One of the most serious challenges to environmentalism that has emerged in the 1990s is the so-called Wise Use movement. While operating under the guise of an independent movement of small landowners, it is in reality a backlash against environmental protection measures, funded and organized by corporations with a vested interest in preventing further environmental gains. Let the People Judge collects the writings of a wide range of thinkers on the Wise Use movement and the contro...

I am an original baby boomer, born in 1946, who attended a very strict Catholic Grammar School for nine years. Parents back in the early 50s, not knowing or wanting to raise their own children, made a decision to punish them into submission. Understanding came from a B.V.M. nun with a stern hand wielding a yardstick. How did we survive and how did some of us turn out?From Kindergarten, when only six year old, to thirteen, we made it through the tension and anxiety of attending St. ...

**National Bestseller · A CBC Best Nonfiction Book of the Year · Finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize · Finalist for the Hamilton Literary Awards"Bunny told me there were secrets about me that she would take to the grave, secrets that no one would ever hear, including me . . ."**Tom Wilson always felt something wasn't quite right. His parents, Bunny and George, were much older than other kids' parents. There were no baby photos of him in the house. At school, classma...

A memoir from the Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live writer that is "funny, spiky, and twistedly entertaining" ( Entertainment Weekly).39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss is a seriously funny and irreverent memoir that gives an insider's view of the birth and rise of Saturday Night Live, and features laugh-out-loud stories about some of its greatest personalities—Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Mi...

Ten years after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the family members of one hundred of the individuals lost on that terrible day look back-and forward-in this inspiring collection of letters.Filled with love, resilience, humor, wonder, and encouragement, the letters offer a unique perspective on the events of the unforgettable day that forever changed our world.The authors of these letters are adolescents, teens, young adults, spouses, parents, siblings, nieces, and ...

In her most personal and inspiring book yet, New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Somers shows readers how to shape a healthy, lasting relationship through the lens of her fifty-year love affair with her husband, Alan Hamel. For the first time, Suzanne will expose the inner workings of her marriage: a winning combination of love, business, and family. Starting from the very beginning, when a big-city guy from Toronto met a small-town girl from San Bruno, California, readers w...

The dazzling smile, the signature haircut, the staple spin. "America's Sweetheart" Dorothy Hamill grew up on the ice, working toward the dream she was to accomplish by age nineteen: winning Olympic gold in figure skating. But life was not the picture of perfection it appeared to be. Dorothy faced a painful inner struggle from the time she was a young girl that followed her into adulthood--though she would not know about the depression that ran in her family until much later in life. Weeks ...

Meet Mike Greenberg, the popular host of ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning, the highest-rated drive-time sports talk show on the dial. To his three-million-plus listeners, Greeny is the guy who’s equally as comfortable dissecting zone defenses as he is discussing cashmere sweaters. He’s been to Super Bowls and World Series, All-Star Games and Final Fours. He’s interviewed Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, and Wayne Gretzky. He gets paid to enthuse about sports, which means he’s the envy...

The always outrageous, humor-contagious Lewis Gizzard is grousing his way back into our hearts once more, settling the score on the woes and wonders that plague him, such as: transplanted New Yorkers, too many ROCKY movies, and the value of alcohol for the elderly. He'll leave you laughing out loud and tearing up too....

It was quite the wild ride! A wonderful courtship, a fabulous engagement and a fairy tale wedding. I walked into the relationship with my eyes wide open..... at least I thought I had. I took my time getting to know him and we were together two years before we decided marriage was the next step. Our engagement was even a year long.... and somewhere in there I should have seen signs that things were not quite right. But I never did. Until I was pregnant with our son, everything seemed to be ...

"100 of the" series books brings you yet another exciting book on the 100 of the Dumbest Celebrity Quotes. Read this book and many other 100 of the Best, Most, Ugliest, Top, Coolest and more books.