Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1993
ISBN 10: 1557783713 ISBN 13: 9781557783714
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. A Mexican love song called her "La Peregrina"-the Pilgrim-for Alma Reed's adventures as a journalist & explorer drew her round the globe, to the fabled sites of lost civilizations. But her heart remained in the Yucatan, where she would be buried alongside her celebrated murdered lover, the Abraham Lincoln of Mexico. This is the 1st biography to recount her remarkable story-as dramatic & romantic as the chronicles of Isak Dinesen & Beryl Markham. Born in the gold-rush boomtown of San Francisco in 1889, Reed shocked her family by determining to become a writer. In an era when a woman's vocation was marriage, she got a job at the San Francisco Call. It was a "woman's beat"-writing feature stories on the poor under the byline Mrs Goodfellow-but Reed used it to jog the public conscience, forcing the state to spare a Mexican boy & to reform its capital punishment laws.That campaign won her a tour of Mexico, where she would meet a lifelong friend, the famed muralist Jose Clemente Orozco, & a lifelong love, the Yucatan governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto. In Mexico she also found a new passion-archeology-while breaking the story of the discovery of the Mayan treasures at Chichen Itza for the NY Times. Later, she would cover the excavation of Carthage, the search for the River Styx & other expeditions. She lived her stories-even setting a deep-sea diving record on the quest for the continent of Atlantis. In 1925, the NY Times documented her adventures in a profile calling her "the only archeological reporter in the world." In the years between the world wars, her Greenwich Village apartment, nicknamed The Ashram in honor of Mahatma Gandhi, became one of the most glittering salons, the gathering place for an international mix of artists & intellectuals devoted to the cause of world peace. But Reed longed to return to Mexico & in 1950 finally realized her dream. There she would join in the exploration of Cozumel, the equivalent of Mecca or Jerusalem, sacred to Ixchel, the Mayan goddess. Passionate Pilgrim is a biography as dramatic as fiction, the inspiring account of a life magnificently lived. It should assign Reed her place in the pantheon of 20th-century heroines.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1989
ISBN 10: 0913729744 ISBN 13: 9780913729748
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1996
ISBN 10: 155778745X ISBN 13: 9781557787453
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised. For centuries, the secrets of Kundalini yoga have been carefully guarded by the yogis of India. Drawn from the celebrated writings of Gopi Krishna, the world-renowned founder of the Kundalini movement, the reflections and observations in this book comprise the definitive guide to understanding the mystery of Kundalini and to awakening this remarkable source of inner light.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1998
ISBN 10: 1557781893 ISBN 13: 9781557781895
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Softcover. Condition: used.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1992
ISBN 10: 1557785120 ISBN 13: 9781557785121
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Conversations with Marilyn.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House Publishers, 1998
ISBN 10: 1557784760 ISBN 13: 9781557784766
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Softcover. Condition: used. 1. Essays compare the world's religions, discuss the Golden Rule, ethics, love, and the discovery of God, and are accompanied by quotations from a variety of religious writings.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1990
ISBN 10: 1557782644 ISBN 13: 9781557782649
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Hardcover. Condition: used. For most people the name Mark Twain calls to mind Huck Finn and life on the Mississippi, or a bushy-haired old curmudgeon, cigar in hand, spouting witticisms from his porch in Connecticut. But Twain spent nearly a decade on the West Coast, and his identity as a writer took shape there. In this entertaining biography, Nigey Lennon examines the years young Sam Clemens spent in Nevada and California that proved crucial to his development as one of Americas best loved writers. When Clemens arrived in the Nevada Territory in 1861, he had never seriously considered writing as a profession - he had every intention of striking it rich with Comstock Lode gold and returning to Missouri in grand style. However, poor investments and his own indolence as a miner forced him to take a job as a reporter for Virginia Citys Territorial Enterprise. So began a writing career that would change both his fortune and American literature. It was on the Barbary Coast that Clemens made the painful transition from frontier journalist to humorist and man of letters, where he mingled with the brilliant and colorful characters of San Franciscos bohemian literati, and where he wrote the first book to bring him national acclaim (THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY). Skillfully blending excerpts from Twains notebooks, letters, and autobiography with a lively narrative, THE SAGEBRUSH BOHEMIAN discloses fascinating new views of his personal life. Here is free-spirited Sam Clemens fleeing Nevada after an aborted duel with a rival papers editor; terrorizing nocturnal San Francisco with his buddies in search of billiard games, booze, and brothels; and stumbling through various bachelor love affairs. Lennon captures his coming of age with warm, anecdotal humor and literary insight, and illuminates these pivotal Western years as no other biographer.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1991
