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Madre and I: A Memoir of Our Immigrant Lives
by Guillermo A. ReyesIn this moving and funny memoir, award-winning playwright Guillermo Reyes untangles his life as the secretly illegitimate son of a Chilean immigrant to the United States and as a young man struggling with sexual repression, body image, and gay identity. But this is a double-decker memoir that also tells the poignant, bittersweet, and adventurous story of Guillermo's mother, Maria, who supports herself and her son cleaning houses and then working as a nanny in Washington, D. C. and eventually in Hollywood. In one memorable scene, after realizing that her friend Carmen is cleaning the house of one of the producers of Annie Hall, Maria recruits her to take her picture as she poses dramatically with Mr. Joffe's Oscar in hand. It is Maria's defiant yet determined attitude amidst her sacrifices that allows for Guillermo's spirited coming of age and coming out. Their common ground is the drama of their encounters with discovery, heartbreak, and passion--the explosive emotions that light up the stage of their two-actor theater. Honorable Mention, Best Auto/Biography in English, International Latino Book Awards
Madre Irlanda
by Edna O'BrienEl retrato de una vida y un país, por «la escritora de lengua inglesa con más talento de nuestros días» (Philip Roth); «simplemente, una de las mejores de nuestro tiempo» (John Banville) «Edna O’Brien escribe las historias más bellas. Ningún escritor puede compararse a ella, en ningún lugar.»Alice Munro Irish Pen Award * American National Arts Gold Medal * Ulysses Medal * Bob Hughes Award * Prix Spécial Femina Étranger * David Cohen Prize * PEN/Nabokov Award Irlanda siempre ha sido mujer, útero, cueva, vaca, Rosaleen, marrana, novia, ramera... La multipremiada autora de Las chicas de campo entreteje su autobiografía —su infancia en el condado de Clare, los días en la escuela de monjas, su primer beso o su huida a Inglaterra— con la esencia de Irlanda, una tierra de mitos,poesía, supersticiones, costumbres ancestrales, sabiduría popular y extrema belleza. Madre Irlanda es, según The Guardian, «Edna O’Brien en su máximo esplendor. Un relato evocador y elegante de un entorno natural y de quienes lo habitan, lleno de audacia e ingenio». La crítica ha dicho...«O'Brien levantó la viga de su poderosa escritura aprovechando su relación de amor/odio con su país, Irlanda. Denostada, prohibida y, hoy, celebrada, ahora publica sus memorias inflamables. [...] Uno de sus libros más celebrados: un texto intenso en el que entrelaza su biografía desobediente con la evocación de una tierra de mitos, poesía, supersticiones, costumbres ancestrales, sabiduría popular y extrema belleza. Su país.»Antonio Lucas, El Mundo «Edna O’Brien mueve montañas tanto líricas como políticas a través de su escritura.»Jurado del Premio David Cohen «No he conocido a nadie que viva, escriba, piense, provoque, se atreva, se emocione y crezca como Edna.»Richard Ford, The Irish Times «Ligando su historia personal con la de Irlanda, O’Brien trenza con gracia las costumbres locales y antiguas tradiciones con los fascinantes eventos y personajes que poblaron su juventud. [...] Una narración colorida y atempora.»The Sunday Times «Una de las primeras mujeres que mostró la verdadera Irlanda: política, social, sexual y espiritualmente.»Liadan Hynes, The Independent «Su ficción no representa una mera conmemoración de la pérdida de valores pasados, ni una vuelta a la nostalgia como estrategia estética, sino la celebración de una nueva Irlanda y de la mujer en la Irlanda del siglo veintiuno, ahondando en una representación sociológica de este nuevo país.»Asier Altuna-García de Salazar, RIULL «Su genialidad procede del dolor mismo de la memoria.»John Berger «La escritora de lengua inglesa con más talento de nuestros días.»Philip Roth «Simplemente, una de las mejores escritoras de nuestro tiempo.»John Banville «Irlanda es su paisaje y, [...] a pesar de ser la fuente de buena parte de su material, ha sido dura con ella, salvaje.»Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times «Edna O'Brien en su máximo esplendor. Un relato evocador y elegante de un entorno natural y de quienes lo habitan, lleno de audacia e ingenio.»William Trevor, The Guardian «Una maestra de la palabra y una confesora seductora y sincera de sus sueños, anhelos y pecados. [...] Una joya: éxtasis, remordimiento, humor y una escritura bellísima.»Paul Baumann, Commonweal «La literatura de Edna O'Brien está atravesada por una forma piadosa de rencor. [...] O'Brien cierra heridas, pero no hiere.»Ricardo Martínez Llorca, Revista de Letras «Ningún autor inglés es tan bueno poniendo al lector en la piel de una mujer.»Evening Standard «Edna O'Brien ha a
Madumo: A Man Bewitched
by Adam AshforthThe author tells a story about his friend, a young man named Madumo, struggling to free himself from the curse of witchcraft in Soweto, South Africa. It is based upon shared experiences and taped conversations, interviews and discussions with others, journals, and letters.
