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By Janet Nolan. 2017
There is a ship, a navy ship. It is called the USS New York. It is big like other navy…
ships, and it sails like other navy ships, but there is something special about the USS New York. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the governor of New York gave the Navy a steel beam that was once inside one of the World Trade Towers. The beam was driven from New York to a foundry in Louisiana. Metal workers heated the beam to a high, high temperature. Chippers and grinders, painters and polishers worked on the beam for months. And then, seven and a half tons of steel, which had once been a beam in the World Trade Center, became a navy ship's bow. This powerful story reveals how something remarkable can emerge from a devastating event. Grades 2-4. 2017.By Aviezer Golan, Danny Pinkas. 1980
Biography of the woman who was known as the Mata Hari of the Middle East. A Jerusalem-bred Beirut housewife and…
mother of seven, Shula became an important Israeli agent with access to the highest circles of power in Lebanon during the post-World War II period. c1980. Uniform title: Shem tsofen, ha-Peninah.By Michael Kettle. 1983
The legendary exploits of the daring, enigmatic Russian-Polish Jew born Sigmund Rosenblum, who called himself Sidney Reilly. The author shows…
that Reilly failed in his major mission for the British Secret Service of overturning the Bolshevik government and that his disclosures upon capture by the Russians facilitated Soviet infiltration of the British Secret Service. 1983.By Henry Hurt. 1981
Documents the true story of a Soviet naval captain who defected to the United States, served as a double agent…
for the C.I.A., and disappeared under mysterious circumstances while on assignment in Vienna. The author believes that Shadrin may have been sacrificed as a pawn in a game for higher stakes. 1981.By Ann Crittenden. 1988
A history of the sanctuary movement to aid political refugees from Central American wars. Chronicles its origin in the early…
1980s through the 1986 court trial that convicted many of its leaders of smuggling and harbouring illegal aliens. c1988.By William Blum. 2000
A critical look at the U.S. and its role as a superpower. Blum examines the U.S. foreign policy and its…
involvement in foreign elections and assassinations. He raises the question of why the U.S. has become the target of terrorists and discusses the issues of freedom and human rights in the U.S. 2000.By Al Roker. 2018
Central Pennsylvania's Great Flood of 1889 remains the deadliest in US history, killing more than 2,200 people. Al Roker tells…
the riveting story of this tragedy that remains one of the worst weather related disasters in American history. Follows a compelling cast of characters whose fates converged because of that fateful day, including John Parke, the engineer whose heroic efforts failed to save the dam; Henry Clay Frick, the robber baron whose fancy sport fishing resort was responsible for modifications that weakened the dam; and Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, who spent five months in Johnstown leading one of the first organized disaster relief efforts. Weaving together their stories and those of many ordinary citizens whose lives were forever altered by the event, Roker creates a classic account of our natural world at its most terrifying. 2018.By Nikki Giovanni. 2005
Account of Rosa Parks's decision to stay in her bus seat in 1955 Alabama, in defiance of segregation laws. Explains…
the resulting bus boycott by civil rights activists that led to the Supreme Court ruling ending racial segregation on buses. Grades 3-6. Coretta Scott King Award, Caldecott Honor. 2005.By Simon Schama. 2005
Chronicles the mass emancipation of slaves in the American colonies - by Britain - beginning in 1775, when Virginia governor…
Lord Dunmore promised freedom for slaves who bore arms against the rebels. Describes the flight of tens of thousands to British-controlled territory and their resettlement in Nova Scotia and later in Sierra Leone. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.By Eugene D Genovese. 1975
By David Sievert Lavender. 1985
A lively history of the first men and women to run the wild Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in…
crude wooden boats, rafts, kayaks, pontoons and motorboats. Some strong language. 1985.By Russell Shorto. 2017
With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those…
principles were forged. Drawing on new sources, he weaves the lives of six people into a seamless narrative that casts fresh light on the range of experience in colonial America on the cusp of revolution. While some of the protagonists--a Native American warrior, a British aristocrat, George Washington--play major roles on the field of battle, others--a woman, a slave, and a laborer--struggle no less valiantly to realize freedom for themselves. Through these lives we understand that the Revolution was, indeed, fought over the meaning of individual freedom, a philosophical idea that became a force for violent change. 2017.By Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich. 2016
In this updated and redesigned edition, the authors invite you on a walking tour of America's capital city: Washington, DC.…
