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  Exotics and Retrospectives

  Lafcadio Hearn

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  Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings about Japan from the beginning of the Meiji era, when the country was just opening to the West, remain among the most important explanations of Japanese culture. This book contains in the first part, "Exotics", his observations of and personal insights into Japan. For example, Fuji no Yama tells about him climbing the highest mountain in Japan; and A Question in the Zen Texts, Literature of the Dead, and Of Moon Desire try to explain Buddhist teachings. In the second part, "Retrospectives", Hearn leaves both Japan and his vantage point as impartial observer behind and delves into personal experiences and musings that occurred to him in the numerous countries he visited. The main topic of these very personal pieces is beauty in all its forms. (Summary by Availle)

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  Twenty-Two Years a Slave and...

  Austin Steward

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  "Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman" is a slave narrative, detailing Austin Steward's early life of enslavement and escape, as well as his years of freedom and work at Wilber force Colony.
  Austin Steward (1793 – 1869) was an African-American abolitionist and author. He was born a slave and escaped from Virginia at about age 21, settling in Rochester, New York, and then Canada.
  Contents:
  Slave Life on the Plantation
  At the Great House
  Horse-racing and Its Consequences
  Journey to Our New Home in New York
  Incidents at Sodus Bay
  Removal From Sodus to Bath
  Dueling
  Horse-racing and General Training
  Death Bed and Bridal Scenes
  Hired Out to a New Master
  Thoughts on Freedom
  Capt. Helm — Divorce — Kidnapping
  Locate in the Village of Rochester
  Incidents in Rochester and Vicinity
  Sad Reverses of Capt. Helm
  British Emancipation of Slavery
  Oration — Termination of Slavery
  Condition of Free Colored People
  Persecution of the Colored People
  Removal to Canada
  Roughing It in the Wilds of Canada
  Narrow Escape of a Smuggler
  Narrative of Two Fugitives From Virginia
  Pleasant Re-union of Old and Tried Friends
  Private Losses and Private Difficulties
  Incidents and Peculiarities of the Indians
  Our Difficulties With Israel Lewis
  Desperation of a Fugitive Slave
  A Narrow Escape From My Enemies
  Death of B. Paul, and Return of His Brother
  My Family Return to Rochester
  The Land Agent and the Squatter
  Character and Death of I. Lewis
  My Return to Rochester
  Bishop Brown — Death of My Daughter
  Celebration of the First of August
  Correspondence Letter From A. Steward to Wm. L. Garrison

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  Social Life in Old New Orleans

  Eliza Ripley

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  A Southern woman details life in antebellum New Orleans society as she witnessed it in this 1912 memoir. The wonder and beauty of the antebellum South comes alive once again in the memory of Eliza Ripley. Born in 1832, Ripley witnessed firsthand the changing South and lamented the loss of elegant Southern balls and wedding traditions, such as having the ceremony in the house’s parlor.  Having spent most of her childhood in New Orleans, Ripley documents every facet of life in New Orleans and along the river, from spring housekeeping to slave narratives. She recounts past journeys on steamboats, which she calls palatials, and her favorite ship, the Grey Eagle, which featured staterooms and a social hall. She remembers the songs her own mother once sang to her and the simple joy of an old wooden rocking chair.  In this memoir, Ripley masterfully creates the New Orleans that existed before the Civil War. Her plain but descriptive language captures the essence of the time and the sweet nostalgia of her memories of a lost era.

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  Shade of the Raintree Centennial...

  Larry Lockridge

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  This true story of literary stardom and sudden tragedy is “a riveting book, shattering and shot through with the powerful poignancy of a life undone” (Detroit News). 
   
  Raintree County, the first novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr., was the publishing event of 1948. Excerpted in Life magazine, it was a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection, won MGM’s Novel Award and a movie deal, and stood at the top of the nation’s bestseller lists. Unfortunately, Lockridge’s first novel was also his last. Two months after its publication the thirty-three-year-old author from Bloomington, Indiana, took his own life. His son Larry was five years old at the time. 
   
  Shade of the Raintree is Larry’s search for an understanding of his father’s baffling act. In this powerfully narrated biography, Larry Lockridge uncovers a man of great vitality, humor, love, and visionary ambition, but also of deep vulnerability. The author manages to combine a son’s emotional investments with a sleuth’s dispassionate inquiry. The result is “a book that is, in its own way, as remarkable and compelling as Raintree County” (Milwaukee Journal). 
   
  “Larry Lockridge here faces the double tasking of writing a biography of his father and of finding out what drove him to a ruthless act of self-destruction. An immensely moving book, deserving of the Pulitzer Prize.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  This edition includes a new preface by the author.

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  Summary Bundle: Technology &...

  Abbey Beathan

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  Summary Bundle: Technology & Classic: Includes Summary of The Innovators & Summary of The Last Lecture 
  From the Description of "Summary of The Innovators"... 
  "Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive."—Walter Isaacson 
  On top of giving us a bunch of secrets on how to become successful, The Innovatorsalso delivers an important truth. If you think that only mastering individual skills will you manage to stand alongside the best of them, you are wrong... 
  From the Description of "Summary of The Last Lecture"... 
  "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."—Randy Pausch 
  Pausch's book is a combination of inspiration, intelligence and humor which is the reason why The Last Lecture was such a successful release. A book to encourage living our lives and continue moving forward despite how grim the situation might be. 
  What if you could learn 3X more in 2X less time? How much faster could you accelerate to reach your goals? Start accelerating your growth today by adding this book to your shopping cart now or clicking on the buy now button.

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  Train Wreck - The Life and Death...

  Donna Hogan

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  She was the most outlandish, outrageous, in-your-face symbol of the age—             and suddenly, shockingly, she was gone. In life her antics, adventures, and behavior kept a nation riveted; in death she stunned a world gripped by the surprise and swiftness of her unexpected passing. The woman was, of course, Anna Nicole Smith. With fierce resolve, pluck, luck, and determination, Anna clawed her way to celebrity status, first by landing a centerfold in Playboy magazine, then getting named as Playmate of the Year. She then became a tabloid staple, finding even greater notoriety as she obtained unimaginable wealth after marrying a billionaire more than 60 years her senior. And then, in a moment, she was gone, not yet 40 years old. This is the story of the little girl from west of nowhere, born into a broken, dysfunctional, dirt-poor family, told by the one woman who knew her best—             her sister. A Horatio Alger story with a bitter ending, Train Wreck: The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith is the definitive story of the rise and swift fall of one of the most compelling characters to blaze across the American sky.

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