1999, ISBN: 9780312254957

Hardcover

Health Communications, Inc.. Very Good. 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches. Paperback. 1993. 308 pages. <br>The Original #1 New York Times Bestseller, more th an 8 million copies sold! Rediscove… More...

Health Communications, Inc.. Very Good. 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches. Paperback. 1993. 308 pages. <br>The Original #1 New York Times Bestseller, more th an 8 million copies sold! Rediscover the power of inspiration wi th timeless stories about the everyday miracles that illuminate t he best of the human spirit. Whether you're discovering Chicken S oup for the first time or are a long time fan, this volume will i nspire you to be a better person, reach for your highest potentia l, share your love and embrace the world around you. Each carefu lly selected story in this classic volume provides models for wha t is possible in life and illuminates the path we all walk. Whene ver you wish to gain perspective, inspire a friend, or teach a ch ild, you'll find just the right story in the heartwarming treasur y that is Chicken Soup for the Soul. Editorial Reviews Amazon.c om Review It's like homemade chicken soup that warms the chill an d heals the ill. This collection of 101 stories is based on the b elief that true testimonies of goodness and loving transformation s can nourish us to the bone and heal the cynicism in our hearts. Indeed, most every story seeps in deeply. It's hard not to shed a tear of gratitude, feeling thrilled to have been touched and so othed so easily. Some of the authors are famous, such as Dan Mill man, who writes an exquisite vignette on Courage, and Gloria Stei nem, who writes of The Royal Knights of Harlem. Many, however, ha ve a short, simple story to tell about an event, a person, an eve ryday miracle that exemplifies the best of the human spirit. --Ga il Hudson Review sure to restore you faith in the human race and inspire you to improve your life. Easy to dip in and out of, it is full o bite-sized wisdom on everything from relationships and parenting to learning to love yourself and overcoming obstacles. It will make you laugh, cry and marvel at the power of the human spirit Spirit and Destiny --Spirit and Destiny Review After inte rviewing hundreds of rich and famous people, it is clear to me th at money and fame don't automatically make people happy. It has t o come from within. I'd rather have a million smiles in my heart than a million dollars in my pocket. Chicken Soup for the Soul wi ll help you put a million smiles in your heart. --Robin Leach, T V personality and author (Robin Leach ) About the Author Jack Ca nfield and Mark Victor Hansen, #1 New York Times and USA Today be stselling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, have d edicated their lives to the personal and professional growth of o thers. Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Glenna's Goal Book In 1977 I was a single mother with three youn g daughters, a house payment, a car payment and a need to rekindl e some dreams. One evening I attended a seminar and heard a man speak on the I x V = R Principle. (Imagination mixed with Vividn ess becomes Reality.) The speaker pointed out that the mind think s in pictures, not in words. And as we vividly picture in our min d what we desire, it will become a reality. This concept struck a chord of creativity in my heart. I knew the biblical truth tha t the Lord gives us the desires of our heart (Psalms 37:4) and th at as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7). I wa s determined to take my written prayer list and turn it into pict ures. I began cutting up old magazines and gathering pictures tha t depicted the desires of my heart. I arranged them in an expensi ve photo album and waited expectantly. I was very specific with my pictures. They included: <ol class=a-ordered-list a-vertical> A good-looking man A woman in a wedding gown and a man in a t uxedo Bouquets of flowers (I'm a romantic) Beautiful diamond jewelry (I rationalized that God loved David and Solomon and they were two of the richest men who ever lived) An island in the s parkling blue Caribbean A lovely home New furniture A woman who had recently become vice-president of a large corporation (I was working for a company that had no female officers. I wanted to be the first woman vice-president in that company.) About eigh t weeks later, I was driving down a California freeway, minding m y own business at 10:30 in the morning. Suddenly a gorgeous red-a nd-white Cadillac passed me. I looked at the car because it was a beautiful car. And the driver looked at me and smiled, and I smi led back because I always smile. Now I was in deep trouble. Have you ever done that? I tried to pretend that I hadn't looked. Who me? I didn't look at you! He followed me for the next 15 miles. S cared me to death! I drove a few miles, he drove a few miles. I p arked, he parked . . . and eventually I married him! On the fir st day after our first date, Jim sent me a dozen roses. Then I fo und out that he had a hobby. His hobby was collecting diamonds. B ig ones! And he was looking for somebody to decorate. I volunteer ed! We dated for about two years and every Monday morning I recei ved a long-stemmed red rose and a love note from him. About thr ee months before we were getting married, Jim said to me, I have found the perfect place to go on our honeymoon. We will go to St. John's Island down in the Caribbean. I laughingly said, I never would have thought of that! I did not confess the truth about m y picture book until Jim and I had been married for almost a year . It was then that we were moving into our gorgeous new home and furnishing it with the elegant furniture that I had pictured. (Ji m turned out to be the West Coast wholesale distributor for one o f the finest Eastern furniture manufacturers.) By the way, the wedding was in Laguna Beach, California, and included the gown an d tuxedo as realities. Eight months after I created my dream book , I became the Vice-President of Human Resources in the company w here I worked. In some sense this sounds like a fairy tale, but it is absolutely true. Jim and I have made many picture books si nce we have been married. God has filled our lives with the demon stration of these powerful principles of faith at work. Decide what it is that you want in every area of your life. Imagine it v ividly. Then act on your desires by actually constructing your pe rsonal goal book. Convert your ideas into concrete realities thro ugh this simple exercise. There are no impossible dreams. And, re member, God has promised to give his children the desires of thei r heart. Glenna Salsbury ¬1991 Salsbury Enterprises. All right s reserved. Reprinted from Chicken Soup for the Soul© by Jack Can field and Mark Victor Hansen. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any fo rm or by any means, without the written permission of the publish er. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442. </ol> </div ., Health Communications, Inc., 1993, 3, St. Martin's Press. Very Good. 6.18 x 1.34 x 9.54 inches. Hardcover. 1999. 384 pages.