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My Half Century

Author : Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810114852
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book My Half Century written by Anna Andreevna Akhmatova and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anna Akhmatova is known as one of twentieth-century Russia's greatest poets, a member of the quartet that included Mandelstam, Pasternak, and Tsvetaeva. This is the first paperback collection of her prose available in English." "The subjects of her memoirs are extraordinary: she describes Modigliani as she knew him in Paris, Blok near the end of his days, and Mandelstam as a close friend. The autobiographical prose section reveals the elusive poet's personality more clearly than any biography could, including her thoughts about how difficult it was to be a poet at a time when women writers were rarely taken seriously." --Book Jacket.

The Last Half-Century

Author : Morris Janowitz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226393063
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Last Half-Century written by Morris Janowitz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janowitz examines the societal changes that have weakened the electoral system and contributed to the further decline of social control, and encourages the development of new forms of citizen participation.

The Kennedy Half-Century

Author : Larry J. Sabato
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620402823
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Kennedy Half-Century written by Larry J. Sabato and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original and illuminating narrative revealing John F. Kennedy's lasting influence on America, by the acclaimed political analyst Larry J. Sabato.

Dream It! Do It!

Author : Marty Sklar
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1423184521
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Dream It! Do It! written by Marty Sklar and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marty Sklar was hired by The Walt Disney Company after his junior year at UCLA, and began his Disney career at Disneyland in July 1955, the month before the park opened. He spent his first decade at Disney as "the kid," the very youngest of the creative team Walt had assembled at WED Enterprises. But despite his youth, his talents propelled him forward into substantial responsibility: he became Walt's speech writer, penned Walt's and Roy's messages in the company's annual report, composed most of the publicity and marketing materials for Disneyland, conceived presentations for the U.S. government, devised initiatives to obtain sponsors to enable new Disneyland developments, and wrote a twenty-four-minute film expressing Walt's philosophy for the Walt Disney World project and Epcot. He was Walt's literary right-hand man. Over the next forty years, Marty Sklar rose to become president and principal creative executive of Walt Disney Imagineering, and he devoted his entire career to creating, enhancing, and expanding Walt's magical empire. This beautifully written and enlightening book is Marty's own retelling of his epic Disney journey, a grand adventure that lasted over half a century.

Godzilla: Half Century War

Author : James Stokoe
Publisher : IDW Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1623023092
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Godzilla: Half Century War written by James Stokoe and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a new and exciting look at Godzilla's reign of destruction, courtesy of Orc Stain creator James Stokoe! The year is 1954 and Lieutenant Ota Murakami is on hand when Godzilla makes first landfall in Japan. Along with his pal Kentaro, Ota makes a desperate gamble to save lives... and in the process begins an obsession with the King of the Monsters that lasts fifty years!

Uncovered

Author : John Sager
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1449789722
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Uncovered written by John Sager and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovered is the life story of eighty-three-year-old cold war veteran John Sager. An operations officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, his postings to pre-revolutionary Iran, Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt, and Nikita Khrushchev' s Soviet Russia thrust him into the midst of America's most tumultuous half-century since World War II. The author's memoir reveals an up-close vision of the nitty-gritty of cold-war intelligence work: recruiting and handling agents, devising ways to insert them into the hermetically sealed Soviet Union, managing the CIA's Moscow station, and running intelligence-gathering operations in the United States. Over his fifty-plus years of service, he experienced much of the CIA's silent struggle with America's principal adversary. Now he shares those reflections, through the eyes of a born-again Christian. But the story is more than that. Sager combines his spy craft with a passion for fly fishing, an avocation that took him to Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula, where he found the long arm of the Russian intelligence service waiting. And when he returned to the United States to stay put, he reconnected with the love of his life in a marriage that lasted barely five years, cut short by tragedy.

