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My Lefthanded, Backwards, Upsidedown Life & Assorted Short Stories
My Lefthanded, Backwards, Upsidedown Life & Assorted Short Stories contains both my growing up and coming of age memoir, set in a small Canadian town during the 1950's and 1960's, in a time of great social change for young people the world over plus a number of fictional short stories which I call emotional thoughtscapes because of the vivid emotional images they create in the reader's mind. The memoir starts the day I am born and follows me through many adventures until I get married and life gets a whole lot more serious. It's about playing in the town band and later rock bands...taking cadets and suffering through initiation day at high school...trying to be a hippie and getting involved in the hippie drug subculture and going hitchhiking and so much more. Short stories include the tale of a young boy who gets his first bike....a story about a couple of kids who find some nudist magazines...the zany story about some young guys trying to get to the bar in a car with no brakes and lots more.
Stone Fox
John Reynolds Gardiner's classic action-packed adventure story about a thrilling dogsled race has captivated readers for more than thirty years. Based on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, who lives with his grandfather in Wyoming. When Grandfather falls ill, he is no longer able to work the farm, which is in danger of foreclosure. Little Willy is determined to win the National Dogsled Race—the prize money would save the farm and his grandfather. But he isn't the only one who desperately wants to win. Willy and his brave dog Searchlight must face off against experienced racers, including a Native American man named Stone Fox, who has never lost a race. Exciting and heartwarming, this novel has sold millions of copies and was named a New York Times Outstanding Children's Book.
Music in the Castle of Heaven
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate? John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of his parents' house, where it hung for safety during the Second World War. He has been studying and performing Bach ever since, and is now regarded as one of the composer's greatest living interpreters. The fruits of this lifetime's immersion are distilled in this remarkable book, grounded in the most recent Bach sch...
Political Corruption
Corruption is once again high on the international policy agenda as a result of globalization, the spread of democracy, and major scandals and reform initiatives. But the concept itself has been a focus for social scientists for many years, and new findings and data take on richer meanings when viewed in the context of long-term developments and enduring conceptual debates. This compendium, a much-enriched version of a work that has been a standard reference in the field since 1970, offers concepts, cases, and fresh evidence for comparative analysis. Building on a nucleus of classic studies laying out the nature and development of the concept of corruption, the book also incorporates recent ...
Top Secret
Everyone scoffs when nine-year-old Allen claims to have discovered a way to turn sunlight into food for humans. Everyone, that is, except the president of the United States!
Memories for Sale
As a young man, John Gardiner scrawled his thoughts on his bedroom windowsill. Now in Memories for Sale, Gardiner shares short stories, poems, and a novella that he hopes will provide inspiration for others to look inward and reflect on the world around them. Gardiner, a former newspaper editor, believes that we are all intelligent enough to solve our own problems. With that theory in mind, he offers writings that attempt to unravel the meaning of life and encourage deep thinking. In his varied collection shared with fluid realism, Gardiner explores relatable topics such as the aging process, loneliness, and suffering and pain as well as chronicles the life of a character named Gawd by his abusive alcoholic father. Through his emotional thoughtscapes, Gardiner offers a creative foundation for others to contemplate the future of humanity and their own destinies. Memories for Sale: Tales from a Small Town shares a collection of short stories, poems, and a novella that explores the human condition.
The Victorians
A major study of changing attitudes to the Victorians, from Lytton Strachey to the present day. >
Somewhere in France
As World War I rages, letters home from Major William Lloyd describe his life as a doctor behind the front lines in France.
