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Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries
By Conrad Black, David Twiston-Davies. 1996
Canada From Afar is the fruit of the remarkable flowering of obituary writing in the London Daily Telegraph during the…
past ten years. These lively portraits of Canadians are informed, witty, sometimes quirky, occasionally iconoclastic.They include royal courtiers, politicians, businessmen, soldiers, sailors, airmen, scientists, explorers, novelists, artists, and even journalists. Among the prominent Canadians viewed from afar are persons such as Margaret Laurence, Joey Smallwood, K.C. Irving, Raymond Burr and A.J. Casson.Espiões, Espionagem e Operações Secretas - Da Grécia Antiga à Guerra Fria
By Michael Rank, Shana Marcele Oliveira e Silva. 2015
Do autor do best-seller #1 History's Greatest Generals, chega um novo e empolgante livro sobre os maiores espiões que existiram…
e como os seus atos de espionagem e operações secretas mudaram o curso da história. Quer seja Enéas, o Tático, que criou a ciência militar ocidental; Francis Walsingham, espião da rainha Elizabeth que frustrou inúmeras tentativas de assassinato e teceu uma rede internacional de espionagem internacional no início do colonialismo europeu; ou Richard Sorge, o espião beberrão alemão para os soviéticos cuja interceptação de inteligência militar preveniu o colapso do exército russo na Segunda Guerra Mundial, cada um desses espiões teve um grande impacto na sociedade moderna. Este livro explora as vidas e os tempos dos dez maiores espiões, ou redes de espionagem, na história. Alguns assumiram status lendário, como Mata Hari, a dançarina exótica e cortesã da Primeira Guerra Mundial que compartilhou as camas de tantos oficiais franceses e alemães que não pôde evitar tornar-se uma agente dupla. Outros espionavam por pura convicção ideológica, como George Koval, um espião americano nascido em Iowa que vazou segredos nucleares para a União Soviética, acelerando em anos o programa nuclear da Rússia e tornando possível a corrida armamentista da Guerra Fria. Outros, ainda, atingiram um nível de adoração quase religiosa - Nathan Hale, o espião da era da Revolução Americana, teve uma carreira muito curta, mas se tornou o primeiro mártir da América e um estimado símbolo nacional. Qualquer que fosse sua razão para a espionagem, estes espiões representaram a mão invisível do poder governamental. Suas vidas eram envoltas em mistério - e muitos tiveram origens tão complicadas que nós ainda desconhecemos sua verdadeira lealdade, se eles tiveram alguma. Mas apesar de suas vidas enigmáticas, eles foram a mão invisível que ajudou a dirigir o curso da história.Della
By Chuck Barris. 2010
This surprisingly candid, often funny, and entirely moving memoir is Chuck Barris's story about life with his only child, Della.…
Born on Christmas Eve in 1962, Della was a lovable charmer like her father, an adventurous and quick-witted kid. She had a carefree suburban childhood, even while her father was fast becoming an entertainment superstar, inventing, hosting, and producing his legendary game shows. When Barris and his wife eventually divorced, Della was shuttled between parents in New York and California, then moved from boarding school in Switzerland to Beverly Hills High, among other places. Bored, lonely, and often depressed, she discovered drugs and petty crime early in adolescence, and her escapades soon took on a far more alarming and dangerous aspect. She was lost, yearning for attention and guidance, and growing up in Los Angeles amid temptation everywhere. Her father felt helpless: caring for a daughter was more than Barris had bargained for. Ranging from late-night phone calls from the neighbors to emergency room visits, Della's behavior was out of control. When Della decided at age sixteen to move out on her own, Barris didn't object. He gave her a trust fund and let her go out into the world alone, a regret that he shares with readers here in heartbreaking and clear-eyed detail as he chronicles Della's descent into addiction and her eventual death from an overdose at age thirty-six. But Della is not just a grief-stricken story. Filled with loving memories and spontaneous humor, it is a brave and hard-earned reflection on fatherhood and a tribute to innocence lost.“Norfleet”: The Actual Experiences of a Texas Rancher’s 30,000-Mile Transcontinental Chase After Five Confidence Men
By J Norfleet, W White. 2018
Originally published in 1924 this is the true story of J Frank Norfleet a typical West Texas…
