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  Krugman on Obama Deficit Plan

  PBS NewsHour

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  A week after Representative Paul Ryan released the Republican 2012 budget blueprint, President Obama offered his plan for reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. Jeffrey Brown discusses the competing visions with Princeton University's Paul Krugman and the American Action Forum's Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

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  Of Those We Loved - A Narrative...

  I L (Dick) Read

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  The Author was among the first to respond to Kitcheners call for volunteers in 1914. He joined 8th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment at the outbreak of war as a Private and, within weeks, he and the Battalion were heading for Northern France with the British Expeditionary Force.In this superb memoir we see how the spirit of adventurous patriotism that carried him to war gradually turns to sober reflection as the fighting intensifies and he loses so many friends and comrades at the Battles of the Somme and the Marne.In 1917 he is commissioned into the Royal Sussex Regiment and makes a long, hazardous journey to Egypt to join his new battalion only to be recalled to take part in the Second Battle of the Marne, where his leadership and bravery win him the Croix de Guerre. Written with great modesty and insight, Dick Reads account contains a wealth of graphic descriptions of his experiences over the whole period of The Great War including the Somme 1916, Hindenburg Line, Egypt, Flanders and the Final Advance. The book is further enhanced by the inclusion of excellent drawings by the Author himself.Many memoirs will be published to commemorate the Centenary of the War to end all Wars but it can be said with confidence that Of Those We Loved is unlikely to be bettered. It makes for gripping reading both at home and as a companion onany visit to the Battlefields. Refined over the years, but retaining a rare sense of authenticity, this is a moving personal record of a survivors war and a profoundly moving epitaph for a lost generation.

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  Big Book of Christmas Classic...

  Charles Dickens, G. K....

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  "The Big Book of Christmas: Classic Stories and Poems" is a grand compilation that assembles a treasure trove of holiday tales and poems from a remarkable array of authors. This extensive collection includes 100 classic works, each thoughtfully illustrated, to immerse readers in the magic and wonder of the Christmas season.This anthology spans a rich tapestry of Christmas literature, including timeless favorites such as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Red Room," "A Letter from Santa Claus," "The Fir Tree," "Song of the Holly," and many more. These stories and poems capture the spirit of Christmas through diverse voices, styles, and settings, offering readers a diverse and enriching experience.Contents:Charles DickensA Christmas CarolThe ChimesG.K. ChestertonA Christmas CarolL.M. MontgomeryThe Red RoomA Christmas MistakeA Christmas InspirationThe Josephs' ChristmasAunt Cyrilla's Christmas BasketThe Osbornes' ChristmasBertie's New YearIda's New Year CakeThe Christmas Surprise at Enderly RoadClorinda's GiftsThe Falsoms' Christmas DinnerThe Unforgotten OneChristmas at Red ButteUncle Richard's New Year's DinnerL. Frank BaumA Kidnapped Santa ClausLittle Bun RabbitThe Life and Adventures of Santa ClausMark TwainA Letter from Santa ClausLouisa May AlcottA Country ChristmasCousin Tribulation's StoryWhat the Bell Saw and SaidTilly's ChristmasTessa's SurprisesKate's ChoiceThe Boys' Joke, And Who Got The Best Of ItThe Quiet Little WomanRosa's TaleA Christmas Dream and How It Came TrueA Christmas Turkey, And How It CameA Merry ChristmasLeo TolstoyA Russian Christmas PartyHenry Wadsworth LongfellowChristmas BellsThe Three KingsNikolai GogolChristmas EveWilliam Dean HowellsChristmas EverydayThe Pony Engine and the Pacific ExpressJoseph Rudyard KiplingChristmas in IndiaElizabeth HarrisonLittle Gretchen and the Wooden ShoeJohn MiltonOn the Morning of Christ's NativityHans Christian AndersenThe Fir TreeThe Little Match GirlSelma LagerlofA Christmas GuestThe Holy NightThe Legend of the Christmas RoseClement MooreThe Night Before ChristmasHenry van DykeThe Other Wise ManBeatrix PotterThe Tailor of GloucesterAnton ChehovVankaO. HenryThe Gift of the MagiChristmas by InjunctionWhistling Dick's Christmas StockingA Chaparral Christmas GiftAn Unfinished Christmas StoryHesba StrettonThe Christmas ChildKenneth GrahameThe Wind in the WillowsRobert Louis StevensonChristmas at SeaMarkheimWinter TimeWalter ScottChristmas In The Olden TimeAlfred TennysonRing out, wild bellsThomas HardyThe OxenWilliam Butler YeatsThe MagiWilliam Makepeace ThackerayThe Mahogany TreeCharles KingsleyChristmas DayEugene FieldJest 'Fore ChristmasEmily DickinsonThe Savior must have been a docile GentlemanWilla CatherThe Burglar's ChristmasArthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of the Blue CarbuncleFyodor DostoyevskyA Christmas Tree and a WeddingJohann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Christmas-BoxWashington IrvingChristmasThe Stage-CoachChristmas EveChristmas DayThe Christmas DinnerGeorge MacDonaldChristmas Day and EverydayThe Christmas ChildChristmas MeditationA Christmas PrayerA Christmas CarolMy Uncle PeterMary's LullabyChristmas-DayThe Gifts of the Child ChristThat Holy ThingChristmasChristmas Song of the Old ChildrenKing ColeA Song for ChristmasJames JoyceThe DeadSakiBertie's Christmas EveWilliam ShakespeareSong of the HollyThe Gracious TimeHarriet Beecher StoweChristmas; or, The Good FairyThe First Christmas of New EnglandBetty's Bright IdeaChristmas in PoganucOscar WildeThe Selfish Giant

