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  Political Gumbo

  Walt Handelsman

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  A sharp-witted, wide-ranging collection from Walt Handelsman, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning. Walt Handelsman’s nationally syndicated editorial cartoons have touched on international issues, nationwide events, and a few points of local interest to Louisiana, and this gallery of his work is both pointed and poignant. He has covered world dramas from Somalia to the Gulf War to Bosnia to Tiananmen Square with incredible depth in a single frame, and his humor shines through his commentary on presidential administrations and a seemingly unending supply of topics, like health care, race relations, tax reform, term limits, and, of course, campaigns. And his caricatures of Louisiana notables like Governor Edwin Edwards and the ever-controversial David Duke have made it to op-ed pages far beyond the state.  This collection showcases the insightful comic sensibility and style that have earned him, in addition to his Pulitzers, two Headliner’s Club Awards, a Society of Professional Journalist’s Award, and a Scripps Howard National Journalism Award.

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  Collection of Sand

  Italo Calvino

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  This “brilliant collection of essays” and travelogues by the celebrated author of Invisible Cities “may change the way you see the world around you” (The Guardian, UK).   Italo Calvino’s boundless curiosity and ingenious imagination are displayed in peak form in Collection of Sand, his last collection of new works published during his lifetime. Delving into the delights of the visual world—both in art and travel—the subjects of these 38 essays range from cuneiform and antique maps to Mexican temples and Japanese gardens. In Calvino’s words, this collection is “a diary of travels, of course, but also of feelings, states of mind, moods…The fascination of a collection lies just as much in what it reveals as in what it conceals of the secret urge that led to its creation” (from Collection of Sand).   Never before translated into English, Collection of Sand is an incisive and often surprising meditation on observation and knowledge, “beautifully translated by Martin McLaughlin” (The Guardian, UK).

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  The Dark Side of Sci-Fi - 15...

  Philip K. Dick, Ian Gordon,...

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  A collection of speculative fiction stories, concerning extraterrestrials, other worlds, and bleak futures. 
  Contents: 
  "Fessenden's Worlds" by E. Hamilton (Weird Tales 1937) 
  A man creates a miniature universe. 
  "The Hanging Stranger" by P. K. Dick (SF Adventures 1953) 
  A man happens upon a body suspended from a lamppost. 
  "The Glass Labyrinth" by S. A. Coblentz (WT 1943) 
  A tale of time and dimensions. 
  "The Transgressor" by H. Kuttner (WT 1939) 
  A curious invention... 
  "The Red God Laughed" by T. McClusky (WT 1939) 
  Following the extinction of the human race... 
  "The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells (New Review 1897) 
  An object that serves as a window into the planet Mars. 
  "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft (Pine Cones 1919) 
  Strange slumbers in the Catskill Mountains. 
  "The Fear Experiment" by I. Gordon (HorrorBabble 2018) 
  A dark experiment in Georgia. 
  "Old Rambling House" by F. Herbert (Galaxy SF 1958) 
  All they wanted was a home they could call their own... 
  "There is a Reaper ..." by C. V. De Vet (Imagination 1953) 
  What awaits us after death? 
  "In the World's Dusk" by Edmond Hamilton (WT 1936) 
  The last survivor of the human race. 
  "The Supernumerary Corpse" by C. A. Smith (WT 1932) 
  Jasper Trilt was dead—but... 
  "2 B R 0 2 B" by K. Vonnegut, Jr. (If 1962) 
  Death becomes a voluntary act. 
  "The Ultimate Experiment" by T. DeKy (Comet 1941) 
  Robots—the children of men. 
  "The Red One" by J. London (Cosmopolitan 1918) 
  Worshippers of something strange in the jungle.

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  At the Fireside - Volume 1 -...

  Roger Webster

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  At the Fireside was born out of the need to preserve, retell and rekindle some of the stories of events and lives that have shaped and coloured South Africa. This book recalls our history and enables the reader to relive the stories of our sometimes forgotten past. These are tales of bravery and honour, greed and failure, hope and despair, but ultimately the stories are of real people who went beyond the expected and of events that surpassed the ordinary.

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  CS Lewis - Master Storyteller

  Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

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  From his earliest childhood, C.S. Lewis loved to hear and tell stories. Persuaded that stories could reveal the truth about the real world in a unique way, the literature professor would write more than thirty books, including science fiction, theology, literary criticism, and fantasy. (1898 -1963)In an era marked by two world wars, Lewis attacked tough questions about life and faith headfirst. Convinced that the story of Jesus Christ is the truest of all stories, and known for searching out the truth with honesty, clarity, and imagination, the former atheist would become one of the most influential Christians of the twentieth century.This best-selling, missionary biography series - Christian Heroes: Then & Now - chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory.

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  The Autobiography of Benjamin...

  Benjamin Franklin

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  Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them, Franklin was a statesman, author, inventor, printer, and scientist. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. He also invented bifocals, a stove that is still manufactured, a water-harmonica, and the lightning rod. 
  Franklin's extraordinary range of interests and accomplishments are brilliantly recorded in his Autobiography, considered one of the classics of the genre. Covering his life up to his prewar stay in London as representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly, this charming self-portrait recalls Franklin's boyhood, his determination to achieve high moral standards, his work as a printer, experiments with electricity, political career, experiences during the French and Indian War, and more. Related in an honest, open, unaffected style, this highly readable account offers a wonderfully intimate glimpse of the Founding Father sometimes called "the wisest American."

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