Ned Patton's Books

The String and Glue of Our World

Understanding Composite Materials

By: Ned Patton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The String and Glue of Our World

Understanding Composite Materials

By: Ned Patton

This is a book about composite materials, written from the perspective of someone who has been in the industry for more than four decades and had to learn about them the hard way. Aimed at the curious citizen scientist or maker, it is written in an accessible, entertaining, and jargon-free style, introducing and explaining the how and why of composite materials. Following a history of composites, the book discusses the periodic table of elements and why getting to know this table is so important. It then introduces strings (fibers) and glues (matrices or resins) and explains how they're put together, how to design with them, and how to analyze what you've designed. The work also describes the composites business and includes a list of good schools and their involvement with industry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476691339

ISBN 13

9781476691336

Poisons in Our Well of Faith

By: Rev. Ned Owens

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Poisons in Our Well of Faith

By: Rev. Ned Owens

Our mainline Protestant churches are going the way of the dinosaurs. What has happened in the mainline Protestant Church that has made it be smaller and weaker in its influence. We have many reasons that have caused the decline in membership. We have allowed the church to be invaded by socialism, humanism, universalism, communism, and politically-correct ideas. There is but one remedy to the massive decline in the churchs influence and authority to shape society: a return to Gods word as found in the scriptures.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

101

Publisher

WestBow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1512746460

ISBN 13

9781512746464

Learning To Love

By: Ned Bibb

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Learning To Love

By: Ned Bibb

It was 1956, rock and roll was in its infancy, a television could be found in almost every household, and almost everyone in Willow Springs, Alabama, liked Ike. Life in this semi-rural town a few miles north of Birmingham was easy enough for most people and full of promise. Carolyn "Peewee" Turner, a spunky red-haired tomboy, survives adolescence while growing up in a dysfunctional family consisting of her mother, Roberta, a call girl whose smashing good looks could stop traffic, Tina, her little sister who had a serious psychological problem, and Howard Turner, her absentee truck driving father who doubts that Tina is his child. Carolyn, whose low-income family lives in a mobile home, has a crush on Buddy Brandon, a very popular high-school football star and son of well-to-do parents. Thrust into adulthood prematurely, Carolyn faces many challenges in her quest for happiness, including an unplanned pregnancy, being married to the wrong man, and being forced to raise her little sister under difficult circumstances. Her life takes several unexpected turns, through tragedy and triumph, and along the way, she learns many valuable lessons about love and forgiveness.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

198

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

059539308X

ISBN 13

9780595393084

The Ancestors and Descendants of John Lewis Benson and His Sisters and Brother

A Genealogy and Social History

By: Ned Harold Benson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Ancestors and Descendants of John Lewis Benson and His Sisters and Brother

A Genealogy and Social History

By: Ned Harold Benson

John Lewis Benson, born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, was an 8th generation descendant of John Benson, who arrived in America at Plymouth Colony on 11 April 1638 on the ship "Confidence." After being reared in Chautauqua County, New York, John Lewis Benson's father, William, took him to Rock Island County, Illinois, following his daughters who had already made the migration. Shortly after reaching his majority, John Lewis Benson went to "Bleeding Kansas" as part of the wave of Abolitionists who sought to "keep Kansas free," which action reflected the devout Puritan Calvinism of his Benson forebears. He enlisted in the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry two months after the first canon was fired on Fort Sumter, and served until the end of the War of Rebellion, being mustered out on 22 June 1865. He then returned to Kansas where he prospered, married, and fathered 5 children. He lost all his worldly possessions due to drought and the economic collapse following The Panic of 1873, and then moved about Kansas seeking a new start. During this difficult period, his wife died, leaving him a widower with 4 children ages 6 to 11. He soon married a divorcee who brought her 3 children, ages 1 to 3, to the marriage. In his second marriage, John Lewis fathered three more children. After the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma Territory were opened for settlement in 1899, John Lewis and his blended family moved there and share-cropped 40 acres southeast of Guthrie, Oklahoma, which he eventually bought. He died on this farm on 23 March 1906. This book by one of his great-grandsons tells the story of his life, the lives of his five sisters and one brother, and their ancestry back to 16th century Oxfordshire, England.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

