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Number of Pages: 598Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Cultural, Ethnic & RegionalFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Sunstone PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Lawrence D SundbergLanguage: English Book Synopsis Henry Lafayette Dodge has long been a familiar name in 19th century American Southwestern history. As one of the earliest and most effective Indian agents to the Navajo, he has been portrayed as a congenial, sympathetic and compassionate advocate for the tribe-a veritable role model. The Navajo knew him as Red Shirt, a man they came to respect, appreciate and trust. Those who knew Dodge admitted, although often grudgingly, that he had unrivaled influence over the tribe. By today's sensibilities, Henry L. Dodge was hardly a role model. In his youth, he was irresponsible, hot-headed and violent. As an adult, he was sued for assault and battery, land fraud, breach of promises and misuse of public funds. He apparently couldn't be trusted with money, his own or others'. Finally brought down by scandal, he fled Wisconsin in the dead of night, abandoning his career, his wife and his children, leaving them nearly destitute. How then should history assess him? Honestly: precisely as he was, an ambitious and imperfect man. The honest telling gives a straightforward account of not only Henry L. Dodge, but what became the veritable mythology of the West, from the bawdy old French Missouri river towns to the raucous lead mining districts of southwest Wisconsin, through the slaughter of the war to the invasion of New Mexico and the chaos of the Indian frontier; it is a gritty personal tale of the true West. LAWRENCE D. SUNDBERG was born on June 19, 1952. From an early age he was fascinated with the peoples, lands and cultures of Arizona and New Mexico. After earning a BA in Anthropology and elementary teacher certification, he taught fourth and fifth grades on the Navajo reservation for eighteen years, during which time he wrote "Dinetah, An Early History of the Navajo People," published by Sunstone Press of Santa Fe. He presently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico and teaches English as a Second Language to adult refugees and immigrants for Catholic Charities of New Mexico.

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Number of Pages: 302Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Personal MemoirsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: TarcherperigeeAge Range: AdultAuthor: Signe PikeLanguage: English Book Synopsis One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2010 A skeptic's search for magic, one faery at a time. In search of something to believe in again, Signe Pike left behind a career in Manhattan to undertake a magical journey-literally. In a sweeping tour through England, Ireland, Scotland, and beyond, she takes readers to dark glens and abandoned forests, ancient sacred sites, and local pubs, seeking those who might still believe in the mysterious beings we've relegated to the dusty corners of our childhood imaginations: faeries. But as Signe attempts to connect with the spirit world, she'll come to view herself and the world around her in a profoundly new way.Engaging and full of heart, Faery Tale is more than a memoir-it's the story of rekindling that spark of belief that makes even the most skeptical among us feel like a kid again. Review Quotes "Pike's enchanting journey into the land of the faeries is more than a memoir; it's an earnest search for what is real in a world that is filled with illusion, and what is true in a world that is filled with falsehood. It makes you smile, and it makes you think...." -- Marianne Williamson "Faery Tale is enchanting."- A. J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically -- A. J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Livin "Pike's wit, wisdom, and wide-eyed view of the world will help you to develop your own sense of traveler's whimsy." -- Women's Adventure Magazine "Faery Tale has given people so much-permission to explore, to question, and most of all to believe-not just in faeries, but in themselves, in each other, and in the rest of the world, both seen and unseen. We absolutely love this book." -- Brian and Wendy Froud, authors of The Heart of the Faerie Oracle and ot "A sparkling memoir of make-believe and real life. ... [Pike's] discoveries are heartwarming and spellbinding. With a distinctive voice and elegant prose, Faery Tale captures the hopefulness of childhood and the magic of believing." -- Harper's Bazaar "Pike writes of her various encounters with faery-believers and faery lands... in a winning voice that roams freely from melancholy to mirth, incredulity to bright surprise." -- Kirkus Reviews "Pike went looking for enchantment; well she found it, and she left its light and gracious footprints across every page of this delightful book." -- Jeanine Cummins, bestselling author of A Rip in Heaven and The Outs "Finding happiness is an adventure that everyone should take, and Faery Tale inspires you to go on that journey."- Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief of SELF Magazine and author of New York Times bestseller of The Nine Rooms of Happiness "It's hard to decide what's more enchanting, Signe Pike's writing or the magical world she uncovers. This is a book for hopeful skeptics and believers alike. Proceed with caution, because Faery Tale may cast a spell that transforms the way you see the world forever." -- Jillian Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of Some Girls: My About the Author Signe Pike is an editor and writer living in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Number of Pages: 256Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: SportsSeries Title: Washington Mews BooksFormat: HardcoverPublisher: New York University PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Michael G LongLanguage: English About the Book ""42 Today" is an exploration of Jackie Robinson and his legacy"-- Book Synopsis Explores Jackie Robinson's compelling and complicated legacy Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the twentieth century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him. Many are familiar with Robinson as a baseball hero. Few, however, know of the inner turmoil that came with his historic status. Featuring piercing essays from a range of distinguished sportswriters, cultural critics, and scholars, this book explores Robinson's perspectives and legacies on civil rights, sports, faith, youth, and nonviolence, while providing rare glimpses into the struggles and strength of one of the nation's most athletically gifted and politically significant citizens. Featuring a foreword by celebrated directors and producers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon, this volume recasts Jackie Robinson's legacy and establishes how he set a precedent for future civil rights activism, from Black Lives Matter to Colin Kaepernick. Review Quotes [Michael] Long and his contributors attempt to separate the man from the myth and show how his influence continues to extend ...These pieces embody all of what made Robinson special, assessing him through many different lenses...give[s] a towering cultural figure his due beyond the baselines.