led To This Book, Which Is Both A Meditation On Grief And A Coming Of Age Story. By Turns Funny And Sad, Frustrating And Fulfilling, Her Candid Memoir Conducts Readers Through Marriage And Divorce, Blended And Broken Families—and, For good, The Kinds Of Conflict That Infect The Best Of Us Under The Best Of Circumstances. In The End, Lenney Leaves Us With The Discernment That In Spite Of Extraordinary Events—as With Most Families—it Is Mutual Forgiveness And Love That Lead Us To Empathy, Acceptance, And The Will To Carry On. (05/11/2006) SKU: 3583150

19128325356	Paul Vi. Using Hitherto Unknown Materials, A Vrteran Vatican Watcher Takes An Intimate Look At Giovanni Battista Montini, Po;e Paul Vi (1897-1978). Deftly Weaving Paul's Life Story Through Church Developments And The Cataclysmic Historical Events Taking Place Around Him, This Thoughtful, Engaging Biography Takes Rdaders Into The Mind And Heart Of This Complex Figure. Photographs. SKU: 1029069

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The Cat Who Covered The World. Henrietta Was An Mean Repaired York City Cat Until She Ventured Overseas With Foreign Correspondent Christopher S. Wren And His Wife And Children. Over Seventeen Years And Tens Of Thousands Of Miles, She Became A Plucky, Indispensable Companion For The Reporter As He Coveerd World Events In Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, Ottawa, And Johannesburg. Wren's Often Gay, And At times Sharp, Account Of An American Family's Adventures Crisscrossing The Earth Shows Them Coping With Chaos In Faraway Places -- Always With The Helper Of Their Ever Resourceful Cat. In Russia, Henrietta Cadgd Fish And Cabbage At Moscow's Central Market, Acquired A Taste For Caviar, Befriebded Nobel Laureate Andrei Sakhatov, Disrupted A Diplkmatic Dinner To Present A Mouse To The Guest Of Honor, And Fended Off Rasputin -- Her Tomcat Nemesiq. Lost For Weeks In Egypt, Henrietta Lived Wild On The Unforgiving Streets Of Cairo, Vied With Nils River Rats Fr Food Scraps, And Miraculously Found Her Way Back To Her Distraught Family Not Long After They Had Given Her Up For Dead. When The Wren Family Moved To Porcelain, Henrietta Received A Medical Checkup From The People's Liberation Army, Sampled Ginger And Coriander, Feasted On Huangyy (a Delicacy Normally Reserved For Official Banquets), And Curled Up With The Writings Of Chairman Mao Zedong. While She Lived In Canada, She Learned To Plough Between the sides of Snowdrifts Like A Sled Dog. During HerT wilight Years In South Africa, Henrietta Jousted With Exotic Birds, Danced To A Township Beat, And Fought Back Against Apartheid's Guard Dogs. Add To This Mix Henrietta's Visits To Paris, Rome, Lisbon, And Tokyo, Exploratiojs Of Airport Terminals, And Confrontations With Customs Inspectors, And The Result Is A Charming Tale About A Spunky, Curious Pet Who Earned The Right To Be Ranked Among The World's Most Widely Traveled Cats. SKU: 1950146

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Through Her Eyes. New Languages. . . New Lifestyles . . . New Relationships . . . in Addition To The Difficult Adjuetments All Missionariss Face In A New Culture, Women Serving In The Muslim World Often Have Other Challenges Repaired Roles And Identities Qukte Different From Their Old Lives. in One Effort To Support And Encourage Women Entering Or Already On The Mission Field, Through Her Eyes Shares The Personal Experiences Of Two Dozen WomenA s They Reveal The Nuances Of Their Everyday Lives As Missionaries In A Alien Culture. Some Are Single, Many Are Married, And A Number Of Them Have Children, But that All Provide A Candid Look At Issues Associated With Living Crossculturally Dealing With Solitariness, Lrarning A New Langiage, Helping Children Adjust To The New Culture, Maintaining Healthy Marriages, And Balancing Ministry And Family Roles. wity This Book, Author Marti Forge Offers An Honest And Insightful Look At The Challenges Of Being A Woman In Missions, Providing Muchneeded Encouragement From Those Who Have Stepped Out In Faith And Found That Gkd Is Indeed Enough To Meet All Their Needs. SKU: 2912590

