Sgt. Steve Maharidge, like many of his generation, hardly ever talked about the war. The only sign he'd served in it was a single black and white photograph of himself and another soldier tacked to the wall of his basement workshop. After Steve Maharidge's death, his son Dale, now an adult, began a twelve-year quest to understand his father's preoccupation with the photo. What had happened during the battle for Okinawa, and why had his father remained...

From the Other Side of the Tracks is the true, first-person account of Eva Elle Rose. Abandoned by her mother, beaten by her stepfather, and reared in abject poverty, Eva nevertheless survived to lead an accomplished life of real meaning. For this, she credits a force at work behind the scenes, bringing people and events into her life out of seemingly nowhere that collectively steered her in the right direction, even away from a suicide attempt on...

As a health-care professional, I encountered patients daily in the intensive care unit — "circling the drain" — as we described their status. They were dying. They required nonstop, twenty-four-hour care to keep them alive. Most were sedated on life-sustaining drugs and ventilator-assist devices. I look back on my own near-death encounter not as a nurse taking care of a dying patient but as that patient clinging to life.

Have you ever heard the phrase "The great ones are not the ones who have never failed, but the ones who have never failed to give up?" Mario Reynoso is one who has never given up. In this book not only does he tell you how he became an ultramarathoner; he delivers his soul to you, his passion for overcoming pain, fatigue, and mistakes. His story is one that shows that happiness is found on the road, not at the finish line. A book that teaches you...

With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East – journeys that offer him new possibilities and causes for contemplation. In his last days at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton continues to follow the tumultuous events of the sixties, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert...

In the remote mountains of Tibet, a teenage girl must choose between supporting her family after her father's political imprisonment or joining a group of persecuted nuns on their journey to freedom.

One of cinema's most versatile yet popular directors, Ang Lee's diverse portfolio has seen him cut across cultural, national and sexual boundaries. This book explores the themes and issues he has addressed in films such as 'Eat Drink Man Woman', 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Brokeback Mountain'.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I had known David Niven almost all of my life. I had met him in Hollywood just after the war when I was a child living with my grandmother, Gladys Cooper, who was to work with him in both The Bishop's Wife and Separate Tables. I had written magazine and Times profiles of him occasionally. #2 The author realized that David had a book to write after hearing David's...