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Then Again
by Diane Keaton"Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall. For example, the word THINK. I found THINK thumbtacked on a bulletin board in her darkroom. I saw it Scotch-taped on a pencil box she'd collaged. I even found a pamphlet titled THINK on her bedside table. Mom liked to THINK." So begins Diane Keaton's unforgettable memoir about her mother and herself. In it you will meet the woman known to tens of millions as Annie Hall, but you will also meet, and fall in love with, her mother, the loving, complicated, always-thinking Dorothy Hall. To write about herself, Diane realized she had to write about her mother, too, and how their bond came to define both their lives. In a remarkable act of creation, Diane not only reveals herself to us, she also lets us meet in intimate detail her mother. Over the course of her life, Dorothy kept eighty-five journals--literally thousands of pages--in which she wrote about her marriage, her children, and, most probingly, herself. Dorothy also recorded memorable stories about Diane's grandparents. Diane has sorted through these pages to paint an unflinching portrait of her mother--a woman restless with intellectual and creative energy, struggling to find an outlet for her talents--as well as her entire family, recounting a story that spans four generations and nearly a hundred years. More than the autobiography of a legendary actress, Then Again is a book about a very American family with very American dreams. Diane will remind you of yourself, and her bonds with her family will remind you of your own relationships with those you love the most.
Then All Hell Broke Loose: The Odyssey of a Marine Corps Photographer in Vietnam
by Dennis FisherOne Marine, one camera, and a front-row seat to history—Then All Hell Broke Loose is a gripping visual journey through the Vietnam War.The USNS Hugh J. Gaffey dropped anchor at 1430 hours on December 27, 1966, under an overcast sky at Da Nang, Vietnam. Standing on deck and taking his first look at Vietnam was PFC Dennis Irwin Fisher, a newly minted Marine infantry rifleman. A snafu on his orders would send him to the Headquarters 1st Marine Division personnel office as &“unassigned&” and from there to the Division Security Platoon. As fate would have it, the Security Platoon hooches were just a short walk from the 1st Division Photo Lab. After six months of effort and agreeing to extend his tour of duty for an additional six months, Lance Corporal Fisher was transferred to Division Photo and assigned a secondary MOS as a 4631 combat still photographer. His training as an infantryman, position as a combat photographer, and his civilian training as a photojournalist provided him with a unique skill set and vantage point from which to record the actions of the Marines during the heaviest fighting of the Vietnam War. Then All Hell Broke Loose follows the young Marine photographer through seven large operations and numerous smaller actions, his wounding and two-month hospital stay, and his return to Vietnam just as the Tet Offensive broke out. Fisher&’s photographs display the trials and tribulations of combat and the humanity of the men fighting day in and day out. Some have been featured by the National Archives for their insightful depictions of the Vietnam War, but most are published here for the first time, presenting a unique and dramatic view of this generation-defining conflict.
Then Came Life
by Geralyn LucasThe author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy dares all women who have had a stumble in life to harness their fighting spirit and stand back up with courage and optimism. One mastectomy, two C-sections, three pant's sizes, and lots of red lipstick later, Geralyn Lucas is dealing with the same issues as other women her age. Her miracle babies have grown into a typical tween with a fierce eye-roll for her mom's failings and a tornado of a little boy who won't play by his preschool's rules. Her storybook romance with her husband has spiraled into couples therapy and her perfect-if-demanding corporate job as a TV producer has abandoned her for L.A. When she looks in the mirror at her hard-won wrinkles, all she wants is . . . Botox. Celebrating her sweet sixteen cancerversary she's thankful for her second chance and ready to be daring--but can she survive life's new ups and downs with the same courage she's always had? With an infectiously hilarious voice and a true sense of empowerment, Geralyn harnesses her fighting spirit to live life loudly and lustily, and to grab on to all the moments that might never have happened. Knowing she can only pedal forward, she mines every day for boldness, joy, and gratitude, and eventually falls in love with life again. Then Came Life is not just for cancer survivors; it's for life survivors--a call to rediscover the resilience and optimism it takes to reinvent yourself at any age.
