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The First of Men

Author : John E. Ferling
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199742278
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The First of Men written by John E. Ferling and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by John Ferling, one of America's leading historians of the Revolutionary era, The First of Men offers an illuminating portrait of George Washington's life, with emphasis on his military and political career. Here is a riveting account that captures Washington in all his complexity, recounting not only Washington's familiar sterling qualities--courage, industry, ability to make difficult decisions, ceaseless striving for self-improvement, love of his family and loyalty to friends--but also his less well known character flaws. Indeed, as Ferling shows, Washington had to overcome many negative traits as he matured into a leader. The young Washington was accused of ingratitude and certain of his letters from this period read as if they were written by "a pompous martinet and a whining, petulant brat." As commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, he lost his temper more than once and indulged flatterers. Aaron Burr found him "a boring, colorless person." As president, he often believed the worst about individual officials. Ferling concludes that Washington's personality and temperament were those of "a self-centered and self-absorbed man, one who since youth had exhibited a fragile self-esteem." And yet he managed to realize virtually every grand design he ever conceived. Ferling's Washington is driven, fired by ambition, envy, and dreams of fame and fortune. Yet his leadership and character galvanized the American Revolution--probably no one else could have kept the war going until the master stroke at Yorktown--and helped the fledgling nation take, and survive, its first unsteady steps. This superb paperback makes available once again an unflinchingly honest and compelling biography of the father of our country.

Last and First Men

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Last and First Men written by Olaf Stapledon and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The First Men in the Moon

Author : H.G. Wells
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141921064
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The First Men in the Moon written by H.G. Wells and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.

First Among Men

Author : Maurizio Valsania
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142144447X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book First Among Men written by Maurizio Valsania and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first, definitive recasting of George Washington in the context of eighteenth-century practices and ideals of masculinity. It answers the fundamental question that no biography has ever asked in such a direct way: What do we know, really, about Washington as an actual eighteenth-century Virginia upper-class male?"--

First Men in the World

Author : Anne Terry White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book First Men in the World written by Anne Terry White and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The First Men on the Moon

Author : David M. Harland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387495444
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book The First Men on the Moon written by David M. Harland and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-14 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of Apollo 11 and dispels the myth that NASA faked the moon landings. The story is brought to life by exploiting the flight plan, mission report, in-flight transcripts (including conversations among the crew in the spacecraft that were not transmitted) and post-flight debriefing. It features scans recently produced by NASA of the original Hasselblad film. The final chapters discuss what was learned of the moon rocks, and reviews the follow-on missions. The author’s impressive expertise and knowledge of the Moon landings shines through and seamlessly unites the myriad details of the mission.

The First Men Who Went to the Moon

Author : Rhonda Gowler Greene
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1534138366
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The First Men Who Went to the Moon written by Rhonda Gowler Greene and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge to the nation: land astronauts on the moon by the end of the decade. The Apollo program was designed by NASA to meet that challenge, and on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin. Apollo 11's prime mission objective: "Perform a manned lunar landing and return." Four days after take-off, the Lunar Module "Eagle," carrying Armstrong and Aldrin, separated from the Command Module "Columbia," and descended to the moon. Armstrong reported back to Houston's Command Center, "The Eagle has landed." America and the world watched in wonder and awe as a new chapter in space exploration opened. Through verse and informational text, author Rhonda Gowler Greene celebrates Apollo 11's historic moon landing.

The First Hour for Men

Author : mark koch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972140645
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The First Hour for Men written by mark koch and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible tells us that God wants to bless our lives in ways that we cannot imagine. As our Heavenly Father, He wants to fulfill His dream for our lives. So many times we miss God's best because we don't give Him the opportunity to guide and direct us on a daily basis. Giving God an opportunity to fulfill His dream for our lives is what The First Hour is all about. In The First Hour, Mark W. Koch gives men a simple pathway that will help them become true men of God in every area of their lives. The First Hour will help men better understand how to obey and serve God, how to grow closer to their family and friends, how to take better care of themselves physically, and how to make the most of the gifts that God has given them. This unique and simple 30-day study guide instructs men in how to pray, what to pray for, how to spiritually guard and protect themselves and their families, and how to grow closer to God in their every day lives. The First Hour is complete with Scriptures that are relative to today's needs, inspiring daily readings of God's Word, a list of daily prayers, and a simple guide to help you plan and measure your time with God. The First Hour will help transform your life and the lives of those around you.

The Future of Men

Author : Jack Myers
Publisher : Inkshares
ISBN 13 : 1941758665
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Men written by Jack Myers and published by Inkshares. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Once again, Jack Myers has his fingers on the pulse of the very latest. Myers has clearly done his homework, and the result is this superb book.” —Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker of The Roosevelts and The Civil War After being told all their lives to “be a man” and “man up,” men are now rejecting the macho stereotype and instead developing empathy, getting in touch with their emotions, and becoming more sensitive in their relationships. Women are gaining ground in business, culture, education, relationships, and politics as traditional male and female roles disappear. The Future of Men: Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century prepares men and women for this shift in gender norms. As the definition of a “real man” evolves, understanding the future of men in business, politics, sports, education, relationships, and parenting will be essential for men to maintain psychological well-being, strengthen their self-esteem and sexual self-confidence, and rewire their emotional lives. The Future of Men provides tools to help men, and especially younger men, recognize and embrace new behaviors that are required for health and happiness at work, at home, and in their relationships.