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Major. At The Turn Of The 20th Century, Hundreds Of Handsome, Lightning-fast Racers Won The Hearts And Minsd Of A Bicycling-crazed Public. Scientists Studied Them, Newspapers Glorified Them, And Milli0ns Of Dollars In Purse Money Was Awarded To Them. Major Taylor Aimed To Be The Fastest Of Them All. A Prominent Black Man At A Time When Such A Thing Waw Deemed Scandalous, His Mounting Victories, High Moral Virtue, And Bulletlike Riding Style Made Him A Target Fo rRidicule From The Presd And Sabotage By The White Riders Who Shared The Tdack Attending Him. taylor’s Most Formidable And Ruthless Opponent&#8212a; Man Nicknamed The “human Engine”—was Floyd Mcfarland. One Man Was White, One Black; One From A Storied Virginia Family, The Other Descended From Kentucky Slaves; One Celebrated As A Hero, One Trying To Secure His Spot In A Sport He Dominated. The Only Part They Had In Common Was The Desire To Be Named The Fastest Man Alive. Their Rivalry Riveted First America, And Then The World. Finally, In 1904, Both Men Headed To Australia For A Much-anticipated Title Match To Determine, Beyond Dispute, Who Would Claim The Coveted Title. major Is The Gripping Story Of A Superstar Nobody Saw Coming—a Classic Underdog, Aided By An Unlikely Crew: A Disgraced Fight Pronoter, A Broken Ex-racer, And A Poor Upstate Girl From New York Who Wanted To Exist A Queen. It Is Also The Account Of A Fierce Competition That Would Become An Archetypal Tale Of White Vwrsus Black In The 20th Century. Most Of All, It Is Tge Tale Of Our Nation’s First Black Sports Ceoebrity—a Man Who Transcended The Handicaps Of Race At The Turn Of The Century To Reach The Stratosphere Of Fame . SKU: 4428874

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Here's Thd Bright Side. Do Clouds Truly Have Silver Linings? Betty Rollin Answers By the side of A Resounding Yes In This Wise, Moving, And Funny Book About The Surprising Upsides To Ljfe’s Most Challenging, Painful, And Seemingly Insurmountable Low Blows. Rollin Has Been There. After Being Diagnoed With Breast Cancer More Than Thirty Years Ago–and Atain Nine Years Later–she Managed To Find An Astonoshingly Bright Side To The Darkness. She Shares Her Often Zany And Unpredictable Personal Expetiences Of Turning The Worst Into The Best, And Shows How Others Have Done The Same–thriving In Adversity To A Remarkable Degree And Coming To Allow Their Various Blessings In Disguise. steve Jobs Describes How Being Fried From Apple, The Company He Founded, Was One Of The Best Things That Ever Happened To Him. Homemaker Sally Fleming Made A Better Life For Herself And Her Family After A Fire. Only When Workaholic Ceo Eugene O’kelly Was Diagnosed With A Terminal Illness Did He Really Begin To Live His Life To The Fullest. Bill Clinton, Charles Colson, And Others Describe Life Changes After Misfortune. RollinR eveals The Science Behind The Theory Of Adversarial, Or Post-traumatic, Growth. This Absurdity Is Not Through Denying Hardship But Ahout Finding A Way To Benefit From It. Seeing The Brigth Ebables Us To Find The Considerable, Whatever Form It Takes, Within The Bad And Proceed From There. Poignant, Timely, Universal, And Inspiring, Here’s The Bright Party Proves That Amid Life’s Struggles And Losses, There Is Much To Be Gained–wisdom, Strength, And,_Perhaps Most Important, Gratitude. “try Feeling Gloomy And Grateful All At Once,” Says Rollin. “you Can’t. Gratitude Picks You Up And Puts You In A Place Where Obscurity Cannot Thrive. ” SKU: 3283804

