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  Goat Song - A Seasonal Life a...

  Brad Kessler

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  Acclaimed novelist Brad Kessler lived in New York City but longed for a life on the land where he could grow his own food. After years of searching for a home, he and his wife, photographer Dona Ann McAdams, found a mountain farmhouse on a dead-end road, with seventy-five acres of land. One day, when Dona returned home with fresh goat milk from a neighbor's farm, Kessler made a fresh chèvre, and their life changed forever. They decided to raise dairy goats and make cheese. Goat Song tells about what it's like to live intimately with animals who directly feed you. As Kessler begins to live the life of a herder -- learning how to care for and breed and birth goats -- he encounters the pastoral roots of so many aspects of Western culture. Kessler reflects on the history and literature of herding, and how our diet, our alphabet, our religions, poetry, and economy all grew out of a pastoralist milieu among hoofed animals.  Kessler and his wife adapt to a life governed by their goats and the rhythm of the seasons. And their goats give back in immeasurable ways, as Kessler proves to be a remarkable cheesemaker, with his first tomme of goat cheese winning lavish praise from America's premier cheese restaurants.  In the tradition of Thoreau's Walden and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Goat Song is both a spiritual quest and a compelling and beautiful chronicle of living by nature's rules.

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  Getting Right with Lincoln -...

  Edward Steers Jr.

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  Did Abraham Lincoln hate his father so much that he would not visit him on his deathbed or buy him a tombstone? Is it true that Ann Rutledge, who died tragically young, was the real love of his life? Did he order the murder of thirty-eight Dakota Sioux warriors because of his hatred of Native Americans?Noted historian Edward Steers, Jr., sets the record straight in this engaging and authoritative book, analyzing the facts and clarifying some of the most prominent misconceptions about the sixteenth president's life. He investigates claims that have found a foothold in mainstream lore, ranging from the contention that Lincoln had a troubled and perhaps scandalous early adulthood in Springfield, to more serious attacks on his character, such as the accusation that he was reluctant to emancipate enslaved people and held racist beliefs. Drawing on his background in health science, Steers also examines allegations that Lincoln suffered numerous illnesses—from endocrine disorders to syphilis.In this book, Steers relies on primary textual evidence to address each legend at the source and maintains caution when reviewing the potentially biased reminiscences of historic figures close to the president. The result is a fascinating forensic exploration of some of the persistent hoaxes and myths related to America's most revered president.

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  First Words - Earliest Writing...

  Paul Mandelbaum, Amiri Baraka,...

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  Many kids write stories, but only a few of them grow up to be successful authors. Before there was Carrie, there was “             Johnathan and the Witchs.”              And before there was Rabbit Angstrom, Toyota dealer, there was Manuel Cirarro, famous detective. Could we have seen the seeds of success in Stephen King's and John Updike's juvenilia? These young writers are the same people who dominated the best seller lists and occupy the most celebrated spots on bookshelves in our stores, libraries, and homes. Here is a funny and surprisingly informative gathering of childhood creations by celebrated writers—             authors who were amused by and happy to share their own early efforts.  •              Kevin McCarthy reads Allan Gurganus •              Judith Ivey reads Margaret Atwood •              Andre Braugher reads Amiri Baraka •              Alfre Woodward reads Gloria Naylor •              Elliott Gould reads Pat Conroy •              Susan Anspach reads Joyce Carol Oates •              Roger Rees reads Gore Vidal •              Daphne Zuniga reads Susan Minot •              Nana Visitor reads Ursula K. Le Guin •              Kevin McCarthy reads John Hersey •              Melissa Manchester reads Rita Dove •              Elliott Gould reads Stephen King •              Amy Tan reads Amy Tan •              David Ackroyd reads Norman Mailer •              Joel Grey reads Paul Bowles •              Maxine Hong Kingston reads Maxine Hong Kingston •              Arte Johnson reads Roy Blount Jr. •              Andre Braugher reads Charles Johnson •              Roger Rees reads William Styron •              Harvey Fierstein reads Stanley Elkin •              Samantha Eggar reads Madeleine L'             Engle •              David Ackroyd reads Louis Auchincloss •              Jeff Fahey reads Fred Chappell •              Harvey Fierstein reads Tobias Wolff •              Tim Matheson reads W.P. Kinsella •              Jean Smart reads Gail Godwin •              Jeff Fahey reads Stephen Dixon •              Andre Braugher reads Vance Bourjaily •              Elliott Gould reads John Updike  Kevin McCarthy reads Allan GurganusJudith Ivey reads Margaret AtwoodAndre Braugher reads Amiri BarakaAlfre Woodward reads Gloria NaylorElliott Gould reads Pat ConroySusan Anspach reads Joyce Carol OatesRoger Rees reads Gore VidalDaphne Zuniga reads Susan MinotNana Visitor reads Ursula K. Le GuinKevin McCarthy reads John HerseyMelissa Manchester reads Rita DoveElliott Gould reads Stephen KingAmy Tan reads Amy TanDavid Ackroyd reads Norman MailerJoel Grey reads Paul BowlesMaxine Hong Kingston reads Maxine Hong KingstonArte Johnson reads Roy Blount Jr.Andre Braugher reads Charles JohnsonRoger Rees reads William StyronHarvey Fierstein reads Stanley ElkinSamantha Eggar reads Madeleine L'             EngleDavid Ackroyd reads Louis AuchinclossJeff Fahey reads Fred ChappellHarvey Fierstein reads Tobias WolffTim Matheson reads W.P. KinsellaJean Smart reads Gail GodwinJeff Fahey reads Stephen DixonAndre Braugher reads Vance BourjailyElliott Gould reads John Updike