-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred)"[Michael] Long, along with 13 contributors, explore lesser-known aspects of the life of Jackie Robinson, who became the first Black American to play Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947...Even those who know nothing about Robinson will take something inspiring away from this excellent anthology.-- "Publishers Weekly"Juxtaposing events in the sports world from the '40s to now, 42 Today recalls Robinson's legacy and establishes how he paved a way for future civil rights activism, from Black Lives Matter to Colin Kaepernick.-- "TheRoot.com"This collection of essays explores baseball legend Jackie Robinson's complicated legacy, his impact on society and the inner turmoil that came with his historic achievements.-- "USA Today"Whether you consider yourself a baseball scholar or not, 42 Today has something to teach you. With 13 essays as well as a foreword by Ken and Sarah Burns and David McMahon and an introduction by the editor, there is no shortage of information about the man's life, some well known and some obscure. In addition to correcting the errors in what we know about Robinson, there is also detail of how Robinson and his legacy affected groups beyond the typically male-dominated realm of baseball fans.-- "CoveringtheCorner.com" About the Author Michael G. Long (Editor) Michael G. Long is the author and editor of four books on Jackie Robinson--First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson; Beyond Home Plate: Jackie Robinson on Life after Baseball; and Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography. He is Associate Professor in the Center of Global Understanding and Peacemaking at Elizabethtown College. Ken Burns (Foreword by) Ken Burns is an awardwinning filmmaker and director of Jackie Robinson, in association with Major League Baseball. Sarah Burns (Foreword by) Sarah Burns is the co-producer of the film Jackie Robinson, in association with Major League Baseball. Burns also wrote the text for the documentary. David McMahon (Foreword by) David McMahon is the co-producer of the film Jackie Robinson, in association with Major League Baseball. McMahon also wrote the text for the documentary.

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Number of Pages: 464Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: PoliticalFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Monthly Review PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Michael HeinrichLanguage: English About the Book "For over a century, Karl Marx's critique of capitalism has been a crucial resource for social movements. Now, recent economic crises have made it imperative for us to comprehend and actualise Marx's ideas. But without a knowledge of Karl Marx's life as he lived it, neither Marx nor his works can be fully understood. There are more than twenty-five comprehensive biographies of Marx, but none of them consider his life and work in equal, corresponding measure. This biography, planned for three volumes, aims to include what most biographies have reduced to mere background: the contemporary conflicts, struggles, and disputes that engaged Marx at the time of his writings, alongside his complex relationships with a varied assortment of friends and opponents. This first volume will deal extensively with Marx's youth in Trier and his studies in Bonn and Berlin. It will also examine the function of poetry in his intellectual development and his first occupation with Hegelian philosophy and with the so-called "young Hegelians" in his 1841 Dissertation. Already during this period, there were crises as well as breaks in Marx's intellectual development that prompted Marx to give up projects and re-conceptualise his critical enterprise. This volume is the beginning of an astoundingly dimensional look at Karl Marx - a study of a complex life and body of work through the neglected issues, events, and people that helped comprise both. It is destined to become a classic."--Provided by publisher. Book Synopsis A new, comprehensive biography of the life and work of Karl Marx For over a century, Karl Marx's critique of capitalism has been a crucial resource for social movements. Now, recent economic crises have made it imperative for us to comprehend and actualize Marx's ideas. But without a knowledge of Karl Marx's life as he lived it, neither Marx nor his works can be fully understood. There are more than twenty-five comprehensive biographies of Marx, but none of them consider his life and work in equal, corresponding measure. This biography, planned for three volumes, aims to include what most biographies have reduced to mere background: the contemporary conflicts, struggles, and disputes that engaged Marx at the time of his writings, alongside his complex relationships with a varied assortment of friends and opponents. This first volume will deal extensively with Marx's youth in Trier and his studies in Bonn and Berlin. It will also examine the function of poetry in his intellectual development and his first occupation with Hegelian philosophy and with the so-called "young Hegelians" in his 1841 Dissertation. Already during this period, there were crises as well as breaks in Marx's intellectual development that prompted Marx to give up projects and re-conceptualize his critical enterprise. This volume is the beginning of an astoundingly dimensional look at Karl Marx - a study of a complex life and body of work through the neglected issues, events, and people that helped comprise both. It is destined to become a classic.

