Alan Schroeder
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Abe Lincoln is known for his many memorable adages. As the sixteenth president he needed all the wisdom he could muster to guide the country through the Civil War, preserve the union, and end slavery. This nontraditional tribute to the president who brought the homespun humor of his humble beginnings to the White House uses the alphabet to organize informat ion about his life and accomplishments.
Author
Language
English
Description
With its keen observations, diligent research, and insider revelations, Alan Schroeder's popular, big-picture history explores the phenomenon of American presidential debates like no other volume. From pundits to political operatives, debate moderators to the viewing public, Schroeder examines how the various stakeholders make and experience this powerful event. For this third edition, Schroeder analyzes the 2008 and 2012 presidential debates and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Humorous cartoons accompany this off-beat guide to the District of Columbia. It is filled with intriguing details about important landmarks and the people who have come to the capital to run the nation's business, celebrate, protest, live in the thick of it all or just visit. From the aluminum tip of the towering Washington monument to the marble bathtubs in the Capital building's basement, this book offers a top to bottom look at Washington D.C....
10) Ragtime Tumpie
Author
Pub. Date
[1989]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.
13) James Dean
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the actor who died in a car accident at the age of twenty-four and is known for his roles in "East of Eden" and "Rebel without a Cause."
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A biography of African American entertainer Florence Mills, an internationally renowned dancer, singer, and comedian of the Harlem Renaissance era, focusing on how she began her career as a child. Includes author's note and historical photographs"--Provided by publisher.
16) The stone lion
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Two Tibetan brothers are rewarded appropriately by a stone lion, one for his generosity and one for his greed.
17) Jack London
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the renowned American author focusing on the many adventures of his short, turbulent life and their reflection in his novels and stories.
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