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The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded
by Ronald KesslerBiography of Joseph Kennedy.
The Oxford Guide to the United States Government
by John J. Patrick Richard M. Pious Donald A. RitchieThe Oxford Guide to the United States Government is the ultimate resource for authoritative information on the U.S. Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court, and other federal government agencies. Written by three top scholars, its pages brim with the key figures, events, and structures that have animated U.S. government for more than 200 years. In addition to coverage of the 2000 Presidential election, this Guide features biographies of all the Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Supreme Court justices, as well as notable members of Congress, including current leadership; historical commentary on past elections, major Presidential decisions, international and domestic programs, and the key advisors and agencies of the executive branch; in-depth analysis of Congressional leadership and committees, agencies and staff, and historic legislation; and detailed discussions of 100 landmark Supreme Court cases and the major issues facing the Court today. In addition to entries that define legal terms and phrases and others that elaborate on the wide array of government traditions, this invaluable book includes extensive back matter, including tables of Presidential election results; lists of Presidents, Vice Presidents, Congresses, and Supreme Court Justices with dates of service; lists of Presidential museums, libraries, and historic sites; relevant web sites; and information on visiting the White House, the Capitol, and the Supreme Court building. A one-stop, comprehensive guide that will assist students, educators, and anyone curious about the inner workings of government, The Oxford Guide to the United States Government will be a valued addition to any home library.
The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948
by Lance MorrowDescribes a pivotal year in their careers and in the history of the Nation.
The Secret Six: The True Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown
by Edward J. Renehan Jr.The story of Lincoln's murder.
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
by Doris Kearns GoodwinFamily portraits through 1961.
Pages from an Oxford Diary
by Paul Elmer MoreIN the years 1924-1925 I was abroad with my family and my brother's family. For a number of months I was left at Oxford alone. It was during this time that I wrote out these notes. I disguised their source by pretending that they were taken from the diary of an actual Oxford don. I need not say that I myself never had any official connection with the University. The notes, though fictitious in their setting, were the transcription of a very real experience of my own. Princeton, New Jersey February 23, 1937
Along the Inca Road: A Woman’s Journey into an Ancient Empire
by Karin MullerMuller shares her seven-month adventure along the treacherous, starkly beautiful expanse of this ancient route. Along the way, she tries her hand at bull-fighting, paddles a reed boat, and accompanies the Ecuadorian military on a de-mining patrol.
Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
by Rebecca WalkerBlack, White, and Jewish is the story of a child's unique struggle for identity and home when nothing in her world told her who she was or where she belonged. Poetic reflections on memory, time, and identity punctuate this gritty exploration of race and sexuality.
As I Live and Breathe: Notes of a Patient-Doctor
by Jamie WeismanFrom the Publisher: Jamie Weisman was a patient long before she was a doctor. She was born with a rare defect in her immune system that leaves her prey to a range of ailments and crises and that, because it is treatable but not curable, will keep her a patient for life. Her history has graced her with a deeper perspective -- a second sight, in a sense -- on the body itself, in all its frailty, glory, and irreducible mystery. In this probing and inspiring book, Weisman brings her sojourns on both sides of the doctor-patient divide to bear on the issues of the flesh that preoccupy us all. She considers the randomness of illness, and the fears and fortitude it calls forth in those it strikes. She weighs the economic and moral value of sustaining any given life. She explores the vulnerabilities of the body and of those who care for it, including their capacity for error. And she conveys, by eloquent example, that the only cure for the fear of death is living. As I Live and Breathe is a view of medicine from both sides of the trenches, embracing the patient's fervent desire for health and the doctor's fervent desire to grant it. It is a worthy addition to the best that has been written about our physical selves, a meditation on our extraordinary powers of healing and the limitations that leave intact the miracle and tragedy of being.
Portrait of an Explorer: Hiram Bingham, Discoverer of Machu Picchu
by Alfred M. BinghamDetails about Hiram Bingham's exploration in Peru that led him to Machu Picchu.
My Eyes Have A Cold Nose
by Hector ChevignyThe author says that when he became blind, he thought it would be a great nuissance, and indeed it was. He maintains that the greatest problem for blind people is society's fixed notions that blind people are utterly helpless and utterly tragic, and he describes how he and other blind people have dealt with this problem. One of the key parts of his rehabilitation was his training at The Seeing Eye. This book is old, but still relevant in many ways.
Azha.Valliyappa
by poovannanThis book is a monograph in Tamil on Children’s Poet, Azha.Valliyappa, popularly known as 'Kuzhanthai Kavignar' who wrote plenty of simple and enjoyable rhymes for children.
John C. Calhoun: American Portrait
by Margaret L. CoitPulitzer Prize winning biography of the prominent politician during the early 1800s.
Life of St. Columba
by Adomnan Of Iona Richard SharpeLife of St. Columba as related by Adomnan of Iona.
Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir
by Lauren SlaterIn a daring literary experiment, The author/psychologist presents us with a memoir of epilepsy that might be true or might not be
Love Works Like This: Moving from One Kind of Life to Another
by Lauren SlaterThe author and psychologist gives us a "travelogue" of her pregnancy while struggling to keep mental illness at bay