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  Tim Russell - Man of a Thousand...

  Garrison Keillor, Tom Keith

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  Fans of A Prairie Home Companion know him as Garrison Keillor’s grumbling sidekick Dusty “The Lives of the Cowboys,” an array of wise-cracking wise-guys from the mean streets of “Guy Noir, Private Eye,” or Jim, the beleaguered husband from A Prairie Home Companion’s famously catchup-deprived midlife couple. One minute he’s George Bush or Julia Child, Barack Obama or Arnold Schwarzenegger. So here’s the fearless Tim Russell in 19 hilarious performances from A Prairie Home Companion, embracing every hairpin turn, crazy curve, or unexpected plot twist a live radio show heard by millions each week can possibly throw at the man of a thousand voices.

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  Cape Cod Curiosities -...

  Robin Smith-Johnson

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  The author of Legends & Lore of Cape Cod delves deeper into the colorful local history of Massachusetts’s quaint seaside region.   Cape Cod may be a popular tourist destination, but it has a strange and distinctive history. The Pukwudgies were two- to three-foot beings with smooth gray skin, hairy faces and horns. These shape-shifting, mischievous “little people” are connected to Wampanoag Indian mythology. Edward Rowe Snow, a New England historian who was also known as “the Flying Santa,” delivered Christmas presents to lighthouse keepers and their families. Jeremiah’s Gutter was a canal in Orleans and the first Cape Cod Canal. Join author Robin Smith-Johnson as she uncovers the secrets behind many unique places, remarkable events and fascinating people.   Includes photos!

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  Garden Maker Bundle 2 in 1 Bundle

  Traci Sullivan, Ben Hodges

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  Garden Maker Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: New Shade Garden and Organic Gardening PlanFor some people gardening is a part-time hobby, for others it's a borderline obsession. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with either. Regardless of the category you fall into, there's no reason not to make your garden as fun and functional as possible. A word of warning... Once you get hooked, there's no turning back! You will find yourself wanting to constantly improve your garden and make sure the plants are all healthy and it’s always looking nice and beautiful. Today, organic gardening has been receiving a lot of buzz because of its many benefits. Organic gardening means gardening without the use of fertilizers and pesticides, which means that before you start your organic garden, you need to understand a few of the essential elements that will affect your garden's growth.This bundle will discuss a wide variety of suggestions to inspire you on how to create your beautiful garden. It will also teach you everything you need to know about organic gardening. You will learn how to start and grow your own organic garden.This 2 in 1 bundle includes the following audiobooks:1. New Shade Garden: A Beginner's Manual for Fun and Functional Gardening. Learn Tips on How to Set-Up and Design a Beautiful Garden2. Organic Gardening Plan: Discover the Ultimate Way to Eating Healthy Through Organic Growing and GardeningIf you want to learn more, download your copy of Garden Maker 2 in 1 Bundle today!

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  Gauguin

  Nathalia Brodskaya

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  Paul Gauguin was first a sailor, then a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874 he began to paint at weekends as a Sunday painter. Nine years later, after a stock-market crash, he felt confident of his ability to earn a living for his family by painting and he resigned his position and took up the painter’s brush full time. Following the lead of Cézanne, Gauguin painted still-lifes from the very beginning of his artistic career. He even owned a still-life by Cézanne, which is shown in Gauguin’s painting Portrait of Marie Lagadu. The year 1891 was crucial for Gauguin. In that year he left France for Tahiti, where he stayed till 1893. This stay in Tahiti determined his future life and career, for in 1895, after a sojourn in France, he returned there for good. In Tahiti, Gauguin discovered primitive art, with its flat forms and violent colours, belonging to an untamed nature. With absolute sincerity, he transferred them onto his canvas. His paintings from then on reflected this style: a radical simplification of drawing; brilliant, pure, bright colours; an ornamental type composition; and a deliberate flatness of planes. Gauguin termed this style “synthetic symbolism”.

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  The Last Overland - Singapore to...

  Alex Bescoby

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  "In 1955, a young TV producer named David Attenborough was approached by six recent graduates from Oxford and Cambridge universities determined to drive the entire length of Eurasia, as it was then known, from London to Singapore. Many tried this before, but none succeeded. Sensing this time might be different, Attenborough gave The Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition enough film reels to cover their attempt. The 19,000-mile journey completed by Tim Slessor and the team was told in Attenborough's Travellers' Tales and captivated a nation emerging from postwar austerity. Tim's book, The First Overland, was published shortly after and soon became the Bible of the overlanding religion. Inspired by Attenborough's comment fifty years on that it was a journey ""that I don't think could be made again today,"" Alex made contact with now eighty-six-year-old Tim, and together they planned an epic recreation of the original trip, this time from Singapore to London. With their improbable team and the prospect of getting the original Oxford, their goal was to complete the heroic journey that started more than sixty years earlier. In awe of the unstoppable Tim, and haunted by his own grandfather's deterioration due to tragedy and then dementia, Alex soon finds himself on the defining trip of his life and discovers how the world has changed for better, and for worse, since the First Overland..."

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  Prizewinning Political Cartoons

  Dean P. Turnbloom

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  "A strong editorial cartoon shines a blinding light on political buffoonery and social injustice. We have the most satisfying job in the world." -Walt Handelsman, Newsday"Pelican Publishing continues its tradition of promoting political discussion through cartoons." --Publisher's WeeklyThis anthology presents the top editorial cartooning awards of the year along with the year's winners. Featured awards include: "Pulitzer Prize "National Headliner Awards "Sigma Delta Chi Award "Thomas Nast Award "Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award "John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Award "Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award "Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award Each section of the book contains descriptions of the awards given and short interviews with the winners. These honored members of the cartoon world view their work as far more than entertainment. They describe their role in terms of journalist, opinion maker, secular preacher, provocateur, and visual columnist. In attempting to influence or illuminate the public, each has made a powerful contribution to the art form.

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