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Dolph Lundgren: Train Like an Action Hero
by Per Bernal Dolph LundgrenAre you ready to take your exercise and fitness routine to the next level? Then take a lesson from internationally-renowned action hero Dolph Lundgren, as he shares the personal fitness secrets gained from a lifetime of hard-fought experiences on-camera and off.Dolph has created a personal philosophy of fitness based on martial arts, yoga, strength training, biochemical research, professional sports, and over 40 starring roles in classic action films. It's a logical, fun, and surprisingly easy path to total fitness--whether you're at the office, with friends, playing sports, or in class. This is the ultimate lifestyle to improve your health and build your physique!Dolph Lundgren: Be Fit Forever--his autobiographical training guide--features weekly training programs, daily menu planners, guides to equipment and gear, fantastic photos from behind the scenes of Hollywood action movies, and more.DOLPH'S SPECIAL TIPS:1. Briefing: The reasons you need to get fit2. Mission: Personal training and health philosophy3. Weaponry: How to best combine strength exercises, cardiovascular, and flexibility training4. Special Ops: Stick to your goals even while away traveling5. Fuel and supplies: The best foods and supplements to build your body6. Fit forever: Stay in shape for the rest of your life!With detailed exercise plans and over 100 step-by-step photos, Dolph Lundgren: Be Fit Forever is the kickass guide to building a body that will look great and make you feel even better--forever.
Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist
by Maddalena BearziA &“compelling&” up-close memoir of a career spent among marine mammals and a portrait of the daily lives of dolphins (Publishers Weekly). Working among charismatic and clever dolphins in the wild is a unique thrill—and this book invites us shore-bound dreamers to join Maddalena Bearzi as she travels alongside them. In a fascinating account, she takes us inside the world of a marine scientist and offers a firsthand understanding of marine mammal behavior, as well as the frustrations and delights that make up dolphin research. Bearzi recounts her experiences at sea, tracing her own evolution as a woman and a scientist from her earliest travails to her transformation into an advocate for conservation and dolphin protection. These compelling, in-depth descriptions of her fieldwork also present a captivating look into dolphin social behavior and intelligence. Drawing on her extensive experience with the metropolitan bottlenose dolphins of California in particular, she offers insights into the daily lives of these creatures—as well as the difficulties involved in collecting the data that transforms hunches into hypotheses and eventually scientific facts. The book closes by addressing the critical environmental and conservation problems facing these magnificent, socially complex, highly intelligent, and emotional beings. &“Pairing vivid images of bottlenose dolphins swimming together and caring for one another with descriptions of the meticulous scientific work required to record their behavior, Maddalena Bearzi sheds light on the life of a field biologist…A beautifully written account.&”—Library Journal
The Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, and Their Circle
by Elizabeth Hardwick Robert LowellThe correspondence between one of the most famous couples of twentieth-century literatureThe Dolphin Letters offers an unprecedented portrait of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick during the last seven years of Lowell’s life (1970 to 1977), a time of personal crisis and creative innovation for both writers. Centered on the letters they exchanged with each other and with other members of their circle—writers, intellectuals, friends, and publishers, including Elizabeth Bishop, Caroline Blackwood, Mary McCarthy, and Adrienne Rich—the book has the narrative sweep of a novel, telling the story of the dramatic breakup of their twenty-one-year marriage and their extraordinary, but late, reconciliation.Lowell’s controversial sonnet-sequence The Dolphin (for which he used Hardwick’s letters as a source) and his last book, Day by Day, were written during this period, as were Hardwick’s influential books Seduction and Betrayal: Essays on Women in Literature and Sleepless Nights: A Novel. Lowell and Hardwick are acutely intelligent observers of marriages, children, and friends, and of the feelings that their personal crises gave rise to.The Dolphin Letters, masterfully edited by Saskia Hamilton, is a debate about the limits of art—what occasions a work of art, what moral and artistic license artists have to make use of their lives as material, what formal innovations such debates give rise to. The crisis of Lowell’s The Dolphin was profoundly affecting to everyone surrounding him, and Bishop’s warning to Lowell—“art just isn’t worth that much”—haunts.
