Biography & History
mobi, epub |eng | 1982-01-02 | Author:Robert A. Caro

IF HE HAD THE VOTES, debate—even the limited debate permitted under the unanimous consent agreement—could only hurt, could allow opponents to realize what he was up to, could give Knowland ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-25 | Author:Donald Rumsfeld

Unless and until senior users take time to engage analysts, question their assumptions and methods, seek from them what they know, what they don’t know and ask them their opinions—and ...
( Category: Political March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 1982-01-27 | Author:Robert A. Caro

IF MEN, even men who had long known Lyndon Johnson, now became aware of new dimensions of his “gift”—his ability not only to meet but move the public—they became aware ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-08 | Author:Donald Rumsfeld

Unless and until senior users take time to engage analysts, question their assumptions and methods, seek from them what they know, what they don’t know and ask them their opinions—and ...
( Category: Political March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub | | 2010-12-01 | Author:Jon Krakauer

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE In the predawn hours of March 23, 2003, as Jessica Lynch’s convoy rolled across the Euphrates River and entered An Nasiriyah, Pat Tillman was asleep on his cot ...
( Category: Afghan War March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2005-10-25 | Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin

CHASE, UNLIKE LINCOLN, was never able to forgo his statesmanlike persona and simply enjoy conversations and lighter amusements. He was inclined to let things fester, brooding over perceived slights and ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-05-27 | Author:H.W. Brands

The riots gave bite to demands by the opponents of the Stamp Act for a coordinated rejection of the stamps. As few souls dared incur the wrath of the mobs, ...
( Category: American Revolution March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1999-11-11 | Author:Niall Ferguson

9.ii: “J.W.W.,” PLUCKING THE GOOSE OR BELGIUM SUPPORTED BY HER FRIENDS AND ALLIES (1831). Anselm for one feared that it would “prove a bad concern, as I do not think ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-01-09 | Author:Barack Obama

Ten days later, Auma and I sat in the hard plastic seats of an airport terminal, looking out at the planes through the high wall of glass. I asked her ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-23 | Author:Stephanie Madoff Mack

Nineteen days later, Mark tried to kill himself. It was a beautiful Wednesday in October, and my mom and I had gone with Audrey on a preschool class trip to ...
( Category: Women March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub | | 2010-12-23 | Author:Randy Pausch;Jeffrey Zaslow

Take a time out. It’s not a real vacation if you’re reading email or calling in for messages. When Jai and I went on our honeymoon, we wanted to be ...
( Category: Scientists March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-01-07 | Author:Tracy Kidder

Jim Kim tried rhetoric first in the opening speech the next day. Many people had asked him, he told the crowd, why a little organization like PIH had taken on ...
( Category: Pathology March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Alice Steinbach

It was still early, so I decided to visit a museum I’d heard about: the quaintly named Museum of Garden History. One of my English friends had warned me not ...
( Category: Women March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-10-22 | Author:Greg Smith

CHAPTER 7 Looking into the Abyss Out of the corner of my eye I saw Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of the company, walking toward my group, Derivatives Sales, with a ...
( Category: Banks & Banking March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-04 | Author:Jay Elliot

Meanwhile, at Apple, Steve was like an invisible presence. Even employees who arrived after he left couldn’t help but feel his imprint. One employee, though she never met Steve, put ...
( Category: Company Profiles March 25,2014 )