500

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1467024422

ISBN 13

9781467024426

The Big Chair

The Smooth Hops and Bad Bounces from the Inside World of the Acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager

By: Ned Colletti,Joseph A. Reaves

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Big Chair

The Smooth Hops and Bad Bounces from the Inside World of the Acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager

By: Ned Colletti,Joseph A. Reaves

“An important contribution to 21st-century baseball literature. . . Mr. Colletti’s book might be even more groundbreaking [than Moneyball] in some ways: It’s a nearly unprecedented opportunity to see what running a baseball franchise looks like through the eyeballs of an actual general manager. . . [Colletti] has a gift for entertaining storytelling. . . These are stories modern general managers rarely tell, except in late-night gatherings at their favorite bars with people they know and trust. So to read them here, told in such colorful detail, makes you feel as if Ned Colletti has just invited you to plop down on the next bar stool.” --Wall Street Journal “Ned Colletti is a baseball treasure with fascinating stories to tell from inside the game. The Big Chair is your all-access pass. After reading this book, you will not only understand the job of a general manager better but also the game of baseball itself.”—Tom Verducci, author of The Cubs Way and co-author of The Yankee Years An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the career of famed former Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager (a position also known as “The Big Chair”), whose tenure spanned nine of the most exciting and turbulent years in the franchise’s history. During his tenure with the Dodgers, Colletti had the highest winning percentage of any general manager in the National League. In The Big Chair, he lets readers in on the real GM experience from his unique vantage point—sharing the inner workings of three of the top franchises in the sport, revealing the out-of-the-headlines machinations behind the trades, the hires and the deals; how the money really works; how the decision-making really works; how much power the players really have and why—the real brass tacks of some of the most pivotal decisions made in baseball history that led to great success along with heartbreak and failure on the field. Baseball fans will come for the grit and insight, stay for the heart, and pass it on for the wisdom. Ned Colletti began his MLB career with his beloved hometown team, the Chicago Cubs, more than 35 years ago. He worked in Chicago for a dozen years and was in the front office when the Cubs won the National League East in 1984 and 1989, after which he moved on as director of baseball operations for the SF Giants. By 1996, he became the Assistant GM for the Giants, before being hired as the GM in Los Angeles in 2006. There he oversaw the Dodgers through the highly publicized and acrimonious divorce battle between Frank and Jamie McCourt that culminated in the equally highly publicized sale of the team. He was present at the press conference where Don Mattingly, having just watched his team eliminated from the playoffs, used the post-season conference to vehemently discuss his lack of a contract extension. He brought marquee names like Greg Maddux and Clayton Kershaw to LA, as well as marquee drama with the likes of Manny Ramirez and Yasiel Puig; hired future Hall of Famer Joe Torre as manager; and oversaw fourteen Dodgers playoff wins. And these are just a few of the highlights. Colletti serves up a huge dish of first-hand experiences with some of the biggest names in baseball history (Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux, Don Mattingly, Don Zimmer, Tommy Lasorda, Scott Boras, Vin Scully, and more). From his humble early years living in a Chicago garage to his path to one of the most prestigious positions in professional sports, his very public and illustrious career has left a permanent handprint in the history of America's sport—and now he's ready to share the insight only those who have sat in The Big Chair have ever seen.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

466

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0735215731

ISBN 13

9780735215733

Intellectual Property and Immorality

Against Protecting Harmful Creations of the Mind

By: Ned Snow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Intellectual Property and Immorality

Against Protecting Harmful Creations of the Mind

By: Ned Snow

Introduction -- Moral limitations in IP theory -- Arguments against denying protection -- The problem of judicial moral discretion -- Works involving unlawful conduct -- Judicial history on unlawful works -- The progress provision as a limitation -- Progress, science, and useful arts -- Legislating morality -- Free speech -- Tying it all together.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