The Madwoman and the Roomba: My Year Of Domestic Mayhem
by Sandra Tsing LohA comic exploration of a year in the life of an “imaginatively twisted and fearless” (Los Angeles Times) best-selling author. Ah, 55. Gateway to the golden years! Professional summiting. Emotional maturity. Easy surfing toward the glassy blue waters of retirement…Or maybe not? Middle age, for Sandra Tsing Loh, feels more like living a disorganized 25-year-old’s life in an 85-year-old’s malfunctioning body. With raucous wit and carefree candor, Loh recounts the struggles of leaning in, staying lean, and keeping her family well-fed and financially afloat—all those burdens of running a household that still, all-too-often, fall to women. The Madwoman and the Roomba chronicles a roller coaster year for Loh, her partner, and her two teenage daughters in their ramshackle quasi-Craftsman, with a front lawn that’s more like a rectangle of compacted dirt and mice that greet her as she makes her morning coffee. Her daughters are spending more time online than off; her partner has become a Hindu, bringing in a household of monks; and she and her girlfriends are wondering over Groupon “well” drinks how they got here. Whether prematurely freaking out about her daughters’ college applications, worrying over her eccentric aging father, or overcoming the pitfalls of long-term partnership and the temptations of paired-with-cheese online goddess webinars, Loh somehow navigates the realities of what it means to be a middle-aged woman in the twenty-first century. By day’s end, we just might need a box of chardonnay and a Roomba to clean up the mess.
The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
by Sandra Tsing LohFrom an "imaginatively twisted and fearless" writer (Los Angeles Times), a hilarious memoir of middle age. In a voice that is wry, disarming, and totally candid, Sandra Tsing Loh tells the moving and laugh-out-loud tale of her roller coaster through "the change." This is not your grandmother's menopause story. Loh chronicles utterly relatable, everyday perils: raising preteen daughters, weathering hormonal changes, and the ups and downs of a career and a relationship. She writes also about an affair and the explosion of her marriage, while managing the legal and marital hijinks of her eighty-nine-year-old dad. The upbeat conclusion: it does get better.
The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
by Sandra Tsing LohIn a voice that is wry, disarming, and totally candid, Sandra Tsing Loh tells the moving and laugh-out-loud tale of her roller coaster through "the change." This is not your grandmother's menopause story. Loh chronicles utterly relatable, everyday perils: raising preteen daughters, weathering hormonal changes, and going through the ups and downs of a career and a relationship. She writes also about an affair and the explosion of her marriage, the pressures of keeping her daughters off Facebook while managing the legal and marital hijinks of her eighty-nine-year-old dad, and a despairing withdrawal to a tiny cabin where she combined wine and Ambien, paralyzing her arm into a claw. In one outrageous chapter, a hormonal Loh finds herself trekking to her preteen daughter's school to confront a ten-year-old bully half her size. In another she attempts to subsist on only zero-calorie noodles and the occasional fat-free yogurt in a hopeless effort to vanquish added midlife weight. In The Madwoman in the Volvo Loh speaks hilariously and honestly about her life as a mother, a daughter, and an artist. She recounts her journey through a tumultuous time of life, trying to maintain appearances during an epic hormonal--and that means physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual--change. The upbeat conclusion: it does get better.
