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Ask The Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel
by Patrick SmithThough we routinely take to the air, for many of us flying remains mystery. Few of us understand the how and why of jetting from New York to London in six hours. How does a plane stay in the air? Can turbulence bring it down? What is windshear? How good are the security checks? Patrick Smith, an airline pilot and author of Salon.com's popular column, "Ask the Pilot," unravels the secrets and tells you all there is to know about the strange and fascinating work of commercial flight. He offers: A nuts and bolts explanation of how planes fly -Insights into safety and security -Straight talk about turbulence, air traffic control, windshear, and crashes -The history, color, and controversy of the world's airlines The awe and oddity of being a pilot The poetry and drama of airplanes, airports, and traveling abroad In a series of frank, often funny explanations and essays, Smith speaks eloquently to our fears and curiosities, incorporating anecdotes, memoir and a life's passion for flight. He tackles our toughest concerns, debunks conspiracy theories and myths, and in a rarely heard voice dares to return a dash of romance and glamour to air travel.
Tales From Margaritaville: Fictional Facts and Factual Fictions
by Jimmy BuffettCollection of bizarre tales and essays from singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
by Stefan FatsisStefan Fatsis first became intrigued with Scrabble as he watched serious players in New York's Washington Square. As he delved deeper, he found that professional players approached the game with obsessive zeal, memorizing word lists, comparing ratings, and calculating mathematical odds of drawing a winning rack of tiles. Fatsis himself became fascinated with the game and honed his own skills until he was able to enter tournaments with the pros. In this book Fatsis introduces many of the eccentrics who make Scrabble their life, and traces the history of the game from its origins in the 1930s.
Unauthorized America: A Travel Guide to the Places the Chamber of Commerce Won't Tell You About
by Vince Staten"The travel brochures never mention JFK's Love Nest, where he and Marilyn Monroe would meet for an after-noon tryst, or Elvis's Drugstore, where the King loaded up on downers. But let's face it: not everyone wants to spend summer vacation watching Junior slither down the water slide or trailing Grandpa as he treks from one historic marker to the next. Not everyone wants a Disney World vacation. This book boldly dares to take you where no travel brochures have taken you before, to the out-of-the-way sights and the offbeat vacation spots nobody touts. This is an underground guide to America, to the places that you Really want to see: where John Lennon was shot, where Margaret Mitchell was run over by a car, where Sean Penn punched out a photographer, where Fawn Hall shredded boss Ollie North's papers. These are the places the local Chamber of Commerce won't tell you about. But we will."
The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family
by Mark I. PinskyReligion journalist Pinksy looks at the role religion and spirituality plays in The Simpsons.
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations
by Al FrankenA snarky, sometimes vitriollic examination of the title proposition, as well as a number of other political scandals and issues of the past two decades.
Storming the Barricades
by Larry ChristiansenChristiansen's goal is to instill the sense of adventure and spirit that is so important to successful warfare on the chessboard. He warns - the kind of ruthless, aggressive chess described and celebrated in this book is not for the faint-hearted! He discusses king hunting, ripping apart the king position and when not to attack.
The Other Man: A Love Story - John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette, and Me
by Michael BerginNow, for the first time, Michael Bergin reveals the truth behind a life lived in the limelight and a relationship shrouded in secrecy. From his early days growing up in a small blue-collar Connecticut town, to his meteoric rise as fashion icon and television star, to the passion he shared with the enigmatic and complex Carolyn Bessette, this is an inside look at the world of beauty, power, and celebrity. In 1992, Michael and Carolyn met in a bar in New York City. She was unlike any woman he had ever known - sophisticated, successful, with bewitching grace. An intensely passionate relationship was born. Not long after, Michael landed the coveted Calvin Klein underwear campaign, and his career took off. The future looked bright, and Carolyn and Michael seemed destined for a long and happy life together. But it was not to be. Four years later Michael was an international fashion icon and Carolyn was Mrs. John F. Kennedy Jr. - however, the story doesn't end there. This is the truth about their lives, a tale full of warmth, humor, heartbreak, and tragedy. Above all, The Other Man is a testament to the enduring power of love and a story about the painful choices we make with our all-too-human hearts.
The Bremen-Town Musicians
by Ruth Belov GrossOn their way to Bremen-town, a donkey, a cat a rooster, and a dog, all planning on a new career in music, serenade some robbers.
A Tiger Walks
by Ian NiallYosef and Ram Sing stop in a small Welsh village, get a little drunk and release a tiger.
We're Back!: The Wildest Show on Earth
by Francine HughesTwo New York City kids, Louie and Cecilia, meet four friendly dinosaurs that can talk! They all go to the Eccentric Circus, become hypnotized, then escape. Quick paced story.