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  Female Short Story The - A...

  E M Delafield, Dorothy Parker,...

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  A wise man once said ‘The safest place for a child is in the arms of his mother’s voice’.  This is a perfect place to start our anthology of female short stories. 
   
  Some of our earliest memories are of our mothers telling us bedtime stories. This is not to demote the value of fathers but more to promote the often-overshadowed talents of the gentler sex. 
   
  Perhaps ‘gentler’ is a word that we should re-evaluate. In the course of literary history it is men who dominated by opportunity and with their stranglehold on the resources, both financial and technological, who brought their words to a wider audience.  Men often placed women on a pedestal from where their talented words would not threaten their own.   
   
  In these stories we begin with the original disrupter and renegade author Aphra Behn.  A peek at her c.v. shows an astounding capacity and leaves us wondering at just how she did all that. 
   
  In those less modern days to be a woman, even ennobled, was to be seen as second class.  You literally were chattel and had almost no rights in marriage.  As Charlotte Smith famously said your role as wife was little more than ‘legal prostitute’.  From such a despicable place these authors have used their talents and ideas and helped redress that situation.   
   
  Slowly at first.  Privately printed, often anonymously or under the cloak of a male pseudonym their words spread.  Their stories admired and, usually, their role still obscured from rightful acknowledgement. 
   
  Aided by more advanced technology, the 1700’s began to see a steady stream of female writers until by the 1900’s mass market publishing saw short stories by female authors from all the strata of society being avidly read by everyone.  Their names are a rollcall of talent and ‘can do’ spirit and society is richer for their works.   
   
  In literature at least women are now acknowledged as equals, true behind the scenes little has changed but if (and to mis-quote Jane Austen) there is one universal truth, it is that ideas change society.  These women’s most certainly did and will continue to do so as they easily write across genres, from horror and ghost stories to tender tales of love and making your way in society’s often grueling rut.  They will not be silenced, their ideas and passion move emotions, thoughts and perhaps more importantly our ingrained view of what every individual human being is capable of.    
   
  It is because of their desire to speak out, their desire to add their talents to the bias around them that we perhaps live in more enlightened, almost equal, times.   
   
  Within these stories you will also find very occasional examples of historical prejudice.  A few words here and there which in today’s world some may find inappropriate or even offensive.  It is not our intention to make anyone uncomfortable but to show that the world in order to change must reconcile itself to the actual truth rather than put it out of sight.  Context is everything, both to understand and to illuminate the path forward.  The author’s words are set, our reaction to them encourages our change. 
   
  01 - The Female Short Story. A Chronological History - An Introduction - Volume 10 
  02 - Decay by Marjorie Bowen 
  03 - The Lie by Holloway Horn 
  04 - Joseph by Katherine Rickford 
  05 - The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield 
  06 - The Hoodoo by Martha Gruening 
  07 - The Three Kisses by Violet Quirk 
  08 - Sophy Mason Comes Back by E M Delafield 
  09 - The Death Hound by Violet Mary Firth writng as Dion Fortune 
  10 - After the Funeral by Mary Butts 
  11 - In No Strange Land by Katharine Butler 
  12 - Here We Are by Dorothy Parker 
  13 - Young Magic by Helen Simpson 
  14 - The Casualty List by Winifred Holtby 
  15 - Satan's Circus b

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  HiBrow: Classic British Cinema -...

  Danny Boyle, Robert Carlyle,...

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  Some of the cast and production team are interviewed about the making of huge 1996 hit film Trainspotting. Interviews with Danny Boyle, Robert Carlyle, Kave Quinn, Rachel Fleming, Masahiro Hirakubo and Brian Tufano.Listen to opinions on what Danny Boyle is like as a director, how decisions were made about the film and how the music played a bit part. Includes more fascinating facts and insights from such a hugely successful and well-known film!

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  Ulysses S Grant

  Owen Wister

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  Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories of the Old West, but he also wrote a substantial body of nonfiction literature. (Summary by David Wales)

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