Publication date: 2006
Price: $201.55
Review Elvis Presley: The Man, the Life, the Legend (Leather Bound):Brand new! LEATHER BOUND book accented in 22kt gold!
Publication date: 2001-03
Price: $16.95
Review Henry Ford: Industrialist (Ferguson's Career Biography Series) / Ferguson Pub (E):"Henry Ford: Industrialist examines the life and career of the man who invented the moving assembly line and manufactured the first affordable automobile
Publication date: 2005
Price: $201.48
Review The Autobiography (The Writings of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 1) / Easton Press:This is volume 1 of a 3 volume matched, leather-bound set
Authors
- Thomas Jefferson Mayfield
Review Uncle Jeff's story: A tale of a San Joaquin Valley pioneer and his life with the Yokuts Indians (San Joaquin primeval) / Tulare Times:
Publication date: 1992-06
Price: $236.00
Review The Life of Richard Wagner / Reprint Services Corp:
Creator: Frank Delaney
Publication date: 1990-06-29
Review James Joyce: Interviews and Recollections (Interviews & Recollections) / Palgrave Macmillan:
Publication date: 1962-12
Review Sir Winston Churchill (Living Biographies) / Dent:
Publication date: 2001-03
Price: $16.95
Review Oprah Winfrey: Entertainer, Producer, and Businesswoman (Ferguson's Career Biography Series) / Ferguson Pub (E):This biography series is different from the rest. Focus has been placed on the life choices of famous individuals that have had profound impacts on their careers. How did these individuals become successful in their field? What obstacles did they encounter? How were their educational, professional, and recreational choices related to who they became and what they achieved?.
Publication date: 1986-06
Dewey code: 941
Price: $40.00
Review Winston Churchill: Road to Victory 1941-1945 / Houghton Mifflin (T):
Publication date: 1970-06
Dewey code: 780.924
Price: $56.50
Review Johann Sebastian Bach; His Life, Art, and Work. (Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series) / Da Capo Press:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-07-26
Dewey code: 305
List Price: $220.00
Price: $216.93
Review The Life of Gotama the Buddha, Compiled Exclusively from the Pali Canon: Trubner's Oriental Series / Routledge:
Publication date: 2006
Review Harry S. Truman, a Life (Leather Bound):
Publication date: 1983
Review D.J. Fontana remembers Elvis / s.n.]:
Review Mein Kampf:Hitler's infamous prison writings, a manifesto of hatred and a plan for a program of bloodshed and terror. The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume, which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood, the "betrayal" of Germany in World War I, the desire for revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the German people, and the means by which the National Socialist party can gain power. It also includes Hitler's racist agenda and his glorification of the "Aryan" race. The few outside the Nazi party who read it dismissed it as nonsense, not believing that anyone could-or would-carry out its radical, terrorist programs. As Hitler and the Nazis gained power, first party members and then the general public were pressured to buy the book. By the time Hitler became chancellor of the Third Reich in 1933, the book stood atop the German bestseller lists. Had the book been taken seriously when it was first published, perhaps the 20th century would have been very different. Beyond the anger, hatred, bigotry, and self-aggrandizing, Mein Kampf is saddled with tortured prose, meandering narrative, and tangled metaphors (one person was described as "a thorn in the eyes of venal officials"). [+]That said, it is an incredibly important book. It is foolish to think that the Holocaust could not happen again, especially if World War II and its horrors are forgotten. As an Amazon. com reader has pointed out, "If you want to learn about why the Holocaust happened, you can't avoid reading the words of the man who was most responsible for it happening. " Mein Kampf, therefore, must be read as a reminder that evil can all too easily grow. -Sunny Delaney.
Authors
- Inez Hunt
- Wanetta W. Draper
Review Lightning in His Hand: The Life Story of Nikola Tesla / Omni:
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 1993-06
Dewey code: 920
Price: $34.95
Review Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall / ISIS Audio Books:
Publication date: 1986-11
Dewey code: 941
Price: $79.00
Review Winston S. Churchill: The War Years : Finest Hour 1939-1941, Road to Victory 1945-1945/Volumes 6 and 7 / Houghton Mifflin (T):
Publication date: 1998-05
Price: $15.00
Review Karl Marx / Porcupine Pr:
Publication date: 1962
Review Marilyn Monroe: The complete story of her life, her loves and her death / Popular Library:
Edition: Special ed
Publication date: 1999
Review The insanity file: The case of Mary Todd Lincoln (The Notable trials library) / Notable Trials Library, division of Gryphon Editions:In 1875 Robert Todd Lincoln caused his mother, Mary Todd Lincoln, to be committed to an insane asylum. Based on newly discovered manuscript materials, this book seeks to explain how and why. In these documents—marked by Robert Todd Lincoln as the "MTL Insanity File"—exists the only definitive record of the tragic story of Mary Todd Lincoln’s insanity trial. The book that results from these letters and documents addresses several areas of controversy in the life of the widow of Abraham Lincoln: the extent of her illness, the fairness of her trial, and the motives of those who had her committed for treatment. Related issues include the status of women under the law as well as the legal and medical treatment of insanity. Speculating on the reasons for her mental condition, the authors note that Mrs. Lincoln suffered an extraordinary amount of tragedy in a relatively few years. Three of her four sons died very young, and Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. After the death of her son Willie she maintained a darkly rigorous mourning for nearly three years, prompting the president to warn her that excessive woe might force him to send her to "that large white house on the hill yonder," the government hospital for the insane. Mrs. [+]Lincoln also suffered anxiety about money, charting an exceptionally erratic financial course. She had spent lavishly during her husband’s presidency and at his death found herself deeply in debt. She had purchased trunkfuls of drapes to hang over phantom windows. 84 pairs of kid gloves in less than a month, and $3,200 worth of jewelry in the three months preceding Lincoln’s assassination. She followed the same erratic course for the rest of her life, creating in herself a tremendous anxiety. She occasionally feared that people were trying to kill her, and in 1873 she told her doctor that an Indian spirit was removing wires from her eyes and bones from her cheeks. Her son assembled an army of lawyers and medical experts who would swear in court that Mrs. Lincoln was insane. The jury found her insane and in need of treatment in an asylum. Whether the verdict was correct or not, the trial made Mary Lincoln desperate. Within hours of the verdict she would attempt suicide. In a few months she would contemplate murder. Since then every aspect of the trial has been criticized—from the defense attorney to the laws in force at the time. Neely and McMurtry deal with the trial, the commitment of Mary Todd Lincoln, her release, and her second trial. An appendix features letters and fragments by Mrs. Lincoln from the "Insanity File. " The book is illustrated by 25 photographs.
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