anecdotes

"Captures the heart and soul of life in rural America. Inspired by his mother's farm account books--in which she meticulously recorded every farm purchase--[the author] chronicles life on a small farm during and after World War II. Featuring a new introduction exclusive to this second edition . . . reminds us that, while our family farms are shrinking in number, the values learned there remain deeply woven in our cultural heritage"--Publisher.

A collection of humorous stories from a small-town veterinarian, as he discusses some of his more interesting cases.

A collection of stories written by Dr. Bill Stork which paint a picture of his life as a small town veterinarian in Wisconsin.

Discusses the science, training, and handling behind the use of working dogs to find cadavers, drugs, and bombs, and shares stories of the dogs and their handlers on the job.

The founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world, through a series of moving stories that bear witness to the transformative power of tenderness, challenges ideas about God and about people.

"These 25 accounts share stories of courage, perseverance, and amazing feats all related to one of America's favorite pastimes. Courage to change not only the landscape of the game but also of a country divided. Perseverance of players and teams who overcame great odds to become some of the greatest players in the world. Amazing feats of men who are almost superhuman in their basketball playing abilities. And these are just a few of the attributes covered in this . . . collection of stories"--Amazon.

"With this book, Segal focuses on the NFL, and provides a vast collection of poorly aged predictions and analysis from NFL media members and personalities about some of the most famous teams and players in the league's history"--Provided by publisher.

"Using a trauma-informed approach to gathering stories, this . . . collection of 19 stories illuminates the range of challenges and successes met by the latest generation of displaced peoples from Afghanistan"--Provided by publishers.

"Overturn everything you knew about history's greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between 'genius' and 'idiot' than we've previously known. As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius--but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. So begins Katie Spalding's spunky takedown of the Western canon, and how genius may not be as irrefutably great as we commonly understand. While most of us may never become Einstein, it may surprise you to learn that there's probably a bunch of stuff you can do that Einstein couldn't. And, as Spalding shows, the famous prodigies she explores here were quite odd by any definition"--Amazon.

Sandra Day O'Connor tells a number of personal and historical stories from the Supreme Court.