361

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

019761440X

ISBN 13

9780197614402

Madness Is Better Than Defeat

A novel

By: Ned Beauman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Madness Is Better Than Defeat

A novel

By: Ned Beauman

In 1938, two rival expeditions descend on an ancient temple recently discovered in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a huge Hollywood production on location there, the other to disassemble the temple and ship it back to New York. A seemingly endless stalemate ensues. Twenty years later, a rogue CIA agent sets out to exploit the temple for his own ends, unaware that it is a locus of conspiracies far grander than anyone could ever have guessed. Shot through with intrigue, ingenuity, and adventure, and showcasing Beauman’s riotous humor, spectacular imagination, and riveting prose, Madness Is Better Than Defeat is a novel without parallel: inventive, anarchic, and delightfully insane.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

425

Publisher

Vintage

Published Date

ISBN 10

0385353006

ISBN 13

9780385353007

The 2nd Maine Cavalry in the Civil War

A History and Roster

By: Ned Smith

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The 2nd Maine Cavalry in the Civil War

A History and Roster

By: Ned Smith

This book follows the 2nd Maine Cavalry from their muster in the late winter of 1863 through their action against Confederate forces in Louisiana, Florida and Alabama. While giving the details of the many scouting expeditions, raids and battles in which the regiment participated, it also includes the more personal stories of several of the young soldiers involved. In addition, a complete regimental roster gives details of enlistment, illness, death from various causes, promotions, demotions, etc.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

241

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476616566

ISBN 13

9781476616568

Forbidden Fruit

Counterfactuals and International Relations

By: Richard Ned Lebow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Forbidden Fruit

Counterfactuals and International Relations

By: Richard Ned Lebow

Could World War I have been averted if Franz Ferdinand and his wife hadn't been murdered by Serbian nationalists in 1914? What if Ronald Reagan had been killed by Hinckley's bullet? Would the Cold War have ended as it did? In Forbidden Fruit, Richard Ned Lebow develops protocols for conducting robust counterfactual thought experiments and uses them to probe the causes and contingency of transformative international developments like World War I and the end of the Cold War. He uses experiments, surveys, and a short story to explore why policymakers, historians, and international relations scholars are so resistant to the contingency and indeterminism inherent in open-ended, nonlinear systems. Most controversially, Lebow argues that the difference between counterfactual and so-called factual arguments is misleading, as both can be evidence-rich and logically persuasive. A must-read for social scientists, Forbidden Fruit also examines the binary between fact and fiction and the use of counterfactuals in fictional works like Philip Roth's The Plot Against America to understand complex causation and its implications for who we are and what we think makes the social world work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

352

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1400835127

ISBN 13

9781400835126

Ethics, Security, and the War-Machine

The True Cost of the Military

By: Ned Dobos

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ethics, Security, and the War-Machine

The True Cost of the Military

By: Ned Dobos

This book addresses the question of when (if ever) and why (if at all) it is justifiable for a polity to prepare for war by militarizing. In doing so it highlights the ways in which a civilian population compromises its own security in maintaining a permanent military establishment, and explores the moral and social costs of militarization.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

182

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

019886051X

ISBN 13

9780198860518

Software, Infrastructure, Labor

A Media Theory of Logistical Nightmares

By: Ned Rossiter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Software, Infrastructure, Labor

