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The Awesome Minds: The Creators of the iPhone® (Awesome Minds)
By Marne Ventura, Drew Feynman. 2017
The iPod, iPhone, and iPad changed the way we communicate, play, learn, and work. This wouldn't have been possible without…
the amazing minds of Steve Jobs and his inventive team. With full-color illustrations and lively text, and chock-full of interesting facts, Awesome Minds: The Creators of the iPhone® tells the true story of these life-changing devices. It is the perfect read for those with creative spirits and curious minds. Lexile Level 850L This book is an independently authored and published biography of the inventors of the iPhone® mobile device and is not sponsored or endorsed by or affiliated in any way with these individuals, their families, and/or Apple Inc.Volume II of Sidney Blumenthal s acclaimed landmark biography The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln …
reveals the future president s genius during the most decisive period of his political life when he seizes the moment finds his voice and helps create a new political party In 1849 Abraham Lincoln seems condemned to political isolation and defeat His Whig Party is broken in the 1852 election and disintegrates His perennial rival Stephen Douglas forges an alliance with the Southern senators and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis Violent struggle breaks out on the plains of Kansas a prelude to the Civil War Lincoln rises to the occasion Only he can take on Douglas in Illinois and he finally delivers the dramatic speech that leaves observers stunned In 1855 he makes a race for the Senate which he loses when he throws his support to a rival to prevent the election of a proslavery candidate Now in Wrestling With His Angel Sidney Blumenthal explains how Lincoln and his friends operate behind the scenes to destroy the anti-immigrant party in Illinois to clear the way for a new Republican Party Lincoln takes command and writes its first platform and vaults onto the national stage as the leader of a party that will launch him to the presidency The Washington Monthly hailed Blumenthal s Volume I as splendid no one can come away from reading A Self-Made Man without eagerly anticipating the ensuing volumes Now in one of the greatest American success stories Wrestling With His Angel brings Lincoln from the wilderness to the peak of his career as he takes control of the nation s most profound spiritual crisis slavery and enters the battle for the nation s soulA breathtaking new view of Abraham Lincoln --The National Memo Engrossing --Library Journal The first of…
a multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius--from his obscure beginnings to his presidency assassination and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction This first volume traces Lincoln from his painful youth describing himself as a slave to his emergence as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln From his youth as a newsboy a voracious newspaper reader Lincoln became a free thinker reading Tom Paine as well as Shakespeare and the Bible and studying Euclid to sharpen his arguments as a lawyer Lincoln s anti-slavery thinking began in his childhood amidst the Primitive Baptist antislavery dissidents in backwoods Kentucky and Indiana the roots of his repudiation of Southern Christian pro-slavery theology Intensely ambitious he held political aspirations from his earliest years Obsessed with Stephen Douglas his political rival he battled him for decades Successful as a circuit lawyer Lincoln built his team of loyalists Blumenthal reveals how Douglas and Jefferson Davis acting together made possible Lincoln s rise Blumenthal describes a socially awkward suitor who had a nervous breakdown over his inability to deal with the opposite sex His marriage to the upper class Mary Todd was crucial to his social aspirations and his political career Blumenthal portrays Mary as an asset to her husband a rare woman of her day with strong political opinions Blumenthal s robust portrayal is based on prodigious research of Lincoln s record and of the period and its main players It reflects both Lincoln s time and the struggle that consumes our own political debateThe Infernos of Dante and Dan Brown
By Gary Jansen. 2013
An extraordinary journey into the signs and symbols behind Dan Brown's new Robert Langdon thriller, Inferno. Just in time for…
Dan Brown's new novel, this short guide introduces readers to Dante Alighieri's fourteenth-century epic poem Inferno and explores how Brown uses Dante's imagery and symbols in his latest Robert Langdon thriller. The Infernos of Dante and Dan Brown: A Visitor's Guide to Hell answers the questions and illuminates the facts behind Brown's historical puzzles, cryptic clues, and plot twists. It allows every reader to immerse himself more deeply into Robert Langdon's world. Author Gary Jansen is an independent scholar of Dante's work and a critically acclaimed writer on modern religion. In addition to providing an inside perspective on how Dan Brown uses the uncanny and remarkable themes of Dante, Jansen presents a reliable and engaging overview of the Middle Ages poet and his work. The Infernos of Dante and Dan Brown is an all-around resource into the religious themes, historical secrets, and beguiling imagery behind this breathtaking new thriller.Dorothea Bleek: A life of scholarship
