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Grand Expectationsby James T. Patterson
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 19.95From 1945, America experienced 25 years of economic growth - reaching its height in the 1960s. But the national euphoria it fostered would be shaken by later events - particularly the Vietnam War. This study weaves the political, cultural and economic events of the period through to Watergate. more...
The American People in World War IIby David M. Kennedy
Oxford University Press, USA 2003; US$ 18.95Even as the New Deal was coping with the Depression, a new menace was developing abroad. Exploiting Germany's own economic burdens, Hitler reached out to the disaffected, turning their aimless discontent into loyal support for his Nazi Party. In Asia, Japan harbored imperial ambitions of its own. The same generation of Americans who battled the Depression eventually had to shoulder arms in another conflict that wreaked worldwide destruction, ushered in the nuclear age, and forever changed their way of life and their country's relationship to the rest of the world. The American People in World War II--the second installment of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear--explains how the nation agonized over its role in the... more...
Congressional Roll Call 2007by CQ Press
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2008; US$ 56.35Featuring a new cover design, CQ Presss Congressional Roll Call continues to be the definitive reference source of congressional voting information for students, scholars, political professionals, and all citizens who want to be informed about their representatives voting records. Congressional Roll Call 2007 provides an objective, authoritative member-by-member survey and analysis of every roll call vote taken in the House and Senate during 2007 with the best summaries of the bills available anywhere. A compilation of the famed CQ Almanac, this precise resource will provide the researcher with all the details on 2007 voting. Of particular interest in the 2007 edition, Congressional Roll Call covers the first session of the new... more...
The Glorious Causeby Robert Middlekauff
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 18.95The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first president, Robert Middlekauff offers a panoramic history of the conflict between England and America, highlighting the drama and anguish of the colonial struggle for independence. Combining the political and the personal, he provides a compelling account of the key events that precipitated the war, from the Stamp Act to the Tea Act, tracing the gradual gathering of American resistance that culminated... more...
America in Quotationsby Howard J. Langer
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 139.00This is history from the inside out. What did Americans say about the great events in their own lifetimes? This book is a grassroots look at the country, as real people tell the story of America in their own voices. Quotations from more than 350 individuals are taken from speeches, interviews, editorials, letters, jokes, songs, and eyewitness accounts represent American thought from the ground up. This compendium includes the words of everyone from politicians and generals, to Native Americans, ethnic minorities, women, labor representatives, and slaves. The book is divided into 18 traditional historical periods from the pre-Columbus explorers to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.||We hear the voices of Jefferson, Lincoln, Teddy and... more...
The American Readerby Diane Ravitch
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 14.99The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. more...
Die Krise der Öffentlichkeitby Kurt Imhof
Campus Verlag 2011; US$ 33.23Hauptbeschreibung In den aktuellen Krisen und Umbrüchen tritt die Macht der Medien und der öffentlichen Kommunikation deutlich zutage. Kurt Imhof zeigt, dass Umbruchperioden, wie etwa die jüngste Weltwirtschaftskrise, wiederkehrende Phänomene darstellen und theoriefähig sind. Aus der gesellschaftstheoretischen Auseinandersetzung mit »Öffentlichkeit« und »Privatheit« von den Klassikern bis in die Gegenwart entwickelt Kurt Imhof eine Theorie des neuen Strukturwandels der Öffentlichkeit und begründet die Kommunikation als wichtigsten Faktor des sozialen Wandels. Biographische Informationen Kurt Imhof ist Professor für Publizistik und Soziologie und Leiter des »Forschungsbereichs Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft (fög)« an der Universität... more...
The Soul Survivorby Joe Townsend; Shawn Doyle
Destiny Image, Inc. 2011; US$ 15.99This book is inspirational and serious because it is about a real life accident and overcoming adversity. Even though those are heavy topics- it is also important for us to capture Joe’s unique personality and sense of humor. It adds to the message we are trying to deliver. Overview – and how this book is different! The purpose of Soul Survivor is to tell the real life story of Joe Townsend, who was flying one day with his family and due to mechanical failure – the small plane he was piloting crashed- killing Joe’s wife and two small daughters. Joe was critically injured and survived brain injury, a stroke, hours of surgery and months of physical and emotional pain to survive and then to thrive. Through grit... more...
The Quotable Intellectualby Peter Archer
F+W Media 2010; US$ 10.95Have you ever wanted to be an intellectual, without all that tedious work of getting an advanced college degree? Here?s your shortcut to the world of the well read. Just open this collection of 1,417 quotations from the mouths of the wildly famous to the painfully obscure, and voila! --instant erudition. It doesn?t take much to sound as if you know what you?re talking about. Just toss off some time-tested wisdom from Henry James or Plotinus . . . or, if you?re feeling daring, a line or two of poetry from Byron. In no time at all you?ll be sipping a glass of Madeira, sampling imported Gouda, and bragging about your collection of first edition Vonneguts. Just like an intellectual. more...
Mein schwacher Wille gescheheby Harry Nutt
Campus Verlag 2009; US$ 18.22Hauptbeschreibung Wollten Sie auch schon öfter mit dem Rauchen aufhören, die Steuererklärung endlich abgeben, das Chaos im Wohnzimmer beseitigen oder jetzt wirklich gesünder essen? Und haben Sie es dann doch nicht getan? Dann sind Sie nicht allein. Die Willensschwäche und das Laster sind kleine Fluchten in einer Welt, die uns immer mehr Leistung und Perfektion abverlangt. Harry Nutt wirft einen liebevollen Blick auf unsere kleinen und großen Schwächen und erschließt eine Vielzahl philosophischer und historischer Bezüge. Intelligent und witzig plädiert er für einen entspannteren Umgang mit den vermeintlichen Untugenden und zeigt, dass dies uns allen nützen kann. Biographische Informationen Harry Nutt, Jahrgang 1959, ist Kulturkorrespondent... more...