A Media Theory of Logistical Nightmares

By: Ned Rossiter

Infrastructure makes worlds. Software coordinates labor. Logistics governs movement. These pillars of contemporary capitalism correspond with the materiality of digital communication systems on a planetary scale. Ned Rossiter theorizes the force of logistical media to discern how subjectivity and labor, economy and society are tied to the logistical imaginary of seamless interoperability. Contingency haunts logistical power. Technologies of capture are prone to infrastructural breakdown, sabotage, and failure. Strategies of evasion, anonymity, and disruption unsettle regimes of calculation and containment. We live in a computational age where media, again, disappear into the background as infrastructure. Software, Infrastructure, Labor intercuts transdisciplinary theoretical reflection with empirical encounters ranging from the Cold War legacy of cybernetics, shipping ports in China and Greece, the territoriality of data centers, video game design, and scrap metal economies in the e-waste industry. Rossiter argues that infrastructural ruins serve as resources for the collective design of blueprints and prototypes demanded of radical politics today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

221

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135016380

ISBN 13

9781135016388

Deep, Dark Water

Five Unsettling, Occasionally Humorous Tales

By: Ned Gardner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Deep, Dark Water

Five Unsettling, Occasionally Humorous Tales

By: Ned Gardner

HANGOVER-All hard-working Charley Stutsman had to do was bid his clients nighty-night and return to his hotel. Then, first thing, get the contract signed, closing the biggest deal in company history. Charley's only problem is getting past the seductive cocktail lounge where he's tempted to stop for "just one more". Every salesman's worst nightmare! THE DAY FARLEY KISSED NATALIE WOOD-TV game show winner Will Mozart's financially stuck making a Hollywood "epic" only to learn the film's director-Will's brother Farley-is also mired up to his jodhpurs with some serious bad guys! These thugs want their money and, as Will learns the hard way, they couldn't care less where it comes from! PENALTY STROKE-Things go haywire when what begins as friendly needling between two members of a golfing foursome suddenly turns ugly. Forget all that "gentlemen's game" nonsense, this quite possibly could be the quintessential golf round from hell! THAT THING ABOUT HARRY-Poor Harry Cork. Nearly bald and overweight, he just lost a big promotion because his bosses don't think he's very presentable. Now he learns his precious niece has disappeared! What else could possibly go wrong, Harry wonders, but he sure doesn't have to wonder very long! INSTANT REPLAY-Suppose you could turn back the clock for five seconds by pulling a string on a silly little doll. And you can do this over and over-no one ever sees you doing it-and you can quickly change things for five seconds after you've pulled the little string!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

244

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595467849

ISBN 13

9780595467846

Revelation

A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Ned Ricks

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Revelation

A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Ned Ricks

Ricks captures Vietnam's dust, heat, and 'fog of war' as only someone who was there can do. His book took me back in a heartbeat: It was so vivid I could almost SMELL it again!"-Ross Rainwater, LTC, Aviation, USA (Retired), 1st Cavalry Division, 197071 Set in the dust, heat, forests and mud of Vietnam's Central Highlands, Revelation is a story drawn from actual historical events. The conflict, the action is real. When Army Captain John Davis gets the chance at his own command during the latter days of the Vietnam War, he eagerly accepts the job. Unknown to him, the men of his new unit murdered the officer who had the command before him. These killers have not been identified or caught. Davis' new boss never even told him of the crime. Dealing with internal unit conflicts, external bureaucratic indifference and his own fears and weaknesses, he must still carry on with the assigned mission. In a series of dangerous situations, Davis is at risk, but are these the hazards of war or more murder attempts? Will he ever be reunited with the woman he loves?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

245

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595787738

ISBN 13

9780595787739

Kodak Moment

By: Ned Gardner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Kodak Moment

By: Ned Gardner

Suppose Lester Darnell, the grossly obese cabdriver who drove Lee Harvey Oswald to his rented room immediately after the assassination of President Kennedy, had a beautiful daughter. And suppose this woman handed you a sealed envelope her father gave her right before he died that unequivocally proves beyond any doubt that Oswald was the "patsy" he claimed just before he was murdered "live" in front of millions of people on national television. What do you think this evidence might be worth? To you to the media and the government and especially to the sinister cabal who plotted the killings and will do anything to get this envelope back! Reporter Chris Hagen is forced to grapple with these questions-and a jealous girlfriend-as he becomes a hunted man in his attempt to control hard evidence that finally closes the book on the most written about, most debated political slaying in American history. "Kodak Moment is one scary trip! Couldn't put it down and parts of the damn thing still haunt me!" -W. W. Parrott Best selling author Simon & Shuster

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595364675

ISBN 13

9780595364671

The Flame Keepers

By: Ned Handy,Kemp Battle

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Flame Keepers

By: Ned Handy,Kemp Battle

This is a fascinating first-person account of a World War II soldier's capture and imprisonment in Stalag 17, one of Germany's most notorious prisoner-of-war compounds, where he led an escape team determined to tunnel to freedom. photos.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0312349041

ISBN 13

9780312349042

Trusting Appearances

Things Are Not Always as They Seem

By: Ned Ricks

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Trusting Appearances

Things Are Not Always as They Seem

By: Ned Ricks

Ricks gives us an 'Everyman' who takes the reader on an intriguing life's ride full of action and mystery. All the while in the military thanks to a 'join the military or go to jail' choice, on active duty in Vietnam, the States, or Reserve duty while a successful businessman, life-threatening danger follows just in the shadows." Ross A. Rainwater, Lieutenant Colonel, Aviation, US Army (Ret) "Mrs. Blanchard," he started patiently, "I am an officer in the US Army Reserves, and it's actually called Annual Training, not 'summer camp' like the Boy Scouts." . "You told me that you were in the 'real Army', weren't you?" "Yes, Mrs. Blanchard, I was. But that was a long time ago." "And were you in the war, the Vietnam War?" "Uh huh. I went to Vietnam, ... twice." She gestured at her own cheek mildly with the tips of her pale trembling fingers "Wasn't that where you got the ... uh, oh my..." her resolve ran out. Frank absently touched his face. He was able to put his fingers right on the line without looking. "The scar?" She nodded, apparently embarrassed now. "No, Mrs. Blanchard, that was after.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

366

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595484352

ISBN 13

9780595484355

Understanding Biblical Israel

A Reexamination of the Origins of Monotheism

By: Stanley Ned Rosenbaum

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Understanding Biblical Israel

A Reexamination of the Origins of Monotheism

By: Stanley Ned Rosenbaum

According to Stanley Rosenbaum, the Bible resembles what a family would retrieve after a tornado hits a trailer park -- some of the family's own possessions mixed with those of others, overlapping, contradicting, and disordered. Understanding Israelite History is a revolutionary attempt to fill in the many gaps left in the historical record. Rosenbaum begins by demonstrating that Israel's religion was not a clean, divinely inspired break with humanity's past, but derives from the long sweep of events that began when Homo sapiens first acquired language. Strata of earlier religions are still visible beneath the surface of Israelite monotheism. Early Israel was not "one man's family", however dysfunctional. It was a collection of individuals and groups, mainly outcasts or lower social elements, who coalesced into a nation and developed -- though they did not always follow -- a religion of ethical monotheism and principles of democratic government and social justice that still today move and inspire more than half the world's population. Like all religions, Israel's was shaped by the language, in this case Hebrew, in which it is expressed. Expressing monotheism in a language that is essentially dualistic conduced to the suppression of the female elements of earlier religions which had nurtured Israel's religion, and consequently, to a lack of appreciation for the part played by women in Israel's religious life. This skewed view of Israel's religion and its history that the Bible contains is a result of its having been collected, edited and in part written by Judeans, southern survivors, and heirs of David's kingdom who were moved to record it in the wake of the destruction ofJerusalem in 586 BCE.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