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  Every Little Scrap and Wonder -...

  Carla Funk

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  From an award-winning essayist and acclaimed poet comes this radiant, observant, and warmly funny memoir about childhood, family, and small-town life. Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging trucks and God, pellet guns and parables. Every Sunday, she sat with her mother and brother in the same pew at the Mennonite church while her dad stayed home with his cigarettes and a fridge full of whiskey. In these tender, humorous stories, Funk stitches together the wondrous and the mundane: making snow angels and carrying sacks of potatoes, tossing pig bladders like footballs, and vying for the Christmas pageant spotlight. Part ode to childhood, part love letter to rural life, Every Little Scrap and Wonder offers an original take on the memories, stories, and traditions we all carry within ourselves, whether we planned to or not.

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  Ghostbread

  Sonja Livingston

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  A memoir of growing up poor and hungry in 1970s western New York: “Like an American version of Angela’s Ashes.”—Kathleen Norris, New York Times-bestselling author of The Cloister Walk  When you eat soup every night, thoughts of bread get you through.    One of seven children brought up by a single mother, Sonja Livingston was raised in areas of western New York that remain relatively hidden from the rest of America. From an old farming town to an Indian reservation to a dead-end urban neighborhood, Livingston and her siblings follow their nonconformist mother from one ramshackle house to another on the perpetual search for something better. Along the way, the young Sonja observes the harsh realities her family encounters, as well as small moments of transcendent beauty that somehow keep them going. While struggling to make sense of her world, Livingston perceives the stresses and patterns that keep children—girls in particular—trapped in the cycle of poverty.   Informed by cultural experiences such as Livington’s love for Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew and her experiences with the Girl Scouts and Roman Catholicism, this lyrical memoir firmly eschews sentimentality, offering instead a meditation on what it means to hunger and showing that poverty can strengthen the spirit just as surely as it can grind it down.   “[A]n absolutely astonishing debut…harrowing and hilarious.”—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of With or Without You   “Livingston reveals the daily challenges poverty-stricken young children face.”—Booklist   “Weaves together a child’s experience of not belonging, the perilous ease of slipping into failure, and the deep love that can flow from even a highly troubled parent.”—Dinty W. Moore, author of The Accidental Buddhist

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  Watchman at the Gates - A...

  General George Joulwan, David...

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  General George Joulwan played a role in many pivotal world events during his long and exceptional career. Present at both the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, he served multiple tours in Germany during the Cold War and two tours in Vietnam. By chance, he was recruited as Nixon's White House deputy chief of staff and witnessed the last acts of the Watergate drama first-hand.Joulwan chronicles his career in the upper echelons of the armed forces. He shares his experiences working with major military and political figures, including generals William E. DePuy, Alexander Haig, John Vessey, and Colin Powell, US ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. Beyond the battlefield, Joulwan became an advocate for military and civilian relations during the Vietnam War, deescalating several high-intensity situations while studying at Loyola University as part of the US Army's Option C program.Watchman at the Gates merges memory and lessons in leadership as Joulwan pays tribute to his teachers and colleagues and explains the significance of their influence on his personal approach to command. He also reveals how similar relationships of mutual understanding were crucial in his peaceful and productive dealings with both allies and enemies.

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