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Book Synopsis Guernica and Total War by : Ian Patterson
Download or read book Guernica and Total War written by Ian Patterson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patterson explores how modern men and women respond to the threat of new warfare with new capacities for imagining aggression and death. This is an unflinching history of the locationless terror that so many people feel today.
Book Synopsis Profiles in Audacity by : Alan Axelrod
Download or read book Profiles in Audacity written by Alan Axelrod and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In brief vignettes, historian Axelrod pinpoints and investigates the make-or-break event in the lives and careers of some of history's most significant figures. Axelrod reexamines history by answering the fascinating question of why the people who made history made their choices--and conveys the resonance of those choices today. The 46 profiles range from ancient times to the present day and include Cleopatra's decision to rescue Egypt; Washington's decision to cross the Delaware and win; Gandhi's decision to prevail against the British Empire without bloodshed; Truman's decision to drop the A-bomb and end WW II; Rosa Parks' decision to sit in for civil rights; Boris Yeltsin's decision to embrace a new world order; and Flight 93's decision to take a stand against terror.--From publisher description.
Book Synopsis Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present by : J. Clement Vaz
Download or read book Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present written by J. Clement Vaz and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Uses of the Past by : Herbert Joseph Muller
Download or read book The Uses of the Past written by Herbert Joseph Muller and published by Schocken. This book was released on 1985 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing the paradoxes and incongruities in the history of Western civilization, the author assesses its value in guiding today's societies
Book Synopsis Profiles in Colonial History by : Aleck Loker
Download or read book Profiles in Colonial History written by Aleck Loker and published by Aleck Loker. This book was released on 2008 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles in Colonial History provides short biographical sketches of six important figures in our American history. They span the 200-year colonial period, from the attempted English settlement at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, through the American Revolution. Some of these people you may have heard of, such as Patrick Henry; others may be new to you. All made important contributions to the building of our nation.
Download or read book Profiles in Folly written by Alan Axelrod and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of Profiles in Audacity returns with an “illuminating [and] entertaining” study of historically bad decisions (Publishers Weekly). In an engrossing anecdotal format, historian and bestselling author Alan Axelrod turns to the dark side of audacious decision-making—and explores history’s most tragic errors, the people who made them, and why they happened. While Axelrod looks at the hopelessly dumb and the overtly evil, the main focus is on smart people who had the best of intentions—but whose plans went disastrously wrong. The 35 compelling stories include the sailing of the “unsinkable” Titanic; Edward Bernays’s 1929 campaign to recruit women smokers; Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of the Nazis; Ken Lay’s deception with Enron; and even the choice to create a “New Coke” and fix what wasn’t broke. These are cautionary tales that any decision-maker can learn from—albeit with exquisite twists ranging from acerbic to horrific.
Book Synopsis Terrorist Leaders by : Mitchell Young
Download or read book Terrorist Leaders written by Mitchell Young and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles various types of terrorist leaders throughout history.
Book Synopsis Profiles in Courage for Our Time by : Caroline Kennedy
Download or read book Profiles in Courage for Our Time written by Caroline Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the recipients of the Profiles in Courage Award, established by the Kennedys in 1989 to honor courageous public service.
Book Synopsis Star Trek The Collectibles by : Steve Kelley
Download or read book Star Trek The Collectibles written by Steve Kelley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-26 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a wide-range of Star Trek treasures you can appreciate whether you're a devoted Trekkie or a novice collector of this epic American science-fiction franchise. Then the pages of this spectacular guide, you'll discover more than 1,500 color photos including memorabilia direct from Paramount Studios warehouses. In addition, you'll enjoy chapters covering more than 40 years of Star Trek action figures, lunch boxes, games, pins, posters, uniforms, original scripts and countless other items, all with identifying details and current market values.
Book Synopsis Profiles in Corruption by : Peter Schweizer
Download or read book Profiles in Corruption written by Peter Schweizer and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Washington insiders operate by a proven credo: When a Peter Schweizer book drops, duck and brace for impact. For over a decade, the work of six-time New York Times bestselling investigative reporter Peter Schweizer has sent shockwaves through the political universe. Clinton Cash revealed the Clintons’ international money flow, exposed global corruption, and sparked an FBI investigation. Secret Empires exposed bipartisan corruption and launched congressional investigations. And Throw Them All Out and Extortion prompted passage of the STOCK Act. Indeed, Schweizer’s “follow the money” bombshell revelations have been featured on the front pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and regularly appear on national news programs, including 60 Minutes. Now Schweizer and his team of seasoned investigators turn their focus to the nation’s top progressives—politicians who strive to acquire more government power to achieve their political ends. Can they be trusted with more power? In Profiles in Corruption, Schweizer offers a deep-dive investigation into the private finances, and secrets deals of some of America’s top political leaders. And, as usual, he doesn’t disappoint, with never-before-reported revelations that uncover corruption and abuse of power—all backed up by a mountain of corporate documents and legal filings from around the globe. Learn about how they are making sweetheart deals, generating side income, bending the law to their own benefits, using legislation to advance their own interests, and much more. Profiles in Corruption contains tomorrow’s headlines.
