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The Road South: A Memoir (Hardcover)

From the start,young Shelley Stewart knew only hard times and worse breaks. When he was five,he saw his alcoholic father murder his mother with an ax. His stepmother fed him and his siblings fried rat for Sunday dinners,and his attempts to escape led him to a viciously abusive aunt who swore black boys needed to be broken in like mules. Even an attempt to gain respect and justice through military service resulted in electroshock treatments and a medical discharge. Up against a dysfunctionally cruel fam

CLIFFHISTORY: The Authorised Photographic Memoir [Hardcover]

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Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir (Hardcover)

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The Boy Who Loved Batman: A Memoir (Hardcover)

Is any superhero cooler than Batman? He's a crime-fighting vigilante with a tragic past,a lawless attitude,and a seemingly endless supply of high-tech gadgetry. In this fully illustrated memoir,author Michael Uslan recalls his journey from early childhood fandom through to the decades he spent on a caped crusade of his own: to bring Batman to the silver screen as the dark,serious character he was at heart. Uslan's story traces his path from the wilds of New Jersey to the limelight of Hollywood,followin

Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Chris Packham

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The South (Hardcover)

Presents a brief history of the South and describes the region's geography,plants and animals,natural resources,major attractions,and culture.

Ted and I: A Brother's Memoir (Hardcover)

Anecdotal and immensely charming,Ted and I is a unique portrait of a shared childhood between Gerald Hughes and his younger brother Ted,one of the finest and best-loved poets of modern times. Ted's love for Gerald was probably one of the most enduring and sustaining forces in his life. Hughes brings alive a period when the two brothers would roam the countryside,camping,making fires,pitching tents,hunting rabbits,rats,wood pigeon and stoats. Ted's fascination with all wildlife su

The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury (Hardcover)

The zombie plague unleashes its horrors on the suburbs of Atlanta without warning,pitting the living against the dead. Caught in the mass exodus,Lilly Caul struggles to survive in a series of ragtag encampments and improvised shelters. But the Walkers are multiplying. Dogged by their feral hunger for flesh and crippled by fear,Lilly relies on the protection of good Samaritans by seeking refuge in a walled-in town once known as Woodbury,Georgia. At first,Woodbury seems like a perfect sanctuary

Descending from the Clouds: A Memoir of Combat in the 505

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wurst, Spencer F. / Wurst, Gayle, PUBLISHER: Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, Wurst, a rifleman, spent the most of World War II in the European Theater of Operations as a squad leader or platoon sergeant in Company F, 505. He made three of the four regimental combat jumps, dropping into Italy, Normandy, and Holland. Highlights include his baptism of fire in Italy during the Battle of Arnone; the jump on D-Day and the liberation of Ste. Mere Eglise (for which he was awarded a Purple Heart); a grueling month of combat in the hedgerows of Normandy (a second Purple Heart); the ferocious battle with the SS for the highway bridge at Nijmegen, Holland (Silver Star); and survival in the Ardennes, where he found himself as point man on his twentieth birthday, in a long, bitter march toward the shoulder of the Bulge. Wurst's narrative, set against a carefully researched historical background, offers a unique view of the heat of battle as experienced by a noncommissioned officer in the 82nd Airborne Division. His story is the story of the coming of age of the American military: fewer than twenty men per company who started with the 505 in the Frying Pan returned home.

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Memoir of the Sunday Brunch

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pandl, Julia, PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, For Julia Pandl, the rite of passage into young-adulthood included mandatory service at her family's restaurant, where she watched as her father--who was also the chef--ruled with the strictness of a drill sergeant.At age twelve, Julie was initiated into the rite of the Sunday brunch, a weekly madhouse at her father's Milwaukee-based restaurant, where she and her eight older siblings before her did service in a situation of controlled chaos, learning the ropes of the family business and, more important, learning life lessons that would shape them for all the years to come. In her wry memoir, she looks back on those formative years, a time not just of growing up but, ultimately, of becoming a source of strength and support as the world her father knew began to change into a tougher, less welcoming place.Part coming-of-age story a la "The Tender Bar," part win- dow into the mysteries of the restaurant business a la "Kitchen Confidential," Julie Pandl provides tender wisdom about the bonds between fathers and daughters and about the simple pleasures that lie in the daily ritual of breaking bread. This honest and exuberant memoir marks the debut of a writer who discovers that humor exists in even the smallest details of our lives and that the biggest moments we ever experience can happen behind the pancake station at the Sunday brunch.

