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Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the

Veteran political journalist Scott Farris tells the stories of legendary presidential also-rans,from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas,from William Jennings Bryan to Thomas Dewey,and from Adlai Stevenson to Al Gore. He also includes concise profiles of every major candidate nominated for president who never reached the White House but who helped promote the success of American democracy. Farris explains how Barry Goldwater achieved the party realignment that had eluded FDR,how George McGovern paved the

The Road Trip That Changed the World: The Unlikely Theory

What if the problem is us? Sixty years ago a goatee beard would have gotten you beat up in a lot of places. Chin fuzz was the symbol of the Beats or Beatniks,a mid-century,marginal group who pioneered a new kind of lifestyle. Their approach to life was hedonistic,experiential,fluid,and individualistic. Their contradictory approach to spirituality combined a search for God with a search for 'kicks'.In ,these Beatnik heroes set out on a road trip across America re-writing the l

THE INVENTION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD The Story of Radar

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The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tyler-Lewis, Kelly, PUBLISHER: Viking Books, The excruciating tale of the Ross Sea party, the other side of Shackletons "Endurance" expedition In , Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the "Endurance" to make history by crossing the Antarctic continent. Shackletons story is legend, but few know the harrowing story of the Ross Sea party, Shackletons support group dispatched to the other side of the continent to build a lifeline of food and fuel depots to bear his crossing. I had not anticipated that the work would present any great difficulties, Shackleton wrote. Yet everything went tragically wrong when the Ross Sea ship, the "Aurora", tore free of her moorings and disappeared in a gale, leaving ten men marooned with only the clothes on their backs and few provisions. With little hope of rescue from a world embroiled in World War I, the men decided to accomplish their mission against all odds. Long overshadowed by the mission these men bargained their lives to sustain, this heartrending story of survival against all odds now gets its due in this definitive, surprising account of the final journey of the heroic age of polar expedition.

Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Katz, Jon, PUBLISHER: Ebury, "People who love dogs often talk about a 'lifetime' dog. I'd heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways."-Jon Katz In this gripping and deeply touching book, bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his lifetime dog, Orson: a beautiful border collie-intense, smart, crazy, and unforgettable. From the moment Katz and Orson meet, when the dog springs from his traveling crate at Newark airport and panics the baggage claim area, their relationship is deep, stormy, and loving. At two years old, Katz's new companion is a great herder of school buses, a scholar of refrigerators, but a dud at herding sheep. Everything Katz attempts- obedience training, herding instruction, a new name, acupuncture, herb and alternative therapies-helps a little but not enough, and not for long. "Like all border collies and many dogs," Katz writes, "he needed work. I didn't realize for some time I was the work Orson would find." While Katz is trying to help his dog, Orson is helping him, shepherding him toward a new life on a two-hundred-year-old hillside farm in upstate New York. There, aided by good neighbors and a tolerant wife, hip-deep in sheep, chickens, donkeys, and more dogs, the man and his canine companion explore meadows, woods, and even stars, wade through snow, bask by a roaring wood stove, and struggle to keep faith with each other. There, with deep love, each embraces his unfolding destiny. "A Good Dog" is a book to savor. Just as Orson was the author's lifetime dog, his story is a lifetime treasure-poignant, timeless, and powerful. "From the Hardcover edition."

Gridiron Gauntlet: The Story of the Men Who Integrated Pro

One year before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball,four black players joined the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams to become the first African-American pro football players in the modern era. In this book seventeen players who began their careers from to not only reminisce about the violence they faced on and off the field,the segregated hotels and restaurants,and general hostility that comes with being a trailblazer,but also of white players and coaches who assi

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J*DaVeY - The Beauty in Dostortion/The Land of The Lost

Personnel: Georgia Anne Muldrow (vocals). Recording information: The Temple Bar. Although they've been known to refer to themselves as the black Eurythmics,the music of duo J*Davey is difficult to categorize. The new wave influence is clear,but trackmaker Brook D'Leau and singer Jack Davey also draw heavily on urban contemporary,hip-hop,indie rock,funk,and psychedelia. The musical mix is idiosyncratic and refreshing,as are D'Leau's alternately layered and driving productions and Davey's unique,nas

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Speeches That Changed the World: The Stories and Transcripts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith Davies, PUBLISHER: Booksales, This book contains over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations that will inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of events of the time. Each speech is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction that explains its historical background, why it was significant and what happened as a result.

