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My American Journey
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Author : Colin L. Powell
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2010-12-29
My American Journey written by Colin L. Powell and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A great American success story . . . an endearing and well-written book.”—The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history—Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm—but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier’s directness. My American Journey is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell’s passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, “the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers” inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it is history with a vision.
Reagan
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Author : Bob Spitz
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-10-02
Reagan written by Bob Spitz and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational. More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's REAGAN stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th President, and thus a balm for our own bitterly divided times. It is the quintessential American triumph, brought to life with cinematic vividness: a young man is born into poverty and raised in a series of flyspeck towns in the Midwest by a pious mother and a reckless, alcoholic, largely absent father. Severely near-sighted, the boy lives in his own world, a world of the popular books of the day, and finds his first brush with popularity, even fame, as a young lifeguard. Thanks to his first great love, he imagines a way out, and makes the extraordinary leap to go to college, a modest school by national standards, but an audacious presumption in the context of his family's station. From there, the path is only very dimly lit, but it leads him, thanks to his great charm and greater luck, to a solid career as a radio sportscaster, and then, astonishingly, fatefully, to Hollywood. And the rest, as they say, is history. Bob Spitz's REAGAN is an absorbing, richly detailed, even revelatory chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and rocky but ultimately successful run as California governor, and ultimately, of course, his iconic presidency, filled with storm and stress but climaxing with his peace talks with the Soviet Union that would serve as his greatest legacy. It is filled with fresh assessments and shrewd judgments, and doesn't flinch from a full reckoning with the man's strengths and limitations. This is no hagiography: Reagan was never a brilliant student, of anything, and his disinterest in hard-nosed political scheming, while admirable, meant that this side of things was left to the other people in his orbit, not least his wife Nancy; sometimes this delegation could lead to chaos, and worse. But what emerges as a powerful signal through all the noise is an honest inherent sweetness, a gentleness of nature and willingness to see the good in people and in this country, that proved to be a tonic for America in his time, and still is in ours. It was famously said that FDR had a first-rate disposition and a second-rate intellect. Perhaps it is no accident that only FDR had as high a public approval rating leaving office as Reagan did, or that in the years since Reagan has been closing in on FDR on rankings of Presidential greatness. Written with love and irony, which in a great biography is arguably the same thing, Bob Spitz's masterpiece will give no comfort to partisans at either extreme; for the rest of us, it is cause for celebration.
Latin American Journey
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Author : Robert W. Pazmino
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2002-09-02
Latin American Journey written by Robert W. Pazmino and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-02 with Religion categories.
The U.S. is notoriously ethno- and Eurocentric, often unaware of the rich contributions that are available to it from its own hemisphere. Pazmino addresses that failing and, for people interested in theology and Christian education, explores the wealth of the Latin American experience. From there he poses a model of Christian education influenced by the Latin American viewpoint.
An American S Journey Into Buddhism
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Author : Albert Shansky
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2008-02-29
An American S Journey Into Buddhism written by Albert Shansky and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-29 with Religion categories.
Structured as a patchwork of conversations, recollections, and lyrical encounters, this rich spiritual autobiography allows readers to eavesdrop on a restless soul in quest of self, God, and home. The memoir tells the story of an American who became intrigued by Buddhism through his love of Asian art and who decided to study the discipline in a Japanese Soto Zen monastery. In Part One, the author gives an account of his life in the Hosshinji monastery in Obama, Japan, detailing his daily routine and his participation in a traditional Takuhatsu almsgiving ceremony, a Sesshin period of intensive meditation, and a Jukai Buddhist initiation ceremony. Part Two describes the author’s difficult search for a Buddhist temple to continue his religious practices upon returning to the United States. Part Three deals with the author’s involvement in the International Institute for Field-Being and details how his Buddhist training helped prepare him for that venture. Part Four describes obstacles the author has encountered as a lone Buddhism practitioner since his training.
Captain America And The American Journey 1940 2022
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Author : Richard A. Hall
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-02-16
Captain America And The American Journey 1940 2022 written by Richard A. Hall and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
Captain America made his debut in 1940, just two years behind the first comic book superheroes and five years before the United States' emergence as the world's primary superpower at the end of World War II. His journey has been intertwined with America's progress throughout the decades. Known as the "Sentinel of Liberty," he has frequently provided socio-political commentary on current events as well as inspiration and warnings concerning the future. This work explores the interconnected histories of the United States and Captain America, decade-by-decade, from the character's origins to Chris Evans' portrayal of him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It examines how Captain America's story provides a guide through America's tenure as a global superpower, holds a mirror up to American society, and acts as a constant reminder of what America can and should be.
An American S Journey To The Shaolin Temple
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Author : Steve DeMasco
language : en
Publisher: Black Belt Communications
Release Date : 2001
An American S Journey To The Shaolin Temple written by Steve DeMasco and has been published by Black Belt Communications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tells the story of the author's ascension to 10th-degree Shaolin kempo black belt and his appointment as an honorary ambassador to China's legendary Shaolin Temple. Accompanying rare techniques of more than 350 photos, this book is of interest to various Shaolin enthusiasts.
American Journey On The Road With Henry Ford Thomas Edison And John Burroughs
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Author : Wes Davis
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2023-06-06
American Journey On The Road With Henry Ford Thomas Edison And John Burroughs written by Wes Davis and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-06 with History categories.
The epic road trips—and surprising friendship—of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age. In 1913, an unlikely friendship blossomed between Henry Ford and famed naturalist John Burroughs. When their mutual interest in Ralph Waldo Emerson led them to set out in one of Ford’s Model Ts to explore the Transcendentalist’s New England, the trip would prove to be the first of many excursions that would take Ford and Burroughs, together with an enthusiastic Thomas Edison, across America. Their road trips—increasingly ambitious in scope—transported members of the group to the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, the Adirondacks of New York, and the Green Mountains of Vermont, finally paving the way for a grand 1918 expedition through southern Appalachia. In many ways, their timing could not have been worse. With war raging in Europe and an influenza pandemic that had already claimed thousands of lives abroad beginning to plague the United States, it was an inopportune moment for travel. Nevertheless, each of the men who embarked on the 1918 journey would subsequently point to it as the most memorable vacation of their lives. These travels profoundly influenced the way Ford, Edison, and Burroughs viewed the world, nudging their work in new directions through a transformative decade in American history. In American Journey, Wes Davis re-creates these landmark adventures, through which one of the great naturalists of the nineteenth century helped the men who invented the modern age reconnect with the natural world—and reimagine the world they were creating.
The American Journey Supreme Court Case Studies
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Author : Joyce Oldham Appleby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The American Journey Supreme Court Case Studies written by Joyce Oldham Appleby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with United States categories.
The American Journey
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Author : McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Release Date : 2001-02-01
The American Journey written by McGraw-Hill/Glencoe and has been published by McGraw-Hill/Glencoe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-01 with History categories.
An American Journey
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Author : Joseph Bonsall
language : en
Publisher: New Leaf Press (AR)
Release Date : 2004
An American Journey written by Joseph Bonsall and has been published by New Leaf Press (AR) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For die-hard fans of the Oak Ridge Boys comes the inside story of the country and gospel band--from the lean years to the glory days--from 30+ year-member Joe Bonsall.