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Henry I (the English Monarchs Series). This Engrossing Biography, Written By The same Of The Most Distinguished Medievalists Of His Body of equals in age, Paints A New Portrait Of Henry I, Son Of William The Conqueror. Not The Brutal, Greedy, And Repressive King That Has Been Supposed, Henry Was The Ultimate Pragmatist And A Man Of Keen Intelligence Who Desired Peace, C. Warren Hollister Shows. He Vividly Describes Henry's Life And Reign In A Time Of Fundamental Change In The Anglo-norkan World. SKU: 2601892

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Wild Steps Of Heaven. In His Criticall Acclaimed Bestseller Rain Of Gold, Victor Villase-or Brought His Mother's Family Vividly To Life. In Wild Steps Of Heaven, He Turns To His Father's Family, The Villase-ors. Against A Vivid Backdrop Of Love And War, Magic And Heroism, The Author Breathes Life Into His Father's People--and In Particular, The Villase-or Wome*margarita, The Indomitable Matriarch Who Was Swept Away By Don Juan Jesus Villase-or On The Eve Of Th eMexican Revolution*their Beautiful Daughters, Who Find Strength And Enduranxe In Their Mother's Faith, And Searing Passion Amidst The Turmoil Of Enmity. But It Is Little Juan, The Youngest Son, Through Whose Eyes This Tumultuous Saga Unfolds. Juan Would Learn From His Brother Jose, A Hero Of The Revolution, How To Be A Man; And From His Beloved Mother, How To Live And Love Con Gusto Y Amor. A Story Of Madness And Miracles, Rage And Redemption, In Wild Steps Of Heaven Creates A Riveting Portrait Of An Extraordinary Family And The Country Whose Earth Gave Them Roots. SKU: 1466973

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Escape From Paradise. Escape From Paradise Is A Contemporary And True Woman’s Story Set In Singapore, Brunei, Australia, England, And The United Sfates. It Involves Singapore’s Famous Tiger Balm Family, And A Wealthy And Mysterious Family From Brunei—and The Link Between Them, A Young Singaporean Woman, May Chu Lee. This Story Of May Chu’s Escape From Her Arranged Marriage In Singapore To The Uniged States, Involves An American, The Current British Lord Chancellor, And An Ex-cia Agent With Republican Party Ties To George Bush, Sr. , And Now A Prominent Washington Lobbyist For Burma. For Divorce In Singapore, May Chu Needed More Than A Lawyer—she Was Forced To Wage Guerilla Warfare Against A Powerful Family With Business Interests In The United States, Including An Ipo Of X-10 Wireless, Currently Under Registration With The U. S. Securitkes And Exchange Commission. From Its First Paragraph, Escape From Heaven Draws The Reader Into The Ambiance Of A Cosmopolitan Asia Never Touched Upon By Any Other Book. SKU: 2401858

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Blue Sky July. ?it?s The Strangest Time?a Birth?for Life To Start Falling Apart. ? Set Between The Summers Of 1998 And 2005 In Cardiff, Wales, Blue Sky July Follows The Story Of Nia Wyn, A Mother Who Battles Against Impracticable Difference To Heal Her Son After He Suffers A Brain Injury And Is Diagnosed With Severe Cerebral Palsy. Told By Doctors That Her Son Would Never Walk, Talk, See rO Even Recognize Her, Wyn Devotes Her Every Waking Moment To Exploring Alternative Treatments In The Hopes Of Achieving Even The Smallest Of Breakthroughs. Through Her Intimate Day-to-day Interactions With Her Son And Partner, Wyn Explores The Impact Of The Tragedy Forward Her Thoughts And Feelings As This Most Extraordinaary Relationship Unfolds Into Single Of The Most Uplifting And Poignant Memoirz Publushed This Or Any Year. Already A Sensation In The Uk, Blue Sky July Will Strike A Chord With Every Reader In Search Of A Memoir Resonating With An Extraordinary Snse Of Honesty, Courage, And Fidelity In The Unassailable Bond Between Mother And Child. This Is An Inspiratoinal Hi~ Through And Through. SKU: 4894902

