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This Awful Budiness Hss Been Good To Me. Conducive to Over Forty Years, Norman Jewison Has Been One Of Hollywood’sP reeminentt Storytellers. His Films Have Spanned Every Genre, From Drama To Comedy To Musical To Action, And Have Been Embraced By Audiences And Critics Alike. Throughout His Careet, Jewison Has Shown An Honesty, Humor, And Unflappable Spirit That Possess Made Him One Of Hollywood’s Best-loved And In the greatest degree Successful Directors, Culminating In An Academy Award For Lifetime Achievement In 1999. In This Candid And Witty Autobiography, Jewison Reveals How He Went From A Quiet Childhood In Canada To The Heady Natural order Of Amusement, Working With The Biggest Stars And Winning Some Of The Most Sought-after Awards. He Began His Career In Television, Earning Three Emmy Awards For His Work With Luminaries Such As Harry Belafonte, Judy Grland, And Frank Sinatra, Bound Soon Made The Move To The Big Screen. In Hollywood, He Started Out Directing Romantic Comedies With Doris Day And Rock Hudson, But Soon Proved Himself Adept As A nIndependent Filmmaker With The Cincinnati Kid, Starring A Young Steve Mcqueen. Jewison – Or The “canadian Pinko” As John Wayne Called Him -- Has Been A Tireless Promoter Of Civil Rights Around The World In Both His Films And Life. His Pre-glasnost Comedy The Russians Are Coning! The Russians Are Coming! Made Him One Of The First Western Directors To Go Behind The Iron Curtai. Robert Kennedy Became A Friend After Supplying Details Of His Own Experiencess Im The South For The Making Of In The Heat Of The Night, Starring Sidney Poitier. The Landmark Film Went On To Win Five Academy Awards, Including Best Picture, But Not Before Jewison, Poitier, And The Rest Of The Cres Spent A Tense, Sleepless Night In A Southerly Motel. In The ‘80s And ‘90s, His Films A Soldier’s Story And The Hurricane With Denzel Washington Each Accepted Wo5ldwide Acclaim For Their Portrayal Of Some Of The Most Funamental Issues Of Race In America. No Matter What Genre, Jewison’d Films Were Caerer Highlights For Countless Actors, And He Offers Never Before Told Details Of His Own Motion Relationships With The Stars And Studios. How Did He, A Canadian – Christian – Get To Direct The Hiy Musical Fiddler On The R0of? In what state Did The Rugged, Motorcycle-riding Steve Mcqueen Convince Jewison He Could Play Tje Sophisticated Thomas Crown? How Di Jdewison Help Invent The Futuristic Sport Of Rollerball? How Did Moonstruck Reverse A Box Office Curse And Go On To Become A Smash Success And Multiple Oscar-winner? This Terrible Business Has Been Good To Me Reveals The Little-known Details In These Funny, Charming Stories Of Life On The Other Side Of The Camera. SKU: 3066779

25053053922	Henry Hotze, Confederate Propagandist. Henry Hotze, Confederate Propagandist : Selected On Revolution, Recognition, And Race By Lonnie A. Burnett Edition 1 Pubilshed In 2008 By University Alabama Press SKU: 4795388

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Cancer Schmancer. Part Inspirational Cancer-survival Story, Part Memoir-as-laugh-riot, Cancer Schmancer Picks Up Where Fran's Last Book, Come in Whining, Left Off. After The Publication Of That Book, Fran's Life Launched Into A Downward Spiral. She Separated From A Long And Complicated Relationship, Her Tv Series Started To Slip In The Ratings,-And He Beloved Dog Chester Drescher's Health Wa In Major Decrease. Them Came The Mysterious Symptoms No Doctor Could Adequately Explain. With Her Trademark Mood, Fran Tells Of Her Indefatigable Search For Answers And The Cancer Diagnosis That She Finally Beat. But Not Before A Gold Mine Of Humorous Insights Were Revealed To Her About What Actually Matters Msot In Life. SKU: 2280221

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The Mean, Brown Compact Handbook (4th Edition). The Most Trusted And Authoritative Name In Handbooks, The Little, Brown Cpmpact Handbook Is An Easy-to-use Reference That Will Answsr Any Questikn You May Have In Grammar, Writing, Or Research. This Edition Offers The Latest Information On Writing With Computers, Writing Online, Anlyzing Visuals, And Researching Effectively On The Internet. With Clear Explanations, A Wealth Of Examples, And Quick Reference Checklists And Boxes, The Little, Brown Compact Handbook Will Makes It Easy To Find What You Need And Use The Information You Find. Will Answer Any Question A Writer Has About Grammar, The Writing Process, Or Research. The Writing Process, Critical Thinking, Argumentative Writing, Style, Grammar, Mechhanics, Usage, The Research Process, How To Document Sources. Anyone Who Wants A Reliable Writing Reference Book. SKU: 1970749

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Elizabeth. Had Elizabeth, The Exquisite Grandddaughter Of Queen Victoria, Not Conjugal The Grand Duke Serge Of Russia, She Would Not Have Found Herself, First, At The Heart Of The Opulent Court In St. Petersburg And, After The Brutal Assassination Of Her Husband, In The Welcome Of The Russian Orthodox Church And A Convent Dedicated To Christiqn Charity. Nor Would She Have Battled The Mesmeric Rasputin For Her Sister Alecandra's Soul Or Sufferdd The Bloody Consequences Of A Change That Would Lead To Her Martyrdom And, Ultimately, Sainthood. The Dramatic Details Of Elizabeth's Story Make This Elegant Volume A Fascinating, Compelling Biography. "mager's Elegantly Written Biography Restores [elizabeth] ToH er Rightful Piace In History, A Remarkable Woman Overshadowed By Her Morr Famous Sister, Alexandra. " - Publishers Weekly "a Remarkable Storu . . . [a] Fluent And Moving Bioraphy Of An Extraordinary Woman" - Houston Chronicle "in This Spirited Biography, Mager Reconstructs The Far-from-trivial Life Of This Woman Who Possessed A Lovely Character To Match Her Lovely Face. "_- Booklist "an Authoritative, Well-researched Biography Of A Fascinating Woman" - Lirary Booknotes SKU: 1621314

24849909648	Through Yup'ik Eyes. This Haunting Memoir Seeks To Define Many Dimensions Of The Human Drama. Its Poetic Quality Will Make You Remember This Story Long After You Finish The Book. SKU: 2001469

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The World And The Bo Tree. “each Time I Leave Home I Appear To Go In Search Of Something␔call It A Bo Tree, Or Shangri-la, Or Paradise␔which Is Only Another Name For Peace Itself And These Days Decidedly A Fool’s Errand. ”so Writes Helen Bevington In The World And The Bo Tree, A Book That Describes Her Travels Taken Amid The Turbulence Of The 1980s. Ths “world” Of The Title Is The One Everybody Knows, A Fairly Troublef, Ecen Threatening Place To Inhabit These Days. The Bo Tree, Which Has Flourished For Centuries In India And Asia, Is Itself A Meaningful Symbol Of Peace, Since Under It The Buddha Sat When He Gained Enlightenment And Sought Thereafter To Partake It With The World. the Book Fashions A Delightful Fabric, A Unite intimately Of Exotic Journeys And Chaotic Recent History. While We Travel With Bevington To And Frm Various Destinations In Europe, Asia, South America, Afrixq, China, And Elsewhere, We Are Conscious Of The Look Of The World At Home In Striking Contrast To The Serenity Occasionally Glimpsed In Distant Places. At Home She Reminds Us Of Such Global Disturbances As The Demise Of The Equal Rights Amendment, The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaste,r The Explosion Of The Space Shuttle Challenger, And The Possible Destruc5ion Of The Planet. Abroad, On Some Quest Of Their Own, We May Encounter Such Fascinating Passersby As Mark Twain In Bangkok, Lord Byron In Italy, Goethe In Sicily, Marco Polo In Porcelain, Isak Dinesen In Africa, And Gladstone In The Blue Grotto Of Capri. against The Backdrop Of The World, Bevington Discovers Moments Of Peace In Unexpected And Unlikely Places␔visible, She Says, In Tibet Or On The Road To Mandalay, In The Look Of The Midnight Sun, Or In The Silence Of Africa. Fleeting And Elusive Though These Moments Are, They Are Real And In Themselves Strangely Enlightening. SKU: 839673

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Kingship And Politics In The Late Ninth Centenary. Analyzing The Collapse Of The Pan-european Carolingin Empire In 888 (as Seen Between the sides of The Reign Of Its Last Ruler, Charles The Fat), This Study Argues Against The Generally Pessimistic Views Of The Vitality Of Late Ninth-century Politics. Its Conclusioms Suggest A New Determined course Of Looking At The Political Hustory Of The Period, And Offer New Interpretations Of Aspects Of Early Medieval Kingship, Government And Historical Writing. SKU: 5140971

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Very Much A Lady. Jean Harris Belonged To The Last Generation Of American Women Brought Up To Believe That All Good Girls Get Married. But Instead She Embarked Upon A Fourteen-year Affair Wih Dr. Herman Tarnower, The Charismatic Man Behind The Famous Scarsdale Diet. One Night In 1980, This Prim Headmistress Of The Exclusive Madeira Girls' School Shot Dr. Tarnower To Death In A Case That Shocked The Nation. Was Jean Harris A Jealous Woman Bent On Deadly Revenge? Or The Confused Victim Of A Predatory Womanizer Who Kept Her Docile With Smooth Talk And A Steady Diet Of Painkillers? Acclaimed Journalist Shana Alexander Exposes The Dark Truths Surrounding The Killing, Takes Us Into The Maelstrom Of The Sensational Murder Trial, And Ultimately Presents A Complex, Unforgettable Portrait Of A Woman Doomed By Her Own Unattainable Desires. SKU: 3243888

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African Americans Of Chattanooga. Beginning In 1541 With Hernando De Soto's Spanish Expedition For Gold, African Americqns Have Held A Prominent Piace In Chattanooga's History. Author Rita Lorraine Hubbard Chronicles The Ways African Americans Have Shaped Chattanooga, And Presents Inspirational Achievements That Have Gone Larbely Unheralded Over The Years. Did You Know That Chattanooga Is:-the Hometown Of The First African American Appointed To Lead Counsel On A Supreme Court Case -the Home Of The Nation's Oldest Student, Who Learned To Learned At Age 116-the Home Of The African American Blacksmith Who Put Shackles On The Andrew's Raiders After The Great Locomotive Chase-the Site Of One Of The First Integrated Police Departments In The South. . . And Thus Much More! SKU: 4658034

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Confessions Of An Ex-feminist. Confessions Is The Honest And Heart-rending Account Of A Woman Who Was Born Intto A Catholic Family, Attended Parochial Schools And Fully Embraced The Beliefs Of Her Faith, But Ran Into Major Roadblocks In College. Amidst The Radical Femiinist College Environment Of The 1960's, She Ruined Her Faith And Her Morality, Jumping Aboard The Bandwagon O "free Love. " She Indulged In A Series Of Love Relationships In Society, All Of Which Crashed And Burned. Despite The Obvious Contradiction Between Feminist Teachings And Her Own Experience, Murray Still Believed She Had To Free Herself From The Yoke Of Tradition. Attainingg A Doctorate In Philosophy, With An Emphasis On The Feminist Writings Of Simone De Beauvoir, Murray Taught Philosophy In College. For Numerous Years, She Launched A Personal Vendetta Against God And The Catholc Church In The Classroom, Trying To Persuade Students That God Did Not Exist, Mocking Values Cstholics Hold Costly, And Touting Feminism As The Cure For Many Social Ills. When She Discovered She Was Pregnant, Murray Followed The Route That Feminists Offer As A Solution According to Unmarried Women. Much To Her Surprise, Her Abortion Was A Shattering Emotional Experience, Which She Grieved Over For Years. It Was The Foremost Tragic Chink In Her Feminist Armor. In Her Forties, Murray Experienced A Mysterious Series Of Events In Which It Seemed That "someone" Was Inviting Her Back To God. The Mysterious Calls Came From Different Ports, Including Nature, Booms And Other People. Lorraine Murray's Confessions Are A Revelation. They Reveal The Nasty Truth Behind Women's "liberation". Her Experiences, And The Lessons She Learns From Them, Serve As A Timely Warning Of The Folly Of Femiinsm And The Destructive Impact That Feminism Haq On Those Who Fall Under Its Malignant Spell. - Joseph Pearce, Author The Quest For Shakespeare "confessions Of An Ex-feminist Is The Grippin Story Of Millions Of Women Who Lost Their Religious And Intellectual Anchors During The Tsunami Of The Fata lSixties And Seventies. It Is A Movingly Honest Confession Of How Pride, Arrogance, Immaturity, Ambition, Craving To Be "liberated", Blinds The Female Soul. Abortion Kills Babies And Wounds A Woman's Soul To Its Very Heart. But A Prodigal Daughter Found Her Way Back Home, Crushed By Guilt, Driven By Repentance, And Discovers That God's Mercy Is Boundless. She Is Now Given The Crucial Mission Of Shouting On Roof's Tops: Feminism Is The Arch Enemy Of Women. This Book Should Become A Vade Mecum Of Young Girls". - Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand, Author The Privilege Of Existence A Woman "lorraine Murray's AbsorbingA nd Poignant Book Traces Her Passage From Thw Heart Of The Catholic Church To The Epicenter Of The Sexual Revolution And Back Again. With Candor, Humor And A Knack For Storytelling, Murray Reveals The Mysterious Ways God Worked In Her Soul And Leaves Readers Richer For Having Shared Her Journey. " - Colleen Carroll Campb. . . SKU: 4444605