By Jill Weintroub. 2016
Dorothea Bleek (1873_1948) devoted her life to completing the ?bushman researches? that her father and aunt had begun in the…
closing decades of the nineteenth century. This research was partly a labour of familial loyalty to Wilhelm, the acclaimed linguist and language scholar of nineteenth-century Germany and later of the Cape Colony, and to Lucy Lloyd, a self-taught linguist and scholar of bushman languages and folklore; but it was also an expression of Dorothea?s commitment to a particular kind of scholarship and an intellectual milieu that saw her spending her entire adult life in the study of the people she called?bushmen?. How has history treated Dorothea Bleek? Has she been recognised as a scholar in her own right, or as someone who merely followed in the footsteps of her famous father and aunt? Was she an adventurer, a woman who travelled across southern Africa driven by intellectual curiosity to learn all she could about the bushmen? Or was she conservative, a researcher who belittled the people she studied and dismissed them as lazy and improvident? These are some of the questions with which Jill Weintroub starts her thoughtful biography of Dorothea Bleek. The book examines Dorothea Bleek?s life story and family legacy, her rock art research and her fieldwork in southern Africa, and, in light of these, evaluates her scholarship and contribution to the history of ideas in South Africa. The compelling and surprising narrative reveals an intellectual inheritance intertwined with the story of a woman?s life, and argues that Dorothea?s life work _ her study of the bushmen _ was also a sometimes surprising emotional quest.Brave Genius
By Sean B. Carroll. 2013
The never-before-told account of the intersection of some of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, and a fascinating…
look at how war, resistance, and friendship can catalyze genius. In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives in Paris. After the German invasion and occupation of France, each joined the Resistance to help liberate the country from the Nazis, ascended to prominent, dangerous roles, and were very lucky to survive. After the war and through twists of circumstance, they became friends, and through their passionate determination and rare talent they emerged as leading voices of modern literature and biology, each receiving the Nobel Prize in their respective fields. Drawing upon a wealth of previously unpublished and unknown material gathered over several years of research, Brave Genius tells the story of how each man endured the most terrible episode of the twentieth century and then blossomed into extraordinarily creative and engaged individuals. It is a story of the transformation of ordinary lives into exceptional lives by extraordinary events--of courage in the face of overwhelming adversity, the flowering of creative genius, deep friendship, and of profound concern for and insight into the human condition.Rails of War: Supplying the Americans and Their Allies in China-Burma-India
By Steven Hantzis. 2017
In a theater of war long forgotten and barely even known at the time James Harry Hantzis and his…
fellow soldiers labored at a thankless task under oppressive conditions Nonetheless as Rails of War demonstrates without the men of the 721st Railway Operating Battalion the Allied forces would have been defeated in the China-Burma-India conflict in World War II Steven James Hantzis s father served alongside other GI railroaders in overcoming danger disease fire and monsoons to move the weight of war in the China-Burma-India theater Torn from their predictable working-class lives the men of the 721st journeyed fifteen thousand miles to Bengal India to do the impossible build maintain and manage seven hundred miles of track through the most inhospitable environment imaginable From the harrowing adventures of the Flying Tigers and Merrill s Marauders to detailed descriptions of grueling jungle operations and the Siege of Myitkyina this is the remarkable story of the extraordinary men of the 721st who moved an entire army to win the war For more information about Rails of War visit railsofwar comThomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher
By Jon Meacham. 2014
In this special illustrated edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Pulitzer…
Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, young readers will learn about the life and political philosophy of one of our Founding Fathers. Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. He was one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence. But he was also a lawyer and an ambassador, an inventor and a scientist. He had a wide range of interests and hobbies, but his consuming interest was the survival and success of the United States. This book contains a note from Meacham and over 100 archival illustrations, as well as sections throughout the text about subjects such as the Boston Tea Party, the Library of Congress, and Napoléon Bonaparte. Additional materials include a time line; a family tree; a Who's Who in Jefferson's world; sections on Jefferson's original writings and correspondence, "inventions," interests, places in Jefferson's world, finding Jefferson in the United States today, additional reading, organizations, and websites; notes; a bibliography; and an index. This adaptation, ideal for those interested in American presidents, biographies, and the founding of the American republic, is an excellent example of informational writing and reflects Meacham's extensive research using primary source material.Legendary Locals of Washington (Legendary Locals)
