“Under and out from under the shadow of death Joanne Lehman writes ‘in the emptiness between one breath and the next.’ Her rural Ohio land-scape is animated with rough and mild weather, red wing blackbirds, hayfields, woodlands, and the sweet and sometimes too-tight lips and rhythms of sectarian life. These poems speak simply, and their mourning, memory, and healing are a balm for times when a little bit of quiet would do us all a world of good. This is a fine first book—as meditative, wis...

The screenwriter behind North by Northwest and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? skewers show business in these fifteen tales.In Sweet Smell of Success, the main novelette of this collection, Lehman scathingly depicts the dark side of success through the twisted relationship of Sid Wallace, an ambitious publicist, and Harvey Hunsucker, a powerful and vindictive gossip columnist, fashioned after Walter Winchell. As scandals are manufactured a...

Are you interested in learning how to crochet, but didn't know where to start?Have you always wanted to crochet a blanket, but thought it would be difficult?Did you start to crochet, but only became frustrated instead? Are you interested in learning how to crochet or crocheting a gift for someone?If any of these questions sound like you, then this crochet book is what you need! In this crochet book you will learn about the basics of crocheting along with advanced st...

A brief history of the Battle of Little Bighorn, the deadly clash between U.S. soldiers and Native American forces in 1876.Commonly known as Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn may be the best recognized violent conflict between the indigenous peoples of North America and the government of the United States. Incorporating the voices of Native Americans, soldiers, scouts, and women, Tim Lehman's concise, compelling narrative will forever change the way ...

“Engrossing and illuminating.” —Arthur Herman, Wall Street JournalWhen Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapons and manpower in Europe, and it had embarked on a massive program to gain naval preeminence. But Reagan already had a plan to end the Cold War without armed conflict. In this landmark narrative, former navy secretary John Lehman reveals the unto...

You know your businesses need a website, and if you're overwhelmed just thinking about making one, this book is for you!You'll learn how to make a website with a simple step-by-step process that brings customers to you and puts money in your pocket.Here's what's included:Creating a website, the easy, low-cost wayGetting your business found on GoogleMarketing with social media to boost your visibility even more!

Victor was a normal 21-year-old man, he grew up in a loving family that helped him take care of himself knowing that he had a practically incurable disease, the RH null blood, he was the owner of a rare blood type...But what Victor didn't know, is that this blood type was a delicacy in the supernatural world, creatures that fed on blood loved his blood type...And that blood he hated would be the factor that would make Victor the greatest vampire of all time.

In 2008, at the height of the U.S. housing crisis, and just when novice real estate investor Mary Lehman thought things couldn't get any worse... they didn't! Instead, she parlayed her financial woes and failed investments into a fascinating adventure, fulfilling her lifelong dream to travel.No stranger to difficult times, Mary grew up working long hours on her family's backbreaking mid-western fruit farm while steering clear of her irascible father, only to end up a pregnant teena...

In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook—the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies—and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears America singing—with a Yiddish accent. He guides us through America in the golden age of song, when “Embraceable You,” “White Christma...

One Step at a Time shows readers how God has a way of throwing responsibilities at people that are far too big for them, but never too big for him. Elmer and Eileen Lehman's story describes how God took two quite ordinary people and led them on a missionary pilgrimage for more than sixty years of marriage. God's path led them from a rural farm in northern New York State to a children's home in Puerto Rico, then to academic study in Virginia followed by twenty-two years in Costa Ri...

In celebration of his one-hundredth birthday, a charming, irresistibly readable, and handsomely packaged look back at the life and times of the greatest entertainer in American history, Frank Sinatra.Sinatra's Century is an irresistible collection of one-hundred short reflections on the man, his music, and his larger-than-life story, by a lifetime fan who also happens to be one of the poetry world's most prominent voices. David Lehman uses each of these sh...

David Lehman, a poet of wit, ingenuity, and formidable skill, draws upon his heritage as a grandson of Holocaust victims and offers a stirring autobiographical collection of poems that is his most ambitious work to date.Yeshiva Boys covers an expansive range of subjects -- from love, sex, and romance to repentance, humility, the meaning of democracy, Existentialism, modern European history, military intelligence, and the rituals associated with faith and p...