In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjeltenfuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum businesswith Cuba's tumultuous experience over the last 150 years toproduce a deeply entertaining historical narrative. The companyFacundo Bacardi launched in Cuba in 1862 brought worldwide fame tothe island, and in the decades that followed his Bacardidescendants participated in every aspect of Cuban life. With hisintimate account of their struggles and adventures across fivegenerations, Gjelten brings to life the larger story of Cuba'sfight for freedom, its tortured relationship with America, the riseof Fidel Castro, and the violent division of the Cuban nation.

“A stirring tribute to the valor of Marines in Vietnam.” (Nathaniel Fick, New York Times bestselling author of One BulletAway) Thursday, October 12, 1967: Marine Lance Corporal Kevin Cahill stepped onto a trail deep inthe remote Hai Lang National Forest in South Vietnam. FollowingCahill were the Marines of Charlie Company, First Battalion, FirstMarines, First Marine Division. They would find hell on earth underthe jungle canopy. Ambushed, surrounded, outnumbered, out-gunned,and quickly running low on ammunition, the marines of OperationMedina fought toe-to-toe with a ferocious, determinedopponent. Based on extensive interviews with survivors of Operation Medina,as well as with the friends and families of the men who didn’t makeit back, Lions of Medina takes readers through the tragedy andtriumphs of war, and into the heart of a close-knit group ofwarriors who fought, bled, and died together, and the spirit ofloyalty and camaraderie that binds them to this da

A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit ofHappiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennisacademy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family tocome along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essentialquestions about what entertainment is and why it has come to sodominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affectsour need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasureswe choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest andscrewball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction withoutsacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is anexuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that makeus human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of whata novel can do.

What is it about bread? Why am I, here in the middle of mylife, so enamored of French loaves? Two images kept cropping up:two French people sitting in a café for a long afternoon of eatingthick hunks of bread and drinking cups of coffee, and a Frenchmanon a bicycle with a loaf slung across his handlebars. These visionsseemed to depict lives soaked in leisure, where there was time forthe good things. . . . Then this thought ambled forth: It's thedailiness of bread, like a reliable friend. . . . My plan starts tobillow forth. My project, as I imagine it, will be a naturalhistory, an ecology of bread. The story of a loaf. Overcome by a passion for French bread, Sara Mansfield Tabertravels to Brittany in search of a loaf, which like the lifestylethat must surely accompany it, is perfect in its simplicity. Aftermany months of seeking, she tears off a hunk of pain troisrivières, made by Gold Medal baker Monsieur Jean-Claude Choquet ofBlain, Loire-Atlantique. It "smelled like heaven and tasted a miled

This blood-and-thunder tale, lifelike and thoroughly cynical, certainly carries the ring of authenticity ... a great triumph.' - Independent The exciting thriller that has Westminster buzzing. Here is a political thriller writer with a marvellous inside track knowledge of government.' - Daily Express It has pace, a beguiling authenticity and a cast of Achilles heels.' - Daily Telegraph What a brilliant creation F.U. is.' - Sunday Telegraph

In this classic novel Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminentchronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed"Revolutionary Road, " weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of twofamilies brought together by chance, desperation, and desire. EvanShepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the openro But it was on one such drive, with his father from rural LongIsland into lower Manhattan, that Evan's life would be changedforever. When their car breaks down on a Greenwich Village street,Evan's father presses a random doorbell, looking for a telephone.Within hours, two families--sharing equally complex and addledhistories--will come together. There will be flirtation. There willbe a marriage. There will be a child, a new home... But as Evanmoves further into the uncharted land of manhood, as the women andmen around him come into focus, he faces roads not taken and ajourney not made--in Richard Yates' haunting exploration of humanrestlessness, family secrets, and a future shaped by them b

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE LATESTCUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH. The best-selling Optimum Nutrition Bible hasrevolutionised health. It explains how, by giving yourself the bestpossible intake of nutrients, to allow your body to be as healthyas it possibly can. This revised and updated edition shows you:What a well balanced diet really means; How to boost your immunesystem; How to increase your energy and fitness levels; How toprevent cancer and turn back the ageing clock; How to avoid heartdisease and lower your blood pressure without drugs; Why the wrongfats can kill and the right fats can heal; How to increase your IQ,memory and mental performance; Includes new charts and six newchapters, on Stimulants, Water, Eating right for your blood type,Detox, Homocysteine and Toxic Minerals.

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