ISBN 10: 1557784426 ISBN 13: 9781557784421
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Recounts the life of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who gave up a life of wealth to seek spiritual enlightenment.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1991
ISBN 10: 1557784930 ISBN 13: 9781557784933
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book by Ellen Crystall.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1988
ISBN 10: 1557780455 ISBN 13: 9781557780454
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Softcover. Condition: used. Examines the major themes in Moore's poems, discusses her style and philosophical dims, and offers a brief profile of her life.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1985
ISBN 10: 0892260327 ISBN 13: 9780892260324
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 2nd. Book by Eccles, John.
Published by Brand: Paragon House Publishers, 1988
ISBN 10: 1557780102 ISBN 13: 9781557780102
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Softcover. Condition: used. Traces the life of the Spanish-born philosopher, discusses his most important writings, and assesses his place in modern philosophy.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1990
ISBN 10: 1557783438 ISBN 13: 9781557783431
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Book by Bemelmans, Ludwig.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1998
ISBN 10: 0913757519 ISBN 13: 9780913757512
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Dr. Sterns The Flight from Woman is a study of the polarity of the sexes as reflected in the conflict between two modes of knowledge-scientific or rational, as contrasted with intuitive or poetic. In exploring this rich theme, he undertakes the psychological portraits of six representative figures whose thought and work have influenced modern man: Descartes, Goethe, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Tolstoy, and Sartre.The scientific revolution of the last 300 years has yielded, in Dr. Sterns view, a de-ferninization and de-humanization of society, in the sense that it is a rejection of the kind of wisdom, called sophia, that is comprehended intuitively. If we equate the one-sidedly rational and technical with the masculine, he states, there arises the ghastly specter of a world impoverished of womanly values.A deeply original work, The Flight from Woman goes far beyond psychology in its analysis of the malaise of our time.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1988
ISBN 10: 155778079X ISBN 13: 9781557780799
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Hardcover. Condition: used. Traces the development of the Stealth bomber for the original design for flying wing by Northrop and looks at the career of Jack Northrop, its founder.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1988
ISBN 10: 1557780099 ISBN 13: 9781557780096
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Softcover. Condition: Good. This is the best biography in English to date on Prokofiev. Robinson, a professor of Slavic studies with a particular interest in Prokofiev's operas, draws upon previously untranslated Russian documents and letters to provide an unusually rich and detailed view of this enigmatic composer. His is a "warts and all" treatment: though obviously sympathetic to his subject, Robinson candidly exposes Prokofiev's flaws, from his musical capriciousness and opportunism to his unpardonable social tactlessness. Prokofiev traveled widely during much of his career, and his observations on the contemporary music scene make entertaining reading.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 2000
ISBN 10: 1557787883 ISBN 13: 9781557787880
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. "This is a no-holds-barred analysis of contemporary liberalism and the havoc it is wrecking in American culture. From race, to abortion, to feminism, to immigration, to education, the ideas and public policies produced by the Left are collectivist and demagogic, hindering self-government and damaging lives," say Jesse Lee Peterson and Brad Stetson.Through the prism of Peterson's fascinating life experience and his history of grassroots community work on the streets of riot-torn south-central Los Angeles, Peterson and Stetson examine the violations of common sense and sound thinking that the current civil rights establishment constantly perpetrates against the American public. Peterson and Stetson point the way out of the statist mentality overtaking our public life, advocating a new culture of self-responsibility and moral renewal able to resuscitate the sagging spirits of an American public accustomed to looking everywhere but within for the solutions to their personal and political problems.Endorsed by bestselling authors Shelby Stele and Dinesh D'Souza, this insightful work-with a foreword from bestselling ethicist Dennis Prager and "A Declaration of Racial Commonsense" signed by some of the leading social critics in the nation-is certain to provoke intense debate and discussion.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1988
