Sidney Rittenberg

Amanda Bennett

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Georgia

""I never meant to stay in China ..."" "And so begins this gripping true-life saga of adventure, love, commitment, betrayal, despair, and hope. Sidney Rittenberg is The Man Who Stayed Behind." "Recounted in the best tradition of epic storytelling, Sidney Rittenberg's story is destined to take a place beside the classics of its genre. Like T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, this is the story of a man who voyaged deep into a secret world and returned to tell the tale. Like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, it is the story of a man who looked evil in the face and survived. Like John Reed's Ten Days That Shook the World, it is the story of a man who followed his convictions wherever they led him." "Sidney Rittenberg's story is an eyewitness account of history as it unfolded. He went to China with the U.S. military in the mid-1940s. Deeply committed to helping the people, he sought out the Chinese Communists in their wartime headquarters in Yanan. He joined in overland marches and lived alongside the revolutionaries, taking part in secret meetings. He argued dogma with Mao Zedong, mused philosophy with Zhou Enlai, danced with Mao's wife, Jiang Qing." "He shows a seldom-seen personal side of the revolutionaries: an insomniac Mao prowling the villages at night, his bodyguard fifty yards behind; a playful Mao, dancing to the strains of "Turkey in the Straw"; an enraged Mao, face contorted with fury, stomping away from a meeting with Khrushchev. Rittenberg also offers the only inside view available today of the takeover of power during the Cultural Revolution of a major Chinese government body." "He shows us firsthand the inhumanity of the Communist regime: His is an inspiring account of a triumphant struggle over madness and despair in prison during six years in solitary confinement on trumped-up spy charges. Then he tells of ten more years, a decade later, spent in solitary confinement alongside other political prisoners who fell afoul of the dominant faction during the Cultural Revolution. He presents an unforgettable prison portrait of Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, condemned finally to the very prison where she had sent Rittenberg nearly a decade earlier." "There is also the touching love story of a wife who pledged to wait for ten years for the man she loved - and who was forced by fate to make good on that promise." "Sidney Rittenberg's story is one that will be read on many different levels. It is a serious book that will be must reading for China-watchers and scholars alike. But more than that, it is both a compelling personal story and a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of some of the most profound political and moral issues of the century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Man Who Stayed Behind

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Laurence Jolidon

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Search for Missing POWs from the Korean War

LAST SEEN ALIVE presents startling new evidence of Stalin-era war crimes that sealed the fate of thousands of men unaccounted for after the Korean War & more than 100 secret reconnaissance flights downed by the Soviets during the Cold War. Exclusive interviews with Russian veterans & newly declassified documents disclose the last live-sightings of Americans in the Gulag, China & North Korea. After Soviet search parties combed crash sites for survivors, Soviet intelligence officials were the last to see the American POWs they interrogated in Manchuria & the Soviet Union alive. Compelling evidence shows hundreds of American POWs, both officers & enlisted, were shipped to Manchuria & Siberia. The author's groundbreaking research spotlights decades of public & government apathy & inaction that prematurely declared thousands of POWs dead & failed to hold the Communists accountable. This is the first book to tell the full story of Korean War/Cold War MIAs & assess the work of the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission formed to investigate reports of Americans held in the USSR. This carefully researched work by an investigative journalist, war correspondent & Vietnam veteran is essential reading for veterans & their families, historians, students, government & military officials. To order, write Ink-Slinger Press, 1733 20th Street, N.W., #301, Washington, D.C., 20009; Tel: 202-667-9232; FAX: 202-265-6020.

Last Seen Alive

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Sam Brier

Linh Doan

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

How to Express 1,000 Different Ideas with Just 100 Key Words and Phrases!

It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication! Do you want to speak simple Vietnamese but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting Vietnam for a short time and want a Vietnamese phrase book to help you communicate? If so, this is the book for you—it's the quickest and easiest way to learn Vietnamese. It's tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it incredibly convenient to travel with but without losing the most essential content for communication. The idea of Instant Vietnamese is simple—learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things. The trick is knowing which 100 words to learn, but the authors Sam Brier and Linh Doan have solved the problem, choosing only those words you'll hear again and again. Even with a vocabulary this small, you'll be surprised how quickly and fluently you too can communicate in the Vietnamese language. An added feature is an easy-to-use pronunciation guide that distinguishes between Northern Vietnamese (as spoken in Hanoi) and Southern Vietnamese (as spoken in Saigon), when the pronunciation is very different. Here's a sample of what you'll be able to do: Meet people. Go shopping. Ask directions. Ride the subway. Order food and drinks. And much more.

