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KENNEDY(Subject); Hill, Clint Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164526. ISBN #1451648464 / 9781451648461. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Kennedy, Caroline (introduced by) Profiles in Courage for Our Time Hyperion Books 2002 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151037. ISBN #0786867930 / 9780786867936. (keywords: LEGISLATORS UNITED STATES COURAGE BIOGRAPHY) (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Kennedy, Edward M. True Compass: A Memoir 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053560. ISBN #0446539252 / 9780446539258. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Kennedy, Edward M. True Compass: A Memoir 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053560. ISBN #0446539252 / 9780446539258. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Kennedy speaks with unprecedented candor about his extraordinary life. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother, John F. Kennedy. In 1962, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he learned how to become an effective legislator. His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance, a love for family and an abiding faith. He writes movingly of his brothers and their influence on him; his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths; his marriage to the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy; his role in the major events of our time from the civil rights movement to the election of Barack Obama ; and how his recent diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor has given even greater urgency to his long crusade for improved health care for all Americans. Written with warmth, wit, and grace, True Compass is Edward M. Kennedy's inspiring legacy to readers and to history.
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KENNEDY(Subject); Kennedy, Edward M. True Compass: A Memoir 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1039230. ISBN #0446539252 / 9780446539258. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Kennedy, Edward M. True Compass: A Memoir 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1039230. ISBN #0446539252 / 9780446539258. (filed under: Biography ) *
stock image, actual book may vary Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Kennedy speaks with unprecedented candor about his extraordinary life. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man, he played a key role in the presidential campaign of his brother, John F. Kennedy. In 1962, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he learned how to become an effective legislator. His life has been marked by tragedy and perseverance, a love for family and an abiding faith. He writes movingly of his brothers and their influence on him; his years of struggle in the wake of their deaths; his marriage to the woman who changed his life, Victoria Reggie Kennedy; his role in the major events of our time from the civil rights movement to the election of Barack Obama ; and how his recent diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor has given even greater urgency to his long crusade for improved health care for all Americans. Written with warmth, wit, and grace, True Compass is Edward M. Kennedy's inspiring legacy to readers and to history.
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KENNEDY(Subject); Kennedy, Millard Fillmore Schoolmaster Of Yesterday: A Three Generation Story, 1820-1919 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1101395. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Kennedy, Patrick J.; Fried, Stephen Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through The Past And Future Of Mental Illness And Addiction 2015 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1083165. ISBN #0399173323 / 9780399173325. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Kennedy, Patrick J.; Fried, Stephen Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through The Past And Future Of Mental Illness And Addiction 2015 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1083165. ISBN #0399173323 / 9780399173325. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A New York Times Bestseller Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private struggles. On May 5, 2006, the New York Times ran two stories, Patrick Kennedy Crashes Car into Capitol Barrier and then, several hours later, Patrick Kennedy Says He'll Seek Help for Addiction. It was the first time that the popular Rhode Island congressman had publicly disclosed his addiction to prescription painkillers, the true extent of his struggle with bipolar disorder and his plan to immediately seek treatment. That could have been the end of his career, but instead it was the beginning. Since then, Kennedy has become the nation s leading advocate for mental health and substance abuse care, research and policy both in and out of Congress. And ever since passing the landmark Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act--and after the death of his father, leaving Congress--he has been changing the dialogue that surrounds all brain diseases. A Common Struggle weaves together Kennedy's private and professional narratives, echoing Kennedy's philosophy that for him, the personal is political and the political personal. Focusing on the years from his 'coming out' about suffering from bipolar disorder and addiction to the present day, the book examines Kennedy's journey toward recovery and reflects on Americans' propensity to treat mental illnesses as "family secrets." Beyond his own story, though, Kennedy creates a roadmap for equality in the mental health community, and outlines a bold plan for the future of mental health policy. Written with award-winning healthcare journalist and best-selling author Stephen Fried, A Common Struggle is both a cry for empathy and a call to action.
