Описание: Discover untold secrets with this extraordinary memoir of drama and tragedy by Anne Glenconner--a close member of the royal circle and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret.
Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, the Princess Margaret. Though the firstborn child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, who controlled one of the largest estates in England, as a daughter she was deemed "the greatest disappointment" and unable to inherit. Since then she has needed all her resilience to survive court life with her sense of humor intact.
A unique witness to landmark moments in royal history, Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth's coronation, and a lady in waiting to Princess Margaret until her death in 2002, Anne's life has encompassed extraordinary drama and tragedy. In Lady in Waiting, she will share many intimate royal stories from her time as Princess Margaret's closest confidante as well as her own battle for survival: her broken-off first engagement on the basis of her "mad blood"; her 54-year marriage to the volatile, unfaithful Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner, who left his fortune to a former servant; the death in adulthood of two of her sons; a third son she nursed back from a six-month coma following a horrific motorcycle accident. Through it all, Anne has carried on, traveling the world with the royal family, including visiting the White House, and developing the Caribbean island of Mustique as a safe harbor for the rich and famous-hosting Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Raquel Welch, and many other politicians, aristocrats, and celebrities.
With unprecedented insight into the royal family, Lady in Waiting is a witty, candid, dramatic, at times heart-breaking personal story capturing life in a golden cage for a woman with no inheritance.
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Описание: 'Charlie, Don't Be a Hero' is a moving story from a mother's heart about her son, Charles Keating IV, an All-American boy who grew up to become a heroic U.S. Navy SEAL. At age thirty-one, his death by ISIS in 2016 on the battlefields in Iraq made headlines worldwide.
His story, told only as a mother can tell it, is that of an extraordinary young man whose love of family and country propelled him to incredible heights as a soldier and as a person. She helps us remember that the men and women who serve our country are sons and daughters, mothers and fathers. Krista Keating-Joseph touchingly shares the gut-wrenching emotions she and her family experienced, and how her faith in God never wavered, but strengthened. Her stories of Charlie growing up as an extremely adventurous, fun-loving boy show how he would one day be perfectly suited for the mental and physical toughness of a SEAL who ultimately made a huge difference in so many people's lives. Krista's pride in how her son lived brings support to any parent who has lost a child.
Автор: Emily Freidenrich, illustrated by Natasha Cunningh Название: Extraordinary Mothers and Daughters ISBN: 1797210661 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781797210667 Издательство: Abrams Рейтинг: Цена: 3266.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Celebrate the special bonds between mothers and daughters through the stories of iconic families.
Автор: Hawkins Ph. D. M. P. H. Monica Название: Raising Boys Into Extraordinary Young Men: A Mother`s Perspective ISBN: 1546229604 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781546229605 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1895.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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For years, numerous parents, teachers, and coaches asked what I was doing special to raise my son. This book is my blueprint that I used to raise my son to be an articulate, self-confident, intelligent, and extraordinary young man and leader. I want to inspire other parents to raise their sons with similar attributes to my son who was taught to be extraordinary from the moment he was born.
Dr. Hawkins, author of "Raising Boys Into Extraordinary Young Men" and "Raising Girls Into Extraordinary Young Women", is interviewed by the AuthorHouse Author's Digest. Dr. Hawkins discussed raising extraordinary children and becoming phenomenal parents.
Dr. Hawkins, author of "Raising Boys Into Extraordinary Young Men" and "Raising Girls Into Extraordinary Young Women", is interviewed by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant on the Sisters4Fitness Wellness Show. Dr. Hawkins discussed parenting techniques that can help you raise successful sons and daughters.
Watch the interview here: https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiC4yL7sTCM .
This book is my blueprint that can be used to raise your daughters to be articulate, self-confident, intelligent, and extraordinary young women and leaders. I want to inspire other parents to teach their daughters to be extraordinary from the moment they are born.
Dr. Hawkins, author of "Raising Boys Into Extraordinary Young Men" and "Raising Girls Into Extraordinary Young Women", is interviewed by the AuthorHouse Author's Digest. Dr. Hawkins discussed raising extraordinary children and becoming phenomenal parents.
Dr. Hawkins, author of "Raising Boys Into Extraordinary Young Men" and "Raising Girls Into Extraordinary Young Women", is interviewed by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant on the Sisters4Fitness Wellness Show. Dr. Hawkins discussed parenting techniques that can help you raise successful sons and daughters.
Watch the interview here: https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiC4yL7sTCM .
Описание: The book provides a major reassessment of the global origins and impact of Tricontinentalism. As Cold War interventions revealed the limits of decolonization, socialist revolutions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America used armed revolts and confrontational diplomacy to challenge the United States and the inequitable international system it supported.
Описание: A group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and whose voices defined NPR In the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the workplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locked out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business, a backwater of male chauvinism where a woman might be lucky to get a foothold on the "women's pages." But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio came along in the 1970s, and the door to serious journalism opened a crack, four remarkable women came along and blew it off the hinges. Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie is journalist Lisa Napoli's captivating account of these four women, their deep and enduring friendships, and the trail they blazed to becoming icons. They had radically different stories. Cokie Roberts was born into a political dynasty, roamed the halls of Congress as a child, and felt a tug toward public service. Susan Stamberg, who had lived in India with her husband who worked for the State Department, was the first woman to anchor a nightly news program and pressed for accommodations to balance work and home life. Linda Wertheimer, the daughter of shopkeepers in New Mexico, fought her way to a scholarship and a spot on-air. And Nina Totenberg, the network's legal affairs correspondent, invented a new way to cover the Supreme Court. Based on extensive interviews and calling on the author's deep connections in news and public radio, Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie will be as beguiling and sharp as its formidable subjects.