Then No One Can Have Her
by Caitlin RotherA New York Times bestselling author's “riveting, revealing and insightful” true crime account of a bad marriage, divorce, and murder in Arizona (New York Times bestselling author Suzy Spencer).Artist and therapist Carol Kennedy thought she had married her soulmate. But even when she was pregnant, her husband Steve DeMocker wouldn't stop sleeping around, including with their midwife and multiple nannies. After Carol finally divorced him, het body was found bludgeoned to death in her Arizona ranch home. Steve was the prime suspect. Yet it took the authorities months to arrest him—and years to convict . . .Packed with twists and turns, this powerful real-life account reveals every bizarre detail of this compelling case. It is a chilling chronicle of emotional abuse by a controlling husband, and an unforgettable story of a woman who paid the ultimate price for leaving a bad marriage. This edition includes investigation photos.“A compelling crime story—dark, twisty, riveting.”—M. William Phelps“Prepare to be hooked . . . a spellbinder.”—Katherine Ramsland
Then There Was Her
by Sophie CachiaThe bestselling, heartfelt memoir from Sophie Cachia, who reveals never-before-shared details of her marriage breakdown, and how delving into her feminine intuition and falling in love with a woman transformed her. Sophie Cachia had her white picket fence life. By the age of 25, she was a mother and happily married, and had also built a very successful business by documenting her every move online. But Sophie and her comfortable existence were thrown a curveball when she met a woman who prompted her to ask herself the questions: What more can I do? What more can I learn? What more can I be? A deeply honest and inspirational memoir, Then There Was Her describes how challenging the set social narrative for a young woman led Sophie down a path of awareness, empowerment and acceptance as she navigated identity, sensuality and the true meaning of authenticity as a mother and a woman.
Then They Came For Me: A Story of Injustice and Survival in Iran's Most Notorious Prison
by Maziar BahariMaziar Bahari left London in June 2009 to cover Iran's contested presidential elections for Newsweek magazine. He thought he'd be returning in just a few days to Paola, his pregnant fiancée. Instead, he was incarcerated under false charges of espionage in Iran's most notorious prison. His release came four months later, only after a global campaign supported by Hillary Clinton. While suffering regular beatings, forced confessions, and threats of execution, Bahari draws strength from the experiences of his family in the past: his father was imprisoned by the shah in the 1950s, and his sister by Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1980s. Exposing the contradictions at the heart of Ahmadinejad's paranoid regime, this inspiring and often witty story of one family's courage in the face of repression is also a beautifully written portrait of modern Iran.
Then They Came for Me
by Aimee Molloy Maziar BahariWhen Maziar Bahari left London in June 2009 to cover Iran's presidential election, he assured his pregnant fiancée, Paola, that he'd be back in just a few days, a week at most. Little did he know, as he kissed her good-bye, that he would spend the next three months in Iran's most notorious prison, enduring brutal interrogation sessions at the hands of a man he knew only by his smell: Rosewater. For the Bahari family, wars, coups, and revolutions are not distant concepts but intimate realities they have suffered for generations: Maziar's father was imprisoned by the shah in the 1950s, and his sister by Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1980s. Alone in his cell at Evin Prison, fearing the worst, Maziar draws strength from his memories of the courage of his father and sister in the face of torture, and hears their voices speaking to him across the years. He dreams of being with Paola in London, and imagines all that she and his rambunctious, resilient eighty-four-year-old mother must be doing to campaign for his release. During the worst of his encounters with Rosewater, he silently repeats the names of his loved ones, calling on their strength and love to protect him and praying he will be released in time for the birth of his first child. A riveting, heart-wrenching memoir, Then They Came for Me offers insight into the past fifty years of regime change in Iran, as well as the future of a country where the democratic impulses of the youth continually clash with a government that becomes more totalitarian with each passing day. An intimate and fascinating account of contemporary Iran, it is also the moving and wonderfully written story of one family's extraordinary courage in the face of repression.From the Hardcover edition.
Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis
by Matthew D Hockenos"First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist..." Few today recognize the name Martin Niemöller, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me, Matthew Hockenos traces Niemöller's evolution from a Nazi supporter to a determined opponent of Hitler, revealing him to be a more complicated figure than previously understood. Born into a traditionalist Prussian family, Niemöller welcomed Hitler's rise to power as an opportunity for national rebirth. Yet when the regime attempted to seize control of the Protestant Church, he helped lead the opposition and was soon arrested. After spending the war in concentration camps, Niemöller emerged a controversial figure: to his supporters he was a modern Luther, while his critics, including President Harry Truman, saw him as an unrepentant nationalist. A nuanced portrait of courage in the face of evil, Then They Came for Me puts the question to us today: What would I have done?
