Old Is Gold
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BacktrackingThis memoir is the quintessential account of Fred Gray-sheepherder, soldier, husband and father, surveyor, and businessman-growing up and living in the Western frontier town of Buffalo, Wyoming, during the century following his birth in 1924. The reader will find him backtracking through his 90-plus-year-life...
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When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of AmericaA riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic convention shattered faith in American media. "The whole world is watching!" cried protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention as Chicago police beat them in the streets. When some of that violence...
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The Right Stuff"Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review), The Right Stuff is the basis for the 1983 Oscar-winning film of the same name and the eight-part Disney+ miniseries. Reissued for today's reader with a cover by the renowned artist Seymour...
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestNow featuring an introduction by Geoff Dyer, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a wild, psychedelic, utterly Wolfe-ian romp through the rise of the counterculture movement of the 1960s.The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe's seminal portrait of Ken Kesey, one of the...
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Warships in the War of the Pacific 1879-83: South America's Ironclad Naval CampaignSuperbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships that fought the little-known battles of South America's War of the Pacific. In the late 19th century, a war erupted between Chile and Peru, the catalyst for which was control of guano-rich...
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The Forgetters: StoriesA tender, astonishing, and richly beautiful story cycle about remembering our shared histories and repairing the world."Greg Sarris once again tells us a story filled with stories that lift the spirits in troubled times. A wonderful read that transports us to a realm of...
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The Golden DovesTwo female spies risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi in this sweeping, profound tale of bravery from the bestselling author of Lilac Girls. "A riveting story of two brave and amazing women who work in the French resistance during World War II...
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture MasterpieceNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully...
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The Queen of Steeplechase ParkThe Queen of Steeplechase Park is the absolutely, positively, practically, almost-true story of infamous burlesque queen and magic meatball maker Belladonna Marie Donato. Pregnant at fifteen after gleefully losing her virginity to pansexual neighborhood strongman Francis Anthony Mozzarelli, she is robbed of her baby...
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Sad Eyes: Book Two: 1939 to 1951SAD EYES: 1939 TO 1951 is the story of a blossoming woman, Mary Ellen Murphy, from Waterloo, Iowa. She finds herself stationed at Hickman Hospital in early December 1941, and she's halfway through her honeymoon when the Japanese bomb the fleet in the harbor.She...
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Larding the Lean Earth: Soil and Society in Nineteenth-Century AmericaA Major History of Early Americans' Ideas about Conservation Fifty years after the Revolution, American farmers faced a crisis: the failing soils of the Atlantic states threatened the agricultural prosperity upon which the republic was founded. Larding the Lean Earth explores the tempestuous debates...
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A Woman's Life Is a Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor, and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive JusticePublished to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, this urgent bookfrom historian Felicia Kornbluh reveals two movement victories in New York that forever changed the politics of reproductive rights nationallyBefore there was a "Jane Roe," themost important champions of reproductive rights...
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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram"Remarkable. . . . A gift from a heroine who was killed at twenty-seven but whose voice has survived to remind us of the humanity and decency that endure amid--and despite--the horror and chaos of war."--Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine Brutally honest and...
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Adieu: A Memoir of Holocaust SurvivalAuthor: Alfred J. LakritzPublisher: Belmonte PressPublished: 02/06/2024Pages: 246Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52dISBN: 9798989685103
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The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American WestFrom the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narratives of the biggest legends in frontier mythology. The summer of 1876 was a key time period in the development of the mythology of the Old West. Many...
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The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American CommuneThe devolution of the Sullivan Institute, from psychoanalytic organization to insular, radical cult. In the middle of the Ozzie and Harriet 1950s, the birth control pill was introduced and a maverick psychoanalytic institute, the Sullivan Institute for Research in Psychoanalysis, opened its doors in...
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The Penguin Book of PiratesReal-life accounts of the world's most notorious pirates--both men and women, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond--compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself A Penguin Classic Spanning three...
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An Inflammable Act of KindnessAuthor: Monika KilleenPublisher: Lasavia PublishingPublished: 01/13/2024Pages: 130Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31dISBN: 9781991083142
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Sad Eyes: Book One: 1912 to 1939: A Nurse's love of her country during WW IISAD EYES: 1912 TO 1939 is the story of a woman, Mary Ellen Murphy, from Waterloo, Iowa, and her contribution to the United States and beyond as an Army nurse in World War II, helping save tens of thousands of soldiers' lives. Her assistance...
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Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1975-90: The Ultimate Generation of Cold War Heavy ArmorA comprehensive, illustrated account of the new generation of advanced tanks to emerge during the last 15 years of the Cold War, showcasing major improvements in armor protection, gunsights, and fire-control systems. Focusing on the technology of the period, author Steven J. Zaloga explains...
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