Last and First Men

Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486466825
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Last and First Men written by Olaf Stapledon and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No book before or since has ever had such an impact upon my imagination," declared 2001 author Arthur C. Clarke of this masterpiece of science fiction. An imaginative, ambitious history of humanity's future that spans billions of years, this 1930 epic abounds in prescient speculations. A must-read for scholars of the genre.

The First Congress

Author : Fergus M. Bordewich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451692110
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The First Congress written by Fergus M. Bordewich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The little known story of perhaps the most productive Congress in US history, the First Federal Congress of 1789-1791. The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed--as many at the time feared it would--it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today. The Constitution was a broad set of principles. It was left to the members of the First Congress and President George Washington to create the machinery that would make the government work. Fortunately, James Madison, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and others less well known today, rose to the occasion. During two years of often fierce political struggle, they passed the first ten amendments to the Constitution; they resolved bitter regional rivalries to choose the site of the new national capital; they set in place the procedure for admitting new states to the union; and much more. But the First Congress also confronted some issues that remain to this day: the conflict between states' rights and the powers of national government; the proper balance between legislative and executive power; the respective roles of the federal and state judiciaries; and funding the central government. Other issues, such as slavery, would fester for decades before being resolved. The First Congress tells the dramatic story of the two remarkable years when Washington, Madison, and their dedicated colleagues struggled to successfully create our government, an achievement that has lasted to the present day."--Publisher website.

First of the Many

Author : John Reagan McCrary
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book First of the Many written by John Reagan McCrary and published by Robson Books Limited. This book was released on 1981 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The First of the Many were the original officers, the combat crews and ground crews of the British-based 8th US Army Air Force - the first American invaders of Germany. This book tells the stories of the men and their deeds as they told them to 'Tex' McCrary, who shared ten missions with them as a photographer-gunner. Among the 'first of many' were fighter pilots who had been in the Philippines and the South Pacific; and the eagles, impatient young Americans who joined the RAF before Pearl Harbor, later transferring to the 8th. This is the story of epic military importance: the accomplishment of precision bombing of German targets by day. It is also a personal history of the men who took part, who recount in their own words their spectacular and legendary exploits."--jacket flap.

I Who Have Never Known Men

Author : Jacqueline Harpman
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 9781888363432
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book I Who Have Never Known Men written by Jacqueline Harpman and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 1997-04-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work of fantasy, I Who Have Never Known Men is the haunting and unforgettable account of a near future on a barren earth where women are kept in underground cages guarded by uniformed groups of men. It is narrated by the youngest of the women, the only one with no memory of what the world was like before the cages, who must teach herself, without books or sexual contact, the essential human emotions of longing, loving, learning, companionship, and dying. Part thriller, part mystery, I Who Have Never Known Men shows us the power of one person without memories to reinvent herself piece by piece, emotion by emotion, in the process teaching us much about what it means to be human.

All That Man Is

Author : David Szalay
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1555979483
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book All That Man Is written by David Szalay and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2016 Paris Review Plimpton Prize for Fiction A magnificent and ambitiously conceived portrait of contemporary life, by a genius of realism Nine men. Each of them at a different stage in life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving--in the suburbs of Prague, in an overdeveloped Alpine village, beside a Belgian motorway, in a dingy Cyprus hotel--to understand what it means to be alive, here and now. Tracing a dramatic arc from the spring of youth to the winter of old age, the ostensibly separate narratives of All That Man Is aggregate into a picture of a single shared existence, a picture that interrogates the state of modern manhood while bringing to life, unforgettably, the physical and emotional terrain of an increasingly globalized Europe. And so these nine lives form an ingenious and new kind of novel, in which David Szalay expertly plots a dark predicament for the twenty-first-century man. Dark and disturbing, but also often wickedly and uproariously comic, All That Man Is is notable for the acute psychological penetration Szalay brings to bear on his characters, from the working-class ex-grunt to the pompous college student, the middle-aged loser to the Russian oligarch. Steadily and mercilessly, as this brilliantly conceived book progresses, the protagonist at the center of each chapter is older than the last one, it gets colder out, and All That Man Is gathers exquisite power. Szalay is a writer of supreme gifts--a master of a new kind of realism that vibrates with detail, intelligence, relevance, and devastating pathos.

Men Explain Things to Me

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608464571
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Men Explain Things to Me written by Rebecca Solnit and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger). In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women. “In this series of personal but unsentimental essays, Solnit gives succinct shorthand to a familiar female experience that before had gone unarticulated, perhaps even unrecognized.” —The New York Times “Essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “This slim book hums with power and wit.” —Boston Globe “Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Essential.” —Marketplace “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.” —Salon

Rocket Men

Author : Craig Nelson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101057734
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Men written by Craig Nelson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller "Celebrates a bold era when voyaging beyond the Earth was deemed crucial to national security and pride." -The Wall Street Journal Restoring the drama, majesty, and sheer improbability of an American triumph, this is award-winning historian Craig Nelson's definitive and thrilling story of man's first trip to the moon. At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in the presence of more than a million spectators who had gathered to witness a truly historic event. Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Rocket Men presents a vivid narrative of the moon mission, taking readers on the journey to one of the last frontiers of the human imagination.

The Children of Men

Author : P. D. James
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307367711
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Children of Men written by P. D. James and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE