Six Men

Six Men
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Publisher : Open Road Media
Total Pages : 147
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ISBN-10 : 9781497697782
ISBN-13 : 1497697786
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Men by : Alistair Cooke

Drawing on a lifetime of journalistic encounters with the great and the famous, Alistair Cooke profiles the six extraordinary men who impressed him the most Over the course of his sixty-year career as a broadcaster, television host, and newspaper reporter, Alistair Cooke met many remarkable people of the twentieth century. This entertaining and insightful collection shares his unique, often startling personal vision of six key figures from the worlds of literature, entertainment, and politics. They are: Charlie Chaplin, whom Cooke befriended in Hollywood and who courted controversy in his politics and romances; the charming-yet-naive Edward VIII, whose love affair changed the course of World War II; Humphrey Bogart, the first antihero hero onscreen and a sensitive gentleman at home; H. L. Mencken, brilliant, inspirational, and deeply flawed; Adlai Stevenson, whom Cooke labeled the failed saint; and Bertrand Russell, who had the courage and the audacity to try to make the world a better place. The subjects of Six Men are united by the deep complexities of their characters. In balancing informed details of their lives with an objectivity set against the ever-changing landscape of their times, Six Men is a master course in the art of concise biography.

Six Silent Men...Book Three

Six Silent Men...Book Three
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Publisher : Ivy Books
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9780307559760
ISBN-13 : 0307559769
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Silent Men...Book Three by : Gary Linderer

"The Eyes and Ears of the Screaming Eagles . . ." By 1969, the NVA had grown more experienced at countering the tactics of the long range patrols, and SIX SILENT MEN: Book Three describes some of the fiercest fighting Lurps saw during the war. Based on his own experience and extensive interviews with other combat vets of the 101st's Lurp companies, Gary Linderer writes this final, heroic chapter in the seven bloody years that Lurps served God and country in Vietnam. These tough young warriors--grossly outnumbered and deep in enemy territory--fought with the guts, tenacity, and courage that have made them legends in the 101st.

The Wise Men

The Wise Men
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 852
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ISBN-10 : 9780684837710
ISBN-13 : 0684837714
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wise Men by : Walter Isaacson

A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean Acheson, the secretary of state who was more responsible for the Truman Doctrine than Truman and for the Marshall Plan than General Marshall; George Kennan, self-cast outsider and intellectual darling of the Washington elite; Robert Lovett, assistant secretary of war, undersecretary of state, and secretary of defense throughout the formative years of the Cold War; John McCloy, one of the nation's most influential private citizens; and Charles Bohlen, adroit diplomat and ambassador to the Soviet Union.

Six Men

Six Men
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Publisher : NorthSouth (NY)
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0735840563
ISBN-13 : 9780735840560
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Men by : David McKee

The beloved author-illustrator of the Elmer books has crafted a brilliantly simple look at the dynamics of power and peace. Once upon a time six men searched for a place where they could live and work in peace. At last they found the land they longed for. But for how long could they keep their new land peaceful? In this surprising book, David McKee explores the causes of war in a story even young children can understand. AUTHOR: DAVID McKEE is the creator of the enormously successful Elmer series. His books have been published around the world and produced for television. He lives in England.

Six Men Built the Modern Auto Industry

Six Men Built the Modern Auto Industry
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Publisher : MotorBooks International
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 161059181X
ISBN-13 : 9781610591812
Rating : 4/5 (1X Downloads)

Synopsis Six Men Built the Modern Auto Industry by : Richard Alan Johnson

This is the story of six extraordinary men who each built something from nothing, redefined the automotive industry after World War II, and redirected its course for the future: Henry Ford II (visionary autocrat with an iron will), Shoichiro Honda (most successful automotive entrepreneur since Henry Ford I), Eberhard von Kuenheim (founder of the modern BMW), Lee Iacocca, Ferdinand Piech (builder of Volkswagen Group) and Robert Lutz (who left retirement at 70 and is still highly influential at General Motors). What made them special was the sheer volume of fundamental change they brought to the largest industry in the history of the world. They not only re-shaped the auto business, the six made a sizable dent in the societies they lived in. To a man they were great cognitive thinkers. Their minds worked with animal speed, even instinct speed. But more than anything these were brave and cantankerous souls who rode the waves of history. Each could see the future. They could just make it out-sometimes imperfectly, but could see it nonetheless. They took a business that had begun to mature and decline by the 1930s and found ways to make it fresh and whole again.- The compelling story of the global car business over the past half-century.- A lively and engaging narrative that recounts some times collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions among the men- Full of business revelations at the highest level, written by a journalist operating at the heart of the industry- Global appeal that shows how automotive groups in the USA, Europe and Asia have influenced each other- A business story interlaced with personal details that explains why the six were determined to be successfulAbout the AuthorFor two decades, Richard Johnson has worked for Crain Communications, publisher of the world's leading automotive business publications. Founding editor of Crain's Automotive News Europe, he has been a reporter and editor for the group in Detroit, Tokyo, Frankfurt and London. He is currently a senior editor with Automotive News in Detroit and regularly talks to the most senior executives in the leading car manufacturing groups.

Six Men

Six Men
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Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 1559703172
ISBN-13 : 9781559703178
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Men by : Alistair Cooke

Spider-Man

Spider-Man
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Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9781302367824
ISBN-13 : 130236782X
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Spider-Man by : David Michelinie

Collects Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 Amazing Spider-Man #334-339. When still in high school, the Amazing Spider-Man faced one of his most chilling challenges when six of his most nerve-wracking nemeses formed the Sinister Six! Years later, Doctor Octopus reunites the team for his most remarkable racket yet, and time has made them deadlier than ever!

The Fifth Empire, Delivered in a Discourse by Thirty-six Men; Every One Made a Speech, and when the One Had Finished Another Began; and it is Decided Among Them that the Fifth Empire is to be the Inheritance of the People of Israel

The Fifth Empire, Delivered in a Discourse by Thirty-six Men; Every One Made a Speech, and when the One Had Finished Another Began; and it is Decided Among Them that the Fifth Empire is to be the Inheritance of the People of Israel
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 90
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0024355262
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Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fifth Empire, Delivered in a Discourse by Thirty-six Men; Every One Made a Speech, and when the One Had Finished Another Began; and it is Decided Among Them that the Fifth Empire is to be the Inheritance of the People of Israel by : Joseph CROOLL

Six Silent Men

Six Silent Men
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9780307434586
ISBN-13 : 0307434583
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Silent Men by : Reynel Martinez

"No way in hell you could survive 'out there' with six men. You couldn't live thirty minutes 'out there' with only six men." [pg. 13] In 1965 nearly four hundred men were interviewed and only thirty-two selected for the infant LRRP Detachment of the lst Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. Old-timers called it the suicide unit. Whether conducting prisoner snatches, search and destroy missions, or hunting for the enemy's secret base camps, LRRPs depended on one another 110 percent. One false step, one small mistake by one man could mean sudden death for all. Author Reynel Martinez, himself a 101st LRRP Detachment veteran, takes us into the lives and battles of the extraordinary men for whom the brotherhood of war was and is an ever-present reality: the courage, the sacrifice, the sense of loss when one of your own dies. In the hills, valleys, and triple-canopy jungles, the ambushes, firefights, and copter crashes, LRRPs were among the best and bravest to fight in Vietnam.