Domènech i Montaner: Un home universal
by Lluís Domènech GirbauL’obra que acull tota la riquesa d’un home polifònic que va transcendir la seva època per convertir-se en un referent cultural immortal. L'arquitecte Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1849-1923) ha estat qualificat, amb raó, d'home universal. Figura fonamental de la Catalunya del tombant del segle XIX i començaments del XX, la seva obra va anar més enllà de l'àmbit arquitectònic gràcies a la seva activa participació en la vida cultural i política del seu temps. Artífex dels edificis de l'Exposició Universal del 1888 i de dues obres mestres del modernisme com l'Hospital de Sant Pau i el Palau de la Música (declarades Patrimoni de la Humanitat), Domènech i Montaner va ser també un nom destacat de la Renaixença, va presidir les Bases de Manresa i va ser diputat a les Corts espanyoles, punt culminant del catalanisme polític.
Domestic Affairs: Enduring the Pleasures of Motherhood and Family Life
by Joyce MaynardAn unforgettable collection of essays on the everyday thrills and challenges of marriage and motherhood, from one of America&’s best-loved memoiristsWitty and insightful, Domestic Affairs is an extension of Joyce Maynard&’s celebrated, widely syndicated newspaper column of the same name that ran from 1984 to 1990. Each essay gives an unfiltered look at the ups and downs of family life and a remarkable window into the challenges of modern motherhood. Topics range from babysitter woes to family visits to coping with a child&’s burgeoning independence. These collected writings represent nine years&’ worth of stories about the greatest adventure of Maynard&’s life, or, as she writes, &“the difficult, exhausting, humbling, and endlessly gratifying business of raising children, of ensuring the health of both body and soul.&” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joyce Maynard including rare photos from the author&’s personal collection.
Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro
by Charly Wegelius**Winner - Sweetspot Cycling Book of the Year** For 11 years I was a professional cyclist, competing in the hardest and greatest races on Earth. I was in demand from the world’s best teams, a well-paid elite athlete. But I never won a race. I was the hired help.When my mum dropped me off in a small French town aged 17, I was full of determination to be a professional cyclist, but I was completely green. I went from mowing the team manager’s lawn to winning every amateur race I entered. Then I turned pro and realised I hated the responsibility and pressure of chasing victory. And that’s when I became a domestique.I learned to take that hurt and give it everything I had to give, all for someone else’s win. When the order came in to ride I pushed out with the hardest rhythm I could, dragging the group faster and faster, until my whole body screamed with pain. There were times I rode myself to a standstill, clutching the barrier metres from the line, as the lead group shot past. But that’s what made me a so good at my job.As my career took off, I started looking at the fans lining the route, cheering us like heroes. The passion for cycling oozed off them, but they couldn’t know what it was really like. They didn’t see the terrible hotels, the crazy egos or all the shit that goes with great expectations. Well, this is how it is…
Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
by Guy de la Bédoyère&“An illuminating and highly readable narrative about the role of women at the center of imperial Rome—fascinating and important.&” —Lesley Adkins, author of Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero—these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of the era documents the Julio-Claudian women whose bloodline, ambition, and ruthlessness made it possible for the emperors&’ line to continue. Eminent scholar Guy de la Bédoyère, author of Praetorian, asserts that the women behind the scenes—including Livia, Octavia, and the elder and younger Agrippina—were the true backbone of the dynasty. De la Bédoyère draws on the accounts of ancient Roman historians to revisit a familiar time from a completely fresh vantage point. Anyone who enjoys I, Claudius will be fascinated by this study of dynastic power and gender interplay in ancient Rome. &“In contrast to most histories of Rome which focus almost entirely on the exploits of its male emperors, Domina examines the women who partnered them in power, from the perfect Roman wives Livia and Octavia to Cleopatra, Agrippina the Younger and the trio of Severan Julias who all stepped far beyond tradition to dominate the Roman world.&”—Joann Fletcher, author of The Story of Egypt &“Enjoyable, fluently written and well-balanced in approach. De la Bédoyère leaves no stone unturned by way of evidence, which he carefully evaluates with regard to its context and reliability.&”—Pat Southern, author of The Roman Army
A Dominant Character: The Science and Politics of J.B.S. Haldane
by Samanth SubramanianJ.B.S. Haldane, scientist extraordinaire—born in Britain yet spiritually bound to India—remains one of the most enigmatic geniuses of the modern era. Here is a man who saw action in two world wars, engaged in the most radical politics of his day, conducted groundbreaking scientific research, and wrote with flair and conviction—yet Haldane&’s universe remains shrouded in mystery. <P><P>Award-winning author Samanth Subramanian’s latest offering undoes this travesty. Besides shedding light on Haldane’s contributions to genetics and evolutionary biology—he was the first to calculate the rate at which mutations occur and accumulate in genes—the book illuminates Haldane&’s inner world—his towering intellect, his radical vision of society, his provocative philosophy, and his attempts a wrestling with the essential moral questions that scientific progress must raise. <P><P>Equally, the book dwells on Haldane’s years in India—his journey to the nation; his affiliation with the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta; his attachment to the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory in Bhubaneshwar (where he died). Dronamraju’s description of Haldane as ‘the last man who knew everything’ was, at its simplest, an acknowledgement of his command over multiple subjects. But it was also an astute observation that Haldane’s era was the last time when the realms of scientific knowledge were limited enough for a single person to apprehend in near-entirety. To know everything was to see the forces of the world unified and to conceive of life in its full complexity. A Dominant Character will give readers a taste of that heady sensation.