By Suzanne Stotesbury. 2016
Located on the banks of the Pamlico River, Washington has been home to many famous, infamous, and unique people over…
the years. Springing from the community of Forks of the Tar under the watchful eyes of the everlasting Blount family, the town has grown from a small shipping port into a prominent county seat. Many pivotal people have called Washington home. William Blount, son of town founding father John Gray Blount, signed the US Constitution before scandal drove him from his Senate seat and into exile in Tennessee. Filmmaker Cecil DeMille was raised here. It is a place where opportunity has been available no matter the time period. Susan Dimock broke the gender barrier by becoming a physician and Joan Little's violation in a local jail led to a precedent-setting legal battle. Ed Peed served valiantly as a fireman, and his death during a great waterfront fire shook people of all classes and races in the community. The people of Washington, from the founding families to the artistic community that thrives today, have defined the town seen today.Who Was Ernest Shackleton? (Who was?)
By James Buckley, Max Hergenrother. 2013
As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently,…
Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie.Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War
By Thomas Brennan, Finbarr O Reilly. 2017
A majestic book --Bessel van der Kolk MD author of The Body Keeps the ScoreA unique…
joint memoir by a U S Marine and a conflict photographer whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and soulsWar tears people apart but it can also bring them together Through the unpredictability of war and its aftermath a decorated Marine sergeant and a world-trotting war photographer became friends their bond forged as they patrolled together through the dusty alleyways of Helmand province and camped side by side in the desert It deepened after Sergeant T J Brennan was injured during a Taliban ambush and both returned home Brennan began to suffer from the effects of his injury and from the fallout of his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan But war correspondents experience similar rates of posttraumatic stress as combat veterans The causes can be different but guilt plays a prominent role in both For Brennan it s the things he s done or didn t do that haunt him Finbarr O Reilly s conscience is nagged by the task of photographing people at their most vulnerable while being able to do little to help and his survival guilt as colleagues die on the job Their friendship offered them both a shot at redemption As we enter the fifteenth year of continuous war it is increasingly urgent not just to document the experiences of the battlefield but also to probe the reverberations that last long after combatants and civilians have returned home and to understand the many faces trauma takes Shooting Ghosts looks at the horrors of war directly but then turns to a journey that draws on our growing understanding of what recovery takes Their story told in alternating first-person narratives is about the things they saw and did the ways they have been affected and how they have navigated the psychological aftershocks of war and wrestled with reforming their own identities and moral centers While war never really ends for those who ve lived through it this book charts the ways two survivors have found to calm the ghosts and reclaim a measure of peaceBoots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman
By Mary Tillman, Narda Zacchino. 2008
On April 22, 2004, Lieutenant David Uthlaut received orders from Khost, Afghanistan, that his platoon was to leave the town…
of Magarah and "have boots on the ground before dark" in Manah, a small village on the border of Pakistan. It was an order the young lieutenant protested vehemently, but the commanders at the Tactical Command Center disregarded his objections. Uthlaut split his platoon into two serials, with serial one traveling northwest to Manah and serial two towing a broken Humvee north toward the Khost highway. By nightfall, Uthlaut and his radio operator were seriously wounded, and an Afghan militia soldier and a U.S. soldier were dead. The American soldier was Pat Tillman. The Tillman family was originally informed that Pat, who had given up a professional football career to serve his country, had been shot in the head while getting out of a vehicle. At his memorial service twelve days later, they were told that he was killed while running up a hill in pursuit of the enemy. He was awarded a Silver Star for his courageous actions. A month and two days after his death, the family learned that Pat had been shot three times in the head by his own troops in a "friendly fire" incident. Seven months after Pat's death, the Tillmans requested an investigation.Boots on the Ground by Dusk is a chronicle of their efforts to ascertain the true circumstances of Pat's death and the reasons why the Army gave the family and the public a false story. Woven into the account are valuable and respectful memories of Pat Tillman as a son, brother, husband, friend, and teammate, in the hope that the reader will better comprehend what is really lost when our sons and daughters are killed or maimed in war. In the course of three and a half years, there have been six investigations, several inquiries, and two Congressional hearings. The Tillmans are still awaiting an outcome.The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Other Writings: And Selections From His Other Writings (Word Cloud Classics)
