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Great American Outpost
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Author : Maya Rao
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-04-24
Great American Outpost written by Maya Rao and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-24 with History categories.
A surreal, lyrical work of narrative nonfiction that portrays how the largest domestic oil discovery in half a century transformed a forgotten corner of the American West into a crucible of breakneck capitalism. As North Dakota became the nation's second-largest oil producer, Maya Rao set out in steel-toe boots to join a wave of drifters, dreamers, entrepreneurs, and criminals. With an eye for the dark, absurd, and humorous, Rao fearlessly immersed herself in their world to chronicle this modern-day gold rush, from its heady beginnings to OPEC's price war against the US oil industry. She rode shotgun with a surfer-turned-truck driver braving toxic fumes and dangerous roads, dined with businessmen disgraced during the financial crisis, and reported on everyone in between -- including an ex-con YouTube celebrity, a trophy wife mired in scandal, and a hard-drinking British Ponzi schemer--in a social scene so rife with intrigue that one investor called the oilfield Peyton Place on steroids. As the boom receded, a culture of greed and recklessness left troubling consequences for investors and longtime residents. Empty trailers and idle oil equipment littered the fields like abandoned farmsteads, leaving the pioneers who built this unlikely civilization to reckon with their legacy. Part Barbara Ehrenreich, part Upton Sinclair, Great American Outpost is a sobering exploration of twenty-first-century America that reads like a frontier novel.
American Outpost
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Author : Upton Sinclair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
American Outpost written by Upton Sinclair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with categories.
The Great American Book Of Biography Illustrious Americans
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The Great American Book Of Biography Illustrious Americans written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with United States categories.
The Great American Scout And Spy General Bunker
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Author : Edward C. Downs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
The Great American Scout And Spy General Bunker written by Edward C. Downs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Espionage categories.
Great Naval Battles Of The Pacific War
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language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2022-06-20
Great Naval Battles Of The Pacific War written by and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-20 with History categories.
The key naval battles against Imperial Japan in the Pacific during the Second World War have been described many times by numerous diligent and skilful historians. Such histories are, of course, the products of many years, even decades, of accumulated knowledge, but also of a received consensus of how the war played out to its, seemingly, inevitable conclusion. That of course is not how it was perceived at the time. Hindsight, as we know, gives us 20/20 vision. The accounts here, compiled for and on behalf of the Admiralty, were written either during or immediately after the end of the war before historians had begun to give their assessments of these momentous events. These accounts were written for internal consumption, to guide and instruct naval officers. It was never intended that they would be released to the general public. As such, there was no jingoistic drum beating, no axes to grind, no new angles to try and find. The authors of these accounts relate each battle, move by move, as they unfolded, accurately and dispassionately. This makes these accounts so invaluable. They read almost like a running commentary, as action follows action, minute follows minute. This sensation is magnified by the absolute impartiality of the authors, their sole attempt being to provide a thorough but very clear and comprehensible record so that others in the future could understand precisely how each battle was fought. These accounts can never be superseded and never replaced. Written by naval officers of the time for naval officers of the future, they are the permanent record of the great victories, and the sobering defeat in the Java Sea, during the struggle for control of the Pacific which, for many months, hung precariously in the balance.
The Great American Scout And Spy General Bunker A Truthful And Thrilling Narrative Of Adventures And Narrow Escapes In The Enemy S Country Under Orders From Generals Grant Logan Mcpherson And Other Leading Commanders
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Author : Lorain Ruggles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
The Great American Scout And Spy General Bunker A Truthful And Thrilling Narrative Of Adventures And Narrow Escapes In The Enemy S Country Under Orders From Generals Grant Logan Mcpherson And Other Leading Commanders written by Lorain Ruggles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with United States categories.
The Best American Travel Writing 2018
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Author : Cheryl Strayed
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-10-02
The Best American Travel Writing 2018 written by Cheryl Strayed and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Literary Collections categories.
Everyone travels for different reasons, but whatever those reasons are, one thing is certain: they come back with stories. Each year, the best of those stories are collected in The Best American Travel Writing, curated by one of the top writers in the field, and each year they “open a window onto the strange, seedy, and beautiful world, offering readers glimpses into places that many will never see or experience except through the eyes and words of these writers” (Kirkus). This far-ranging collection of top notch travel writing is, quite simply, the genre’s gold standard.
Do All The Good You Can
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Author : Gary Scott Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2023-10-10
Do All The Good You Can written by Gary Scott Smith and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-10 with Political Science categories.
Methodism in the public and private lives of the politician After more than forty contentious years in the public eye, Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the best-known political figures in the nation. Yet many of her admirers would be surprised to hear Clinton state that her Methodist outlook has “been a huge part of who I am and how I have seen the world, and what I believe in, and what I have tried to do in my life.” Gary Scott Smith examines the role of Clinton’s faith in her life and work. Clinton’s lifelong Methodism shaped a missionary zeal that, combined with her impressive personal talents, fueled many of her high-profile political endeavors while helping her cope with the prominent travails brought on by never-ending conservative rancor and her husband’s infidelity. Smith places Clinton’s faith within the context of projects ranging from healthcare reform to a “Hillary doctrine” of foreign policy focused on her longtime goal of providing basic human rights for children and women. The result is an enlightening reconsideration of an extraordinary political figure who has defied private doubts and public controversy to live the Methodist dictum that one must “do all the good you can.”
The Intercollegiate Socialist Society 1905 1921
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Author : Max Horn
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-16
The Intercollegiate Socialist Society 1905 1921 written by Max Horn and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-16 with Political Science categories.
The Intercollegiate Socialist Society—prototype of the modern American student movement and the ancestor of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)—was the first nationally organized student group that had a distinct political and ideological orientation. Its social and economic concerns, among them the labor and women’s suffrage movements, encompassed most of the issues agitating a rapidly changing society during the first two decades of this century. The ISS started a tradition of student political awareness and protest that has persisted to our day. For more than 15 years, it provided a forum for a group of gifted young men and women who, then and later, exercised influence far out of proportion to their numbers. This first full-scale study of the ISS follows the society from its birth in 1905 to its decline during World War I and the postwar period. Relying largely on original sources, Horn examines the structure, ideology, program, and tactics of the ISS and assesses its impact on students, faculty, and college administrators.
The Outpost
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Author : Jake Tapper
language : en
Publisher: Little, Brown
Release Date : 2012-11-13
The Outpost written by Jake Tapper and has been published by Little, Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-13 with Political Science categories.
The basis of the film starring Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood, The Outpost is the heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed by critics everywhere as a classic. At 5:58 AM on October 3rd, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating, located in frighteningly vulnerable terrain in Afghanistan just 14 miles from the Pakistani border, was viciously attacked. Though the 53 Americans there prevailed against nearly 400 Taliban fighters, their casualties made it the deadliest fight of the war for the U.S. that year. Four months after the battle, a Pentagon review revealed that there was no reason for the troops at Keating to have been there in the first place. In The Outpost, Jake Tapper gives us the powerful saga of COP Keating, from its establishment to eventual destruction, introducing us to an unforgettable cast of soldiers and their families, and to a place and war that has remained profoundly distant to most Americans. A runaway bestseller, it makes a savage war real, and American courage manifest. "The Outpost is a mind-boggling, all-too-true story of heroism, hubris, failed strategy, and heartbreaking sacrifice. If you want to understand how the war in Afghanistan went off the rails, you need to read this book." -- Jon Krakauer