Michael D Orso: 3 books
Eagle Blue
A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2008
Eagle Blue follows the Fort Yukon Eagles, winners of six regional championships in a row, through the course of an entire 28-game season, from their first day of practice in late November to the Alaska State Championship Tournament in March. With insight, frankness, and compassion, Michael D'Orso...
Plundering Paradise
The Hand of Man on the Galapagos Islands
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Mention the Galápagos Islands to almost anyone, and the first things that spring to mind are iguanas, tortoises, volcanic beaches, and, of course, Charles Darwin. But there are people living there, too -- nearly 20,000 of them. A wild stew of nomads and grifters, dreamers and hermits, wealthy tour...
Like No Other Time
The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2003
Tom Daschle, the Majority Leader of the historic 107th Senate, presents a candid insider’s account of the workings of the U.S. government during two of the most tumultuous years in the nation’s history.
The 107th Congress faced a time like no other in the life of the nation. This was the...