ranchman and his four-year chase after a gang of international swindlers which takes the reader on a transcontinental journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific from Mexico and Cuba into Canada A gripping and incredible chronicle of one man s dedication to break up an international crime ring True story of West Texas rancher J Frank Norfleet cousin to General Robert E Lee on his grandmother s side who was deceived and robbed by sophisticated politicians and financiers and proceeded to track them across continents from the Atlantic to the Pacific from Mexico and Cuba into Canada to bring them to justice Applauded by the U S Department of Justice Norfleet set an example in his time that rings as true today do not let yourself be abused by financial manipulators who pervert laws to rob the common man A gripping and incredible chronicle of one man s dedication to break up an international crime ringHeck Thomas, Frontier Marshal: The Story of a Real Gunfighter
By Glenn Shirley. 2018
The Old West bred some mighty tough men Unfortunately the general public knows little or nothing about the good…
ones Billy the Kid the Daltons Jesse James Sam Bass the Youngsters Wesley Hardin and many more are familiar as heroes to the children and their parents of today So even more unfortunately are many so-called lawmen who were actually nothing but hired killers far more crooked than most of the men they eliminated Heck Thomas deserves to be known in a way that most of the current TV Marshals never deserved Fighter yes and killer at times law officer of some of the toughest areas in the Southwest such as the Cherokee Strip and other outlaw-ridden parts of Oklahoma he never took a bribe was a model family man and lived to a magnificent old age still in hardness honoured as one of the last genuine heroes of the frontier by all who knew him No one outlaw or politician ever made him back down and his record of arrests and captures still stands as one of the most noteworthy of any peace officer anywhere To a public which always seeks true heroism and is proud of the iron men who built America this man Heck Thomas must stand forever as the best type of man of the West low-voiced courteous law-abiding and very very dangerous Heck Thomas made his lifework keeping the law and emerges from the shadowy past to blazing life as an authentic hero of the Old FrontierPomo Indian Myths and Some of their Sacred Meanings
By Cora Clark, Texa Williams. 2018
In this volume which was first published in 1954 some forty-odd myths collected at various Pomo settlements are…
given clearly and concisely by Cora Clark and Texa Bowen Williams It includes a separate section in which the sister authors provide a partial analysis of the myths based upon the interpretations given them by the storytellers The meanings attributed to the tales include much nature symbolism coyote in an abbreviated creation myth for example is said to represent earth Frog Woman water Kingfisher air and the Lizard fire In other tales the number four is said to represent the growth principle arrows heat rays and so on This type of symbolism has not been attributed to the Pomo in previous discussions and is thus represented here for the first time A fascinating addition to the literature on Pomo mythologyTrail Town
By Ernest Haycox. 2018
LAW AND ORDER WERE HIS GAME GUNS AND GUTS HIS WAYRiver Bend stood tough and dusty at…
the end of a thousand-mile cattle trail For the men who rode the long hard Texas cattle drives it was a rootin -tootin trail town where they could quench their thirst for whiskey women and a rousing fight But Sheriff Dan Mitchell wasn t worried about rowdy cowpokes the man with the star was as quick with his gun as he was with his fists and his wits When it came to law and order he meant business Trouble was the saloonkeepers and the so-called respectable folks who had put him in office had their own notions as to the extent of the law And they didn t expect the sheriff to be such an independent cuss Each wanted him out for his own reasons Now Mitchell kept his 44s belted around his waist and the Henry rifle in his saddleboot ready to keep the law his way or die trying MOVES STEADILY RELENTLESSLY FORWARD WITH GRIM POWER THE NEW YORK TIMESThe Wild Bunch
By Ernest Haycox. 2018
BLOOD JUSTICEFrank Goodnight set out to track down Theo McSween the man who had run off with his…
pretty sister and left her high and dry He had been on McSween s trail for weeks when he rode into Sherman City Wyoming a tough town at the base of the Owlhom hills on a hunch the varmint was hidin up there with the Wild Bunch a gang of outlaws Who been preying on prideful ranchers While Goodnight sampled the rotgut at the local saloon the Wild Bunch rode into town with their Colts ablazin and suddenly he was a stranger caught plumb in the middle of a range war But he survived dodging the hot lead and even gettin a good look at his man ridin with that bunch of gun toughs All he could think of now was putting McSween six feet under but that would have to wait a spell He wanted the chance to meet that scummy nightrider alone and man to man and make him sweat bloodAmerican Lady: The Life of Susan Mary Alsop
By Caroline De Margerie. 2011
The fascinating story of one of the grand dames of Georgetown society and a true Washington insider Henry Kissinger once…