366

Publisher

Mercer University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0865547025

ISBN 13

9780865547025

By Its Cover

Modern American Book Cover Design

By: Ned Drew,Paul Sternberge

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

By Its Cover

Modern American Book Cover Design

By: Ned Drew,Paul Sternberge

We all know we're not supposed to judge books by their covers, but the truth is that we do just that nearly every time we walk into a bookstore or pull a book off a tightly packed shelf. It's really not something we should be ashamed about, for it reinforces something we sincerely believe: design matters. At its best, book cover design is an art that transcends the publisher's commercial imperativesto reflect both an author's ideas and contemporary cultural values in a vital, intelligent, and beautiful way. In this groundbreaking and lavishly illustrated history, authors Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger establish American book cover design as a tradition of sophisticated, visual excellence that has put shape to our literary landscape. By Its Cover traces the story of the American book cover from its inception as a means of utilitarian protection for the book to its current status as an elaborately produced form of communication art. It is, at once, the intertwined story of American graphic design and American literature, and features the work of such legendary figures as Rockwell Kent, E. McKnight Kauffer, Paul Rand, Alvin Lustig, Rudy deHarak, and Roy Kuhlman along with more recent and contemporary innovators including Push Pin Studios, Chermayeff & Geismar, Karen Goldberg, Chip Kidd, and John Gall.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

204

Publisher

Princeton Architectural Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1568984979

ISBN 13

9781568984971

The American Slave Coast

A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry

By: Ned Sublette,Constance Sublette

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The American Slave Coast

A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry

By: Ned Sublette,Constance Sublette

American Book Award Winner 2016 The American Slave Coast offers a provocative vision of US history from earliest colonial times through emancipation that presents even the most familiar events and figures in a revealing new light. Authors Ned and Constance Sublette tell the brutal story of how the slavery industry made the reproductive labor of the people it referred to as "breeding women" essential to the young country's expansion. Captive African Americans in the slave nation were not only laborers, but merchandise and collateral all at once. In a land without silver, gold, or trustworthy paper money, their children and their children's children into perpetuity were used as human savings accounts that functioned as the basis of money and credit in a market premised on the continual expansion of slavery. Slaveowners collected interest in the form of newborns, who had a cash value at birth and whose mothers had no legal right to say no to forced mating. This gripping narrative is driven by the power struggle between the elites of Virginia, the slave-raising "mother of slavery," and South Carolina, the massive importer of Africans—a conflict that was central to American politics from the making of the Constitution through the debacle of the Confederacy. Virginia slaveowners won a major victory when Thomas Jefferson's 1808 prohibition of the African slave trade protected the domestic slave markets for slave-breeding. The interstate slave trade exploded in Mississippi during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, drove the US expansion into Texas, and powered attempts to take over Cuba and other parts of Latin America, until a disaffected South Carolina spearheaded the drive to secession and war, forcing the Virginians to secede or lose their slave-breeding industry. Filled with surprising facts, fascinating incidents, and startling portraits of the people who made, endured, and resisted the slave-breeding industry, The American Slave Coast culminates in the revolutionary Emancipation Proclamation, which at last decommissioned the capitalized womb and armed the African Americans to fight for their freedom.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

621

Publisher

Chicago Review Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

161374823X

ISBN 13

9781613748237

Grey Ghost

The Story of a Professional Soldier's 3,000 Mile Epic Journey of Escape and Evasion in WWII Occupied Europe

By: Dr. Bill Grey,Ned Handy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Grey Ghost

The Story of a Professional Soldier's 3,000 Mile Epic Journey of Escape and Evasion in WWII Occupied Europe

