To be a Pirate King (Impulse broadcasting series)

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1971

A Little Scottish Cookbook

(The bonny land of Scotland provides abundant fish, fowl, ...)

The bonny land of Scotland provides abundant fish, fowl, and game to the local chef. For generations these ingredients have been the basis for their classic cuisine, including Scotch Broth, Grouse and Steak Pudding, Roast Venison, and Haggis. A delightful compendium of these and other traditional favorites such as Shortbread and Dundee Cake, A Little Scottish Cookbook is the perfect gift for the experienced Scottish chef or the cook seeking an introduction to this flavorful cuisine. Illustrated throughout with charming watercolor sketches, it will bring a tear to the eye of all Scots in exile.

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1988

The Fire of Silence and Stillness: An Anthology of Quotations for the Spiritual Journey

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1997

Black Rage Confronts the Law (Critical America)

(In 1971, Paul Harris pioneered the modern version of the ...)

In 1971, Paul Harris pioneered the modern version of the black rage defense when he successfully defended a young black man charged with armed bank robbery. Dubbed one of the most novel criminal defenses in American history by Vanity Fair, the black rage defense is enormously controversial, frequently dismissed as irresponsible, nothing less than a harbinger of anarchy. Consider the firestorm of protest that resulted when the defense for Colin Ferguson, the gunman who murdered numerous passengers on a New York commuter train, claimed it was considering a black rage defense. In this thought-provoking book, Harris traces the origins of the black rage defense back through American history, recreating numerous dramatic trials along the way. For example, he recounts in vivid detail how Clarence Darrow, defense attorney in the famous Scopes Monkey trial, first introduced the notion of an environmental hardship defense in 1925 while defending a black family who shot into a drunken white mob that had encircled their home. Emphasizing that the black rage defense must be enlisted responsibly and selectively, Harris skillfully distinguishes between applying an environmental defense and simply blaming society, in the abstract, for individual crimes. If Ferguson had invoked such a defense, in Harris's words, it would have sent a superficial, wrong-headed, blame-everything-on-racism message. Careful not to succumb to easy generalizations, Harris also addresses the possibilities of a white rage defense and the more recent phenomenon of cultural defenses. He illustrates how a person's environment can, and does, affect his or her life and actions, how even the most rational person can become criminally deranged, when bludgeoned into hopelessness by exploitation, racism, and relentless poverty.

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1999

Cry Bosnia

(The eyewitness accounts, and the photographs of wrecked b...)

The eyewitness accounts, and the photographs of wrecked buildings, once-prosperous but now homeless people, and the sad army of stray pets will bring the war in Bosnia home to many who have seen it as just another news media spectacle.

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2009

More Thrills than Skills: Adventures in Journalism, War & Terrorism

(This is an extraordinary autobiography which moves rapidl...)

This is an extraordinary autobiography which moves rapidly from the battlefields of Bosnia to the war-shredded jungles of Sri Lanka by way of a host of unlikely destinations: the north west frontier province of Pakistan; the ganglands of Albania; the sands of the Sahara Desert; the streets of Algiers; and the volcano wracked island of Montserrat. The author's work as a military and defence writer, frequently working under cover for some rather unlikely clients, has given him an inside track on some of the more remarkable events of the last twenty years like the downing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the ending of the war in Bosnia and the fate of Osama bin Laden. He has an instinct for survival. His 'plane was destroyed by a fighter aircraft on the runway in Ljubljana as the wars in Yugoslavia broke out in 1991. He was close enough to witness the bomb explosion which completely destroyed the centre of the Sri Lankan capital in 1996, from where he was expelled, in 2002, after upsetting the rebel Tamil Tigers. He almost died in Kosovo after some unsought close contact with dead bodies. He worked in China for The Shanghai Daily newspaper and in Colombo for The Daily Telegraph, but it was his work, for almost a decade, for Jane's Intelligence Review, and the murky world of intelligence gathering, which would ultimately force his early retirement after international terrorists issued a directive for his assassination. Only after that threat was removed, very recently, was he able to return to the UK and publication of this book was made possible. Former British UN commander in Bosnia, Colonel Bob Stewart, recalls his impressions of the author in the Foreword to this book. 'I realised that he was truly a 'renaissance man' whose interests, knowledge and international understanding went far beyond the Balkans. He has had an incredibly interesting life: this book shows that clearly . . . a very brave man'

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2009