Mr Straight Arrow

Author : Jeremy Treglown
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374711550
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mr. Straight Arrow written by Jeremy Treglown and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monumental reevaluation of the career of John Hersey, the author of Hiroshima Few are the books with as immediate an impact and as enduring a legacy as John Hersey’s Hiroshima. First published as an entire issue of The New Yorker in 1946, it was serialized in newspapers the world over and has never gone out of print. By conveying plainly the experiences of six survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing and its aftermath, Hersey brought to light the magnitude of nuclear war. And in his adoption of novelistic techniques, he prefigured the conventions of New Journalism. But how did Hersey—who was not Japanese, not an eyewitness, not a scientist—come to be the first person to communicate the experience to a global audience? In Mr. Straight Arrow, Jeremy Treglown answers that question and shows that Hiroshima was not an aberration but was emblematic of the author’s lifework. By the time of Hiroshima’s publication, Hersey was already a famed war writer and had won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He continued to publish journalism of immediate and pressing moral concern; his reporting from the Freedom Summer and his exposés of the Detroit riots resonate all too loudly today. But his obsessive doubts over the value of his work never ceased. Mr. Straight Arrow is an intimate, exacting study of the achievements and contradictions of Hersey’s career, which reveals the powers of a writer tirelessly committed to truth and social change.

Author : Melissa Gorzelanczyk
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553510444
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arrows written by Melissa Gorzelanczyk and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2016 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance prodigy Karma Clark's unrequited love for Danny is unbearable until Aaryn, son of Cupid, returns to try to fix his mistake and ends up falling in love with Karma, now a teenage mother.

Author : Arrowheads
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Avro Arrow written by Arrowheads and published by Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The illustrated memoir of the most advanced fighter jet of the 1950s. At its creation in the mid-1950s, the Avro Arrow was a fighter jet without equal. This Cold War aircraft was twenty years ahead of its time. Unfortunately, political realities resulted in the complete termination of the Arrow project. Cancellation of the Arrow called for the destruction of all photos, drawings, models, specifications and tooling. Even the aircraft themselves were disassembled and destroyed. Avro Arrow is a fascinating historical record with an extensive collection of rare and highly prized photos, drawings and diagrams. Using two hundred images, the book traces the story of the Arrow from its inception to roll out and flight test, including advanced proposals for the development of future version. Primary sources include: Taped interviews, test pilots' firsthand impressions, Avro officials and many plant personnel Surviving company records Declassified government documents. Diagrams offer stunning details such as the North American strategic defense zones and interception tactics proposed for bomber attacks. This book concentrates solely on the vision, design and technical excellence of the airplane itself rather than the politics of its demise.

Author : Mercedes Lackey
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1101497386
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arrow's Flight written by Mercedes Lackey and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 1987-09-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the adventures of Talia as she travels the land as a Herald of Valdemar in the second book in the classic epic fantasy Arrows trilogy Talia could scarcely believe that she had finally earned the rank of full Herald. Yet though this seemed like the fulfillment of all her dreams, it also meant she would face trials far greater than those she had previously survived. For now Talia must ride forth to patrol the kingdom of Valdemar, dispending Herald's justice throughout the land. But in this realm beset by dangerous unrest, enforcing her rulings would require all the courage and skill Talia could command—for if she misused her own special powers, both she and Valdemar would pay the price!

Author : Grey Stone
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781462830282
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Straight Arrow written by Grey Stone and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-07-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When God thought peaceful, He thought of Union Crossing, a mining community nestled in the foothills of central Pennsylvania. The township was made up of God-fearing people, comprised mostly of mining families deeply rooted in the Catholic faith. Really nothing much in the way of crime ever happened in the area; the last major event was about five years ago, when Mrs. Roberts caught Mr. Roberts in a compromising position with Mrs. Cravens. Mrs. Roberts was acquitted! Now things were different, a man of the cloth had been murdered. It was becoming apparent to Chief Clarence Ralston and Detective Jeb Spaldmg that a killer had decided to cleanse the Catholic Church without Gods help. On his own, the killer would strike terror into the hearts of the entire brotherhood; his modus operandi was simple....choose this day that clergy who had brought reproach upon the church. Then, with a hunters instinct, patience, cunning, and precision make the kill. The killers choice of weapon would be the crossbow! It was up to the killer to set the metes and bounds for the hunt. The territory would be huge, ranging from Pennsylvania to the Vatican. When Ralston and Spalding started their investigation, The Hunter was ahead on two counts; he knew the church and how to use the crossbow with deadly accuracy!

Author : Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674891999
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle written by Stephen Jay Gould and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines scientific theories pertaining to the measurement of earth's history.

Author : Michael Feeney Callan
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0679450556
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Redford written by Michael Feeney Callan and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2011 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on the actor, director, and producer's personal documents to offer insight into his complex life behind his famous roles, discussing the death of his son, his relationship with Sydney Pollack, and his establishment of the Sundance Film Festival.

Author : John Hersey
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593082362
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima written by John Hersey and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

Author : Jim Mather
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615945385
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arrow Catcher written by Jim Mather and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1948, young Jonathan Lusk's life was perfect--a big Boston house, swimming pool, summers on the Cape. His father was a Nobel Prize-winning Harvard professor and his mother the beautiful only child of Boston socialites. When his parents get caught in the middle of the growing rift between Arab and Jewish faculty over the creation of the State of Israel, Jonathan's life is turned upside down. He soon finds himself in Japan, living with his grandfather, the former American ambassador and a judge on the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunals. American opulence and comfort is abruptly replaced by subtle Japanese elegance and traditional austerity. The boy is thrust into a life among strangers and forced to navigate his way through a new country, foreign customs, unfamiliar language, and ultimately political intrigue that will threaten his life. This suspenseful story, one of personal survival, is a testament to a young boy's perseverance and to human courage and loyalty, which are sometimes found in unexpected places.

Author : Bob Forrest
Publisher : Crown Archetype
ISBN 13 : 0770435998
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Running with Monsters written by Bob Forrest and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrity Rehab star and Thelonious Monster frontman Bob Forrest's memoir about his drug-fueled life in the L.A. indie rock scene of the '80s and '90s and his life-changing decision to become a drug counselor who specializes in reaching the unreachable. Life has been one strange trip for Bob Forrest. He started out as a suburban teenage drunkard from the Southern California suburbs and went on to become a member of a hip Hollywood crowd that included the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Depp, and River Phoenix. Los Angeles was their playground, and they hung out in such infamous haunts as the Viper Room and the Whisky a Go Go. Always one to push things to their limit, Bob partied the hardest and could usually be found at the center of the drama. Drugs weren’t Bob’s only passion. He was also a talented musician who commanded the stage as the wild and unpredictable lead singer of Thelonious Monster. They traveled the world, and their future seemed bright and wide open. But Bob’s demons grew stronger as he achieved more success and he sank deeper into his chemical dependency, which included alcohol, crack, and heroin habits. No matter how many times he went to rehab, sobriety just wouldn’t stick for him. Soon he saw his once-promising music career slip away entirely. Eventually Bob found a way to defeat his addiction, and once he did, he saw the opportunity to help other hopeless cases by becoming a certified drug counselor. He’s helped addicts from all walks of life, often employing methods that are very much at odds with the traditional rehab approach. Running with Monsters is an electrifying chronicle of the LA rock scene of the 1980s and ’90s, the story of a man who survived and triumphed over his demons, and a controversial perspective on the rehab industry and what it really takes to beat addiction. Bob tells his story with unflinching honesty and hard-won perspective, making this a reading experience that shocks, entertains, and ultimately inspires.