The Mother Knot: A Memoir

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harrison, Kathryn, PUBLISHER: Random House Trade, In this dark gem of a book by the author of The Kiss, a complex mother-daughter relationship precipitates a journey through depression to greater understanding, acceptance, freedom, and love,. Spare and unflinching, The Mother Knot is Kathryn Harrison's courageous exploration of her painful feelings about her mother, and of her depression and recovery. Writer, wife, mother of three, Kathryn Harrison finds herself, at age forty-one, wrestling with a black, untamable force that seems to have the power to undermine her sanity and her safety, a darkness that is tied to her relationship with her own mother, dead for many years but no less a haunting presence. Shaken by a family emergency that reveals the fragility of her current happiness, Harrison falls prey to despair and anxiety she believed she'd overcome long before. A relapse of anorexia becomes the tangible reminder of a youth spent trying to achieve the perfection she had hoped would win her mother's love, and forces her to confront, understand, and ultimately cast out--in startling physical form--the demons within herself. Powerful, insightful, unforgettable, by "a writer of extraordinary gifts" (Tobias Wolff), Kathryn Harrison's The Mother Knot" "is a knockout. "From the Hardcover edition."

Education in South America (Hardcover)

Education in South America is a critical reference guide to development of education in Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Ecuador,Paraguay,Peru,Uruguay and Venezuela. The chapters,written by local experts,provide an overview of the education system in each country,focusing particularly on policies and implementation of reforms. Key themes include quality and access,multicultural education and the management of education systems.Including a comparative introduction to the i

The Distance Between Us: A Memoir

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grande, Reyna, PUBLISHER: Atria Books, From an award-winning novelist and sought-after public speaker, an eye-opening memoir about life before and after illegally emigrating from Mexico to the United States.""After publishing two acclaimed and award-winning novels about the Mexican immigrant experience and the families forced to navigate its twists and turns, celebrated author Reyna Grande reveals her own troubled and triumphant story as an illegal immigrant in the heartfelt memoir "The Distance Between Us." Born in Mexico and raised by her grandparents after her parents left to find work in the U.S., at nine years old, Reyna enters the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant to live with her father. Filled with hope, she quickly realizes that life in America is far from perfect. Her father isn't the man she dreamed about all those years in Mexico. His big dreams for his children are what gets them across the border, but his alcoholism and rage undermine all his hard work and good intentions. Reyna finds solace from a violent home in books and writing, inspired by the Latina voices she reads. After an explosive altercation, Reyna breaks away, going on to become the first person in her family to obtain a higher education, earning a college degree and then an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. At a time when immigration politics are at a boiling point in America, Reyna Grande is an important public voice for Mexican Americans and immigrants of every origin. "The Distance Between Us" has the power to change minds and hearts.

The Incomparable Rex: A Memoir of Rex Harrison in the s

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Garland, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Fromm International, To audiences, Rex Harrison was synonymous with the devilishly charming Professor Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady, but backstage he was called Tyrannosaurus Rex. He was legendary for his urbane style, his mordant wit, his numerous wives, and his truly appalling temper. Noted English director Patrick Garland knew Harrison for a decade and a half and directed him in the Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. From these years of personal and professional friendship with Harrison, Garland pens an anecdote-packed biography of one of the truly great and charismatic figures of the cinema and stage, who was at his best when at his worst.

The Fall of Napoleon; An Historical Memoir

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: John Mitchell, PUBLISHER: General Books LLC, NA

The Invitation: An Adoptive Family's Memoir

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Skidmore, Kate / Skidmore, Mark, PUBLISHER: WestBow Press, We were not pursuing adoption when we came across a picture on my sister's bulletin board. In the picture were two little girls sitting in a toy car. The picture, though cute, did not initially pull me in, but as the day wore on, there was a pressing in of one simple question. "What about you?" Six months later, we were on a plane heading for Uganda with $ sewn in on the insides of our shirts

An Unfinished Odyssey on the Appalachian Trail: A Memoir

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Allen, Abe, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, This is the story of a young man who hikes the Appalachian Trail. It is a remarkable saga of emotional and spiritual growth and one individual's relationship to the beauty, danger, excitement and tediousness of the trail.

The Great War and the Culture of the New Negro (Hardcover)

More than African American soldiers fought in World War I,and returning€troops frequently spoke of color-blind France. Such cosmopolitan experiences,along with the brutal,often desegregated no-man's-land between the trenches,forced African American artists and writers to reexamine their relationship to mainstream (white) American culture.€The war represented a seminal moment for African Americans,and in the s and s it became a touchstone for such diverse cul

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - 4 pounds

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Mother Road (Hardcover)

Managing a depression-era garage in Oklahoma while his friend recovers from an animal bite,Yates finds himself falling in love with his friend's babysitter and housekeeper,who has scandalized the town for living with her employer. first printing.

South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands - 2 Pounds 'The

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The Call of the Wild / White Fang (The World's Best Reading) Hardcover – by Jack London (Author)

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The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of

An inspiring true story about losing your place,finding your purpose,and building a community one book at a time. Wendy Welch and her husband had always dreamed of owning a bookstore,so when they left their high-octane jobs for a simpler life in an Appalachian coal town,they seized an unexpected opportunity to pursue their dream. The only problems? A declining U.S. economy,a small town with no industry,and the advent of the e-book. They also had no idea how to run a bookstore. Against

A Memoir of D. H. Lawrence The Betrayal G. H. Neville

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carl Baron, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, NA

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