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Profiting from the PlainsClaire Strom University of Washington Press Hardcover 240pp $35.00 Add To Cart Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the Great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern to boost agricultural production along its rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917. Lacking a federal land grant, the Great Northern could not make money through land sales like other railways. It had to rely on haulage to make a profit, and the greatest potential for increasing haulage lay in farming. This story of railroad politics and development ties into themes of corporate and federal sponsorship, which are increasingly recognized as fundamental to western history. As the first scholarly examination of James J. Hill's agricultural enterprises, Profiting from the Plains makes an important contribution to the biography of the popular and controversial Hill, as well as to western and environmental history.
Mother to MotherSindiwe Magona Beacon Press Softcover 216pp $14.00 Add To Cart The violent death of a young American woman in a far-off land is the basis for this novel.. "When Amy Elizabeth Biehl, a Fulbright scholar helping to organize free elections, was murdered in the black township of Guguletu, South Africa, the universal response was outrage. How could this have happened? Sindiwe Magona, who raised her young children just steps away from the site of Amy's death, dares to imagine the answer to that question.. " As the writer Andre Brink has written: "Magona sets herself a daunting challenge at the crossroads of story and history by taking as her point of departure the murder of Amy Biehl ... while assuming the voice of the fictitious mother of one of the youths implicated in the event in order to address herself directly to Biehl's mother. Nothing could be simpler than the opening statement, 'My son killed your daughter' Nothing can be more complicated than what flows from it.". "In telling the story of Mandisa, Magona plunges us into a world of displacement and loss, but one imbued nonetheless with spirit and hope. Her South Africa is the land of Apartheid, but also one of rich cultures with strong tribal traditions.. "Amy Biehl's parents, Peter and Linda Biehl, have said that this novel "presents a true slice of South African Black township life, which we had to experience in order to understand Amy's young killers.".
Plants of the Lewis & Clark ExpeditionH. Wayne Phillips Mountain Press Softcover 299pp $20.00 Add To Cart With excerpts from the journals and nontechnical descriptions, Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition mixes history with botany and invites readers to see the wildflowers, shrubs, and trees as the explorers first saw them, from indigo bush in Missouri to feather boa kelp on the Oregon Coast.
Spirit of Bob Hope: One Hundred Years - One Million Laughs Richard Grudens Pine Hill Press Softcover 235pp $19.95 Add To Cart
Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court Vs. The American PeopleJamin B. Raskin Taylor & Francis Hardcover 290pp $27.50 Add To Cart The Supreme Court has recently issued decisions announcing that citizens have neither a constitutional right to vote, nor the right to an education. Conservative judges have continually disavowed claims to any rights not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. In this text, celebrated law professor Jamin B. Raskin, argues that we need to develop a whole new set of rights, through amendments or court decisions, that revitalize and protect the democracy of everyday life. Detailing specific cases through interesting narratives, Overruling Democracy describes the transgressions of the Supreme Court against the Constitution and the people-and the faulty reasoning behind them-and lays out the plan for the best way to back a more democratic system.
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed HistoryPenny Couteur Penguin Hardcover 375pp $24.95 Add To Cart Though many factors have been proposed to explain the failure of Napoleon's 1812 Russian campaign, it has also been linked to something as small as a button -- a tin button, the kind that fastened everything from the greatcoats of Napoleon's officers to the trousers of his foot soldiers. When temperatures drop below 56 degrees Fahrenheit, tin crumbles into powder. Were the soldiers of the Grande Armee fatally weakened by cold because the buttons of their uniforms fell apart? How different our world might be if tin did not disintegrate at low temperatures and the French had continued their eastward expansion. This fascinating book tells the stories of seventeen molecules that, like the tin of those buttons, greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules enabled grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine; lie behind changes in gender roles, in law, and in the environment; and have determined what we today eat, drink, and wear. Showing how a shift as small as the position of an atom can lead to enormous differences in the properties of a substance, Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson reveal the astonishing chemical connections among seemingly unrelated events. Written in lively prose that makes the fundamentals of chemistry both accessible and truly interesting, Napoleon's Buttons offers a novel way to understand how our contemporary world works and how our civilization have been shaped over time.