G.K. Chesterton

Author : D. J. Conlon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book G.K. Chesterton written by D. J. Conlon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: G.K. Chesterton, one of the most controversial literary figures of the last hundred years, has excited an enormous range of critical comment since his death in 1936. In this generous collection of essays, D. J. Conlon presents the views of more than fifty writers on the private and public Chesterton. Writers such as George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley Amis, Anthony Burgess, Graham Greene, V. S. Pritchett, A. N. Wilson and many others show the range and the nature of Chesterton's impact over the last half century. G. K. Chesterton's output was prodigious, including essays, prefaces, poems, short stories and articles, as well as 115 books. Having made his name in journalism--which he called "the easiest of all professions"--he went on to write novels and to create the best-known detective-priest in English fiction, Father Brown. He wrote literary criticism, including works on Browning, Dickens and Shaw, and established himself as a Christian apologist and commentator on political and social affairs. His larger-than-life personality and appearance, his wit, and his friendship with Hilaire Belloc all made an indelible impression on contemporaries, while his writing remains subject to continual reassessment and is currently enjoying a new popularity. This collection will be of special interest to all those fascinated by the rich and eccentric era of British Edwardian literature.

Ding's Half Century

Author : Jay Norwood Darling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258312787
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Ding's Half Century written by Jay Norwood Darling and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

America's Half-Century

Author : Thomas J. McCormick
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801850110
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book America's Half-Century written by Thomas J. McCormick and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1995-02 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised andupdated through 1993, it describes how the end of the Cold War affected the United States's global role as well as suggesting what possibilities lie ahead for a restructured world-system.

Lessons from the Heartland

Author : Barbara J. Miner
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595588647
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Lessons from the Heartland written by Barbara J. Miner and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Miner’s story of Milwaukee is filled with memorable characters . . . explores with consummate skill the dynamics of race, politics, and schools in our time.” —Mike Rose, author of The Mind at Work Weaving together the racially fraught history of public education in Milwaukee and the broader story of hypersegregation in the rust belt, Lessons from the Heartland tells of a city’s fall from grace—and its chance for redemption in the twenty-first century. A symbol of middle American working-class values, Wisconsin—and in particular urban Milwaukee—has been at the forefront of a half century of public education experiments, from desegregation and “school choice” to vouchers and charter schools. This book offers a sweeping narrative portrait of an all-American city at the epicenter of public education reform, and an exploration of larger issues of race and class in our democracy. The author, a former Milwaukee Journal reporter whose daughters went through the public school system, explores the intricate ways that jobs, housing, and schools intersect, underscoring the intrinsic link between the future of public schools and the dreams and hopes of democracy in a multicultural society. “A social history with the pulse and pace of a carefully crafted novel and a Dickensian cast of unforgettable characters. With the eye of an ethnographer, the instincts of a beat reporter, and the heart of a devoted mother and citizen activist, Miner has created a compelling portrait of a city, a time, and a people on the edge. This is essential reading.” —Bill Ayers, author of Teaching Toward Freedom “Eloquently captures the narratives of schoolchildren, parents, and teachers.” —Library Journal

Put It In the Book!

Author : Howie Rose
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1623682142
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Put It In the Book! written by Howie Rose and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Put It In the Book, New York Mets broadcaster and lifelong fan Howie Rose takes fans behind the microphone, into the locker rooms, and through the last 50 years of Mets baseball. Millions of fans have listened to Rose’s trademark calls over the years, and now, with his patented honesty and humor, he gives a firsthand account of the Amazins’—from the greatness of Tom Seaver to Johan Santana’s recent no-no. In addition to a personalized look at the rich history of the of the team, this work also features Rose’s thoughts and opinions on the current Mets team and roster and his thoughts on the future of the club.

