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The Man Who Would Be President: Dan Quayle
by David S. Broder Bob WoodwardAn assessment widely credited at the time.
Ronald Reagan: The Politics of Symbolism
by Robert DallekA portrait of Reagan midway through his Presidency.
Confessions of a Stripper: Tales from the VIP Room
by Lacey LaneI started moving slowly, trying to work my way into the core of the beat. Soon, I forgot I was perched atop a bar and thought only of the music's rhythm, freeing my body to move in synch with the beat. I peeled my bottom wrap off seductively and hardly heard the whistles and catcalls that followed. Ditto for my top; I was now just a skimpy T-back away from full nudity, and the best part about it was that I was becoming more at ease with the situation. Or maybe I was an exhibitionist at heart. Or I was so goddam petrified that nothing mattered. Whatever the A A case, inside, I was celebrating. I truly felt liberated. / / Find out first-hand, as career stripper Lacey Lane unlocks the doors to the secret sanctums at the center of the action in gentlemen's clubs across America. Confessions of a Stripper puts you in the middle of the VIP Room, /here freaks, fetishists, scammers, and even normal guys match wits /ith the dancers. Here, outlandish fantasies are bought and sold, and Imost nothing is beyond the realm of possibility. These true stories, culled from Lane's years of performing in doz-is of clubs around the country, also provide the lowdown on the ins id outs of the topless trade, including suggestions on tipping, finessig the bouncers, negotiating for services, avoiding sucker traps, and ?s, even scoring a date with a dancer.
Crusaders in the Courts: How a Dedicated Band of Lawyers Fought for the Civil Rights Revolution
by Jack GreenbergStory of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
The Wounded Spirit
by Frank E. PerettiFrank Peretti's story of growing up with a medical condition that left him disfigured. Surgery and the miracle of prayer took care of the deformity, but not the reality of being different.
Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson
by Kenneth R. TimmermanFew political figures in America today arouse as much passion as the Reverend Jesse Jackson. A hero to some in the black community, Jackson is credited with helping to break down barriers to political and economic access. But to other black leaders, Jackson has become a symbol for all that has gone wrong with their community. "Jesse virtually invented black racism," the Reverend Johnny Hunter, a black pastor from Virginia Beach, tells me. The Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, a black conservative, calls Jackson a "gatekeeper of black progress" and a "race hustler"1 who has cashed in on white guilt to fund an opulent lifestyle and a personal power base. "He is really just a David Duke in black skin," Peterson says.
It's $5 Extra for Cerebral Palsy
by Anthony M. Aversano Marie A. LacerraMarie A. Lacerra was born with severe Cerebral Palsy before the days of "accessibility," "normalization," and laws protecting the rights of people with disabilities. However, despite a world which was not ready for her, Marie was blessed with family and friends who were ahead of their time and not afraid to show the world who Marie was. Finally released from the prison of unintelligible speech by modern technology, Marie is now able to tell her stories --stories much like the ones we tell everyday: filled with love and laughter, tears and loss, hope and courage. With the help of a special "word hunting" computer, and a deep desire to communicate, her inspirational stories reveal the power of the human spirit and paint a vivid picture of the prejudice and difficulties a person with Cerebral Palsy must face.
Okla Hannali
by R. A. LaffertyAn historical novel about the life and times of the Indians forcibly moved to "Indian Territory" (now Oklahoma) in the late 1820's, through the death of the main character around 1900. Much of the novel is historically accurate. The protagonists, however, are very much larger than life. The main character in particular, a Choctaw named Hannali Innominee, is the stuff of tall tales, and in many ways similar to Paul Bunyan or Odysseus, but with a Native American rather than white or Greek flavor.
I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth Borton de TrevinoWhen the great Velázquez was painting his masterpieces at the Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly mixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan de Pareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the cruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Treviño tells the story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplished and respected artist.<P><P> Upon the death of his indulgent mistress in Seville, Juan de Pareja was uprooted from the only home he had known and placed in the charge of a vicious gypsy muleteer to be sent north to his mistress’s nephew and heir, Diego Velázquez, who recognized at once the intelligence and gentle breeding which were to make Juan his indispensable assistant and companion—and his lifelong friend.<P> Through Juan’s eyes the reader sees Velázquez’s delightful family, his working habits and the character of the man, his relations with the shy yet devoted King Philip IV and with his fellow painters, Rubens and Murillo, the climate and customs of Spanish court life. When Velázquez discovers that he and Juan share a love for the art which is his very life, the painter proves his friendship in the most incredible fashion, for in those days it was forbidden by law for slaves to learn or practice the arts. Through the hardships of voyages to Italy, through the illnesses of Velázquez, Juan de Pareja loyally serves until the death of the painter in 1660.<P> I, Juan de Pareja is the winner of the 1966 Newbery Medal.
The Clam Lake Papers: A Winter in the North Woods
by Edward LuedersBook about the continuing alienation of humans from nature
In Search of History: A Personal Adventure
by Theodore H. WhiteAutobiography of White, a writer and reporter, and a view of the U.S. from his birth in 1915 until the mid-1960s
Joe Gould's Secret
by Joseph MitchellIn 1942 Joseph Mitchell published "Professor Sea Gull," a profile of Joe Gould, a bohemian writer he met in Greenwich Village. Gould claimed to be at work on a vast book called The Oral History of Our Time based on conversations with the poor and downtrodden of New York City. In 1964 Mitchell published a second essay about Gould, "Joe Gould's Secret." In the second piece he describes the later years of his relationship with Gould and reveals discoveries he made about Gould before his death.
The Shah's Last Ride: The True Story of the Emperor's Dreams and Illusions, Exile and Death at the Hands of His Foes and Friends
by William ShawcrossBiography of the last few years of the Shah's reign.
Queen and Country: The Fifty-Year Reign of Elizabeth II
by William ShawcrossDescribes the public persona of the Queen
The Reign of Henry VIII: Personalities and Politics
by David StarkeyConcise look at what influenced the reign.
Mom Can't See Me
by Sally Hobart AlexanderNine-year-old Leslie tells how her mom does everyday tasks while being blind, from keeping track of her daughter at nursery school to going to soccer games, to the movies, and canoeing.