Swimming runs in the Livingstone family, so to speak. And to sixteen-year-old Teddy Livingstone, as he follows in the wake of his two older brothers, life often seems more like a relay race than even he would like. There is no doubt who anchors that relay. His oldest brother, Chip, a senior in high school, is the fastest of the boys in the water, as seems only right. Billy is the in-between brother: not the youngest, not the fastest. But Teddy is in between in his own way. "The Starting Block" tells the story of the first of three big swimming meets in the suburbs of 1967 Pittsburgh that make...
Swimming runs in the Livingstone family, so to speak. And to sixteen-year-old Teddy Livingstone, as he follows in the wake of his two older brothers, ...
Swimming runs in the Livingstone family, so to speak. And to sixteen-year-old Teddy Livingstone, as he follows in the wake of his two older brothers, life often seems more like a relay race than even he would like. There is no doubt who anchors that relay. His oldest brother, Chip, a senior in high school, is the fastest of the boys in the water, as seems only right. Billy is the in-between brother: not the youngest, not the fastest. But Teddy is in between in his own way. 'The Starting block' tells the story of the first of three big swimming meets in the suburbs of 1967 Pittsburgh that make...
Swimming runs in the Livingstone family, so to speak. And to sixteen-year-old Teddy Livingstone, as he follows in the wake of his two older brothers, ...
Robert McCutcheon continues the Flipturn Series with his second book, The False Start. Teddy faces continuing conflict with his inner self and the outside world. Sometimes life is full of stops and starts and lines you wonder if you should cross, and Teddys life seems to be filled with these things right now. Billy surprises Teddy with a trip to a hidden local swimming hole, and Teddy is amazed at what he finds there. His relationship with Cindy moves to the next level, and he has an unexpected encounter with a strange girl who he decides is pretty. Teddy has banned himself from swimming for...
Robert McCutcheon continues the Flipturn Series with his second book, The False Start. Teddy faces continuing conflict with his inner self and the out...
Robert McCutcheon continues the Flipturn Series with his second book, 'The False Start'. Teddy faces continuing conflict with his inner self and the outside world. Sometimes life is full of stops and starts and lines you wonder if you should cross, and Teddy's life seems to be filled with these things right now. Billy surprises Teddy with a trip to a hidden local swimming hole, and Teddy is amazed at what he finds there. His relationship with Cindy moves to the next level, and he has an unexpected encounter with a strange girl who he decides is pretty. Teddy has banned himself from swimming...
Robert McCutcheon continues the Flipturn Series with his second book, 'The False Start'. Teddy faces continuing conflict with his inner self and the o...
"According to Greek mythology mankind's first benefactor was the Titan, Prometheus, who gave fire, previously the exclusive possession of the gods, to mortal man." With these words the esteemed scholar Robert Bremner presents the first full-fledged history of attitudes toward charity and philanthropy. 'Giving' is a perfect complement to his earlier work The Discovery of Poverty in the United States. The word 'philanthropy' has been translated in a variety of ways: as a loving human disposition, loving kindness, love of mankind, charity, fostering mortal man, championing mankind, and helping...
"According to Greek mythology mankind's first benefactor was the Titan, Prometheus, who gave fire, previously the exclusive possession of the gods, to...
Robert McCutcheon continues his story of three brothers, one of whom contemplates the meaning of being one of three and wonders why all biblical teams of brothers seem to appear in pairs of two, as he struggles to decide if he should love his brothers, be part of a team of three, or move beyond the ordinary expectations of brotherhood. Find out what Teddy does and decide for yourself if he is a help or a hindrance in this familial relationship of three. Woven between matters of friendship with others, loyalty and love, amid questions about girls and what is right and wrong, experience a...
Robert McCutcheon continues his story of three brothers, one of whom contemplates the meaning of being one of three and wonders why all biblical teams...
Raymond Aron's In Defense of Decadent Europe was first conceived at a time of great uncertainty for the Western democracies. The postwar economic boom had been interrupted by "stagflation," while communist and socialist parties in Italy and France were powerful factors in Europe's political landscape. Aron's book has a threefold purpose: the analysis of the Soviet Russian regime and its Marxist-Leninist theoretical foundation; the detailed empirical comparison between liberal democracies and collectivist regimes of the East; and, above all, the exploration of what might be termed...
Raymond Aron's In Defense of Decadent Europe was first conceived at a time of great uncertainty for the Western democracies. The postwar e...
