Imagine if you got home one evening, unlocked your front door, opened it and went into your hall; only it wasn't your hall. Imagine it was completely different to anything you had ever seen before. Not a hall at all, but a dizzying tableau of clouds, sky, ice fields covered in dazzling snow; all seen from the top of a huge mountainous Himalayan peak. Just inside your front door.Or imagine you were faced with an alien landscape, maybe from one of Saturn's moons with Saturn himself a...

Whether Connecticut fans were cheering on Connecticutteams in baseball's major and minor leagues or watching their native sons participate in America's favorite pastime all across the country, they have taken satisfaction in the contributions of the Nutmeg State. As former Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent notes in hisforeword, Don Harrison has lovingly assembled the best selections from a lifetime spent covering Connecticut's corner of the game. Read twenty-five interviews from his own...

An acclaimed local author recounts the evolution of Richmond's alternative newspapers, comics, and small presses beginning in the Civil Rights Era.As the political and social upheaval of the 1960s took hold across the United States, even the sleepy town of Richmond, Virginia, experienced a countercultural shift. New attitudes about the value of journalism spurred an underground movement in the press. "The Sunflower," Richmond's first underground newspaper, appeared...

Harry had been admitted to the small group who know Atharrais' heavily-rationed secrets. A shocking meeting resulted in a life-changing induction to the innermost workings of the world around us. In the process he had discovered a true soulmate for the first time in his life, but despaired of them ever being together.However his life appeared to be falling apart since the great revelations of the last year.When everything seemed predestined and comfortable Harry had realise...

In the aftermath of the events in Symmetry Violations, Atharrais must now discover what really happened.Several strands of research merge with a series of unexpected events to throw new light on reality. The truth that emerges is even stranger and more concerning than Atharrais had imagined. As usual, actions put in place to achieve their goals lead to unexpected and unwanted side-effects.Harry is trying to recover as much of his life as he can, but nothing seems to be as i...

Home to both the University of Connecticut's men's and women's NCAA championship teams as well as the Connecticut Sun WNBA team, this small state has made a name for itself in basketball. Infatuation with the sport started here in 1896 with the first intercollegiate game between Yale and Wesleyan Universities. The roster of Connecticut's round ball greats includes Naismith Hall-of-Famer Calvin Murphy; NBA stars Vin Baker, Marcus Camby, Charles Smith, the late John Williamson, Johnny Egan a...

This ebook on landscape painting in watercolour is a no-nonsense guide that really gets down to basics.In The Duffer’s Guide to Painting Watercolour Landscapes Don Harrison shows just how easy it can be to learn to paint effective and realistic landscapes in watercolour. With a simple and straightforward approach, using easy-to-follow step-by-step sequences, he teaches how to paint skies, mountains, boats, trees, bridges, buildings and figures in the landscape.He starts wit...

"A well-conceived and well-argued book that is essential reading for those interested in the study of community building." --Journal of American History"This study is important for both frontier and urban historians. It is well written, thoroughly documented, and illustrated in an informative manner. One may hope that future studies of other nineteenth century American towns will be completed with the competence and style of this excellent volume." --The Old Northwest

This mesmerizing companion book to the award-winning film, The Butler traces the Civil Rights Movement and explores crucial moments of twentieth century American history through the eyes of Eugene Allen—a White House butler who served eight presidents over the course of thirty-four years.During the presidencies of Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan, Eugene Allen was a butler in the most famous of residences: the White House. An African American who came of age ...

It was the 1960s -- a time of economic boom and social strife. Young women poured into the workplace, but the "Help Wanted" ads were segregated by gender and the "Mad Men" office culture was rife with sexual stereotyping and discrimination.Lynn Povich was one of the lucky ones, landing a job at Newsweek, renowned for its cutting-edge coverage of civil rights and the "Swinging Sixties." Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and Susan Brownmiller all started there a...

A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball writers.No college basketball coach has ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and '70s capped by a run of ten NCAA championships in twelve seasons and an eighty-eight-game winning streak, records that stand to this day. Wooden also became a renowned motivational speaker and writ...

A deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate, moving portrait of those working to end it.Conducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground, Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery traveled from Ferguson, Missouri, to Cleveland, Ohio; Charlest...