<br>Savannah, 1864. Confederate Captain Patrick Driscol l and his dear friend and manservant Shadrack Shad Bryan leave th eir tearful families to help fight for the Southern cause. They a re to set up fort at Raccoon Island off Georgia's coast in a last -ditch effort to save their beloved city from Union attack. But o nly days into their assignment, the two men die in each other's a rms in a Yankee bombardment. Though the men are gone, their legac y will live on-as will the legend of the priceless Driscoll famil y treasure the two men have buried on Raccoon Island. Four gener ations after the Civil War, many Confederate families still remai n in Savannah, struggling through the twentieth-century in a Sout h rife with hardball politics, personal vendettas and the hangove r of war. John-Morgan Hartman, son of a newspaper man and great- great grandson of Captain Patrick Driscoll, goes to serve his cou ntry in Vietnam, unaware of the physical and psychological wounds that will befall him... Tony O'Boyle is an ambitious young poli tician who will stop at nothing and spare no one to get ahead-but his family's dark past will come back to haunt him... Lloyd Bry an, descended from slaves, is determined to succeed where his anc estors didn't. But his celebrity as a professional football playe r immerses him in a world of temptation that ultimately turns him toward religion... Charlotte Drayton, a successful television r eporter, has always used her beauty to get her way-but the one ma n she can't have is the only one she wants... After many years, four friends will meet on the very island where the two confedera te soldiers died in each other's arms. To find where they buried Driscoll's treasure-and to uncover the dangerous secrets of a pro minent Savannah family. A gripping novel of history, intrigue, w ar, and love, Delirium of the Brave follows four generations of f amilies contemplating the pain of the past and the promise of the future. Get swept away by this glorious saga rich with the sight s, sounds, flavors, and people of the South's most stunning local e. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The success of this gossipy but somewhat overwritten debut novel by a 51-year-old Sa vannah, Ga., podiatrist resulted from local media buzz rather tha n stellar literary qualities. Originally published by the small S avannah publisher Frederic C. Beil, the novel was a word-of-mouth sleeper, eventually replacing John Berendt's Midnight in the Gar den of Good and Evil on regional bestseller lists (Book News, May 17). In an auction, St. Martin's acquired world rights in what w as reported (Hot Deals, July 5) to be a six-figure, two-book deal . The ambitious, well-researched roman ? clef begins during the C ivil War and moves into the present day, building on a legend abo ut buried treasure on tiny Raccoon Island (one of the barrier isl ands that dot the coastal waterways around Savannah). The plot ce nters on the progeny of a young Confederate officer, Patrick Dris coll, and his devoted slave companion, Shadrack Bryan, who bury a chest of valuables to keep it from Yankee looters. Both men are killed, taking their secret to the grave. Skimming across generat ions, the plot leapfrogs into the late 1930s, when hot-tempered y oung reporter John Morgan Hartman marries into the Driscoll famil y. It is Hartman's son John-Morgan and John-Morgan's contemporary , Father Lloyd Bryan, who become the novel's protagonists, their destinies mixed with that of a powerful and corrupt Savannah fami ly headed by politico Tony O'Boyle. A mythic wild boar, a serial killer, an unsolved fratricide, blackmail, sex, sleazy politics a nd a Hemingwayesque recovery from war-related impotence move the narrative along. While Harris lacks the storytelling gifts that h ave distinguished many a Southern yarn, he is skilled at plot con trol. Something of a diamond in the rough, the novel has enough w hispered scandal about prominent families to keep reading lamps b urning late in the South; whether it can develop national appeal remains to be seen. Agent, Nancy Stauffer. $100,000 ad/promo; aut hor tour. (Nov.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Having barely recovered from John Berendt's gossipy Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (LJ 1/94), Savan nah gentry are now dealt another literary blow with Harris's firs t novel, a regional best seller originally published by a small G eorgia press. The difference: while Midnight concerns one Savanna h murder, Delirium takes on most of that city's Irish Catholic ar istocracy. In 1864, as Savannah awaits the pending invasion of Sh erman's army, Confederate captain Patrick Driscoll and his slave Ezekiel Bryan bury the Driscoll family fortune on Raccoon Island. They are killed in battle before telling anyone where the treasu re is hidden. Four generations of Driscoll descendants and most o f Savannah search for the legendary fortune before it is finally found. Harris ably details that search, but, more importantly, he relates the story of the Driscoll and Bryan families and their c onflict with the politically powerful O'Boyles. Intricately inter twined are tales of high school love gone wrong, a serial murdere r who terrorizes the city, war, political intrigue, and corruptio n of power. Harris is a masterly storyteller, and his novel is ma de more compelling by its being based on truth. Midnight fans wil l clamor for this one. Highly recommended.AThomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale Copyright 1999 Reed Bus iness Information, Inc. Review I'm not taking anything away fro m Mr. Berendt, but I personally believe that Dr. Harris' Delirium of the Brave catches a lot more of the romance and intrigue that are the real heart of Savannah.--Regina Odom, Regina's Books and Cards, Savannah An entertaining novel that effectively evokes a Savannah of another time. --Savannah Morning News Word is out that literary lightning has struck Savannah again... Delirium of the Brave has had the historic, smugly aristocratic city twitteri ng over the thinly disguised roman a clef.--Publishers Weekly Fr om the Publisher Due to a printer's error, some copies of DELIRIU M OF THE BRAVE have a blank page for page 366. The following is t he text of that page: consumed by guilt over the pride that had driven him out to the island. He babbled on and on about how Prid e always goes before a fall, and how he had fallen as far as any man could. He was arrogant, steeped in pride, responsible for ano ther man's death. John-Morgan tried to reason with him, but the tormented priest could not be moved. This is probably the end o f my ministry, he said, the only thing in my life that was ever r eally worthwhile. Now someone will need to hear my confession. As he gazed at Tony's wounds, Lloyd had another, wrenching thought. What do we tell his wife? What do we tell his father? That I lur ed him out here because I knew that Big Tony murdered his own bro ther forty years ago? I don't know, Lloyd, said John-Morgan as h e shook his head in disbelief, I just don't know. Following her instincts, Ann Marie made half a dozen cellphone calls to locate Mike and Bubba. She finally tracked them down at the WTOC broadca st booth. She carefully explained to Mike why she was concerned a bout John-Morgan. Something's crazy wrong, Mike. I know it is. Li sten, ya'll take John-Morgan's old Whaler and go look for him, pl ease. Her voice cracked. I'll run it down to the marina and have it in the water by the time you get here. She was afraid. What' s goin' on, Ann Marie? Where is John-Morgan, anyway? asked Mike, a thread of terror coiled inside him. Ya'll come on, she said. Hurry now. When Mike and Bubba drove up, Ann Marie met them. Sh e was pale. Her face seemed to have aged. I'm sure he went to R accoon Island. I'd go too, but I can't leave the children, Brenda n's sick. The boat's in the water. Plenty of gas in it. Hurry! About the Author William C. Harris, a native Savannahian, is a g raduate of Georgia State University and the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine. He practices podiatry in Savannah, where h e lives with his wife Pamela and three daughters. This is his fir st novel. About the Author William C. Harris, a native Savannah ian, is a graduate of Georgia State University and the Pennsylvan ia College of Podiatric Medicine. He practices podiatry in Savann ah, where he lives with his wife Pamela and three daughters. This is his first novel. ., St. Martin's Press, 1999, 3<

