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Reagan

An American Journey

By: Bob Spitz

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From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational. More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's REAGAN stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th President, and thus a balm for our own bitterly divided times. It is the quintessential American triumph, brought to life with cinematic vividness: a young man is born into poverty and raised in a series of flyspeck towns in the Midwest by a pious mother and a reckless, alcoholic, largely absent father. Severely near-sighted, the boy lives in his own world, a world of the popular books of the day, and finds his first brush with popularity, even fame, as a young lifeguard. Thanks to his first great love, he imagines a way out, and makes the extraordinary leap to go to college, a modest school by national standards, but an audacious presumption in the context of his family's station. From there, the path is only very dimly lit, but it leads him, thanks to his great charm and greater luck, to a solid career as a radio sportscaster, and then, astonishingly, fatefully, to Hollywood. And the rest, as they say, is history. Bob Spitz's REAGAN is an absorbing, richly detailed, even revelatory chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and rocky but ultimately successful run as California governor, and ultimately, of course, his iconic presidency, filled with storm and stress but climaxing with his peace talks with the Soviet Union that would serve as his greatest legacy. It is filled with fresh assessments and shrewd judgments, and doesn't flinch from a full reckoning with the man's strengths and limitations. This is no hagiography: Reagan was never a brilliant student, of anything, and his disinterest in hard-nosed political scheming, while admirable, meant that this side of things was left to the other people in his orbit, not least his wife Nancy; sometimes this delegation could lead to chaos, and worse. But what emerges as a powerful signal through all the noise is an honest inherent sweetness, a gentleness of nature and willingness to see the good in people and in this country, that proved to be a tonic for America in his time, and still is in ours. It was famously said that FDR had a first-rate disposition and a second-rate intellect. Perhaps it is no accident that only FDR had as high a public approval rating leaving office as Reagan did, or that in the years since Reagan has been closing in on FDR on rankings of Presidential greatness. Written with love and irony, which in a great biography is arguably the same thing, Bob Spitz's masterpiece will give no comfort to partisans at either extreme; for the rest of us, it is cause for celebration.

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0143110594

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Shadow

Five Presidents And The Legacy Of Watergate

By: Bob Woodward

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Five Presidents And The Legacy Of Watergate

By: Bob Woodward

Twenty-five years after Richard Nixon's resignation, investigative journalist Bob Woodward examines the legacy of Watergate. Based on hundreds of interviews - both on and off the record - and three years of research of government archives, Woodward's latest book explains in detail how the premier scandal of US history has indelibly altered the shape of American politics and culture - and has limited the power to act of the presidency itself. Bob Woodward's mix of historical perspective and journalistic sleuthing provides a unique perspective on the repercussions of Watergate and proves that it was far more than a passing, embarrassing crisis in American politics: it heralded the beginning of a new period of troubled presidencies. From Ford through to Clinton, presidents have battled public scepticism, a challenging Congress, adversarial press and even special prosecutors in their term in office. Now, a quarter of a century after the scandal emerged, the man who helped expose Watergate shows us the stunning impact of its heritage.

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Simon and Schuster

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1471104729

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9781471104725

Environmental Ethics

A Sourcebook for Educators

By: Bob Jickling,Heila Lotz-Sisitka,Lausanne Olvitt,Rob O’Donoghue,Ingrid Schudel,Dylan McGarry ,Blair Niblett

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Environmental Ethics

A Sourcebook for Educators

By: Bob Jickling,Heila Lotz-Sisitka,Lausanne Olvitt,Rob O’Donoghue,Ingrid Schudel,Dylan McGarry ,Blair Niblett

This well-constructed, and highly original, sourcebook integrates educational materials for teaching environmental ethics with theoretical reflections. The book is set to contribute immensely to its aim of taking ethics out of philosophy departments and putting it into the streets, into villages, and on the Earth—to make ethics an everyday activity, not something left to experts and specialists. Context-based activities are presented in almost every chapter. While it acknowledges foundational theories in environmental ethics, and the work that they continue to do, it wholeheartedly embraces a growing body of literature that emphasises contextual, process-oriented, and place-based approaches to ethical reflection, deliberation, and action. It walks on the ground and isn’t afraid to get a little dirty or to seek joy in earthly relationships. And it ultimately breaks with much Western academic tradition by framing “ethics in a storied world”, thus making room to move beyond Euro-American perspectives in environmental issues. This work will be of interest to school teachers and other non-formal and informal educators, teacher educators, college instructors, university professors, and other professionals who wish to bring environmental ethics to the forefront of their pedagogical practices.

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African Sun Media

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199120129X

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9781991201294

The Good Neighbour: Volume 5, The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations

Australian Peace Support Operations in the Pacific Islands 1980–2006

By: Bob Breen

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The Good Neighbour: Volume 5, The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations

Australian Peace Support Operations in the Pacific Islands 1980–2006

By: Bob Breen

The Good Neighbour explores the Australian government's efforts to support peace in the Pacific Islands from 1980 to 2006. It tells the story of the deployment of Australian diplomatic, military and policing resources at a time when neighbouring governments were under pressure from political violence and civil unrest. The main focus of this volume is Australian peacemaking and peacekeeping in response to the Bougainville Crisis, a secessionist rebellion that began in late 1988 with the sabotage of a major mining operation. Following a signed peace agreement in 2001, the crisis finally ended in December 2005, under the auspices of the United Nations. During this time Australia's involvement shifted from behind-the-scenes peacemaking, to armed peacekeeping intervention, and finally to a longer-term unarmed regional peacekeeping operation. Granted full access to all relevant government files, Bob Breen recounts the Australian story from decisions made in Canberra to the planning and conduct of operations.

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1474

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Cambridge University Press

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1316715132

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9781316715130

Veil

By: Bob Woodward

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Veil

By: Bob Woodward

Veilis the story of the covert wars that were waged in Central America, Iran and Libya in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s.

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Simon and Schuster

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1471109879

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9781471109874

Counting Coup

By: Bob Stockton

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Counting Coup

By: Bob Stockton

The story of the way west in the early nineteenth century was often a tale of danger, death and unspeakable suffering. The early trappers and mountain men forged the trails westward for the pioneers that followed and became part of the legend of the American West. Of this hardy breed of early venturers one name stands out above the rest: Kit Carson. Many stories of his bravery, often wildly exaggerated filled eastern bookshelves of the day. How much of what was written was true and how much was fantasy? Cavalry officer Captain Tom Adams vowed to seek the truth behind the legend and along the way faced near shipwrecks, attempted assassinations, Indian massacres, murder, and torture in an odyssey that he never believed could have been possible.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483606937

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9781483606934

The Ethics of Eating Animals

Usually Bad, Sometimes Wrong, Often Permissible

By: Bob Fischer

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The Ethics of Eating Animals

Usually Bad, Sometimes Wrong, Often Permissible

By: Bob Fischer

Intensive animal agriculture wrongs many, many animals. Philosophers have argued, on this basis, that most people in wealthy Western contexts are morally obligated to avoid animal products. This book explains why the author thinks that’s mistaken. He reaches this negative conclusion by contending that the major arguments for veganism fail: they don’t establish the right sort of connection between producing and eating animal-based foods. Moreover, if they didn’t have this problem, then they would have other ones: we wouldn’t be obliged to abstain from all animal products, but to eat strange things instead—e.g., roadkill, insects, and things left in dumpsters. On his view, although we have a collective obligation not to farm animals, there is no specific diet that most individuals ought to have. Nevertheless, he does think that some people are obligated to be vegans, but that’s because they’ve joined a movement, or formed a practical identity, that requires that sacrifice. This book argues that there are good reasons to make such a move, albeit not ones strong enough to show that everyone must do likewise.

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205

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Routledge

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1000487520

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9781000487527

The Acting President

By: Bob Schieffer,Gary Paul Gates

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The Acting President

By: Bob Schieffer,Gary Paul Gates

The details of how decisions were made and how events came to pass during the Reagan years as gathered from hundreds of interviews.

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Dutton Adult

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0525247521

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9780525247524

Get That Gate!

By: Leslie H Bob Mead

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Get That Gate!

By: Leslie H Bob Mead

Chronicles Mead's early life as a boy, as well as his later experiences with cattle and horses, and his travels around the country. This book relates the funny things that happened and recollections from the past, beginning around the turn of the century. It includes funny stories that have a dry sense of humour.

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0976855003

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9780976855002

Hard Bargains

My Life on the Line

By: Bob White

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Hard Bargains

My Life on the Line

By: Bob White

Bob White, president of the Canadian Auto Workers, is without a doubt the single most influential figure in the Canadian labour movement. Respected by workers and business leaders alike. White has become a major voice in national; affairs. All his life he has bargained hard, and more often that not, won.

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498

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McClelland and Stewart

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077108837X

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9780771088377

Huxford's Old Book

Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

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Huxford's Old Book

Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

25,000 listings of old books with current values.

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1574320572

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9781574320572

Computing for Cheapskates

By: Bob Nadler

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Computing for Cheapskates

By: Bob Nadler

In this survival manual for the impecunious and just plain stingy, Nadler explains how to get the computers and software you need for next to nothing. The book tells you the kind of computers you actually need and explains everything you should know about them. It explains what you can do with these wonderfully cheap machines and describes the software you need to do it.

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Reagan

An American Journey

By: Bob Spitz

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Reagan

An American Journey

By: Bob Spitz

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Top Ten Baseball Stats

Interesting Rankings of Players, Managers, Umpires, and Teams

By: Bob Fulton

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Top Ten Baseball Stats

Interesting Rankings of Players, Managers, Umpires, and Teams

By: Bob Fulton

Everyone knows that the New York Yankees have made more Fall Classic appearances than any team in baseball. What team who made the World Series has the highest percentage of wins? Ted Williams was the last player to hit .400, but who was the last before the Splendid Splinter? Greg Maddux is the best precision pitcher in baseball today. Is he the greatest control artist ever? The answers to such questions are in this book. The author ranks the performance of players, managers, umpires and teams, using a variety of statistical categories and drawing from records that date as far back as the inception of the National League in 1876. The lists cover career, single-season and single-game leaders in regular-season, World Series and All-Star game play, in categories as common as home runs, batting average and pitching victories and as uncommon as inside-the-park homers, pitchers' batting averages, steals of home, oldest rookies and most lopsided World Series games.

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McFarland

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0786407190

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9780786407194

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Environmental Ethics

Environmental Ethics

The Good Neighbour: Volume 5, The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations

The Good Neighbour: Volume 5, The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations

Veil

Veil

Counting Coup

Counting Coup

The Ethics of Eating Animals

The Ethics of Eating Animals

The Acting President

The Acting President

Get That Gate!

Get That Gate!

Hard Bargains

Hard Bargains

Huxford's Old Book

Huxford's Old Book

Computing for Cheapskates

Computing for Cheapskates

Reagan

Reagan

Top Ten Baseball Stats

Top Ten Baseball Stats

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