By: Dr. Bill Grey,Ned Handy

Grey Ghost is the story of a professional soldier’s struggle for survival and freedom during the cataclysm of war in the World War II European Theater of Operations between mid-1943 and mid-1945, as well as his continued exposure to combat in the Korean Conflict. This story carries the reader through the beginnings of war for America and onto the frontlines of aerial combat in a B-17 Flying Fortress with Sergeant Frank Grey and his crew. It delivers the reader into the hands of the enemy—Nazi Germany—and onto the long, painful journey of captivity of prisoners of war. For Sergeant Grey, the path from captivity to freedom would take numerous unpredictable twists over a period of almost two years, eventually leading him into Yugoslavia to fight with guerilla units under the leadership of General Draja Mihailovich, and finally to freedom in late May of 1945. The details of Sergeant Grey’s escape and recapture, beatings by the Gestapo, and solitary confinement— save one episode of brilliant thinking, comradery, and courage by a small group of POWs who hid Sergeant Grey within the wires of Stalag 17B for four months— have never been fully disclosed to the American public. Sergeant Grey was initially hidden in an escape tunnel while Gestapo, SS troops, and attack dogs searched for him. He became known as the Grey Ghost by the Germans. Coauthor Ned Handy chronicled this event brilliantly within the story of his own POW experience, a book titled The Flame Keepers (2004). That episode reveals the tremendous depth and significance of the human condition, conveying the face of war, during both wartime events and the aftermath as experienced by combat veterans reclaiming their personal lives. The experience of war did not end for Frank Grey on the European continent. Within a few years of the end of World War II, having continued his commitment to the service of his country, he entered into yet another perilous fight: the Korean Conflict. He flew fifty-seven missions over North Korea as a B-29 tailgunner—a commitment that was filled with constant risk and uncertainty. This true story has a deep, significant message for all readers— but especially for American veterans and their families. The strong messages of commitment, courage, and sacrifice can be reflected upon, considering the increased uncertainties of international events on our horizon.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

274

Publisher

Dog Ear Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1457560917

ISBN 13

9781457560910

Culture Clash

By: H. Ned Seelye,Alan Seelye-James

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Culture Clash

By: H. Ned Seelye,Alan Seelye-James

Success in international business requires communication across cultures while being sensitive to differing backgrounds and behaviours.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

230

Publisher

McGraw Hill Professional

Published Date

ISBN 10

0844233064

ISBN 13

9780844233062

Adding Value

The Joseph M. Bryan Story from Poverty to Philanthropy

By: Ned Cline

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Adding Value

The Joseph M. Bryan Story from Poverty to Philanthropy

By: Ned Cline

Joseph McKinley Bryan, Sr., overcame poverty, a mother's mental illness, a father's desertion, and a lack of formal education to become a builder of people and institutions. The largest single donor to Duke University outside of the Duke family, Bryan helped create the Alzheimer's research facility at Duke and vitalized the Duke Eye Center. He was also instrumental in the creation of commercial and public television in North Carolina, including WBTV, North Carolina's first television station, and UNC-TV, North Carolina's statewide public television network. Bryan's name is now associated with many of North Carolina's higher educational institutions, including the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Joseph M. Bryan Student Center at Duke University.Ned Cline interviewed Bryan's family, friends, associates, and acquaintances to tell the whole story of this complex and fascinating man.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

408

Publisher

Down Home Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

187808688X

ISBN 13

9781878086884

The Whole Brain Business Book, Second Edition: Unlocking the Power of Whole Brain Thinking in Organizations, Teams, and Individuals

By: Ned Herrmann,Ann Herrmann-Nehdi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Whole Brain Business Book, Second Edition: Unlocking the Power of Whole Brain Thinking in Organizations, Teams, and Individuals

By: Ned Herrmann,Ann Herrmann-Nehdi

The long-awaited update of the classic guide to outperforming the competition using Herrmann International's trademark Whole Brain Methodology Packed with new research, updated examples, and more actionable content, The Whole Brain Business Book outlines four basic thinking styles--administrator, talker, problem-solver, dreamer--corresponding to the four quadrants of the brain and explains that many are dominated by only one quadrant. By getting out of the "brain rut" and channeling all four quadrants, business people and organizations can become more flexible, creative, and competitive. Herrmann-Nehdi uses her extensive research and experience working with her father and expert practitioners across the globe to highlight new research developments, replace outdated information, incorporate new stories and real-world examples while building on the core applications of The Whole Brain Business Book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

432

Publisher

McGraw Hill Professional

Published Date

ISBN 10

0071843833

ISBN 13

9780071843836

Book's by Ned Patton

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email