The Pacific Crest Trail stretches from Mexico to Canada, a distance of 2,650 grueling, sun-scorched, bear-infested miles. When Dan White and his girlfriend announced their intention to hike it, Dan's parents—among others—thought they were nuts. How could two people who'd never even shared an apartment together survive six months in the desert with little more than a two-person tent and some trail mix? But when these addled adventurers, dubbed "the Lois and Clark Expedition" by their benevolent trail-guru, set out for the American wilderness, the hardships of the trail—and one delicious-looking cactus—test the limits of love and sanity.

The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind- And Almost Found Myself-On the Pacific Crest Trail

Health, Fitness & Dieting

White, Dan

Exercise & Fitness

Harper-perennial

As a study of the greatest middle class party of Imperial Germany, The Splintered Party is inevitably, in its broadest aspect, an inquiry into the weaknesses of liberalism in the Empire of Bismarck and Wilhelm II. How did the National Liberals, the dominant force in the Reichstag of the 1870s, become by 1914 a spent and divided power? Professor White explores this question from a new perspective, emphasizing regional circumstances as primary agents of the party's decline. The resulting portrait underscores the paradox of the National Liberals: a party with strength in all areas of the Empire, a rarity before 1914, yet a party whose impact was undermined by divisions among its regional branches. 
 In The Splintered Party the former Grand Duchy of Hessen serves as a testing ground where the regional foundations of National Liberalism can be exposed. As Professor White points out, the party's reversals on the Imperial plane after 1878--rejection by Bismarck, electoral defeats, internal splits--not only ended its early primacy in German affairs but also shifted political initiative from Berlin and the Reichstag delegation to the National Liberal branches in the states and provinces, which had maintained unity, power, and alliances with local government in spite of the upheaval above them. The consequences of this change become visible through close examination of the political and social structure in Hessen. On the regional level a liberalism based on the claim to majority representation by the notables (Honoratioren) of bourgeois society, a creed no longer plausible in national politics, remained defensible. Through the Heidelberg Declaration of 1884 the National Liberals of the German Southwest attempted to buttress this approach with an economic and social platform and, simultaneously, to make it the impulse of the national party's revival. But they succeeded only in deferring National Liberalism's adjustment to democratic politics and in subordinating their movement to the clash of regional and constituency interests. The result was a chronically splintered party. 
 Against the backdrop of this main theme, White delineates several additional features of the changing political and social scene in Imperial Germany--the local power of the notables, Bismarck's skills as a political manager, the character of agrarian discontent and rural anti-Semitism, the steady advance of socialism. The uniquely German element in National Liberalism's failure is assessed in a concluding comparison with the development of liberal politics in Britain and Italy.

The Splintered Party: National Liberalism in Hessen and the Reich, 1867-1918

History

Europe

Harvard University Press

“The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.” So said Pete Carril’s father, a Spanish immigrant who worked for thirty-nine years in a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, steel mill. His son stood only five-foot-six but nonetheless became an All-State basketball player in high school, a Little All-American in college, and a highly successful coach. After twenty-nine years as Princeton University’s basketball coach, he became an assistant coach with the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. In 1997 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Coach Carril inspired his teams with his own strength of character and drive to win, and he demonstrated time and again how a smart and dedicated team could compete successfully against bigger programs and faster, stronger, more athletic players. His teams won thirteen conference championships, made eleven NCAA Tournament appearances, and led the nation in defense fourteen times. Throughout his reflections on a lifetime spent on the basketball court and the bench, Carril demonstrates deep respect for the contest, his empathy and engagement with the players, humility with his own achievements, a pragmatic vision of discipline and fundamentals, and an enduring joy in the game. This is an inspiring and wonderful book, even for those who never made a basket.

