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Cold Oceans
by John TurkFrom its opening passages, Jon Turk's Cold Oceans chronicles explorations in both exterior and interior landscapes. In honest, accessible prose, Turk retraces more than two decades of his varied and stirring adventures--attempting to round Cape Horn solo in a kayak, rowing the Northwest Passage, dogsledding the east coast of Baffin Island, and kayaking from Ellesmere Island to Greenland. As Turk plunges headlong through icy seas, repeated and assorted blunders, and bouts of personal lows, he transcends mere adventure storytelling to explore a changing notion of himself, deepening relationships, and the nature of failure and true success. These passages contain some of Cold Oceans's greatest riches.
Girls Who Said Yes
by Edward ThorneTAPE-RECORDED INTERVIEWS WITH GIRLS 16-24 WHO HAVE ACCEPTED SEXUAL PERMISSIVENESS AS A WAY OF LIFE
Good to Go!
by Harry Constance Randall FuerstIn 1966 Harry Constance became a member of the newly formed U.S. Navy SEALS TEAM II. By 1970 he was a veteran of 300 combat missions in Vietnam, had captured almost two hundred enemy prisoners, and had received 32 citations, including three bronze stars and a purple heart. In Good To Go, Constance powerfully recounts his experience during three tours in Vietnam as a member of Seal Team II, Seventh Platoon. Known as fierce warriors with amazing stealth and skill in battle, the Seals are an elite force trained to fight on sea, air, and land with sophisticated special operation warfare tactics. Made famous by Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior Books, here is a behind-the-scenes look at what Seal combat was really like. From the flood plains of the Mecong Delta to the beaches of the south China Sea, Good To Go takes readers on Constance's harrowing missions, along trails crisscrossed by trip wires and through dense jungles booby-trapped with live grenades. Each "Special Op" is dramatic: the Seventh Platoon sets up ambushes, infiltrates Viet Cong territory, preforms daring nighttime attacks, targets the location of high-level VC Officials, and narrowly escapes enemy fire. Constance gives an extra ordinary account of the Tet offensive, which his platoon fought from a hotel Mi Tho. But in recounting the ferocious battle of Tet, Constance shows why Seal humor and bravado always won the day. After Constance leaves Vietnam, Good To Go follows him as he plays a key role in the expansion of the Seal program. His duty training recruits for undercover clandestine Ops and going on dangerous assignments around globe - in South America hot spots and onboard nuclear submarines - reflects his inspiring dedication to the Seals. Constance's unforgettable memoir reveals the loyalty, bravery, and honor behind the Seal mystique. Packed with astonishing descriptions of the Seals real-life adventure in the deadliest of war zones, Good To Go captures the heroism and profound courage that have made the Seals legendary.
The Horseman: Obsessions of a Zoophile
by Mark MathewsPart of Prometheus books' "Concepts in Human Sexuality" series, this book is an autobiography of a man who is sexually attracted to horses.
Helter Skelter
by Vincent T. BugliosiAn account of the Manson family and their August, 1969 killing spree written by the prosecutor who put them behind bars.
Built From Scratch
by Bernie Marcus Arthur BlankTells how two regular guys built the Home Depot stores into the mega-business they are today.
An Evil Love
by Geoffrey WansellThe life of Frederick West, a brutal child-wife abuser and serial killer. This book is not for the weak at heart. It is graphic and just plain sick.
Citizen Washington
by William MartinThe tale of George Washington who emerges as an ambitious, land-hungry young man, full of imperfections and personal struggles, who nonetheless transcended his limitations and became one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known.
Vanished Arizona, Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman
by Martha SummerhayesI have written this story of my army life at the urgent and ceaseless request of my children.
The Sea Was My Last Chance
by Donald H. Wills Reyburn W. MyersMEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN CAPTURED ON BATAAN IN 1942 WHO ESCAPED IN 1944 AND LED THE LIBERATION OF WESTERN MINDANAO THIS is the personal story of Col. Donald H. Wills for the time from April 6, 1942, when the Philippine Islands were invaded by the Japanese Imperial Forces, until April, 1945, when the islands were liberated by United States forces in the Far East under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The story is written from memory and notes made during that time and other recollections made later in 1945. More than 45 years have passed and there is the possibility that some dates or figures could be contested by other survivors of those times. It is possible that there are some errors, but they would be unimportant to the overall story. All events really happened. There has been no attempt to slight the accomplishments of others who played important roles. The bravery, suffering, and death of the defenders of the Philippines have been well documented. The courage and determination of forces retaking Leyte and Luzon have also been written about in some detail. Less well-known was the contribution of the American and Filipino guerrilla fighters who either escaped or refused to surrender and took to the hills to continue the struggle. This is the story of one determined escapee, who, after experiencing cruelty, starvation, and hopelessness for two years in Japanese prison camps, realized that freedom was worth any risk. Alone he dared Japanese bullets, sharks, and the Pacific Ocean to reach Mindanao to fight on with the loyal Moros, Filipinos, and other Americans.
Manson in His Own Words
by Charles Manson Nuel EmmonsCharles Manson relates his version of his life and the events leading up to his ordering the brutal murders of nine people in the summer of 1969.
Many Are the Crimes
by Ellen SchreckerIt all seems like so much ancient history -- the "red scare", black lists; even Senator Mccarthy. Yet, in truth, the so-called "Mccarthy period" -- during which people were persecuted and investigated for what they thought -- is one of the most shameful periods of our history. In her book, ellen Schrecker takes a hard look at this phenomenon and draws some sobering conclusions. If you love freedom and liberty and feel that all of us need to work to keep it safe -- from the right and the left -- this book is a must read. And, lest you think this is ancient history, think about some of the hysterical sexual abuse trials of the eighties and nineties. From whence will the next danger come?
Love's Blood
by Clark HowardEdgar-winning author Howard details one of the strangest, most brutal crimes committed in our time: the killing of businessman Frank Columbo, his wife and son-by their daughter Patty. Howard traces Patty's life through the streets of suburban Chicago and offers an explanation of why she became a part of such a bizarre and terrible crime.
Driving Mr. Albert: a Trip Across America With Einstein's Brain
by Michael PaternitiDriving Mr. Albert chronicles the adventures of an unlikely threesome--a freelance writer, an elderly pathologist, and Albert Einstein's brain--on a cross-country expedition intended to set the story of this specimen-cum-relic straight once and for all.
My Lesbian Husband
by Barrie Jean BorichBarrie Jean Borich's memoir of her 14-year marriage is a subtle exploration of gender and the intricacies of butch-femme desire. My Lesbian Husband describes Borich's attraction to her partner, Linnea, and the slow building of their life together in a decaying neighborhood in Minneapolis. Borich traces both the pleasures and the wrenching difficulties of trying to construct a long-term union in the absence not only of legal and social but of everything that our aunts and uncles and parents take for granted: "names for their union in every language, the weddings of a square-chested prince and a big-busted, cinch-waisted princess at the end of every Disney movie, every Shakespeare comedy, not to Mary and Joseph, Hera and Zeus, and those little bride and groom figurines they have saved from their wedding cakes." This is as sharply observed and well-written a memoir as Jan Clausen's and Oranges, but a valentine rather than a valediction.
The Night Stalker: The True Story of America's Most Feared Serial Killer
by Philip CarloBased on hours of interviews with Ramirez on California's Death Row, a chilling account of the crimes of the "Night Stalker" follows Ramirez's criminal odyssey, from his first brush with the law, to his Los Angeles murder spree, to the investigation that brought him to justice.