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Number of Pages: 432Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Presidents & Heads of StateFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Hoover Institution PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Vaughn Davis Bornet & Edgar RobinsonLanguage: English About the Book This detailed account of Herbert Hoover's presidency reveals him as a staunch defender of constitutional government and one of our least understood presidents. Battling political partisanship while trying to place the needs of the nation as a whole over those of state and localities, Hoover found his program for America's entry into the new scientific era overwhelmed by profound changes in the social and economic structure of a nation entering a new age. Book Synopsis An illuminating appraisal of the thirty-first president of the United States This detailed account of Herbert Hoover's presidency reveals him as a staunch defender of constitutional government and one of our least understood presidents. Battling political partisanship while trying to place the needs of the nation as a whole over those of state and localities, Hoover found his program for America's entry into the new scientific era overwhelmed by profound changes in the social and economic structure of a nation entering a new age. From the outset of his presidency, Hoover faced opposition for his programs from within his own party. Criticized for not understanding "politics," it was instead traditional party practices that stymied much of what he tried to accomplish. Personally blamed for the financial disaster of 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression, he was defeated in the election of 1932 because, as some publications of the time observed, the country did not vote for Roosevelt, it voted against Hoover. Despite opposition at every turn from both the opposing party and the progressive faction among his fellow Republicans, Hoover in retrospect emerges, in the words of the authors, as "a determined spokesman for the traditional American virtues, hopes, and ideals of individual opportunity, personal freedom, and love of country." About the Author Edgar Eugene Robinson was head of the Department of History at Stanford University for 25 years. His pioneering books dealt with party history and the presidential vote, the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt, foreign policy, and the development of American democracy.Vaughn Davis Bornet was for many years professor of history and social science and chairman of the Social Sciences Division at Southern Oregon State College.

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Number of Pages: 416Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Literary FiguresSeries Title: Bantam ClassicsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Bantam ClassicsAge Range: AdultAuthor: Mark TwainLanguage: English Book Synopsis Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's most brilliant and most personal nonfiction work. It is at once an affectionate evocation of the vital river life in the steamboat era and a melancholy reminiscence of its passing after the Civil War, a priceless collection of humorous anecdotes and folktales, and a unique glimpse into Twain's life before he began to write. Written in a prose style that has been hailed as among the greatest in English literature, Life on the Mississippi established Twain as not only the most popular humorist of his time but also America's most profound chronicler of the human comedy. From the Back Cover Part travel book, part autobiography, and part social commentary, Life on the Mississippi is a memoir of the cub pilot's apprenticeship, a record of Twain's return to the river and to Hannibal as an adult, a meditation on the harsh vagaries of nature, and a study of the varied and sometimes violent activities engaged in by those who live on the river's shores. About the Author Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, led one of the most exciting of literary lives. Raised in the river town of Hannibal, Missouri, Twain had to leave school at age 12 and was successively a journeyman printer, a steamboat pilot, a halfhearted Confederate soldier, and a prospector, miner, and reporter in the western territories. His experiences furnished him with a wide knowledge of humanity, as well as with the perfect grasp of local customs and speech which manifests itself in his writing. With the publication in 1865 of The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Twain gained national attention as a frontier humorist, and the bestselling Innocents Abroad solidified his fame. But it wasn't until Life on the Mississippi (1883), and finally, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), that he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. Toward the end of his life, plagued by personal tragedy and financial failure, Twain grew more and more pessimistic--an outlook not alleviated by his natural skepticism and sarcasm. Though his fame continued to widen--Yale & Oxford awarded him honorary degrees--Twain spent his last years in gloom and exasperation, writing fables about "the damned human race."

