In this short period of time, his vision for abolishing racial inequality in the United States underwent a vast transformation. Breaking from the Black Muslims, he moved away from the black militarism prevalent in his earlier years only to be shot down by an assassin's bullet.

    In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here, the man who called himself "the angriest Black man in America" relates how his conversion to true Islam helped him confront his rage and recognize the brotherhood of all mankind. An established classic of modern America, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was hailed by the New York Times as "Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book." Still extraordinary, still important, this electrifying story has transformed Malcom X's life into his legacy. The strength of his words, the power of his ideas continue to resonate more than a generation after they first appeared.

    Stunning new photographs by Nick Kelsh beautifully complement Carson's intimate account of adventures with her young nephew, Roger, as they enjoy walks along the rocky coast of Maine and through dense forests and open fields, observing wildlife, strange plants, moonlight and storm clouds, and listening to the "living music" of insects in the underbrush. "If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder." Writes Carson, "he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in." The Sense of Wonder is a refreshing antidote to indifference and a guide to capturing the simple power of discovery that Carson views as essential to life.In her insightful new introduction, Linda Lear remembers Rachel Carson's groundbreaking achievements in the context of the legendary environmentalist's personal commitment to introducing young and old to the miracles of nature.Kelsh's lush photographs inspire sensual, tactile reactions: masses of leaves floating in a puddle are just waiting to be scooped up and examined more closely. An image of a narrow path through the trees evokes the earthy scent of the woods after a summer rain. Close-ups of mosses and miniature lichen fantasy-lands will spark innocent'as well as more jaded'imaginations. Like a curious child studying things underfoot and within reach, Kelsh's camera is drawn to patterns in nature that too often elude hurried adults'a stand of beech trees in the springtime, patches of melting snow and the ripples from a pebble tossed into a slow-moving stream.The Sense of Wonder is a timeless volume that will be passed on from children to grandchildren, as treasured as the memory of an early-morning walk when the song of a whippoorwill was heard as if for the first time.

    It gives the background, insights, and specific procedures needed by all beginning writers. Here one can learn how to group words into copy that moves, movement into scenes, and scenes into stories; how to develop characters, how to revise and polish, and finally, how to sell the product.No one can teach talent, but the practical skills of the professional writer's craft can certainly be taught. The correct and imaginative use of these kills can shorten any beginner's apprenticeship by years.This is the book for writers who want to turn rejection slips into cashable checks.

    Charmingly illustrated with author Eric Sloane's own sketches, the text illuminates with rare insight the enormously varied and useful qualities of wood.Covering such topics as the aesthetics of wood, wooden implements, and carpentry, Sloane remarks expansively and with affection on the resourcefulness of early Americans in their use of this precious commodity. From cradle to coffin, the pioneer was surrounded by wood. It was used to make tools, fence the land, and build barns. People sat at wooden tables on wooden chairs and ate from wooden dishes. Charcoal, one of the many by-products of wood, was used to preserve meat, remove offensive odors, and produce ink. The bark of various trees was processed to make medicine. An entertaining, factual, and historically accurate book, A Reverence for Wood will delight woodcrafters and lovers of Americana. It is "one of Eric Sloane's best books." — Library Journal

    Edited and with an Introduction by Gunther Stuhlmann; Index.

    His 1966 piece for Esquire, one of the most celebrated magazine articles ever published, describes a morose Frank Sinatra silently nursing a glass of bourbon, struck down with a cold and unable to sing, like 'Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel - only worse'. The other writings in this selection include a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali; a brilliantly witty dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraising actor Peter O'Toole; and a profile of fading baseball star Joe DiMaggio, which turns into a moving, immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity. Gay Talese (b. 1932) is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism or 'new nonfiction reportage', also known as New Journalism. His most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. He lives in New York with his wife, Nan Talese.If you enjoyed Frank Sinatra has a Cold, you might like George Orwell's Essays, also published in Penguin Modern Classics.'The best American prose of the second half of the twentieth century' Atlantic Monthly'The best non-fiction writer in America' Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather'A masterful New Journalism pioneer ... raises the magazine article to the level of an art form'Los Angeles Times

    Tuchman brings the era to vivid life: the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy; the Anarchists of Europe and America; Germany and its self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss; Diaghilev’s Russian ballet and Stravinsky’s music; the Dreyfus Affair; the Peace Conferences in The Hague; and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaurès on the night the Great War began and an epoch came to a close.

    An extraordinary series of events, fastidiously researched here, saved the city from what Hitler wanted to leave to the Allies "nothing but a field of ruins."

