Craig Nelson
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history, "The arsenal of democracy" that won World War II. As Nazi Germany began to conquer Europe, America's military was unprepared, too small, and poorly supplied. The Nazis were supported by robust...
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John Adams told Thomas Jefferson that "history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine." Thomas Edison called him "the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible." He was a founder of both the United States and the French Revolution. He invented the phrase, "The United States of America." He rose from abject poverty in working-class England to the highest levels of the era's intellectual elite. And yet, by the end of his...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting narrative of the Atomic Age--from x-rays and Marie Curie to the Nevada Test Site and the 2011 meltdown in Japan--written by the prizewinning and bestselling author of Rocket Men. Radiation is a complex and paradoxical concept: staggering amounts of energy flow from seemingly inert rock and that energy is both useful and dangerous. While nuclear energy affects our everyday lives--from nuclear medicine and food irradiation to microwave technology--its...
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The America we live in was not born on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers, and midget submarines suddenly attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men and forcing America's entry into World War II. Author Craig Nelson maps the road to war, beginning in 1914 with the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, following Japan's leaders as they...
9) The proposal
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Description
High-powered book editor Maggie is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate.
10) Book club
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English
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Description
Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage, Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached, Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through her decades-old divorce, and Carol's (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four lifelong friends are turned upside down after reading the infamous "50 Shades of Grey," catapulting them into a series of outrageous life choices.
11) Coach: Season 7
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Coach Hayden Fox revolves his life around leading a university football team- and although his passion for the game is incredible, this passion can only go so far. Tensions rise on the home front with a partner that doesn't share the same love for the game, thus leaving Hayden to escape his 'dumb jock' stereotype and present a caring, loving side for his friends and family, and most importantly, his 'little girl.'
12) Coach: Season 9
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Coach Hayden Fox revolves his life around leading a university football team- and although his passion for the game is incredible, this passion can only go so far. Tensions rise on the home front with a partner that doesn't share the same love for the game, thus leaving Hayden to escape his 'dumb jock' stereotype and present a caring, loving side for his friends and family, and most importantly, his 'little girl.'
13) Coach: Season 5
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Coach Hayden Fox revolves his life around leading a university football team- and although his passion for the game is incredible, this passion can only go so far. Tensions rise on the home front with a partner that doesn't share the same love for the game, thus leaving Hayden to escape his 'dumb jock' stereotype and present a caring, loving side for his friends and family, and most importantly, his 'little girl.'
14) Coach: Season 4
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Coach Hayden Fox revolves his life around leading a university football team- and although his passion for the game is incredible, this passion can only go so far. Tensions rise on the home front with a partner that doesn't share the same love for the game, thus leaving Hayden to escape his 'dumb jock' stereotype and present a caring, loving side for his friends and family, and most importantly, his 'little girl.'
15) Coach: Season 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Coach Hayden Fox revolves his life around leading a university football team- and although his passion for the game is incredible, this passion can only go so far. Tensions rise on the home front with a partner that doesn't share the same love for the game, thus leaving Hayden to escape his 'dumb jock' stereotype and present a caring, loving side for his friends and family, and most importantly, his 'little girl.'
16) Coach: Season 8
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Coach Hayden Fox revolves his life around leading a university football team- and although his passion for the game is incredible, this passion can only go so far. Tensions rise on the home front with a partner that doesn't share the same love for the game, thus leaving Hayden to escape his 'dumb jock' stereotype and present a caring, loving side for his friends and family, and most importantly, his 'little girl.'
17) Coach: Season 6
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Coach Hayden Fox revolves his life around leading a university football team- and although his passion for the game is incredible, this passion can only go so far. Tensions rise on the home front with a partner that doesn't share the same love for the game, thus leaving Hayden to escape his 'dumb jock' stereotype and present a caring, loving side for his friends and family, and most importantly, his 'little girl.'
18) Silkwood
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
The Oklahoma nuclear plant worker who blew the whistle on dangerous practices at the Kerr-McGee plant and who died under circumstances which are still under debate.
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