Unto the Sons
"An Italian ROOTS." The Washington Post Book World At long last, Gay Talese, one of America's greatest living authors, employs his prodigious storytelling gifts to tell the saga of his own family's...
View ArticleAt Home in the Heart of Appalachia
John O’Brien was raised in Philadelphia by an Appalachian father who fled the mountains to escape crippling poverty and family tragedy. Years later, with a wife and two kids of his own, the son moved...
View ArticleReturn to Dresden
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View ArticleComes the Peace: My Journey to Forgiveness
"I packed a blue Samsonite suitcase with my belongings -- a couple of pairs of jeans and shirts, UB40 tapes, the Swiss army knife I had stolen from my mother, my Tibetan prayer book, and a red plastic...
View ArticleA Traves De Mis Ojos
A TRAVÉS DE MIS OJOS es un recuento de leyendas, tradiciones, sucesos, personajes y experiencias autobiográficas, que han pasado a través de mis ojos.En este libro de reminiscencias, el cual quise...
View ArticleMilkweed Ladies: A Memoir
The Milkweed Ladies the memoirs of poet Louise McNeill, is written our deep affection for and intimate knowledge of the lives of rural people and the rhythms of the natural world. It is a personal...
View ArticleMacintosh Computerized Test Bank (Microtest III by Chariot) T/a T
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View ArticleTecumseh: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies Series)
One of the most important Native American leaders in history, the Shawnee leader Tecumseh protested land cession, and was a major catalyst of the Battle of Tippecanoe. He harnessed the tradition of...
View ArticleLizards on the Mantel, Burros at the Door: A Big Bend Memoir
A woman who went West with her husband in the 1840s must have expected hardships and privation, but during the 1940s, when Etta Koch stopped off in Big Bend with her young family and a 23-foot travel...
View ArticleJohn Brown to Bob Dole: Movers and Shakers in Kansas History
From radical abolitionist John Brown to presidential candidate Bob Dole to visionary environmentalist Wes Jackson, Kansas history is bursting with fascinating stories of individuals who made a...
View ArticleCharles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski chronicled the seedy underside of the city in which he spent most of his lifeLos Angeles. His heroes were the panhandlers and hustlers, the drunks and the hookers, his beat the...
View ArticleGeneration Exodus: The Fate of Young Jewish Refugees from Nazi Germany
The dramatic and varied experiences of young Jews who fled the Nazis. Publishers Weekly "For them it was a question of swimming or sinking. For some of this generation it can certainly be said that...
View Article100 New Yorkers: A Guide to Illustrious Lives and Locations
100 New Yorkers profiles musicians, painters, photographers, a journalist who donned disguises to get the inside scoop, comedians, crooners, politicians, a clairvoyant—even a pirate—and the places...
View ArticleThe New Panorama Bible Study Course No. 3 : The Second Coming of Christ
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View ArticleHouses of Study: A Jewish Woman among Books
To learn was to live, and to learn well was to live well. This was the lesson of both cultures of the Modern Orthodox Jewish world in which Ilana Blumberg was educated, with its commitment to...
View ArticleWealth Walk and Warfare of the Christians
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View ArticleSalem: Place, Myth, and Memory
A superb collection of essays on Salem's rich history and cultural life over the past four centuries. Library Journal Salem, MA, scene of the legendary witch trials, is a city rich in historic and...
View ArticleAnother Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family
Spanning most of the twentieth century, Another Way Home celebrates the special circumstance of being born and reared in a household where being a woman of mixed race could be a fundamental source of...
View ArticleFrom Thessaloniki to Auschwitz and Back, 1926-1996: Memories of a Survivor...
The memoirs of a Jewish-Greek woman who was taken from occupied Greece and transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz. She survived two-and-a-half years in the camps and later escaped to...
View ArticleMore Than Petticoats: Remarkable Texas Women
This book presents the biographies of ten amazing women from the history of the Lone Star State, including African-American pilot Bessie Coleman, silent film star and night club entertainer "Texas"...
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