By Benjamin Franklin, E. Boyd Smith, Frank Woodworth Pine. 2018
Explore the memoirs of one of the most inventive Americans in history A fascinating and unconventionally educated man Benjamin…
Franklin imparts in his own words wisdom and remarkable life lessons on the art of living with great personal integrity Taken from John Bigelow s carefully researched 1868 publication that was transcribed directly from the original manuscript this copy is sure to be a treasured part of any home library Franklin s autobiography and significant papers are still in great demand globally and describe the interesting varied and unusual life of one of the most amazing Founding Fathers of the United StatesFrom Stray Dog to World War I Hero: The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division
By Pen Farthing, Grant Hayter, Paul Funk. 2015
On the streets of Paris one day in July 1918 an American doughboy Sgt Jimmy Donovan …
befriended a stray dog that he named Rags No longer an unwanted street mutt Rags became the mascot to the entire First Division of the American Expeditionary Force and a friend to the American troops who had crossed the Atlantic to fight Rags was more than a scruffy face and a wagging tail however The little terrier mix was with the division at the crucial battle of Soissons at the Saint-Mihiel offensive and finally in the blood-and-mud bath of the Meuse-Argonne during which he and his guardian were wounded Despite being surrounded by distraction and danger Rags learned to carry messages through gunfire locate broken communications wire for the Signal Corps to repair and alert soldiers to incoming shells saving the lives of hundreds of American soldiers Through it all he brought inspiration to men with little to hope for especially in the bitter last days of the war p p From Stray Dog to World War I Hero covers Rags s entire life story from the bomb-filled years of war through his secret journey to the United States that began his second life one just as filled with drama and heartache In years of peace Rags served as a reminder to human survivors of what held men together when pushed past their limits by the horrors of battle Watch a book trailerFlight to the Top of the World: The Adventures of Walter Wellman
By David Bristow. 2018
In his day Walter Wellman 1858 1934 was one of America s most famous…
men To his contemporaries he seemed like a character from a Jules Verne novel He led five expeditions in search of the North Pole two by dogsled and three by dirigible airship and in 1910 made the first attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air which the self-styled expert on aerial warfare saw as a mission of world peace He endured hardships cheated death on more than one occasion and surrounded himself with a team of assistants as eccentric and audacious as he was In addition to his daring adventures Wellman became a nationally known political reporter and unofficial spokesman for the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations He was not the first newspaper-sponsored adventurer but more than any of his predecessors he turned exploration into a real-time media event and his reputation both flourished and suffered because of it Wellman lived during a time of rapid social and technological change when explorers were racing to fill in the last remaining blank spots on the map and when aviation promised to fulfill humanity s greatest hopes and darkest fears Flight to the Top of the World is a window into Wellman s time and illuminates many of its dreams and contradictionsParadise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
By David S. Brown. 2017
Pigeonholed as a Jazz Age epicurean and an emblem of the Lost Generation, Fitzgerald was at heart a moralist struck…
by the nation’s shifting mood and manners after WWI. Placing him among Progressives such as Charles Beard, Randolph Bourne, and Thorstein Veblen, David Brown reveals Fitzgerald as a writer with an encompassing historical imagination.An intimate portrait of Jane Austen, Dorothy Wordsworth, and their world—two women torn between revolutionary ideas and fierce conservatism, artistic…
creativity and emotional upheavals. Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth were born just four years apart, in a world torn between heady revolutionary ideas and fierce conservatism, but their lives have never been examined together before. They both lived in Georgian England, navigated strict social conventions and new ideals, and they were both influenced by Dorothy’s brother, the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and his coterie. They were both supremely talented writers yet often lacked the necessary peace of mind in their search for self-expression. Neither ever married. Jane and Dorothy uses each life to illuminate the other. For both women, financial security was paramount and whereas Jane Austen hoped to achieve this through her writing, rather than being dependent on her family, Dorothy made the opposite choice and put her creative powers to the use of her brilliant brother, with whom she lived all her adult life. Though neither path would bring lasting fulfillment and independence, both women’s mark on literary culture is undeniable. In this probing book, Marian Veevers discovers a crucial missing piece to the puzzle of Dorothy and William’s relationship and addresses enduring myths surrounding the one man who seems to have stolen Jane’s heart, only to break it . . .Rosie, A Detroit Herstory (Great Lakes Books Series)