Mae Among the Stars
by Roda AhmedA beautiful picture book for sharing and marking special occasions such as graduation, inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison. An Amazon Best Book of the Month!A great classroom and bedtime read-aloud, Mae Among the Stars is the perfect book for young readers who have big dreams and even bigger hearts.When Little Mae was a child, she dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by billions of stars, floating, gliding, and discovering.She wanted to be an astronaut.Her mom told her, "If you believe it, and work hard for it, anything is possible.”Little Mae’s curiosity, intelligence, and determination, matched with her parents' encouraging words, paved the way for her incredible success at NASA as the first African American woman to travel in space.This book will inspire other young girls to reach for the stars, to aspire for the impossible, and to persist with childlike imagination.
Mae Jemison: Space Pioneer (Fact Finders Biographies: Great African Americans)
by Robert Kraske James GerardProvides an introduction to the life and biography of Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel into space in 1992 on the space shuttle Endeavour.
Mae Jemison (African-American Heroes)
by Stephen FeinsteinAs a little girl, Mae Jemison dreamed about being an astronaut. She became a medical doctor and engineer, but she held onto her dream. In 1992, she was the first African-American woman in space. This easy biography will inspire early independent readers.
Mae Jemison Making Dreams Come True (Houghton Mifflin Reading Leveled Readers)
by C. M. Thorsen"The space shuttle Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center on September 12, 1992. This was the first time astronauts from the United States and Japan worked together. But it was important for another reason as well. On board was a special woman, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison. She was the mission's science specialist and was also the first African American woman to voyage into space. This book is a biography of Dr. Mae Carol Jemison."
Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-PerkovichTip your hat to fashion designer and civil rights icon Mae Reeves in this picture book biography written in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture!"A fine introduction to a determined trailblazer." -The New York Times Mae had a dream to make one-of-a-kind hats. But the path for a Black female designer was unclear, so Mae made a way, leaving her home in the segregated South to study at the Chicago School of Millinery. Mae had the skills, but craved the independence to create her own styles. So Mae found a way. In Philadelphia, she became the first Black woman to own a business on South Street. Whether you were Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Marian Anderson or a lady from the neighborhood, Mae wanted you to look good and feel special in one of her original hats. A mother, a successful entrepreneur, and a community advocate, Mae led the way. Published in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, acclaimed author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (Two Naomis) and award-winning illustrator Andrea Pippins (I Love My Hair) bring the life of fashion entrepreneur and civic organizer Mae Reeves to the page. And when you are done reading, explore Mae&’s store and styles in person at her permanent exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (Screen Classics)
by Michael G. AnkerichMae Murray (1885--1965), popularly known as "the girl with the bee-stung lips," was a fiery presence in silent-era Hollywood. Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, she rocketed to stardom as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, moving across the country to star in her first film, To Have and to Hold, in 1916. An instant hit with audiences, Murray soon became one of the most famous names in Tinseltown.However, Murray's moment in the spotlight was fleeting. The introduction of talkies, a string of failed marriages, a serious career blunder, and a number of bitter legal battles left the former star in a state of poverty and mental instability that she would never overcome.In this intriguing biography, Michael G. Ankerich traces Murray's career from the footlights of Broadway to the klieg lights of Hollywood, recounting her impressive body of work on the stage and screen and charting her rapid ascent to fame and decline into obscurity. Featuring exclusive interviews with Murray's only son, Daniel, and with actor George Hamilton, whom the actress closely befriended at the end of her life, Ankerich restores this important figure in early film to the limelight.
Máel Coluim III, 'Canmore': An Eleventh-Century Scottish King
by Neil McGuiganA study of the life and times of the great king known for his role in Macbeth&’s downfall, his marriage to St. Margaret, and his dealings with the Normans. The legendary Scottish king Máel Coluim III, also known as &“Malcolm Canmore,&” is often held to epitomize Scotland&’s &“ancient Gaelic kings.&” But Máel Coluim and his dynasty were in fact newcomers, and their legitimacy and status were far from secure at the beginning of his rule. Máel Coluim&’s long reign from 1058 until 1093 coincided with the Norman Conquest of England, a revolutionary event that presented great opportunities and terrible dangers. Although his interventions in post-Conquest England eventually cost him his life, the book argues that they were crucial to his success as both king and dynasty-builder, creating internal stability and facilitating the takeover of Strathclyde and Lothian. As a result, Máel Coluim left to his successors a territory that stretched far to the south of the kingship&’s heartland north of the Forth, like the Scotland we know today. This book explores the wider political and cultural world in which Máel Coluim lived, guiding the reader through the pitfalls and possibilities offered by the sources that mediate access to that world. Our reliance on so few texts means that the eleventh century poses problems that historians of later eras can avoid. Nevertheless, Scotland in Máel Coluim&’s time generated unprecedented levels of attention abroad and more vernacular literary output than at any time prior to the Stewart era.