Slade Gorton

Author : John Charles Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Slade Gorton written by John Charles Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description: Slade Gorton's half century in politics began in 1956. Together with Dan Evans and Joel Pritchard, he was a key player in generating a new wave of progressive Republican politics in Washington State. He helped elect the youngest governor in state history; argued 14 cases bafore the U.S. Supreme Court as attorney general; upset a legend to win a seat in the U.S. Senate; saved baseball for Seattle; angered Indians and environmentalists; championed the plight of timber towns caught in the crossfire over the spotted owl; suffered a bitter defeat and made a comback, only to lose one of the closest Senate races in American history. Gorton went on to investigate British Petroleum's safety practices, forged consensus on the 9/11 Commission and served on the 2011 Redistricting Commission. This sweeping biography explores the eventful life of a resilient politican who remains in the arena in his 80s.

French Musketeer 1622-1775

Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780968639
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book French Musketeer 1622-1775 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The works of French novelist Alexandre Dumas have been reproduced time and again on stage and screen. Based on a genuine memoir by an officer named D'Artagnan, Dumas published The Three Musketeers. The King's Musketeers were formed in 1622 and were populated by young men of noble birth, but often of poorer means. The Musketeers served as a form of military academy, which enabled these men to qualify for commission into the regular army, but the academy was not just a schoolroom the Musketeers served in all major battles and campaigns of the period; their reputation for bravery was well deserved. This title explores the history behind the legends created by Dumas. Drawing on historical and fascinating accounts the truth of this most colourful and flamboyant of units is revealed.

The Way We Will be 50 Years from Today

Author : Mike Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Way We Will be 50 Years from Today written by Mike Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty leading luminaries, including scientists, writers, artists, religious leaders, businesspeople, and politicians, offer their thoughts on what life will look like by the middle of the twenty-first century.

A Half-century with the Internal Revenue Code

Author : Stanley S. Surrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781531021184
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book A Half-century with the Internal Revenue Code written by Stanley S. Surrey and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stanley S. Surrey was the most prominent mid-twentieth-century American tax law academic, and the federal government official with the greatest influence on tax policy over that same period (aside from politicians). His professional life with the federal tax system spanned half a century, ending only with his death at the age of 73 in 1984. As Surrey writes in his memoirs, he had good reason to "doubt that any person alive today has had as close and as varied a relationship with the Internal Revenue Code as I have had." He divided the five decades of his professional life between academia (three early years at the University of California, Berkeley, followed by many years at Harvard Law School), and two lengthy tours of duty in the service of the U.S. Treasury Department. In his second Treasury stint he served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy, the highest executive branch position exclusively focused on taxation. Surrey's influence on the federal tax system was deep and pervasive and continues to this day; perhaps his most enduring accomplishment has been his development of tax expenditure analysis, which since the 1970s has played a central role in a wide range of tax policy discussions. At his death in 1984, Surrey had written polished drafts of the majority of his planned professional memoirs. Until now, the memoirs have remained unpublished in the archives of the Harvard Law School Library. Lawrence Zelenak and Ajay K. Mehrotra have edited the memoirs for publication to produce this collection. This edited volume includes an comprehensive introductory essay on Surrey's professional life and his contributions to tax policy, as well as extensive annotations providing important background on the people and events Surrey discusses in the memoirs"--

Trajectories

Author : Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Publisher : Image Continuum Press - Image Continuum Press
ISBN 13 : 9780615670072
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Trajectories written by Arno Rafael Minkkinen and published by Image Continuum Press - Image Continuum Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trajectories presents fifty years of portraits by the award-winning photographer Martha Casanave.

Migration from the Newly Independent States

Author : Mikhail Denisenko
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303036075X
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Migration from the Newly Independent States written by Mikhail Denisenko and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses international migration in the newly independent states after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which involved millions of people. Written by authors from 15 countries, it summarizes the population movement over the post-Soviet territories, both within the newly independent states and in other countries over the past 25 years. It focuses on the volume of migration flows, the number and socio-demographic characteristics of migrants, migration factors and the situation of migrants in receiving countries. The authors, who include demographers, economists, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists, used various methods and sources of information, such as censuses, administrative statistics, the results of mass sample surveys and in-depth interviews. This heterogeneity highlights the multifaceted nature of the topic of migration movements.