A world-renowned cancer specialist puts his love for his wife before all that he has learned in medical school and journeys with her into the world of alternative medicine when she is given only a few months to live, in this compassionate and elegantly written memoir.
A world-renowned cancer specialist puts his love for his wife before all that he has learned in medical school and journeys with her into the world of...
Seventy-five years after Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, here for the first time is the remarkable story of one of its enduring cornerstones, the Works Progress Administration (WPA): its passionate believers, its furious critics, and its amazing accomplishments. The WPA is American history that could not be more current, from providing economic stimulus to renewing a broken infrastructure. Introduced in 1935 at the height of the Great Depression, when unemployment and desperation ruled the land, this controversial nationwide jobs program would forever change the physical landscape and...
Seventy-five years after Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, here for the first time is the remarkable story of one of its enduring cornerstones, the Wo...
It is April 17, 1861 -- the day that Virginia secedes from the Union and the sixteenth birthday of John Alan Muro. As the Commonwealth erupts in celebration, young Muro sees his dream of attending medical school in Philadelphia shattered by the sudden reality of war. Muro's father, believing that the Disagreement will pass, sends his son instead to Charlottesville. Jefferson's forty-year-old University of Virginia has become a haven of rogues and dilettantes, among them Muro's roommate, Braxton Baucom III, a planter's son who attempts to strike a resemblance to General "Stonewall"...
It is April 17, 1861 -- the day that Virginia secedes from the Union and the sixteenth birthday of John Alan Muro. As the Commonwealth erupts i...
Being a teenager is difficult enough, you are under a lot of stress starting high school, going on dates, getting along with your parents, fitting in, and being popular. Well that's stress for a mortal teenager. Kosan Carter thought he had everything under control and was looking forward to spending a fun, leisurely summer hanging out with his best friend. All of that changed the night before his fifteenth birthday when he is told he was actually an alien from another planet. He quickly discovers his birth mother is alive and he alone holds the key to rescuing her and the other refugees from...
Being a teenager is difficult enough, you are under a lot of stress starting high school, going on dates, getting along with your parents, fitting in,...