Instant Vietnamese

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Rachel Renée Russell

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

New school. New mean girl. New crush. New diary so Nikki can spill about all of it...

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An interview with Mark Fidrych in which he discusses his life and his baseball career.

No Big Deal

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Special edition of Time Magazine from 2017 commemorating 20 years of the Harry Potter franchise.

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20 Years of Magic

Time Special Addition: Harry Potter

Counting Christmas 

The Best Christmas Tree Ever

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Merry Christmas 

An extraordinary new novel of friendship by Kate DiCamillo, author of the celebrated debut novel BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE. Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger—a real-life, very large tiger—pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things—like memories, and heartache, and tigers—can’t be locked up forever.

The Tiger Rising

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Reading & Language Arts

Common Core Reader's Notebook Consumable Grade 5

Journeys

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Please note: Toward the back of the book, there are some pages with bent bottom corners (see photos).

The Long Life and Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes

The story of how CBS's 60 Minutes grew from a little network experiment into a Sunday-night-at-seven addiction for most of the country would itself make a raucous and typically compelling 60 Minutes episode. Or, maybe, an opera, complete with rival tenors, backstage intrigues, imperious divas, vulnerable ingenues, tragic deaths, a handful of big and small wars, and a brilliant if maniacal maestro running the whole production. For two years, author David Blum talked to everybody connected to 60 Minutes, and, incredibly, everybody talked to him -- about themselves, about the show, about one another. Blum's unprecedented inside access takes us into story meetings, blood-on-the-wall editing sessions, turf wars, and to the heart of the rivalries and the myths -- who got hired, who got fired, who got screwed -- going as far back as theearliest black-and-white days.

In a history that spans four decades, 60 Minutes has piled up an encyclopedic list of first-and-onlys: it has aired fourteen-hundred-plus times, hauled in a profit of two billion dollars for CBS, finished in TV's top ten for twenty-two consecutive seasons, and garnered sixty-eight Emmy Awards. In the process, producer-guru Don Hewitt's beloved "tigers" -- correspondents Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, Dan Rather, Diane Sawyer, Meredith Vieira, the late Harry Reasoner, and cranky essayist Andy Rooney -- have become brand names and media demigods. Hidden cameras, "gotcha" interviews, in-your-face confrontational journalism -- this is where it all began.

And thirty-six years later, Hewitt's still there, pounding his desk, swearing at his tigers (most of whom are also still there), and holding in his tightly clenched fist the patent on the mother of all magazine shows.

Or, rather, he was, until just recently, when a bunch of younger guys in suits decided it was time to take 60 Minutes away from its eighty-one-year-old boss. The changes, the innovations, the stop-the-presses big stories -- for Hewitt, and maybe a couple of the others -- are, at last, winding down. But the story of the most successful and contentious program in TV history is not over yet: the new guys are settling in and the future is up for grabs.

Tick... Tick... Tick...

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Please note: This copy does not come with the dust jacket.

Eager for baseball season to begin and for the Michigan winter to thaw, a record-breaking 44,934 fans poured into Comerica Stadium for the Tigers' opening game this April. It's a trend that's building. After making it to the 2006 World Series, ticket sales have been at all-time highs, and predictions for `08 are even fiercer - this season, an estimated 3 million fans will come root for the Tigers on their home turf.

 
The Detroit Tigers have played a big role in making baseball America's pastime. It's the team of Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, and Hal Newhouser. It's the team who played at the historic Tigers Stadium for almost ninety years and whose games were called by the legendary voice of broadcaster Ernie Harwell for almost half a century. As one of the first teams in the American League and one of the few to still remain in its original city, the Tigs, win or lose, are the pride of the Motor City.
 
101 Reasons to Love the Tigers is a natural addition to a series that celebrates baseball's greats. Complete with photography from both today and yesteryear, this lively book pays homage to the Tigers' most memorable moments, rich traditions, and legendary players.

101 Reasons to Love the Tigers

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With 108 years of Tigers history, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Detroit fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, singular achievements, and signature calls. This guide to all things Tigers covers the 1984 World Series championship and the riots it sparked, controversial "Georgia Peach" Ty Cobb, and Detroit Athletic Co.

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From the creator of "Wreck This Journal," an exploration into the creative process and chance. Readers are instructed to go on an unusual scavenger hunt, collecting a spectrum of random items. They'll be forced out of habitual ways of thinking to discover new connections.