Maelstrom
by Sigrid RausingLas memorias de la editora Sigrid Rausing sobre el impacto de la adicción a las drogas en una familia. ¿A qué se parece la tragedia cuando se entrelaza con el privilegio? Durante años, la editora Sigrid Rausing observó impotente cómo su hermano, Hans, y la esposa de este, Eva, sucumbían a las drogas hasta que un día Eva apareció muerta en su mansión de Londres. Los Rausing son los nietos del fundador de la empresa sueca Tetra Pak y herederos, por tanto, de una enorme fortuna. La prensa amarilla devoró esta historia de multimillonarios, muerte, adicción, juicios y conflictos familiares, pero pocos entendieron el sufrimiento de los que conocían a la joven pareja. Estas memorias son el intento de Sigrid Rausing para comprender qué les pasó a su hermano y a su mujer. La autora resigue su tragedia familiar y con una sabiduría humilde se hace preguntas dolorosas y elocuentes sobre la adicción, pero también sobre el trasfondo de lacondición humana. ¿Cómo se vive con una adicción en la familia? ¿Cómo ayudar cuando hacerlo implica imponer un estado policial, eliminar la libertad del adicto? ¿Qué implica sobrevivir a la adicción de tu pareja? ¿Cómo controlamos o cómo nos rendimos ante nuestros destinos soñados? Reseñas:«Unas memorias intensas, líricas y lúcidas que plantean cuestiones dolorosas sobre la culpa, la inocencia y el juicio. Maelstrom nos recuerda lo difícil que puede llegar a ser distinguir uno del otro.»Siri Hustvedt «Ahora que todo ha pasado, me sorprendo pensando en la historia y los recuerdos familiares; en los relatos que cohesionan a las familias y los actos capaces de desintegrarlas.»Sigrid Rausing «Una historia única e inolvidable.»The Times «Sorprendente: poderoso y discreto.»The Observer «Rausing retrata la escena con una delicadeza pictórica, para después dar un paso atrás y analizar las implicaciones de lo que ha revelado.»The Guardian «Fascinante, perspicaz, excepcionalmente articulada. Rausing es una experta antropóloga.»The Telegraph «Un libro valiente, iluminado por la notable franqueza de la autora.»The New Statesman «Cautivadora. Maelstrom es profundamente apasionada en su imposible intento de invocar una vitalidad salvadora en medio de un caos agonizante. Un libro valiente, elegante e inspirado.»Andrew Solomon
MAESTRA DE LA LAGUNA, LA (EBOOK)
by Gloria V. CasañasElizabeth O Connor, una de las maestras norteamericanas que Sarmiento consigue traer a la Argentina, no sospecha hasta qué punto aquella empresa sobrepasa sus expectativas. Valiente, culta y decidida, su sangre irlandesa es puesta a prueba más de una vez, tanto en la Gran Aldea que sigue siendo Buenos Aires como en la pampa brava, donde el eco de los malones resuena aún, a la luz de la estrella del gran Calfucurá. La joven maestra trae consigo la nueva enseñanza, pero ignora que bajo la Cruz del Sur existen otras lecciones que ella debe aprender, en una sociedad salvaje donde las reglas son escritas con sangre y en la que los códigos del amor son muy distintos a los de su Massachusetts natal. Mientras tanto, en el Río de la Plata, un hombre de alcurnia que busca olvidar su condición y hundirse en el oprobio, lejos de la sociedad que lo vio nacer, es sin duda un condenado, pero# no hay condenado que no desee la salvación. Podrá una mujer civilizada, sin otras armas que su educación y su perseverancia, redimir al alma más oscura?