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Edition: AbridgedNumber of Pages: 480Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: ReligiousSeries Title: Library of Arabic LiteratureFormat: PaperbackPublisher: New York University PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Ibn Al-Jawz & #299Language: English Book Synopsis The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal is a translation of the biography of Ibn Hanbal by the Baghdad preacher, scholar, and storyteller Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1200), newly abridged for a paperback readership by translator Michael Cooperson. Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241/855), renowned for his profound knowledge of hadiths--the reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds--is a major figure in the history of Islam. He was famous for living according to his own strict interpretation of the Prophetic model and for denying himself the most basic comforts, even though his family was prominent and his city, Baghdad, was then one of the wealthiest in the world. Ibn Ḥanbal's piety and austerity made him a folk hero, especially after he resisted the attempts of two caliphs to force him to accept rationalist doctrine. His subsequent imprisonment and flogging is one of the most dramatic episodes of medieval Islamic history, and his principled resistance influenced the course of Islamic law, the rise of Sunnism, and the legislative authority of the caliphate. Set against the background of fierce debates over the role of reason and the basis of legitimate government, The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal tells the formidable life tale of one of the most influential Muslims in history. An English-only edition. Review Quotes Cooperson's translation is uncommonly deft. On the whole, this translation is a grand success. It will be valuable for teachers to illustrate early Islamic piety, early Islamic law, early Sunni theology, and everyday life in Baghdad.--Christopher Melchert "Journal of Islamic Studies"Gives readers a unique vantage point into the life and piety of the namesake of the Hanbali school of Sunni law...Ibn al-Jawzi, drawing on earlier reports, reconstructs the life and morality of his hero as a complex, earnest, and playful man; Coopersons dynamic and accessible translation brings this last quality to the surface to an extent that would surprise many modern readers with preconceptions about Hanbalism.-- "Marginalia"Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in ḥadīth, history, theology, and law, and to anyone who appreciates a good read.-- "Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt"Michael Cooperson's fluid translation is accompanied by substantial notes and a glossary of names and terms.-- "Banipal Magazine" About the Author Ibn al-Jawzī (Author) Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) was a Baghdadi storyteller, preacher, and prolific Islamic scholar associated with the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought. He is well known for his exegeses of the Qurʾan and Hadith, including his famous compendium, Al-Taḥqīq. Garth Fowden (Foreword by) Garth Fowden is the Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths at the University of Cambridge. Michael Cooperson (Translator) Michael Cooperson is Professor of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at UCLA. His translations include The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal by Ibn al-Jawzī for the Library of Arabic Literature, and The Author and His Doubles by the eminent Moroccan literary critic Abdelfattah Kilito.

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Number of Pages: 352Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: PoliticalFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Michael JosephAge Range: AdultAuthor: Emily MaitlisLanguage: English Book Synopsis THE TIMES & DAILY MAIL TOP 100 BOOKS OF SUMMER 'A WONDERFULLY SANE BOOK FOR OUR UNHINGED TIMES' Simon Schama The insightful, hilarious and engrossing memoir from one of our most eminent TV broadcasters, Newsnight's Emily Maitlis, as she takes you behind the scenes of the biggest news stories in recent years. 'A deliciously funny book about the high-wire act of broadcasting and the madness that surrounds it' The Times ___________ The things that are said on camera are only part of the story. Behind every interview there is a backstory. How it came about. How it ended. The compromises that were made. The regrets, the rows, the deeply inappropriate comedy. Making news is an essential but imperfect art, and it rarely goes according to plan. I never expected to find myself wandering around the Maharani of Jaipur's bedroom with Bill Clinton or invited to the Miss USA beauty pageant by its owner, Donald Trump. I never expected to be thrown into a provincial Cuban jail, or to be drinking red wine at Steve Bannon's kitchen table or spend three hours in a lift with Alan Partridge. I certainly didn't expect the Dalai Lama to tell me the story of his most memorable poo. The beauty of television is its ability to simplify, but that's also its weakness: it can distil everything down to one snapshot, one soundbite. Then the news cycle moves on. Airhead is my step back from the white noise. Before and after the camera started rolling, this is what really happened.