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Each day was an adventure for President Theodore Roosevelt. When he was a kid, he kept turtles in the bathtub and frogs under his cap. As an adult, he was a cowboy, a river explorer, and a big game hunter. Sometimes he would go on marches through deep puddles and icy rivers -- just for fun! TIME For Kids(R) Biographies help make a connection between the lives of past heroes and the events of today. When Teddy became president, Americans were looking ahead with excitement to the twentieth century. Teddy's spirit and dreams helped make the United States one of the greatest countries in the world.
"To an astonishing extent, the 1920s resemble our own era, at the turn of the twenty-first century; in many ways that decade was a precursor of modern excesses....Much of what we consider contemporary actually began in the Twenties." -- from the Introduction The images of the 1920s have been indelibly imprinted on the American imagination: jazz, bootleggers, flappers, talkies, the Model T Ford, Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh's history-making flight over the Atlantic. But it was also the era of the hard-won vote for women, racial injustice, censorship, widespread social conflict, and the birth of organized crime. Bookended by the easy living of the Jazz Age, when the booze and money flowed seem...
Profiles "the ten worst presidents"--Jimmy Carter, William Howard Taft, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Warren Gamaliel Harding, and Richard Milhous Nixon. Also profiles "the two most overrated presidents"--Thomas Jefferson and John F. Kennedy.
From the sinking of the British passenger liner Athenia on September 3, 1939, by a German U-boat (against orders) to the Japanese surrender on board the Missouri on September 2, 1945, War at Sea covers every major naveal battle of World War II. "A first-rate work and the best history of its kind yet written".--Vice Admiral William P. Mack, U.S.N. (Ret.). 30 photos.
A "truly moving . . ". ("Houston Chronicle") biography of our 32nd president. "Roosevelt is brought to life once again in a clear, concise and well-documented story from beginning to end . . . it is a pleasure".--"Washington Post Book World". "The definitive popular Roosevelt biography"--"Library Journal". *Lightning Print On Demand Title
They called me an angel. They were wrong. For a start, despite everything they did to me, I was still alive. And angels aren’t supposed to crave vengeance… Or fall for the man who saved me. A man with dark secrets of his own. Secrets Nathan will kill to protect… Nightmares Trilogy This is the second book in Demelza Carlton's Nightmares Trilogy. The reading order for the Trilogy is: Nightmares of Caitlin Lockyer (#1) Necessary Evil of Nathan Miller (#2) Afterlife of Alanna Miller (#3) Keywords: new adult, vigilante justice, crime fiction, psychological thriller, kidnapping crime fiction, crime thriller, vengeful mystery series, international crime, terrorism, counter-terrorism, dark kidnapping romance, abduction, recovery after rape, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Western Australia
Miller offers a comprehensive overview of the use of military intelligence from the American Revolution to the present day War on Terrorism.
In fact, the title of baronet was invented simply to be sold. Royal governors sold off the most valuable lands in their colonies and pocketed the proceeds. In 1617 Samuel Argall, the governor of Jamestown, appropriated most of the colony's supplies and crops and sold them for his own profit. Another of these notorious offenders was Governor Benjamin Fletcher of New York, who was in league with the pirates prowling American waters and shared in their loot. Miller goes on to unveil George Washington's finesse as a land speculator, how corruption helped bring about the American Revolution, the variety of "opportunities" that came along with America's Westward expansion, the Credit Mobilier scandal involving two vice-presidents and several congressmen, the Whiskey Ring in which President Ulysses S. Grant's own secretary was implicated, and the gold panic conspiracy that entangled Grant himself. But wholesale corruption went beyond the federal government.
Roosevelt: A Giant Among Leaders Theodore Roosevelt stands out as one of the most exceptional leaders in American history. He was a devoted husband and father, a politician, a soldier, a war journalist, an editor, a cattle rancher, a scientist, a writer, an athlete, a hunter, and a diplomat. While the list of his exploits seems imposing, it was his passionate commitment to what he believed was right and good and true that was dynamically compelling—even to those who opposed him. Theodore Roosevelt was a hero. In this thought-provoking look at his leadership in action, we see why he not only earned the respect and admiration of his contemporaries, but why, even today, he continues to capture our imagination. "For me Theodore Roosevelt has always been a caricature, a political cartoon with a stick and coke-bottom glasses, riding up San Juan hill. Now, through this wonderful retelling of his life, this larger-than-life image has become a real, living and breathing person—still large, to be sure, and most definitely now alive." —Michael Card, best-selling recording artist, songwriter, and author
New York Times Bestseller Living in New York City for five years as a transplant from Ohio, illustrator and T-shirt designer Nathan Pyle was fascinated by the unique habits and unspoken customs New Yorkers follow to make life bearable in a city with 8 million people (and seemingly twice the number of tourists). In NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette, Pyle reveals the secrets and unwritten rules for living in and visiting New York including the answers to such burning questions as, how do I hail a cab? What is a bodega? Which way is Uptown? Why are there so many doors in the sidewalk? How do I walk on an escalator? Do we need be touching right now? Where should I inhale or exhale while passing sidewalk garbage? How long should I honk my horn? If New York were a game show, how would I win? What happens when I stand in the bike lane? Who should get the empty subway seats? How do I stay safe during a trash tornado? Each tip is a little story illustrated in simple black and white drawings.