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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
x, 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
An intimate account of White House life from the perspectives of the service staff from the Kennedys through the Obamas details their friendships, marriages, everyday activities, and elaborate state dinners.
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
157 p. : ports. ; 22 cm.
Description
The founder of StoryCorps, a national project that records, shares, and preserves the lives of Americans from all backgrounds, presents individuals' love stories from early dating to finding connections and lifelong commitment.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; cm
Description
"In Callings, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay presents unforgettable stories from people doing what they love. Some found their paths at a very young age, others later in life; some overcame great odds or upturned their lives in order to pursue what matters to them. Many of their stories have never been broadcast or published by StoryCorps until now."--Amazon.com.
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.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 200 min. ; ca. 100 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2 explores the ideological conflict that existed between Thomas...
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.
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxi, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Whistlestop tells the human story of nervous gambits hatched in first-floor hotel rooms, failures of will before the microphone, and the cross-country crack-ups of long-planned stratagems. At the bar at the end of a campaign day, these are the stories reporters rehash for themselves and embellish for newcomers. In addition to the familiar tales, Whistlestop is a ride through the American campaign history with one of its most enthusiastic conductors...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Filmmakers Sarah and Greg set out to critically explore American culture, compassion, and fear by relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Traveling through 30 states in 60 days, they spend every day in a new town, learning why people may or may not be willing to open their homes. At times funny, heartbreaking, and inspirational, these individual stories reflect the daily choices we make to trust, to confide, to care for, and to...
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Formats
Description
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.
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xvii, [330] pages ; 20 cm
Description
"From storytelling phenomenon The Moth: a collection about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best stories ever told on their stages. All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Storytellers include Louis C.K., Tig Notaro, John Turturro, and Meg Wolitzer, as well as a hip hop "one hit wonder," an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, and a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill's...
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
384 pages
Description
"Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten explores the events of a random day in U.S. history, offering a diorama of American life that illuminates all that has changed--and all that hasn't--in the past three decades. On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day--chosen completely at random--turned out to be Sunday, December 28,...
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.
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