Author: Barbara Ann Perry Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 296
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Noting how Jackie's celebrity and devotion to privacy have for years precluded a more serious treatment, Perry's story illuminates Kennedy's immeasurable impact on the institution of the first lady. Perry illustrates the complexities of Jacqueline Bouvier's marriage to John F. Kennedy, and shows how she transformed herself from a reluctant political wife to an effective, confident presidential partner. Perry is especially illuminating in tracing the first lady's mastery of political symbolism and imagery, along with her use of television and state entertainment to disseminate her work to a global audience.
Author: Joel Garreau Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0307801942 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 575
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First there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City.
Author: Jonathan Strahan Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101513845 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Mars! The Red Planet! For generations, people have wondered what it would be like to travel to and live there. That curiosity has inspired some of the most durable science fiction, including Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles and the work of Isaac Asimov. Now the award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan has brought together thirteen original stories to explore the possibilities. After reading Life on Mars, readers will never look at the fourth planet from the sun the same way again.
Author: James Conor Patterson Publisher: ISBN: 9781848408166 Category : English literature Languages : en Pages : 344
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The New Frontier is a landmark publication of writing from the Irish Border, a chorus of voices from some of the island's greatest writers, that conveys in its multiplicity the true meaning of our border, and of borders in general.
Author: Judd C. Kinzley Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 9780226492155 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 272
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China’s westernmost province of Xinjiang has experienced escalating cycles of violence, interethnic strife, and state repression since the 1990s. In their search for the roots of these growing tensions, scholars have tended to focus on ethnic clashes and political disputes. In Natural Resources and the New Frontier, historian Judd C. Kinzley takes a different approach—one that works from the ground up to explore the infrastructural and material foundation of state power in the region. As Kinzley argues, Xinjiang’s role in producing various natural resources for regional powers has been an important but largely overlooked factor in fueling unrest. He carefully traces the buildup to this unstable situation over the course of the twentieth century by focusing on the shifting priorities of Chinese, Soviet, and provincial officials regarding the production of various resources, including gold, furs, and oil among others. Through his archival work, Kinzley offers a new way of viewing Xinjiang that will shape the conversation about this important region and offer a model for understanding the development of other frontier zones in China as well as across the global south.
Author: Roger S. Greenway Publisher: Baker Academic ISBN: 1441206302 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 333
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As cities continue to expand, Christ calls the church to bring the gospel to these centers of population, culture, and political power.
Author: Jackie Casto Publisher: ISBN: 9780843932010 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 372
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Raised to despise all men, Ashley nonetheless has no choice but to marry when a twist of fate sends her to a planet that is mankind's last hope for survival. There the colonists one duty is to be fruitful and multiply. Ashley picks the one man she believes will release her from her unwilling vows. Warrior Garick doesn't have time or need for a wife--or does he?
Author: Wayne L. Wilson Publisher: ISBN: 9781951122874 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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When you are a Black family in 1961 Los Angeles, how do you protect your white neighbors from a real-life bogeyman living in their midst? The Coles are a Black family from a small southern town who are trying to reap the golden harvest of jobs and a better lifestyle that Los Angeles, California proclaims during the era of President Kennedy's ""New Frontier"". When these pioneers move to an all-white neighborhood, they discover that their kind is not welcome. Poignant and humorous, this coming-of-age story is narrated by 12-year-old Samuel Scott Cole whose innocent and imaginative observations impart how this life-changing event affects him and his parents. Before moving Samuel lived in a neighborhood where skin color didn't matter, a place where kids played cowboys and Indians, competed in lunch pail wars, and talked about werewolves, molemen, vampires, and the bogeyman. Samuel doesn't fit in to this new community and is being ostracized and facing bigotry. Through it all Samuel manages to make one true friend he can rely on. The two unexpectedly encounter a real-life bogeyman and murderer who lurks within the neighborhood.
Author: Barbara Ann Perry
Author: Joel Garreau
Author: Jonathan Strahan
Author: James Conor Patterson
Author: Judd C. Kinzley
Author: Roger S. Greenway
Author: Peter Allen David
Author: Jackie Casto
Author: Vance Hartke
Author: Wayne L. Wilson