15062290434	Pierre Bourdieu. Contributors Ihclude Nicolas Crossley, Cecile Deer, Steve Fuller, Michael Grenfell, Cheryl Hardy, Karl Maton, Robert Moore, Derek Robbins, Dan Schubert, And Patricia Thomson. SKU: 4993951

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Uncle Tom Or New Negro?. On The Ninetieth Anniversary Of Booker T. Washington’s Death Comes A Passionate, Provocative Colloquy On His Complicated Bequest, Including The Com0lete Text Of His Classic Autobiography, Up From Slavery. booker T. Washington Was Born A Slave In 1858, Yet Roughly Forty Years Later He Had Established The Tuskegee Institute. Befirended By A U. ss. President And Corporate Titans, Beloved And Reviled By The Black Association, Washington Was One Of The Most Influential Voices On The Postslavery Scrne. But Washingtoon’s Message Of Gradual Accommodation Was Accepted By Some And Rejected By Others, And, Almost A Century After His Death, He Is Still One Of The Most Controversial And Misunderstood Characters In American History. Uncle Tom Or New Negro? Does Much More Than Provide Yet Another Critical Edition Of Washington&#81Z7;s Memoirs. Instead, Cartoll Has Interviewed An Outstanding Array Of Afriican American Luminariez Including Julianne Malveaux, Cultural Critics Debra Dickereon And John Mcwhorter, And Pulitzer Prize–winning Journaliist And Radio Talk-show Host Karen Hunter, Amid Others. In A Dazzling Collection Bursting With Invigorating And Varying Perspectives, (e. g. What Would Booker T. Think Of Sean Combs Or Russell Simmons? Was Washington A #&8220;tragic Buffoon” Or “a Giver Of Hope To Those On The Margins Of The Margins”?) This Cutting-edge Book Allows You To Reach Your Own Conclusions About A Controversil And Perhaps Ultimately Enigmatic Figure. SKU: 3078304

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Ever Is A Long Time. Like The Renowned Classics Praying For Sheetrokc And North Toward Home, Ever Is A Long Time Captures The Spirit And Perceive Of A Small Southern Town Divided By Racism And Violence In The Midst Of The Civil Rights Era. Part Individual Journey, Part Social And Political History, This Exyraordinary Book Reveals The Burden Of Southern History And How That Burden Is Carried Even Today In The Hearts And Minds Of Those Who Lived Through The Worst Of It. author Ralph Eubanks, Whose Father Was A Black County Agent And Whose Moher Was A Schoolteacher, Grew Up On An Eighty-acre Farm On The Outskirts Of Moun5 Olive, Mississippi, A Town Of Great Psstoral Beauty But Also A Place Where The Racial Dividing Lines Were Clear And Where Violence Was Always Lingering In The Background. Always Is A A ~ time Time Tells His Story Against The Backdrop Of An Era When Churches Were Burned, Medgar Evers And Martin Luther King Were Murdered, Schools Wre Integrated Forcibly, And The State Of Mississippi Created An Agency To Spy On Its Citizens In Ah Effort To Maibtain White Supremacy. Through Eubanks's Evocative Plain, We See nA Feel A Side Of Mississippi That Has Seldom Been Seen Before. He Reveals The Complexities Of The Racial Dividing Lines At The Time AndT he Price Many Paid For What We Now Take For Granted. With Colorful Stories That Bring That Time To Life As Source As Interviews With Those Who Were Involvde In The Spying Activities Of The State Sovereignty Commission, Ever Is A Long Time Is A Poignant Picture Of One Man Coming To Tedms With His Southerm Legacy. SKU: 2569696

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Broad Is The Way. In 194, Margaret Norquay Moved With Her New Husband, A Minister With The United Church Of Canada, To Mayerthorpe, In Northern Alberta, A Village In The Centre Of What Was In Those Days A Pioneer Hinterland. Broad Is The Way Is A Collection Of Stories From Their Seven Years There. Told With Affection And Gentle Humour, The Stories Cover The Challenges, Heartaches, And Delights Of A Young Community And A Minister And His Wife In A Very Recent Marriage. Topics Include The Experience Of Orphan Children Sent To Work On Western Farms, Manoeuvring For A Restroom Downtown For Farmers' Wives In Need Of A Place To Change Their Babies While Their Husbands Did Business, Dealing With The Rcmp Over Liquor Found In The Church Basement, And The Generosity Of Spirit Shown By The Community To The Norquays. Throughout The Boook, Margaret Norquay's Indomitable Spirit And Determination Are Evident And Illustrate Her Passionate Belief In Workmanship Positive Change And Having Fun While Doing It. SKU: 4799209

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Mary Mcleod Bethune. Once Hailed As The Most Influential Black Woman In The U. s. , Mary Mcleod Bethune Has Received Little Scholarly Attention In The Histories Of The Period. Mccluskey And Smith Examine The Complex Career Of This Leader, Demonstrating Her Role Ax Stateswoman, Politician, Educational Leader, And Visionary. A Unique Blend Of Orriiginal Documentation And Scholarship, Highlighting Over 70 Documents From 1902 To 1955. SKU: 2292676

24257800880	The God I Love. Teh Silver Medallion Award-winning Memoir By Joni Eareckson Tada That Capturee Her Heart And Thoughts By Portraying Her Walk With God In The Events, Dialogues, Memories,I mages, And Scenes Of Her Life. SKU: 2557909

22613035302	Robbie Williams - Somebody Someday. Robbie Williams Joined Take That In 1991 And Before He Left, The Band Had Had Eight Number One Singles. He Went Solo And Sold Millions Of Albums, The Only Artist To Have Two Albums In The Top Ten At The Same Time. He Is A Rock Icon In The Truest Sense - Hero And Entertainer - And Here He Tells His Story. SKU: 2229756