    For millions of people, the film is that rare combination of a powerful and moving story, first-rate music, and breathtaking scenery. "The Sound of Music: The Making of America's Favorite Movie" is a tribute to this beloved movie musical and a fascinating, behind-the-scene account of the creation of a Hollywood classic.Through exclusive in-depth interviews with cast and crew, stills from the movie's most memorable scenes, snapshots from personal scrapbooks, and papers from the Fox Studios archives, Julia Hirsch re-crates the magic that is "The Sound of Music." Julie Andrews recounts some of her more humorous memories of the filming, from her "first kiss" with Christopher Plummer, when neither of them could stop laughing, to rushing up the mountain for the famous opening scene only to be continually knocked down by the downdraft from the cameraman's helicopter. The book reveals details both fans and film buffs will enjoy, such as the fact that Yul Brynner, Walter Matthau, and Sean Connery were all considered fro the role of the Captain (while teenagers Mia Farrow, Sharon Tate, and Richard Dreyfuss auditioned for juvenile roles) and that director/producer Robert Wise, already fielding calls from Fox's Dick Zanuck for being over budget, almost didn't finish the location shoot in Austria because it simply wouldn't stop raining.But most of all, Hirsch captures the extraordinary camaraderie shared by everyone involved, a group whose friendships would last a lifetime. This engaging narrative is both an insider's guide to, and a delightful celebration of, a film that truly is "the happiest sound in all the world."

    There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. At the center of his study are the amoral young killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock, who, vividly drawn by Capote, are shown to be reprehensible yet entirely and frighteningly human. In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative.

    Then a policeman came along. Thinking he had another sick drunk on his hands, the policeman bent over the old man. He was quite surprised to see that the old man's nose, lips, ears and fingers were sky blue...By that evening eleven blue men were in the hospital, all in a state of shock. Doctors were baffled. And so investigators from the Department of Health, assuming the guise of detectives, were sent out to track down the unknown assailant...

    A Sense of Where You Are, McPhee's first book, is about Bradley when he was the best basketball player Princeton had ever seen. McPhee delineates for the reader the training and techniques that made Bradley the extraordinary athlete he was, and this part of the book is a blueprint of superlative basketball. But athletic prowess alone would not explain Bradley's magnetism, which is in the quality of the man himself—his self-discipline, his rationality, and his sense of responsibility. Here is a portrait of Bradley as he was in college, before his time with the New York Knicks and his election to the U.S. Senate—a story that suggests the abundant beginnings of his professional careers in sport and politics.

    What Joseph Mitchell wrote about, principally, was New York. In Joe Gould, Mitchell found the perfect subject. And Joe Gould's Secret has become a legendary piece of New York history.Joe Gould may have been the quintessential Greenwich Village bohemian. In 1916, he left behind patrician roots for a scrappy, hand-to-mouth existence: he wore ragtag clothes, slept in Bowery flophouses, and mooched food, drinks, and money off of friends and strangers. Thus he was able to devote his energies to writing "An Oral History of Our Time," which Gould said would constitute "the informal history of the shirt-sleeved multitude." But when Joe Gould died in 1957, the manuscript could not be found. Where had he hidden it? This is Joe Gould's Secret. "[Mitchell is] one of our finest journalists."--Dawn Powell, The Washington Post "What people say is history--Joe Gould was right about that-- and history, when recorded by Mitchell, is literature."--The New Criterion

    From the doorway of this small three-roomed cottage, which houses thirty-two of us, we look out beyond to a steaming jungle in Sumatra.. In 1942 a group of sixty-five Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singpaore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remaining thirty-two taken prisoner. White Coolies is the engrossing record kept by one of the sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the more than three gruelling years of imprisonment that followed. It is an amazing story of survival amid deprivation and the harshest of conditions. The women’s ingenious and entertaining attempts to make their lot more tolerable, and their comradeship as they suffered so much anguish, display their incredible endurance and strength in the face of adversity.

    She has written other travel books, including In Ethiopia with a Mule.

    The appearance of difficulty is part of Joyce's big joke; the profundities are always expressed in good round Dublin terms; Joyce's heroes are humble men."--From the Foreword by Anthony Burgess.