___________A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy' Elizabeth Day'Emily is a superb writer' The Sunday Times 'Maitlis paints a vivid picture of the intensity and unpredictability that come with her assignments . . . Her writing is excellent: precise, economical and accessible' Guardian 'Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious. A joy from beginning to end' James O'Brien 'Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world. Absolutely irresistible' Jeremy Vine Review Quotes Anyone who has spent this election campaign shouting at the TV needs a copy of Emily Maitlis's Airhead in their Christmas stocking. It's funny and subtly smart, taking the reader behind the camera--Guardian, Best Politics Books of 2019 Maitlis has written a deliciously funny book about the high-wire act of broadcasting and the madness that surrounds it. Lots of famous presenters have written books but Maitlis' is different . . . Irresistible. She sounds great company . . . Her book's a romp--The Times Maitlis paints a vivid picture of the intensity and unpredictability that come with her assignments, which punctures the perceived glamour of life reporting the news . . . Her writing is excellent: precise, economical and accessible--Guardian She is a superb writer, used to throwing together pacy, engaging scripts at a second's notice. Each chapter is dedicated to one of her interviews - it is a sort of greatest-hits compilation--The Sunday Times [Emily] is so absolutely of the moment, a quasi-memoir could not be better timed. Airhead is a compilation of her greatest hits. And boy are there many . . . narrated in her snappy, chatty style . . . her asides are acerbic, her observations hilarious --Evening Standard She recounts the interviews of her career, from the great, the good and the questionable, offering insights into the questions that illuminated their characters and the ones they dodged. A chapter on being the cartnear of a stalker reveals her more vulnerable side in this compelling book--Observer Airhead is, like its author, funny, wise, self-deprecating and insightful--You Magazine Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy--Elizabeth Day Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious. A joy from beginning to end--James O'Brien A remarkable journey through the jungle of newsmaking. It combines razor-sharp analysis with compelling narrative drive and wit. A must-read-- A wonderfully sane book for our unhinged times--Simon Schama Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world. Absolutely irresistible--Jeremy Vine The irony of this riveting, enlightening and sometimes painfully honest book is that you couldn't meet less of an airhead than Emily Maitlis - a bold, fearless journalist, a splendidly probing and well-prepared interlocutor, and a warm, sharp and witty woman at the top of her game on and off camera. I'm just very disappointed there's only one chapter about me--Piers Morgan A light and easy read but a thought-provoking one--The Times An irreverent and amusing account of her media career--The Times, 100 Best Books for Summer Smart and Broadcast News-funny, Airhead is peppered with insider anecdotes you could only pick up working on the kind of big news stories that the journalist has covered for decades--Daily Telegraph Not an autobiography but a serious book about journalism, disguised in anecdotal chapters about her encounters with the great and the good and the rather awful . . . leads the reader towards a deeper understanding of an essential part of our culture: current affairs . . . this is a book that engages at every level--Daily Mail A deliciously funny behind-the-scenes take on broadcasting and her encounters with politicians and celebrities--i Fascinating . . . [an] excellent book--Mail on Sunday A behind-the-scenes look at how news gets made--Observer She lifts the veil on the inner workings of the BBC, as she reflects on her long career as a journalist--Radio Times Behind-the-scenes accounts of her famous encounters, including those with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the Dalai Lama, among many others--Daily Mail Books of the Year She offers insights into everyone from Donald Trump to Simon Cowell, showing them not just as what they represent, but as individuals with flaws and charm--The Press and Journal One of the best we've read this year . . . This insightful, hilarious and engrossing memoir from one of our most well-liked TV broadcasters takes you behind the scenes of the biggest news stories in recent years--SheerLuxe, 15 Best Beach Reads of 2019 Recounts, one guest per chapter, a number of her interviews with the boldest of boldface figures . . . Entertaining--Strong Words A quick, absorbing read . . . my overriding impression is of rather breathless thoughtfulness . . . her formidable intelligence and self-deprecating awareness shine brightly--Times Higher Education We love the Maitlis--Stylist Emily Maitlis is a particular hero of mine . . . I know I'm in for a treat with Airhead--Gaby Huddart, Editor-in-chief, Good Housekeeping Emily Maitlis is one of my favourite interviewers and I want to read her tales of interviewing people such as Donald Trump, Theresa May and Simon Cowell--Catriona Shearer, Sunday Mail A fascinating behind-the-scenes insight into modern television news--Time & Leisure Magazine It's a brilliant, often funny, behind-the-scenes account of her working life, written by one of Britain's best television broadcasters. It proves she's far from an airhead!--John Craven The irony of this riveting, enlightening and sometimes painfully honest book is that you couldn't meet less of an airhead than Emily Maitlis - a bold, fearless journalist, a splendidly probing and well-prepared interlocutor, and a warm, sharp and witty woman at the top of her game on and off camera. I'm just very disappointed there's only one chapter about me--PIERS MORGAN Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious. A joy from beginning to end--JAMES O'BRIEN A remarkable journey through the jungle of newsmaking. It combines razor-sharp analysis with compelling narrative drive and wit. A must-read.--MATTHEW D'ANCONA, Guardian and Evening Standard columnist A wonderfully sane book for our unhinged times.--SIMON SCHAMA Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world. Absolutely irresistible--JEREMY VINE Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy.--ELIZABETH DAY About the Author Emily Maitlis presents the BBC Flagship nightly current affairs show Newsnight and specialises in election coverage in the UK and the USA. The Canadian born Sheffield raised British television presenter and journalist began her career in Hong Kong. She lives in London with one husband, two boys, and a large whippet.