Maestro: André Tchelistcheff and the Rebirth of Napa Valley (At Table)
by James O. GumpWine insiders called André Tchelistcheff the &“winemaker&’s winemaker,&” the &“wine doctor,&” and simply &“maestro.&” After Prohibition brought Napa Valley and its wine industry to the brink of catastrophe, Tchelistcheff (1901–94) proved essential in its revitalization. Tchelistcheff&’s unique background—a sickly child, a Russian émigré forced from his homeland during the Bolshevik Revolution, a White Army lieutenant who fought in the Crimea, a physical laborer in a Bulgarian coal mine, a Czechoslovakian-trained agronomist, and a French-schooled viticulturist and enologist—prepared him for a remarkable winemaking career. He spent thirty-five years in Napa Valley&’s Beaulieu Vineyard and nearly two &“post-retirement&” decades doing freelance consulting work for more than thirty wineries. His early struggles forged his principal character traits, which he passed on to an entire generation of winemakers. His students, including some of the most accomplished winemakers of the post-Prohibition period, marveled over their mentor&’s sense of authority, profound insight, humble presence, and abundant wisdom. This inspiring account of Tchelistcheff&’s life includes interviews with friends, family, and mentees, which reveal how one man used his passion and knowledge to help save a community on the edge of disaster. In Maestro James O. Gump preserves the memory of a fascinating individual and one of the most influential winemakers of the modern era.
Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
by Bob WoodwardIn eight Tuesdays each year, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan convenes a small committee to set the short-term interest rate that can move through the American and world economies like an electric jolt. As much as any, the committee's actions determine the economic well-being of every American. The availability of money for business or consumer loans, mortgages, job creation and overall national economic growth flows from those decisions. Perhaps the last Washington secret is how the Federal Reserve and its enigmatic chairman, Alan Greenspan, operate. In Maestro, Bob Woodward takes you inside the Fed and Greenspan's thinking. We listen to the Fed's internal debates as the American economy is pushed into a historic 10-year expansion while the world economy lurches from financial crisis to financial crisis. Greenspan plays a sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt behind-the-scenes role. He appears in Maestro up close as never before -- alternately nervous and calm, plunging into mathematics one moment and politics the next, skeptical, dispassionate, always struggling -- often alone. Maestro traces a fascinating intellectual journey as Greenspan, an old-school anti-inflation hawk of the traditional economy, is among the first to realize the potential in the modern, high-productivity new economy -- the foundation of the current American boom. Woodward's account of the Greenspan years is a remarkable portrait of a man who has become the symbol of American economic preeminence.
Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
by Bob WoodwardIn eight Tuesdays each year, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan convenes a small committee to set the short-term interest rate that can move through the American and world economies like an electric jolt. As much as any, the committee's actions determine the economic well-being of every American. The availability of money for business or consumer loans, mortgages, job creation and overall national economic growth flows from those decisions. Perhaps the last Washington secret is how the Federal Reserve and its enigmatic chairman, Alan Greenspan, operate. In Maestro, Bob Woodward takes you inside the Fed and Greenspan's thinking. We listen to the Fed's internal debates as the American economy is pushed into a historic 10-year expansion while the world economy lurches from financial crisis to financial crisis. Greenspan plays a sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt behind-the-scenes role. He appears in Maestro up close as never before -- alternately nervous and calm, plunging into mathematics one moment and politics the next, skeptical, dispassionate, always struggling -- often alone. Maestro traces a fascinating intellectual journey as Greenspan, an old-school anti-inflation hawk of the traditional economy, is among the first to realize the potential in the modern, high-productivity new economy -- the foundation of the current American boom. Woodward's account of the Greenspan years is a remarkable portrait of a man who has become the symbol of American economic preeminence.
Maestros and Their Music: The Art And Alchemy Of Conducting
by John MauceriAn exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century. John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative, consistently entertaining exploration of his profession, rich with anecdotes from decades of working alongside the greatest names of the music world. With candor and humor, Mauceri makes clear that conducting is itself a composition: of legacy and tradition, techniques handed down from master to apprentice--and more than a trace of ineffable magic. He reveals how conductors approach a piece of music (a calculated combination of personal interpretation, imagination, and insight into the composer's intent); what it takes to communicate solely through gesture, with sometimes hundreds of performers at once; and the occasionally glamorous, often challenging life of the itinerant maestro. Mauceri, who worked closely with Leonard Bernstein for eighteen years, studied with Leopold Stokowski, and was on the faculty of Yale University for fifteen years, is the perfect guide to the allure and theater, passion and drudgery, rivalries and relationships of the conducting life.
Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
by Maeve Higgins“If Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a daughter, she would be Maeve Higgins.” —Glamour“Maeve Higgins is hilarious, poignant, conversational, and my favorite Irish import since U2. You’re in for a treat.” —Phoebe RobinsonA timely essay collection about life, love, and becoming an American from breakout comedy star and podcaster Maeve Higgins Maeve Higgins was a bestselling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old age of thirty-one, she left the only home she’d ever known in search of something more. Like many women in their early thirties, she both was and was not the adult she wanted to be. At once smart, curious, and humane, Maeve in America is the story of how Maeve found herself, literally and figuratively, in New York City. Here are stories of not being able to afford a dress for the ball, of learning to live with yourself while you’re still figuring out how to love yourself, of the true significance of realizing what sort of shelter dog you would be. Self-aware and laugh-out-loud funny, this collection is also a fearless exploration of the awkward questions in life, such as: Is clapping too loudly at a gig a good enough reason to break up with somebody? Is it ever really possible to leave home? Together, the essays in Maeve in America create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a woman who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is, even as she finds the words to make sense of it all.
Maeve's Times
by Maeve Binchy'Maeve's Times is funny and clever and kind, which are excellent qualities in both books and people' Irish Times'As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might consider the trivia of other people's lives.'Maeve Binchy is well known for her bestselling novels, but for many years Maeve was a journalist. From 'The Student Train' to 'Plane Bores' and 'Bathroom Joggers' to 'When Beckett met Binchy', these articles have all the warmth, wit and humanity of her fiction. Arranged in decades, from the 1960s to the 2000s, and including Maeve's first and last ever piece of writing for the Irish Times, the columns also give a fascinating insight into the author herself.With an introduction written by her husband, the writer Gordon Snell, this collection of timeless writing reminds us of why the leading Irish writer was so universally loved.
Maeve's Times
by Maeve BinchyAs someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might consider the trivia of other people's lives.'Maeve Binchy is well-known for her bestselling novels, the most recent of which was A WEEK IN WINTER. But for many years Maeve was a journalist, writing for the IRISH TIMES. From 'The Student Train' to 'Plane Bores' and 'Bathroom Joggers' to 'When Beckett met Binchy', these articles have all the warmth, wit and humanity of her fiction. Arranged in decades, from the 1960s to the 2000s, and including Maeve's first and last ever piece of writing for the IRISH TIMES, the columns also give a fascinating insight into the author herself.With an introduction written by her husband, the writer Gordon Snell, this collection of timeless writing reminds us of why the leading Irish writer was so universally loved.Read by Kate Binchy(p) 2013 Orion Publishing Group
Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words
by Maeve BinchyFive decades of selected writings from the Irish Times by the beloved and best-selling author, filled with her hallmark humor, candor, and wisdom-a timeless gift to her legion of fans.Maeve Binchy once confessed: "As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might consider the trivia of other people's lives." She was an accidental journalist, yet from the beginning, her writings reflected the warmth, wit, and keen human interest that readers would come to love in her fiction. From the royal wedding to boring airplane companions, Samuel Beckett to Margaret Thatcher, "senior moments" to life as a waitress, Maeve's Times gives us wonderful insight into a changing Ireland as it celebrates the work of one of our best-loved writers in all its diversity-revealing her characteristic directness, laugh-out-loud humor, and unswerving gaze into the true heart of a matter.
Mafeking: A Diary Of The Siege [Illustrated Edition]
by Frederick David BaillieThe siege of Mafeking still stands as one of the British Military's high achievements, especially during the depths of the badly handled Boer War. The successful defence and relief were a shot in the arm for the British public which had become all too used to defeats and reverses in South Africa. Leading the heroic defence of Mafeking was the Colonel Baden-Powell, whose ingenious new methods of keeping the defence going - such as an armoured train, a salvaged cannon, fake barbed wire - were to become part of his legend.Enduring the siege with Baden-Powell was the correspondent for the Morning Chronicle, F.D Baillie, a late major in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars; who wrote a day-by-day account of the siege from behind the defences.This edition benefits from numerous illustrations from the newspaper clippings of the time.