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By Jeannette Walls. 2006
Reporter for MSNBC.com looks back on her unsettled life. Describes growing up in a dysfunctional family, which was always on…
the move. She recalls her father's dream of building a "glass castle," and relates how she and her siblings escaped to make lives of their own. Bestseller. 2006.By Daniel Brown. 2013
Traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936…
Berlin Olympics, sharing the experiences of their enigmatic coach, a visionary boat builder, and a homeless teen rower. Bestseller. 2013.By Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster. 1998
Researched and compiled by the staff of ABC News, this chronicle of the twentieth century charts changes in popular attitudes…
in the United States and describes key events in other countries as they affected the American worldview. Personal interviews and a series of story-filled essays provide a "coherent picture of a remarkable time." Bestseller. 1998.By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2009
In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows how…
he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them help achieve his vision for peace. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. Bestseller. 2009.By Robert B Reich. 2015
Reich outlines how the American economic system is failing, with increasing income inequality and a shrinking middle class, and reveals…
how a market designed for broad prosperity can reverse the trend toward diminished opportunity. Bestseller. 2015.By Martin Sixsmith. 2013
Journalist chronicles the life of Philomena Lee, an Irish unwed mother who was forced to give her young son up…
for adoption in 1955, then spent fifty years trying to find him. 2013. Uniform title: Lost child of Philomena LeeBy Thomas Hauser. 1982
Un journaliste américain vivant au Chili est arrêté chez lui quelques jours après le coup d'état de 1973. Un mois…
plus tard son cadavre sera identifié à la morgue de Santiago. Sa femme et son père veulent faire toute la lumière sur cette affaire. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1982. Titre uniforme: Execution of Charles Horman.By John Grogan. 2005
A columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer reminisces about the untrainable Labrador retriever that he and his wife acquired as Florida…
newlyweds. Recalls Marley's hilarious escapades and his capacity for love as the Grogans become the parents of three kids. Bestseller. 2005.By Michael Wood. 1997
Michael Wood retraces the 2000 mile journey from Greece to India, made by Alexander the Great. In an account based…
on a range of sources as diverse as medieval travellers' narratives, satellite photography and eye-witness reports, momentous events of the past are interwoven with present day reality. 1997.By Michael Wood. 1985
The tale of the siege of Troy is perhaps the greatest non-religious story ever told. It has haunted the western…
imagination for nearly 3000 years, and the story of the modern quest for the reality behind Homer's epic has its own excitement: was there ever an actual siege of Troy? Did Helen, Agamemnon, Paris and all the other larger-than-life characters really exist? This is the story of the men who were determined to find out. 1985.By Michael Wood. 1981
By Margot Lee Shetterly. 2016
Before John Glenn orbited Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as…
“human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. The book follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. Bestseller. 2016.By Lynn Vincent, Todd Burpo. 2010
Burpo, a pastor in Nebraska, relates the 2003 experiences reported by his three-year-old son Colton, who believes that during an…
emergency appendectomy he died, went to heaven, and returned to life. Colton describes seeing Jesus, angels, and deceased relatives. c2010.By Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb. 2013
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and…
fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price. Bestseller. 2013.By Richmond P Hobson. 1951
In the fall of 1934, three cowhands with a dream of owning a cattle ranch made their way from peaceful…
Wyoming to the harsh, uncharted territory of the British Columbian interior. In conditions as challenging as any encountered by the western frontier pioneers of a hundred years earlier, the three men and their equipment-laden horses conquered the tortuous miles over narrow passes and mountain summits, hewed their first cabin from virgin timber, and attempted to carve out a space for themselves on the unforgiving landscape. Followed by "Nothing too good for a cowboy". 1951.By Jeffrey Zaslow, Chesley Sullenberger. 2009
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed one of the most remarkable emergency landings in aviation history when Captain Chesley…
"Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the surface of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. To Sullenberger, a calm, steady pilot with forty years of flying experience who is also a safety consulting expert, the landing was not a miracle but rather the result of years of practice and training - wisdom he gained in the cockpit of U.S. Air Force jets and in his Texas boyhood. Bestseller. c2009.By Don Gillmor, Pierre Turgeon, Achille Michaud. 2001
Beginning with the Riel Rebellion and ending with the confrontation between the Mohawk and the army at Oka, Quebec, in…
1990, Volume II covers more than a hundred years of change and development in Canada. It deals with the two world wars, the Depression years, and Canada's adjustments to the post-war world and the arrival of wave after wave of immigrants. Also examined are the political changes, including the eruption of nationalism in Quebec, women's long fight for equal rights, and the creation of Canadians' most cherished social service: universal health care. 2001.By Don Gillmor, Pierre Turgeon. 2000
Based on the CBC series of the same name, this work covers the history of Canada from the earliest days…
to the 1870's. Described are explorers, adventurers, settlers, native peoples, leaders, the ordinary people of the land, and their contributions. Major events, including wars and the Riel rebellion, are also discussed. Some violence. Uniform title: Canada (Television program)By Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein. 1974
By Alistair Cooke. 1973
This is an expanded version of the television series. The author writes about the land and the people with the…
dispassionate but affectionate characteristic of his "Letter from America" broadcasts, and offers unusual explanations and interpretations of episodes which have affected the course of the country's history. 1973.