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Charlie and Duddy
Remembering the time of the Vietnam War, the impacts of it, the effects it had on us, and our family's life-changing alterations were memories that will never be forgotten. Looking back on the years of 1968 through 1972 are partially vague, but the recollection of the war as seen in the eyes of a fourteen-year-old girl still resonates today. Two brothers, Charles Joseph Chaisson, known as Charlie, and William Paul Chaisson Jr., known as Duddy banded as soldiers in the United States Army. Charlie was stationed in Vietnam and Duddy served in Germany. Two brothers on two separate journeys as they head down two different pathways. As they encounter challenging and unexpected situations, the two boys quickly become men as they face hostile decisions. They find themselves quickly taking on a war that influences their core values, their family's unexpected life-changing experiences, and their new, "Normal" lifestyle. The unpleasant and tragic twists and whirlwind that our family will have to endure will be the most shocking for one of the brothers who do not make it home and the other who was left behind to pick up the pieces.
Jewish Wry
When the Jews of Eastern Europe came to the United States in the 19th century, they brought with them their own special humor. Developed in response to the dissonant reality of their lives, their self-critical humor served as a source of salvation, enabling them to endure a painful history with a sense of power. In America, the marginal status of immigrant Jews prompted them to use humor a a defense, exaggerating or mocking their ethnicity as events dictated. Jewish Wry examines the development of Jewish humor in a series of essays on topics that range from Sholom Aleichem's humor to Jewish comediennes through to the humor of Philip Roth. This important book offers enjoyable reading as well as a significant and scholarly contribution to the field.
Insanity - My Mad Life
Charles Bronson is the most feared and the most notorious convict in the prison system. Renowned for serial hostage taking and his rooftop sieges, he is a legend in his own lifetime. Yet behind the crime and the craziness, there is a great deal more to Charlie. He is a man of great warmth and humour; a man of great artistic talent who exhibits his drawings around the country; and a man with an overpowering urge not to let the system get him down. "Insanity" is a look into the mind of a true individual - a wild, inspired, single-minded, fascinating man, oppressed not only by the workings of his singular mind, but also by the system that confines him.
Forward Thinking
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If Only
If Only: An Alternative History of the Beautiful Game is a fiercely original counterfactual history of football. It is often tempting to believe in the grand sweep of history; to conclude that the triumphs of football's greatest teams were simply inevitable. The truth, however, is that history can turn on what appear, at first glance, to be infinitesimally small events. Behind all those triumphs lie the countless disappointments of teams that were denied glory by a cruel bounce, the width of a crossbar or a dubious refereeing decision. Challenging the perception that the outcome of great clashes could never have been any different to what they were, If Only reflects on what our football history could have been, what it might have been and, in some cases, what it probably should have been. Boldly turning football history on its head, it imagines a world in which Scotland win the first-ever World Cup, Derby County are champions of Europe and 1966 isn't the only year that England win anything.
Bronson 2 - More Porridge Than Goldilocks
Charles Bronson is the most feared and most notorious convict in the prison system. Renowned for his serial hostage-taking and his rooftop sieges, he is a legend in his own lifetime. The recent film of his life was a critically acclaimed, box-office hit. Yet he is a man of great warmth and humour; a man of huge artistic talent who exhibits his drawings around the country; a man with an overpowering urge not to let the system get him down. More Porridge Than Goldilocks is a crazy look into the mind of a true individual.
The Omnibus
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