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By Kevin M. Levin. 2019
By Ulysses S. Grant. 2018
A collection of letters from famed Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant to his wife, Julia Dent Grant. The letters…
range in time from their engagement in 1844 until Union victory in 1865 and provide insight into the general's experiences and mental state, especially during the Civil War. 2018By Ginni Mansberg. 2020
From the host of Medicine or Myth? and Embarrassing Bodies Down Under. Night sweats, hot flushes, anxiety, insomnia, exhaustion, itchy…
skin, low libido, painful sex ... Any of these sound familiar? Ninety per cent of women experience these symptoms some time between the ages of 40 and 60, but shhhhh ... just suck it up, princess. And nobody mention the M word. Menopause and perimenopause (the hormonal rollercoaster years leading up to a woman's last period) are among our last taboo subjects. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) - once widely prescribed as the magical secret of youth - has been shunned by women and their doctors for two decades. Dr Ginni Mansberg, one of Australia's most trusted health and wellbeing experts, is here to work through the evidence and bust the taboos out of the water. The M Word is all about you and your choices. Are you being offered the best solutions for your menopause issues? Because there are great solutions to help you thrive in this new stage of life. What happens to your body once key hormones begin to diminish? What are the pros and cons of HRT? Which home remedies are worth a shot, and which are snake oil? Plus, how can you shift that menopause weight gain, what's best for your changing skin, how can you exercise your brain (move over, Sudoku) and why are you so bloody itchy all the time? All of this and more is delivered with Dr Ginni's no-nonsense humour and backed up with evidence-based facts and personal anecdotes to help women make informed choices. "The M Word's abundance of information empowers women to define their M Time as Mighty!" GRETEL KILLEENBy Jeffrey Lee. 2017
An account of the role of Reynald de Chatillon in the Crusades. Recounts his joining the Second Crusade and subsequent…
rise through the ranks. Discusses whether his historical reputation as a bloodthirsty maniac is valid. Some violence. 2016By Herman Wouk. 2016
Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Caine Mutiny (DB 31442) and other works reflects on his life. Discusses the…
books that have influenced him, his personal relationships--including his sixty-six-year marriage to his wife, Sarah--his faith, military service during World War II, recognition of his work, and more. 2016By Tracy Crow, Jerri Bell. 2017
A collection of accounts of women aiding in military efforts throughout American history, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Includes profiles…
of Harriet Tubman, Josette Dermody Wingo, Barbara Dulinsky, and Brooke King, among many others. Features excerpts from diaries, letters, oral histories, and memoirs. Some violence and some strong language. 2017By Damien Lewis, Jason Morgan. 2017
The memoir of a former Special Forces soldier. Wounded badly and told he would never walk again, Morgan's recovery was…
long, and his wife left him with their three young sons. At this lowest point, a special service dog named Napal entered his life. Some violence and some strong language. 2016By Mary Jennings Hegar. 2017
An account of the author's military career. Discusses her role as a pilot in the US Air Force, flying combat…
search-and-rescue missions and earning her more than one award. Also recounts her fight to eliminate the military's Ground Combat Exclusion Policy. Some violence. 2017By Jo Ann Jenkins. 2016
CEO of AARP discusses opportunities to disrupt the aging process by focusing on health, wealth, and self. Uses personal anecdotes…
and profiles of others to illustrate points. Topics covered include the reality of aging, owning your age, designing your life, controlling your life, health, finances, and more. 2016Medical doctor who wrote The Hormone Reset Diet (DB 81016) presents a seven-week program to work with genes to make…
healthier choices aimed at aging well. Her weekly focal points are feed, sleep, move, release, expose, soothe, and think. Includes recipes, stretches, and a gene reference guide. 2017By Laila Parsons. 2016
The biography of military commander Fawzi al-Qawuqji, beginning with his time as a young officer in the Ottoman Army and…
continuing through his most famous role as commander of the Arab Liberation Army in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. 2016By Ronald C. White. 2016
Though Ulysses S. Grant was admired in his time, his reputation plummeted in the twentieth century. The author argues for…
a reevaluation of Grant's legacy. Using extensive primary documents, the biographer creates a portrait of Grant's character and details his work and accomplishments, including his efforts to battle the Ku Klux Klan. 2016By Amber Smith. 2016
Memoir of a female helicopter pilot who saw active combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Describes the heat of battle, coping…
with the elite "boys' club" mentality in Army aviation, and lessons learned that could apply to civilian life as well. Strong language and some violence. 2016By Ken Gire, Donald Stratton. 2016
One of five living survivors from aboard the USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor surprise attack in 1941, Donald Stratton…
recounts his harrowing escape from the burning ship amid enemy fire, his ultimate recovery, and his determination to return to the fight. Violence. 2016By M. Leona Godin. 2021
From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation,…
M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight. There Plant Eyes probes the ways in which blindness has shaped our ocularcentric culture, challenging deeply ingrained ideas about what it means to be “blind.” For millennia, blindness has been used to signify such things as thoughtlessness (“blind faith”), irrationality (“blind rage”), and unconsciousness (“blind evolution”). But at the same time, blind people have been othered as the recipients of special powers as compensation for lost sight (from the poetic gifts of John Milton to the heightened senses of the comic book hero Daredevil). Godin—who began losing her vision at age ten—illuminates the often-surprising history of both the condition of blindness and the myths and ideas that have grown up around it over the course of generations. She combines an analysis of blindness in art and culture (from King Lear to Star Wars) with a study of the science of blindness and key developments in accessibility (the white cane, embossed printing, digital technology) to paint a vivid personal and cultural history.By Michael Howard. 2002
British military historian explains the theories of Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), the Prussian officer who wrote the classic treatise On…
War. Argues that, despite their limitations, Clausewitz's pragmatic insights on strategy and tactics are as relevant today as they were two centuries ago. 1983A former top Pentagon official traces how war has transitioned from being considered, typically, a temporary state of affairs between…
times of peace to a continuous state. Argues that when the boundaries around war disappear, one risks destroying the founding values of America and invites chaos. 2016By Christie Blatchford. 2021
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford…
was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed skills as a reporter–these had already established her as a household name. But with her many reports from Afghanistan, and in dozens of interviews with the returned members of the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and others back at home, she found the subject she was born to tackle. Her reporting of the conflict and her deeply empathetic observations of the men and women who wear the maple leaf are words for the ages, fit to stand alongside the nation’s best writing on war.It is a testament to Christie Blatchford’s skills and integrity that along with the admiration of her readers, she won the respect and trust of the soldiers. They share breathtakingly honest accounts of their desire to serve, their willingness to confront fear and danger in the battlefield, their loyalty towards each other and the heartbreak occasioned by the loss of one of their own. Grounded in insights gained over the course of three trips to Afghanistan in 2006, and drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews not only with the servicemen and -women with whom she shared so much, but with their commanders and family members as well, Christie Blatchford creates a detailed, complex and deeply affecting picture of military life in the twenty-first century.Dan Schilling shares how to identify and avoid threats using situational awareness and intuition. Told with wit and wisdom, this…
guide uses harrowing stories from Dan's special operations career and those of other experts to outline six easily implemented rules you can apply anywhere to improve your personal safetyBy Julia Cameron, Emma Lively. 2016
The author of The Artist's Way (DB 41149) addresses how retirees can pursue a creative life. Arranged as a twelve-week…
course in reigniting creativity, she discusses how the newfound freedom of retirement can be a shock and gives readers tools for inspiration. 2016