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This history of the J&L, Stell Corporation paints a gritty portrait of the successes and failures of the American steel industry. David Wollman and Donald Inman had access to many never-before-published photos of inside the J&L, mills as well as historic advertising copy and excerpts from the Jake & Louie cartoons known so well by the thousands of employees.

This book is a fascinating account of the author's day-to-day experiences and impressions as he traversed the African continent. The overland trek from Morocco to South Africa covered 10, 000 miles and took nearly a year to complete. Read about his nerve-shattering yet memorable adventures.

When his father died, J. R. Ackerley was shocked to discover that he had led a secret life. And after Ackerley himself died, he left a surprise of his own--this coolly considered, unsparingly honest account of his quest to find out the whole truth about the man who had always eluded him in life. But Ackerley's pursuit of his father is also an exploration of the self, making "My Father and Myself" a pioneering record, at once sexually explicit ...

In July 1973, for the first time in its history, the New York Times Magazine devoted a full issue to a single article: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J. Anthony Lukas's account of the Watergate story to date. Six months later, a second installment ran in another full issue.

A Newbery Honor BookA summer they'll never forget. Each summer Joey and his sister, Mary Alice-two city slickers from Chicago-visit Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town. Soon enough, they find that it's far from sleepy...and Grandma is far from your typical grandmother. From seeing their first corpse (and he isn't resting easy) to helping Grandma trespass, catch the sheriff in his underwear, and feed the hungry-all in one day-Joey a...

When Your Child has an Eating Disorder is the first hands-on workbook to help parents successfully intervene when they suspect their child has an eating disorder. This step-by-step guide is filled with self-tests, questions and answers, journaling and role playing exercises, and practical resources that give parents the insight they need to understand eating disorders and their treatment, recognize symptoms in their child, and work with their ...

For poet Ray Gonzalez, growing up in El Paso during the 1960s was a time of loneliness and vulnerability. He encountered discrimination in high school not only for being Latino but also for being a non-athlete in a school where sports were important. Like many young people, he found diversion in music, unlike most, he found solace in the desert.In these vignettes, Gonzalez shares memories of boyhood that tell how he discovered the natural worl...

The republics of Greece and Rome proved incapable of waging war effectively and remaining free at the same time. The record of modern republics is not much more encouraging. How, then, did the United States manage to emerge victorious from the world wars of this century, including the Cold War, and still retain its fundamental liberties?For Karl-Friedrich Walling, this unprecedented accomplishment was the work of many hands and many generation...

Attila Jozsef's extraordinary poetry is exhilarating in its power and transcends the scars of a difficult life. He is a genuinely revolutionary poet, neither simple-minded nor difficult, though his thought and imagery are complex. A deeply divided man, his poetry has a robust physicality as well as a jaunty and heroic intelligence-which is Marxist in its dedication but fueled in its audacity by both Freud and Surrealism. This new collection of...

Russian literature has always been inseparably linked to Russian history. D. S. Mirsky, in dealing with this fact, constantly keeps in mind the ever colorful and changing aspects of the one in discussing the other. With a keen and penetrating sense of values, fortified by a style sharp enough to carry every nuance of his meaning, he explores one of the most complex and fascinating literatures of the world.Sound in judgment, luminescent, and ex...

Robert Cormier was a journalist and author, acclaimed for his young adult novels with their uncompromising examination of contemporary issues. His novels included the prize-winning THE CHOCOLATE WAR and I AM THE CHEESE. Robert Cormier lived all his life in Massachusetts, USA, he died in 2000 aged 75.

What's the best time to plant or prune? When should you fertilize fruit trees? What's the earliest date to set out tomato plants?Gardeners in the desert Southwest can't rely on books that try to cover the whole country. Summer heat, less rain, and shorter, unreliable growing seasons are important factors in the desert. That's why The Desert Gardener's Calendar can be essential to gardening success.Whether you're raising vegetables, nursing cit...

Die Förderung des wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Zusammenhalts ist seit der Mitte der achtziger Jahre eines der wichtigsten Ziele auf dem Weg zu einem ökonomisch und politisch geeinten Europa. Dennoch führten die Maßnahmen bislang nur partiell zum Abbau regionaler Disparitäten. Anne-Sophie Tombeil untersucht mit Kalabrien in Italien und Valencia in Spanien zwei rückständige Regionen, die Beispiele für eine misslungene bzw. gelungene Regionalent...