    An Armenian Sketchbook, however, shows us a very different Grossman, notable for his tenderness, warmth, and sense of fun.       After the  Soviet Government confiscated—or, as Grossman always put it, “arrested”—Life and Fate, he took on the task of revising a literal Russian translation of a long Armenian novel. The novel was of little interest to him, but he needed money and was evidently glad of an excuse to travel to Armenia. An Armenian Sketchbook is his account of the two months he spent there.       This is by far the most personal and intimate of Grossman’s works, endowed with an air of absolute spontaneity, as though he is simply chatting to the reader about his impressions of Armenia—its mountains, its ancient churches, its people—while also examining his own thoughts and moods. A wonderfully human account of travel to a faraway place, An Armenian Sketchbook also has the vivid appeal of a self-portrait.

    Martin Luther King Jr. articulated his dream, JFK was assassinated, and zip codes were first introduced to the US. The world was monumentally changing and changing fast. But in the eyes of future fantasy author Peter Beagle and his best friend Phil, it wasn't changing fast enough. For these two twenty-something beatnik Jews from the Bronx, change was something you chased after night and day across the country on the trembling seat of a motor scooter.

    

    From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.

    

    They were seeking the world that they knew and loved through children’s books.In Winnie-the-Pooh Country, Mrs. Milne showed them the way to “that enchanted place on the top of the Forest [where] a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.” In Edinburgh they stood outside Robert Louis Stevenson’s childhood home, tilting their heads to talk to a lamplighter who was doing his job. In the Lake District they visited Jemima Puddle-Duck’s farm, and Joan sought out crusty Arthur Ransome to talk to him about Swallows and Amazons. They spent several days “messing about in boats” on the River Thames, looking for Toad Hall and other places described by Kenneth Grahame in The Wind in the Willows. Mud and flood kept them from attaining the slopes of Pook’s Hill (on Rudyard Kipling’s farm), but they scaled the heights of Tintagel. As in all good fairy tales, there were unanswered questions. Did they really find Camelot? Robin Hood, as always, remains elusive.One thing is certain. Joan Bodger brings alive again the magic of the stories we love to remember. She persuades us that, like Emily Dickinson, even if we “have never seen a moor,” we can imagine “how the heather looks.”First published in 1965 by Viking in New York, How the Heather Looks has become a prized favorite among knowledgeable lovers of children’s literature. Precious, well-thumbed copies have been lent out with caution and reluctance, while new admirers have gone searching in vain for copies to buy second-hand. This handsome reprint, with a new Afterword by Joan Bodger, makes a unique and delightful classic available once more.

    there is no second place winner in a gun fight! The subject of this book is the way and means to stay alive when using guns in mortal combat."

    This book is intended for all those interested in the local history, culture, and architecture of Oxford, especially visitors to Oxford.

    

    "In the natural behavior of the other animals we discover much about ourselves: our social life and play, our passions and aggressions, our patterns of courtship, parenthood and sex." - From the cover.

    He has found the evidence in the Piri Reis Map that shows Antarctica, the Hadji Ahmed map, the Oronteus Finaeus and other amazing maps. Hapgood concluded that these maps were made from more ancient maps from the various ancient archives around the world, now lost. Not only were these unknown people more advanced in mapmaking than any other prior to the 18th century, it appears they mapped all the continents. The Americas were mapped thousands of years before Columbus and Antarctica was mapped once its coasts were free of ice.

    PrefaceExploring height psychology: the temptations of Jesus: Lk 4:1-13Mobilizing the defiant power of the human spirit: Zacchaeus: Lk 19:1-10Finding the personal life task: the rich young ruler: Mk 10:17-22Filling the existential vacuum: the Samaritan woman: Jn 4:4-27Resolving value conflicts: the paralyzed youth: Mk 2:2-12Actualizing the self in responsible commitment: Simon the Pharisee: Lk 7:36-50Realizing creative values: Peter: Mt 16:13-19; Lk 22:31-34, 54-62Realizing experiential values: Mary & Martha: Lk 10:38-42Realizing attitudinal values: the Bethesda invalid: Jn 5:2-15Restoring man's dignity: the Gerasene demoniac: Mk 5:1-20Exercising man's freedom: Jesus as servant: Jn 13:3-5, 12-16NotesIndex

    

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    This approach is characterized by the need for careful observation of the variety of social phenomena occurring in nature; by emphasis on a balanced study of the three main biological problems - function, causation, evolution; by emphasis on an appropriate sequence of description, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis; and finally by emphasis on the need for continuous re-synthesis. The book covers a range of aspects of animal behaviour, including mating, fighting, family and group life, and social organizations, as well as some unrelated analytical evidence, acquired under such special laboratory conditions it is at present impossible to say how it is related to the normal life of the species concerned. The significance of intraspecific fighting, the causation of threat and courtship behaviour, the functions of releasers and other problems are discussed in detail and an attempt has been made to give them their proper place in the complex system of problems.