Diet Cure: The 8-Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Problems Mood Swings-NowJulia Ross Penguin Softcover 432pp $14.00 Add To Cart For the more than eighty million Americans who diet regularly--and without success--this amazing new program, based on ten years of proven clinical results, offers a revolutionary approach to nutrition that can safely curb your cravings and make you feel better in less than twenty-four hours. The Diet Cure begins with an 8-Step Quick Symptom Questionnaire that helps readers identify their unique underlying biochemical imbalances, such as depleted brain chemistry caused by too much dieting, hormonal irregularities, blood-sugar swings, food allergies, thyroid dysfunction, and a deficiency of "good" fats. Then it provides targeted strategies and nutritional guidelines to correct those imbalances, along with meal plans, tasty recipes, and inspiring case histories. Using amino acids to jump-start the program, readers create a safe, customized, easy-to-follow plan to end their food obsessions and attain their ideal healthy weight for good.
First off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft to BushDon Van Natta Perseus Hardcover 288pp $26.00 Add To Cart Some students of the presidency say that we can learn the most about the men who've occupied the Oval Office by studying their ideology. Others say political savvy or family background or regional influences are paramount. But Don Van Natta Jr., an award-winning New York Times reporter, argues for another, more light-hearted standard--by observing the way they play golf. Fourteen of the last seventeen presidents have been golfers, and First Off the Tee shows why this sport is so much more than a game for them.
The Big FixKatherine Greider Public Affairs Softcover 244pp $14.00 Add To Cart A meticulously reported expose uncovers exactly how the drug industry boosts sales and bilks consumers in the most lucrative prescription drug market in the world. As the pharmaceutical industry invests more and more in the development of new drugs, true breakthroughs are few and far between. Into the breach comes a panoply of product-line extensions and me-too drugs aimed at grabbing market share. The industry plows its high profits back into research, but invests an equal or greater sum in flogging its products in every imaginable venue. Research studies are designed to support marketing claims. Many doctors all over the country get their first information about new drugs from a salesperson. And, increasingly, prescription drugs are pitched to consumers on TV and the internet with images of hope, terror, or chic. Evidence-based practice guidelines, which endeavor to get the right medicines to those who will benefit most, can't be heard over the din. Having created an unprecedented number of "megabrands"—blockbuster drugs with huge sales—and undergone an extraordinary wave of consolidation, some drug companies now find themselves in a precarious position. Patents are expiring on flagship products. In order to sustain the growth Wall Street has come to expect, these companies must produce billions of dollars worth of new revenue—fast. But can Americans continue to bankroll Operation Grow Big Pharma? Must we swallow the bad with the good?
Baghdad Express: A Gulf War MemoirJoel Turnipseed Minnesota Historical Society Press Hardcover 207pp $22.95 Add To Cart A young man's coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the First Gulf War. In early summer of 1990, Joel Turnipseed was homeless--kicked out of his college's philosophy program, dumped by his girlfriend. He had been AWOL from his Marine Corps Reserve unit for more than three months, spending his days hanging out in coffee shops reading Plato and Thoreau. Then Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Turnipseed's unit was activated for service in Operation Desert Shield. By January of '91, he was in Saudi Arabia driving tractor-trailers for the Sixth Motor Transport Battalion--the legendary "Baghdad Express." The greatest logistical operation in Marine Corps history, the Baghdad Express hauled truckloads of explosives and ammunition across hundreds of miles of desert. But on the brink of war, Turnipseed's greatest struggles are still within. Armed with an M-16 and a seabag full of philosophy books, he is a wise-a** misfit, an ironic observer with a keen eye for vivid detail, a rebellious Marine alive to the moral ambiguity of his life and his situation. Developed from Turnipseed's 1997 feature article for 'GQ Magazine', this innovative memoir--simultaneously terrifying and hilarious, equal parts Catch-22 and Catcher in the Rye--explores both the absurdities of war and the necessity of accepting our flawed world of shadows. With expansive humanity and profane grace, Turnipseed finds the real-world answers to his philosophical questions and reaches the hardest peace for any young man to achieve--with himself.
