In his own words, Ulysses Grant leads us from his early years to that day of decision in 1865.
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Author:Grant, Ulysses S.Summary: - Author:Grant, Ulysses S.Summary:
In his own words, Ulysses Grant leads us from his early years to that day of decision in 1865.
- Author:Grant, Ulysses S.Summary:
In his own words, Ulysses Grant leads us from his early years to that day of decision in 1865.
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Author:Hamilton, VirginiaSummary:An anthology of traditional American Black folktales retold by the African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant.
- Author:Kaplan, JoshuaSummary:
In this course, University of Notre Dame professor, Joshua Kaplan provides and understanding of how American politics works and can help make sense of election results and political trends.
- Author:Barnett, Thomas P.M.Summary:
Since the end of the Cold War, America's national security establishment has been searching for a new operating theory to explain how this seemingly "chaotic" world actually works. Gone is the clash of blocs, but replaced...
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The Pentagon's brain : an uncensored history of DARPA, America's top-secret military research agencyAuthor:Jacobsen, AnnieSummary:In the first-ever history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military R&D agency, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen paints a picture of DARPA, or "the Pentagon's brain,"...
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Author:Summary:The Patriot's History Reader examines the documents, speeches, and legal decisions that shaped our country into what it is today. It explores both oft-cited documents, like the Declaration of Independence, as well as those that are less...
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Author:Niles, RichardSummary:"Pat Metheny is one of the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful and musically significant artists of the last fifty years. He has not only revolutionized guitar but has also changed the face of jazz itself. In 2007,...
- Author:Conaboy, KellySummary:
Kelly Conaboy presents a funny exploration of the joy found in loving a dog so much it makes you feel like you're going to combust. Follow Peter and his owner to Woofstock and canine dance lessons. From learning about Peter's...
- Author:McLain, PaulaSummary:
Meeting through mutual friends in Chicago, Hadley is intrigued by brash "beautiful boy" Ernest Hemingway, and after a brief courtship and small wedding, they take off for Paris, where Hadley makes a convincing transformation from an...
- Author:Saad, GadSummary:
Dr. Saad unpacks what is really happening in progressive safe zones, and and what we must do to stop the spread of dangerous thinking.
- Author:Ambrose, HughSummary:
In this companion book to the HBO series on the war in the Pacific, historian Hugh Ambrose focuses on five American soldiers who each took an active role in the difficult and costly--in terms of lives--campaign to reach the Japanese...
- Author:Lachenmeyer, NathanielSummary:
An unsentimental yet profoundly moving look at one family’s experience with mental illness. “A haunting, poignant story of a son’s life with, and without, his father. A rare and moving portrait of one of life’s major struggles—the...
- Author:Ebsen, BuddySummary:
Ebsen recounts his career as a film and television actor, including his brief stint as the Tinman in the Wizard of Oz.
- Author:Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:
When a woman from his past reveals that the child he fathered with her in secret is in need of a bone marrow transplant, politician Lawrence Simmons must decide whether he is willing to risk his career and marriage to help her.
- Author:Bergen, Peter L.Summary:
The Osama bin Laden I Know is the definitive history of the world's most wanted man. Author Peter Bergen is CNN's terrorism analyst, and an acclaimed journalist who actually spent time with bin Laden prior to the events of September 11...
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Author:Hastings, MichaelSummary:In June 2010, Michael Hastings published an article in Rolling Stone that made headlines around the world: In "The Runaway General," he reported on a week he spent in Europe with General Stanley McChrystal, the revered soldier in charge...
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Author:O'Neill, RobertSummary:A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping account, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring four-hundred-mission career, which included his involvement in attempts to...
- Author:Krull, KathleenSummary:
Most people know about President FDR, but do you know the woman who created his groundbreaking New Deal? As a young girl, Frances Perkins was very shy and quiet. But her grandmother encouraged Frances to always challenge herself. When...
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