This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, even ...
On the Road
MATTHEW D FIRESTONE
Coordinating Author
Península de Osa (Click here) is truly a stunning landform, but there is a whole different world lying offshore beneath the surface of the shal ...
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Something Missing
For
Jim Bengiovanni,
an only child
who became a brother
acknowledgments
This book would not have been the same without the assistance of coun ...
For Elysha
You saved me first
acknowledgments
In his book On Writing, Stephen King wrote, “And whenever I see a first novel dedicated to a wife (or a husband), I smile and think, There’s some ...
FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SPUTNIK, THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORY OF THE FIERCE BATTLES ON EARTH THAT LAUNCHED THE SUPERPOWERS INTO SPACE
THE SPY PLANES WERE DRIVING NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV MAD. Wheneve ...
CONTENTS
Title Page
Dedication
Photo
Introduction
1. The Explosion of Private Citizens Doing Public Good
2. Giving Money
3. Giving Time
4. Giving Things
5. Giving Skills
6. Gifts of Reco ...
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When the Bough Breaks
100 Years: A Celebration of Surf-Lifesaving at North Steyne
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1 - A Brief Case for the Useful Arts
Chapter 2 - The Separation of Thinking from Doing
Chapter 3 - To Be Mast ...
Praise for Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure
“Utterly likable.” —Christopher Buckley, Washington Post
“A lively, humorous glimpse into an unlikely presidential vacation and a vanished era.”
...
CONTENTS
Title Page
Introduction
ONE. Born Again
TWO. Congressional Interlude I, or Inside the Halls of Derangement
THREE. The Longest Three Days of My Life
FOUR. Baghdad Interlude, or The ...