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Becoming an outdoors woman: my outdoor adventure
By Christine L Thomas. 1997
Christine L. Thomas wrote this 1970's-1990's collection of humorous essays about her family's and friends' adventures in the outdoors to…
encourage other women to experience "Becoming an Outdoors Woman." Ms. Thomas lectured in Montana in 1993, and, co-chaired Montana's first Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshop in 1996. For high school and adult readersGrowing up western
By Monty Hall. 1997
"Growing up Western" is a series of vignettes on the life of Monty Hall who grew up western on a…
small Montana ranch in the 1930's and 40's. It is realistic in its clear representation of that hard-scrabble life, but also endearing in its appreciation of the people and scenery of the area. It is humorous in many stories, and probably is mostly based on the truth. For high school and adult readers. Strong languageStart with a laugh: an insider's guide to roasts, toasts, eulogies, and other speeches
By Liz Carpenter, Sondra Williamson Runnels. 2000
This book contains full texts or excerpts from some three dozen of Carpenter's best speeches for all types of occasions.…
In addition to roasts, toasts, and eulogies, she gives insights and examples of building dedications, welcome speeches, remarks to senior citizens' groups, commencement addresses, speeches made for worthy causes, accounts of the birth of the contemporary women's movement, and tips on humanizing speeches for high-tech executives. Carpenter spins a delightful, engaging account of her fifty-odd years as a political humorist, speechwriter for LBJ, and press secretary for Lady BirdThe life of the skies: birding at the end of nature
By Jonathan Rosen. 2008
Chronicling his birdwatching adventures, and researching those of John James Audubon and other famous birders, the author discovers literary, philosophical,…
scientific and spiritual interconnections. He shares his thoughts on birds, bird lore, natural history and the literature of birds. 2008The best of Alan Coren
By Alan Coren. 1981
Seventy-seven pieces originally published over a period of some fifteen years by "Punch" editor-writer Coren who hopes his best is…
yet to come. Includes such material as a memoir about a Gatsby of the future narrated by a demented conservationist; a literary takeoff in which Ionesco meets Ivy Compton-Burnett; an alcoholic's letter to his auntie; and a spoof of British Ingenuity during the Ice AgeYour future: a guide for the handicapped teenager (Careers in depth)
By S. Norman Feingold. 1980
More than sixty disabled people share their practical experiences and secrets of successful living in this holistic guide. Includes tips…
on finding the right school, financing an education, choosing the right job and career, legal rights, travel, leisure, and reading. For junior and senior high readersThings worth keeping: the value of attachment in a disposable world
By Christine Harold. 2020
Rampant consumerism has inundated our planet with pollution and waste, yet attempts to create environmentally friendly forms of consumption are…
often co-opted by corporations. Christine Harold investigates the attachments we form to the objects we buy, keep, and discard, exploring how these attachments might be marshaled to create less wasteful practices and balance our consumerist and ecological impulsesBest loved poems of the American West
By John J Gregg, Barbara T Gregg. 1980
Utopia (Penguin classics)
By Thomas More. 1965
The English martyr discusses the evils of the world and asserts the need for an ideal state. He describes a…
fictional state that he imagines as a self-sufficient island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people. First published in 1516Getting strong, looking strong: a guide to suceessful bodybuilding
By Boyer Coe. 1979
A graded program of exercise designed to serve as an introduction for the novice. The author, who has won the…
titles of Mr. America, Mr. World and Mr. Universe also discusses the concerns of the advanced body builder. For junior and senior high readersI seek the miraculous
By Barbara Cartland. 1978
Back to Methuselah: a metabiological pentateuch
By Bernard Shaw. 1939
This five-part drama has been said to contain the complete philosophy of Shaw's work. Written in 1921, the play examines…
the failure of civilization as evidenced by the Great War. 1939.The Aeneid of Virgil
By Virgil. 1972
Roman epic based on the legend of Aeneas, the Trojan prince whose descendants were supposed to have founded Rome. Traces…
the ancestry of Julius Caesar to the gods, and makes the greatness of Rome the subject of divine intervention and prophecyThe years with Ross
By James Thurber. 1972
Informal biography of the late gruff, eccentric creator and editor of "The New Yorker" magazine. Also an inside look at…
the legendary people and goings-on in that literary community. Among those authors and artists included are E.B. White, F. Scott Fitzgerald, J.D. Salinger, Ogden Nash, William Steig, and Charles AddamsAxel's castle: a study in the imaginative literature of 1870-1930
By Edmund Wilson. 1969
Walden, or Life in the woods : and, On the duty of civil disobedience
By Henry David Thoreau. 1960
Autobiography recording the author's experiment in essential living at his Walden Pond retreat in the 1850's, as well as his…
detailed observations of nature and his commentaries on world problems. His essay "Civil Disobedience" is a protest against government's interference with individual libertyI can't go on, I'll go on: a selection from Samuel Beckett's work
By Samuel Beckett. 1976
Stephen King's Danse macabre
By Stephen King. 1981
A successful horror story writer presents an informal history of the horror genre between the years 1950 and 1980. Discusses…
horror literature in books, comics, television shows, and movies. Includes biographical and autobiographical anecdotes of famous horror story writers. Some strong languageHappier hour: How to beat distraction, expand your time, and focus on what matters most
By Cassie Holmes. 2022
The antidote to overscheduling and feeling like your days aren't your own, Happier Hour reframes your time around life's happiest…
moments to build days that aren't just full—but fulfilling. Our most precious resource isn't money. It's time. We are allotted just twenty-four hours a day, and we live in a culture that keeps us feeling "time poor" —like we never have enough. Since we can't add more hours to the day, how can we experience our lives as richer? Is it possible to spend our days so they aren't just full, but are fulfilling? Based on her wildly popular M.B.A. class at U.C.L.A., Professor Cassie Holmes demonstrates how to immediately improve our lives by changing how we perceive and invest our time. Happier Hour provides empirically based insights and easy-to-implement tools that will allow you to: Optimally spend your hours and feel confident in those choices, sidestep distractions, create and savor moments of joy, design your schedule with purpose, and look back on your years without regrets. Enlivened by Holmes's upbeat narrative and groundbreaking research, Happier Hour teaches you how small changes can have an enormous impact, helping you feel less overwhelmed, more present, and more satisfied with your life overall. It all starts by transforming just one hour into a happier hourOne man's meat
By E. B White. 1944