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Number of Pages: 410Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Entertainment & Performing ArtsFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Dark InkAge Range: AdultAuthor: William ButlerLanguage: English Book Synopsis In the last 40 years, actor, director and former effects artist William Butler has easily lived three lifetimes. From his early beginnings creating super-8 horror shorts and working the circus midway to a blissful existence as a producer-director living in the Hollywood hills, he's seen it all, gained it all and... lost it all. Tawdry Tales chronicles the jaw-dropping, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking life of an industrious young artist who started out with an unflinching determination to work in film and who somehow became "Horror's Boy Next Door", appearing in dozens of movies alongside the genres most legendary villains, including Jason Vorheees from Friday the 13th, Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre the George Romero's zombies from Night of the Living Dead. Butler chalks it all up to having a face you just want to hit with a butcher knife. Butler lovingly has transcribed 35 years-worth of journals he kept into one fascinating and heartfelt memoir that follows his story around the world as he worked with and in some cases lived with some of Hollywood's most beloved and "colorful" personalities including Viggo Mortensen, Leslie Jordan, Tom Sizemore and the legendary Prince. Butler's TELL-ALL contains: - Foreword written by Executive Producer of The Walking Dead Greg Nicotero. - Shocking, never before revealed antics from the set of Friday the13th VII, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead, Ghoulies 2 and many more. - The true story of how the sequels Return of the Living Dead 4 and 5 went so horribly wrong.- The raw ugly truth of what it's really like to be a director of small movies for big companies. - Unfiltered tales from his 35 years of production with Charles Band- Hilarious stories of Butler's working experience with Prince, Madonna, Donald Pleasence, Tom Sizemore, Viggo Mortensen, Klaus Kinski, Greg Nicotero, Stuart Gordon, Yvonne DeCarlo.- Scandalous and hilarious tales from his five years spent as actor Leslie Jordan's roommate. - Dozens of never before seen behind the scenes photos. Review Quotes "Billy Butler is the David Sedaris of Horror!"Leslie Jordan, Emmy Award-Winning Actor"Heartfelt, nostalgic, and hilarious! Butler tells like it was!"Tony Timpone, Fangoria "When the nukes finally hit, all that will be left is cockroaches, Cher, myself and Billy Butler."-Charles Band, Legendary Director and Producer"I'm afraid to read it." Greg Nicotero, Executive Producer The Walking Dead"It's rare when I meet and become friends with someone who is more fucked-up in the head than I am. That's Bill Butler. Especially his sense of humor. Having said that, Butler is also one of my most-trusted friends and a guy who is always straightforward with you. He is a genuine and honest person that will always have your back".-Kane Hodder, Horror Film Legend"Billy Butler's remarkable career is filled with lessons, humor and heart. Part biography and part guidebook to the benefits of being a good guy in a crazy industry that doesn't always reward good behavior, Billy's relentless optimism is infectious. And by infectious, I mean, I may have actually contracted something. It's nice to know that nice guys can finish first and Hollywood dreams can come true... even if those dreams are filled with blood, guts and dismembered limbs."- Chris Gore, FILM THREATTawdry Tales is a tell all memoir that is not only a must own for horror lovers, but an honest, unflinching look at the (literal) HIGHEST of highs and lowest of lows in Hollywood. It's an example of how the passion to create can lead one from humble beginnings to being on top of the world. Butler writes as if he's speaking directly into starry eyed aspiring artists and his stories, both devilishly decadent and unflinchingly honest, are able to show why he's one of horror's mainstays. Also - after reading Tawdry Tales, one must ask themselves, "HOW IS HE STILL ALIVE!!" Drop what you're doing and run to this book! -Jerry Smith, Dread Central

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Number of Pages: 304Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: People with DisabilitiesFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Simon & SchusterAge Range: AdultAuthor: Jennifer LatsonLanguage: English Book Synopsis The acclaimed, poignant story of a boy with Williams syndrome, a condition that makes people biologically incapable of distrust, a "well-researched, perceptive exploration of a rare genetic disorder seen through the eyes of a mother and son" (Kirkus Reviews). What would it be like to see everyone as a friend? Twelve-year-old Eli D'Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions, making him irrepressibly friendly, indiscriminately trusting, and unconditionally loving toward everyone he meets. It also makes him enormously vulnerable. On the cusp of adolescence, Eli lacks the innate skepticism that will help him navigate coming-of-age more safely--and vastly more successfully. In "a thorough overview of Williams syndrome and its thought-provoking paradox" (The