When Leila Shepherd’s daughter-in-law attempts suicide, Leila takes custody of her infant grandson for six weeks so his young parents, Cecil and Hully, can “get their stuff together.” Then, when Ben is ten months old, his mother walks out on the family and moves in with her husband’s best friend. Leila again takes over Ben’s parenting....

This book brings alive what one man feels about his childhood home. The place is West Texas, seen across a long vista in which today's events and people merge with the author's boyhood and young manhood. It is a harsh, remote country, where the weather is always very close and the horizon far away....

John was always healthy. Then at age twenty-six a rare autoimmune disease struck out of nowhere. ""Idiopathic,"" doctors said of the phenomenon that tried to take his life violently several times and to destroy his spirit more quietly over the next several years....

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Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания, созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания. Редкие, забытые и малоизвестные книги, изданные с петровских времен до наших дней, вновь доступны в виде печатных книг. ...

A major, lavishly illustrated study of contemporary art being produced by the leading artists working in sub-Saharan Africa....

In this world of swords and magic, Dix, the only son of Sheridon\'s Top Commander, is ready to try anything. He\'s even ready to face another three months of fire blisters and ox tongue ointment in the Royal Magicians\' test. His decision to follow a life of his choosing soon leads him to a group of fellow misfits....

Book DescriptionWritten under the auspices of The Lucille Lortel Foundation, this book is the first biography of the grande dame of avant garde theater. Lucille Lortel became a leader of a burgeoning Off Broadway movement during the 1950s and \'60s and one of the few women of her generation to be a significant player in New York City theater....

In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care—from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely....