Living in New York is a uniquely challenging experience, but the payoffs—the excitement, diversity, and culture—are what keeps us here, and the happiest New Yorkers are the ones who have learned how t
Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in World War I and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. In Kitchener’s L
Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of World War I, is now 108 years old and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. Harry v
Reflects on the authors enthralling and diverse RAF career, one that began with the rag and tube of Hawker biplanes in 1939 and closed in the jet era of the late 1950s. Shot down over the beaches of D
Jenna Abbott separates her life into two categories: before the wreck and after the wreck. Before the wreck, she was leading a normal life with her mom in suburban New York. After the wreck, she is al
By turns candid, witty, and poignant, 36 Views of Mount Fuji is an American professor's much-praised memoir about her experiences of Japan and the Japanese.
Drawing on data the author gathered in Honduras and the United States from weekly time diaries, in-depth interviews, participant observation and interpretive focus groups, she looks specifically at th
Drawn from three decades of observation and experience, two of Hollywood's major players present a revelatory and raucous look at the art and business of modern filmmaking, discussing the inevitable "
“I have always chased my father, chased after his love, chased him through his many changes. I chased him even when I thought I was running in the other direction.Today, even though he is gone, I chas
Wang's (humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) study of the experiences of Chinese immigrants in New York emphasizes the role of economic forces in shaping their life choices. He
?These women demonstrate the will to survive intact . . . Their passage to wholeness exemplifies forgiveness, growth, healing, hope, and sometimes reconciliation.??from MY HUSBAND IS GAYCarol and Jim
An account of the experiences of 37 women who use methadone-heroin survivors whose lives continue to be controlled by methadone and by the clinics that dispense it - concentrates on women in Florida w
Offers real-life marriage advice for new brides about money, sex, turning into one's mother, dealing with in-laws, and dealing with the changes in one's spouse
If you are suffering from pain. . .If someone you love is suffering from pain. . .If you'd give anything to be able to overcome that pain, without drugs. . .If you need inspiration from someone who ha
Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you" - my mantra. If ever there was a time to practice "The Golden Rule", it is when you are navigating the life alterin
The world is a vast, complicated and sometimes downright hostile place... Today, more than ever, human beings have had to learn new ways to be resilient, know themselves and have the courage to be who
If I was to be an outlaw, I told myself, I’d be a hard one, and I’d be a good one. I’d be the god damnest outlaw that ever come down the pike...Scrawny, young Melvin Parmlee lit out of Texas wearing a
After surviving an attempt on his life, masochist mob boss Yashiro findshimself being cared for by his deeply devoted bodyguard, Doumeki. As the linebetween their personal and professional relationshi
Italo Calvino was due to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard in 1985-86, but they were left unfinished at his death. The surviving drafts explore of the concepts of lightness, quickne
冷清的冬夜街頭，我竟然看到了我自己在凝視我，這不是鏡中或水中倒影而是另一個活生生的我。街上空無一人徒留另一個我的腳步聲在黑夜中，遠離。這樣的情景每年都發生，是真是幻? Modern, original fiction for learners of English. One icy winter's evening in Budapest, John Taylor is on his way ho
