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Originally published in 1889, George Washington is the first volume in a series of biographies of the Founding Fathers and succeeding generations of like-minded Americans to be reissued. This is a welcome opportunity to remind this generation of leaders of the great story of liberty. In an age when politicians abound but statesmen are all too rare, Henry Cabot Lodge's portrayal of Washington is timelier than ever. According to the majority of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historians, the most remarkable event during America's founding era did not take place on battlefields, during the course of the great constitutional debates, or in the midst of diplomatic negotiations with European powers. It occurred instead when the field commander of the Continental army-Gen. George Washington-surrendered his commission to congressional authorities at Annapolis in a humble demonstration of what it means to be a leader who serves the nation instead of himself. At the time, Washington was the idol of the country and his soldiers. The army was unpaid, and the veteran troops, well-armed and fresh from their victory at Yorktown, were eager to have him take control of the disordered country. Some wanted to make him a king. Others thought to make him a dictator-like Cromwell had been a century earlier in England. It was clear to all that Washington was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

Life today for citizens of the developed world is safer, easier, and healthier than for any other people in history thanks to modern medicine, science, technology, and intelligence. So why is an epidemic of fear sweeping America? The answer, according to nationally renowned health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we live in an artificially created culture of fear. In False Alarm, Siegel identifies three major catalysts of the culture of fear-government, the media, and big pharma. With fascinating, blow-by-blow analyses of the most sensational false alarms of the past few years, he shows how these fearmongers manipulate our most primitive instincts-often without our even realizing it. False Alarm shows us how to look behind the hype and hysteria, inoculate ourselves against fear tactics, and develop the emotional and intellectual skills needed to take back our lives.

Grant, Johnny Cash's longtime bassist and one of the founding members of Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two, chronicles their rise to fame from humble beginnings to world renown.

This sensitive workbook teaches readers how to be at peace with their bodies.

Embody: A Guide to Celebrating Your Unique Body (and quieting that critical voice!) brings to life the work of The Body Positive, a non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Connie Sobczak and Elizabeth Scott, LCSW.This books message is rooted in the philosophy that people inherently possess the wisdom necessary to make healthy choices and to live in balance. It emphasizes that self-love, acceptance of genetic diversity in body size, celebration of the unique beauty of every individual, and intuitive self-care are fundamental to achieving good physical and emotional health. It encourages readers to shift their focus away from ineffective, harmful weight-loss efforts towards improving and sustaining positive self-care behaviors. Initial research indicates that this work significantly improves peoples ability to regulate eating, decreases depression and anxiety, and increases self-esteemall critical resources that promote resiliency against eating and body image problems.Embody guides readers step-by-step through the five core competencies of the Body Positives model: Reclaim Health, Practice Intuitive Self-Care, Cultivate Self-Love, Declare Your Own Authentic Beauty, and Build Community. These competencies are fundamental skills anyone can practice on a daily basis to honor their innate wisdom and take good care of their whole selves because they are motivated by self-love and appreciation. Rather than dictating a prescriptive set of rules to follow, readers are guided through patient, mindful inquiry to find what works uniquely in their own lives to bring aboutand sustainpositive self-care changes and a peaceful relationship with their bodies.Through workshops, lectures, and leadership trainings, Sobczak and Scott have helped thousands of people of all sizes, ages, sexual orientations, genders, ethnicities, and socioeconomic levels to lead healthier and more meaningful lives by learning how to cherish their unique bodiesno small task given todays barrage of thin images and emphasis on dieting.Embody offers practical tools as well as personal stories to bring Sobczak and Scotts work into ones own life. It is a resource that can be read cover to cover as well as revisited time again while moving through the inevitable changes that come with personal growth. A lifeboat in the sea of messages that demean the bodies of both men and women, Embody is a safe haven for all.

Written in easy-to-understand, everyday language, The Rules of "Normal? Eating lays out the four basic rules that "normal" eaters follow instinctively - eating when they're hungry, choosing foods that satisfy them, eating with awareness and enjoyment, and stopping when they're full or satisfied. Along with specific skills and techniques that help promote change, the book presents a proven cognitive-behavioral model of transformation that targets beliefs, feelings, and behaviors about food and eating and points the way toward genuine physical and emotional fulfillment. Readers learn how to reprogram their dysfunctional beliefs, manage uncomfortable feelings without turning to food, and establish new eating habits that tune their bodies into natural sensations of hunger, pleasure, satisfaction, and satiation. Filled with humorous insights, compassion, and practical wisdom, the book outlines balanced attitudes and patterns that benefit all types of eaters.

