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Through Connemara in a Governess Cart is a book by Martin Ross. A sparkling account of the writer's voyage through Connemara, with vibrant depictions of the places visited and encountered people!
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 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 UpdikeShow book
Captain Ulysses S. Grant rose to become general-in-chief of the United States Army in 1864. Was it destiny? Or was he just an ordinary man, opportunistically benefiting from the turmoil of the Civil War to advance to the highest military rank? Soldier of Destiny reveals that Grant always possessed the latent abilities of a skilled commander—and he was able to develop these skills out West without the overwhelming pressure faced by more senior commanders in the Eastern theater at the beginning of the Civil War. From 1861 to 1864, Grant went from being ambivalent about slavery to becoming one of the leading individuals responsible for emancipating the slaves. Soldier of Destiny tells the story of Grant's connection to slavery in far more detail than in previous biographies. Grant's life story is a tale of redemption within the context of his fraught relationships with his antislavery father and his slaveholding wife. This narrative explores the poverty, inequality, and extraordinary vitality of the American West during a crucial time in our nation's history. Writers on Grant have tended to overlook his St. Louis years, even though they are essential for understanding his later triumphs.Show book
Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American journalist, social-political activist, and former CIA operative. Steinem emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s—bolstered by a 1969 article Steinem wrote, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation." In 1972, Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine, aided by her CIA connections, according to the Redstockings feminist organization. The following recording is from 1967.Show book
In June 1972, President Richard Nixon put pen to paper and signed the Educational Amendments of 1972 into law. The nearly 150-page document makes no mention of “gender,” “athletics,” “girls,” or “women.” The bill did not appear to contain anything earth shattering. But tucked into its final pages, a heading appears, “Title IX—Prohibition of Sex Discrimination.” These 37 words would change the world for girls and women across the United States. On its face, Title IX legally guaranteed equal opportunity in education. In time, Title IX would serve as the tipping point for the modern era of women’s sport. Slowly but surely, women’s athletics at the high school and collegiate levels grew to prominence, and Tennessee fast emerged as a national leader. In Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee’s Trailblazers, Mary Ellen Pethel introduces readers to past and present pioneers—each instrumental to the success of women’s athletics across the state and nation. Through vibrant profiles, Pethel celebrates the lives and careers of household names like Pat Summitt and Candace Parker, as well as equally important forerunners such as Ann Furrow and Teresa Phillips. Through their lived experiences, these fifty individuals laid the foundation for athletic excellence in Tennessee, which in turn shaped the national landscape for women’s sports. With interviewees ranging from age 20 to 93, Pethel artfully combines storytelling with scholarship. Guided by the voices of the athletes, coaches, and administrators, Pethel vividly documents achievement and adversity, wins and losses, and advice for the next generation. This book represents the first statewide compilation of its kind—offering readers a behind-the- scenes perspective of Tennessee women who dedicated their lives to the advancement of sport and gender equality. Readers will delight in Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee’s Trailblazers: 50 Years, 50 Stories. For more follow @drpethel.Show book
Read by the author. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Sioux’s harrowing reality TV ordeal cuts deep, and her subsequent self-assurance is endearing and infectious. It adds up to an inspiring account of reclaiming artistic agency.” - Publisher’s Weekly When you’ve been told over and over that you belong at the bottom, how do you come out on top? Dance Moms star and triple threat Nia Sioux shows the way via her story of resilience, triumph, and defining success for herself. Young dancer Nia Sioux was only nine years old when she stepped into stardom as one of the original cast members of Lifetime’s reality TV show Dance Moms. Nia learned new choreography week after week and competed against dancers from across the country as well as at her own studio. Perhaps her greatest obstacle was suffering through her dance teacher’s ranking of the girls against each other in her infamous pyramid, where Nia spent the majority of her time on the bottom—all in front of an audience of millions. But there was much that viewers didn’t see. How her experiences in the studio went far beyond what made it into the show. How she was ostracized for not fitting into an aesthetic that wasn’t designed for girls like her. How her friendships and her mental health crumbled under the strain of the show. How she lost control of her story and her voice. But don’t be fooled—this is a story about resilience. Nia is not looking for pity, sympathy, or validation as she reflects on her experiences. Instead, she is choosing to use her story as a celebration of triumph. Nia finally gets to tell her story in her own way and in her own words. In this captivating memoir, Nia reclaims both the spotlight and her narrative. In addition to going behind the scenes of the seven seasons of Dance Moms, she shows how she fought against the negative perceptions that dominated her tween and teen years and emerged as a confident young woman secure in her talents and her direction. Anyone who has ever felt misunderstood, overlooked, or stuck at the bottom of the pyramid will be inspired by Nia’s story of overcoming. “Despite barriers and constant naysayers, assumptions and criticisms, only you know who you are inside and out,” Nia says. “And you have the power to create your own narrative, your own level of success.”Show book
A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage battery, and the electric light. In the words of the authors, "It is designed in these pages to bring the reader face to face with Edison; to glance at an interesting childhood and a youthful period marked by a capacity for doing things, and by an insatiable thirst for knowledge; then to accompany him into the great creative stretch of forty years, during which he has done so much. This book shows him plunged deeply into work for which he has always had an incredible capacity, reveals the exercise of his unsurpassed inventive ability, his keen reasoning powers, his tenacious memory, and his fertility of resources; follows him through a series of innumerable experiments, conducted methodically, reaching out like rays of search-light into all the regions of science and nature, and finally exhibits him emerging triumphantly from countless difficulties bearing with him in new arts the fruits of victorious struggle. This is his story!Show book
