Essays, speeches, and conversations by artist, arts administrator, and Vermont state legislator, John R. Killacky.

CONFIDENCE, c'est en quelque sorte le bilan d'une carrière de plus de quarante ans dans le monde de la presse parlée et écrite. Ce métier de journaliste, animateur à la radio et à la télé, m'a permis de vivre de très belles expériences, de rencontrer des personnalités dans le monde du sport, de la politique, du milieu artistique. En carrière, j'ai eu l'opportunité de faire des entrevues avec quatre premiers ministres ; Jacques Parizeau,...

"Decades ago, John and Elizabeth Baxter lived a love story that is still playing out in the lives of their adult children and grandchildren. But few of them know the exact details of that story or the heartbreak that brought the two together. Now in high school, Ashley Baxter Blake's oldest son, Cole, must write a family history paper for a freshman English class. He decides to interview his grandfather about that long ago love story. John is hesitant,...

Dr. Jessie Copeland, having pioneered a tiny robot designed to excise tumors that had previously been considered inoperable, draws the attention of remorseless mercenary Claude Malloche who thinks nothing of threatening the lives of thousands of people in order to get Copeland to use her technology on his brain tumor.

"A writer tries to answer a set of interview questions sent to him by a website. At first, they stick to the standard fare: Did you always know you would be a writer? How autobiographical are your books? Have you written any stories you would never publish? Usually his answers in these situations are measured, calculated, cautious. But this time, when his heart is about to break and his life is about to crumble, he finds he cannot tell anything but...

Acclaimed science fiction author George Zebrowski conducts interviews with four Grand Masters of Science Fiction: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, and James Gunn. These conversations cover a wide variety of topics, from writing and science fiction to science and the future. One of the not-to-be-missed books for anyone interested in the history of science fiction and the authors who shaped the field.

Chronicles the life of Walt Disney, providing information on his impact on American culture, his ever-lasting legacy, his family, and his dreams

This is an unprecedented and original history of intellectual life throughout the past century. It reveals how the 20th Century was not a clash between ideologies, but rather the ideological century when the ideas of the few reigned over the lives of the many. The authors discuss the debates and ideological conflicts that defined the era, and set the stage for the wars that would reshape the globe.

While still a sitting president, Bill Clinton initiated a project to preserve for historians an unfiltered record of presidential experience. Clinton talks intimately over seven years to his long-time friend, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, about what it's like to be president, highlighting major events from Clinton's two terms, including war in Bosnia, the anti-deficit crusade, health reform failure, anti-terrorist strikes, peace initiatives,...