remarked that more agreements were concluded in the living room of Susan Mary Alsop than in the White House. A descendent of Founding Father John Jay, Susan Mary was an American aristocrat whose first marriage gave her full access to post-war diplomatic social life in Paris. There, her circle of friends included Winston Churchill, Isaiah Berlin, Evelyn Waugh, and Christian Dior, among other luminaries, and she had a passionate love affair with British ambassador Duff Cooper. During the golden years of John F. Kennedy’s presidencyafter she had married the powerful journalist Joe Alsopher Washington home was a gathering place for everyone of importance, including Katharine Graham, Robert McNamara, and Henry Kissinger. Dubbed the second lady of Camelot,” she hosted dinner parties that were the epitome of political power and social arrival, bringing together the movers and shakers not just of the United States, but of the world. Featuring an introduction by Susan Mary Alsop’s goddaughter Frances FitzGerald, American Lady is a fascinating chronicle of a woman who witnessed, as Nancy Mitford once said, history on the boil. ” .Os Piores Ditadores Da História: Um Pequeno Guia Sobre Os Mais Brutais Governantes
By Michael Rank, Makoto Yamamoto. 2014
Sórdidos, brutais e breves.Essa é a maneira como o filósofo inglês Thomas Hobbes descreveu o estado natural da humanidade e…
do estado em que os seres humanos inexoravelmente ficariam sem uma autoridade forte e central. No entanto, Hobbes provavelmente concordaria que viver sob a tutela de um mau governante também pode levar à morte violenta. Afinal, ele viveu apenas um século após o sangrento reinado de Henrique VIII; cento e cinquenta anos após os conquistadores espanhóis testemunharem Montezuma II oferecer milhares de sacrifícios humanos; e pouco mais de quatro séculos depois que Genghis Khan cavalgou toda a Eurásia, deixando para trás morte e destruição suficiente para despovoar grandes partes do globo.Este novo e emocionante livro do historiador Michael Rank analisa a vida e a época dos piores ditadores da história. Você aprenderá sobre os reinados e as ações mais violentas deles, como... - O imperador Nero e os assassinatos dos membros de sua família, a suspeita pelo incêndio de Roma e a execução generalizada de minorias religiosas, o que fez muitos dos primeiros cristãos acreditarem que ele era o anticristo. - Herodes, o Grande, e seu gosto pelo massacre, os assassinatos de familiares e até mesmo infanticídios para manter seu governo. - As conquistas militares de Genghis Khan, que matou dezenas de milhões de pessoas e afugentou mais outros milhões; por sua causa, florestas voltaram a crescer em campos agrícolas abandonados, e os níveis de carbono na atmosfera caíram, resultando no primeiro caso de resfriamento global causado pelo homem. - Vlad, o Empalador (também conhecido como Vlad Dracul, homônimo do vampiro) e seu hábito de empalar que afligiu mais de 20 mil vítimas, fazendo até mesmo um exército mais forte recuar ao testemunhar tal carnificina. Esses quatro líderes, além de outros seis ditadores da história antiga, medieval e moderna, são apresentados neste livro. Saiba maisBrother One Cell
By Cullen Thomas. 2007
Cullen Thomas was just like the thousands of other American kids who travel abroad after college. He was hungry for…
meaning and excitement beyond a nine-to-five routine, so he set off for Seoul, South Korea, to teach English and look for adventure. What he got was a three-and-a- half-year drug-crime sentence in South Korea's prisons, where the physical toll of life in a cell was coupled with the mental anguish of maintaining sanity in a world that couldn't have been more foreign. This is Thomas's unvarnished account of his eye-opening, ultimately life-affirming experience. Brother One Cellis part cautionary tale, part prison memoir, and part insightful travelogue that will appeal to a wide readership, from concerned parents to armchair adventurers.Reed Anthony, Cowman
By Andy Adams. 2012
The Little Book of Heartbreak: Love Gone Wrong Through the Ages
By Meghan Laslocky. 2013
The perfect anti valentine for any lovelorn friend, this guide of hearbreak through the ages allows the broken hearted to…
read through the pain. From divorce cases in ancient Rome to the art of crafting a perfect getting over someone CD, this is a whirlwind tour through love's most crushing moments including how Ernest Hemingway cheated on his wife and then stole her job, Morrisey's personal creed about how sex is useless and what to read, listen to and watch to forget an ex as fast as possible.Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide
By Oss Oeric. 1986
In the 1970s two of the most influential thinkers of the psychedelic era gathered what was then known about psilocybin…
