Author: Glen Vecchione
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402726927
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
A collection of little-known facts about the U.S. presidents that provides a glimpse into their personalities, covering such topics as nicknames, families, finances, food and drink, homes, sports, hobbies, and oddities, as well as their lives after the presidency.
The Little Giant Book of American Presidents
Author: Glen Vecchione
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402726927
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
A collection of little-known facts about the U.S. presidents that provides a glimpse into their personalities, covering such topics as nicknames, families, finances, food and drink, homes, sports, hobbies, and oddities, as well as their lives after the presidency.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402726927
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
A collection of little-known facts about the U.S. presidents that provides a glimpse into their personalities, covering such topics as nicknames, families, finances, food and drink, homes, sports, hobbies, and oddities, as well as their lives after the presidency.
The Little Giant Book of Football Facts
Author: Michael J. Pellowski
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402723902
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Contains more that 1,000 interesting and odd football facts and feats, from remakable records to goofy gridiron mishaps.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402723902
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Contains more that 1,000 interesting and odd football facts and feats, from remakable records to goofy gridiron mishaps.
The Little Giant Book of Weird & Wacky Facts
Author: K. R. Hobbie
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402715488
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Contains hundreds of interesting trivia questions and answers on a variety of subjects.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402715488
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Contains hundreds of interesting trivia questions and answers on a variety of subjects.
Magnet Science
Author: Glen Vecchione
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402722912
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This appealingly packaged kitin the same style as the enormously popular String Games (80,000 sold) and Tangram Puzzles (45,000 sold)is absolutely guaranteed to attract kids attention.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402722912
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This appealingly packaged kitin the same style as the enormously popular String Games (80,000 sold) and Tangram Puzzles (45,000 sold)is absolutely guaranteed to attract kids attention.
The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts
Author: Michael J. Pellowski
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402742736
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Provides more than one-thousand baseball facts about pennant races, pitching feats, hitting achievements, player nicknames, and baseball slang.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402742736
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Provides more than one-thousand baseball facts about pennant races, pitching feats, hitting achievements, player nicknames, and baseball slang.
Fall of Giants
Author: Ken Follett
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101543558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101543558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .
Don't Know Much About® the American Presidents
Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401304737
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Which president broke the law to prevent enslaved people from being freed? Who said, "When the president does it,that means it's not illegal"? Why does America have a president? From the heated debates among the framers of the Constitution in 1787 over an "elected king," to the creation of the presidency, and on through rich profiles of each man who has held the office, New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis takes readers on a guided tour of American history. Examining each chief executive, from the low lights to the bright lights, the memorable to the forgettable and the forgotten, Davis tells all the stories, offering rich anecdotes about real people. He also charts the history of the presidency itself, debunking myths and grading the presidents from A+ to F. For history buffs and history-phobes alike, this entertaining book may change your understanding of the highest office in the land throughout more than two hundred years of history.
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401304737
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Which president broke the law to prevent enslaved people from being freed? Who said, "When the president does it,that means it's not illegal"? Why does America have a president? From the heated debates among the framers of the Constitution in 1787 over an "elected king," to the creation of the presidency, and on through rich profiles of each man who has held the office, New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis takes readers on a guided tour of American history. Examining each chief executive, from the low lights to the bright lights, the memorable to the forgettable and the forgotten, Davis tells all the stories, offering rich anecdotes about real people. He also charts the history of the presidency itself, debunking myths and grading the presidents from A+ to F. For history buffs and history-phobes alike, this entertaining book may change your understanding of the highest office in the land throughout more than two hundred years of history.
The Look-it-up Book of Presidents
Author: Wyatt Blassingame
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0679803580
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Brief biographies of the presidents of the United States from George Washington to George Bush.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0679803580
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Brief biographies of the presidents of the United States from George Washington to George Bush.
The New Big Book of U.S. Presidents
Author: Todd Davis
Publisher: Running Press Kids
ISBN: 0762448784
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Updated for 2013, readers can easily relive the course of American history through a detailed timeline, more than 50 vivid photographs and illustrations, information about each president's term in office, and the major political issues of each era.
Publisher: Running Press Kids
ISBN: 0762448784
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Updated for 2013, readers can easily relive the course of American history through a detailed timeline, more than 50 vivid photographs and illustrations, information about each president's term in office, and the major political issues of each era.
The Presidents and the Pastime
Author: Curt Smith
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496207394
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's birth, when would‑be presidents played baseball antecedents. He charts how baseball cemented its reputation as America's pastime in the nineteenth century, such presidents as Lincoln and Johnson playing town ball or giving employees time off to watch. Smith tracks every U.S. president from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump, each chapter filled with anecdotes: Wilson buoyed by baseball after suffering disability; a heroic FDR saving baseball in World War II; Carter, taught the game by his mother, Lillian; Reagan, airing baseball on radio that he never saw--by "re-creation." George H. W. Bush, for whom Smith wrote, explains, "Baseball has everything." Smith, having interviewed a majority of presidents since Richard Nixon, shares personal stories on each. Throughout, The Presidents and the Pastime provides a riveting narrative of how America's leaders have treated baseball. From Taft as the first president to throw the "first pitch" on Opening Day in 1910 to Obama's "Go Sox!" scrawled in the guest register at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, our presidents have deemed it the quintessentially American sport, enriching both their office and the nation.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496207394
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's birth, when would‑be presidents played baseball antecedents. He charts how baseball cemented its reputation as America's pastime in the nineteenth century, such presidents as Lincoln and Johnson playing town ball or giving employees time off to watch. Smith tracks every U.S. president from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump, each chapter filled with anecdotes: Wilson buoyed by baseball after suffering disability; a heroic FDR saving baseball in World War II; Carter, taught the game by his mother, Lillian; Reagan, airing baseball on radio that he never saw--by "re-creation." George H. W. Bush, for whom Smith wrote, explains, "Baseball has everything." Smith, having interviewed a majority of presidents since Richard Nixon, shares personal stories on each. Throughout, The Presidents and the Pastime provides a riveting narrative of how America's leaders have treated baseball. From Taft as the first president to throw the "first pitch" on Opening Day in 1910 to Obama's "Go Sox!" scrawled in the guest register at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, our presidents have deemed it the quintessentially American sport, enriching both their office and the nation.