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KENNEDY(Subject); Klein, Edward Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family For 150 Years 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090896. ISBN #031231292X / 9780312312923. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Klein, Edward Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family For 150 Years 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1090896. ISBN #031231292X / 9780312312923. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Death was merciful to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, for it spared her a parent's worst nightmare: the loss of a child. But if Jackie had lived to see her son, JFK Jr., perish in a plane crash on his way to his cousin's wedding, she would have been doubly horrified by the familiar pattern in the tragedy. Once again, on a day that should have been full of joy and celebration, America's first family was struck by the Kennedy Curse. In this probing expose, renowned Kennedy biographer Edward Klein-a bestselling author and journalist personally acquainted with many members of the Kennedy family-unravels one of the great mysteries of our time and explains why the Kennedys have been subjected to such a mind-boggling chain of calamities. Drawing upon scores of interviews with people who have never spoken out before, troves of private documents, archives in Ireland and America, and private conversations with Jackie, Klein explores the underlying pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse. The reader is treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father, "Honey Fitz"; the dynasty's founding father Joe Kennedy and his ill-fated daughter Kathleen, President Kennedy, accused rapist William Kennedy Smith, and the star-crossed lovers, JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book: The Kennedy Curse is the result of the destructive collision between the Kennedy's fantasy of omnipotence-an unremitting desire to get away with things that others cannot-and the cold, hard realities of life.
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KENNEDY(Subject); Leamer, Laurence Kennedy Men: 1901-1963 william Morrow & Company, Inc. 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150776. ISBN #0688163157 / 9780688163150. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Leamer, Laurence Kennedy Men: 1901-1963 william Morrow & Company, Inc. 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150776. ISBN #0688163157 / 9780688163150. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this triumphant new work already hailed as a powerful American epic, Laurence Leamer chronicles the Kennedy men and their struggle to create the most powerful family in the United States. The Kennedy Men is the first volume in a multi-generational history that will forever change the way America views its most famous family. Beginning in 1901 with twelve-year-old Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. delivering hats to Boston's social elite and ending in 1963 with the assassination of his son, President John F. Kennedy, Leamer seamlessly unites the complex strands of their economic, political, and social rise. This magnificent new volume is based on four years of interviews with Kennedy insiders and experts, as well as in-depth research including unprecedented new sources and materials: the private archives of JFK's longtime secretary Evelyn Lincoln, secret tapes JFK recorded in the Oval Office, revealing letters from the president's doctors, Rose Kennedy's never-before-heard interview tapes, and interviews with CIA operatives and Kennedy family members. Throughout, The Kennedy Men brings to life five bold, ambitious men. The Kennedy patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was one of the richest, strongest men in America's history. His firstborn son, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., was the heir apparent, a handsome, gregarious youth who died a hero's death. John F. Kennedy picked up his brother's fallen mantle and carried it all the way to the White House. Leamer details the heartbreaking story of President Kennedy's health and how it affected not only him, but also America and the world. Robert F. Kennedy, his brother's liege, was an attorney general of unprecedented power, fighting both organized crime and a secret war against Castro. Edward M. Kennedy, the youngest of that generation of Kennedy men, was a fun-loving athlete who reluctantly headed up the hard road to power. Combining powerful dramatic narrative with impeccably researched detail, Leamer illuminates the Kennedys' aspirations and love of family, their accomplishments and failures, their heroism and frailty, their loves and passions, and their patriotism and selfishness. Filled with startling revelations from headline-making stories of great events within the Oval Office such as the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis to the secret untold tales of their wives and lovers-the story of the Kennedy men is here in all its triumph and tragedy. It is a spellbinding personal history of individuals and a journey of character through time told by a brilliant, masterful writer.