New York Times), journalist Jennifer Latson follows Eli over three critical years of his life, as his mother, Gayle, must decide whether to shield Eli from the world or give him the freedom to find his own way and become his own person. Watching Eli's artless attempts to forge connections, Gayle worries that he might never make a real friend--the one thing he wants most in life. "As the book's perspective deliberately pans out to include teachers, counselors, family, friends, and, finally, Eli's entire eighth-grade class, Latson delivers some unforgettable lessons about inclusion and parenthood," (Publishers Weekly). The Boy Who Loved Too Much explores the way a tiny twist in a DNA strand can strip away the skepticism most of us wear as armor, and how this condition magnifies some of the risks we all face in opening our hearts to others. More than a case study of a rare disorder, The Boy Who Loved Too Much "is fresh and engaging...leavened with humor" (Houston Chronicle) and a universal tale about the joys and struggles of raising a child, of growing up, and of being different. Review Quotes "Latson tells [this] story with great sympathy and eloquence, giving voice to the frustration, anguish, and despair a parent feels when their child struggles with a rare disorder. A well-researched, perceptive exploration of a rare genetic disorder seen through the eyes of a mother and son." ---Kirkus Reviews "[Jennifer Latson] skillfully interweaves the science--what we do and don't know about genetic disorders such as Williams--with a powerful story line. Eli and especially Gayle are beautifully drawn, and their struggles with an unknown future are both unique to their situation and universal to all parents. As the book's perspective deliberately pans out to include teachers, counselors, family, friends, and, finally, Eli's entire eighth-grade class, Latson delivers some unforgettable lessons about inclusion and parenthood." ---Publishers Weekly "Latson blends life concerns and hard medical facts in this widely appealing chronicle of a fascinating disorder." ---Booklist

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Number of Pages: 192Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Cultural, Ethnic & RegionalSeries Title: MinnesotaFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Evelyn FairbanksLanguage: English About the Book Evelyn Fairbanks lived along Rondo Avenue-the heart of St. Paul's largest black community-from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her memoir tells warm and human stories recalling those years in a vibrant community that vanished with the coming of the freeways in the 1960s. Book Synopsis In the 1930s and the 1940s Rondo Avenue was at the heart of St. Paul's largest black neighborhood. African Americans whose families had lived in Minnesota for decades and others who were just arriving from the South made up a vibrant, vital community that was in many ways independent of the white society around it.The Days of Rondo is Evelyn Fairbanks's affectionate memoir of this lively neighborhood. Its pages are filled with fascinating people: Mama and Daddy--Willie Mae and George Edwards--who taught her about love and pride an dignity; Aunt Good, a tall and stately woman with a "queenly secretive attitude"; brother Morris, who "took the time to teach me about the street and the people I would find there"; Mrs. Neal, the genteel activist who showed her the difference between a salad fork and a dessert fork; Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, who started a girls' string band; and a whole assortment of street vendors and playmates who made up the world of her childhoodAs she grew up, Fairbanks saw many different sides of her community. Her words bring to life the all-day Sunday services at the Sanctified church, the "perfect days" of her girlhood, and the ghost stories told on the porch of a soft midwestern summer evening. But she also remembers a visit to relatives in Georgia, the deaths of her Mama and Daddy, and the difficult lessons her free-wheeling brother taught her about friends and money. By the time Evelyn was a teenager, World War II was changing St. Paul and the whole world in ways that touched upon her own life. And through the years she was also discovering what it meant to grow up as a black person in Minnesota.A gifted storyteller, Fairbanks has recreated the patterns of her neighborhood life in a northern city. Her story ends in the mid-1950s, a few years before the Rondo neighborhood was destroyed by freeway construction. In preserving her memories of this distinctive community, Evelyn Fairbanks has added an important dimension to our understanding of Minnesota during those years."Fairbanks spins yarns about St. Paul's black society with the flair of a campfire storyteller." --St. Paul Pioneer Press "Must reading for anyone wanting a clearer understanding of the history of race relations." --Library Journal "Narrative history at its best." --Choice "Her prose is simple and concise and is leavened by a rich sense of humor." --Minnesota Monthly "The Days of Rondo is an interpretive account of events in the life of a black family from the South struggling for survival and meaning in a northern city. Rich in humor and detail, it provides a well-illustrated mosaic of socioeconomic, ethnic, and class realities as seen through the eyes of a young black woman." --David V. Taylor, author of African-Americans in Minnesota