    

    

    His stories of the Canadian Peaks and of Alaska's Mount Fairweather have the drama of news-reporting in style and excitement. These are the accounts of ventures into the clouds, and above the clouds, by men and women who used ropes and pitons to defy all the forces of nature. The tragedy of the North Star air liner CF-TFD, which vanished in December 1956 with a loss of sixty-two lives, is given particular point by the author's active part in the locating of the wreckage on the slopes of Mount Slesse, in the Coast Range of British Columbia.

    That toujours gai divorcee who wrote about her manless, suburban existence in Life Without George (Doubleday-1961) now takes a Cook's Tour-literally- on the continent with her daughter.

    

    The Americanist Library edition

    It is perhaps the only book now available that includes all the basic techniques for making pottery without a wheel: draping clay into a clay mold, folding clay over a newspaper mold, wrapping clay around a form, draping clay over a hump mold, making a pinch pot and coil building, to name a few.

    Two quotes illustrate this. The 1st is by Larry Collins, 'Richard Sorge's brilliant espionage work saved Stalin & the Soviet Union from defeat in the fall of 1941, probably prevented a Nazi victory in WWII & thereby assured the dimensions of the world we live in today.' The 2nd is by Frederick Forsyth, 'The spies in history who can say from their graves, the information I supplied to my masters, for better or worse, altered the history of our planet, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Richard Sorge was in that group.' Masquerading as a Nazi journalist, Richard Sorge worked undetected as head of a Red Army spy ring until he was arrested & executed in Japan during the WWII. Such an astonishing story as his is bound to attract attention but not only was this the 1st book to offer an authoritative account, it has, in many ways, not least in the quality of its writing, never been superseded. The authors rejected legend & found facts that were even stranger. They provide an account as reliable as it's enthralling of possibly the most successful spy who ever operated; a man who for eight years transmitted from Japan a continuous stream of valuable information, often derived from the highest quarters, culminating in precise advance information of Hitler's invasion of Russia, of Japan's decision not to attack Russia in '41 & of the near certainty of war against America that October or November instead. Jointly written books sometimes jar, but not this one. The authors had complementary skills, F.W. Deakin being an authority on 20th-century European history & G.R. Storry no less of an authority on 20th-century Japan. Together they do justice to 'the man whom I regard as the most formidable spy in history,'--Ian Fleming (edited)

    This offprint of the historical introductions on the

    Follow a young child while he tracks the growth of baby horses. FUN!

    

    "When you step into a jungle, unless you have been conditioned against it, you start to breath, perhaps for the first time in your life." "These ar my jungles, I only hope that you may one day be able to visit them.

    PrefaceThe ThemesYears of crisisTotalitymagical thinkingTimelessnessThe Chiliastic visionThe triadic rhythm of humanizationPerspectives of realityhumorThe crisis of languageThe StructuresThe Gospel of DemianSiddharthathe landscape of the soulThe Steppenwolfa sonata in proseNarziss & Goldmunda medieval allegoryThe symbolic autobiography of Journey to the EastThe Glass Bead Gamebeyond CastaliaEpilogueBetween Romanticism & ExistentialismIndex of WorksGeneral Index

    

    

    

    Paul ever written in modern English. That’s because Professor Bruce does not approach his “expanded paraphrase” as a Bible translator, but as a storyteller recounting the life of Paul after his conversion and his correspondence with churches and individuals. This expanded paraphrase “is designed to make the course of Paul’s argument as clear as possible,” says F.F. Bruce. One unique aspect of The Letters of Paul is that Professor Bruce tells the story of Paul—his early career, his conversion, and his missionary efforts—which then becomes the setting for placing each of Paul’s letters in context and in approximate chronological order. Bruce’s fascinating connecting narrative serves as the historical background for each letter. Originally published as a diglot with the Revised Version of 1881, this edition contains only Professor Bruce’s paraphrase so that the reader can compare it with a favorite translation. The Letters of Paul is really a treasure—it is illuminating and beautiful.

    heading for Paris by way of the Gobi desert and the central Asian marshes, taigi, tundra, and steppes.

    This revised edition puts the reader up-to-date with the many changes that have resulted in the desert, to-wit: the influx of settlers, the expansion of agriculture, the building of modern roads and towns, and the use of some of the deserts' most wild and attractive parts by the Army and Navy for testing modern weapons of warfare.

