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Woodrow Wilson
by Louis AuchinclossWoodrow Wilson sheds new light on Wilson's upbringing and career, from the grim determination that enabled him to overcome dyslexia to the skillful dance of isolationism and intervention in World War I to the intransigence that--despite his most cherished vision--caused the Senate's rejection of the League of Nations. Here, from the dynamic figure whose ringing speeches hypnotized vast crowds to the gentle voice reading poetry aloud and the comic star of family skits and charades to the rising academic and president of Princeton who made the giant leap into politics are all the triumphs and final tragic irony of this flawed apostle of world peace. Our twenty-eighth president was, says Louis Auchincloss, "the greatest idealist who ever occupied the White House." And who better than Auchincloss, with his penchant for quirky personalities and fascination with fin-de-sicle society, to explore this complex persona?
From Bordello to Ballot Box: A First-hand Account of Legal Prostitution and Political Corruption
by Jessi Winchester W. Lane StartinAutobiography
On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency
by Mark HertsgaardExamines relationship and coverage of press during Reagan presidency.
A Lawyer's Life
by Johnnie Cochran David FisherBegins with the Simpson trial then reviews his previous career.
Safer Than a Known Way
by Pamela Rosewell Moorelife story of Pamela Roswell Moore, companion to Corrie Ten Boom for the last years of her life
The Civil War Letters of Joseph Taylor
by Kevin C. MurphyLetters of a civil war Massachusetts soldier to his father
The Original Has This Signature--W. K. Kellogg
by Horace B. PowellThe Story of a Pioneer in Industry and Philanthropy--W. K. Kellogg,who built a world-wide cereal industry and amassed one of the great fortunes of the twentieth century and reinvested his fortune in a philanthropic foundation designed to help people to help themselves.
Nuremberg Diary: Formerly Prison Psychologist at the Nuremberg Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
by Gustave M. GilbertIn August 1945 Great Britain, France, the USSR and the United States established a tribunal at Nuremberg to try military and civilian leaders of the Nazi regime for the plotting of aggressive warfare, the extermination of civilian populations, the widespread use of slave labor, the looting of occupied countries, and the maltreatment and murder of prisoners of war. G.M. Gilbert was the prison psychologist before and during the Nuremberg trial. He had an unrivaled, firsthand opportunity to watch and question the Nazi war criminals. With scientific dispassion he encouraged Goering, Speer, Hess Ribbentrop, Frank, Jodl, Keitel, Streicher, and the others to reveal their innermost thoughts.
Sri Ramanin Pathayil Oru Siru Payanam
by Geetha SambasivamThis book describes the experiences of the author in her pilgrimage trip to certain places like Ayodhya, Citrakutam, Naimicaraniyam etc. said to be toured by Sri Rama in the Indian epic Ramayana.
Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman
by Queen Latifah Karen HunterAutobiography of a rap star.
Francis Bacon and the Modern Dilemma
by Loren C. EiseleyA critical examination of Francis Bacon, the scientist and educator who founded the scientific method that is used even today to deduce the answer to a given problem.
Adultery and Other Diversions
by Tim ParksIn Adultery and Other Diversions, author Tim Parks gives his own intellect free rein to cartwheel and skylark among a variety of subjects from the dangerous allure of adultery to the creative power of rancor. With each essay, Parks begins by grounding himself and the reader in a concrete experience--a bus ride across Europe, for instance, or cleaning his daughter's room, or translating an Italian novel into English--then lets his mind loose to joyously observe, reflect, and comment on what it all means.
The Sixties: The Last Journal, 1960-1972
by Lewis M. Dabney Edmund O. WilsonEdited by Wilson's biographer, this volume poignantly -- and defiantly -- records the final years of one of our foremost critics and writers, taking its place alongside his major works, including "To the Finland Station", "Patriotic Gore", "The Shores of Light, and Letters on Literature and Politics", as an enduring contribution to American culture. In "The Sixties" Wilson also struggles with his aging, as intellectual and personal curiosity contend against weakening physical powers, and flirtations that afford a sense of biological revival strain his relationship with his wife, Elena. He watches his children establishing their own lives and is aware of unfulfilled relationships with them. Yet, as he plunges into the contemporary scene of art, thought, and public affairs, the pull of his personal and cultural past is strengthened by the sense of his approaching end. Witnessing his own foibles and the ironies of human nature, expressing feeling more deeply than he often had in his journal, he writes his account of this decade with a concentration undiluted by other large-scale projects. The extraordinary personal record begun in another pivotal period in American life, with "The Twenties", comes to a fitting culmination in "The Sixties".
Lifetime Encyclopedia of Letters
by Harold E. MeyerProvides letters that can help you think of what to write.
A Redefined Life: Lessons from a Pitchfork
by Ashlee LundvallAfter a paralyzing ranching accident when she was sixteen years old, Ashlee Lundvall was forced to redefine her life. What she discovered was that through hard changes and loss comes beautiful hope and life-changing lessons. Once a basketball player, she has found she can continue to be competitive in a new stadium--the great outdoors. Join her on her journey home as she shares her struggles, triumphs, and the lessons she learned along the way following her Pitchfork Moment.
Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation
by Rebecca T. Alpert Shirley Idelson Sue Levi ElwellStories of eighteen lesbian rabbis.
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
by Mahasveta DeviThis book depicts the life story of this great novelist, who is like a historiographer, narrating the saga of the rise, fall, continuation and resurrection of a people.