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Number of Pages: 110Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: City Lights BooksAge Range: AdultAuthor: Sam ShepardLanguage: English Book Synopsis Motel Chronicles reveals the fast-moving and sometimes surprising world of the man behind the plays that have made Sam Shepard a living legend in the theater. Shepard chronicles his own life birth in Illinois, childhood memories of Guam, Pasadena and rural Southern California, adventures as ranch hand, waiter, rock musician, dramatist and film actor. Scenes from this book form the basis of his play Superstitions, and of the film (directed by Wim Wenders) Paris, Texas, winner of the Golden Palm Award at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. . . . essential reading. A scrapbook of short stories, autobiographical reveries, poetry and photographs, Motel Chronicles is full of verbal delights, as well as insights into its author's entire canon. Whether Mr. Shepard is reminiscing about his parents or daydreaming about cherished movies and cars of his youth, he speaks in pungent and ethereal language that remakes our West. Read in conjunction with the plays, Motel Chronicles also helps demystify the origins of Mr. Shepard's psychological obsessions and desolate frontier iconography.--Frank Rich, New York TimesIf plays were put in time capsules, future generations would get a sharp-toothed profile of life in the U.S. in the past decade and half from the works of Sam Shepard.--TimeSam Shepard is a shaman--a New World shaman. Sam is as American as peyote, magic mushrooms, Rock and Roll, and medicine bundles.--Jack GelberSam Shepard (1943) is a playwright, actor, author, screen writer and director whose work is performed on and off Broadway and in other theaters across the country. In 1979, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child. In 1983, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Right Stuff. His other famous works include True West, A Lie of the Mind and Curse of the Starving Class. Fool For Love & the Sad Lament of Pecos Bill by Sam Shepard was also published by City Lights Publishers.

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Number of Pages: 248Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: HistoricalFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Books FluentAge Range: AdultAuthor: Kimberly HessLanguage: English Book Synopsis Sarah B. Cochran probably didn't expect to own businesses that competed with Henry Clay Frick's or to exceed Andrew Carnegie's philanthropic giving in certain circles. But when her husband and son died suddenly, she had to take over the family coal and coke business at a time when it was illegal, and some thought unlucky, for women to work in or around coal mines. Rather than retreating from the world, from her forties through her seventies she engaged with it through philanthropic activity that shifted power, championed others and influenced causes. But even today her contributions can be difficult to identify without already knowing they exist. This book is an introduction to Sarah's story for academics, genealogists, history buffs and those interested in sharing stories of other "lesser mortals" who created significant changes but remain largely unknown. Review Quotes The story of Sarah Cochran is a quiet surprise for anyone who cares about philanthropy today. Her life is an inspiration showing the lasting good that comes from regional philanthropy and from major donors who are not, what we would call today, "mega-donors." It's also a testament to the ongoing generosity of women, who tend to give more quietly, but no less impactfully than their male peers. And it reminds us to celebrate the unknowing inheritors of Sarah's legacy, those women who have made their ways in new industries, hail from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and have different causes than Sarah, but share her spirit of not withdrawing from the world to live in comfort, but to engage with the things they care about.-Dara Weinerman Steinberg, Philanthropic Advisor Kimberly Hess' biography of Sarah B. Cochran is a reminder that focus on Philadelphia and Pittsburgh leaves blind spots in Pennsylvania history. Cochran overcame numerous hardships to become an unlikely woman of industry who moved among Carnegie, Frick, Heinz, and others. However, her womanhood and dedication to her hometown in the Connellsville coke district mean her legacy is now mostly identifiable only to those in Fayette County who know to look for it. A Lesser Mortal changes that.-Samuel J. Richards, western PA native, historian of northern Appalachia, current faculty at Shanghai American School "Kimberly Hess has presented the history of a feminist in crisp detail with a great deal of supporting evidence and intelligent conjecture when necessary. Marriage created the opportunity that changed Sarah's life. Sarah in turn created opportunities for many more women (and men) through her financial generosity as well as her stature in the male dominated world of coal and coke."-Donna M. Griffin, former Director of Global Operations, Chubb Group Of Insurance Companies

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