As a reminder of God's role in the history and future of America, they give listeners a look into the architecture and beauty of the nation's Capitol. Listeners will take a walk through Washington, DC to view the nation's monuments and memorials, including the National Archives, where Thomas Jefferson's immortal words jump off the page. It is a tour of American history--of great men and women, events, documents, institutions, and ideas--all shaped decisively by the genuine belief that America is a nation founded under God. 2016.By Michael D Gordin. 2009
On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning", exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising…
international event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the Soviet Union and the United States. Using newly opened archives, Gordin follows a trail of espionage, secrecy, deception, political brinksmanship, and technical innovation to provide a fresh understanding of the nuclear arms race. 2009.By Jack F Matlock. 2004
Matlock details how, from the start of his term, Reagan privately pursued improved U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations, while still rebuilding America's military.…
When Gorbachev assumed leadership, however, Reagan and his advisers found a potential partner in the enterprise of peace. Describes the meetings, initial views the two leaders had of each other, the gradual trust which emerged, and the politically risky steps Gorbachev took that bore long-term benefits. 2004.By Vincent Quivy. 2013
"Elle court, elle court, la légende. Elle ne semble pas près de disparaître. Cinquante ans après l'assassinat de John F.…
Kennedy, le 22 novembre 1963 à Dallas, qui peut dire ce que l'on sait avec certitude ? Magistrats, journalistes, cinéastes : tous y vont de leur théorie, remettant sans cesse en question la culpabilité de Lee Harvey Oswald. Bien des supposées anomalies ont pourtant été expliquées : celles de l'homme au parapluie ouvert, des clochards de Dealey Plaza trop bien habillés ou encore la fameuse piste française de l'OAS, du Milieu corse ou marseillais, évoquée par un quotidien basque et qui alimente, depuis, les spéculations... Comme bien d'autres, elle montre surtout l'étrange facilité avec laquelle une hypothèse devient, au fil du temps, indiscutable. Vincent Quivy décortique les théories et démêle la réalité des fantasmes. Toutes les recherches, toutes les analyses techniques, sont ici passées au crible. Une brillante démonstration, un vrai thriller, et un récit passionnant. " -- 4e de couv.By Oliver Stone, Jean Rosenthal, Peter J Kuznick. 2014
Responsable du lancement de la bombe atomique sur Hiroshima (60 000 morts) et Nagasaki (80 000 morts), Harry S. Truman…
se vantait de ne jamais avoir éprouvé le moindre remords. À un journaliste qui lui demandait si la décision avait été moralement difficile à prendre, il répondit en claquant des doigts : Je l'ai fait comme ça. Trente ans plus tard, l'offensive du Vietcong pulvérisa l'armée sud-vietnamienne. Richard Nixon envisagea de faire sauter les digues et les centrales électriques. Au risque de noyer deux cent mille personnes ?, objecta Henry Kissinger. Réponse de Nixon : Non, je préférerais utiliser la bombe atomique. Je crois que ce serait quand même un peu excessif , répondit Kissinger. La bombe, ça vous gêne ? Allons Henry, un peu de largeur de vue, bon sang ! , rétorqua Nixon. Ces confessions donnent la mesure de la responsabilité historique des présidents américains. Inconscients, parfois criminels par procuration, souvent sous influence de faucons , comme l'a encore montré la dernière guerre d'Irak, avec ses 200 000 morts. Démystificatrice, provocatrice, cette vaste fresque de l'histoire contemporaine de l'Amérique, qui remet en cause sa légitimité sur la scène internationale, a déclenché une importante controverse. Les auteurs, pour le livre comme pour la série TV, ont analysé dans leurs moindres détails les archives américaines, russes, anglaises, allemandes et japonaises. 2014. Titre uniforme: The untold history of the United States.By Taylor Branch. 1998
This second volume continues the narrative history of the civil rights movement in the United States begun in "Parting the…
Waters". Covers the pivotal years of 1963-1965, including the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Portrays Martin Luther King Jr. upholding the nonviolent movement. Bestseller. Followed by "At Canaan's edge" (DC31096). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 1998. (America in the King years ; 2) If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.By Amélie De Maupeou, Monika Siedentopf. 2008
1942 : Winston Churchill autorise le recrutement de femmes, plus adaptées à certaines missions délicates que lance le Special Operations…
Executive (SOE), une organisation secrète destinée à soutenir la résistance européenne à l'ennemi nazi. On les veut vives, intelligentes, courageuses, audacieuses, et séduisantes si possible ! C'est ainsi que les trente-neuf candidates de la section F viennent d'horizons multiples à l'image même de leurs motivations. Leur histoire pleine de rebondissements et, pour treize d'entre elles, terriblement dramatique est étrangement méconnue en France. 2008.By Danielle Roy, Gilles-Philippe Delorme. 1993
Une romancière et un journaliste ont repris, pour leur compte, l'enquête sur le comportement de Pierre Sévigny dans l'affaire Munsinger.…
Sévigny, ex-ministre associé à la Défense, a été accusé d'avoir trahi son pays en livrant des secrets militaires à une supposée espionne venue d'Allemagne, Gerda Munsinger. 1993.