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"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and... (more)

The Yogi Book : I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said

The Yogi Book : I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said

by Yogi Berra

At last they're all together, in celebration of one of America's most beloved figures: from "It ain't over 'til it's over" to "You can't think and hit at the same time" here are all the famous Yogisms, those pithy-as-poetry legendary words that are among the most popularly quoted sayings ever. Compiled by Yogi Berra and his family, The Yogi Book is the official collection of all Yogi Berra's quotable quotes.... (more)

Landing on My Feet: A Diary of Dreams

by Kerri Strug

Kerri Strug comes to life as the brave young gymnast who secured her place in the Olympic pantheon for her brilliant success under fire. The 88-pound, 4-foot 9-inch Strug seems larger than life as she follows her personal dream-from her home in Tucson, Arizona to years of tenacious training with several different coaches, and finally to her amazing vault at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Heart of Gold (Positively for Kids)

by Gregory N Brown, Kerri Strug, Doug Keith

In her first book, Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug reveals the keys to her success in the demanding and pressure-packed world of elite gymnastics. Strug's insights will provide children with a road map for attaining a "heart of gold." Color photos/illustrations.

In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country

In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country

by Kim Barnes

Winner of the 1995 PEN/Jerard Fund Award, In the Wilderness is poet Kim Barnes' account of her journey toward adulthood, set against an interior landscape as awesome, as wondrous, and as fraught with hidden peril as the isolated northern Idaho logging camps where she grew up.

Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training

Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training

by Patrick Williams

Personal and professional coaching, which has emerged as a powerful career in the last several years, has shifted the paradigm of how people who seek help with life transitions find a "helper" to partner with them in designing their desired future. No matter what kind of sub-specialty a coach might have, life coaching is the basic operating system: a whole-person, client-centered approach.Here, Pat... (more)

Cross-Talk in Comp Theory: A Reader

The People: Indians of the American Southwest

The People: Indians of the American Southwest

by Stephen Trimble

Fifty Indian nations lie within the modern American Southwest, communities sustained through four centuries of European and American contact by their cultural traditions and ties to the land. In The People, Stephen Trimble provides an introduction to these native peoples that is unrivaled in its scope and readibility. The People is the indispensible reference for anyone interested in the Indians of the... (more)

Death to Silence/Muerte Al Silencio

by Emma Sepu?lveda-Pulvirenti

These poems that put an end to silence convert one poet's struggle with exile from her homeland into a triumph of the human spirit. They are strong, spare, evocative poems that ask the reader to do more than simply observe. They compel the reader to be a part of her struggle as she moves through the haunting landscape of revoluion in Santiago.

A Snake In Her Mouth: Poems 1974-96

by nila northSun

Nila northSun was born of Chippewa-Shoshone descent in Schurz, Nevada, in 1951. A graduate of the University of Montana, she lives on the Stillwater Indian Reservation in Fallon, Nevada, where she is director of a teen crisis center. Part of the Native American literary renaissance of the 1970s, she served as coeditor of Scree magazine; published two books of poetry, Diet Pepsi and Nacho Cheese (1977) and ... (more)

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

by A. J. Jacobs

From the bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his... (more)

Flying over Sonny Liston: Poems (Western Literature Series)

Flying over Sonny Liston: Poems (Western Literature Series)

by Gary Short

A collection of poems exploring the theme of being human in the modern western world. It focuses on survival in harsh environments such as the desert or the landscape of the soul, with a movement from despair to realization, from compassion to forgiveness from the graces of mercy, hope and trust.

Composition and ResistanceClaude Mark Hurlbert, Michael Blitz

Composition and Resistance

by Claude Mark Hurlbert, Michael Blitz

This book is a moving orchestration of our profession's deepest concerns about the economic, social, political, and practical aspects of teaching writing.

Words From the Land Encounters with Natural History Writing

Shoshone Mike (Western Literature)Frank Bergon

Shoshone Mike (Western Literature)

by Frank Bergon

In 1911 a posse chased an itinerant Shoshone family across 200 hundred miles of Nevada desert and slaughtered them. Shoshone Mike re-creates this final chapter in the Old West through the eyes of an anachronistic sheriff.

The Temptations of St. Ed & Brother S (Western Literature)

The Temptations of St. Ed & Brother S (Western Literature)

by Frank Bergon

Blunt, no-nonsense prose conveys a dark vision of the modern struggle to maintain religious commitment in this novel set outside Las Vegas. After finalizing plans to use nearby Shoshone land as a nuclear waste disposal site, the Department of Energy has begun efforts to drive out local residents, including the two eponymous monks who live at a Cistercian hermitage in the area. St. Ed, troubled by the monastery's... (more)

My Father's Shoes New and Selected PoemsTom Speer

My Father's Shoes New and Selected Poems

by Tom Speer

SnowmeltShaun T. Griffin

Snowmelt

by Shaun T. Griffin

Ride the SilenceLinda Hussa

Ride the Silence

by Linda Hussa

Desert Wood: An Anthology of Nevada Poets.Shaun T. (ed) Griffin

Desert Wood: An Anthology of Nevada Poets.

by Shaun T. (ed) Griffin

A Minor Carver by William Abrams The Car Hums by Timothy Parker Bellows Antelope Rising by Jean Boudreau Desert Wind by Jean Boudreau Back Pockets by Milly Brown Despair 1 by Milly Brown Our Brothers by Milly Brown Waiting by Milly Brown Arrowhead by Irene Bruce Rattlesnake by Irene Bruce Sea Rose by Irene Bruce Virginia City, Nevada by Irene Bruce The Side Effects... (more)

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A Memoir

by Frank McCourt

by Yogi Berra

by Kerri Strug

by Gregory N Brown, Kerri Strug, Doug Keith

by Kim Barnes

by Patrick Williams

by Stephen Trimble

by Emma Sepu?lveda-Pulvirenti

by nila northSun

by A. J. Jacobs

by Gary Short

by Claude Mark Hurlbert, Michael Blitz

by Frank Bergon

by Frank Bergon

by Tom Speer

by Shaun T. Griffin

by Linda Hussa

by Shaun T. (ed) Griffin