Then We Were One
by Fred A. ReedSouthern California in the late 1950s has the look and feel of a midsummer morning-bright and still. For two young brothers, the wide world is full of promise. Together they set out to explore it as one, ever alert to the sound of their mother's whistle calling them home. But by late afternoon, dark clouds gather on the horizon and the storm soon breaks.That storm is the war in Vietnam, and its fury sweeps away all the noble lies of the social conservatism their parents endorsed.Then, in a bookstore on Hollywood Boulevard, the eldest son happens upon a novel by Kazantzakis that entices him to Greece. There, he learns the language, and in that ancient land that has seen it all, heard it all, and done it all, he encounters militant Cretan students and the woman who will become his life partner in exile.But for the younger brother there will be no escape. Trapped by failed marriages, smothered by parental guidance and an education system exposed as the state's recruiting agent, he is dispatched to Vietnam. Fifteen years later he lies buried on a lonely hillside in New Zealand, dead of the wounds he sustained in that war.Shocked by the death of his younger brother, Fred Reed sets out on a series of journeys of discovery and understanding. By way of Iran in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution; the Anatolian highlands of the mystic Bediuzzaman Said Nursi; in pursuit of ancient and modern iconoclasts in Syria and Lebanon; he comes under the spell of Islam. In its embrace he finds a renewed brotherhood; in its discipline, liberation.Then We Were One challenges us with its conclusion that indictment, absolution and redemption, though we must seek them, are not ours to ultimately possess.
Then and Now: Thirty-six Years in the Rockies, 1864-1900
by Robert VaughnOne of the best first-person accounts of 19th-century frontier life in Montana. First published in 1900, Vaughan's account is a series of letters to his daughter. Contemporary historian Dave Walter adds a new introduction that sets the scene and fills in what readers need to know to appreciate Vaughan's experiences.
Thendral Vol 13 Issue 10 September 2013
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features interview of Madurai R. Muralidharan and film actor Rajesh, Biography of Kaviyogi Suddhananda Bharathiyar, an article on Writer Kanmani Gunasekaran with one of his short stories, “Sarugu”, Three short stories, a religious article on Thiruvaiyaru Iyarappar, plus usual features of Thendral Pesukirathu, Anbulla Snehitiye, Nalam Vaazha, Kathiravanai Kelungal, Ilanthendral, etc.
Thendral: Vol 11, Issue 01, December 2010
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features Interviews of Anu Natarajan, Dr. Prasad Srinivasan, Actor Nasser; Biography of famous Carnatic Musician G.N. Balasubramaniam and Writer Sandilyan; Three short stories; Nostalgia on Kanchi seer Maha Periyava; a spiritual article on Gunaseelam Sri Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal; Two recipes with Tomatillo and other usual features such as Anbulla Snehitiye, Nalam Vaazha, Kathiravanai Kelungal, Jokes, etc.
Thendral: Vol 11, Issue 05, April 2011
by MadhurabharathiThe current issue features Interviews of Krishna, a Director of Tamil Tinsel World; Narasaiah, Recipes of Rice kichu; vada pav, Biography of Tamil film superstar of '40s- 50s-P.U.Chinnappa, an artile on Tiruvidanthai Nityakalyana Perumal, Three Short Stories, A conversation with Devi Narayani Amma of Vellore Golden Temple, Health (Araiappukkatti), A write-up on writer Stella Bruce and his short story (Enathu Maharaniyin Ninaivaga) plus usual features of Anbulla Snehitiye, Kathiravanai Kelungal, Jokes, and Ilanthendral.
Thendral: Vol 11, Issue 07, June 2011
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features an interview with Ishukrishna of the tinsel world, a biography of Tamil Scholar Kaa. Appadurai, The achieving story of Animation experts Ashwin and Ashok, a religious article on the Hindu Temple of South India-‘Mannargudi Rajagopalaswamy’, Five short stories, a short novel (Sila MatrangaL), an article on the mystery novelist of yester years Vaduvoor K. Duraisamy Iyengar with an extract from his novel “Mangai Madavannam”, a health article Endometriosis in Nalam Vaazha, Kondakkadalai Kaara Bonda and Kondakkadalai Jamoon in Maya Bazaar plus usual features of Thendral Pesukirathu, Anbulla Snehitiye, Kavithaippandhal, Podhu, Kathiravanai KeLungaL, Jokes and Ilanthendral.
