![]() ![]() ![]() "rnrnThe delight in stories well told is as intrinsic to who we are as a species as toolmaking or song. The stories range from pensive cruises in sheltered waters to tales of endurance and high adventure and each one features an introduction from Jonathan Raban,whom The Guardian has called "the finest writer afloat since Conrad. ![]() But when the old man returned in his 53-foot ketch Gypsy Moth IV nine months later,he had made history's fastest circumnavigation.rnGipsy Moth Circles the World was an international best-seller when it appeared in 1967.rnrnIt inspired the first solo around-the-world race and remains a timeless testament to the spirit of adventure.rnrnThe Sailor's Classics presents the best writing about the sea as observed from the perspective of a small boat under sail. When 65-year-old Francis Chichester set sail on his solitary,eastward journey around the world in 1966,many believed he wouldn't return alive. ![]()
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![]() She has been released from jail and has a court date of June 28, the report indicated.Īccording to an arrest warrant, a passerby noticed Solo passed out behind the steering wheel for more than an hour with the vehicle’s engine running and the two children in the backseat. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside, police said.Ī police report said Solo was arrested on Thursday in a shopping center parking lot in Winston-Salem and charged with driving while impaired, resisting a public officer and misdemeanor child abuse. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ![]() This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]() ![]() ![]() With 5% of the world's population, the United States now holds 25% of the world's prisoners, winning it the dubious title of the world's leading jailer. 4 While incarceration rates for non-drug crimes have remained remarkably stable over many decades, the drug war has provided a new, ever increasing supply of prisoners over the past 15 years. 3 The population of this vast American Gulag, if brought together in a territory of its own, would rank as the 35th most populous state, just surpassing Nevada's 1.99 million residents. Today, thanks in no small part to harsh sentences for drug crimes, especially for low-level nonviolent offenses, almost two million people fill the prisons and jails of the United States. John Walters, the new drug czar, and Asa Hutchinson, the choice to head the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), are promising ever more interdiction, incarceration and arrests.Īs the nation prepares to careen further down this pernicious path, the drug war's costs urge a different course. ![]() ![]() ""I want to refresh it, relaunch it if you will."" 2 And Bush's nominees to fight the drug war have joined in Ashcroft's chorus. 1 ""I want to renew it,"" he told CNN's Larry King. Published in NACLA Report on the Americas, July/August 2001ĭespite the growing public feeling that the drug war has failed, Attorney General John Ashcroft has declared that he wants to escalate it. ![]() The Drug War is the New Jim Crow by Graham Boyd ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers who dream that there's something more out there will be enchanted by this captivating novel of family, renewal, and discovering the wonder of the world.Įagar seamlessly blends a 12-year-old girl's summer of change with a hefty dose of magical realism in this accomplished debut.Fairytale motifs ("No rain for a hundred years") emphasize the stark physicality of the New Mexican mesa, with its oppressive heat, spindly sheep, and numerous dangers. ![]() ![]() As the thin line between magic and reality starts to blur, Carol must decide for herself what is possible - and what it means to be true to her roots. 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