“russell baker”

From his youthful days as a delivery boy for William Randolph Hearst's Baltimore newspapers through his many years as a journalist and commentator, Russell Baker has been a keen observer of American politics and culture. Now, in these eleven essays, all originally published in "The New York Review o... More

Every Other Weekend: My Fight for Access is a look back on the author's experiences regarding divorce and visitation with his son, including intervention by the court system and social services. Access to a child can easily be prevented by an ex-spouse, especially for the sake of revenge. Meanwhile,... More

This is Russell Baker's story of growing up in America between the world wars--in the backwoods mountains of Virginia, in a New Jersey commuter town, and finally in the Depression-shadowed urban landscape of Baltimore.... More

Bestselling author Russell Baker presents a wonderful collection of poems, limericks, ballads, and lyrics.... More

Summary Aimed at professionals within Library and Information Services (LIS), this book is about the management of technology in a strategic context. The book is written against a backdrop of the complete transformation of LIS over the last twenty years as a result of technology. The book aims to pr... More

This volume from the 1998 TMS Fall Meeting addresses recent developments in the effects of interstitial and substitutional solute atoms on the physical and mechanical properties of intermetallic compounds. Topics discussed include the theory, modeling, and experimental verification of such effects a... More

Tree or Three? provides enjoyable practice in the pronunciation of English sounds, word stress and intonation for beginner-level students.... More