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Mexico City's staging of the 1968 Olympic Games should have been a pinnacle in Mexico's post-revolutionary development: a moment when a nation at ease with itself played proud host to a global celebration of youthful vigour. Representing the Nation argues, however, that from the moment that the city won the bid, the Mexican elite displayed an innate lack of trust in their countrymen. Beautification of the capital city went beyond that expected of a host. It included the removal of undesirables from sight and the sponsorship of public information campaigns designed to teach...

For more than a dozen years, Brewster Chamberlin "has been compiling and wonderfully annotating and continuously updating what amounts to almost a daybook calendar of Hemingway's life," as author Paul Hendrickson noted in his acclaimed Hemingway's Boat:...

The Only Way Out for Henry Clatt is the story of a lonely man who wants more from life than a steady job and weekend hobbies. After a chance encounter with a woman named Cassandra, Henry is drawn to her group of followers and their Friday night ritual. There he finds purpose and the compelling attention of a strangely attractive woman. As Henry loses touch with himself and with those who truly love him, his sister and a team of down-to-earth pastors collaborate to save his soul. Henry's story speaks to the heart's desire for meaning in a confusing world. It also encourages those engaged in...

This story was partly written in 1998 and it was not until the author was returning home from a visit to Ireland in 2000 after discovering Birr Castle that she wondered if the castle garden could be the home of the mischievous leprechaun

The seventh Earl and Countess of Rosse kindly gave their permission. There has been a castle on the site since 1170 and it has been the home of earlier generations of the present family since 1620. The castle is the oldest inhabited home in the country with beautiful gardens including many rare plants collected from around the world over the last...