Washington: 971 books
by Washington Irving
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2019
He was the greatest American writer of his time: mentor to Poe, Dickens, and Hawthorne, his country's first professional author, and a writer of uniqely American ghost stories about growth, change, and identity. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following...
Say It Plain
A Century of Great African American Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2006
A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more.
In “full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul”, this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the...
by George Washington
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
by George Washington
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Rules of Civility George Washington, the first President of the United States (1732-1799) This ebook presents «Rules of Civility», from George Washington. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- MOTTO -03- THE RULES OF CIVILITY
by George Washington
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Though many of the rules deal with matters of etiquette—such as whom should rise for whom in mixed company—many concern far deeper matters that touch on personal philosophies about judgment, honor, success and conscience. As a peek into the manners of a bygone age, this is an intriguing work. As a peek into a great man in his formative years, this is an extraordinary one.
by George Washington
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Remarks George Washington, the first President of the United States (1732-1799) This ebook presents «Remarks», from George Washington. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- REMARKS
State of Terror
The War Against ISIS
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
They have taken over a region the size of the United Kingdom, and sparked one of the great humanitarian crises of our time. Now, with coordinated attacks in Paris and the downing of a Russian passenger plane, the Islamic State (ISIS) has declared war on the wider world, galvanizing new calls for an intensified...
Große Klassiker der englischen Literatur: 40+ Titel in einem Band
Sturmhöhe, Sherlock Holmes, Stolz und Vorurteil, Das Herz der Finsternis, Moby-Dick, David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, Alice im Wunderland, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit, Adam Bede, Robinson Crusoe, Walden...
Language: German
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Dieses eBook: "Große Klassiker der englischen Literatur: 40+ Titel in einem Band" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Inhalt: Das Herz der Finsternis (Joseph Conrad) Stolz und Vorurteil (Jane Austen) Sturmhöhe...
by Carol Leonnig, The Washington Post
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
The Secret Service has one of the most important jobs in the United States. In this Pulitzer Prize winning investigation, Carol Leonnig’s exposes the dereliction of duty that has put the President—and the nation—at risk. In September of 2014, a man leapt the White House fence, ran across the lawn,...
by The Washington Post
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
The long and secret effort to track down Osama bin Laden has been called the biggest, costliest manhunt in history. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post, this reconstruction- compiled from reporting from more than two-dozen Washington Post correspondents and staffers from over more than 15...
Generation Z
What It's Like to Grow up in the Age of Likes, LOLs, and Longing
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
From the Washington Post comes a fascinating profile of the digital native generation. For the generation after Millennials, technology has been the only way of life since birth. These children are the first group to have their formative moments chronicled on Facebook, to grow up surrounded by the ubiquity...
The Threatened Net
How the Web Became a Perilous Place
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
The Internet can appear to be elegantly designed, but as The Washington Post’s Craig Timberg demonstrated in his illuminating series “Net of Insecurity,” the network is much more an assemblage of kludges—more Frankenstein than Ferrari—that endure because they work, or at least work well enough....
Lethal Force
The True Toll of Police Shootings in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
In 2015, The Washington Post launched an unprecedented effort to account for every fatal shooting by an officer of the law. Their study has motivated the FBI to action, and changed the way we think of those who serve and protect. After a police officer shot and killed a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri,...
After the Storm
Katrina Ten Years Later
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The aftermath was almost as devastating as the storm itself. In the ten years since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, New Orleans has changed drastically, and The Washington Post returns to the region to take the full measure of the city’s long, troubled, inspiring, unfinished comeback. When Hurricane...