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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Before John F. Kennedy became a legendary young president, he was the junior senator from Massachusetts. The Senate was where JFK's presidential ambitions were born and first realized. In the first book to deal exclusively with JFK's Senate years, author John T. Shaw looks at how the young senator was able to catapult himself on the national stage. Unlike Lyndon Johnson, the Democratic leader in the Senate, JFK never aspired to be "The Master of the...
Author
Publisher
Carol Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Millions have been gripped by Oliver Stone's film JFK and its premise that the plot to assassinate Kennedy originated beyond the highest levels of the U.S. government. In the movie, the advocate of this theory is a character named "X" played by Donald Sutherland, who, as the film's "Deep Throat," explains how and why this plot came about. As Stone acknowledged, "X" not only was faithfully depicted in the film, but also as the film's creative adviser...
Publisher
Oceana Publications
Pub. Date
1979-<c2003 >
Language
English
Description
V.1-13 contain commentary and primary source documents that establish a historical context for developments in terrorism. Commentary covers: historical overview of the 19th and 20th century teerorism, brief statistics, post WWII developments, relevant cases and comments on the future of terrorism. Documents include: U.N. resolutions, declarations, conventions and reports, League of National Council debates, International Tribunal Documents, U.S. judicial...
Author
Series
S. hrg volume 115-762
Publisher
U.S. Government Publishing Office
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"A primary-source reader in early Stuart Christianity, reflecting the varieties of religious expression, theological conviction, and spiritual experience; the volume includes annotated and modernized (often for the first time) texts of sermons preached at court and in conventicles, bestsellers of practical divinity and private devotion, sacred lyrics, and ecclesio-political satires, doctrinal controversy and spiritual dialogues"--
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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Was Darwin really inspired by Galapagos finches? Did Einstein's wife secretly contribute to his theories? Did Franklin fly a kite in a thunderstorm? Did a falling apple lead Newton to universal gravity? Did Galileo drop objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Did Einstein really believe in God? Science Secrets answers these questions and many others. It is a unique study of how myths evolve in the history of science. Some tales are partly true,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the waters around China, the "golden age of piracy" stretched for nearly three centuries. Over those years, there was an unprecedented advance in Chinese piracy unsurpassed in size and scope anywhere else in the world. This book uses primary source documents to uncover the history of "dwarf bandits," "sea rebels," and "ocean bandits.""--
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O
Pub. Date
199u
Language
English
Description
Database of texts from the bound, sequentially numbered Congressional documents and reports from the U.S. House and Senate. Provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, certain executive department publications, and certain non-governmental publications.
71) Women heroes of the American Revolution: 20 stories of espionage, sabotage, defiance, and rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Susan Casey gives 20 remarkable girls and women the spotlight they deserve in this lively collection of biographical profiles. These women took action in many ways: as spies, soldiers, nurses, water carriers, fundraisers, writers, couriers, and more. Women Heroes of the American Revolution brings a fresh new perspective to their stories resulting from interviews with historians and with descendants of participants of the Revolution and features ample...
Author
Series
Legal sidebar volume LSB10425
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
2020-
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Where did the American democratic tradition begin? From ancient civilizations in Greece and Rome to the Enlightenment in Europe, democratic ideas throughout time have influenced the development of democracy in the United States. In The U.S. Constitution: Discover How Democracy Works, children ages 9 through 12 learn about the foundation of democracy and how the documents crafted hundreds of years ago still have an impact on our country today. They...
Author
Publisher
Omnigraphics
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Provides information about the history and celebration of American patriotic holidays and days of observance. Features include narrative overviews, primary source documents, chronology, and print and web sources for further study"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Contributions to naval history volume no. 7
Publisher
Naval History and Heritage Command
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This volume presents the final chapter of Indianapolis's decorated service history using primary source documents with accompanying historic analysis. Documents were carefully selected to represent the whole story of the loss of Indianapolis: from her war damage taken off Okinawa on 31 March 1945, through her refitting, atomic bomb delivery, and sinking. Documents also follow her crew's ordeal at sea and rescue, subsequent Navy investigations, the...
Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Risking Everything : A Freedom Summer Reader documents the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, when SNCC and CORE workers and volunteers arrived in the Deep South to register voters and teach non-violence, and more than 60,000 Black Mississippians risked everything to overturn a system that had brutally exploited them. In the 44 original documents in this anthology, you'll read their letters, eavesdrop on their meetings, shudder at their suffering,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Preface About this book Two common types of user interfaces in statistical computing are the command line interface (CLI) and the graphical user interface (GUI). The usual CLI consists of a textual console in which the user types a sequence of commands at a prompt, and the output of the commands is printed to the console as text. The R console is an example of a CLI. A GUI is the primary means of interacting with desktop environments, such as Windows...
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