Описание: 'Charlie, Don't Be a Hero' is a moving story from a mother's heart about her son, Charles Keating IV, an All-American boy who grew up to become a heroic U.S. Navy SEAL. At age thirty-one, his death by ISIS in 2016 on the battlefields in Iraq made headlines worldwide.
His story, told only as a mother can tell it, is that of an extraordinary young man whose love of family and country propelled him to incredible heights as a soldier and as a person. She helps us remember that the men and women who serve our country are sons and daughters, mothers and fathers. Krista Keating-Joseph touchingly shares the gut-wrenching emotions she and her family experienced, and how her faith in God never wavered, but strengthened. Her stories of Charlie growing up as an extremely adventurous, fun-loving boy show how he would one day be perfectly suited for the mental and physical toughness of a SEAL who ultimately made a huge difference in so many people's lives. Krista's pride in how her son lived brings support to any parent who has lost a child.
Описание: In March 2015, President Obama initiated sanctions against Venezuela, declaring a "national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela." Each year, the U.S. administration has repeated this claim.
Описание: 5% of proceeds from this book will be donated to Texas for Heroes (an organization that sponsors retreats for US veterans) and 5% to Hoa Binh Peace Village (supporting children in Vietnam affected by Agent Orange)
"Be inspired by this book to do the right thing, to be kind, and to see the beautiful soul that is inside all people. Even those we call our 'enemy'." From the Introduction by book co-author Chris Axelrad
This is the true story of the friendship between North Vietnamese Army Squadron Leader Hung Nguyen - who was seriously wounded during an ambush by US troops in 1967 - and Samuel Axelrad, surgeon and captain of a Forward Medical Command who saved Hung's life.
Dr. Axelrad's policy was simple. ANYBODY who was brought to the medical tent was to be treated as a first class patient. No matter whether they were civilian, US soldier or - as in this case - "enemy".
"We are here as healers first." That was the motto Dr. Axelrad and his company lived by.
As a way to remember their commander's kindness in saving Hung's life, the medics gave Dr. Axelrad Hung's arm bones, which the doctor hastily stashed away in his trunk, which remained sealed until 2011, when Dr. Axelrad's grandson wanted to see what was in it.
Upon opening the trunk, Dr. Axelrad discovered the bones and realized he must go back to find his friend's family to return them. He was sure Hung, aka "Charlie", had not survived the war. There had been no contact between the two men since Dr. Axelrad left Vietnam in 1968.
After a tour of the entire country of Vietnam in 2012 with his two sons and grandson, Dr. Axelrad had a fateful meeting with a journalist, Quynh Hoa, while taking a historic tour in Hanoi. Hoa kindly offered to help Dr. Axelrad try and locate his old friend or his family by seeing if her editors would publish the story in the biggest Vietnamese newspaper.
The story was published several weeks later, and within days Hung, aka "Charlie" was located. Alive and well in the village of An Khe, where Dr. Axelrad had left him over 40 years before.
The story in this book will move you and inspire you. To this day, Dr. Axelrad feels that meeting Hung was one of the great blessings in his life. And, after reading the book, you'll see why.
Chris Axelrad, son of Captain Samuel Axelrad and book co-author writes:
"The way my father cared for Hung aka "Charlie" may seem unbelievable, but anyone who knows Sam Axelrad knows that he takes care of his patients with all his effort. And that's the beauty of this whole story.
"As soon as Hung was brought in, they laid that stretcher out on the ground with him on it, and my dad looked at him in his broken state. Even though there are no pictures of this in the book, I can attest to the fact that Charlie was in really, really bad shape.
"In that moment he wasn't a soldier. He wasn't the enemy. He was a patient - a human being in need of healing.
"And heal, Charlie did. As you will read in this book, Charlie went on to assist many, many people as both a medic and as a helpful companion, during a war that was as misguided and pointless as it was brutal.
"This is an uplifting story of love, kindness and survival in very difficult times. It's a story the world needs now more than ever. May it be a blessing to all who read it and may it inspire you and people the world over to stop seeing each other as enemies, and to realize that we are all brothers and sisters. We are all from a common source."
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To see a video of the reunion, visit http: //peacefulbones.com/reunion
It is truly a magical moment when these two friends who survived such a terrible conflict reunited for the first time in almost half a century.
Описание: The remarkable chess sets featured in this volume span time and history, chronicling the story of the game and its design with exemplary pieces from the author's collection, as well as others from museums around the globe. Chess Masterpieces considers chess through the dual perspectives of art and history. For instance, in Islamic countries the taboo against figurative representation led to the familiar abstract shapes we recognize as the traditionalA" chess set.
Local materials and techniques also influenced design, as demonstrated in the ivory, alabaster, and clay chessmen found in Africa. Among the upper classes of Europe, commissions resulted in sets executed by the workshops of Wedgwood and Waterford in England, Limoge in France, Meisen and Villeroy Boch in Germany, Murano and Capodimonte in Italy, and Faberge in Russia. Chess is a war game, and this volume will feature some of the most notable sets created to commemorate battles and historical conflicts such as Waterloo, both World Wars, the Punic Wars, the Ghibellines and the Guelphs, the Crusades, and the American Revolution.
Also reproduced here are a Chinese ivory set of incomparable complexity and workmanship; the famous Lewis chessmen, one of the earliest known examples of European chess design; Egyptian sets made of glass, ceramic, alabaster, and rock crystal; and modern sets created by major artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Alexander Calder, Damien Hirst, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Yayoi Kusama, Paul McCarthy, and Maurizio Cattelan.
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