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science And Restless Politics Of J. B. S. Haldane
by Samanth SubramanianA biography of J. B. S. Haldane, the brilliant and eccentric British scientist whose innovative predictions inspired Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. J. B. S. Haldane’s life was rich and strange, never short on genius or drama—from his boyhood apprenticeship to his scientist father, who first instilled in him a devotion to the scientific method; to his time in the trenches during the First World War, where he wrote his first scientific paper; to his numerous experiments on himself, including inhaling dangerous levels of carbon dioxide and drinking hydrochloric acid; to his clandestine research for the British Admiralty during the Second World War. He is best remembered as a geneticist who revolutionized our understanding of evolution, but his peers hailed him as a polymath. One student called him “the last man who might know all there was to be known.” He foresaw in vitro fertilization, peak oil, and the hydrogen fuel cell, and his contributions ranged over physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, mathematics, and biostatistics. He was also a staunch Communist, which led him to Spain during the Civil War and sparked suspicions that he was spying for the Soviets. He wrote copiously on science and politics in newspapers and magazines, and he gave speeches in town halls and on the radio—all of which made him, in his day, as famous in Britain as Einstein. It is the duty of scientists to think politically, Haldane believed, and he sought not simply to tell his readers what to think but to show them how to think. Beautifully written and richly detailed, Samanth Subramanian’s A Dominant Character recounts Haldane’s boisterous life and examines the questions he raised about the intersections of genetics and politics—questions that resonate even more urgently today.
Dominga Campos
by Celia MansonSiempre se ha subrayado el carácter desconocido y oculto de la vida privada del presidente argentino Hipólito Irigoyen. No obstante hay en su vida situaciones inocultables, como lo fueron sus seis hijos y su pertinaz soltería. Esta historia da a conocer el origen, la formación y el entorno familiar de la única mujer a quien Irigoyen amó y con quien en algún momento proyectó contraer matrimonio: Dominga Campos. Hipólito Irigoyen es y será siempre un solitario. Sus biógrafos, todos hombres hasta ahora, se conmueven profundamente ante el renunciamiento familiar y afectivo que se impone. Faltaba la mirada femenina que interpretase este especial caso de amor, y este libro ha venido a llenar ese vacío.
Domingos Alvares, African Healing, And The Intellectual History Of The Atlantic World
by James H. SweetBetween 1730 and 1750, Domingos Alvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time--from Africa to South America to Europe. By tracing the steps of this powerful African healer and vodun priest, James Sweet finds dramatic means for unfolding a history of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world in which healing, religion, kinship, and political subversion were intimately connected. Alvares treated many people across the Atlantic, yet healing was rarely a simple matter of remedying illness and disease. Through the language of health and healing, Alvares also addressed the profound alienation of warfare, capitalism, and the African slave trade. As a result, he and other African healers frequently ran afoul of imperial power brokers. Nevertheless, even the powerful suffered isolation in the Atlantic world and often turned to African healers for answers. In this way, healers simultaneously became fierce critics of Atlantic imperialism and expert translators of it, adapting their therapeutic strategies in order to secure social relevance and even power. By tracing Alvares' frequent uprooting and border crossing, Sweet illuminates how African healing practices evolved in the diaspora, contesting the social and political hierarchies of imperialism while also making profound impacts on the intellectual discourse of the "modern" Atlantic world.
Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World
by James H. SweetBetween 1730 and 1750, Domingos lvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time--from Africa to South America to Europe. By tracing the steps of this powerful African healer and vodun priest, James Sweet finds dramatic means for unfolding a history of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world in which healing, religion, kinship, and political subversion were intimately connected. lvares treated many people across the Atlantic, yet healing was rarely a simple matter of remedying illness and disease. Through the language of health and healing, lvares also addressed the profound alienation of warfare, capitalism, and the African slave trade. As a result, he and other African healers frequently ran afoul of imperial power brokers. Nevertheless, even the powerful suffered isolation in the Atlantic world and often turned to African healers for answers. In this way, healers simultaneously became fierce critics of Atlantic imperialism and expert translators of it, adapting their therapeutic strategies in order to secure social relevance and even power. By tracing lvares' frequent uprooting and border crossing, Sweet illuminates how African healing practices evolved in the diaspora, contesting the social and political hierarchies of imperialism while also making profound impacts on the intellectual discourse of the "modern" Atlantic world.
The Dominion of War
by Andrew Cayton Fred AndersonAmericans often think of their nation's history as a movement toward ever-greater democracy, equality, and freedom. Wars in this story are understood both as necessary to defend those values and as exceptions to the rule of peaceful progress. In The Dominion of War, historians Fred Anderson and Andrew Cayton boldly reinterpret the development of the United States, arguing instead that war has played a leading role in shaping North America from the sixteenth century to the present. Anderson and Cayton bring their sweeping narrative to life by structuring it around the lives of eight men--Samuel de Champlain, William Penn, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Ulysses S. Grant, Douglas MacArthur, and Colin Powell. This approach enables them to describe great events in concrete terms and to illuminate critical connections between often-forgotten imperial conflicts, such as the Seven Years' War and the Mexican-American War, and better-known events such as the War of Independence and the Civil War. The result is a provocative, highly readable account of the ways in which republic and empire have coexisted in American history as two faces of the same coin. The Dominion of War recasts familiar triumphs as tragedies, proposes an unconventional set of turning points, and depicts imperialism and republicanism as inseparable influences in a pattern of development in which war and freedom have long been intertwined. It offers a new perspective on America's attempts to define its role in the world at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Dominique Ansel: The Secret Recipes
by Dominique AnselHow do you catch lightning in a measuring cup?Dominique Ansel is the creator of the Cronut™, the croissant-doughnut hybrid that has taken the world by storm. But he’s no one-hit wonder. Classically trained in Paris, responsible for a four-star kitchen in New York, and now the proprietor of New York’s highest rated bakery, Ansel has become a modern-day Willy Wonka: the creator of wildly creative, extraordinarily delicious, and unbelievably popular desserts. Now, in his hotly anticipated debut cookbook, Ansel shares the secret to transforming the most humble ingredients into the most extraordinary, tempting, and satisfying pastries imaginable. Dominique Ansel: The Secret Recipes reveals the stories and recipes behind his most sought-after creations and teaches lovers of dessert everywhere how to make magic in their own kitchens.
Don Bosco en una nueva versión
by María Luz GómezDon Bosco fue gran maestro y amigo de los jóvenes. Juan Bosco, niño pobre con vocación sacerdotal, no tenía dinero para costearse el seminario. Lo obtuvo trabajando como titiritero. Ya sacerdote, dedicó su vida a ayudar a los chicos desamparados. Y, para que perdurara su obra, fundó la Congregación Salesiana.
Don Carlos Buell
by Stephen D. EngleMajor General Don Carlos Buell stood among the senior Northern commanders early in the Civil War, led the Army of the Ohio in the critical Kentucky theater in 1861-62, and helped shape the direction of the conflict during its first years. Only a handful of Northern generals loomed as large on the military landscape during this period, and Buell is the only one of them who has not been the subject of a full-scale biography.A conservative Democrat, Buell viewed the Civil War as a contest to restore the antebellum Union rather than a struggle to bring significant social change to the slaveholding South. Stephen Engle explores the effects that this attitude--one shared by a number of other Union officers early in the war--had on the Northern high command and on political-military relations. In addition, he examines the ramifications within the Army of the Ohio of Buell's proslavery leanings.A personally brave, intelligent, and talented officer, Buell nonetheless failed as a theater and army commander, and in late 1862 he was removed from command. But as Engle notes, Buell's attitude and campaigns provided the Union with a valuable lesson: that the Confederacy would not yield to halfhearted campaigns with limited goals.
