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Lawrence Weschler sets Oliver Sacks's brilliant table talk and extravagant personality in vivid relief, casting himself as a beanpole Sancho to Sacks's capacious Quixote. We see Sacks rowing and ranting and caring deeply; composing the essays that would form The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; recalling his turbulent drug-fueled younger days; helping his patients and exhausting his friends; and waging intellectual war against a medical and scientific...
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Wilhelm Liebknecht, (born March 29, 1826, Giessen, Hesse [Germany]-died Aug. 7, 1900, Berlin), German socialist, close associate of Karl Marx, and later cofounder of the German Social Democratic Party. In this brief but fascinating account, Liebknecht relates his involvement with Karl Marx, mainly during his exile in England.
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One of America's best known naval heroes whose life straddled two centuries and several stages of naval development, tells his own story.-Print ed.
George Dewey was born on December 26, 1837 in Montpelier, Vermont. Upon his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1857, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1861. During the Civil War he served with Admiral Farragut during the Battle of New Orleans and as part of the Atlantic blockade. From 1871 until...
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This book speaks about a man who saw God appear in a pillar of clouds. He saw the glory of God enter into his home, and his whole house was full of God's glory. God's glory was so bright, this man could not look steadfastly on Him. He bowed submissively. In a blink of an eye, he was, transformed into a light, and his body shone like the firmament of heaven. He heard the voice of God speaking, and His voice sounded like a mighty thunder. Beloved, after...
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Nachman Syrkin (1868-1924) was a political theorist, founder of Labour Zionism and a prolific writer in the Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, German and English languages.
In this present volume, which was first published in 1961, his daughter Marie Syrkin reprints translations of some of his more influential essays, and remembers her childhood and youth and the wanderings of her family over the face of the earth at a time not only of danger and suffering,...
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Belle of the Brawl is the story of 1st Lt. Walter Malone Baskin, a World War II bomber pilot who volunteered to do an extra tour of combat duty in the 8th Air Force. This riveting story tells of a young man from Mississippi who left his family to fight for freedom in the war-torn skies of Europe in a variety of combat pilot roles in various aircraft. He flew with skill and courage, finally giving his life, but leaving a legacy of being a genuine hero....
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These fascinating dreams involve prophecy and reading of hearts, with a powerful spiritual message. Includes: To Hell and Back, Two Boys Attacked by a Monster, The Snake and the Rosary, and many more. These dreams led to many conversions and will instruct, admonish, and inspire today!
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This is the first full-length biography of George James Christian. Originally from Dominica, Christian qualified as a barrister-at-law in London, participated in the first pan-African conference and migrated to the Gold Coast in 1902 where he made his home and developed a complex extended family. He ensured that his children were well educated and they followed his tradition of service to the community. Shortly after his arrival in the Gold Coast,...
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