With the powerful words that marked her long and distinguished career, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick explores where America has gone wrong—and raises lingering questions about what perils tomorrow might hold. In Making War to Keep Peace, the former U.S. Ambassador to the UN traces the course of diplomatic initiatives and armed conflict in Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo to illuminate the dangerous shift from the first Bush administration's ambitious vision of a New World Order to ...

How much do we know about the natural bioregion in which we live, and why does it matter? Listen to Jeanne and Dick Roy, Jerry Mander and others as they talk about the challenge of waking up to the realities of the place where we live, to more fully appreciate the world that keeps us alive.

WINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZE 2008Metro magazine recently wrote that Andy Kirkpatrick makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton. Words like boldness, adventure and risk were surely coined especially for him. As one of the world's most accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers, he goes vertically where other climbers (to say nothing of the general public) fear to tread.For the first time, this cult hero of vertical rock has written a book, in which his thir...

This book was a gift from the universe to me. Involving my grandchildren in creating the many charming and beautiful critters in Mermville. Working together to build a loving community and then sharing it with humans. A heartwarming story of love and circumstances that bring the community together.

A secret consumes Diana Bordain's life and sends her running from a certain death. She changes her identity and appearance to fit into her grandfather's world of trapping and trading.Jory MacGregor swears an angel with a whip saved his life. He needs to learn her identity and discover why he's captivated by a woman who cries over a wolf's death.Bounty hunters searching for the runaway heiress send them into hiding. Diana realizes the only way to find peace is to face her fa...

"This book will save your life" Pete Whittaker (Wide Boyz)Down is a groundbreaking encyclopedic study of the art of descent. Its purpose is to create a single source for all descent techniques, both well-established and ideal for novice climbers, as well as cutting-edge, high-value techniques for experienced and pro climbers.The book was written and illustrated over three years by award-winning climber and writer Andy Kirkpatrick (Psychovertical, Cold Wars, 1001 Cl...

A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and Friendships That EndureOn the rugged Oregon coast in the early 1900s, the lives of a group of women intertwine through their shared pioneering spirit and the steadfast presence of Mary Gerritse. Struggling with her daughter Belle's desire to live with her grandparents, Mary discovers her own mother facing illness and her father hiring a caretaker with a troubled past. Despite tensions, Mary leaves Belle with her grandparents, ...

Based on the life of Marie Dorion, the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest, A Name of Her Own is the fictionalized adventure account of a real woman’s fight to settle in a new landscape, survive in a nation at war, protect her sons and raise them well and, despite an abusive, alcoholic husband, keep her marriage together.With two rambunctious young sons to raise, Marie Dorion refuses to be left behind in St. Louis when her husband heads We...

Paivi Anderson has lost everything. It's time for her to fight for her life. Her fate will depend on controlling her newfound powers. Any mistakes could lead to disaster not just for her, but for everyone she loves.Join Paivi on her final adventure, the action-packed conclusion of the Into the Shadows Trilogy.Check out Karly Kirkpatrick's other titles:Into the Shadows (Book One of the Into the Shadows Trilogy)Darkness Rising (Book Two of the Into the Shadows T...

Their lives would be tempered by adversity, expanded by faith, polished by perseverance.Based on an actual 1852 Oregon Trail incident, All Together in One Place, Book One in the Kinship and Courage series, speaks to the strength in every woman and celebrates the promise of hope that unfailingly blooms amidst tragedy and challenge.For Madison "Mazy" Bacon, a young wife living in southern Wisconsin, the future appears every bit as promising ...

One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through, inspired by the life of Hulda KlagerGerman immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education—and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Hulda’s driving purpose: a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with family and community, as she challenges the ea...

Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams.She took exquisite photographs,but her heart was the true image exposed.Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele loves nothing more than capturing a gorgeous Minnesota landscape when the sunlight casts its most mesmerizing shadows. So when F.J...