Don Cherry's Hockey Greats and More
by Don CherryBroadcasting icon and bestselling author Don Cherry is back to give us more of what we want: behind-the-scenes sports stories that are as colourful as his wardrobe.For the last sixty years, Don Cherry has lived and breathed hockey. He has interviewed all of hockey's biggest names on Grapevine and "Coach's Corner," and he coached some of them too. But Don's interests span across all sports, and even beyond. In this unforgettable book, Don grants us unparalleled insider access to some of the most legendary athletes and figures of our time.Follow Don to the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs and to the pitcher's mound at Rogers Centre (and learn how the Blue Jays' Josh Donaldson saved his neck). Jet back in time to meet Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito, Scotty Bowman, John Ferguson and other greats--up close and unfiltered. Discover Don's opinions on the toughest guys he ever played against, "hockey parents," the role of fighting in the game, and the Hall of Fame (and who should be in it). Learn about Don's friendship with Gord Downie--the incomparable late frontman of the Tragically Hip and a lifelong hockey fan.This is Don Cherry in all his hilarious and frank glory, spinning his yarns with the best of them.
Don Cherry's Hockey Stories, Part 2
by Don CherryYou thought you'd read them all, did you? Well, you haven't.Simultaneously loved and loathed, Don Cherry is one of the most talkative and talked-about personalities in hockey today. His more than twenty-five years as a player and coach have informed his popular Hockey Night in Canada commentary segment, "Coach's Corner." And now he's got more stories to share.In Don Cherry's Hockey Stories, Part 2, Grapes tells us about the 2010 Stanley Cup, relays the lessons he's learned both on and off the ice, and takes us inside hockey's mythical players' "code." You'll encounter familiar names from the game and find out who this idol looks up to. You'll travel back in time to Cherry's days playing in the minor leagues. You'll share his experiences of being named Coach of the Year in the NHL and in the AHL. And you'll hear from his kids about what it was like growing up with a dad like Don..Don Cherry tells it like it is, for better or for worse. You won't be disappointed.P.S. Don wants you to know it's a book the whole family can enjoy.From the Hardcover edition.
Don Cherry's Sports Heroes
by Don CherryDon Cherry has become a broadcasting legend, garnering millions of fans around the world with his "Coach's Corner" segment on Hockey Night in Canada. For over a decade, Cherry also hosted the TV show Grapevine, which brought viewers up close and personal with the biggest names in sports.Don was the interviewer and his son, Tim, produced the show. And no one in the sports world, from hockey players to boxers to curlers to umpires, turned down an invitation to appear on it. It was on that show that Don has some of his fondest memories from his many years in the biz, and, at last, in Don Cherry's Sports Heroes, he gives us behind-the-scenes access to some of his most fascinating and revealing interviews with the all-time greats. Don has his signature candidness and sizzling humour in these interviews and stories. In these pages you'll find epic stories about hockey greats Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe, to name a few, and since Grapevine TV was the place to be in the sports world, you can revel in some unforgettable stories on players in other fields, too. Don Cherry shares with the world tales that only a true insider could know. You won't be disappointed.
Don José
by José García HamiltonJosé Ignacio García Hamilton nos permite recuperar en este libro laimagen de un José de San Martín de carne y hueso, alejado del perfil dehéroe mitológico elaborado por la historia oficial. José Ignacio García Hamilton nos permite recuperar en este libro laimagen de un José de San Martín de carne y hueso, con humillaciones yesperanzas, alejado del perfil de héroe mitológico elaborado por lahistoria oficial.Las paginas de Don José nos muestran a una persona común, en suma, capazde experimentar pasiones, sufrir temores, sobrellevar grandezas yviviruna existencia azarosa plena de triunfos y frustraciones.A poco de salir, Don José se convirtió en un clásico inolvidable a lahora de abordar a San Martín desde una perspectiva moderna yesclarecedora, y recibió un caluroso apoyo de sus numerosos lectores.