During a career that spanned six decades, Johnny Cash touched the lives of millions around the world with his distinctive style, powerful presence, and classic songs that mirrored the human condition.In I Still Miss Someone, more than forth members of Cash's family and inner circle offer personal remembrances of the Man in Black and provide an insider's perspective on the heart and soul of the friend they knew simply as John. The tapestry they weave of humorous incidents, cherished memories, and touching moments reveals both the public and private sides of a wonderfully adept and complex man-John R. Cash, a true American treasure.Featuring intimate contributions from a broad spectrum of persons from all eras of Cash's remarkable life-including siblings Tommy Cash and Joanne Cash Yates; children John Carter Cash, Cindy Cash, and Tara Cash Schwoebel; bandmates W. S. Holland, Bob Wootton, and Dave Roe; country music legends Merle Kilgore, Johnny Western, and "Cowboy" Jack Clement; and many more-I Still Miss Someone is a heartfelt tribute by those whose friendship with Johnny Cash was both deep and longlasting.Dozens of illuminating photographs-many never published until now-and a bevy of Johnny's handwritten notes, backstage passes, and other unique Cash paraphernalia make this book a one-of-a-kind tribute that will appeal t everyone, from country music fans and entertainment buffs to music historians and observers of American culture.The roster of those sharing their recollections of the only entertainer besides Elvis Presley to be enshrined in both the Country Music and Rock and Roll halls of fame includes Cash's longtime music director, Bill Walker, renowned photographers Jay Abend, Dmitri Kasterine, and Alan Messer; fan club co-presidents Alma and Curtis Todd and Jeanne and Ray Witherell; veteran personal agent Lou Robin; hairdresser Penni Lane; plus secretaries, publicists, farm hands, and many others-each of whom adds vibrant color and texture to the life portrait of their departed friend Johnny Cash.

How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American way of war—and the steep price he paid for failingJim Thompson landed in Thailand at the end of World War II, a former American society dilettante who became an Asian legend as a spy and silk magnate with access to Thai worlds outsiders never saw. As the Cold War reached Thailand, America had a choice: Should it, as Thompson believed, help other nations build democracies from their traditional cultures or, as his ex-OSS friend Willis Bird argued, remake the world through deception and self-serving alliances? In a story rich with insights and intrigue, this book explores a key Cold War episode that is still playing out today.Highlights a pivotal moment in Cold War history that set a course for American foreign policy that is still being followed todayExplores the dynamics that put Thailand at the center of the Cold War and the fighting in neighboring Laos that escalated from sideshow to the largest covert operation America had ever engaged inDraws on personal recollections and includes atmospheric details that bring the people, events—and the Thailand of the time—to lifeWritten by a journalist with extensive experience in Asian affairs who has spent years investigating every aspect of this story, including Thompson's tragic disappearance

Las Vegas is a Spanish word meaning The Meadows or The Grasslands was established as a railroad town in 1905 and was officially incorporated in 1911. It is the largest city in the United States founded in the 20th century and goes by the two different nicknames of ?The Entertainment Capital of the World? and ?Sin City?. Las Vegas continues to evolve: the city legalized gambling in 1936, Bugsy Siegel''s Flamingo Hotel opened in 1946 starting the now infamous Las Vegas Strip, and Steve Wynn opened The Mirage in 1989 starting a new era with the megaresort casinos. This book follows life, government, events and people important to Las Vegas history and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Las Vegas!

A six-year collaborative effort of members of the French Canadian/Acadian Genealogical Society, this book provides detailed explanations about the genealogical sources available to those seeking their French-Canadian ancestors.

Rich, intense, and beautiful, the 105 wonderful dessert recipes that make up this book are among the best ever presented on the international TV series, "Great Chefs". of color photos.

When Justine slipped out of the house to meet her lover Sanford at his cabin in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, she has no idea she would be dead before the night was half over. But then, Sanford had no reason to believe he, too, would suffer the same fate. How could either of them know Scanner, a brilliant psychopath preying on their sleepy East Tennessee mountain community, had murder on his mind?And whispers...Secret conversations and almost recognized voices teasing the edges of his mind...Scanner had thought of his eavesdropping as a means to an end--fun and games and murder--until the night the whispers began, weaving insidiously into his dark world until he became so obsessed with uncovering their source he could barely keep his mind on killing. Again and again.And now the hunter has becomes the hunted. Called on behalf of Justine's husband, private investigator Cody Rainwalker is determined to end the killing. With the help of a beautiful and accomplished female deputy sheriff, Cody sets out to discover who is stalking Highwater Town, apparently at random. Is there a connection between his victims? Why does the killer murder them face to face? And why is each victim tagged with a blue ribbon?The questions will lead Cody to Scanner, and the answers will shock him as deeply as they will surprise the readers of this tightly written work of terror.

The year is 1964. Lyndon Baines Johnson and Barry Goldwater are vying for the presidency, and CIA master spy Blackford Oakes has been sent to South Vietnam to halt its infiltration by men and materiel coming down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Working out of Saigon with Tucker Montana, a shadowy Texan who designs a brilliant system for breaking the North's supply route, Blackford Oakes is caught up in the ambiguity and confusion generated as America's involvement in the conflict escalates. As Tucker's murky past, his torrid romance with the seductive Lao Dai, and the growing menace of global war come into focus, Oakes¿and Tucker¿find their loyalty called into question. Both men are forced to make a decisive move that will have consequences neither man can foresee.

Perhaps more than any region, the American South is haunted by the mythology of the vampire, returned from the dead to drain life from the living.

Frightening, heart-stopping, and often shocking...Blood LinesNew Englanders have a sense of lineage unmatched in any other region of America. This fondness for ancestry is akin to the longevity of the vampire, whose life (or unlife) is extended by draining the lives and blood of others. The stories in Blood Lines explore the ancient mysteries of vampirism, along with the rich literary tradition begun with Lord Byron and with Bram Stoker's Dracula, first published in 1897 long after New England's aristocratic bloodlines were established. The stories-all set in New England-are written by master storytellers.

A biographical study of Patrick Henry, whose "Give me liberty of give me death" speech in 1775 at the second Virginia Convention has inspired since then all who treasure freedom. This book goes beyond the oratory and eloquence to portray Henry, whose whole life seemed to embody American courage and patriotism, as well as his family, ideas, and times.