By Bailey Sisoy Isgro. 2018
Rosie, a Detroit Herstory is a remarkable story for young readers about women workers during World War II. At this…
time in history, women began working jobs that had previously been performed only by men, such as running family businesses, operating machinery, and working on assembly lines. Across America, women produced everything from ships and tanks, to ammunition and uniforms, in spectacular quantities. Their skill, bravery, tenacity, and spirit became a rallying point of American patriotism and aided in defining Detroit as the Arsenal of Democracy. Even though women workers were invaluable to the war effort, they met with many challenges that their male counterparts never faced. Yet, for all of their struggles, their successes were monumental. Today, we refer to them as "Rosies"—a group of women defined not by the identity of a single riveter but by the collective might of hundreds of thousands of women whose labors helped save the world. Rosie, a Detroit Herstory features informative, rhyming text by Bailey Sisoy Isgro and beautifully illustrated original artwork by Nicole Lapointe. The story begins with the start of the Second World War and the eventual need for women to join the American workforce as men shipped out to war. By the end of the story, readers will have a better understanding of who and what Rosie the Riveter really was, how Detroit became a wartime industrial powerhouse, and why the legacy of women war workers is still so important. A glossary is provided for more difficult concepts, as well as a timeline of events. SIsoy Isgro and Lapointe first came up with the idea for the book on a ten-hour drive to the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, D.C., inspired by the overwhelming number of women who came together for the event. Rosie, a Detroit Herstory is written for children ages 8 to 12, but any reader interested in Detroit or women in history will appreciate this entertaining chronicle.It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan
By Kayla Williams, Tracy Crow, Jerri Bell. 2017
This inspiring anthology is the first to convey the rich experiences and contributions of women in the American military in…
their own words—from the Revolutionary War to the present wars in the Middle East. Serving with the Union Army during the Civil War as a nurse, scout, spy, and soldier, Harriet Tubman tells what it was like to be the first American woman to lead a raid against an enemy, freeing some 750 slaves. Busting gender stereotypes, Josette Dermody Wingo enlisted as a gunner’s mate in the navy in World War II to teach sailors to fire Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. Marine Barbara Dulinsky recalls serving under fire in Saigon during the Tet Offensive of 1968, and Brooke King describes the aftermath of her experiences outside the wire with the army in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In excerpts from their diaries, letters, oral histories, and pension depositions—as well as from published and unpublished memoirs—generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country, often breaking with social norms, even at great personal peril.A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur's Struggle for Purpose
By Paula Tarnapol Whitacre. 2017
In the fall of 1862 Julia Wilbur left her family’s farm near Rochester, New York, and boarded a train to…
Washington DC. As an ardent abolitionist, the forty-seven-year-old Wilbur left a sad but stable life, headed toward the chaos of the Civil War, and spent most of the next several years in Alexandria devising ways to aid recently escaped slaves and hospitalized Union soldiers. A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time shapes Wilbur’s diaries and other primary sources into a historical narrative sending the reader back 150 years to understand a woman who was alternately brave, self-pitying, foresighted, petty—and all too human. Paula Tarnapol Whitacre describes Wilbur’s experiences against the backdrop of Alexandria, Virginia, a southern town held by the Union from 1861 to 1865; of Washington DC, where Wilbur became active in the women’s suffrage movement and lived until her death in 1895; and of Rochester, New York, a hotbed of social reform and home to Wilbur’s acquaintances Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. In this second chapter of her life, Wilbur persisted in two things: improving conditions for African Americans who had escaped from slavery and creating a meaningful life for herself. A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time is the captivating story of a woman who remade herself at midlife during a period of massive social upheaval and change.