2009, ISBN: 9780312254957

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Feminist Press at the City University of New York. Very Good. 215mm / 152mm. Paperback. 2009. 327 pages.<br>A girl comes of age in the radical 1960s in this be autifully written nov… More...

Feminist Press at the City University of New York. Very Good. 215mm / 152mm. Paperback. 2009. 327 pages.<br>A girl comes of age in the radical 1960s in this be autifully written novel by the groundbreaking author of The Women 's Room (Kate Mosse). It's 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Je ss Leighton, the daughter of a temperamental painter and a proto- feminist Harvard professor, is struggling to make sense of her wo rld amid racial tensions, Vietnam War protests, anti-government r age, her own burgeoning sexuality, and bad relationships. With mo re options than her mother's generation, but no role model for cr eating the life she desires, Jess experiments with sex and psyche delic drugs as she searches for happiness on her own terms. In the midst of joining and fleeing a commune, growing organic veget ables, and operating a sustainable restaurant, Jess grapples with the legacy of her mother's generation while building a future fo r herself, and for the postmodern woman. French's meticulous and affecting tale of the forging of one woman's conscience encompass es thoughtful portraits of 'love children, ' from peace activists to members of unconventional families, and a forthright critique of the counterculture that puts today's wars, struggles for equa lity, and environmental troubles into sharp perspective (Booklist ). ., Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2009, 3, St. Martin's Press. Very Good. 6.18 x 1.34 x 9.54 inches. Hardcover. 1999. 384 pages.<br>Savannah, 1864. Confederate Captain Patrick Driscol l and his dear friend and manservant Shadrack Shad Bryan leave th eir tearful families to help fight for the Southern cause. They a re to set up fort at Raccoon Island off Georgia's coast in a last -ditch effort to save their beloved city from Union attack. But o nly days into their assignment, the two men die in each other's a rms in a Yankee bombardment. Though the men are gone, their legac y will live on-as will the legend of the priceless Driscoll famil y treasure the two men have buried on Raccoon Island. Four gener ations after the Civil War, many Confederate families still remai n in Savannah, struggling through the twentieth-century in a Sout h rife with hardball politics, personal vendettas and the hangove r of war. John-Morgan Hartman, son of a newspaper man and great- great grandson of Captain Patrick Driscoll, goes to serve his cou ntry in Vietnam, unaware of the physical and psychological wounds that will befall him... Tony O'Boyle is an ambitious young poli tician who will stop at nothing and spare no one to get ahead-but his family's dark past will come back to haunt him... Lloyd Bry an, descended from slaves, is determined to succeed where his anc estors didn't. But his celebrity as a professional football playe r immerses him in a world of temptation that ultimately turns him toward religion... Charlotte Drayton, a successful television r eporter, has always used her beauty to get her way-but the one ma n she can't have is the only one she wants... After many years, four friends will meet on the very island where the two confedera te soldiers died in each other's arms. To find where they buried Driscoll's treasure-and to uncover the dangerous secrets of a pro minent Savannah family. A gripping novel of history, intrigue, w ar, and love, Delirium of the Brave follows four generations of f amilies contemplating the pain of the past and the promise of the future. Get swept away by this glorious saga rich with the sight s, sounds, flavors, and people of the South's most stunning local e. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The success of this gossipy but somewhat overwritten debut novel by a 51-year-old Sa vannah, Ga., podiatrist resulted from local media buzz rather tha n stellar literary qualities. Originally published by the small S avannah publisher Frederic C. Beil, the novel was a word-of-mouth sleeper, eventually replacing John Berendt's Midnight in the Gar den of Good and Evil on regional bestseller lists (Book News, May 17). In an auction, St. Martin's acquired world rights in what w as reported (Hot Deals, July 5) to be a six-figure, two-book deal . The ambitious, well-researched roman ? clef begins during the C ivil War and moves into the present day, building on a legend abo ut buried treasure on tiny Raccoon Island (one of the barrier isl ands that dot the coastal waterways around Savannah). The plot ce nters on the progeny of a young Confederate officer, Patrick Dris coll, and his devoted slave companion, Shadrack Bryan, who bury a chest of valuables to keep it from Yankee looters. Both men are killed, taking their secret to the grave. Skimming across generat ions, the plot leapfrogs into the late 1930s, when hot-tempered y oung reporter John Morgan Hartman marries into the Driscoll famil y. It is Hartman's son John-Morgan and John-Morgan's contemporary , Father Lloyd Bryan, who become the novel's protagonists, their destinies mixed with that of a powerful and corrupt Savannah fami ly headed by politico Tony O'Boyle. A mythic wild boar, a serial killer, an unsolved fratricide, blackmail, sex, sleazy politics a nd a Hemingwayesque recovery from war-related impotence move the narrative along. While Harris lacks the storytelling gifts that h ave distinguished many a Southern yarn, he is skilled at plot con trol. Something of a diamond in the rough, the novel has enough w hispered scandal about prominent families to keep reading lamps b urning late in the South; whether it can develop national appeal remains to be seen. Agent, Nancy Stauffer. $100,000 ad/promo; aut hor tour. (Nov.