Pulitzer Prize-winning author Russell Baker offers readers a second volume of memoirs--a sequel to his bestselling Growing Up--which begins in 1947 when he lands a $30-a-week job with the Baltimore Sun. The stirring story of a man who made it with dignity and his values intact--now available in paperback, just in time for Father's Day.
One of the great glories of life in the U.S. is the humor of its people. Baker surveys this territory in this rich treasury and stakes it out in a dozen sections. Roaming through them, the reader will find P.J. O'Rourke, H.L. Mencken, James Thurber, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others.
Essays by historians, commentators, and writers--including Stan Katz, Sam Roberts, Anna Quindlen--in a celebration of America that combines more than 300 exquisite photos and illustrations with unsurpassed prose.
In these essays originally published in the "New York Review of Books, " Baker profiles a gallery of heroes and rascals who have stirred the American imagination. Baker's elegant prose illuminates these historic figures and what they brought to their times.
During the 2000 election, George W. Bush pledged to "change the tone" in Washington. In this revealing book, Elizabeth Drew shows that the tone has indeed changed, but for the worse.
A fascinating celebration of 100 of the most colorful, entertaining, and remarkable men and women who enriched life in the 20th century. The collection deliberately omits celebrities to concentrate on an eclectic mix of lesser-known individuals whose compelling lives changed the world.
The Rescue of Miss Yaskell brings together Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Russell Baker's fantasies, essays, parables, parodies, and diversions that offer humorous reflections on everything from the MX missile to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Russell Baker gives the foreword for this book that features essays from the extraordinarily popular "About Men" column in the New York Times Magazine. "About Men" is one of the paper's most popular and widely read features.
A new Germany has come of age, as democratic, sophisticated, affluent, and modern as any other western nation. This remarkable transition in little more than a generation is the central theme of Germany Transformed. Here all the old stereotypes and conclusions are challenged and new research is marshalled to provide a model for an advanced ...
Set in the near future, a teenager and his friends are called by God to save their town from evil people and the demons that control them. Jamie, the main character, has a dark vision and this sets everything in motion. Jamie tells his friends and they decide to help him try to understand what is happening. An angelic visitation shows that the ...
Every Other Weekend: My Fight for Access is a look back on the authoras experiences regarding divorce and visitation with his son, including intervention by the court system and social services. Access to a child can easily be prevented by an ex-spouse, especially for the sake of revenge. Meanwhile, the reunion process afterwards can take a toll ...
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