I have read through this book and am really inspired by all the works that Dr. Mueller has done for the Karen hill tribe. The works and experiences that he had with the Karen people in the Ka...więcej »
Come along to review a lifetime of outdoor enthusiasm and a thirty-two year career as a wildlife biologist. You may learn a few things, be entertained and amused, develop a better understandi...więcej »
Let this author take you back with a couple memories to an earlier, wilder Kodiak, Alaskawhen the seafood industry was booming and the town never went to sleep, when trappers were popular and...więcej »
I grew up in the forties and fifties, when the news was local. We didn't know much about what was going on outside our town for two or three days. There was no multimedia, and today's front-page...więcej »
A true story about an immigrant woman who arrived from Italy in 1904 at the age of sixteen and who created a financial empire, Cristina Covino was able to accumulate her wealth by grit, hard wor...więcej »
Being successful doesn't mean how much money you may have or how big your house is or even the kind of car you drive. To me, life is beautiful in every way. Somehow I ran from myself for years a...więcej »
Karen, a young teen, born and raised in Gary, Indiana, always aspired to become a model. Having big dreams, she would do whatever it took to reach the stars and see something else other than Gar...więcej »
When I was about thirteen, my aunt took me to Radio City to see the movie Swashbuckler. The movie was not a hit, but I was enchanted. Maybe it was Genevive Bujold. All I know is from that day, I wa...więcej »
I was knocked down by a shell. As I found myself laying on my back, the half-full flamethrower tank pinning me to the ground, a North Korean soldier came at me with his bayonet. In his quilted s...więcej »
The Well-Grounded AviatorJune 1, 1998: While flying as a passenger, I survived a plane crash with traumatic head injuries and a loss of smell, taste, and sight.<...więcej »
Every story begins before the story begins, and not surprisingly, so does Sheila's. She didn't have any idea of this until Adam was six years old. That was in 1993. But the story begins twent...więcej »
Sudden Intimacies is a compilation of stories of Jim Davis and his experiences in becoming immediately close to strangers in the practice of medicine from medical school, internship, residency t...więcej »
Reflections of a Glass Maker is a unique look into the history and transition of the flat glass industry in the United States as told by an insider. Flat glass is a vital part of our lives, as i...więcej »
After landing a job in the auto plant in the Motor City, Detroit, it seemed inevitable that Michael would follow in his family's footsteps. Fate would intervene and take him to near top as a dee...więcej »
Happiness Is a Cool ReactorA Journey in Nuclear Power Influenced by the Three Mile Island Accident Nuclear power has been and continues to be a myster...więcej »
During one of his memorable speeches, President JFK declared, Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. This speech marked the beginning of the Peace Corps p...więcej »
The memoir of one pacifist's "dance" with the United States Army in the era of Viet Nam and Woodstock. Being a patriot, he was not one to run off to Canada to escape the draft, but still his ...więcej »
Many people who read my first book questioned if any of the characters in my book was based on myself and people in my life. Although that book was a work of fiction, many still believed that my...więcej »
Reaching for the American dream by an immigrant who has lived through life's challenges at such a young age and learned that America is a country of plenty, and people are the most generous i...więcej »
Believing that the grass is greener on your side of the fence. Throughout Kristy's life, she was told "No" or "You can't do it. It's not possible" or "You are not (blank) enough. Kristy is determin...więcej »