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Having barely recovered from John Berendt's gossipy Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (LJ 1/94), Savan nah gentry are now dealt another literary blow with Harris's firs t novel, a regional best seller originally published by a small G eorgia press. The difference: while Midnight concerns one Savanna h murder, Delirium takes on most of that city's Irish Catholic ar istocracy. In 1864, as Savannah awaits the pending invasion of Sh erman's army, Confederate captain Patrick Driscoll and his slave Ezekiel Bryan bury the Driscoll family fortune on Raccoon Island. They are killed in battle before telling anyone where the treasu re is hidden. Four generations of Driscoll descendants and most o f Savannah search for the legendary fortune before it is finally found. Harris ably details that search, but, more importantly, he relates the story of the Driscoll and Bryan families and their c onflict with the politically powerful O'Boyles. Intricately inter twined are tales of high school love gone wrong, a serial murdere r who terrorizes the city, war, political intrigue, and corruptio n of power. Harris is a masterly storyteller, and his novel is ma de more compelling by its being based on truth. Midnight fans wil l clamor for this one. Highly recommended.AThomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale Copyright 1999 Reed Bus iness Information, Inc. Review I'm not taking anything away fro m Mr. Berendt, but I personally believe that Dr. Harris' Delirium of the Brave catches a lot more of the romance and intrigue that are the real heart of Savannah.--Regina Odom, Regina's Books and Cards, Savannah An entertaining novel that effectively evokes a Savannah of another time. --Savannah Morning News Word is out that literary lightning has struck Savannah again... Delirium of the Brave has had the historic, smugly aristocratic city twitteri ng over the thinly disguised roman a clef.--Publishers Weekly Fr om the Publisher Due to a printer's error, some copies of DELIRIU M OF THE BRAVE have a blank page for page 366. The following is t he text of that page: consumed by guilt over the pride that had driven him out to the island. He babbled on and on about how Prid e always goes before a fall, and how he had fallen as far as any man could. He was arrogant, steeped in pride, responsible for ano ther man's death. John-Morgan tried to reason with him, but the tormented priest could not be moved. This is probably the end o f my ministry, he said, the only thing in my life that was ever r eally worthwhile. Now someone will need to hear my confession. As he gazed at Tony's wounds, Lloyd had another, wrenching thought. What do we tell his wife? What do we tell his father? That I lur ed him out here because I knew that Big Tony murdered his own bro ther forty years ago? I don't know, Lloyd, said John-Morgan as h e shook his head in disbelief, I just don't know. Following her instincts, Ann Marie made half a dozen cellphone calls to locate Mike and Bubba. She finally tracked them down at the WTOC broadca st booth. She carefully explained to Mike why she was concerned a bout John-Morgan. Something's crazy wrong, Mike. I know it is. Li sten, ya'll take John-Morgan's old Whaler and go look for him, pl ease. Her voice cracked. I'll run it down to the marina and have it in the water by the time you get here. She was afraid. What' s goin' on, Ann Marie? Where is John-Morgan, anyway? asked Mike, a thread of terror coiled inside him. Ya'll come on, she said. Hurry now. When Mike and Bubba drove up, Ann Marie met them. Sh e was pale. Her face seemed to have aged. I'm sure he went to R accoon Island. I'd go too, but I can't leave the children, Brenda n's sick. The boat's in the water. Plenty of gas in it. Hurry! About the Author William C. Harris, a native Savannahian, is a g raduate of Georgia State University and the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine. He practices podiatry in Savannah, where h e lives with his wife Pamela and three daughters. This is his fir st novel. About the Author William C. Harris, a native Savannah ian, is a graduate of Georgia State University and the Pennsylvan ia College of Podiatric Medicine. He practices podiatry in Savann ah, where he lives with his wife Pamela and three daughters. This is his first novel. ., St. Martin's Press, 1999, 3<