Famous Dave's Backroads and Sidestreets: Recipes Inspired by America's Down-Home EateriesDavid Anderson DK Publishing Hardcover 742pp $35.00 Add To Cart More than 100 recipes for comfort foods and authentic regional dishes. They come from neighborhood storefront restaurants and blues joints (Voodoo Chicken & Mojo Salsa and Beale Street Shrimp and Corn Fritters); small town roadhouses and cafes (Route 66 Truck Stop Chili, Creamy Sweet & Sour Cole Slaw, and Caraway Cheese Soup); country kitchens (Front Porch Cheesy Grits, Real Honest Southern Fried CHicken, and County Fair Blue Ribbon Peach Pie); and rustic cabins and lodges (Log Cabin Chicken Pot Pie, Ketchickan Lodge Salmon Pate, and Drunken Peach Cobler).
Antiques Price Guide 2003Judith Miller DK Publishing Hardcover 742pp $35.00 Add To Cart Identify and value antiques quickly and easily with the clearest price guide on the market. With this book assessing the value of antiques has never been easier. Featuring the expert advice of internationally acclaimed specialist Judith Miller, this book contains the latest prices, market trends, and tips on where and how to buy and sell. With over 7,500 antiques profiled and specially commissioned full—color photographs, Antiques Price Guide 2003 is an easy—to—use practical guide for interested in buying, selling, or collecting antiques.
Stone Heart: A Novel of SacajaweaDiane Glancy Overlook Press Hardcover 255pp $21.95 Add To Cart In Stone Heart, Diane Glancy grippingly retells the story of American legend Sacajawea, the young Shoshoni woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the West. Presented in Sacajawea's voice in the form of a journal, the book makes moving and illuminating fiction out of a famed piece of history that has long been masked by myth. Glancy adds breadth and immediacy to the story by juxtaposing excerpts from Lewis and Clark's diaries with her brilliantly imagined journal of Sacajawea. Lewis and Clark recorded the external journey; its physical challenges and its wonders. Glancy's Sacajawea experiences the expedition on a different plane, one in which the dream of a small white stone shaped like a beaver is emblematic of the thin membrane between the worlds of the mundane and the magical. Sacajawea hears the clouds talking, feels the thunderous hooves of ghost horses, and savors the wetness where a buffalo calf licks her arm from the other side. Although the Lewis and Clark trail has largely faded to a story told in glass beads and musket balls, fire pits and bison bones, in Stone Heart, it springs back to life in a stunning work of imagination that depicts the ordeals and triumphs of the famed expedition. At once a trail uncovered and a life revealed, Stone Heart draws a lingering portrait of a woman of resilience and courage.
Country Doctor's Casebook: Tales from the North WoodsRoger Allan MacDonald Minnesota Historical Society Press Hardcover 208pp $19.95 Add To Cart In the years after World War II, a young doctor took up his post in one of the most remote regions of northern Minnesota. His term of service turned into a lifetime of caring for the people who made this isolated and often lonely place their home. The story of this remarkable adventure in frontline medicine forms the heart of this wonderful book. For almost four decades, Roger MacDonald was the country doctor who tended to those in need in an area larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined. Because he was the only doctor for miles, MacDonald traveled to small towns, remote backwoods cabins, logging camps and Indian reservations to practice his craft. In the course of his work, he encountered a remarkable group of tough, independent, and idiosyncratic individuals, all of whom relied on him for medical help. In turn, they taught MacDonald lessons on patience, human strength, wisdom, humor, and simple grace. With respect, affection, and humility, MacDonald relates his experiences with those who placed their well-being in his hands. The result is a warm and warm-hearted tale of the life of a north country doctor.
Dakota Mysteries and Oddities William Jackson To order your copy, please call 1 800-277-2454.
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of LanguageJohn McWhorter Harper Collins Softcover 352pp $13.95 Add To Cart There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago.While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, linguistics professor John McWhorter reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them, and argues that, contrary to popular perception, language is not immutable and hidebound, but a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment. Full of humor and imaginative insight, The Power of Babel draws its illustrative examples from languages around the world, including pidgins, Creoles, and nonstandard dialects.
Oh, Brother! Said the Mother of Tony Pepperoni John Galligan & Family St James Hardcover 24pp $16.95 Release Date - March 2003. To order your copy now, please call 1 877 448 4719.