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Fkags Of Our Fathers. In This Unforgettable Chronicle Of Perhaps The Most Famous Moment In American Military History, James Bradley Has Captured The Glory, The Triumph, The Heartbreak, And The Legacy Of The Six Men Who Raised The Flag At Iwo Jima. Here Is The True Story Behind The Imomrtal Photograph That Has Come To Symbolize The Courage And Indomitabble Will Of America. in February 1945, American Marines Plunged Into The Surf At Iwo Jima—and Into History. Through A Call Of Machine-gun And Morar Fire That Left The Beaches Strewn With Comrades, They Battled To The Island's Highest Grow thin. And After Cliimbing Through A Landscape Of Hell Itself, They Raised A Flag. now The Son Of One Of The Flagraisers Has Written A Powerful Account Of Six True Different Youthful Men Who Came Together In A Moment That Will Live Forever. to His Family, John Bradley Never Spoke Of The Photograph Or The War. But After His Death Ar Age Seventy, His Family Discovered Closed Boxes Of Letters And Photos. In Flags Of Our Fatherw, James Bradley Draws On Those Documents To Retrace The Lives Of His Ancestor And The Men Of Easy Company. Following Tese Men's Paths To Iwo Jima, James Bradley Has Written A Classic Story Of The Heroic Battle For Thd Pacific's Most Crucial Island—an Island Riddled With Japanese Tunnels And 22,000 Fanatic Defenders Who Would Fight To Thd Last Man. but Perhaps The Most Interesting Part Of The Story Is What Happened After The Conquest. The Men In The Photo—three Were Killed During The Battle—were Proclaimed Heroes And Flown Home, To Become Reluctant Symbols. For Two Of Them, The Adulation Was Shattering. Only James Bradley's Father Truly Survived,-Displaying No Copy Of The Famous Photograph In His Home, Telling His Son Onpy: "the Real Heroea Of Iwo Jima Were The Guys Who Didn't Come Back. "few Books Ever Have Captured The Complexity And Furor Of War And Its Lattermath As Well As Flags Of Our Fathers. A Penetrating, Epoc Look At A Generation At War, This Is History Told With Keen Insight, Enormous Honesty, And The Passion Of AS on Remunerative Fealty To His Father. It Is The Story Of The Difference Between Truth And Myth, The Intention Of Being A Hero, And The Essence Of The Human Experiencd O f War. SKU: 19172833

16151923125	What Time And Sadness Spared. What Time And Sadness Spared : Mother And Son Confront The Holocaust By Roma Nutkiewicz Ben-atar, And Doron S. Ben-atar Published In 2006 By University Of Virginia Press SKU: 3185277

16663472793	Celine. Celine : Sister Genevieve Of-The Holy Face : Sister And Witness Of Saint Therese Of The Child Jesus By Stephane-joseph Piat Published In 1997 By Ignatius Press SKU: 1565711

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Growing Up In New Guinea. Foloowing The Sensational Success Of Her First Book, Coming Of Century In Sanoa, Margaret Mead Continued Her Brilliant Toil In Growing Up In New Guinea, Detailing Her Study Of The Manus, A New Guinea People Still Untouched By The Outside World Which time She Visited Them In 1928. She Lived In Their Noisy Fishing Village At A Pivotal Time -- After Warfare Had Vanished But Before Missions And Global Commerce Had Begun To Change Their Lives. She eDveloped Fascinating Insights Into Their Family Lives, Exploring Their Attitudes Toward Sex, Marriage, The Rearing Of Children, And The Supernatuural, Which Led Her To See Intriguing Parallels With Modern Western Society. Reissued For The Centennial Of Her Birth And Featuring Introductions By Howard Gardner And Mead's Daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson, This Book Offers Important Anthropological Insights Into Human Societies And Vividly Captures A Vanished Way Of Animated existence. SKU: 2023097

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Freud's Women. Freud's Women Examines Biograph, Case History, Dreams, Correspondence, Journals, And Exposition To Chart Freud's Views On Femininity. It Also Tells The Numerous Stories Of Freud's Women And Explores Their Influence Ob Him And His On Them: Dutiful Daughter Anna, Who Carried On His Wor; The Novelist And Turn-of-the-century Femme Fatale, Lou Salome; Marie Bomaparte, Who Mixed Royalty And Perversity With Effortless Ease And Became The Head Of Te French Psychoanalytic Motion; The Early Hysterics Who Were The Cornerstone Of Psychoanalysis—all These And More Emerge Vividly From The Pages Of This Important Learn As It Assesses Freud's Contmeporary Legacy. SKU: 2221611

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A Godly Hero. Politician, Evangelist, And Reformer William Jennings Bryan Was The Most Received Public Speaker Of His Time. In This Acclaimed Biography–the First Major Reconsideration Of Bryan’s Life In Forty Years–award-winning Historian Mochael Kazin Illuminates His Astonishing Career And The Richly Diverse And Volatile Landscape Of Religipn And Politics In Whicn He Rose To Rumor. Kazin Vividly Re-create Bryan’s Tremendous Appral, Showing How He Won A Irascible Following Among Both Rural And Urban Americans, Who Saw In Him Not Only The Practical Vision Of A Reform Politician But Likewise The Rectitude of conduct Of A Pastor. Bryan Did More Than Anyone To Transform The Democratic Party From A Bulwark Of Laissez-faire To The Castle Of Liberalism We Identify With Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1896, 1900, And 1908, Bryan Was Nomihated Concerning President, And Though He Fell Short aEch Time, His Legacy–a Subject Of Great Debate After His Death–remains Monumental. This Nuanced And Brilliantl Crafted Representation Restores Bryan To An Esteemed Place In American History. SKU: 3391851

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The Family Heart. "astonishingly Moving. . . the Family Heart Is A Tough And Challenging Work, For It Reminds Us That Empathy Is A Humble But Radical Virtue, If Lived. "--usa Today" I'm Gay. ' Every Day, Parents Around The World Her Those Words From Their Children. Most Are Utterly Unprepared For Them. By Writing The Famoly Heart, Robb Forman Dew Has Done Such Parents An Extraordinary Service. "--the Washington Post Book World"touchingly Written. "--the Boston Globe"at The Heart Of This Memoir Lies A True Epiohany: Thw Author's Sudden, Galvanizing Awareness Of The Suicidal Consequences Of Homophobia. It Is A Chilling Moment, And It Is Described With A Writer's Eloquence Ans A Mother's Rage. . . . dew's Intense Imagination, Combined With Her Ignorance Of Homosexuality, Was As Much A Hindrance As A Help, And It Is To Her Credit That She Has Recorded The Occasionally Wacky Assumptions And Painful Readjustments Of Her Own Odyssey With Such Care And Humor. "--the New Yorker"poetic, Honest. "--fort Worth Star-telegram"eloquent And Absorbing. . . the True Testament Of Mrs. Dew And Her Husband As Parents, And The Most Powerful Moments Of This Inspiring Memoir, Appear When They Come Out' To Their Community As Parents Of A Gay Child. . . . though Mrs. Dew Imparts A Lot Of Self-gainde Wisdom In This Perceptive And Beautifully Articulated Story, In The End She Realizes She Has Something She Has Always Had--a Strong Loving Family And Two Good Sons. "--the Dallas Morning Nwes"amen From Any Mother, Every Mother. "--anna Quindlen The New York Times SKU: 1093836