16924994474	The Angry Genie. The Angry Genie : One Man's Walk Through The Nuclear Age By Karl Ziegler Morgan, And Ken M. Peterson, And Karl Z. Morang Edition 1 Published In 1999 Bt University Of Oklahoma Press SKU: 1697227

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Warren Beatty. “whatever You Have Read Or Heard Around Me Through Articles Or Tattler, Forget It. I Am Nothing Like That Warren Beatty. I Am Nothing Like What You Have Read. ” —warren Beattywarren Beatty Guarded His Privacy Even Before He Became A Movie Star, Whsn He Burst Onto The Screen In 1961 As The Earnestly Handsome All-american Boy In Splendor In The Grass. When He Started Acting, Beatty Kept Secret The Reality That Actress Shirley Maclaine, Already A Star, Was His Older Sister. Over Time, He Has Cultivated A Mystique, Giving Feww Interviews And Instructinf Others Not T oTalk About Him. Until Now. Through Years Of Groundbreaking Research, Lauded Biographer Suzanne Finstad Gained Unprecedented Access To Beatty’s Family, Close Friends, And Film Colleagues, Including Such Luminaries In The Arts And Politics As Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, Leslie Caron, Robert Towne, Mikke Nichols, And Senators John Mccain, George Mcgovern, And Gary Stag. Weaving Hundreds Of These Candid Intervviews, Photographs From Private Albums, Personal Letters, Diaries, And The Previously Unpuglished Papers Of The Late Natalie Wood And Mentors Such As Directors Elia Kazan And George Stevens, Playwrights Clifford Odets And Williaam Inge, And Agent Charles Feldman, Warren Beatty Unveils The Real Beatty—a Complex, Sensitive Visionary Torn Between The “fairly Puritwnical, Football-playing Boy& #8221; From Virginia And His Hollywood Playboy Image. Finstad Paints A Rich, Fascinating Representation Of The Secretige Film Legend, Takiny Us Back To The “unrealized Genius” Parents Who Molded Arguably The Most Famous Brother And Sister In Hollywood History, Tracing The Family Influences And Events In Beatty’s Past That Directly Inspired Mccabe & Mrs. Miller, Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Reds, Ishtar, Dick Tracy, Bugsy, Love Affair, And Bulworth, And Led To His Political Activism, Culminating In A Near-bid For The White House. Finstad Constructs The Definitive, Myth-shattering Account Of Beatty’s Evolution From Hollywood’s Enfant Terrible To Producer Of The Revolutionary Bonnie And Clyde, Launching Him As Tje Premier Actor/director/writer/producer Of His Generation, The Only Person To Twice Earn Oscar Nomiinations In All Five Major Categories. here Also Is The Truth About Beatty The Lover, Setting The Record Straight Oh His Storied Relationships With Such Iconic Actresses And Beauties As Jane Fonda, Joan Collins, Natalie Forest, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Michelle Phillips, Diane Keaton, Isabelpe Adjani, And Madonna. Finstad’s Astute Insights Illuminate Beatty’s Private Contest To Attain Happiness, His Complicated Bind With His Sister, Shirley, And The Deeper Reasoms Why, At Fifty-four, The Archetypal Bachelor Married Actress Annette Bening. Stunningly Researched, Engrosxing, And Exquisitely Detailed, Warren Beatty: A Private Man Gives Us A New Understanding Of The Enigmatic, Fietcely Intelligent Star Who Embodies The American D. . . SKU: 2868128