The Pocket Scavenger

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A compilation of historic newspaper pages.

New York Times: The Greatest Moments in Detroit Tigers History 

Behind Closed Doors

Desperate Housewives is a prime-time soap with a truly contemporary take on "happily every after," turning a darkly comedic eye on suburbia, where the secret lives of housewives aren't always what they seem. This first official Desperate Housewives fan guide gives viewers an irresistible glimpse into the world of Wisteria Lane. With profiles and interviews of the cast and creative team, never-before-told anecdotes and set details, glamorous photographs of the housewives (both in and out of character), as well as fascinating details from the writers and producers on what it takes to make the show-including a foreword written by the show's creator and executive producer Marc Cherry, on his initial inspiration in creating the show. Recipes from each housewife appear throughout.

Desperate Housewives

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Special edition of Life Magazine from late 2019, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street.

The Life and Lessons of the Show That Changed the World

Life: Sesame Street

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Life on the New Frontier

An examination of America's edge cities--the standard form of American urban life, which includes people's homes, material goods and work--discusses their developers, builders, and inhabitants

The Edge City

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How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's-Eye

The first behind-the-scenes look at the stunning success of America's hippest discount retailer Founded in 1962 by Minnesota-based department store Dayton's, Target has grown to become America's second most profitable retailer behind Wal-Mart. On Target is the first in-depth look at the business leaders and strategies that made Target such a runaway success. The company's easily recognizable red-and-white logo, youthful television advertisements, and upscale partnerships-with designers like Michael Graves, Mossimo, and Todd Oldham-have not only removed the stigma traditionally attached to discount store shopping, but actually made it hip to be frugal. In the process, the company has cemented its place as the favorite discount retailer of middle- and upper-income families across the country. In On Target, award-winning business journalist Laura Rowley examines the methods and the success of the company from its shrewd merchandising strategy to its clever marketing campaigns, ingenious branding effort, and extensive philanthropy. An excellent education in how to beat the competition even in a crowded and weak retail market, Target's story details the history and incredible success of a unique company and an enticing, unmistakable brand. Both insightful and entertaining, On Target offers important business lessons for executives and managers in need of a bull's-eye. Laura Rowley (Maplewood, NJ) is an award-winning television, radio, and print journalist specializing in business reporting. She is the personal finance and career columnist for Self magazine and has also been published in The New York Times, Parents, and Newsweek. As a reporter and producer for CNN in New York, she reported on air for Your Money and Business Unusual, and produced live programs for CNNfn. She has also appeared on Good Morning America, Oxygen Media, and CNBC.

On Target

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Greener Pastures

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Women and Men at Work

Your project went off without a hitch--but somebody else got the credit...You averted a crisis brilliantly--but no one noticed...You came to the meeting with a sensational idea--but it was ignored until someone else said the same thing... HOW CAN YOU GET CREDIT & GET AHEAD? In her extraordinary international bestseller, You Just Don't Understand, Deborah Tannen transformed forever the way we look at intimate relationships between women and men. Now she turns her keen ear and observant eye toward the workplace--where the ways in which men and women communicate can determine who gets heard, who gets ahead, and what gets done. An instant classic, Talking From 9 to 5 brilliantly explains women's and men's conversational rituals--and the language barriers we unintentionally erect in the business world. It is a unique and invaluable guide to recognizing the verbal power games and miscommunications that cause good work to be underappreciated or go unnoticed--an essential tool for promoting more positive and productive professional relationships among men and women.

Talking from 9 To 5

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This book is a sequel to The Aware Baby, and has now been translated into French, German, Hebrew, and Italian. It focuses on the development and emotional needs of children up to eight years of age, and provides insights to help you understand your child, maintain a close, loving relationship, and cope with day-to-day problems. It will also give you guidelines for helping your child reach his or her highest potential. If you have not read The Aware Baby, and are not yet practicing Aware Parenting, Helping Young Children Flourish can profoundly shift your relationship with your child. The topics covered include crying and raging, dealing with childhood fears, stimulation and learning, reasons for "misbehavior, " alternatives to punishments and rewards, sibling rivalry, eating problems, the emotional aspects of illnesses and injuries, bedtime problems, and hyperactivity.

Helping Young Children Flourish

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A Fan's Case for Baseball

The sportscaster and baseball fan presents his views on ways to change the game to promote and protect baseball's best interests, discussing such topics as interleague play, the wild card, and the financial disparities among the teams

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