Don Julio Mario: Biografia No Autorizada (Crónica Actual Ser.)
by GERARDO REYESEste libro es la bitácora del poder de ese personaje que ejerció unainfluencia tan abrumadora como invisible en la vida de millones decolombianos a través de una organización dinástica que vivía de lailusión de la omnipotencia, como alguna vez lo advirtió Enrique SantosCalderón. Es la semblanza de un seductor soberbio, sofisticado y mordazque impartía sus afectos y rencores a punta de besos y bofetadas, guiadopor las intrigas que le susurraban al oído sus auxiliares de turno. Cuando un ciudadano de a pie se detiene en una esquina de cualquiercapital de Colombia, seguramente encontrará alguna manifestación actualo reminiscente del imperio Santo Domingo: una valla de cerveza Águila,un restaurante Presto, el diario El Espectador colgado de un puestoambulante donde se venden jugos Tutti Frutti y agua Brisa, la voz deDarío Arizmendi, el director de Caracol Radio, o el paso de un avión deAvianca. Y lo más probable también es que tanto el alcalde de esa ciudadcomo el equipo de fútbol, el senador y el representante a la Cámara desu departamento hubieran sido patrocinados por don Julio Mario SantoDomingo, un hombre a quien ni el ciudadano ni los políticos vieron peroque estaba ahí, en sus vidas cotidianas y en otros paisajes másimperceptibles de la economía, influyendo en sus decisiones diarias, enlas noticias que los asombraban, en el presidente que los gobernaba, enel carro que manejaban y en las bebidas con que se emborrachaban, todoesto en un país donde se consume más cerveza que leche pasteurizada.
Don Revie: Portrait of a Footballing Enigma
by Andrew MourantDon Revie was the football man about whom few were neutral. The Leeds United team he created was possibly the finest in the history of English league football, one of legendary endurance, it characters strong and unyeilding. Yet is remained unpopular, for many felt its voracious pursuit of honours was hallmarked by cynicism and ruthlessness.This fascinating study of Revie, one of English football's most complex and controversial figures, examines the factors and influences that moulded him. In interviews with team-mates, the footballers he managed and others who worked alongside him, Andrew Mourant reflects on the many seemingly paradoxical aspects of Revie's nature.After depicting Revie's childhood living on the breadline in Middlesbrough, from which the game was his great escape, Mourant traces his development through playing days with five league clubs to management of Leeds United, England and beyond. He also considers the legacy Revie left Leeds: a craving for a return to the days of glory and triumph he engineered. It is a turbulent story of success and failure. The tragic nature of Revie's untimely death in 1989 through motor neurone disease served only to sharpen memories of his achievements. He continues to cast a shadow over Elland Road and remains the yardstick against whom all successors are judged. Amid the triumphs, near misses and traumas, his reign brought Leeds United an era of unparalleled prosperity and stability. The story of Revie's career is one of intense dedication, willpower and pursuit of the near impossible. For some it was an inspiration; while for others its darker elements tainted the success he brought to Elland Road and all he strove to achieve for England.
Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom
by Michael Seth StarrAn entertaining, hilarious, biting biography of &“Mr. Warmth,&” the infamously prickly comic who dominated Hollywood and Las Vegas for decades, making an artform out of heckling his friends, family and especially his audiences—and they couldn&’t get enough of it. Having ridden a wave of success that lasted more than sixty years, Don Rickles is best known as the &“insult&” comic who skewered presidents, royalty, celebrities, and friends and fans alike. But there was more to &“Mr. Warmth&” than a devilish ear-to-ear grin and lightning-fast put-downs. Rickles was a loving husband, an adoring father who suffered a devastating loss, and a loyal friend to the likes of Bob Newhart and Frank Sinatra. Don was also a young student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and intended to become a serious actor. But it was in small nightclubs where Rickles found success, steamrolling hecklers, honing his acerbic put-downs, and teaching the world to love being insulted.Don Rickles, The Merchant of Venom traces his career from his rise in the 1950s to a late-in-life resurgence thanks to the Toy Story franchise, his role in Scorsese&’s Casino, and scores of TV appearances from Carson to Seth Meyers. In the intervening decades, Rickles conquered every medium, including the stage, where the Vegas legend was still performing at the age of eighty-five. In his highly memorable career, he was idolized by a generation of younger comedians including Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, and many others. And all along, Rickles performed in the shadow of a shocking open secret: he was the nicest man in town.