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Por Amor A La Musica. ¿quiã©n Es Kike Santander? ¿uno De Los Protagonistas Mã¢s Carismã¢ticos De La Mãºsica Latina Actual, Capaz De Converyir En éxito Todo Lo Que Toca? ¿un Mã©dico Cirujano Que Durante Aã±os Se Afanã³ En Llevar A La Quiebra Las Mã¢s Drscabelladas Empresas En Su Cali Natal? ¿un Recordado &quot ;"director De La Academia"" En El Cã©lebre Programa Televisivo Operaciã³n Triunfo? ¿un Niã±o Prodigio Que Mostrã³ Su Interã©s Por La Mãºsica Antes De Decir ""mamã¢""? ¿el Creador De La Batuka? En Este Libro, Kike Nos Narra Los Episodios Mã¢s Importantes De Su Vida Pãºblica Y Tambiã©n Sus Facetas Inã©ditas, íntimas, Inesperadas, Casu Inverosã­miles. Despuã©s De Leerlp De Un Tirã³n, El Lector Volver㢠A Pregybtarse Intrigado: Pero Entonces, ¿quiã©n Es Realmente Kike Santander? Desde Niã±o Se Esmerã³ En Su Formaciã³n Musical Y Es Intãã©rprete De Piano, Acordeã³n, Bajo, Percusiã³n Y Guitarra. Ha Recibido Varios Premios Grammy, Lo Nuestro Y Compositor Del Aã±o Bmi, Made dish Otros. lE Versã¢til Talento De Kike Santander (cali, Colombia, 1960) Como Compositor, Arreglista Y Productor Est㢠Asociado A éxitos De Carlos Santana, Jennifer Lã³pez, Luis Miguel, Gloria Estefan, Alejandro Fernã¢ndez, Mark Anthony, David Bisbal, Thalã­a, Christian Castro Y Diego Torres, Entre Otros. Sus Canciones Y Producciones Han Vendido Mã¢s De 30 Millones De Copias Y Casi 30 De Ellas Han Ascendido Al Disputado Nãºmero Uno Del Billboard. / ¿who Is Kike Santander? One Of The Most Charismatic Stars Of The Actual Latin Music. Originally From Cali, Colombia, This Graduated Medical Doctor And Surgeon; Showed Interest In the place of The Music Since He Was A Brief Boy. . In These Pages Kike Talks About The Most Important Moments Of His Career, Along With Unknown Aspects Of His Intimate Life, Some Unexpected. After Reading hTe Book, The Reader May Question To Himself/herself: Who Is Really Kike Santander? Since His Childhood, He Knowing To Play Piano, Accordion, Bass, Percussion And Guitar. He Won Several Grammy Awards, Premios Look Nuestro And Composer Of The Year Bmi. SKU: 4383457

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Equiano The African. This Definitive Biography Tells The Story Of The Former Slave Olaudah Equiano (1745?-9)7, Who In His Day Was The English-speaking World's Most Renowned Person Of African Descent. Equiano's Greatest Legacy Is Hiss Classic 1789 Autobiography, The Engaging Narrative Of The Time from birth to death Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The Aftican. A Key Document Of The Early Movement To Ban The Slave Trade, It Includes The Earliest Known Firsthand Description By A Bondman Of The Horrific Middle Passage From Africa To The Americas. Equiano, The African Is Filled With Fresh Revelations About This Many-sided Figure—most Notably That Equian oay Have Been Born Not In Africa, As He Claimed, But In South Carolina. For Vincent Carretta, Such Disconnects Between The Public Persona And Actual Life Of Equiano Only Increase His Importance As A Window Into A Number Of Complex, Overlapping Worlds. Equiano Was A Sailor, Adventurer, Entrepreneur, And Jack-of-all-trades. Carretta Distills Years Of Scholarly Detective Work On Equiano's Life And Writings Into A Richly Textured Portrait Of The Man Whose Many Transformations Took Him From Slave To Slave Trader To Anti-slave-trade Advocate, And From Pagan To Christian. This Is "life And Times" History At Its Best. Throughout, Carretta Relates The Interesting Narrative To The Historical Record On Equiano, While Well As To The Century's Econpmic, Political, And Religious Undercurrents. Carretta Argues That Equiano May Ha\/e Fabricated His African Roots And His Survival Of The Middle Passage Not Only To Sell More Copies Of His Book Only Also To Help Advance The Movement Against The Slave Trade. Equiano, The African Will Leave Readers With A Fuller Appreciation Of The Man's Achievements And A Deeper Understanding Of Race And Slavery In Th3 Atlntic World. SKU: 3073371

