Naked in a Pinstriped Suit

Bowers, Al

Literature & Fiction

Posterity Pr Inc

Do you enjoy memoirs about gritty challenges, drama, romance, and danger in remote villages of the world? This entertaining and humorous account describes the author's Peace Corps experiences in Chile from 1961-63. A much-heralded Peace Corps pioneer, Scanlon was commended personally by President Kennedy for his work. The book inspires people young and old to improve the living conditions of others and to find a career that brings them a lifetime of satisfaction. It leads the reader to another time to relive - or enjoy for the first time - life in the early 1960s. Founding Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver comments in the Foreword that "Waiting for the Snow reminds us of the enormous greatness that can happen when ordinary people do what is right and good. This is a great read ..."

Waiting for the Snow: The Peace Corps Papers of a Charter Volunteer

Humor & Entertainment

Scanlon, Thomas J.

Humor

Off Soundings: Aspects of the Maritime History of Rhode Island

History

Alexander Boyd Hawes

Military

As befits a pedigreed member of her sporty and intelligent breed, Dara, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, was born in the lap of luxury. Growing up on an estate on the Chesapeake Bay, she suffers the tragic loss of her human Mother, an event that launches her on an odyssey of adventure, neglect, abuse and fear. That journey leads to an animal shelter, then to a cage--the one with an X on it. Rescued from a sure death at the eleventh hour, Dara embarks on a new life with her human Mom (and literary collaborator). Told in a persuasively canine voice, this dramatic story reveals the minds and souls of a magnificent dog and her compassionate owner. Their humanity and largeness of spirit will warm the hearts of readers of all ages. All profits will be donated to Dara's Canine Foundation Inc. to support adoption programs in animal shelters.

Dara: Autobiography of a Chesapeake Bay Retriever

Sarnoff, Lolo

United States

People have lived in the Shetland Islands, the most remote of the British Isles, for ages thanks to the animals that shared their crofts, the moors and treeless hills, their livestock surviving on forage stunted by salt spray and weathering dark winters with 100 m.p.h. blizzards. These native beasts endure, rare breeds called Shetland Pony, Shetland Sheep, Shetland 'Coo,' Shetland Goose, Shetland Duck and more. Where else can one find so many indigenous farm animals - some endangered, some just plucked from the brink of extinction? As precious as they are unsung, they prove the value of adaptation, the miracles of evolution: A Shetland pony's hair pattern sheds rainwater from the flanks lest it soak the belly and chill it... Shetland sheep know the tides and browse the shores for seaweed at the ebb... This book celebrates Shetland's unique community. Chapters by experts describe Shetland Sheep, Cattle, Pony, Goose and more, revealing their special traits; a geneticist probes heredity; a historian plumbs the past; islanders offer their views and wisdom in this anthology of life.

Shetland Breeds, 'Little Animals....Very Full of Spirit': Ancient, Endangered & Adaptable

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

"Spreading the Risks" tells the story of how the American insurance industry evolved from colonial times through periods of war and economic transformation into the twenty-first century where it now faces open-ended liabilities from terrorism, asbestosis and environmental pollution. John A. Bogardus Jr., former chairman and CEO of Alexander &amp; Alexander, uses his decades of business experience to explore the role of major twentieth-century American brokers. He provides an informed overview of American commercial insurance and offers memorable stories about the world's leading brokerages whose triumphs and failures reflect an ever-changing business.

Spreading the Risks: Insuring the American Experience

Politics & Social Sciences

Bogardus, John A.

Moore, Robert H.

Social Sciences

June 27, 1863: Two years into the Civil War, Robert E. Lee's army strides north through Virginia to threaten Washington. Desperate, President Lincoln names a new commander to lead his army, giving Maj. Gen. George Meade a simple order: Defend Washington from the strike that can doom the Republic. 
July 1: The bloody battle joined, two armies fight for three days, then Pickett's famous charge fails as the Union line holds. Meade wins the War's key battle, beating Lee who withdraws to fight another day. But what if Meade counterattacks? The Rebel army would perish and the Civil War ends early... 
Thus "Meade's Reprise" retells Gettysburg's historic battle and alters it - with twists like a spy ring of slaves, and new heroic characters in blue, in gray, in mufti, in negligees. More than a novel of the Civil War, it is an epic of the coming peace: The longed-for armistice comes sooner; the statesman Abraham Lincoln governs, rebuilding the South and repairing the Union. Meade, a hero and military governor, is beset by enemies like the conniving politician/soldier Dan Sickles. Colonel Fitzpatrick helps former slaves work their new lands while doing battle with himself to win his soul's passion, "The Angel of Gettysburg," beautiful Maeve, once a camp follower who was drafted into service as an army nurse. 
April 14, 1865: Two years later, the President invites the nation's most popular hero to an evening out; thus, General Meade and Mrs. Meade join the Lincolns at Ford's Theatre... The rest, as they say, is history. Or is it?

Meade's Reprise

Merriam, John Duke

Americas

This small volume of reflections by the Reverend Dr. Francis H. Wade, rector of St. Alban's Church in Washington, DC, offers twenty-nine sermons, organized chronologically through the seasons and feast days of the Christian calendar. In part, it is a walk through the year, in part, a meditation on the mileposts that people encounter on their life journeys. As the Reverend John Danforth, fellow priest and former member of the United States Senate, writes in his Foreword, Dr. Wade speaks of "life and death, of conflict and reconciliation, of terrorists and peacemakers." The volume includes his remarkable address, "The Face of Evil," on the first Sunday after September 11.

Rites of Our Passage: Reflections Through a Christian Year

Religion & Spirituality

Wade, Francis H.

Christian Books & Bibles

A rarity in American letters, "Holy Week Sonnets" offers a cycle of sacred verse. Further, this new collection of 24 sonnets by Philip Rosenbaum evokes the last worldly experiences of Jesus Christ and those who knew him, as described in the New Testament. It is sublime reading for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. 
 The foreword, by the noted evangelist Joni Eareckson Tada, highlights the importance of this book for active Christians. She writes, "Poetry may demand our intellect, but these poems command our undivided heart. 'Holy Week Sonnets' speak to our innermost being, revealing the beauty and brilliance of our Savior in the most unexpected way." 
 "Holy Week Sonnets" describe such moments as Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, Martha’s devotion to Jesus, His Passion itself, and Thomas the doubter’s conviction. The book, deftly designed by the distinguished graphic designer Kathleen Sims, displays each poem on a right-hand page, with relevant Bible citations printed in red on the facing page. Complete Bible passages appear in an appendix. Hardbound in red and smaller than standard size, the lovely volume sits lightly in the hand and has a ribbon bookmark.

Holy Week Sonnets

Rosenbaum, Philip

Poetry

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