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The author's chronicle of one summer as an Alaskan smokejumper reflects on the years of training, the adrenaline-fueled jumps, his brushes with death, the fires he conquered, and the ones that got away. ...

Scottish journalist Meg Henderson grew up in Glasgow during the fifties and sixties as part of a large, often troubled, family. The tenement block in which they lived collapsed and they were moved to the notorious Blackhill district, where religious sectarianism was rife, gang warfare and struggles with hostile bureaurcrats were part of the daily...

This third annual volume of 'Best Jewish Writing' marks the debut of a new editor, Arthur Kurzweil. It brings together the best work from across the spectrum of Jewish interest, including articles, essays, short stories, poems, polemics, personal memoir, sections of novels and other writing on a broad variety of topics. The contributors include...

This book offers a critical account of the response of leading European political thinkers to the postwar task of reconstruction, the advent of totalitarianism in the USSR, and the emergence of increasing social diversity and supra-national political trends in the post Cold War era. The unifying concern is with whether the ideal of the limited...

Tango pirate, gigolo, powder puff, Adonis - all have been used to describe the silent-film icon known as Valentino. From his early days as Rudolfo Guglielmi, a taxi dancer in New York City, to his near apotheosis as the ultimate Hollywood heart-throb, Valentino (often to his distress) occupied a space squarely at the centre of controversy. In this...

Excellent text for the referring physician|Emphasis on indications for tests|Strong section on interpretation|Excellent section comparing imaging modalities including MRI and echo|Emphasis on the treatment |General physician needs to know how to interpret tests|Helps physician determine if test is appropriate|General physician needs to know how to...