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KENNEDY(Subject); Mahoney, Richard D. Sons & Brothers: The Days Of Jack And Bobby Kennedy Arcade Publishing 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some staining to page edges. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or938574. ISBN #1559704802 / 9781559704809. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Mahoney, Richard D. Sons & Brothers: The Days Of Jack And Bobby Kennedy Arcade Publishing 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some staining to page edges. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or938574. ISBN #1559704802 / 9781559704809. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The instant Bobby Kennedy received the news that his brother had been murdered in Dallas, he believed a simple and terrible thing that he had contributed to his brothers death. Bobby assumed that his own furious and stubborn pursuit of the Mafia, Jacks love of risk, and the machinations of the CIA, J. Edgar Hoovers FBI, as well as pro- and anti-Castro forces, had brewed the cauldron of poison that produced Lee Harvey Oswald. But as Sons and Brothers proves with clarity, wisdom and meticulous research, the reason went even deeper.
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KENNEDY(Subject); Renehan, Edward J. The Kennedys at War: 1937-1945 Doubleday 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112095. ISBN #038550165X / 9780385501651. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Renehan, Edward J. The Kennedys at War: 1937-1945 Doubleday 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1112095. ISBN #038550165X / 9780385501651. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A dramatic, fascinating and revisionist narrative detailing how America s first family was changed utterly during World War II. First-rate history grounded in scholarship and brought to life by a critically acclaimed author. From breathless hagiographies to scandal-mongering expos s, no family has generated more bestselling books than the Kennedys. None of them, however, has focused on the watershed period of World War II, when the course of the family and its individual members changed utterly. Now, in an engaging narrative grounded in impeccable scholarship, Edward J. Renehan, Jr., provides a dramatic portrait of years marked by family tensions, heartbreaks, and heroics. It was during this time that tragedy began to haunt the family Joe Jr. s death, the untimely widowhood of Kathleen a.k.a. Kick , Rosemary s lobotomy. But it was also the time in which John F. Kennedy rose above the strictures of the clan and became his own man. In the late 1930s, the Kennedys settled in London, where Joseph Kennedy, Sr., was serving as ambassador. A virulent anti-Semite and isolationist, Kennedy relentlessly and ruthlessly fought to keep America out of the war in Europe. His behavior as patriarch in many ways mirrored his public style. Though he was devoted to the family, he was also manipulative and autocratic. In re-creating the intense and tension-filled interactions among the family, Renehan offers riveting, often revisionist views of Joseph Sr.; heir apparent Joe Jr.; Kick, the beautiful socialite; and Jack, the complex charmer. He demonstrates that Joe Jr., although much like his father in opinion and character, was driven to volunteer for a deadly mission in large part because of his fury at Jack s seemingly easy successes. Renehan also delves into why Kick, a good Catholic girl, chose to abandon her religion for the chance to enter the fairytale world of the British aristocracy, only to suffer a horrendous tragedy. It is Renehan s reassessment of Jack, however, that is particularly striking. In subtly breaking away from his domineering father over the issue of World War II, Renehan argues, Jack began to forge the character that would eventually take him to the Oval Office. Going behind the familiar and accurate image of JFK as a reckless playboy, Renehan shows us a young man of great intelligence, moral courage, and truly astonishing physical bravery.
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KENNEDY(Subject); Schlesinger, Arthur M. Robert Kennedy and His Times Houghton Mifflin 1978 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1001039. ISBN #0395248973 / 9780395248973. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Schlesinger, Arthur M. Robert Kennedy and His Times Houghton Mifflin 1978 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1001039. ISBN #0395248973 / 9780395248973. (filed under: Biography ) *
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., chronicles the short life of the Kennedy family's second presidential hopeful in "a story that leaves the reader aching for what cannot be recaptured" Miami Herald . Schlesinger's account vividly recalls the forces that shaped Robert Kennedy, from his position as the third son of a powerful Irish Catholic political clan to his concern for issues of social justice in the turbulent 1960s. ROBERT KENNEDY AND HIS TIMES is "a picture of a deeply compassionate man hiding his vulnerability, drawn to the underdogs and the unfortunates in society by his life experiences and sufferings" Los Angeles Times .