1999, ISBN: 9780312254957

St. Martin's Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0312131585 . Book is fine. DJ has very light shelfwear. ; Romans do nothing by halves - nowhere is the espresso mo… More...

St. Martin's Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0312131585 . Book is fine. DJ has very light shelfwear. ; Romans do nothing by halves - nowhere is the espresso more bitter, the monuments as grandiose, the intrigue so ancient and the style as contrived. In this book, the author, a former correspondent, shows readers the true Rome and the true Romans. The book provides an evocative mixture of history, literature, and politics, including diarists and commentators to chronicle almost every generation of Roman hedonism and decay. Here is the Rome of the Popes, of a poet who loathed priests - Shelley, his wife and their son - in happiness and in tragedy. Here too are the city's intimitable railways, its innumerable cats. Sheridan the historian unravels the curious story of Mussloini's son-in-law and the British ambassador and as befits his period as a leading newspaper correspondent, new thoughts on Don Giulio Andreotti, seven times Prime Minister, as well as the Moro and Calvi affairs and other scandals. ; 202 pages ., St. Martin's Press, 1995, 4.5, St. Martin's Press. Very Good. 6.18 x 1.34 x 9.54 inches. Hardcover. 1999. 384 pages.<br>Savannah, 1864. Confederate Captain Patrick Driscol l and his dear friend and manservant Shadrack Shad Bryan leave th eir tearful families to help fight for the Southern cause. They a re to set up fort at Raccoon Island off Georgia's coast in a last -ditch effort to save their beloved city from Union attack. But o nly days into their assignment, the two men die in each other's a rms in a Yankee bombardment. Though the men are gone, their legac y will live on-as will the legend of the priceless Driscoll famil y treasure the two men have buried on Raccoon Island. Four gener ations after the Civil War, many Confederate families still remai n in Savannah, struggling through the twentieth-century in a Sout h rife with hardball politics, personal vendettas and the hangove r of war. John-Morgan Hartman, son of a newspaper man and great- great grandson of Captain Patrick Driscoll, goes to serve his cou ntry in Vietnam, unaware of the physical and psychological wounds that will befall him... Tony O'Boyle is an ambitious young poli tician who will stop at nothing and spare no one to get ahead-but his family's dark past will come back to haunt him... Lloyd Bry an, descended from slaves, is determined to succeed where his anc estors didn't. But his celebrity as a professional football playe r immerses him in a world of temptation that ultimately turns him toward religion... Charlotte Drayton, a successful television r eporter, has always used her beauty to get her way-but the one ma n she can't have is the only one she wants... After many years, four friends will meet on the very island where the two confedera te soldiers died in each other's arms. To find where they buried Driscoll's treasure-and to uncover the dangerous secrets of a pro minent Savannah family. A gripping novel of history, intrigue, w ar, and love, Delirium of the Brave follows four generations of f amilies contemplating the pain of the past and the promise of the future. Get swept away by this glorious saga rich with the sight s, sounds, flavors, and people of the South's most stunning local e. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The success of this gossipy but somewhat overwritten debut novel by a 51-year-old Sa vannah, Ga., podiatrist resulted from local media buzz rather tha n stellar literary qualities. Originally published by the small S avannah publisher Frederic C. Beil, the novel was a word-of-mouth sleeper, eventually replacing John Berendt's Midnight in the Gar den of Good and Evil on regional bestseller lists (Book News, May 17). In an auction, St. Martin's acquired world rights in what w as reported (Hot Deals, July 5) to be a six-figure, two-book deal . The ambitious, well-researched roman ? clef begins during the C ivil War and moves into the present day, building on a legend abo ut buried treasure on tiny Raccoon Island (one of the barrier isl ands that dot the coastal waterways around Savannah). The plot ce nters on the progeny of a young Confederate officer, Patrick Dris coll, and his devoted slave companion, Shadrack Bryan, who bury a chest of valuables to keep it from Yankee looters. Both men are killed, taking their secret to the grave. Skimming across generat ions, the plot leapfrogs into the late 1930s, when hot-tempered y oung reporter John Morgan Hartman marries into the Driscoll famil y. It is Hartman's son John-Morgan and John-Morgan's contemporary , Father Lloyd Bryan, who become the novel's protagonists, their destinies mixed with that of a powerful and corrupt Savannah fami ly headed by politico Tony O'Boyle. A mythic wild boar, a serial killer, an unsolved fratricide, blackmail, sex, sleazy politics a nd a Hemingwayesque recovery from war-related impotence move the narrative along. While Harris lacks the storytelling gifts that h ave distinguished many a Southern yarn, he is skilled at plot con trol. Something of a diamond in the rough, the novel has enough w hispered scandal about prominent families to keep reading lamps b urning late in the South; whether it can develop national appeal remains to be seen. Agent, Nancy Stauffer. $100,000 ad/promo; aut hor tour. (Nov.