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Author: Mike Luckovich Publisher: ISBN: Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 252
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Sketched by the hand of the most reprinted editorial cartoonist in America, this collection of cartoons takes aim at President George W. Bush, former President Clinton, the United States Congress, the Catholic Church, Tom Cruise, and the Boy Scouts—to name a few subjects of satire. Also included are stories about the cartoonist's run-ins with various politicians, including an encounter with Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon. This hard-hitting, hilarious collection will be enjoyed by readers regardless of their political persuasion.
Author: Mike Luckovich Publisher: ISBN: Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
Sketched by the hand of the most reprinted editorial cartoonist in America, this collection of cartoons takes aim at President George W. Bush, former President Clinton, the United States Congress, the Catholic Church, Tom Cruise, and the Boy Scouts—to name a few subjects of satire. Also included are stories about the cartoonist's run-ins with various politicians, including an encounter with Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon. This hard-hitting, hilarious collection will be enjoyed by readers regardless of their political persuasion.
Author: Matt Laney Publisher: Clarion Books ISBN: 1328707385 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 373
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Prince Leo's identity as a Spinner, once thought to be his greatest curse, may become his greatest weapon when his devious cousin seizes control of Singara, forcing Leo to flee into enemy territory.
Author: David Keen Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300183712 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 379
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Keen investigates why conflicts are so prevalent and so intractable, even when one side has much greater military resources. He asks who benefits from wars-- whether economically, politically, or psychologically-- and argues that in order to bring them successfully to an end we need to understand the complex vested interests on all sides.
Author: Herodotus Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 245
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Herodotus, the great Greek historian, wrote this famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians in a delightful style. Herodotus portrays the dispute as one between the forces of slavery on the one hand and freedom on the other. This work covers the rise of the Persian influence and a history of the Persian empire, a description and history of Egypt, and a long digression on the landscape and traditions of Scythia. Because of the comprehensiveness of this work, it was considered the founding work of history in Western literature. A must-have for history enthusiasts.
Author: Matt Laney Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 1328707261 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 355
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"In the distant future, when a new species rules the earth, thirteen-year-old Prince Leo struggles to hide a dangerous and forbidden power he cannot control while trying to unlock the mysteries of his origins"--
Author: Andrew Roberts Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061874493 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 722
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This joint WWII biography of Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall, and Brooke “is a triumph of vivid description, telling anecdotes, and informed analysis” (The New York Review of Books). Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of the Second World War turned on the relationships and temperaments of four of the strongest personalities of the twentieth century: political masters Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the commanders of their armed forces, General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. Marshall. Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong-minded, and each was certain that only he knew best how to win the war. Andrew Roberts, “Britain's finest contemporary military historian” (The Economist), traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the rebuffs and the charm, the often-explosive disagreements and wary reconciliations, and he helps us to appreciate the motives and imperatives of these key leaders as they worked tirelessly in the monumental struggle to destroy Nazism.
Author: David A. Taylor Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN: 1421426919 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 220
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The surprising story of cork and its critical role in US security and the war effort. Winner of the IPPY Book Award History (World), Silver of the Independent Publisher In 1940, with German U-boats blockading all commerce across the Atlantic Ocean, a fireball at the Crown Cork and Seal factory lit the sky over Baltimore. The newspapers said that you could see its glow as far north as Philadelphia and as far south as Annapolis. Rumors of Nazi sabotage led to an FBI investigation and pulled an entire industry into the machinery of national security as America stood on the brink of war. In Cork Wars, David A. Taylor traces this fascinating story through the lives of three men and their families, who were all drawn into this dangerous intersection of enterprise and espionage. At the heart of this tale is self-made mogul Charles McManus, son of Irish immigrants, who grew up on Baltimore’s rough streets. McManus ran Crown Cork and Seal, a company that manufactured everything from bottle caps to oil-tight gaskets for fighter planes. Frank DiCara, as a young teenager growing up in Highlandtown, watched from his bedroom window as the fire blazed at the factory. Just a few years later, under pressure to support his family after the death of his father, DiCara quit school and got a job at Crown. Meanwhile, Melchor Marsa, Catalan by birth, managed Crown Cork and Seal’s plants in Spain and Portugal—and was perfectly placed to be recruited as a spy. McManus, DiCara, and Marsa were connected by the unique properties of a seemingly innocuous substance. Cork, unrivaled as a sealant and insulator, was used in gaskets, bomber insulation, and ammunition, making it crucial to the war effort. From secret missions in North Africa to 4-H clubs growing seedlings in America to secret intelligence agents working undercover in the industry, this book examines cork’s surprising wartime significance. Drawing on in-depth interviews with surviving family members, personal collections, and recently declassified government records, Taylor weaves this by turns beautiful, dark, and outrageous narrative with the drama of a thriller. From the factory floor to the corner office, Cork Wars reflects shifts in our ideas of modernity, the environment, and the materials and norms of American life. World War II buffs—and anyone interested in a good yarn—will be gripped by this bold and frightening tale of a forgotten episode of American history.
Author: Carol Cohn Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0745660665 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 362
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Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars. As the pages of this book tell, though, those accounts are far from complete. Women can be found at every turn in the (gendered) phenomena of war. Women have participated in the making, fighting, and concluding of wars throughout history, and their participation is only increasing at the turn of the 21st century. Women experience war in multiple ways: as soldiers, as fighters, as civilians, as caregivers, as sex workers, as sexual slaves, refugees and internally displaced persons, as anti-war activists, as community peace-builders, and more. This book at once provides a glimpse into where women are in war, and gives readers the tools to understood women’s (told and untold) war experiences in the greater context of the gendered nature of global social and political life.
Author: Mike Luckovich
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