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Geo Gosling received a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). This book describes some of the trials and tribulations he has had to endure as a result of the TBI. Send Geo an Email
Craft Beer Sucks! is a humorous poke at the so called craft beer movement!
"The best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review); an instant classic straight from the front lines. From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry,
Dr. Melissa Bailey shares her personal story of battling breast cancer. A "Seinfeld" like story of her adventures dealing with all the ups and downs of the disease. She helps the reader bring a bit of humor to the otherwise dark periods of life. "Pink Hell" is a unique twist of fate as Melissa is a doctor, but never thought she would have to deal with cancer. The book inspires women of all ages to give hope that you too
A screenwriter and author of Dispatches provides a firsthand portrait of his friend and colleague, Stanley Kubrick, describing the life and career of the legendary director, dispelling myths about him, and reflecting on his seminal influence on the world of filmmaking. Reprint.
Reverberations of the Vietnam War can still be felt in American culture. The post-9/11 United States forays into the Middle East, the invasion and occupation of Iraq especially, have evoked comparisons to the nearly two decades of American presence in Viet Nam (1954-1973). That evocation has renewed interest in the Vietnam War, resulting in the re-printing of older War narratives and the publication of new ones. This volume tracks those echoes as they appear in American, Vietnamese American, and Vietnamese
. . . In Cold Blood, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Armies of the Night . . . Starting in 1965 and spanning a ten-year period, a group of writers including Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson, Joan Didion, John Sack, and Michael Herr emerged and joined a few of their pioneering elders, including Truman Capote and Norman Mailer, to remake American letters. The perfect chroniclers of an age of frenzied cultural change, they
Hey, how's it going? My name is Bobby and this little gem is the story of my death. It ain't pretty, I'm warning you. So I woke up in Hell, lucky me right? As if eternal damnation wasn't bad enough, I got assigned to Reaper School. Only the cream of the crap wind up there, it's like Hollywood for sinners. Why me? I wish I knew. I don't even know how I ended up in Hell in the first place!
Presenting a view in text and paintings of Las Vegas, this book features portraits of the celebrities who have played in the casinos and in the life of America and offers a unique view of the country's popular culture and politics
The so-called Counter- or Catholic Reformation has traditionally been viewed as a monolith, but these essays decisively challenge this interpretation, emphasizing the variety, vitality, and complexity of Catholicism in the early modern era.
As chaos looms, a warrior queen is reborn Bookish academic Diana Laughton has been having terrible dreams. Dreams of battle, dreams of blood… dreams so vivid she's living them day and night. When demons invade her quiet life, she wonders if she’s going mad. Or if perhaps she's remembering a past life she had no idea existed… In the midst of betrayal, he must protect her Mythean Guardian Cadan Trinovante loved and betrayed Britain's warrior queen Boudica two millennia
Dramatizes the life of the influential newspaper columnist, including his early career in vaudeville
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