botany and culture and presented it in Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide. Writing under pseudonyms, the McKenna brothers provided simple, reliable, and productive methods for magic mushroom propagation, including black-and-white photographs that showed the techniques of the time. The development of more modern cultivation techniques does not eclipse the cultural contributions of this book. Philosophical asides, whimsical illustrations evoking the mystical nature of mushrooms, and speculations about the relationship of these organisms to humankind provide a lasting legacy. Truly the classic manual on home cultivation, the wisdom of Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide continues to inspire new students of psycho-mycology-and refreshes psychedelic memories for others.The Classic Ten
By Nancy, Macdonell Smith. 2003
Nancy MacDonell Smith explores the origins, meaning, and remarkable staying power of the ten staples of feminine fashion: * the…
little black dress * the white shirt * the cashmere sweater * blue jeans * the suit * high heels * pearls * lipstick * sneakers * the trench coat Tracing the evolution of each item from inception to icon status, she reveals the history and social significance of each, from the black dress's associations with danger and death to the status implications of the classic white shirt. Incorporating sources from history, literature, magazines, and cinema, as well as her own witty anecdotes, Smith has created an engaging, informative guide to modern style. .In the Sun's House
By Rex Lee Jim, Kurt Caswell. 2009
In the year he spent teaching at Borrego Pass, a remote Navajo community in northwest New Mexico, Kurt Caswell found…
himself shunned as persona non grata. His cultural missteps, status as an interloper, and white skin earned him no respect in the classroom or the community-those on the reservation assumed he would come and go like so many teachers had before. But as Caswell attempts to bridge the gap between himself and those who surround him, he finds his calling as a teacher and develops a love for the rich landscape of New Mexico, and manages a hard-won truce between his failings and successes.The First Stampede of Flores LaDue
By Wendy Bryden. 2011
The true love story of Florence and Guy Weadick, in celebration of the Centenary of the Calgary Stampede, 1912 -…
2012.The love story of rodeo promoter Guy Weadick and trick roper Flores LaDue began among the rough-and-tumble vaudevillians who preserved the frontier way of life in the first Wild West shows. Their love endured through North American performances in the small-time and big-time circuits, to the audiences of Europe, and culminated in 1912 with the most spectacular of accomplishments - the establishment of the greatest outdoor show on earth, the Calgary Stampede.With Books and Bricks
By Suzanne Slade, Nicole Tadgell. 2014
Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil…
War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick. An afterword gives detailed information on how the school was built.A Bus of Our Own
By Shawn Costello, Freddi Williams Evans. 2001
Based on real events, this story celebrates the spirit of the African Americans who lived in rural Mississippi in the…
late 1940s and early 1950s. Though they paid taxes and many owned land, they received separate and unequal public services and educational opportunities.Mum's Way
By Lynne Barrett-Lee, Ian Millthorpe. 2013
Angie and Ian were childhood sweethearts, Angie adored kids and, as one of eight children himself, Ian was only too…
happy to have as many as they could. After their marriage they had three sons in quick succession. But then, aged just thirty one, Angie was diagnosed with breast cancer and the couple had to accept they might not be able to have any more. Five years on, though, with Angie well again they went on to have five more. But in 2007, Angie had a shadow on her lung and it was the return of the original breast cancer she thought she had beaten. It seemed the disease had returned to tear their world apart again. Though Ian searched tirelessly for cures, Angie practised acceptance. She wouldn't live to see her children grow up. Raising eight children would be a big job for any couple; to raise them alone, without their mother, an almost Herculean feat. But this was exactly what Angie wanted Ian to be able to do. So in the last months of her life, Angie compiled a list of 'rules' to guide Ian in the future, and put him on an intensive training course, so he could learn all the skills he would need. She taught him how to make her special chicken curry, how to soothe away their hurts, pack their lunchboxes with all their favourites and do all the little things she'd done for them so unthinkingly. And Ian knew he wasn't just doing this for the children. He was doing it so his beloved wife could be comforted by knowing that he had the tools to bring their children up her way. Finally, inevitably, came the hardest task of all. Angie, the job done, had to find the courage to let them go, and Ian and the children the courage to carry on without her.