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Army Life in Virginia

The Civil War Letters of George G. Benedict ; Edited by Eric Ward

By: George Grenville Benedict,Eric Ward

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Army Life in Virginia

The Civil War Letters of George G. Benedict ; Edited by Eric Ward

By: George Grenville Benedict,Eric Ward

George G. Benedict was one of thousands of young men who enlisted for the Union cause in the late summer of 1862 when the outcome of the Civil War was yet to be decided. But in addition to his duties as a soldier, Benedict also worked as a correspondent for his hometown newspaper, the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press. Benedict's thirty-one letters gave the folks back home a firsthand account of army life in the Civil War. Now, by supplementing these letters with official documents, newspaper accounts, and comrade's letters, editor Eric Ward expands on this account, providing a fuller and more accurate picture of army life in Virginia.

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Stackpole Books

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0811701395

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9780811701396

Decision Points

By: George W. Bush

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Decision Points

By: George W. Bush

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this candid and gripping memoir, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life. George W. Bush served as president of the United States during eight of the most consequential years in American history. The decisions that reached his desk impacted people around the world and defined the times in which we live. Decision Points brings readers inside the Texas governor’s mansion on the night of the 2000 election, aboard Air Force One during the harrowing hours after the attacks of September 11, 2001, into the Situation Room moments before the start of the war in Iraq, and behind the scenes at the White House for many other historic presidential decisions. For the first time, we learn President Bush’s perspective and insights on: • His decision to quit drinking and the journey that led him to his Christian faith • The selection of the vice president, secretary of defense, secretary of state, Supreme Court justices, and other key officials • His relationships with his wife, daughters, and parents, including heartfelt letters between the president and his father on the eve of the Iraq War • His administration’s counterterrorism programs, including the CIA’s enhanced interrogations and the Terrorist Surveillance Program • Why the worst moment of the presidency was hearing accusations that race played a role in the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, and a critical assessment of what he would have done differently during the crisis • His deep concern that Iraq could turn into a defeat costlier than Vietnam, and how he decided to defy public opinion by ordering the troop surge • His legislative achievements, including tax cuts and reforming education and Medicare, as well as his setbacks, including Social Security and immigration reform • The relationships he forged with other world leaders, including an honest assessment of those he did and didn’t trust • Why the failure to bring Osama bin Laden to justice ranks as his biggest disappointment and why his success in denying the terrorists their fondest wish—attacking America again—is among his proudest achievements A groundbreaking new brand of presidential memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on eight remarkable years in American history—and on the man at the center of events.

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546

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Crown

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ISBN 10

0307590623

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9780307590626

History of the United States

Vol. 10

By: George Bancroft

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History of the United States

Vol. 10

By: George Bancroft

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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750

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385224691

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9783385224698

Coming to My Senses

The Autobiography of a Sociologist

By: George Caspar Homans

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Coming to My Senses

The Autobiography of a Sociologist

By: George Caspar Homans

Those interested in the development of scientific theory and in the nature of academic life will appreciate this intellectual autobiography written by one of America's leading sociologists. Following his family tradition (The Education of Henry Adams was written by his great-uncle), George Caspar Homans describes how his ideas about the proper nature of theory in social science, both in form and content, have developed over time. The chief interest of the book lies in the description of this process.Homans' career has spanned many of the key periods of development in social research, and his own work has been central to the process. He was the first major sociologist to outline the sociological implications of psychologists' work on learning or behavior theory. His contributions to modern sociology have had a major impact on the study of small groups, the problem of theory and methods of theory construction, and the study of basic characteristics of social behavior. He is regarded as the father of social exchange theory.Homans considers academic and intellectual as well as nonacademic influences on his development: personalities of highly idiosyncratic individuals against whose views of culturalism, functionalism, and structuralism he reacted, discussions with colleagues, reading, as well as his ancestry, his childhood in Boston, his literary education and later social-life in Boston, and his experiences as a sea captain in the Navy in World War II. This is an absorbing book, both an autobiography and a history of the development of the social sciences in the post World War II era.

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383

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Routledge

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1351527681

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9781351527682

The Letters of George Santayana: 1941-1947

By: George Santayana

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The Letters of George Santayana: 1941-1947

By: George Santayana

The seventh and penultimate book of the letters of American philosopher George Santayana, covering the years 1941 to 1947 and including letters to such correspondents as Daniel Cory, John Hall Wheelock, Robert Lowell, and others. This penultimate volume of Santayana's letters chronicles Santayana's life during a difficult time--the war years and the immediate postwar period. The advent of World War II left Santayana isolated in Rome, and the difficulties of wartime travel across borders forced him to abandon plans to move to more agreeable locations in Switzerland or Spain. During these years, Santayana lived in a single room in a nursing home run by the Blue Sisters of the Little Company of Mary in Rome, where, during the winter months, he did much of his writing in bed (wearing well-mended gloves) in order to stay warm. And yet, despite wartime deprivations, illness, and old age (he was 77 in 1941), Santayana was remarkably productive, completing both his autobiography Persons and Places and The Idea of Christ in the Gospels: or God in Man, and all but completing Dominations and Powers. He confided to one correspondent that he had never been more at peace or more happy. The eight books of The Letters of George Santayana bring together over 3,000 letters, many of which have been discovered in the fifty years since Santayana's death. Letters in Book Seven are written to such correspondents as his friend and protégée Daniel Cory, his financial manager and heir George Sturgis, and the American poet Robert Lowell. The correspondence with Lowell--which began when the younger writer sent Santayana a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Lord Weary's Castle--signals an important new friendship, which became a source of affection and intellectual engagement in Santayana's final years.

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648

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MIT Press

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0262195569

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9780262195560

Army Life in Virginia

The Civil War Letters of George G. Benedict ; Edited by Eric Ward

By: George Grenville Benedict,Eric Ward

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The Civil War Letters of George G. Benedict ; Edited by Eric Ward

By: George Grenville Benedict,Eric Ward

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Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of U.S. Stamps 1999

Listings 1845-date

By: Fred Baumann,George Cuhaj

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Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of U.S. Stamps 1999

Listings 1845-date

By: Fred Baumann,George Cuhaj

Provides information on identifying, handling, displaying, buying, and trading stamps, along with the history behind them.

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0873416821

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9780873416825

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Army Life in Virginia

Army Life in Virginia

Decision Points

Decision Points

History of the United States

History of the United States

Coming to My Senses

Coming to My Senses

The Letters of George Santayana: 1941-1947

The Letters of George Santayana: 1941-1947

Army Life in Virginia

Army Life in Virginia

Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of U.S. Stamps 1999

Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of U.S. Stamps 1999

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