Don Sendic de Chamangá
by Daniel ChavarriaRaúl Sendic fue un Quijote de nuestro tiempo, habiendo contribuidodecididamente a que se preste atención y se mejore la vida de miles dehombres, mujeres y niños de nuestra campaña más desvalida. El Bebe Sendic fue un hombre insólito, de azarosa trayectoria y finaltrágico y heroico.Su gesta significó un punto de inflexión para el norte pobre del Uruguayde la segunda mitad del siglo xx. Se constituyó en el procurador quededicó su erudición, inteligencia y perspicacia a defender hasta lasúltimas consecuencias a los trabajadores rurales, explotados porempresarios y terratenientes que violaban sin escrúpulos cualquierrudimento de derecho laboral, dando a sus peones y jornaleros un tratotorpe y brutal.Es esa tarea de generosa nobleza la que asemeja a este oriundo deChamangá, Flores, a otro veterano de las proezas humanas, líder de otrospobres del pasado oriental: José Artigas. En su novela biográfica,Daniel Chavarría enfatiza esa imitación del prócer que tanto se propusoy consiguió su protagonista, aunque también el narrador insiste en queSendic mucho tuvo también del idealista caballero cervantino en ese afánimplacable por vengar agravios y ayudar a menesterosos.Fundador de la Unión de Trabajadores Azucareros de Artigas e incansableactivista en sindicatos diversos, pasó a ser pieza clave del Movimientode Liberación Nacional, Tupamaros. Por su lucha junto a los cañeros, susqueridos ?peludos?, y luego por sus acciones guerrilleras, debióconvertirse en uno de los fugitivos más buscados y perseguidos por lapolicía y las fuerzas armadas de épocas dictatoriales, a las que casisiempre logró burlar con estrategias por cierto novelescas yarriesgadas. Raúl Sendic fue un Quijote de nuestro tiempo, habiendo contribuidodecididamente a que se preste atención y se mejore la vida de miles dehombres, mujeres y niños de nuestra campaña más desvalida. El Bebe Sendic fue un hombre insólito, de azarosa trayectoria y finaltrágico y heroico.Su gesta significó un punto de inflexión para el norte pobre del Uruguayde la segunda mitad del siglo xx. Se constituyó en el procurador quededicó su erudición, inteligencia y perspicacia a defender hasta lasúltimas consecuencias a los trabajadores rurales, explotados porempresarios y terratenientes que violaban sin escrúpulos cualquierrudimento de derecho laboral, dando a sus peones y jornaleros un tratotorpe y brutal.Es esa tarea de generosa nobleza la que asemeja a este oriundo deChamangá, Flores, a otro veterano de las proezas humanas, líder de otrospobres del pasado oriental: José Artigas. En su novela biográfica,Daniel Chavarría enfatiza esa imitación del prócer que tanto se propusoy consiguió su protagonista, aunque también el narrador insiste en queSendic mucho tuvo también del idealista caballero cervantino en ese afánimplacable por vengar agravios y ayudar a menesterosos.Fundador de la Unión de Trabajadores Azucareros de Artigas e incansableactivista en sindicatos diversos, pasó a ser pieza clave del Movimientode Liberación Nacional, Tupamaros. Por su lucha junto a los cañeros, susqueridos ?peludos?, y luego por sus acciones guerrilleras, debióconvertirse en uno de los fugitivos más buscados y perseguidos por lapolicía y las fuerzas armadas de épocas dictatoriales, a las que casisiempre logró burlar con estrategias por cierto novelescas yarriesgadas.
Don Shula: A Biography of the Winningest Coach in NFL History
by Carlo DeVitoIn Don Shula: A Biography of the Winningest Coach in NFL History, acclaimed sports historian Carlo DeVito captures the story of one of the greatest coaches in sports history. First distinguishing himself as a player with the Cleveland Browns (under the great Paul Brown), Baltimore Colts, and Washington Redskins, Donald Francis Shula went on to be the boy wonder of the NFL as a coach. After serving for three seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions, where he oversaw one of the NFL’s toughest units, Shula was named the youngest head coach in NFL history when he took over the Baltimore Colts in 1963. But after public feuding with star quarterback Johnny Unitas and owner Carroll Rosenbloom, and despite leading the team to two NFL championship games, Shula accepted the job as head coach of the perennial doormat Miami Dolphins in 1970. Within a few seasons, he took the Dolphins to three straight Super Bowls, winning twice, including the only undefeated Super Bowl championship season in 1972 behind a bruising running attack led by two 1,000 yard rushers, Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris, as well as the unheralded “No-Name Defense.” Shula won more games (328) than any other coach in NFL history, led his teams to six Super Bowls, and only posted a losing record twice in thirty-three seasons on the sideline. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997. Don Shula chronicles the life of one of the greatest minds ever to be involved with the game, from the dawn of modern football to the close of the twentieth century.