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Having barely recovered from John Berendt's gossipy Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (LJ 1/94), Savan nah gentry are now dealt another literary blow with Harris's firs t novel, a regional best seller originally published by a small G eorgia press. The difference: while Midnight concerns one Savanna h murder, Delirium takes on most of that city's Irish Catholic ar istocracy. In 1864, as Savannah awaits the pending invasion of Sh erman's army, Confederate captain Patrick Driscoll and his slave Ezekiel Bryan bury the Driscoll family fortune on Raccoon Island. They are killed in battle before telling anyone where the treasu re is hidden. Four generations of Driscoll descendants and most o f Savannah search for the legendary fortune before it is finally found. Harris ably details that search, but, more importantly, he relates the story of the Driscoll and Bryan families and their c onflict with the politically powerful O'Boyles. Intricately inter twined are tales of high school love gone wrong, a serial murdere r who terrorizes the city, war, political intrigue, and corruptio n of power. Harris is a masterly storyteller, and his novel is ma de more compelling by its being based on truth. Midnight fans wil l clamor for this one. Highly recommended.AThomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale Copyright 1999 Reed Bus iness Information, Inc. Review I'm not taking anything away fro m Mr. Berendt, but I personally believe that Dr. Harris' Delirium of the Brave catches a lot more of the romance and intrigue that are the real heart of Savannah.--Regina Odom, Regina's Books and Cards, Savannah An entertaining novel that effectively evokes a Savannah of another time. --Savannah Morning News Word is out that literary lightning has struck Savannah again... Delirium of the Brave has had the historic, smugly aristocratic city twitteri ng over the thinly disguised roman a clef.--Publishers Weekly Fr om the Publisher Due to a printer's error, some copies of DELIRIU M OF THE BRAVE have a blank page for page 366. The following is t he text of that page: consumed by guilt over the pride that had driven him out to the island. He babbled on and on about how Prid e always goes before a fall, and how he had fallen as far as any man could. He was arrogant, steeped in pride, responsible for ano ther man's death. John-Morgan tried to reason with him, but the tormented priest could not be moved. This is probably the end o f my ministry, he said, the only thing in my life that was ever r eally worthwhile. Now someone will need to hear my confession. As he gazed at Tony's wounds, Lloyd had another, wrenching thought. What do we tell his wife? What do we tell his father? That I lur ed him out here because I knew that Big Tony murdered his own bro ther forty years ago? I don't know, Lloyd, said John-Morgan as h e shook his head in disbelief, I just don't know. Following her instincts, Ann Marie made half a dozen cellphone calls to locate Mike and Bubba. She finally tracked them down at the WTOC broadca st booth. She carefully explained to Mike why she was concerned a bout John-Morgan. Something's crazy wrong, Mike. I know it is. Li sten, ya'll take John-Morgan's old Whaler and go look for him, pl ease. Her voice cracked. I'll run it down to the marina and have it in the water by the time you get here. She was afraid. What' s goin' on, Ann Marie? Where is John-Morgan, anyway? asked Mike, a thread of terror coiled inside him. Ya'll come on, she said. Hurry now. When Mike and Bubba drove up, Ann Marie met them. Sh e was pale. Her face seemed to have aged. I'm sure he went to R accoon Island. I'd go too, but I can't leave the children, Brenda n's sick. The boat's in the water. Plenty of gas in it. Hurry! About the Author William C. Harris, a native Savannahian, is a g raduate of Georgia State University and the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine. He practices podiatry in Savannah, where h e lives with his wife Pamela and three daughters. This is his fir st novel. About the Author William C. Harris, a native Savannah ian, is a graduate of Georgia State University and the Pennsylvan ia College of Podiatric Medicine. He practices podiatry in Savann ah, where he lives with his wife Pamela and three daughters. This is his first novel. ., St. Martin's Press, 1999, 3<

1999, ISBN: 9780312254957

St. Martin's Press. Very Good. 6.18 x 1.34 x 9.54 inches. Hardcover. 1999. 384 pages.<br>Savannah, 1864. Confederate Captain Patrick Driscol l and his dear friend and manservant… More...

