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One of American historys lost stories, To the Outskirts of Habitable Creation is the fascinating account of American and Canadian convicts exiled to an Australian penal colony. In 1837 an armed rebellion at Toronto against the colonial administration of British Canada spilled across the border, and...

Until 1997, author Joseph Howard Tyson did not know that he descended from Germantown's original settlers. This realization deepened his concern for Philadelphia and his appreciation of William Penn's legacy. During the past eight years, he has tried to view the city through Penn's eyes. Penn's Luminous...

Those who have lived not just witnessed - the efflorescence of a pivotal culture moment never see the world through veiled eyes again. Jimmy Lyons was there, devising wholly original inventions of words and music while the Beats, the neo-folk troubadours, the post-bop jazz shooting stars, and the...

Toadsuck isnt a town. Its not even a village. Its a place located on the bank of the Arkansas River. But, as a child, author John J. Dub Black grew up in the area. In this memoir, he narrates a patchwork of stories that re? ect the adventures of his youth near Toadsuck. Tales from Toadsuck...

Have you ever dreamed of rolling across the country on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle? Many people have, but how many have the guts to really do it? In Ready Ryders, six best friends set out to make a far-off dream a reality as they tour Oregon and the Midwest on the backs of rollicking hogs. However,...

Marge Bump met Ernest Hemingway for the first time during the summer of 1915. She was walking back from Hortons Creek in northern Michigan where she had caught her first fish; he was a handsome sixteen-year-old who invited Marge to troll for rainbow trout. And so began a friendship between a young...

"I am no longer a poet. I have lost all my words." Vibrant, intelligent, and active, nineteen-year-old college student Karla Smith embraces the future with unbridled enthusiasm. But when she suddenly loses interest in everything she always loved, her family is understandably alarmed....

On November 16, 1910, in a little white bungalow on the edge of Garza, Texas, Doctor Taylor delivered a blue-eyed baby boy who was happy to be the newest member of Americas greatest generation. In his memoirwritten during the year he turned one hundredTom Robb shares the details of his fascinating...

From the associate producer of Alpha Dog starring Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis, and Sharon Stone with a Foreword by Nick Cassavetes, director of Alpha Dog, The Notebook, and John Q "If there was ever a true-life drama tailor-made for a celluloid adaptation, it's this one." -Matthew...

A blazing account of a life lived in Americas television newsrooms. It is a journey that leaps from a small newsroom in rural Arkansas to the largest newsroom of its time in New York at CBS. The best known broadcast journalists of a generation bump into each other on their way forward in their...

"Having read many books on eating disorders, I am always inspired by ones that are written from a personal perspective. Learning To Be Me is so honest and bravely written. It offers readers immense hope, and I am already recommending it to some of my clients." -Andrea Wachter, coauthor of...

Katie really cares about Justin, the cute two-year-old she baby-sits. But she cant help but notice the changes in him. Hes quieter now, and he sometimes calls himself a bad boy. Then Katie starts to notice bruises on Justin. She explains them awayuntil the day when she has to face the possibilities...

Exciting, fully documented on-site personal investigations of UFOs.

Kevin Spacey is considered one of the most talented thespians of his generation. Voted “Greatest Actor of the Nineties” by Empire Magazine, placed third in a 2001 FilmFour poll of the hundred greatest-ever movie stars, he is a double Oscar winner and has been equally successful on the stage, being...