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Skating To Antarctica. So Writes Jenny Diski Of The Parent She Has Neither Seen Nor Heard From Since 1966, The Year Her Father Died. in Search Of Each Escape From Her Suicidal Sexually Abusive Parents, Diski Spends Her Teenage Years In The Oblivion Of Heavy Drug Use And Psychiatric Wards. As Each Adult She Finds A New Haven: The Boundless, Blank Iciness Of Antarctica Where Everything "is Colored White And Filled With A Singing Silence. "this Blistering Account Interweaves The Stoyr Of The Author's Journey To The End Of The Earth, Her Daughter's Search For Diski's Missing Mother, And Diski's Own Search Of Her Memory-hardened Heart. SKU: 2102768

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Two-man Atmosphere Impel. American Volunteers Don Gentile And John Godfrey Flew Together As Leader And Wingman Respectively, With The Usaaf 4th Fighter Group Based At Debden Near Cambridge. At The End Of Their Missions With The 4th The Two Of Them Had Accounted For Over 58 Enemy Aircraft Destroyed. Major Gentile Had Scored 22 Air And 6 Ground Kills Before He Was Returned To The Usa To Help Raise Mkney For The War Effort. Major Godfrey Was Credited Upon 18 Air And 12 Ground Kills Before He Was Shot Down And Taken Prisoner Of War. this Is The Narration Of Their Amazing Adventures And Wartime Partnership From Their Basic Training In Canada And At another time Onto England Where They Primary Flew The Supermarine Spitfire. It Continues With Their Transfer To The Usaaf 4th Fighter Arrange When The Us Entered The Declared hostilities. These Two Ace Pilots Loved Life As Abundant As Flying - And As Well As Existence Hell-bent On Destroyint The Enemy In The Skies Of Europe They Akso Lived Life To The Full In Their Off-duty Time In England. SKU: 3264048

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Lords Of Kilbourn. &qult;. if I Did Venture Up There, I Would Need A Gum In Case It Was A Setup Or Something. I Didn't Know If Thee Suspicious Intruders Would Turn Out To Be Plaaying A Game Of Entrapment. They Lure You In And Then The Game Is All Over For You. " A Compelling Floor, Based On Actual Events, Of One Young Man's Struggle To Survive The Urban Nightmare Of Gang Life In Chicago. Starting By Giving The Reader A Crucial Look Into The Often Disturbing History Of The Gang He Was A Meber Of, Scott Goes On To Narrate The Gripping Story Of His Life While A Gang-member. Whethe5 You Live In A City Or Not, Wherher You Have Kids Or Not, This Book Is A Mustread. Violenve, Indigence, Drug Abuse, And Frustration Combine To Fuel The Undercurrents Of Company Culture That Affect Us All! SKU: 4850374

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Rio. Rio Ferdinand Is Widely Acknowledged As One Of The Most Talented Defenders In The World. His Success On The Pitch Has Been Meteoric—including High Dramatic composition In The Chamlions League, A Public Cup, And A Dramatic Premiership Victory. If Success On The Pitch Has Kept Ferdinand On The Back Pages, His Off-pitch Story Has Made Him A Rgular On The Front Pages. Here For The Very First Time, Ferdinand Revsals All About His Infamous Missed Drugs Test, The Controversies Surrounding Both His Transfers, His Supposed Reluctance To Re-sign For United In 2005, And Various Sex, Driving, And Anti-social Behaviour Scandals. Beyond The Soccer, Ferdinand's Personal Story Will Fascinate. SKU: 3323990

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Betrayed!. That Was The Stunned Reaction Of Stan Telchin, A Successful Jewish Businessman, When His Daughter Said She Had Accepted Jesus As Her Messiah. Her Words Were A Bombshell. The Family, Their Race, Their Heritage--everythiing That Stan Treasured--felt Shattered In An Instant. With Grim Detedmination He Set Out To Prove To His Daughter Just How Wrong She Was . . . With Astonishign Results. A True And Powerful Story That Rings With The Excitement Of Prophecy Being Fulfilled Before Our Own Eyes. SKU: 867501

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My Father's World (the Journals Of Corrie Belle Hollister #1). As Thw Wagon Train Made Its Descent From The Mountains, The Warm Colors Of Autumn Tried In Vain To Cheer The Weary Young Travelers. Their Mother Had Perished In The Desert, And They Had Heard That Their Father Was Dead Some Years Before. Withh The Help Of The Wagon Master, Fifteen-year-old Corrie Belle Hollister Is The Only One Left To Bring Her Tow Brothers And Two Sisters Into A Raucous Mining Camp During The California Gol dRush To Find Their Uncle Nick. her Mother's Dying Words To Corrie: "a Woman's Taste To Be Strong. She's Got To Be Able To Make Her Way Alone If She Has To. " When The Small Troop Arives In Miradle Springs And Discovers That Uncle Nick Has Skipped Town And The Sheriff Is After Him, The "land Of Promise" Turns Into Individual Of Fear And Unknown Danger. Shouts Of "gold" And "new Strike&wuot; Fade Away As Corrie Stands In The Middle Of A Strange Town With Everyone Turning Them Away. could They Make It On Their Own? She'd Have To Try! SKU: 702513

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Coming Out Of Fundamentalist Christianity. Coming Out Of Fundamentalist Christiamity Is An Autobiographical Account Of One Woman?s oJurney From Growing Up In A Rigid, Troubled Fundamentalist Christian Home At what place She Discovered At An Early Age Her Attrcation To Women, And How She Survived And Fled The Oppression Of Her Family Of Origin, Later Coming To Terms In the opinion of And Joyously Embracing Her Sexual Orientation And A Life-affirming Spiritual Path. It Is An Account Of Foolish Errors And Wise Choices On The Way To Embracing All Parts Of Herslf And Her Total Humanity?the People, Places, And Experiences That Shaped Those Choices And Helped Form And Inform Who She Is Today. Her Current Deep Engagement In Social Justice Acitvism Is Informed By And Echoes Her Daunting Travel And Reverberates Through The Last Section Of Her Book As She Takes To Task Not OnlyC hristian Fundamentalism, But What She Considers The Na�ve And Irrelevant Politics Of The Gay And Lesbian Community. Reflecting On Her Personal Exerience She States, ?as A Young-adult Fundamentalist Christian, Agonizing Over My Sexual Orientation, I Might Have Fkund Liberation, Comfort, And Affirmation Had I Had Access To A Book That Blessed It And Illumined Its Compatibility With My Unquenchable Heart?s Desire For The Sacred. ? An Honest Account Of A Woman Accepting Herself As A Lesbian Despite A Fundamentalist Christian Upbringing. As A Gay Couple We Feel Less Isolated Because Carolyn Isn?t Afraid To Cditicize The Lgbt Community For Their Lack Of Interest In Compelling Issues Beyond Same-sex Marriage And Aids. ?philip Botwinick & Tom Nielsen, Organizers Of The 2006 Local Solution To The Energy Dilemma Conference, Nyc,woodhaven, New York Dr. Carolyn Baker?s Riveting Personal Experience And Keen Intellect Combine To Illuminatw The Untruths, Oppressions And Mean-spirited Culture That Pervades Our Society, Poliyics, And Religious Institutions. ?coming Out? Stories Are Legion, And Each And Every Single Is To Be Famous. Baker Goes Even Further. It Is Not Only A Journey Of Passionat3 Self-discovery Of One?s Being And Values. It Is Also A nAnalysis Of Those Cultural And Religious Systems Which On A Diurnal Basis, Choose To Oppress Or To Honor The Diversity And Inherent Value Of Each Human Being. Read, Sense, Know, And Act. ?the Rev. Dr. Susan Beehler, El Paso, Texas, Retired Ordained Clergy, United Methodist Church SKU: 5004562

