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John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.

In this classic masterwork, le Carré expands upon his extraordinary vision of a secret world as George Smiley goes on the attack.

In the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent, Smiley has been made ringmaster of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service). Determined to restore the organization's health and reputation, and bent on revenge, Smiley thrusts his own handpicked operative into action. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiancesŠand a new showdown is about to begin.

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At the age of seven, Paul Watkins was roughly transplanted from his home in Rhode Island to England's Dragon School. He was greeted by a delegation of bullies who, in time, would become his friends and whose rules would become his own. For at Dragon, and later at Eton, "there was no middle ground. You could not go here and come out not caring one way or the other. You had to stand before your God and commit."

In this enthralling and sometimes harrowing memoir, the acclaimed author of The Promise of Light gives us a masterly companion to such classics as Brideshead Revisited and A Separate Peace. Here are the masters who paddle boys for small infractions and then offer them sweets; the seniors who pamper pretty favorites and subject all others to humiliating servitude; the deep friendships and sudden, devastating betrayals. Above all, here is the exhilaration of a boy discovering own capacities for learning and creativity, in a book that conveys with astonishing insight the pangs of growing up..
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A piercing, magical story about?a life-altering friendship

Toward the end of his life, H looks back on the relationship that has shaped and obsessed him for nearly a century It began many years earlier at St. Oswald’s, a dismal boarding school on the coast of England, where the young H came face- to-face with an almost unbearably beautiful boy living by himself at the edge of the sea.

At first, the mysterious Finn appears to have no past—his home is an ancient fisherman’s hut with a woodstove, a case of books, striped blankets, and a cat.

H insinuates his way into Finn’s life, stalking him with perfect patience until an unlikely friendship is kindled; a confused idyll of ?devotion and longing set against a background of blazing wood fires and fishing expeditions.

Their friendship deepens, offering H both the freedom and the human connection that has always eluded him. But in a world of conformity, can one eccentric idyll be ?allowed to survive?.
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Guy Tilson has a new guitar to take back to school for the new semester and on the train meets a new boy who is a tantalizing challenge all semester When not jumping in and out of each others beds, the boys form a rock band, the Ram Stam Boys, where the only rule is that you are not allowed to be a virgin. That is really not a problem .
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Bob Hunter's Chic is the untold story of the unassuming schoolboy who laid the groundwork for Ohio stadium, as well as the story of the building of America's greatest athletic institution, the OSU program

It's a near cinematic tale of how it all began, how mighty Michigan was first put in its place by the Buckeye upstarts. It is a story of the game itself creating its first modern identity, and into it all is woven the story of a boy whose prowess matched the vibrant passage of a city and a university reaching for their own potential.

Finally, it is a love story. In all its odd and mysterious turnings, neither the city nor the university ever forgot the schoolboy. Almost half a century afterward, Chic Harley returned to Columbus and a third of the city lined the downtown streets in the rain to cheer him.

Chic Harley is the ghost in the program, a tragic figure who through the life of Ohio Stadium gave as much sustained pleasure to as many people as any athlete of all time..
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Three complete works by a popular author of spy and espionage novels include Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. .
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Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher He was also an alcoholic who overcame his demons and became one of the first players to make the transition to the announcer’s booth. His teammates and managers were among the all-time greats, but he’ll always be associated with his friend Babe Ruth. He was there when Ruth hit 29 homers for a new record in 1919; when Ruth hit his 60th in 1927; when the Babe hit his 714th, and last, home run; he was even a pallbearer at Ruth’s funeral. His career on the mound and as the Cincinnati Reds announcer lasted from 1915 to 1965, and to walk in his footsteps is to journey through the history of baseball in the 20th century.

This biography of Waite Hoyt involves many great moments in baseball history, and includes some of the classic tales that Hoyt, a natural-born storyteller, would tell about his teammates. It follows his transition from a career on the field to his career behind the microphone, and his struggles with alcoholism that almost cost him his dream of working as a broadcaster. Later chapters chronicle his years in the announcer’s booth, his induction into Cooperstown, and his longtime championing of Babe Ruth as beyond compare, even as Ruth’s most prominent records fell to Maris and Aaron..
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Cassette introduction and closing comments by "Golden Age" radio performer Elliott Reid.

"The Clue of the Hungry Cat" Originally broadcast on October 26, 1946
Can Sherlock Holmes prevent an innocent man from going to the gallows? Several unanswered questions entice Holmes to agree to help a man condemned to die prove his innocence. But just what is the clue provided by a hungry cat that can save the day and bring the true murderer to justice?

"The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" Originally broadcast on November 9, 1946
Is a private school located in a desolate spot being used to murder unwanted relatives? Lord Landers asks Holmes to investigate the mysterious death of his young brother. Holmes finds that five young students have died recently at the school and the rest of the students are living in mortal terror of their lives. Can Holmes stop the terror and murder?.
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