Romance in FilmRobert Badal Jalmar Press Softcover 336pp $19.95 Add To Cart Romance in Film Volume 1 From the Silent Era to 1950 The most comprehensive work ever written about romance and romanticism in the movies. Recommended romantic films: comedies, mysteries, dramas, musicals, adventures, and animation. How popular leading men and women reflected their times and the stories of the romantic stars. Detailed history of changes in trends in what was considered romantic and attitudes towards sex and love. The great on-screen pairings, from Greta Garbo and John Gilbert to Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. The plots, stories, backgrounds of the classic films and lesser known gems. The most famous romantic scenes. Off-screen love stories from Clark Gable and Carole Lombard to Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. “Best Kisses”, “Most Romantic Music”, “Most Romantic Dances” Appendix of categories: by location, such as New York, Paris, and China, topics, such as Ghost Love, Weddings, and Love Triangles, and time settings, such as Victorian Love, 30’s, and W.W. II. Fun romantic movie trivia questions.
Meaning of Flowers: Myth, Language and LoveGretchen Scoble, Ann Field Chronicle Books Hardcover 108pp $16.95 Add To Cart From ancient days, long before words complicated what we say to each other, flowers have been our messengers, invested with our most cherished feelings. The Meaning of Flowers celebrates over sixty blossoms with gorgeous collages and thoughtful histories of what each flower has meant through the ages and around the world. Anyone who loves giving and receiving flowers will find much to intrigue in this enchanting look at one of humanity's most prolific sources of symbolism.
Something Wonderful Is about to Happen Robin L. L. Silverman Adams Media Softcover 256pp $9.95 Add To Cart Have you ever wondered if the way you look at life has anything to do with what happens to you? If you are "tuned in" properly, will radiant moments magically appear? Are we, perhaps, missing the happiness that's ready for us right now because we're too busy waiting and looking for it in the wrong places? Author and speaker Robin L. Silverman believes happiness is all around us. Something Wonderful Is About to Happen . . . is a collection of true stories that confirms the belief that life's special moments are constantly available to us-we just need to readjust our vision!
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern RegionJohn L. Bull, John Farrand, Lori Hogan Knopf Softcover 800pp $19.95 Add To Cart Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range, and interesting behaviors. Accompanying range maps; overhead flight silhouettes; sections on bird-watching, accidental species, and endangered birds make these the most comprehensive field guides to birds available. Note: the Eastern Edition generally covers states east of the Rocky Mountains, while the Western Edition covers the Rocky Mountain range and all the states to the west of it.
Cowboy Poetry: A GatheringHal Cannon (Editor) Gibbs Smith Softcover 201pp $10.95 Add To Cart Tough, lean and honest, cowboy poetry has entered our culture as literature. Here are selections from some of today's and yesterday's finest practitioners: Curley Clark's "The Strawberry Roan", Badger Clark's "A Cowboy's Prayer", Georgie Sicking's "To Be a Top Hand", Baxter Black's "The Big High Lonesome", and Wallace McRae's "The Lease Hound". Co-founder of the Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Hal Cannon has corraled the best of cowboy poetry.
Shakespeare in the Movies: From the Silent Era to TodayDouglas Brode Boulevard Books Softcover 288pp $14.00 Add To Cart William Shakespeare is currently enjoying his most glorious and popular success since the golden days of the Globe Theatre-on Hollywood's silver screen. Here, in one volume, is a comprehensive and entertaining study of the many memorable film versions of Shakespeare's timeless plays. Arranged in the order the plays were written, this extremely readable guide allows readers to follow Shakespeare's development as a playwright (and screenwriter), and to compare the filmed versions of the play side by side. From the cinematic thrills of Kenneth Branagh's star-studded movies, to alternate adaptations like West Side Story, to the recent blockbuster success of Shakespeare in Love, the book will delight film lovers and Bard fans alike.
Shakespeare: The Invention of the HumanHarold Bloom Putnam Softcover 768pp $15.95 Add To Cart A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. Preeminent literary critic Harold Bloom leads us through a comprehensive reading of every one of the dramatist's plays, brilliantly illuminating each work with unrivaled warmth, wit and insight. At the same time, Bloom presents one of the boldest theses of Shakespearean scholarships--that Shakespeare not only invented the English language, but also created human nature as we know it today.
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