    Nearly every major doctrine of the Christian faith has been carefully considered and clearly presented so that any person sincerely seeking spiritual truth will be generously rewarded by even a casual reading of these pages.Written originally with the college student in mind, the Ten Basic Steps toward Christian Maturity have proven equally effective with adults and youth. In addition to churches and home Bible-study groups, the Steps are used by chaplains of prisons, chaplains of the military, and many high-school student groups.The Ten Basic Steps toward Christian Maturity and the Teacher's Manual have been prepared with the prayer that this study will encourage multiplied thousands of students and adults around the world to become true disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.The Ten Basic Steps are also available online.

    

    Includes instructions on building a radio and on morse code. Although dated, this collectible booklet is interesting reading for those interested in radio and electronics. Illustrated. 36 pp.

    Amazingly simple to practice, the Principle of Seed Money has helped thousands in their financial problems. Supplying the Biblical sources for the working of the Law of Tenfold Return, Dr. Speller has added many additional illustrative cases to John Hushor's original Seed Money. By the time you finish reading Seed Money in Action you can grasp the Principle of Seed Money and start applying it in your daily life. If at first you don't succeed, Seed Money in Action shows some of the ways you can remove mental blocks impeding your tenfold return. --- from book's back cover

    The term is a syncope, derived from a shortened phonetic rendition of the pronunciation of the word "Australian" in an exaggerated Broad Australian accent.

    Starting with an analysis of some very simple microcanonical ensembles, it proceeds to the Boltzmann distribution law and a systematic exploration of the proper formulation, evaluation, and application of partition functions. 1974 edition.

    A leading space scientist and one of America's top space artists have combined their talents to produce a picture of the future that is inspiring yet frightening, scientifically plausible yet emotionally staggering...

    The essays explore the implications, the range, and the import of the ideas at work in Stevens' poetry. Wallace Stevens insisted on poetic solutions for the philosophical problems he raised. To understand Wallace Stevens, it is essential to stte and explore the ideas which are the basis for his poetry. In this volume twelve distinguished scholars explore these ideas and their occurrence in Stevens' poems. There are essays by Bernard Heringman, Frank Doggett, Robert Buttel, Samuel French Morse, and Michel Benamou.

    

    

    

    He feels that with the development of knowledge must come wider recognition of consequences. His book indicates that we are responsible for all living things.Originally published in 1965.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

    Well-researched with bibliography, this is a rich accounting of all that was bawdy & indecent in literature, poetry & drama from the Middle Ages thru the Victorian Era.

    It outlines case studies from three contrasting areas, including worker recordings and an examination of approaches applied. References to processes of developing, delivering, maintaining and evaluating detached provision abound. The book advocates the importance of reconnaissance, area profiling, resource allocation and targeting. It also recognises that needs-led services exist only where relationships are carefully negotiated, allowing mutual trust, respect and understanding to develop. As such, it provides a step-by-step guide to developing detached projects. Crucially, it argues that detached work should not be viewed as a cheap option or quick fix aimed at sweeping away the latest youth problems. Instead, it should be celebrated for its ability to engage those whose needs have not been met by the mainstream. This engaging account is as relevant today as it was 40 years ago.

    In his preface he states, 'I have often felt that the present plunge into abstraction is too sudden and that there is a need for more elementary work to make the immersion less exhausting.' Dr Maxwell does this by taking various topics from elementary mathematics, and showing what happens when the rules are altered in quite simple ways. He first discusses digital arithmetic, then introduces the idea of a group and illustrates some properties of groups by examples from algebra and geometry.

    

    It has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover all the subjects the boater might need, including words for several thousand onboard items as well as the latest developments in electronic and mechanical equipment and the patterns of charter and flotilla sailing. Arranged in helpful subject categories for easy use, it is a unique, comprehensive reference for any boatowner venturing abroad.

    In this new book, The Good Logs of Aldigus, she writes the history of the station.This is no chill assembly of facts and figures. Mrs Anderson, stirred by awareness of the beauty and the isolation of the hard country to which she had come as a bride, was led to wonder what sort of men and women had preceded Ron Anderson and herself - how they had lived; how they had met the challenge of the Wilberforce River and the rigours of the mountain climate; how the station fared in good times and bad.

    A complete cooking course designed to change beginners and recipe-followers into creative cooks, including 300 recipe patterns and exciting variations.

    

    Using evolution as the central theme, it examines heredity, embryonic development, and ultimately, relations between organisms and their environment.

    

    We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.