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Author |
: Tim Weiner |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2015-06-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781627790840 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1627790845 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Man Against the World by : Tim Weiner
The New York Times Bestseller A shocking and riveting look at one of the most dramatic and disastrous presidencies in US history, from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Tim Weiner Based largely on documents declassified only in the last few years, One Man Against the World paints a devastating portrait of a tortured yet brilliant man who led the country largely according to a deep-seated insecurity and distrust of not only his cabinet and congress, but the American population at large. In riveting, tick-tock prose, Weiner illuminates how the Vietnam War and the Watergate controversy that brought about Nixon's demise were inextricably linked. From the hail of garbage and curses that awaited Nixon upon his arrival at the White House, when he became the president of a nation as deeply divided as it had been since the end of the Civil War, to the unprecedented action Nixon took against American citizens, who he considered as traitorous as the army of North Vietnam, to the infamous break-in and the tapes that bear remarkable record of the most intimate and damning conversations between the president and his confidantes, Weiner narrates the history of Nixon's anguished presidency in fascinating and fresh detail. A crucial new look at the greatest political suicide in history, One Man Against the World leaves us not only with new insight into this tumultuous period, but also into the motivations and demons of an American president who saw enemies everywhere, and, thinking the world was against him, undermined the foundations of the country he had hoped to lead.
Author |
: Tim Weiner |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2015-06-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781627790833 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1627790837 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Man Against the World by : Tim Weiner
Draws on recently declassified documents to chronicle Nixon's presidency, presenting a portrait of a brilliant man overcome by his deep insecurities and his distrust of his cabinet, Congress, and the American people.
Author |
: Evan Thomas |
Publisher |
: Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages |
: 641 |
Release |
: 2016-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812985412 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812985419 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Being Nixon by : Evan Thomas
The landmark New York Times bestselling biography of Richard M. Nixon, a political savant whose gaping character flaws would drive him from the presidency and forever taint his legacy. “A biography of eloquence and breadth . . . No single volume about Nixon’s long and interesting life could be so comprehensive.”—Chicago Tribune One of Time’s Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Year In this revelatory biography, Evan Thomas delivers a radical, unique portrait of America’s thirty-seventh president, Richard Nixon, a contradictory figure who was both determinedly optimistic and tragically flawed. One of the principal architects of the modern Republican Party and its “silent majority” of disaffected whites and conservative ex-Dixiecrats, Nixon was also deemed a liberal in some quarters for his efforts to desegregate Southern schools, create the Environmental Protection Agency, and end the draft. The son of devout Quakers, Richard Nixon (not unlike his rival John F. Kennedy) grew up in the shadow of an older, favored brother and thrived on conflict and opposition. Through high school and college, in the navy and in politics, Nixon was constantly leading crusades and fighting off enemies real and imagined. He possessed the plainspoken eloquence to reduce American television audiences to tears with his career-saving “Checkers” speech; meanwhile, Nixon’s darker half hatched schemes designed to take down his political foes, earning him the notorious nickname “Tricky Dick.” Drawing on a wide range of historical accounts, Thomas’s biography reveals the contradictions of a leader whose vision and foresight led him to achieve détente with the Soviet Union and reestablish relations with communist China, but whose underhanded political tactics tainted his reputation long before the Watergate scandal. A deeply insightful character study as well as a brilliant political biography, Being Nixon offers a surprising look at a man capable of great bravery and extraordinary deviousness—a balanced portrait of a president too often reduced to caricature. Praise for Being Nixon “Terrifically engaging . . . a fair, insightful and highly entertaining portrait.”—The Wall Street Journal “Thomas has a fine eye for the telling quote and the funny vignette, and his style is eminently readable.”—The New York Times Book Review
Author |
: Paul William Roberts |
Publisher |
: Raincoast Books |
Total Pages |
: 394 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1551926911 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781551926919 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Smokescreen by : Paul William Roberts
Smokescreen is a riveting true-life tale of a brilliant undercover agent who infiltrated the world of organized crime. Tall, handsome, larger-than-life Cal Broeker was a successful businessman with a wife and two kids, respected in his upstate New York community. When he discovered that his business partners in Montreal were linked to organized crime, Broeker's life -- and reputation -- went into a tailspin. To regain his good name, Broeker became an undercover agent for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Neither a cop nor an informer, Broeker was able through a combination of personal charisma and situational savvy to go further undercover than any law enforcement agent. He penetrated into the heart of biker gangs, drug cartels, Mohawk smuggling operations, and the Russian mafia.
Author |
: Ta-Nehisi Coates |
Publisher |
: One World |
Total Pages |
: 163 |
Release |
: 2015-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780679645986 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0679645985 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Between the World and Me by : Ta-Nehisi Coates
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone) NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • New York • Newsday • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
Author |
: Dr. Ross Donaldson |
Publisher |
: St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2009-05-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429987073 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429987073 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Lassa Ward by : Dr. Ross Donaldson
Ross Donaldson is one of just a few who have ventured into dark territory of a country ravaged by war to study one of the world's most deadly diseases. As an untried medical student studying the intersection of global health and communicable disease, Donaldson soon found himself in dangerous Sierra Leone, on the border of war-struck Liberia, where he struggled to control the spread of Lassa Fever. The words, "you know Lassa can kill you, don't you?" haunted him each day. With the country in complete upheaval and working conditions suffering, he is forced to make life-and-death decisions alone as a never-ending onslaught of contagious patients flood the hospital. Soon however, he is not only fighting for others but himself when he becomes afflicted with a life threatening disease. The Lassa Ward is more than just an adventure story about the making of a physician; it is a portrait of the Sierra Leone people and the human struggle of those risking their daily comforts and lives to aid them.
Author |
: Edwin Arlington Robinson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 170 |
Release |
: 1916 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015002741315 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Man Against the Sky by : Edwin Arlington Robinson
Author |
: Dr. David Jeremiah |
Publisher |
: Thomas Nelson |
Total Pages |
: 166 |
Release |
: 2006-06-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781418560829 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1418560820 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grace Givers by : Dr. David Jeremiah
Heartwarming and powerful true stories of people who have reached out to their world with incredible acts of self-sacrificing service, with a deep and profound spirit of forgiveness, with both ordinary and extraordinary gifts of grace.
Author |
: Dan Hancox |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781781681305 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1781681309 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Village Against the World by : Dan Hancox
One hundred kilometers from Seville, there is a small village, Marinaleda, that for the last thirty years has been at the center of a long struggle to create a communist utopia. In a story reminiscent of the Asterix books, Dan Hancox explores the reality behind the community where no one has a mortgage, sport is played in the Che Guevara stadium and there are monthly "Red Sundays" where everyone works together to clean up the neighbourhood. In particular he tells the story of the village mayor, Sanchez Gordillo, who in 2012 became a household name in Spain after leading raids on local supermarkets to feed the Andalucian unemployed.
Author |
: Harry Wu |
Publisher |
: NewsMax Media, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0970402996 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780970402998 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Troublemaker by : Harry Wu