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Terrorism and War (Open Media Series) by Howard Zinn
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-03 | Author:Howard Zinn [Zinn, Howard]

The Freedom of Information Act was one of the remarkable gains that came out of the 1960s. It has been tremendously useful for scholars and for citizens who want to ...
( Category: Specific Topics June 16,2015 )
Stayin' Alive by Jefferson R. Cowie
epub |eng | 2010-09-09 | Author:Jefferson R. Cowie

III Class, always a fragile concept in American civic life, died the death of a thousand cuts in the 1970s, but few problems sliced as deeply as how race and ...
( Category: Class June 14,2015 )
The Payoff by Jeff Connaughton
epub |eng | | Author:Jeff Connaughton [Connaughton, Jeff]

10: THE BLOB A KING HAS HIS RETINUE, a celebrity his entourage, and Pig-Pen his cloud of dirt. Washington has The Blob. The Blob (it’s really called that) refers to ...
( Category: Economic Policy June 14,2015 )
America's Prophet by Bruce Feiler
epub |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Bruce Feiler

ON A GRAY approach from Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty doesn’t quite stir the soul as the postcard images would suggest. Her mint color seems more chilly than star-spangled. She ...
( Category: General June 14,2015 )
The King of Madison Avenue by Roman Kenneth
mobi |eng | 2010-06-07 | Author:Roman, Kenneth [Roman, Kenneth]

Having set a vast expansion in motion, Ogilvy was not entirely happy with the consequences. The principles traveled well, but the founder did not. He was terrified of flying and ...
( Category: State & Local June 14,2015 )
Irresistible North by Andrea Di Robilant
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-23 | Author:Andrea Di Robilant [Robilant, Andrea Di]

AFTER HIS murder, Malise’s estates went to his only surviving aunt, Isabella Sinclair—Henry’s mother. To make sure that he would inherit all Malise’s possessions at Isabella’s death, Henry then convinced ...
( Category: Americas June 14,2015 )
Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey From the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench by Mark Titus
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-03-06 | Author:Mark Titus

TWENTY-TWO I like to think that the founding of my blog was a lot like the founding of Facebook, or at least how the founding of Facebook was portrayed in ...
( Category: State & Local June 14,2015 )
True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society by Manjoo Farhad
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-12-27 | Author:Manjoo, Farhad [Manjoo, Farhad]

In his report, Mitofsky suggested a complex mechanism for his theory about why the poll had predicted a Kerry win—his idea that Kerry voters were slightly overrepresented among respondents. Exit ...
( Category: General June 14,2015 )
A Woman who went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan
mobi |eng | 2007-08-25 | Author:May Kellogg Sullivan

These children did little quarreling. I cannot remember seeing Eskimo boys angry or fighting, a thing quite noticeable among them, for nowhere in the world, perhaps, could the same number ...
( Category: State & Local June 13,2015 )
Niagara by Pierre Berton
epub |eng | 1992-06-12 | Author:Pierre Berton [Berton, Pierre]

Chapter Eight 1 Arthur Midleigh’s folly 2 The ice bridge 3 Annie 4 Fame and fortune or instant death 5 Aftermath 1 Arthur Midleigh’s folly In the dying days of ...
( Category: Niagara Falls June 13,2015 )
The Northwest Nature Guide by James Luther Davis
epub |eng | 2009-06-12 | Author:James Luther Davis

Intertidal Etiquette Intertidal habitats may well be the most sensitive areas visited in this book, and naturalists, resource managers, and marine biologists throughout our region are extremely concerned about the ...
( Category: Pacific June 13,2015 )
Cotton and Race in the Making of America by Gene Dattel
epub |eng | 2011-06-12 | Author:Gene Dattel [Dattel, Gene]

chapter fifteen Cotton Trading in the United States the frenzy of cotton trading during the Civil War strongly reaffirmed the attraction and force of King Cotton. Such a valuable commodity ...
( Category: African-American Studies June 13,2015 )
Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties by Steven Watson
epub |eng | 2014-02-25 | Author:Steven Watson [Watson, Steven]

The third-anniversary issue of Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts featured on its cover a still from Couch. A third of the way into the magazine appeared a piece ...
( Category: United States June 13,2015 )
Wall Street: a history : from its beginnings to the fall of Enron by Charles R. Geisst
epub |eng | 2004-03-03 | Author:Charles R. Geisst [Geisst, Charles R.]

( Category: State & Local June 13,2015 )
Little Pink House by Jeff Benedict
epub |eng | 2009-01-25 | Author:Jeff Benedict [BENEDICT, JEFF]

Four days later A stack of case files on his desk, Scott Bullock looked at the clock. It was already after five. He grabbed a cup of coffee and settled ...
( Category: Business June 13,2015 )

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