The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril

Sports & Outdoors

Carril, Pete

Biographies

Bison Books

Traces the history of horse breeding in Kentucky, looks at auctions, stables, trainers, and jockeys, and discusses the business of thoroughbred racing

Kentucky Bred

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Taylor Pub

Text and photographs portray the daily life and culture of the inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay region

Crosscurrents in Quiet Waters: Portraits of the Chesapeake

Taylor Publishing

Stephens College, Hardcover, The beautiful Columbia, Missouri institution comes brilliantly alive through dramatic photography by Dan White.

Stephens College

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Harmony House Pub Louisville

Many churches have tolerated gossips, manipulators, power brokers and pastors who hurt. The result is millions of hurt Christians who no longer wish to be part of the organized church. This book shows laypersons and pastors how to move their church from a place that hurts to a safe place where hurting is not tolerated.

Churches That Hurt: Dealing with Gossips, Manipulators, Power Brokers and Pastors Who Hurt

Religion & Spirituality

Dan White

Our Financial Lives as Mount Everest I look at our financial lives as a long journey that has peaks and valleys throughout. I often use Mount Everest as a metaphor to illustrate that point. If you think of your retirement day as reaching the top of your personal Mount Everest, the rest of your life is the descent. Unfortunately, most people’s retirement plans fail after they retire, or on the way down from the mountain. In some ways, it’s easier to get to retirement, or go up the mountain, than to stay retired. If you make a mistake getting to retirement, what do you do? You keep working. You planned to go out at age 55, that’s not looking so good anymore, so maybe 65, or maybe 75. If you make a mistake after retirement, what happens? You run out of money. Every successful summit of Mount Everest uses a Sherpa to guide them up, and back down the mountain because they are the world’s best mountaineers. In retirement, it’s very much the same. The guide who helped you climb the mountain, may not be the best one to lead you down. This is why you need a financial Sherpa guide, one who can steer you away from danger and towards your ultimate goal of a successful retirement.

What You Don't Know About Retirement Planning Can Hurt You

Business & Money

Personal Finance

People Tested Books

“The definitive book on camping in America. . . . A passionate, witty, and deeply engaging examination of why humans venture into the wild.”―Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
From the Sierras to the Adirondacks and the Everglades, Dan White travels the nation to experience firsthand―and sometimes face first―how the American wilderness transformed from the devil’s playground into a source of adventure, relaxation, and renewal.
Whether he’s camping nude in cougar country, being attacked by wildlife while “glamping,” or crashing a girls-only adventure for urban teens, Dan White seeks to animate the evolution of outdoor recreation. In the process, he demonstrates how the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Roosevelt, and Muir―along with visionaries such as Adirondack Murray, Horace Kephart, and Juliette Gordon Low―helped blaze a trail from Transcendentalism to Leave No Trace.
Wide-ranging in research, enthusiasm, and geography, Under the Stars reveals a vast population of nature seekers, a country still in love with its wild places.

Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping

Americas

St. Martin's: Griffin

From the High Sierra to the Adirondacks and the Everglades, Dan White travels the nation to experience firsthand-and sometimes face first-how the American wilderness transformed from the devil's playground into a source of adventure, relaxation, and renewal.    Whether he's camping nude in cougar country, being attacked by wildlife while "glamping," or crashing a girls-only adventure for urban teens, White seeks to animate the evolution of outdoor recreation. In the process, he demonstrates how the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Roosevelt, and Muir-along with visionaries such as Adirondack Murray, Horace Kephart, and Juliette Gordon Low-helped blaze a trail from Transcendentalism to Leave No Trace.    Wide-ranging in research, enthusiasm, and geography, Under the Stars reveals a vast population of nature seekers, a country still in love with its wild places.

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Tantor Audio

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The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind- And Almost Found Myself-On the Pacific Crest Trail

The Splintered Party: National Liberalism in Hessen and the Reich, 1867-1918

The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril

Kentucky Bred

Crosscurrents in Quiet Waters: Portraits of the Chesapeake

Stephens College

Churches That Hurt: Dealing with Gossips, Manipulators, Power Brokers and Pastors Who Hurt

What You Don't Know About Retirement Planning Can Hurt You

Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping

Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping