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by Doug West
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2018
Joe Biden was interested in politics at an early age. By age 29 he had already won a seat in the United States Senate becoming one of the youngest Senators in history. His life would meet with tragedy as his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident during a Christmas shopping outing. Biden,...
The United States and Cuba
From Closest Enemies to Distant Friends
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
This timely book takes the historic restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States in 2015 as the point of departure for a Cuban perspective on future relations. Tracing the history of the long and contentious relationship, Francisco López Segrera analyzes the pre-revolutionary...
Pan-Africanism and Education
A Study of Race, Philanthropy and Education in the United States of America and East Africa
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2017
This is an analysis of the complex links between Black America and Africa in the period of 1880 to 1945. It examines an extended white attempt to pattern politics and education in colonial Africa upon the example of the U.S. South. This export of United States race relations to Africa was resisted...
by Thomas Jefferson
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
The third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was a statesman, diplomat, lawyer and architect. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was an advocate of democracy, republicanism and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from Britain and...
by Susan-Mary Grant
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations. The book begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety and accompanied...
by Charles Kendall Adams
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
The lamented death of President Adams entails on me the duty of writing the preface to our joint work,—a duty which, had he lived, would naturally have fallen to him, since to his initiative and energy the volume owes its existence. Fortunately, the entire manuscript had the benefit of his wisdom and...
A Short History of the United States
From the Arrival of Native American Tribes to the Obama Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
In A Short History of the United States, National Book Award winner Robert V. Remini offers a much-needed, concise history of our country. This accessible and lively volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation and its institutions,...
American Civil Wars
The United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Crisis of the 1860s
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
American Civil Wars takes readers beyond the battlefields and sectional divides of the U.S. Civil War to view the conflict from outside the national arena of the United States. Contributors position the American conflict squarely in the context of a wider transnational crisis across the Atlantic world,...
The United States of Absurdity
Untold Stories from American History
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The creators of the podcast The Dollop present illustrated profiles of the weird, outrageous, NSFW, and downright absurd tales from American history that you weren't taught in school.
The United States of Absurdity presents short, informative, and hilarious stories of the most outlandish (but...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This anthology offers rare access to key original documents illuminating Mormon history, theology, and culture in the United States from the nineteenth century to today. Brief introductions describe the theological significance of each text and its reflection of the practices, issues, and challenges...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Philadelphia : (United States) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Philadelphia : (United States) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Philadelphia : (United States) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
The United States of Paranoia
A Conspiracy Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Jesse Walker’s The United States of Paranoia presents a comprehensive history of conspiracy theories in American culture and politics, from the colonial era to the War on Terror.
The fear of intrigue and subversion doesn’t exist only on the fringes of society, but has always been part of...
The United States of Soccer
MLS and the Rise of American Soccer Fandom
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
In 1988, FIFA decreed that the 1994 World Cup would be played in the United States “ with the condition that the U.S. would start a new professional league. The North American Soccer League had failed just four years prior, and the prospects of launching a new league for Americans, who didn’t...
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
This manual provides a doctrinal framework for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) equipped Infantry rifle platoon and squads. It addresses the BFV and all variations, rifle platoon and squad combat and noncombat operations, across the spectrum of conflict. Content discussions include ...