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For the depiction of Venice by artists, it's a high bar that's been set, but Adam Van Doren, grandson of the Pulitzer-prize-winning poet Mark Van Doren, convincingly confronts the competition in this charming memoir, a verbal and visual account of his love affair with the city. His story is personal;...

American comedian Jerry Seinfeld said there was once a survey conducted cataloguing the worst and deepest fears of a particular group of people. Number 2 on the list was the fear of death.Number 1 was public speaking.“That means a majority of people would rather be in the casket than...

Rosemary Verey was the last of the great English garden legends. Although she embraced gardening late in life, she quickly achieved international renown. She was the acknowledged apostle of the "English style," on display at her home at Barnsley House, the "must have" adviser to the rich and famous,...

A small time garage band gets back together and goes for broke because they want to make the big time. All you rock-n-rollers out there will love this story. Follow the band and let your imagination jam with the band. From a small town suburb of Cleveland all the way to Hollywood. Rock on man!

When Cammi Granato, a gold-medal winner as a member of the United States women’s hockey team at the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games, was growing up, she was the only girl player on a boys’ team. During one game, her coach learned that the opposing players had been ordered to “get number twenty-one”—Cammi’s...

This book contains 250 stories about good deeds, including this one: Gary Paulsen, author of "Hatchet," loves dogs. Occasionally, he makes a dog lucky. He goes to the dog pound and says, “Give me the next one you’re going to whack.” He doesn’t even ask about the dog’s age, breed, sex, size, etc. He simply saves the next dog that is scheduled to die.

This book contains 250 anecdotes, including these: 1) George Jessel was known as the Toastmaster of the United States because he spoke at so many dinners and gave so many elegies at funerals. He once observed a number of veterans at a dining room in a hotel. They had fought together, and some had...

This book contains 250 stories about heroic rescues, good deeds, and kindness, including these: 1) Harry Roesch, aka Harry the Hammer, was the fix-it man of his neighborhood: Friendship Heights in Washington D.C. He helped lots of elderly widows stay in their homes by doing such things as installing...

101 Top Secret Techniques Used by Successful Part Time Weekend Art Dealers 2016 is a book that shows you step by step techniques for how you can become a successful part time weekend art dealer. It is a very good tool, for the person that wants to learn about art, and art dealing, and wants to get...

[Short Story; 1850 words] Thirteen year old Danny Tompkins is at the end his first week of scout camp, waiting for his family to arrive to pick him up. They are very late. He wins a special award, but they aren't there to see it. At last his dad arrives. On the drive home he learns his mom is much,...

Over twenty years ago, Godine published the first English translation of Georges Perec's masterpiece, Life A User's Manual, hailed by the Times Literary Supplement, Boston Globe, and others as "one of the great novels of the century." We are now proud to announce a newly revised twentieth anniversary...

When the Hell Raiser motorcycle club moves on the Road Dogs turf, Cave Man and a band of trouble shooters from beyond come back from Biker Heaven to help, because this is more than just a motorcycle beef; it's a battle for souls. The final confrontation takes place in The Devil's Punch bowl,...

A cool spring evening in Virginia is interrupted by the arrival of strange dog and on its heels even stranger events. Will one man be enough to fend off a pack of wild hounds in order to save his family? Man's best friend has long been used as the subject for conditioning experiments. What...

Billy Joel is an American singer and songwriter. Love of all things musical drove him to join his first band, The Echoes, while only 14. Billy Joel went solo in 1972 and received his first recording contract that year from Paramount Records.   He moved on to Columbia Records in...