San Francisco sportswriter Jack McDonald's career spanned five decades. Here he describes his encounters with such legendary figures as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Casey Stengel, Jack Dempsey, and Red Grange.

These stories are all about life, its daily nuances, its twists and its beauty. Thailand Tales are told by a guy sensitive to life's joys, and who hasn't let tragedy and disaster stop him from realizing its fullness. The author wonders why I like him? Read just a bit and you will clearly see that it is virtually impossible not to. The stories celebrate life after retirement, in a place halfway around the world from "home." They show life in all its many facets, life that should be embraced two-fisted (and preferably wrapped squarely around a tennis racket handle), life that "giveth," life...

Deep Brain Stimulation or DBS for Essential Tremor, Parkinson's disease and Dystonia. Sound like science fiction? It's not When Sister and Brother are told their Grandfather is having BRAIN SURGERY for Parkinson's disease, a Movement Disorder, they are at first shocked, then very frightened-and they have lots of questions. Although this book is written and illustrated for children, it is also an excellent primer for anyone wanting to learn the basics of Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders

Pain Merchants 2 takes the reader back to the events of the previous book to finish it off. Book One was only allowed three acts for special reasons. Two more acts will complete Book One before the reader is thrust into Book Two. Book Two is an extension of the Roller Coaster Ride. Here is where the ride takes on a totally new configuration.

The saga begins, as B. K. Valunar takes off on a weekend excursion. All is not what it seems yet, things are just as B. K. Valunar knows they should be. What he knows, as well as all citizens, everyone in the Xyiaocon Empire plays Games. When you're the Master of the Games, you don't have anything to worry about.

President Obama was elected on an anti-war platform, yet targeted killings have increased under his command of the 'War on Terror'. The US thinks of itself as upholding the rule of international law and spreading democracy, yet such targeted killings have been widely decried as extra-judicial violations of human rights. This book examines these paradoxes, arguing that they are partially explained by the application of existing legal standards to transnational wars. Critics argue that the kind of war the US claims to be waging - transnational armed conflict - doesn't actually exist. McDonald...