Girl Singer: An Autobiography
by Rosemary Clooney Joan BarthelAt the top of her form and topping the charts, Rosemary Clooney looks back at a life of triumph and tragedy more dramatic than any work of fiction. Rosemary Clooney made her first public appearance at the age of three, on the stage of the Russell Theater in her hometown of Maysville, Kentucky, singing, "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver," an odd but perhaps prophetic choice for one so young. She has been singing ever since: on local radio; with Tony Pastor's orchestra; in big-box-office Hollywood films; at the Hollywood Bowl, the London Palladium, and Carnegie Hall ; on her own television series; and at venues large and small across the country and around the world. The list of Clooney's friends and intimates reads like a who's who of show business royalty: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Tony Bennett, Janet Leigh, Humphrey Bogart, and Billie Holiday, to name just a few. She's known enormous professional triumphs and deep personal tragedies. At the age of twenty-five, Clooney married the erudite and respected actor Jose Ferrer, sixteen years her senior and light-years more sophisticated. Trouble started almost immediately when, on her honeymoon, she discovered that he had already been unfaithful. Finally, after having five children while she almost single-handedly supported the entire family and endured Ferrer's numerous, unrepentant infidelities, she filed for divorce. From there her life spiraled downward into depression, addiction to various prescription drugs, and then, in 1968, a breakdown and hospitalization. After years spent fighting her way back to the top, Clooney is married to one of her first and long-lost loves- a true fairy tale with a happy ending. She's been nominated for four Grammys in six years and has two albums at the top of the Billboard charts. In the words of one of Stephen Sondheim's Follies showgirls, she could well be singing, triumphantly, "I'm still here!"
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook
by E. Gary GygaxA COMPILED VOLUME OF INFORMATION FOR PLAYERS OF ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, INCLUDING: CHARACTER RACES, CLASSES, AND LEVEL ABILITIES; SPELL TABLES AND DESCRIPTIONS; EQUIPMENT COSTS; WEAPONS DATA; AND INFORMATION ON ADVENTURING.
Angelina Ballerina
by Katharine HolabirdAngelina loves to dance. She dances so much she is too busy to do anything else. Then one day her parents think of a plan that will change her life.
Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now
by Barry MilesThis book is a history from the inside, of one of the greatest song-writing partnerships of the century. It is the private life of a man made public property - a Beatle - by the age of 21. It is the trajectory of the most popular pop group in history, from the beginnings to break-up.
Rocky IV
by Sylvester StalloneTHE MOST EXPLOSIVE CHAPTER YET IN THE GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHT STORY OF ALL TIME! Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang-Rocky Balboa came a long way from the slums of South Philly before he said good-bye to Goldmill's Gym and settled down to a quiet family life with Adrian and their son, Rocky Junior. But now he receives a challenge no American can ignore-from Ivan Drago, a mammoth Cuban-trained fighter from the Soviet Union, nicknamed the "Siberian Express." Drago and his magnificently beautiful wife, Ludmilla, arrive in the USA ready to take all comers. So the Italian Stallion returns to the ring. Can Rocky win in Leningrad? Can the American Champion beat the Russian Champion in what is being touted as World War III?
The Tour: A Life Between the Lines
by Bill StainesFor more than 35 years Bill Staines has traveled the highways and byways of North America, playing his music in colleges, coffeehouses, concert halls, and folk song societies. He is one of America's quintessential troubadours, logging almost 70,000 miles a year on the open road. The Tour is not only a collection of characters, consequences, and experiences, it is- perhaps more importantly-an offering up of some of the wisdom gamed from life between the lines.
A Guide to Western Civilization, or My Story
by Joe Bob BriggsThis book will change your life. It's got chapters in here about how Joe Bob invented the American topless bar, how he solved the Kennedy assassination, how he learned to sin with fat girls, and of course how he became the monstrous country-western star he is today. This book also contains a complete history of the world.
Murder in Volume (Prime Crime Mysteries)
by D. R. MeredithThe mystery lovers who belong to Murder By the Yard book group have strong opinions about their favorite authors and series - some prefer classic Christie capers, while others devour the novels of modern mystery madam Sue Grafton. As leader of the vociferous and diverse bunch, Megan Clark must referee the group's heated debates. But when a particularly antagonistic woman is murdered after a meeting at Time and Again Bookstore, Megan and the other group members are prime suspects. Looking to their favorite sleuths for inspiration, the mystery famns launch an investigation and discover that this brutal crime is just one chapter in a disturbing and deadly plot...
Big Trouble
by Dave BarryA teen sneaks up to shoot a cute girl with a Squirtgun to win a high school game called Killer. Meanwhile, two hit men sneak up to kill the girl's abusive stepdad, Arthur. Arthur cheated his bosses at corrupt Penultimate, Inc., which equipped a Florida jail with automatic garage-opener gates that accidentally freed prisoners in a lightning storm. Confusion happens, witnessed by a bum named Puggy, camped in a tree in Arthur's yard.
It's a Chick Thing
by Ame Mahler Beanland Emily Miles TerryA fun collection of spririted stories pays homage to the special and unique times that strenghten the bonds of female friendships.
Chasin' That Devil Music
by Gayle Dean WardlowThis book explores Mississippi blues: who created it and performed it, how it influenced other blues.
Ways In
by Gilbert H. Muller John A. WilliamsBridging the gap between literary and composition theory, Ways In is a concise, integrated guide to critical reading, thinking, and writing about literature.