How did President Abraham Lincoln come to believe that slavery was "morally wrong," and that Congress needed to pass a law to abolish it once and for all? What did he do in January 1865—three months before he was assassinated—to ensure passage of the Thirteenth Amendment?
This fast-paced, riveting book answers these questions and more as it tells the story of Lincoln's life and times from his upbringing in Kentucky and Illinois, through his work as a lawyer and congressman, to his candidacies and victory in two Presidential elections. It also describes Lincoln's duties in the Civil War as Commander-in-Chief, his actions as President, and his relationships with his family, his political allies and rivals, and the public who voted for and against him. Harold Holzer makes an important era in American history come alive for readers of all ages.
An official companion to Steven Spielberg's Oscar® award-winning film Lincoln, the book also includes thirty historical photographs, a chronology, a cast of characters, texts of selected Lincoln writings and speeches, a bibliography, and a foreword by the author about his experience working as a consultant on the movie.

LINCOLN HOW ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Holzer, Harold

Children's Books

Newmarket

Spanning three continents and four countries, shooting water is a remarkable story of love and redemption in february 2000, devyani saltzman, daughter of international award-winning film-maker deepa mehta, travelled to benares to work with her mother on water, the final film of the elements trilogy after fire and earth since her parents’ divorce when she was eleven years old, devyani had spent her life navigating between two religions, two traditions, two cultures, and two people belonging to both and to neither at once water would be mother and daughter’s second chance but after only a week of shooting, the film about the oppression of hindu widows became the target of a series of politically motivated attacks by hindu fundamentalists protestors destroyed the sets, burned effigies of deepa, and made threats on her life water was shut down what began as a journey to heal deep wounds from the past turned into a five-year odyssey to complete a film (as it turned out, the odyssey woul

Shooting Water: A Mother-daughter Journey and the Making of a Film [Mar 01, 2006] Saltzman, Devyani

Devyani Saltzman

Humor & Entertainment

Love Is a Happy Cat

non-fiction book for anyone who owns a cat or is thinking on getting one, easy to read, illustrations, advice is accurate

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Fox, Michael W.

Pets & Animal Care

This book features the careers &amp; the movie work of the most legendary composers - examining both well-known &amp; little known films. The author includes a detailed filmography for each songwriter, listing more than 800 movies &amp; 200 songs. There are 150 evocative photos, many of them rare.

The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals

HEMMING, Roy

Your Child at Play: Three to Five Years/Conversation, Creativity, and Learning Letters, Words and Numbers

Segal, Marilyn and Adcock, Don

By the time he was assassinated in 1968 at the age of thirty-nine, Martin Luther King, Jr., had led millions of people in a nonviolent movement that shattered forever the Southern system of segregation of the races. His eloquent, passionate advocacy of civil and human rights, rooted in the techniques of peaceful demonstration pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi, brought a new dimension of dignity to people's lives and a new hope for freedom and the community of man. Created as a living memorial to the philosophies and ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., includes more than 120 quotations and excerpts from the great civil rights leader's speeches, sermons, and writings, along with sixteen historical photographs. Selected and introduced by Coretta Scott King, this book helps keep the dream alive by focusing on seven areas of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s concern: the community of man, racism, civil rights, justice and freedom, faith and religion, nonviolence, and peace. The message these words convey is as inspiring and fundamental to life today as it ever was during his lifetime.

The Words of Martin Luther King

The thrilling adventure of a half-tame, half-wild wolf pup, born of a dog father and blind wolf mother, who must survive alone in the Canadian wilderness.

BAREE (Medallion)

CURWOOD, JAMES OLIVER

Animals

Your Journey to Self-Discovery
“What is truly important to me? Who am I? What is this feeling I always have within me?” These are some of the questions Jennifer James’ newest book helps your answer. Tapping into spiritual teachings and mythologies, Visions from the Heart outlines the twenty “vision steps” most common to the wisdom traditions that provide instructions, restrictions, reassurance, and direction. She suggests using these steps to deepen your own self-knowledge: “What should I do? What do I want? How do I feel?” Or you can use them for business: “What would work? What is the weakness or the strength of this project?” Or they can be useful for family and relationship issues: “What is going wrong in my family? What part is each person playing? What would make the family work better? Who needs to change?”
With candor and warmth, she shares many of the personal insights she gained about her childhood, her relationships, and her career while on her own vision quest. She gives us powerful excerpts from many literary and cultural works, including poetry and fiction, to ponder and reflect upon. Most of all, Dr. James serves as a real teacher in setting up guideposts to help each of us discover our own spirit.

VISIONS FROM HEART

Biographies & Memoirs

Jennifer James

Community & Culture

Jim Carrey is Truman Burbank, the most famous face on television, only he doesn't know it. He is the unwitting star of a nonstop, 24-hour-a-day documentary soap opera called The Truman Show, with every moment of his life broadcast to a worldwide audience. Everyone around him is an actor. He is a prisoner in a made-for-TV paradise. This is the story of his escape.
Rarely has a first-time collaboration between a writer and director produced such a stunning result. In this book, both Niccol and Weir's lively talents and creative force come to light, as each contributes some highly original material to amplify the brilliant107-page shooting script, reproduced here in facsimile. Niccol has given us another version of The Truman Show, in photos and captions—in effect, our very own photo album. For his contribution, Peter Weir chose to let us in on the intricately detailed, often hilarious "backstory," which he wrote as part of his preparation, and eventually shared with the cast and crew during production. Also included are complete cast and crew credits.

TRUMAN SHOW (Shooting Script)

Arts & Photography

Niccol, Andrew

Photography & Video

The inspiring story of the unlikely friendship between a famous, reclusive novelist and an amazingly gifted teen who secretly yearns to be a writer. Set in Manhattan and the South Bronx, William Forrester, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who has not been heard from for four decades, accidentally discovers that Jamal, a brash 16-year-old African American who plays basketball on the court below his window, keeps a secret journal that shows a real gift for writing. Forrester takes Jamal on as a protégé, and the friendship challenges and changes the two of them forever.

Finding Forrester (Medallion Editions for Young Readers)

Literature & Fiction

ELLISON, JAMES

United States

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