ISBN 10: 1557780021 ISBN 13: 9781557780027
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Paperback. Book by Brown, Edward J.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1990
ISBN 10: 1557784116 ISBN 13: 9781557784117
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Softcover. Condition: used. First Edition. Book by Simpson, Louis.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1988
ISBN 10: 1557780803 ISBN 13: 9781557780805
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Focuses on the backgrounds and careers of Margaret Sanger, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Maria Geoppert-Mayer and the impact of their work, ambitions, and abilities on their marriages.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1998
ISBN 10: 0892261293 ISBN 13: 9780892261291
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. World Scripture is an extraordinary journey through the sacred writings of the world's great religions. Organized by subject, the quotations, passages, and excerpts presented here provide readers with easy access to teachings on several hundred subjects, with quotes from different religious traditions. This unusual anthology provides a new, holistic approach to understanding religionstressing what unites us rather than what divides us. Among the religious texts represented are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Jainism, Sikhism, Baha'i, Church of Jesus Christ of the Later Day Saints, and Zoroastrianism. Also featured are the oral traditions of various religions of Africa, Native America, Asia, and Oceania along with their recorded prayers and proverbs.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1991
ISBN 10: 1557783527 ISBN 13: 9781557783523
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 1st pbk. ed. The author recounts his experiences traveling through six countries, and offers his observations on their people, cultures, and customs.
Published by Brand: Paragon House Publishers, 1992
ISBN 10: 1557784493 ISBN 13: 9781557784490
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. One of the more credible books arguing the existence of UFOs, this account tells of the alleged crash of a "flying saucer" near Corona, N.M., on July 3, 1947. Nuclear physicist Friedman and Berliner, founder of the Fund for UFO Research, note that of the many people who collected the debris, not a single one failed to turn every last scrap over to the Army. They assert that in the wreckage were small, "humanoid" beings. The authors' arguments gain credibility as they report the paranoid reaction of the military, which, they claim, cajoled and threatened witnesses into silence, supposedly to protect the earth from space invaders. Most arresting of all is the testimony of those who handled the debris, who had no opportunity to compare notes, yet have described the materials--mostly consisting of a flexible metal-like substance, in some cases marked by characters resembling hieroglyphics--in almost identical language.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1990
ISBN 10: 155778311X ISBN 13: 9781557783110
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Softcover. Condition: used. Reprint. A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America's great twentieth-century writers On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath-and at the height of the American war effort-John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away, a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck's introduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bomber crew-the essential core unit behind American air power that Steinbeck described as "the greatest team in the world.".
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1988
ISBN 10: 1557780714 ISBN 13: 9781557780713
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 1. A compilation of the lengthy diary kept by Galbraith and his letters to President Kennedy after he was appointed ambassador to India in 1960.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1990
ISBN 10: 1557781915 ISBN 13: 9781557781918
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The diaries of a member of the anti-Nazi German resistance describe life in Berlin during the Russian occupation from the end of April 1945 until the Berlin blockade in 1948.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1990
ISBN 10: 1557782997 ISBN 13: 9781557782991
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Book by Chichester, Francis.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1990
ISBN 10: 1557780366 ISBN 13: 9781557780362
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Hardcover. Condition: used. First Edition. psychological study of humans.
Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1989
ISBN 10: 1557782253 ISBN 13: 9781557782250
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Describes the experiences of the author and photographer when, after the war, they traveled through the countryside visiting villages, factories, and farms.
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Published by Brand: Paragon House, 1998
ISBN 10: 1557787395 ISBN 13: 9781557787392
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised, Subsequent. Book by Fetzer, James.
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