false 13803 2 1 male Alexandria, Virginia 1962/09/28 1389520 408147 0316159352 9780316159357 99 <![CDATA[Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174501331m/408147.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174501331s/408147.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/408147.Skeletons_on_the_Zahara_A_True_Story_of_Survival 4.02 426 13803 3.98 787 142 2004 218275 0805066152 9780805066159 22 <![CDATA[A Sea of Words, Third Edition: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172795401m/218275.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172795401s/218275.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218275.A_Sea_of_Words_Third_Edition_A_Lexicon_and_Companion_to_the_Complete_Seafaring_Tales_of_Patrick_O_Brian 4.01 151 ]]> 13803 3.98 787 142 53472 4.04 182 24 1995 93200 0805066144 9780805066142 7 <![CDATA[Harbors and High Seas, 3rd Edition : An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian, Third Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171252994m/93200.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171252994s/93200.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93200.Harbors_and_High_Seas_3rd_Edition_An_Atlas_and_Geographical_Guide_to_the_Complete_Aubrey_Maturin_Novels_of_Patrick_O_Brian_Third_Edition 3.90 106 Harbors and High Seas includes maps created exclusively for each of the novels in this world-renowned series.
]]> 13803 3.98 787 142 1996 521564 0756774330 9780756774332 1 <![CDATA[Patrick O'brian: A Life]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/521564.Patrick_O_brian_A_Life 3.53 17 Picasso), translator (Papillon), and old literary sea lion. But he was less than humane, as Dean King's A Life Revealed reveals. The son of a rotten father, Russ/O'Brian became a rotten father himself, cutting off all contact with his son, granddaughters, and even siblings. As he chillingly wrote in his biography, "Parents are supposed to love their children, yet surely there is the implied condition that the children should be reasonably lovable?" Though he was kinder to his second wife, the Countess Mary Tolstoy, whose reckless driving injured both of them, he once wrote that Picasso was "sucked dry and rendered sterile by women, children, routine." For his part, O'Brian preferred poverty and exile in Southern France with Mary--remote from his family origins, penning masterpieces in a house with books but no electricity or running water. Only in his 70s did he become rich and famous.

You can't deny the many striking parallels between O'Brian's life and his work--even though he did. Rotten fathers permeate his fiction, as the fathomless woe must have permeated him upon his mother's death from tuberculosis in 1918, when he was 4. It's great fun to read about his mad-inventor father's machine to cure VD by electrocuting the bladder and compare it to Maturin's practice and devices--and to hear about the future author's salty Uncle Morse telling the lad about encounters with pirates. Captain Aubrey clearly derives partly from Patrick's sociable man-of-action brother Mike (who changed his surname to O'Brien, another family defector). And of course Maturin proves to be in large part a self-portrait.

Fans of Aubrey and Maturin may find King's A Sea of Words (a lexicon of arcane terms that O'Brian uses) more delightful than his exposé of O'Brian's impressive yet appalling life, but it is one thorough and convincing exposé. --Tim Appelo

]]> 13803 3.98 787 142 2000 952890 0553378457 9780553378450 0 <![CDATA[Cancer Combat: Cancer Survivors Share Their Guerrilla Tactics to Help You Win the Fight of Your Life]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179761062m/952890.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179761062s/952890.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/952890.Cancer_Combat_Cancer_Survivors_Share_Their_Guerrilla_Tactics_to_Help_You_Win_the_Fight_of_Your_Life 4.00 1
A diagnosis of cancer is a call to arms, rallying the patient, family, friends, and medical team. In this important book, cancer survivors from around the country bring you into their lives, sharing their secret tactics for day-to-day survival to help you fight the battle of your life--and win.

In their own words, more than 80 cancer survivors, including students, athletes, actors, teachers, moms and dads--along with their favorite medical professionals--provide a valuable, intimate briefing on the fight ahead, from diagnosis to post-recovery. In Cancer Combat you will discover advice you cannot get elsewhere, the inside story from these veterans--how they felt and what they did to survive. Find out about:

How to get what you need from your medical team
Coping with hair loss, no appetite, mouth sores
Making your hospital room a home away from home
Holding it together--work, dating, family, intimacy
Maintaining your dignity--coping at the sperm bank
Keeping your kids on track--carpooling, little league games, home-cooked meals
Bills--where to look for help and how to get it
Information, support organizations, books, and much more



Cancer Combat, a book written by and for cancer fighters, teaches patients how they can fight back and win. This is a book with real, practical advice. It is a book that provides support. It is a book with attitude. And it is a book about entering the battle of your life and coming out a winner. Cancer Combat is the first book that presents winning techniques from cancer survivors n positive, hard-hitting anecdotes. This approach forms an upbeat sense of community in which the patient, friends, and family can take comfort and from which they can gain strength and confidence, and will generate the necessary will to survive and help prepare for battle.



Here, in brief anecdotes told firsthand, are the successful tactics used by more than 90 action-oriented people to defeat cancer. These smart, tough cancer fighters offer their personal stories which are gritty, often funny, and always on the money. The anecdotes address such subjects as when to turn to your nurse instead of your doctor, how to maintain your sex life when you look and feel rotten, and how to find an ally at your insurance company. Sidebars interspersed throughout the book will feature advice, suggestions, and stores from cancer care social workers, nurses, priests, rabbis and other spiritual mentors as well as encouraging facts and light-hearted suggestions, such as great funny movies to rent during treatment.



Fighting against cancer means refusing to quit, refusing to lose, and doing anything to win. This book will help every cancer patient to throw off feelings of victimization and despair, accept reality, and then fight the battle of their lives. -->]]> 13803 3.98 787 142 357354 4.00 1 0 1998 7241924 0316167088 9780316167086 0 <![CDATA[Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7241924-unbound 0.0 0 Unbound is an amazing story of love, friendship, and survival written by a new master of adventure narrative.]]> 13803 3.98 787 142 2010 665792 0140243925 9780140243925 0 <![CDATA[Paper Clips to Printers: The Cost-Cutting Sourcebook for Your Home Office]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223661475m/665792.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223661475s/665792.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/665792.Paper_Clips_to_Printers_The_Cost_Cutting_Sourcebook_for_Your_Home_Office 0.0 0 13803 3.98 787 142 1996 6587840 0 <![CDATA[Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6587840-sufferings-in-africa 0.0 0 Bible and Pilgrim’s Progress, as one of the books that most influenced his life, few true tales of adventure and survival are as astonishing as this one. Shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in August of 1815, James Riley and his crew had no idea of the trials awaiting them as they gathered their beached belongings. They would be captured by a band of nomadic Arabs, herded across the Sahara Desert, beaten, forced to witness astounding brutalities, sold into slavery, and starved. Riley watched most of his crew die one by one, killed off by cruelty or caprice, as his own weight dropped from 240 pounds to a mere 90 at his rescue. First published in 1817, this dramatic saga soon became a national bestseller with over a million copies sold. Even today, it is rare to find a narrative that illuminates the degradations of slave existence with such brutal honesty.</div>]]> 2976107 0.0 0 0 13803 3.98 787 142 2007