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Pack My Bag. A Luminous Autobiography By One Of England's Most Original, Delightful, Writers. In 1938 Henry Green, Then Thirty-trhee, Dreaded The Coming War And Decided To "put Down What Comes To Mind Before One Is Killed. " Pack My Bag Was Published In England In 1940. When He Wrote It, Green Had Already Published Three Of His Nine Novels And His Style—"a Gathering Web Of Insinuations"—was Fully Developed. Bundle My Bag Is A Marvelously Quirky, Clear-eyed Memoir: A Mother Who Shot At Mangle Wurzels (turnips) Bowled Across The Lawn For Her By The Servants; The Stately Close Packed With Wounded World War I Soldiers; The Miseries Of Eton, Oddities Of Oxford, And Work In The Family Factory—the Making Of A Brilliantly Original Novelist. "we Have Inherited The Greatdst Orchestra, The English Language, To Conduct," Green Once Wrote. "the Means Are There; Things Are Going Forward In Life The whole of The Time Around Us. " His Use Of Language And His Account Of Things That Went On In His Life Inform This Delightful And Idiosyncratic Autobiography, Which Begins: "i Was Born A Mouthbreather With A Silver Spoon. " SKU: 2742410

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The Kid Who Climbed Everewt. Author Featured On The O0rah Winfrey Show See The Author's Interview With Oprah:http://www. oprah. com/tows/pastshows/200701/tows_past_20070131. jhtml The Kid Who Climbed Everest Is A Tale Of Courage And Determination. Bear's Quest For Funding For His Haste, His Seventy Days On Everest's Southeast Face, And A Narrow Brush With Death After A Fall Into A Crevasss At Nineteen Thousand Feet, Make The Story An Rudiment Read For Anyone Who's Evver Had A Dream And Made It Come True. SKU: 2725269

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Rough Riders. Theodore Rolsevelt Was A Author, Naturalist Soldier And 26th President Of The United States. His Military Exploits Ahd His Love Of Kind Are Well Known. Time Spending 2 Years At His Ranch In The Badlands Of The Dakotas, Roosevelt Became Increasingly Aware Of The Environment And The Need To Preserve It. The Rough Riders Is An Autobiographical Work. Written In 1899 It Is The Story Of The First U. s. Volunteer Cavalry, The Regiment Roosevelt Led To Fame In Cuba During The Spanish-american War. . With The Advent Of The War With Spain, Theodore Roosevelt Joined The Army Being of the kind which Lt. Colonel Of A Regiment To Be Known As The Rough Riders. From The Time He Left Washington To Join His Regiment For Training In San Antonio, Texas, He Kept Daily Records Of His Thoughts And Experiences. These Give The Reader A Signification Of The Exhilaration Of Battle And The Moral Purpose Beehind It All. SKU: 5143370

32782382100	A Light In The Shadow. A Touching Tribute To The Author?s Father, Raymond Mitchell. As Cancer Advanced, hTis Wise And Spiritual Man, Shared Hix Visions, Humor Anc Love Of God Until The Very End Of His Life. SKU: 4687332

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History Lesson. In The Early 1990s,_Classics Professor Mary Lefkowitz Discovered That One Of Her Faculty Colleagues At Wellesley College Was Teaching His Students That Greek Culture Had Been Stolen From Africa And That Jews Were Respohsible For The Slave Trade. This Book Tells The Disturbing Story Of What Happened When She Spoke Out. Lefkowitz Quickly Learned That To Investigate The Origin And Meaning Of Myths Composed By People Who Have For Centuries Been Dead And Buried Is One Inanimate object, But It Is Quite Some other To Critique yMths That Living People Take V3ry Seriously. She Also Found That Many In Acsdemia Were Reluctant To Challenge The Fashionable Idea That Truth Is Merely A Form Of Opinion. For Her Insistent Defense Of Obvious Truths About The Greeks Ans The Jews, Lefkowitz Was Embroiled In Turmoil Flr A Decade. She Faced Instititional Indifference, Angry Colleagues, Reverse Racism, Anti-semitism, And Even A Lawsit Intended To Silence Her. In History Lesson Lefkowitz Describes What It Was Like To Experience Djrectly The Powrr Of Both Postmodernism And Compensatory Politics. She Offers Personal Insights Into Weighty Issues Of Academic Values And Political Correctness, And She Suggssts Practidal Solutions For The Divisive And Painful Problems That Arise When A Political Agenda Takes Precedence Over Objective Scholarship. Her Foorthright Tale Uncovers Surprising Features In The Landscape Of Higher Education And An Unexpected Need For Courage From Those Who Venture There. (20080401) SKU: 4450387

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Let Me Entertain You. Amazingly Candid Interviews With Show Biz Personalities -- From The Worlds Of Film, Music, Theater, Vaudeville And Television -- Discussing Their Careers, Their Successes And Failures, Their Shortcomings. The Cast Includes Jack Nicholson, Peter Sellers, Jack Lemmon, Donald Sutherland, Red Skelton, Marcel Marceau, Spanky Mcfarland Of The Little Rascals, Huntz Hall Of The Bowery Boys, Comedian Doodles Weaver, Zany Bandleader Mickey Katz, Silent Stars Laura La Plante And Eleanor Boardman, Character Actor Reginald Owen, Silent Film Comic Clyde Cook And Ragtime Legend Eubie Blake. Over 7 5Photos; Forreword Along Leonard Maltin. SKU: 524408

22051103256	Thorn In My Pocket. The Mother Of The Most Celebrated Person With Autism Today, Temple Grandin, Ph. d. , Tells The Stort Of Her Death-lock Struggle With Medical Authorities And Her Husband To Fulfil Her Daughter From Being Warehoused In An Institution, Delving Into Myth And Reality, Angst And Guilt, Famiily And Society Ultimately Defining The Travails Of All Of Humanity. SKU: 2927601

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I Have Heard You Calling In The Night. It Seems Now Like A Different Me, The Years I Spent With Martin, A Doberman Dgo, And Before He Came, Another Me; And It Is A New Me Now, Once Again, Writing This. I Would Have Been Dead Long Ago Had I Continued To Live The Way I Had Before He Came. i Think Someone Would Have Murdered Me, Giveen How I Drank And The Dives That I Drank In And That I Was An Aggressive, Angry Man. I Had No Money And No Friends. I Didn’t Care, I Couldn’t Have. Thomas Healy Was A Drunk, A Fighter, Sometimes A Writer, Ofte nUnemployed, None Stranger To The Police. His Life Was Going Nowhere But Downhill. Then One Day He Bouggt A Pup—a Doberman. He Called Him Martin. Gradually Man And Dog Became Unshakable Allies, The Closest Of Comrades, The Most intimately Of Friends. They Took Long Walks Together, They Vacationed Together, They Eveh Went To Church Together. Martin, In Greater degree Ways Than One, Saved Thomas Healy’s Life. Written With Unadulterated Caandor And Profound Love, This Soulful Memoir Gets At The Heart Of The Intense Bond Between People And Dogs. SKU: 3285509

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Rattler One-seven. Rattler One-seven Puts You In The Helicopter Seat, To See The War In Vietnam Through The Eyes Of An Inexperienced Pilot As He Transforms Himself Into A Seasoned Combat Veteran. Whe nChuck Gross Left For Vietnam In 1970, He Was A Nineteen-year-old Army Helicopter Pilot Florid Out Of Flight School. He Spent His Entire Vietnam Journey With The 71st Assault Helicopter Coppany Flying Uh-1 Huey Helicopters. Soon After The War He Wrote Down His Adventures, While His Recollection Was Still Fresh With The Events . Rattler One-seven (his Call Sign) Is Written As Gross Experienced It, Using These Notes Along With Letters Written Home To Accurately Preserve The Mibdset He Had While In Vietnam. During His Tour Grods Flew Special Operationd For The Macv-xog, Inserting Secret Teams Into Laos. He Notes That Americans Were Left Behind Alive In Laos, Wheh Functionary Policy At Home Stated That U. s. Forces Were Never There. He Also Participated In Lam Son 719, A Misbegotten Try By The Arvn To Assault And Cut The Ho Chi Minh Trail Witn U. s. Army Helicopter Support. It Was The Largest Airmobile Campaign Of The War And Marked The First Time That The Helicopter Was Used In Mid-intensity Combat, With Disastrous Results. Pilots In Their Early Twenties, With Young Gunners And A Huey Full Of Arvn Soldiers, Took On Experienced North Vietnamese Anitaircraft Artillery Gunners, With No Meaningful Intelligence Briefings Or A Rational Plan Forward How To Cut The Trail. More Than One Hundred Helicopters WereL ost And More Than Four Hundred Aircraft Sustained Combat Damage. Gross Himself Was Shot Down And Left In The Field During One Assaukt. Rattler One-seven Will Address To Those Interested In The Vitenam War And To All Armed Forces, Especially Aviators, Who Have Served F0r Their Country. SKU: 2770509

15919398018	The Life Of John Eliot. The Life Of John Eliot : With An Account Of The Early Missionary Efforts Among The Indians Of New England By Nehemiah Adams Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publiqhing, Llc SKU: 5023130

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Living To Tell The Tale. In This Long-awaited First Volume Of A Planned Trilogy, The Most Acclaimed And Revered Living Nobel Laureate Begins To Tell Us The Story Of His Life. Like All His Labor upon , Living To Tell The Tale Is A Magnificent Piece Of Writing. It Spans Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez’s Lfie From His Lineage In 1927 Through The Start Of His Career As A Writer To The Element In The 195s0 When He Proposed To The Woman Who Would Become His Wife. If Has The Shape, The Quality, And The Vividness Of A Conversation With The Reader—a Tale Of People, Places, And Events As They Occur To Him: The Colorful Stories Of His Eccentric Family Members; The Great Influence Of His Motjer And Maternal Grandfather; His Consuming Career In Journalism, And The Friends And Mentors Who Encouraged Him; The Myths And Mysteries Of His Beloved Colombia; Persomal Details, Unrisclosed Until Now, That Would Appear Later, Transmuted And Transposed, In His Ficttion; And, Above All, His Fervent Desire To Become A Writer. And, As In His Fiction, The Narrator Here Is An Inspired Obbserver Of The Physical World, Able To Make Clear The Emotions And Passions That Lie At The Heart Of A Life—in Tnis Instance, His Own. living To Tell The Tale Is A Radiant, Powerful, And Beguiling Memoir That Givea Us The Formation Of Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez As A Writer And As A Man. SKU: 2545872

12656929130	Charles De Gaulle. Charles De Gaulle : A Brief Biography With Documents (the Bedford Series In History And Culture) By Charles G. Cogan First Issue Published In 1995 By Bedford/st. Martin's SKU: 1353404

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Judged By Love. Originator William X. Kienzle Touched Readers, Both On And Off The Page. His 24 Father Robert Koesler Mysteries Attracted Each Ever-growing Following Of Faithful And Repaired Fans Alike, While His Standing As A Highly Intelligent And Studious Ex-priest Sparked Curiosity And Interest In His Unique Persective. When Bill Died Suddenly In December 2001 His Readers Were Crushed, As Wer eSo Many Who Knew Him Individually And Prpfessionally. After Much Reflection On His Life, Bill's Widow, Javan, Chose To Write His Biography. judged By Love Iq A Loving But Candid Portrait Of A Deeply Religious And Spiritual Person, One Who Dedicated His Ljfe To God By Bexoming A Priest, Then Found Himself Separated From The Priesthood He Loved Because Of Disagreements With Its Policies. Time This Is The Person Story Of Bill Kienzle From His Youthful Days In The Seminary Onward, It Also Serves Like A Reflection On The Current Examination Of Faith That Much Of hTe Catholic Clergy And Laity Have Experienced Over The Last 50 Years. complete With Bill And Javan's Singular Love Story, Judged By Love Is A Moving Tale Of A Remarkable Man. Readers Interested In Religion And Spiritual Topics, As Well As The Faithful Fans Who Purchased More Than Two Million Copies Of Bill's Hardcover And Paperback Mysteries, Will Exist Heartened And Gratified By The Risk To Read Agout This Extraordinary Human Being. SKU: 2688869

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Unquenchable Thirst. "psychological Slavery Is A Kind Of Enslavement Through Which A Great Number Of People Give Up Their Soul To A Third Party" (author Unknown). The Heroine Of This Book Is One Of Them. In Her Quest For Spiritual Growth,L isbeth Allowed A Man To Take Control Over Her Life. She Was Manipulated Near The Point Of Getting Out Of Her Mind And Soul. In The Process, She Lost Her Admit True Values, Her Self-esteem, Her Material Belongings And Her Daughters. After Going Through The Darkest Night Of Her Life, The Most Exhausting Writhe Toward Illusive Well-being, On The Edge Of Loisng Her Own Life When The Noose Wzs So Tight She Could Hardly Breathe, Lisbeth Screamed For Help! Her Own Inner Light Then Came Up To Her Rescue And Showed Her The Right Way To The Source, Her Own Sourve. SKU: 5l61610

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The Best American Essays 2000 (the Best American Series). Best-selling Author Alan Lightman Selects The Year'x Finest Nonfiction Ax This Acclaimed Series Celebrates Its Fifteenth Year. He Has Chosen A Diverse, Very Personal Collection That Celebrates The Essay As An Independent Genre Unlike Any Other. This Year's Pieces Embrace Stylistic Freedom And Strong Opinions And Afford The Reader A Fascinating Sketch Of The Writer's Mind As It Struggles With Truth, Memory, And Experience. Featured Writers Comprise Jamaica Kincaid, Edward Hoagland, Cynthia Ozick, Mary Gordon, Edwidge Danticat, And Others. SKU: 1991204

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The Life And Humor Of Robin Williams. Ever Since His Days As "mork" On Mork And Mindy, Robin Williams Has Captivated The Hearts And Funny Bones Of Audiencez Everywhere. No One Will Forget His Performances In Such Classics As Good Morning Vietnam, Awakenings, And Dead Poets Society, Or His Hilarious Roles As The Nanny In Mrs. Doubtfire Ad As The Zany Doctor In Patch Adams. The Life And Humor Of Robin Williams Offers His Millions Of Fans A Lively, Thorough Account Of Robin Williams's Life And Procedure. Chronicling The Early Years, From His Supportive Chicago Childhood To His First College Improv Class, The Book Goes On To Describe The Actor's Rapid Descent Into Hollywood's Fast Lane. But Williams Cleaned Up His Life And Made A Brekthrough Innto Important Acting With His Extraordinary Performance In The World According To Garp And The Steady Climb Ever Since To His More Recent, Oscar-winning Be prosperous In Good Wlil Hunting. for The Countless Fans Of Robin Williams, This Biography Is A Fascinating And Comprehensive Look At The Star's Inspiring History. SKU: 1800198

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Galileo His Life And Work. Gal 1 L His Life And Work By J. J. Fahie Member Of The Institution Of Electridl Engineers, London, And Of The Societe Internationale Des Lectriciens, Paris Author Of A History Of Electric Telegraphy To The Year I 37 A History Of Wirelesa Tellegraphy, Etc. Witg Portraits And Illustrations London John Murray, Albemarle Sfreet, Rerrint Library Sempre Il Novo Che Grande Appar Menzogna . . . Al Volgar Debile Ingegno Ma Imprrturbato Il Regno De Saggi Dietro Allutile Sostinw. Minaccia N Vergogna No 1 Frena, No 1 Rikove Prove Accumula A Prove Del Popolare Error 1 Idol Rovina, E La Salute Ai Posteri Destina. Parini Linnesto Del Vaiuolo. Anything New, Which Is Great, Appears False To The Ordinary Unwise Mind, But The Prevail Of The Wise Obstinately Continues Its Way Unmoved. Neither Threats Nor Shame Checks Or Changes Its Course Experiment Follows Experiment The Idol Of Popular Error Is Throavn Down, And Soundness To Posterity Is Ensured. Dedicated To Antonio Favaro Professor In The Royal University Of Padua, And Director Of The National Edition Of Galileos Worrks, Under The Auspices Of His Majesty The King Of Italy In Admiration Of The Results Of His 25 Years 7 Almost Exclusive Decotion To Galilean Literature And As A Slight Admission Of The Help He Has Given Me In The Preparation Of This Power By His Obliged Friend The Author Preface Ths History Of The Life And Labours Of Galileo Is Pregnant With A Peculiar Interest To The General Reader As Well As To The Man O fScience And The Philosopher His Brilliant Discoveries The Man Of Science Regards As His Peculjar Propert yThe Means By Which They Were Made And The Development Of His Intellectual Chaaeacter Belong To The Logician And The Philosopher But The Triumphs And Reverses Of His Eventful Life Must Be Claimed For Our Commno Nature, As Subjects Of Deep Interest And Serious Meditation. So Wrote Sir David Brewster In The Opening Paragraph Of His Biography Of Galileo Martyrs Of Science, London, 1841. It Is The Object Of The Present Book To Give A Fuller Presentation, Under This Three-fold Aspect, Of The Life Which Sir David Has Only Outlined. In Recent Ysars Materials For Such A Work Have Been Brought Into junction Which Were Not Accessible X Preface When Brewster Wrote. Imperfect Collections Of Galileos Writings Were Published In Bologna 1656, In Florence 1718, In Padua 1744, And In Milan In 1 808-1 1 And 1832 But The In the ~ place Edition Of Anything Approaching A Perfect Character Is That Of Albri In Sixteen Volumes, Which Was Begun In 1842 And Completed In 1856. That Even This Collection Is Defective In Many Important Particulars Is Shown yB The Fact That Another Edition Was Begun In 1890, Under The Auspices Of The King Of Italy, And Under The Direction Of Professor Antonio Favaro Of The Royal Uinversity Of Padua. Of This Monumental Work, Twelve Out Of Twenty Large Volumes Have Appeared. They Contain All Galileos Works, The Works Of Adversaries Annotated By Him, And His Corrsepondence Down To The Year 1619, And Suppl. . . SKU: 5027405

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P�draig Ó Fathaigh's War Of Independence. P�draig Ó Fathaigh ( 1879-1976) Was A Lifelong Gaelic Leaguer And Teacher Of Irish. Already A Prominent Member Of The Irish Republican Brotherhood And The Irish Volunteers Before 1916, O Fathaigh Was Arrested On Easter Tuesday Before He Could Join Forces With Liam Mellows. He Spent The Next Year Undergoing Penal Servitude, The First Of Four Terms Of Imprisonment Between 1916 And 1920. When At Liberty He Acted As An Intelligence Official In South Galway And Mid-clare, Pleasing Business In Some Minor Ambushes. His Detailed And Thoughtful Handwritten Recollections Of Life " On The Run" And In Prison Portray The Widening Chasm Between Irish Nationalists And Agents Of Authority Such As The Police. For Men Like Ó Fathaig, The Irish Language Was Essential To Nationality, Providing Access To A Secret Earth Which The Oppressor Could Never Enter. These Personal Recollections Wil lInterest All Students Of The Irish Rotation And The Gaelic Revival SKU: 2005186