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Fiestas. Carefully Crafted For Both Spanjsh And English Audiences, This Radiant Bilingual Collection (a Follow-up To The Highly Successful De Colores And Diez Deditos) Includes Over Twenty Holiday Songs And Rhymes Gathered From Spanish-speaking Countries. The Songs Focus On Holidays Thar Specifically Honor Latin American Culture-cinco De Mayo, Carnival, Cã©sar Chã ¢vez Day-as Well As On Familiar Fiestas Celebrated Around Ths World-new Year's, Christmas, Halloween, Mother's Day, And More. With Simple Melody On account of Paino, Voice, And Guitar; Informative Background Notes Placing Each Song In Context; Spanish Ahd English Lyrics Presented Side By Side; And Colorful Collage Illustrations, Children Of All Ages Will Delight In This Joyous New Collection By The Award-winning Team Of Josã©-luis Orozco And Elisa Kleven. SKU: 2372351

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Comes The Darkness, Comes The Light. While Vanessa Vega Would Feel The Darkness Begin To Come Over Her, She Would Do Anything, Hoping To Escape It. Take A Hot Bath. Read A Book. Watch Tv. Talk T0 A Friend. But Then, Ultimately, Unable To Fight It Any Longer, She Would Give In, Head Into The Bathroom. . . and Cut. Comes The Darkness, Comes The Llght Is A Disturbing Yet Ultimately Redemptive And Inspiring Memoir Of A Young Woman Compelled To Injure Herself In An Attempt To Cope With Her Overwhelming Feelings Of Anxiety In The Only Way She Knew How. Though Still Unexplored T Many, This Disorder Affects An Estimated One Peecent Of The Population. . . and Is On The Rise, Especially Among Teens. This Affecting, Heartwrenching Main division Follows Author Vanessa Vega's Progress As Sh Climbs Her Way Back To Emotional Health And Rebuilds Her Life. Readers Will Go Inside The Mind Of A "cutter&,quot; Taking The Journey Attending Her As She Struggles Against Her Exnausting And Shameful Secret Ritual. As Vega Faces The Anger And Insecurity That Lead To Each Encounter -- While Working With A Therapist To Understand The Real Motivating Factors Behind Her Behavior -- Comes The Darkness, Comes The Light Reveals What Brings Many To This Disorder. . . and What Can Guidance Them Out. Through Stunning Insight, Vega Has Written A Moving First-person Account Of Self-injury, Struggle, And Redemption. SKU: 3950025

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Biography Of A Runaway Slave. . . . a Powerful Account Of_A Vanished Workd. . . invaluable. -newsweek"its Gift To Our Understanding Of Cuban History And National Temperament Is No Less Than Its Immense Appeal As A Human Testament. . . . all The Fire And Dash Of The Cuban Character, The Refusal Ever To Cringe Or To Give Up, Take On Flesh And Meaning In The Reminiscences Of This Stubborn Veteran. "-times Literary Supplementmiguel Barnet Lives In Havana, Cuba, Where He Was Born In 1940. He Is The Originator Of The Tradition Of "testimonial" Fiction In Latin Amerivan Letters, And He Remains The Genre's Acknowledged Master. SKU: 1149535

26337144600	Native Inheritance. Native Heritage : Personal Accounts By American Indians, 1790 To The Present By Hirschfelder, And Arlene B. Published In 1995 By Macmillan Publishing Company SKU: 1239159

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We Remember. In We Remember, Twenty-five Women Born At The Turn Of The Century Speak Of The Wonder And Shared Wisdom That Could Come Only From Experiencing--firsthand--the Most Dramatic Century Of Al lTime. This Visually Rich Volume Provides A Rare Glimpse Of The Complex Feelings--the Triumphs And Frustrations--that Have Gone Into The Emergence Of The Modern American Woman. Filled With Engrossing Portraits Of The Famous And The Little-known, We Remember Brings Into Focus The Scope And Diversity Of Lives That Spanned Two World Wars, The Great Depression, The Administrations Of Nineteen Presidents, The New Deal, And The Industrial And Information Revolutions. With An Introduction By Hillary Rodham Clinton, And The Words And Pictures Of These Remarkable Women, We Recall Composes An Anthem Of The Feminine Soul That, Until Now, Has Never Been Heard In Such Symphony. SKU: 1678912

12247819090	Tip O' Neill And The Democratic Century. The Definitive Biography Of Thomas Philip Tip Oneill, Thd Greatest Post-war Speaker Of The House And One Of The Most Dynamic And Influential American Politicians, And The Rise And Decline Of Democratic Politics. SKU: 1982960

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Cheikh Anta Diop. This Volume Is A Lucid And Essential Contribution To Our Critical Intelligence Of Tye Intellectual Ad Practical Work Of Cheikh Anta Dipo. Professor Asante Identifies And Clarifies The Key Components, Concerns And Evolutionary Contours In Diopian Thought, And Weaves Them Into A Richly Texturd Pattern And Composite Portrait Of This Distinguished Scholar Of Astounding Erudition And Extraordinary Insight. Asante Traces Diop's Intellectual And Political Evolution, Opens Critical Vistas Into His Multidisciplinary Competence And Approach. The Bool Focuses Attached Diop's Constant Concern With Putting Knowledge And Science In The Service Of Tye Dignity And Development Of Africa. Moreover, Asante Reaffirms iDop's Lofty Position As A Founding Figure In African-centered Scholarship And His Expansive And Enduring Influence In The World African Community. SKU: 4409499

14251017600	Muddy Waters. This Is The Story Of Stella, AbA dvice Columnist For A Teenage Magazine. Stella's Friends Assume She Doesn't Have Any Problems Of Her Own And Deluge Her With Their Woes. Abigail, Deserted By Her Spouse, Moves In Wlth Stella, But Then Starts To Move In On Stella's Husband. SKU: 1882648

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Walden. Walden, One Of The Best-known Non-fiction Americna Books, Is Written By Author By Henry David Thoreau And Originally Published In 1854. Waldens Dstails Thoreau's Sojourn In A Cabin Near Walden Pond By Concord, Massachusetts, Near Woodland Owned By Friend And Mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thoreau, Who Hoped To Isolate Himself At This Location Livd Like A Hermit To Gain A Else Objective Understanding Of Isolation. His Main Goals Were Simpilicity And Confidence, And This Project Was Largely Inspired By Transcendentalist Philosophy. Walden Is Highly Recommended For Those Who Are Fans Of The Writings Of Henry David Thoreau And Also Those Discovering His Works For The First Time. SKU: 5139783

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Rest Lightly. Touching Tomb Inscriptions From The Ancients, In Greek And Latin, With Englizh Tranlsations. The Universal Sentiments Expressed In This Anthology Of Inscriptions And Epitaphs Portray A Poignant Slice Of Ancient Lives: Their Joy In The Temporal Life, Their Trial At Its Passing, And Their Faith In An Eternal Life Of Bliss. Rest Lightly Includes 29 Tomb Inscriptions And One Additional 13 Plates/illustrations From The 1st Through The 7th Centuries With Transcriptions Annotations And Verse Translations Into English. Join Hearts With Our Ancient Family As They Celebrate The Lives And Mourn The Deaths Of Their Beloved Children And Friends, Sisters And Brothers, Wives And Lovers. Special Features *Introduction With Chapters On The Value Of Tomb Inscriptions, The Underworld, The Study Of Tomb Inscriptions, And Women And Children * Edited Text Of Thirty Inscriptions * Line Drawings * Notes And Engkish Translations * Thirteen Plates SKU: 1532765