Ramblers: Loyola Chicago - the Team That Changed the

Today basketball is played ?above the rim” by athletes of all backgrounds and colors. But 50 years ago it was a floor-bound game,and the opportunities it offered for African-Americans were severely limited. A key turning point was ,when the Loyola Ramblers of Chicago took the NCAA men’s basketball title from Cincinnati,the two-time defending champions. It was one of Chicago’s most memorable sports victories,but Ramblers reveals it was also a game for the history books because of t

Kika Kila: How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed the Sound

Since the nineteenth century,the distinct tones of k&299;k&257; kila,the Hawaiian steel guitar,have defined the island sound. Here historian and steel guitarist John W. Troutman offers the instrument's definitive history,from its discovery by a young Hawaiian royalist named Joseph Kekuku to its revolutionary influence on American and world music. During the early twentieth century,Hawaiian musicians traveled the globe,from tent shows in the Mississippi Delta,where they s

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The Beatles, The complete story of four lads who shook the world

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The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brandt, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Anchor Books, The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration. After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in , the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest Passage, a shortcut to the Orient via a sea route over northern Canada. For the next thirty-five years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound waters of the Canadian Arctic in search of a route, and then, after , to find Sir John Franklin, the Royal Navy hero who led the last of these Admiralty expeditions and vanished into the maze of channels, sounds, and icy seas with two ships and 128 officers and men. In "The Man Who Ate His Boots, " Anthony Brandt tells the whole story of the search for the Northwest Passage, from its beginnings early in the age of exploration through its development into a British national obsession to the final sordid, terrible descent into scurvy, starvation, and cannibalism. Sir John Franklin is the focus of the book but it covers all the major expeditions and a number of fascinating characters, including Franklin's extraordinary wife, Lady Jane, in vivid detail. "The Man Who Ate His Boots" is a rich and engaging work of narrative history that captures the glory and the folly of this ultimately tragic enterprise. "From the Hardcover edition."

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Who Will Fight the Next War?: The Changing Face of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Binkin, Martin, PUBLISHER: Brookings Institution Press, The Persian Gulf conflict was the first major combat test for U.S. military forces since the nation ended conscription two decades ago. As hundreds of thousands of American troops were dispatched to the Middle East, the nation realized, seemingly for the first time, that the composition of its armed forces was far removed from any that the nation had previously sent to war. The deployment of unprecedented proportions of minorities and women and the prominent role of reserves and national guard troops aroused considerable interest, widespread debate, and some worry. The prospect that African Americans could bear a disproportionate share of military casualties generated a socially diverse debate that threatened to reopen old racial scars; the reality that American women were exposed to perils from which, by long and deep tradition, they had previously been shielded inspired calls for them to be admitted to combat specialties; and controversy surrounding the readiness of the Army's combat reserves led to an internecine struggle over the future shape of the U.S. Army. In this book, Martin Binkin addresses each of these issues in order to provide a better understanding of the composition of America's fighting forces, to prompt an assessment of attitudes toward who should fight in future wars, and to delineate the choices for influencing the social distribution of peril. Binkin argues that the time for public involvement is now, while the memories of the Persian Gulf conflict are still reasonably fresh and while a fundamental rethinking of the post-cold war military is under way.

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The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the

When the interstate highway program connected America’s cities,it also divided them,cutting through and destroying countless communities. Affluent and predominantly white residents fought back in a much heralded “freeway revolt,” saving such historic neighborhoods as Greenwich Village and New Orleans’s French Quarter. This book tells of the other revolt,a movement of creative opposition,commemoration,and preservation staged on behalf of the mostly minority urban neighborhoods that la

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