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  • As I Saw It

    A Reporter's intrepid journey

    podle Marvin Scott ...
    Veteran journalist, eleven-time Emmy Award-winner, and member of the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Marvin Scott reflects on the stories that have stuck with him the most over the years.Marvin Scott has interviewed six presidents, visited the frontlines of war in the Middle East and Asia, and witnessed the rise of America's space program–all in a day's work. Now in As I Saw It: A ... Přečtěte si více

    105,17 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel

    Série série World Citizen Comics
    In this graphic novel adaptation of his bestselling collection of essays, legendary news anchor Dan Rather provides a voice of reason and explores what it means to be a true patriot.Brought to life in stunning color by artist Tim Foley, What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel takes apart the building blocks of this country, from the freedoms that define us, to the values that have transformed us, to the ... Přečtěte si více

    213,29 Kč

  • Tears of Rage

    The Racial Interface of Modern American Fiction-Faulkner, Wright, Pynchon, Morrison

    podle Shelly Brivic ...
    Série série Southern Literary Studies
    In this provocative study, Shelly Brivic presents the history of the twentieth-century American novel as a continuous narrative dialogue between white and black voices. Exploring four of the most renowned and challenging works written between 1930 and 1990 -- William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, Richard Wright's Native Son, Thomas Pynchon's V., and Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Brivic traces how ... Přečtěte si více

    386,99 Kč

  • City Adrift

    New Orleans Before and After Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina was a stunning example of complete civic breakdown. Beginning on August 29, 2005, the world watched in horror as—despite all the warnings and studies—every system that might have protected New Orleans failed. Levees and canals buckled, pouring more than 100 billion gallons of floodwater into the city. Botched communications crippled rescue operations. Buses that might have ... Přečtěte si více

    386,99 Kč

  • City Adrift

    New Orleans Before and After Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina was a stunning example of complete civic breakdown. Beginning on August 29, 2005, the world watched in horror as -- despite all the warnings and studies -- every system that might have protected New Orleans failed. Levees and canals buckled, pouring more than 100 billion gallons of floodwater into the city. Botched communications crippled rescue operations. Buses that might have ... Přečtěte si více

    334,09 Kč

  • Audiokniha

    What Unites Us

    Reflections on Patriotism

    Čte Dan Rather ...

    Nezkrácené

    7 hodin/y 5 min

    In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the drive ... Přečtěte si více

    530,65 Kč

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    Rather Outspoken

    My Life in the News

    podle Dan Rather ...
    Čte Dan Rather ...

    Nezkrácené

    11 hodin/y 54 min

    An in-depth memoir from famed newsman Dan Rather, who looks back over his storied and sometimes controversial career and reveals his personal thoughts and reflections.This memoir by Dan Rather is told in a straightforward and conversational voice, and covers all the important moments of his journalistic career, including a frank accounting of his dismissal from CBS, the Abu Ghraib story, the ... Přečtěte si více

    653,16 Kč

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    This Is What America Looks Like

    My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman

    podle Ilhan Omar ...
    Čte Ilhan Omar ...

    Nezkrácené

    7 hodin/y 7 min

    "Ilhan has been an inspiring figure well before her time in Congress. This book will give you insight into the person and sister that I see—passionate, caring, witty, and above all committed to positive change. It's an honor to serve alongside her in the fight for a more just world." —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAn intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar—the ... Přečtěte si více

    509,22 Kč

  • Audiokniha

    Author in Chief

    The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote

    podle Craig Fehrman ...
    Čte Fred Sanders ...

    Nezkrácené

    15 hodin/y 38 min

    “One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years” (The Wall Street Journal) and based on a decade of research and reporting, this is a delightful new window into the public and private lives America’s presidents as authors.Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet few can name the work ... Přečtěte si více

    612,32 Kč

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    The Outsider

    A Memoir

    podle Jimmy Connors ...
    Čte Rich Orlow ...

    Nezkrácené

    12 hodin/y 4 min

    The Outsider is a no-holds-barred memoir by the original bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors.Connors ignited the tennis boom in the 1970s with his aggressive style of play, turning his matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl into prizefights. But it was his prolonged dedication to his craft that won him the public’s adoration. He capped off one of the most remarkable runs in tennis ... Přečtěte si více

    557,74 Kč

  • Audiokniha

    Endangered Eating

    America's Vanishing Foods

    podle Sarah Lohman ...
    Čte Sarah Lohman ...

    Nezkrácené

    11 hodin/y 6 min

    Apples, a common New England crop, have been called the United States' most endangered food. The iconic Texas Longhorn cattle is categorized at critical risk for extinction. Unique date palms, found nowhere else on the planet, grow in California’s Coachella Valley, but the family farms that caretake them are shutting down. Apples, cattle, dates?these are foods that carry significant cultural ... Přečtěte si více

    510,24 Kč

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    This America

    The Case for the Nation

    podle Jill Lepore ...
    Čte Jill Lepore ...

    Nezkrácené

    2 hodin/y 36 min

    From the best-selling author of These Truths, a work that examines the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century.At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Harvard historian Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America. Since the end of the Cold War, Lepore writes, American historians have largely retreated from the ... Přečtěte si více

    204,18 Kč