St. Martin's Press. Very Good. 6.18 x 1.34 x 9.54 inches. Hardcover. 1999. 384 pages.<br>Savannah, 1864. Confederate Captain Patrick Driscol l and his dear friend and manservant Shadrack Shad Bryan leave th eir tearful families to help fight for the Southern cause. They a re to set up fort at Raccoon Island off Georgia's coast in a last -ditch effort to save their beloved city from Union attack. But o nly days into their assignment, the two men die in each other's a rms in a Yankee bombardment. Though the men are gone, their legac y will live on-as will the legend of the priceless Driscoll famil y treasure the two men have buried on Raccoon Island. Four gener ations after the Civil War, many Confederate families still remai n in Savannah, struggling through the twentieth-century in a Sout h rife with hardball politics, personal vendettas and the hangove r of war. John-Morgan Hartman, son of a newspaper man and great- great grandson of Captain Patrick Driscoll, goes to serve his cou ntry in Vietnam, unaware of the physical and psychological wounds that will befall him... Tony O'Boyle is an ambitious young poli tician who will stop at nothing and spare no one to get ahead-but his family's dark past will come back to haunt him... Lloyd Bry an, descended from slaves, is determined to succeed where his anc estors didn't. But his celebrity as a professional football playe r immerses him in a world of temptation that ultimately turns him toward religion... Charlotte Drayton, a successful television r eporter, has always used her beauty to get her way-but the one ma n she can't have is the only one she wants... After many years, four friends will meet on the very island where the two confedera te soldiers died in each other's arms. To find where they buried Driscoll's treasure-and to uncover the dangerous secrets of a pro minent Savannah family. A gripping novel of history, intrigue, w ar, and love, Delirium of the Brave follows four generations of f amilies contemplating the pain of the past and the promise of the future. Get swept away by this glorious saga rich with the sight s, sounds, flavors, and people of the South's most stunning local e. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The success of this gossipy but somewhat overwritten debut novel by a 51-year-old Sa vannah, Ga., podiatrist resulted from local media buzz rather tha n stellar literary qualities. Originally published by the small S avannah publisher Frederic C. Beil, the novel was a word-of-mouth sleeper, eventually replacing John Berendt's Midnight in the Gar den of Good and Evil on regional bestseller lists (Book News, May 17). In an auction, St. Martin's acquired world rights in what w as reported (Hot Deals, July 5) to be a six-figure, two-book deal . The ambitious, well-researched roman ? clef begins during the C ivil War and moves into the present day, building on a legend abo ut buried treasure on tiny Raccoon Island (one of the barrier isl ands that dot the coastal waterways around Savannah). The plot ce nters on the progeny of a young Confederate officer, Patrick Dris coll, and his devoted slave companion, Shadrack Bryan, who bury a chest of valuables to keep it from Yankee looters. Both men are killed, taking their secret to the grave. Skimming across generat ions, the plot leapfrogs into the late 1930s, when hot-tempered y oung reporter John Morgan Hartman marries into the Driscoll famil y. It is Hartman's son John-Morgan and John-Morgan's contemporary , Father Lloyd Bryan, who become the novel's protagonists, their destinies mixed with that of a powerful and corrupt Savannah fami ly headed by politico Tony O'Boyle. A mythic wild boar, a serial killer, an unsolved fratricide, blackmail, sex, sleazy politics a nd a Hemingwayesque recovery from war-related impotence move the narrative along. While Harris lacks the storytelling gifts that h ave distinguished many a Southern yarn, he is skilled at plot con trol. Something of a diamond in the rough, the novel has enough w hispered scandal about prominent families to keep reading lamps b urning late in the South; whether it can develop national appeal remains to be seen. Agent, Nancy Stauffer. $100,000 ad/promo; aut hor tour. (Nov.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Having barely recovered from John Berendt's gossipy Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (LJ 1/94), Savan nah gentry are now dealt another literary blow with Harris's firs t novel, a regional best seller originally published by a small G eorgia press. The difference: while Midnight concerns one Savanna h murder, Delirium takes on most of that city's Irish Catholic ar istocracy. In 1864, as Savannah awaits the pending invasion of Sh erman's army, Confederate captain Patrick Driscoll and his slave Ezekiel Bryan bury the Driscoll family fortune on Raccoon Island. They are killed in battle before telling anyone where the treasu re is hidden. Four generations of Driscoll descendants and most o f Savannah search for the legendary fortune before it is finally found. Harris ably details that search, but, more importantly, he relates the story of the Driscoll and Bryan families and their c onflict with the politically powerful O'Boyles. Intricately inter twined are tales of high school love gone wrong, a serial murdere r who terrorizes the city, war, political intrigue, and corruptio n of power. Harris is a masterly storyteller, and his novel is ma de more compelling by its being based on truth. Midnight fans wil l clamor for this one. Highly recommended.AThomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale Copyright 1999 Reed Bus iness Information, Inc. Review I'm not taking anything away fro m Mr. Berendt, but I personally believe that Dr. Harris' Delirium of the Brave catches a lot more of the romance and intrigue that are the real heart of Savannah.--Regina Odom, Regina's Books and Cards, Savannah An entertaining novel that effectively evokes a Savannah of another time. --Savannah Morning News Word is out that literary lightning has struck Savannah again... Delirium of the Brave has had the historic, smugly aristocratic city twitteri ng over the thinly disguised roman a clef.--Publishers Weekly Fr om the Publisher Due to a printer's error, some copies of DELIRIU M OF THE BRAVE have a blank page for page 366. The following is t he text of that page: consumed by guilt over the pride that had driven him out to the island. He babbled on and on about how Prid e always goes before a fall, and how he had fallen as far as any man could. He was arrogant, steeped in pride, responsible for ano ther man's death. John-Morgan tried to reason with him, but the tormented priest could not be moved. This is probably the end o f my ministry, he said, the only thing in my life that was ever r eally worthwhile. Now someone will need to hear my confession. As he gazed at Tony's wounds, Lloyd had another, wrenching thought. What do we tell his wife? What do we tell his father? That I lur ed him out here because I knew that Big Tony murdered his own bro ther forty years ago? I don't know, Lloyd, said John-Morgan as h e shook his head in disbelief, I just don't know. Following her instincts, Ann Marie made half a dozen cellphone calls to locate Mike and Bubba. She finally tracked them down at the WTOC broadca st booth. She carefully explained to Mike why she was concerned a bout John-Morgan. Something's crazy wrong, Mike. I know it is. Li sten, ya'll take John-Morgan's old Whaler and go look for him, pl ease. Her voice cracked. I'll run it down to the marina and have it in the water by the time you get here. She was afraid. What' s goin' on, Ann Marie? Where is John-Morgan, anyway? asked Mike, a thread of terror coiled inside him. Ya'll come on, she said. Hurry now. When Mike and Bubba drove up, Ann Marie met them. Sh e was pale. Her face seemed to have aged. I'm sure he went to R accoon Island. I'd go too, but I can't leave the children, Brenda n's sick. The boat's in the water. Plenty of gas in it. Hurry! About the Author William C. Harris, a native Savannahian, is a g raduate of Georgia State University and the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine. He practices podiatry in Savannah, where h e lives with his wife Pamela and three daughters. This is his fir st novel. About the Author William C. Harris, a native Savannah ian, is a graduate of Georgia State University and the Pennsylvan ia College of Podiatric Medicine. He practices podiatry in Savann ah, where he lives with his wife Pamela and three daughters. This is his first novel. ., St. Martin's Press, 1999, 3<

