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The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics by Sean Wilentz
epub |eng | 2016-05-17 | Author:Sean Wilentz [Wilentz, Sean]

FOR MANY YEARS, the literary scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been vigorously expanding and institutionalizing the study of African American literature and history, bringing to light forgotten but important ...
( Category: Political Advocacy July 4,2016 )
Washington's Monument by John Steele Gordon
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-12-17 | Author:John Steele Gordon [Gordon, John Steele]

It is much to be regretted that sufficient precautions were not taken to ensure this engine working satisfactorily. The idea of inaugurating the steam engine on so solemn an occasion ...
( Category: State & Local July 3,2016 )
Intervention: How America Became Involved in Vietnam by George McTurnan Kahin
epub |eng | 2013-12-16 | Author:George McTurnan Kahin [Kahin, George McTurnan]

Thus Bundy argued that, even if the policy did fail, it was worth undertaking. Despite his admission at the very beginning of his brief that it would mean W,. [Page ...
( Category: Vietnam War July 2,2016 )
The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism by Mark Zwonitzer
epub |eng | 2016-04-26 | Author:Mark Zwonitzer [Zwonitzer, Mark]

John Hay suspected the kaiser would never risk a real fight, especially with the British navy nearby, but he didn’t much like what he was reading in the morning newspapers. ...
( Category: United States June 30,2016 )
Last Team Standing by Matthew Algeo
epub |eng | 2006-06-29 | Author:Matthew Algeo

As was customary, the release was published nearly verbatim in the Chicago papers. Almost immediately, the phone at the Chicago office of the War Manpower Commission began ringing. Callers were ...
( Category: State & Local June 30,2016 )
The Stranger and the Statesman by Nina Burleigh
epub |eng | 2015-03-12 | Author:Nina Burleigh [Burleigh, Nina]

WHEN HE LEFT Frascati’s late in the evening, Smithson returned to one of a series of rented and furnished apartments he kept in Paris. He lived alone, although he had ...
( Category: United States June 29,2016 )
Witness to the Revolution by Clara Bingham
epub |eng | 2016-05-30 | Author:Clara Bingham

MICHAEL UHL Whether we were in Duluth or Richmond or Philadelphia or Los Angeles, we were always with veterans who were pissed enough about the war that they were willing ...
( Category: Vietnam War June 28,2016 )
A Colossal Wreck by Alexander Cockburn
epub |eng | 2013-09-09 | Author:Alexander Cockburn

What happened to the loofa? Maybe Abe Foxman called him on the other line to warn about “going Arab on us.” And what is O’Reilly planning to do with the ...
( Category: History & Theory June 28,2016 )
Voices from the Outer Banks by Stephen Kirk
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Kirk

Date: April 14, 1903, Vessel: Topaz, Cargo: Eggs and Barrels Capsized in a squall off Rollinson’s Reef 5 miles WNW of station (in Pamlico Sound) at 4 P.M. The life-saving ...
( Category: State & Local June 27,2016 )
Jefferson's America by Julie M. Fenster
epub |eng | 2016-05-09 | Author:Julie M. Fenster

The force of the explosion even burst a powder horn lying on a table nearby. Dunbar made sure that Hunter was not seriously hurt and then turned his attention to ...
( Category: State & Local June 27,2016 )
Green Metropolis by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
epub |eng | 2016-04-18 | Author:Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

Golden ragwort (Packera aurea) Such was the condition of the Ramble when the Central Park Conservancy was created in 1980. With more Olmstedian passion for re-creating the original sight lines ...
( Category: State & Local June 27,2016 )
A Disposition to Be Rich by Geoffrey C. Ward
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-04-30 | Author:Geoffrey C. Ward [Ward, Geoffrey C.]

† Much later, Buck would claim that in early May 1883, he told Ferd expressly that the firm should have nothing to do with the contract business for fear his ...
( Category: United States June 27,2016 )
The Limousine Liberal by Steve Fraser
epub |eng | 2016-03-22 | Author:Steve Fraser [Fraser, Steve]

THE NEW CLASS Country and western Marxists were prey to racial prejudice. About this there can be no doubt. Race as a biological category is an elusive one at best. ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism June 27,2016 )
No Freedom without Regulation by Joseph William Singer
epub |eng | | Author:Joseph William Singer

Property and the Golden Rule We do not live alone; we have neighbors. This is an obvious fact, but it is one that we sometimes forget when we think about ...
( Category: National June 26,2016 )
The Dress Doctor: Prescriptions for Style, From A to Z by Edith Head
epub |eng | 2011-06-06 | Author:Edith Head [Head, Edith]

Mae West taught me everything I need to know about sex, clotheswise. K K: Kim Novak Kim Novak is due for a fitting for Vertigo…. This girl must look as ...
( Category: Fashion Design June 16,2016 )

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