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Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xii, 515 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
The stories, symbols, heroes, and famous words in this book are important because they help tell us who we are as Americans. They remind us that we're all a part of this wonderful common enterprise called the United States.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
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Description
"Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights. It's a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-read"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xiv, 258 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Describes the people involved in iconic American historic events after the fact, including what Paul Revere did after his famous ride, what happened to both Lewis and Clark after their expedition, and what became of Sitting Bull.
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History is about so much more than memorizing facts. It is, as more than half of the word suggests, about the story. And, told in the right way, it is the greatest one ever written: Good and evil, triumph and tragedy, despicable acts of barbarism and courageous acts of heroism.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
528 pages
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George F. Will, his ninth collection of reflections on our culture, examining the many ways in which expertise, reason, and manners are continually under attack in our institutions, courts, political arenas, andsocial venues. George F. Will has been one of this country's leading columnists since 1974. He won the Pulitzer Prize for it in 1977. The Wall Street Journal once called him "perhaps the most powerful...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xi, 285 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
In this collection of essays, Walter Isaacson reflects on the lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and various other interesting characters he has chronicled as a biographer and journalist. Isaacson also describes the joys of the "so-called writing life" and the challenges he sees for journalism in the digital age.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
x, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missiles. The China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make missiles and other weapons are regular working people,...
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