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KENNEDY(Subject); Tedrow, Richard L.; Tedrow, Thomas L. Death At Chappaquiddick 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1010311. ISBN #0916054284 / 9780916054281. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY(Subject); Tedrow, Richard L.; Tedrow, Thomas L. Death At Chappaquiddick 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1010311. ISBN #0916054284 / 9780916054281. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary I still feel a lot of bitterness. It's been a long time, but to me it was just yesterday. I'll never forgive him. I don't believe the truth has been told. I don't know the truth. None of us knows the truth. It's still a mystery . . . . There was just too much deception, too much double talk and cover up. -- Joseph Kopechne, Women's News Service This then is the real horror of the case. Mary Jo in the bottom of that upside-down car, wedged in, clawing, clutching and straining for air and for life in the total blackness at the bottom of Poucha Pond with water creeping higher and higher. Completely terrified, she waited for help from Senator Kennedy - who was on the phone seeking help not for Mary Jo, but for Senator Kennedy. From Death at Chappaquiddick On July 19, 1969, Senator Edward Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, leading to the death of his young female companion and, the authors contend, an extensive cover up to protect Kennedy's political ambitions. The Tedrow recreates the unexplained events of that fateful night, examine the self-admitted panic of a U. S. senator, and point by point puncture Kennedy's sieve-like account of the tragedy. The authors' exhaustive investigation produces solid answers to curious questions. Most damning of all, they present evidence that Kennedy fled the scene in panic, then spent hours telephoning cronies seeking political protection while a helpless Mary Jo Kapechne slowly suffocated in a pocket of air inside the submerged auto. Richard L. Tedrow served for 17 years as Chief Commissioner of the U. S. Court of Military Appeal and is the author of the standard reference for U. S. military court martials. Thomas Tedrow is a freelance writer in Houston, Texas.
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KENNEDY, JACKIE(Subject); Condon, Dianne Russell Jackie's Treasures: The Fabled Objects from the Auction of the Century Clarkson Potter 1996 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1166209. ISBN #0517708329 / 9780517708323. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY, JOSEPH; (Subject); Nasaw, David The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life And Turbulent Times Of Joseph P. Kennedy The Penguin Press 2012 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1143585. ISBN #1594203768 / 9781594203763. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KENNEDY, ROSEMARY; (Subject); Larson, Kate Clifford Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1143411. ISBN #0547250258 / 9780547250250. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KERMAN(Subject); Kerman, Piper Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Spiegel & Grau 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1024766. ISBN #0385523394 / 9780385523394. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KERMAN(Subject); Kerman, Piper Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Spiegel & Grau 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1024766. ISBN #0385523394 / 9780385523394. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate 11187 424 one of the millions of people who disappear down the rabbit hole of the American penal system. From her first strip search to her final release, Kerman learns to navigate this strange world with its strictly enforced codes of behavior and arbitrary rules. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with small tokens of generosity, hard words of wisdom, and simple acts of acceptance. Heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging, Kerman s story offers a rare look into the lives of women in prison why it is we lock so many away and what happens to them when they re there. Praise for Orange Is the New Black Fascinating . . . The true subject of this unforgettable book is female bonding and the ties that even bars can t unbind. People four stars I loved this book. It s a story rich with humor, pathos, and redemption. What I did not expect from this memoir was the affection, compassion, and even reverence that Piper Kerman demonstrates for all the women she encountered while she was locked away in jail. I will never forget it. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love This book is impossible to put down because Kerman could be you. Or your best friend. Or your daughter. Los Angeles Times Moving . . . transcends the memoir genre s usual self-centeredness to explore how human beings can always surprise you. USA Today It s a compelling awakening, and a harrowing one both for the reader and for Kerman. Newsweek.com Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader s Circle for author chats and more.
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KICK KENNEDY(Subject); Leaming, Barbara Kick Kennedy : Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter Thomas Dunne Books 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1168228. ISBN #1250071313 / 9781250071316. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KIIRBY(Subject); Kirkby, Mary-Ann I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage Thomas Nelson 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152628. ISBN #0849946433 / 9780849946431. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KIIRBY(Subject); Kirkby, Mary-Ann I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage Thomas Nelson 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152628. ISBN #0849946433 / 9780849946431. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Your mother and father are running away," said a voice piercing the warm air. I froze and turned toward home. To a Hutterite, nothing is more shameful than that word, running away, Weglaufen..." In 1969, Ann-Marie's parents did the unthinkable. They left a Hutterite colony in Canada with seven children, and little else, to start a new life. Overnight, the family was thrust into a society they did not understand and which knew little of their unique culture. The transition was overwhelming. Desperate to be accepted, ten-year-old Ann-Marie was forced to deny her heritage in order to fit in with her peers. I Am Hutterite chronicles her quest to reinvent herself as she comes to terms with the painful circumstances that led her family to leave community life. Rich with memorable characters and vivid descriptions, this ground-breaking narrative shines a light on intolerance, illuminating the simple truth that beneath every human exterior beats a heart longing for understanding and acceptance. "A superb memoir . . . this has the makings of a prairie classic." --AWARD JURY, SASK BOOK AWARDS "Honest, strong, clear, direct, it opens the door on what has been for so many of us a completely closed world." --WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
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KIMBALL(Subject); Kimball, Kristin The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love Scribner 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or953346. ISBN #1416551611 / 9781416551614. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KIMBALL(Subject); Kimball, Kristin The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love Scribner 2011 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or953346. ISBN #1416551611 / 9781416551614. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "This book is the story of the two love affairs that interrupted the trajectory of my life: one with farming that dirty, concupiscent art and the other with a complicated and exasperating farmer." Single, thirtysomething, working as a writer in New York City, Kristin Kimball was living life as an adventure. But she was beginning to feel a sense of longing for a family and for home. When she interviewed a dynamic young farmer, her world changed. Kristin knew nothing about growing vegetables, let alone raising pigs and cattle and driving horses. But on an impulse, smitten, if not yet in love, she shed her city self and moved to five hundred acres near Lake Champlain to start a new farm with him. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of their first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through the following harvest season complete with their wedding in the loft of the barn. Kimball and her husband had a plan: to grow everything needed to feed a community. It was an ambitious idea, a bit romantic, and it worked. Every Friday evening, all year round, a hundred people travel to Essex Farm to pick up their weekly share of the "whole diet" beef, pork, chicken, milk, eggs, maple syrup, grains, flours, dried beans, herbs, fruits, and forty different vegetables produced by the farm. The work is done by draft horses instead of tractors, and the fertility comes from compost. Kimball s vivid descriptions of landscape, food, cooking and marriage are irresistible. "As much as you transform the land by farming," she writes, "farming transforms you." In her old life, Kimball would stay out until four a.m., wear heels, and carry a handbag. Now she wakes up at four, wears Carhartts, and carries a pocket knife. At Essex Farm, she discovers the wrenching pleasures of physical work, learns that good food is at the center of a good life, falls deeply in love, and finally finds the engagement and commitment she craved in the form of a man, a small town, and a beautiful piece of land
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KIMMEL(Subject); Kimmel, Haven A Girl Named Zippy Broadway Books 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110974. ISBN #0767915054 / 9780767915052. (filed under: Biography ) *
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KIMMEL(Subject); Kimmel, Haven A Girl Named Zippy Broadway Books 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110974. ISBN #0767915054 / 9780767915052. (filed under: Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards. Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly as she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds Zipp
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KINGSTON(Subject); Kingston, Maxine Hong China Men paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or971124. ISBN #0679723285 / 9780679723288. (filed under: Biography ) *
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