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A Reporter?s Life by Walter Cronkite ?And that?s the way it is?? For more than thirty years Walter Cronkite told us the way it was, at home and around the world. Now ?the most trusted man in America? offers his personal reminiscences, ranging from the earliest days of television to his history-shaping coverage of such events as the Kennedy assassination, the first moon landing, and his own decision to publicly oppose the Vietnam war. This is how it really was, both behind and in front of the camera. A Slender Thread by Diane Ackerman Keeping Hope alive for people on the edge of despair?that?s what it means to be on call at a suicide hot line. So the author discovers when she volunteers to be a telephone counselor in a crisis center. They every call she gets is a call of desperation. No names are given, no other contact made besides the counselor?s voice. Yet for many callers that voice is the only chance, the last slender link to life. A moving exploration of a hidden landscape, where cries for help are answered with healing and inspiration. The Run of His Life by Jeffrey Toobin Marsha Clark, Kato Kaelin, Robert Shapiro, Lance Ito, Rosa Lopez? their names and faces are familiar, the motives behind their actions are not. This definitive account of the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson reveals for the first time the private conversations and hidden agendas that shaped the decade's most famous courtroom drama. For those who think they know all there is to know about that incendiary trial, The New York Times calls this ?the book to read.? Final Rounds: A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime by James Dodson Jim Dodson and his irrepressibly, upbeat father, Brax, had a special place together?the golf course, any golf course. Here they shared countless hours solving the woes of the world while playing the game they both loved. In Final Rounds, Jim takes us along on the last of their excellent golf adventures, a joyful journey into the mysteries of life, love, family, and a special bond between a father and a son.