1999, ISBN: 0312254954

[EAN: 9780312254957], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: St. Martin's Press], Jacket, 384 pages.Savannah, 1864. Confederate Captain Patrick Driscol l and his dear friend and manservant S… More...

[EAN: 9780312254957], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: St. Martin's Press], Jacket, 384 pages.Savannah, 1864. Confederate Captain Patrick Driscol l and his dear friend and manservant Shadrack Shad Bryan leave th eir tearful families to help fight for the Southern cause. They a re to set up fort at Raccoon Island off Georgia's coast in a last -ditch effort to save their beloved city from Union attack. But o nly days into their assignment, the two men die in each other's a rms in a Yankee bombardment. Though the men are gone, their legac y will live on-as will the legend of the priceless Driscoll famil y treasure the two men have buried on Raccoon Island. Four gener ations after the Civil War, many Confederate families still remai n in Savannah, struggling through the twentieth-century in a Sout h rife with hardball politics, personal vendettas and the hangove r of war. John-Morgan Hartman, son of a newspaper man and great- great grandson of Captain Patrick Driscoll, goes to serve his cou ntry in Vietnam, unaware of the physical and psychological wounds that will befall him. Tony O'Boyle is an ambitious young poli tician who will stop at nothing and spare no one to get ahead-but his family's dark past will come back to haunt him. Lloyd Bry an, descended from slaves, is determined to succeed where his anc estors didn't. But his celebrity as a professional football playe r immerses him in a world of temptation that ultimately turns him toward religion. Charlotte Drayton, a successful television r eporter, has always used her beauty to get her way-but the one ma n she can't have is the only one she wants. After many years, four friends will meet on the very island where the two confedera te soldiers died in each other's arms. To find where they buried Driscoll's treasure-and to uncover the dangerous secrets of a pro minent Savannah family. A gripping novel of history, intrigue, w ar, and love, Delirium of the Brave follows four generations of f amilies contemplating the pain of the past and the promise of the future. Get swept away by this glorious saga rich with the sight s, sounds, flavors, and people of the South's most stunning local e. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The success of this gossipy but somewhat overwritten debut novel by a 51-year-old Sa vannah, Ga., podiatrist resulted from local media buzz rather tha n stellar literary qualities. Originally published by the small S avannah publisher Frederic C. Beil, the novel was a word-of-mouth sleeper, eventually replacing John Berendt's Midnight in the Gar den of Good and Evil on regional bestseller lists (Book News, May 17). In an auction, St. Martin's acquired world rights in what w as reported (Hot Deals, July 5) to be a six-figure, two-book deal . The ambitious, well-researched roman ? clef begins during the C ivil War and moves into the present day, building on a legend abo ut buried treasure on tiny Raccoon Island (one of the barrier isl ands that dot the coastal waterways around Savannah). The plot ce nters on the progeny of a young Confederate officer, Patrick Dris coll, and his devoted slave companion, Shadrack Bryan, who bury a chest of valuables to keep it from Yankee looters. Both men are killed, taking their secret to the grave. Skimming across generat ions, the plot leapfrogs into the late 1930s, when hot-tempered y oung reporter John Morgan Hartman marries into the Driscoll famil y. It is Hartman's son John-Morgan and John-Morgan's contemporary , Father Lloyd Bryan, who become the novel's protagonists, their destinies mixed with that of a powerful and corrupt Savannah fami ly headed by politico Tony O'Boyle. A mythic wild boar, a serial killer, an unsolved fratricide, blackmail, sex, sleazy politics a nd a Hemingwayesque recovery from war-related impotence move the narrative along. While Harris lacks the storytelling gifts that h ave distinguished many a Southern yarn, he is skilled at plot con trol. Something of a diamond in the rough, the novel has enough w hispered scandal about prominent families to k, Books<