Download or read book Of Cats and Men written by Sam Kalda and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stylish, illustrated gift book profiling notable cat-loving men throughout history. Some of history’s greatest men have been cat lovers, and their cats have contributed to their genius and legacy: the static charge from a cat’s fur sparked young Nikola Tesla’s interest in electricity; Sir Isaac Newton is said to have invited the first cat flap; visitors to Ernest Hemingway and Winston Churchill’s homes still encounter the descendants of their beloved cats; William S. Burroughs and Andy Warhol both wrote books inspired by their feline friends. Stylishly illustrated and full of charming, witty profiles and quotes from history’s most notable “cat men,” Of Cats and Men pays tribute to thirty luminaries and visionaries who have one thing in common: a pure and enduring love of cats.
Author :G. Edward White John B. Minor Professor of Law and Cromwell Research Professor of History University of Virginia Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 13 :0199729182 Total Pages :566 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (997 download)
Book Synopsis The American Judicial Tradition : Profiles of Leading American Judges by : G. Edward White John B. Minor Professor of Law and Cromwell Research Professor of History University of Virginia
Download or read book The American Judicial Tradition : Profiles of Leading American Judges written by G. Edward White John B. Minor Professor of Law and Cromwell Research Professor of History University of Virginia and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988-12-01 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in a newly revised and updated second edition, this highly-acclaimed volume presents a series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history from John Marshall to the Burger court. G. Edward White traces the American judicial tradition through sketches of the careers and contributions of such significant judges as John Marshall, Joseph Story, Roger Taney, Stephen Field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Charles Evans Hughes, Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Earl Warren, William Brennan, and Sandra Day O'Connor. This expanded edition contains a new preface, an updated bibliographical note, and two new chapters, one on Justice William O. Douglas and one on the Burger Court.
Download or read book Architectural Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Black Profiles in Courage by : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Download or read book Black Profiles in Courage written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2000 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ideal introduction to black history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar examines the lives of heroic African Americans and offers their stories as inspiring examples for young people, who too rarely encounter positive black role models in history books or in the media. Profiled here are Peter Salem, the volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque, leader of a daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass, self-taught writer-orator and escaped slave who forced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation years ahead of schedule; Harriet Tubman, who led at least three hundred slaves to freedom; Lewis Latimer, whose scientific work was integral to the achievements of Bell and Edison; and many more. Shining a bright light on the touchstones of character, these exemplary stories reemphasize the integral role of African Americans in weaving the fabric of our nation and form an empowering legacy from which Americans of all ages can draw inspiration, wisdom, and pride.
Book Synopsis Profiles of Canada by : Kenneth G. Pryke
Download or read book Profiles of Canada written by Kenneth G. Pryke and published by Canadian Scholars’ Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together contributions on a wide range of topics, including regionalism, the North, demography, ethnicity, culture, and sport, to create a comprehensive and interesting introduction to Canadian society. The addition of a short story by Alistair MacLeod is a creative departure from the academic writing of the other chapters. This updated edition is an innovative collection that combines depth, breadth, sophistication, and readability to offer the reader a comprehensive overview of Canada. Contributors include Michael Howlett, Alistair MacLeod, Don Rubin, and Patricia Monture-Angus and subjects include public policy, theatre, minorities, globalisation, and aboriginal women.
Book Synopsis Profiles in Contemporary Social Theory by : Anthony Elliott
Download or read book Profiles in Contemporary Social Theory written by Anthony Elliott and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-07-23 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book provides an indispensable introduction to the most significant figures in contemporary social theory. Grounded strongly in the European tradition, the profiles include Michel Foucault, J[um]urgen Habermas, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Pierre Bourdieu, Zygmunt Bauman, Martin Heidegger, Frederic Jameson, Richard Rorty, Nancy Chodorow, Anthony Giddens, Stuart Hall, Luce Irigaray and Donna Haraway. In guiding students through the key figures in an accessible and authoritative fashion, the book provides detailed accounts of the development of the work of major social theorists and charts the relationship between different traditions of social, cultural and political thought.
Book Synopsis Profiles in Power by : Kenneth E. Hendrickson
Download or read book Profiles in Power written by Kenneth E. Hendrickson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles in Power offers concise biographies of fourteen twentieth-century Texans who wielded significant political power and influence in Washington, D.C. First published in 1993 by Harlan Davidson, it has been revised and updated with new chapters on John Nance Garner and Henry Gonzalez and expanded chapters on Lyndon Johnson, Barbara Jordan, Ralph Yarborough, Jim Wright, and John Tower. Demonstrating the validity of a biographical approach to history, the book as a whole covers all the major political issues of the twentieth century, as well as the pivotal role of Texans in defining the national agenda.