Thendral: Vol 11, Issue 08, July 2011
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features interview with Palladam Manikkam who has created a sanctuary of nearly one lakh books; Halwa recipes with jack fruit; a write up on notable Tamil Scholar Ki. Va. Jagannathan; introducing achiever Radhika Sabai Easun; an article on Hindu Religious Temple Kapaleeswarar at Mylapore, Chennai; six short stories; nostalgia of Ra. Ki. Rangarajan and a piece of his short story; plus usual features.
Thendral: Vol 11, Issue 09, August 2011
by MadhurabharathiIn addition to usual and popular features of Anbulla Snehitiye, Ilanthendral, Nalam Vaazha and Jokes, this issue contains three short stories; a short novel; interviews with veteran orator, scholar and actor Ku. Gnanasambandhan (some of his jokes also separately featured) and Bharathanatyam exponent Sudha Chandrasekhar; mouthwatering recipes of Mango Soup, Mango Dosa and Mango Lassi; nostalgia on veteran actor-singer of tinsel world of yesteryears Kothamangalam Seenu; a religious article on Mupperum Deviyar Temple; health; tribute, etc.
Thendral: Vol 11, Issue 10, September 2011
by MadhurabharathiThe September issue features interviews of Dr. Rajan Natarajan and drawing artist Jeyaraj; three short stories and a small novel; a religious article on vittallapuram; a biography of Tamil scholar Parali su. Nellaiappar; an article on Tamil writer Ayyakannu (Aykkann); a health column on Cough; Recipes of Herbal Bonda and Herbal Coffee; plus other usual and interesting features such as Anbulla Snehitiye, Ilanthendral, jokes, etc.
Thendral: Vol 11, Issue 11, October 2011
by MadhurabharathiThe current issue features Interview with (i) Uma Jayarasasingham who founded Chinmaya Mission in San Francisco, (ii) Seerkazhi Sivachidambaram, Karnatic Vocalist and (iii) Vinod Rajan who has developed a software for Tamil Poetry; Recipes of a variety of 'Thokkus'(pickles) with Dates, Ginger-garlic, peeled orange skin and green apple; Biography of Tamil Scholar, Dr. Mu.Varadharasan and a short story (Kattaayam Vendum) written by him; an article on Kumbakonam Aadhi Kumbeswarar Temple; a tribute to Sculptor Padma Bhushan Dr. Vai. Ganapathy Sthapathy; two short stories ( Thodarum Payanangal and Apple Payanangal); a short novel (Sila Matrangal); a health page on Heart diseases; nostalgia on Writer, Publisher Aru. Ramanathan and an interesting extract from his novel, Nayanam Soundaravadivu plus usual features such as Thendral Pesukirathu, Jokes, Ilanthendral, Anbulla Snehitiye, Surya Thupparigiraar, etc.
Thendral: Vol 12, Issue 12, November 2012
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features interview with Radha Subramaniam, Harish Raghavendra, and Kalaimamani V.K.T.Balan, Biography of Vallal Azhagappa, Dosa varieties on Recipes column, an article on writer Azhagiya Periyavan with one of his short stories, four poems on Kavithai Pandal, four short stories plus popular features of Anbulla Snehitiye, Thendral Pesukirathu, Nalam Vaazha, Inanthendral, Travelogue, Surya Thupparikiraar, etc.
Thendral: Vol 12, Issue 01, December 2011
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features Interview with contemporary writer of Tamil Literature S. Ramakrishnan; a biography of Tamil Writer Karthika Rajkumar and one of his short stories ‘Sirahatra ParavaigaL’; 7th part of the short novel serial ‘Sila MaatrangaL’; Three prize-winning short stories; Recipes; Nalam vaazha plus usual features such as Thendral Pesukirathu, Anbulla Snehitiye; Ilanthendral, etc.
