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|  | | Faces I Have Known
Encounters with famous persons over a four-decade experience as a journalist
I fooled Jimmy Hoffa at his most angry moment. Same with Timothy Leary. Nearly trampled Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon. Worked as an editor with Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks. Liked Gloria Steinem the best. Was up-close with eight Presidents. Spent 20 minutes with Fidel Castro in his first year in office. Was stiffed by Zsa Zsa Gabor.
All of these tales in one tightly written, engaging memoir. | |  | | The Magnetism of Islands
Fascinating observations on real and literary islands, to explain why they have such attraction to us.
This eBook delves into the magic of islands, prompted by their isolation, their surrounding waters, their tales of ghosts and pirates and shipwrecks, their labyrinths, their sensuality, their imperative for visitors to shed their inhibitions. Even their shapes are a subject of discussion. Key to this appreciation are "Robinson Crusoe," "The Magus," The Tempest," "The Water is Wide," "The Galapagos," John Fowles' "Islands," and "Swiss Family Robinson." In fact, real islands have more in common with each other, regardless of where they are located, and with literary islands than they do with th |
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