Thendral: Vol 12, Issue 04, March 2012
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features Interviews with Mr.Arun, founder of Advantage Testing(second part) and Ms.Charulatha Mani, popular carnatic vocalist ; Biography of woman super star of yester years of Tamil Tinsel World Ms. T. P. Rajalakshmi; two recipes in Maya Bazaar; an article on Thiruninravoor Bhakthavatsala Perumal; an introduction of Tamil writer Ms. Kamaladevi Aravindhan with a presentation of one of her short stories; Part 10 of short novel ‘Sila Matrangal’ plus usual features of Thendral Pesikirathu, Anbulla Snehitiye, Jokes, Puzzle, Ilamthendral, Nalam Vaazha, etc..
Thendral: Vol 12, Issue 05, April 2012
by MadhurabharathiInterview with Tamil Scholar Dr. Parveen Sultana, Recipes of Babycorn Snacks and Babycorn Bajji, a Biography of doyen of Carnatic Music, Veenai Dhanammal, a special feature on the Houston Conference of Tamilnadu Trust, a religious article on the Akilandeswari-Jambukeswarar tample-a 'Pancha Bhootha Sthalam' at Tiruvanakkaval in Tamilnadu, Part 11 of short novel 'Sila Maatrangal", Two short stories "Prayachitham" & "Penn Kulathin Vetriadi", an article on 'sleep apnea' on Nalam Vaazha, a feature introducing Achiever I-mart Anu, poems, a write up on historical novelist Diwakar with a presentation of some excerpts from his historical novel 'vamsadhara' are some of the contents of this issue. In the Anbullla Snehitiye column, Chitra Vaitheeswaran counsels a thought provoking advice to a critical question of a reader which is a must read for every elder and young generation of today. Surya Thupparikirar, Ilanthendral, jokes, etc. are usual features.
Thendral: Vol 12, Issue 06, May 2012
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features interview with Vetriselvi Rajamanikkam, Maravanpulavu Ka. Sachithananthan, Recipes of Plantain Bonda and Plantain Pakoda, Biography of great Tamil Scholar Devaneya Pavanar, an article on Sri Kachareeswarar Tample, Chennai, an article on writer R. Ponnammal with one of her best short stories, "Ponni", Two short stories Thengai and Ethu Nyayam, Part 12 of short novel "Sila Matrangal" plus usual features of Thendral Pesukirathu, Anbulla Snehitiye, Ilanthendral, Surya Thupparikirar, Nalam Vazha, etc.
Thendral: Vol 12, Issue 07, June 2012
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features interviews of Asha Natarajan, Founder of Ragamalika Music School at San Francisco and Nanjil Nadan, a novelist and Tamil scholar who won Sahitya Academy Award in 2010; Recipes of Potato Rice (Aloo Bath) and Ponni Rice in the serial “Maya Bazaar”; a Biography of “Avvai”T.K. Shanmugam, a popular Dramatist of yesteryears; an article on Tirupparankundram Murugan Temple; Surgical treatment for Obesity in Health column “Nalam Vaazha”; Four Short Stories “Kurai Onrumillai”, Oru Kadithathin Vilai, Kalyana Album and Iru Kodugal, an Introduction to Book “Thamizhagaththukku Perumai Thantha Vignana Medhai Padma Bhushan Sir K. S. Krishnan; a biography of Tamil Writer Kaa. Si. Venkatramani and one of his short stories, “Pattuvin Kalyanam” plus usual features of Anbulla Snehitiye, Poetry, Thendral Pesukirathu, Surya Thupparikiraar, Ilanthendral, etc.
Thendral: Vol 12, Issue 08, July 2012
by MadhurabharathiThis issue features interviews of Prof. Sreenivasa Varadhan and gavanakar Kalai.Chezhian; Recipes of Jackfruit items in Maya Bazaar, a biography of Thirumanam Selvakesavaraya Mudaliar; an article on Azhagarkoil; a Health article on Migraine in “Nalam Vaazha”; a biography of Tamil novelist and writer Ra.Su.Nallaperumal and one of his short stories, “Kadal Thaandiya Uravugal”; four short stories and a short novel Sila Maatrangal- Part 13 plus usual features of Anbulla Snehitiye, Jokes, Thendral Pesukirathu, Surya Thupparikiraar, etc