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Author : Michael Farquhar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
More Bad Days In History written by Michael Farquhar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
Tales of unfortunate events and mishaps featuring significant historical figures.
Bad Days In History
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Author : Michael Farquhar
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2015
Bad Days In History written by Michael Farquhar and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
"Farquhar's ... entries draw from the full sweep of history to take readers through a complete year of misery, including tales of lost fortunes (like the would-be Apple investor who pulled out in 1977 and missed out on a $30 billion-dollar windfall), romance gone wrong (like the 16th-century Shah who experimented with an early form of Viagra with empire-changing results), and truly bizarre moments (like the Great Molasses Flood of 1919)"--
More Bad Days In History
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Author : Michael Farquhar
language : en
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Release Date : 2021-06-08
More Bad Days In History written by Michael Farquhar and has been published by Disney Electronic Content this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with History categories.
In this delightful sequel to his sleeper hit Bad Days in History, best-selling author Michael Farquhar delivers another eye-popping collection of unhappy days starring some of history's most famous, infamous and, unfortunate personalities caught up in a rich assortment of wretched episodes. Here you will find a politically smeared George Washington, a cranky Colonel Sanders, a homicidal Saint Olga of Kiev, a cuckolded Napoleon, a flame-censored Steinbeck, a treacherous Douglas MacArthur, a weeping Einstein, an exasperated Charles Dickens, a humiliated King Henry II, and a faux-contrite Ted Kennedy. And that's just in July! From the decadent palaces of ancient Rome to the modern Halls of Congress, this illuminating (sometimes disturbing) narrative features an almost endless array of misbehavior, amusing mishaps, and breathtaking misfortune over the ages and across the historical spectrum. Each less-than-red-letter day of the year is recounted in Farquhar's wry voice and comes with the enduring lesson The Wall Street Journal found in the first volume of this series: "Bad Days in History may offer consolation to the great mass of quotidian belly-achers ... whose piddling misfortunes and regrets will snap neatly into perspective when set against [this] record of idiocy and disaster."
No Such Thing As A Bad Day
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Author : Hamilton Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001-05
No Such Thing As A Bad Day written by Hamilton Jordan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Former White House chief of staff recounts his bouts with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer.
Bad History
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Author : Emma Marriott
language : en
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Release Date : 2011-09-30
Bad History written by Emma Marriott and has been published by Michael O'Mara Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with History categories.
So many historical 'truths' handed down by teachers or historians, and repeated by the press, prove on closer scrutiny to be at best misleading, and at worst deliberately falsified. Yet they are often so deeply rooted that we take them as fact - America's Founding Fathers must have been democrats, surely, and wasn't Captain Scott 'of the Antarctic' one of history's greatest leaders? Some historical 'facts' are little more than fables, distorted in the retelling; others are the result of deliberate attempts to mislead, or to cover up a discreditable past. Entertaining but authoritative, Bad History debunks a wealth of historical errors, accidental or deliberate. In doing so, it exposes many falsehoods that have wrongly - and sometimes dangerously - influenced our understanding of the world's history.
A Good Book For A Bad Day
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Author : Erin McHugh
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2015-05-05
A Good Book For A Bad Day written by Erin McHugh and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-05 with Humor categories.
Turn to any page and get a jolt that will wake, motivate, inspire, or just plain give you that much-needed moment of feel-good perspective. Great quotes from history's giants are combined with modern-day smarts to provide the very best mix of options to consider so you can keep on keeping on every day with the brightest, most optimistic eye to the future. No more wandering listlessly around the internet for the right bit of something that's going to lift your spirits; this little volume is what you'll whip out of your briefcase or purse to get that kick that puts a spring in your step--or simply helps you continue to put one foot in front of the other.
Bad History Worse Policy
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Author : Peter J. Wallison
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2013
Bad History Worse Policy written by Peter J. Wallison and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.
In his new book, "Bad History, Worse Policy: How a False Narrative about the Financial Crisis Led to the Dodd-Frank Act," (AEI Press) Wallison argues that the Dodd-Frank Act -- the Obama administration's sweeping financial regulation law -- will suppress economic growth for years to come. Based on his essays on financial services issues published between 2004 and 2012, Wallison shows that the act was based on a false and ideologically motivated narrative about the financial crisis." -- Provided by publisher.
Bad Times In History
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Author : Roland C. Barker
language : en
Publisher: Gramercy
Release Date : 2001-04
Bad Times In History written by Roland C. Barker and has been published by Gramercy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04 with History categories.
An original from RHVP featuring over 300 tragedies, terrors, and bad times in world history, presented in chronological order, from volcanoes, earthquakes, and wild land fires to assassinations, genocide, crashes, terrorism and more.
The Better Angels Of Our Nature
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Author : Steven Pinker
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-10-04
The Better Angels Of Our Nature written by Steven Pinker and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-04 with Psychology categories.
“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read." —Bill Gates (May, 2017) Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year The author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now offers a provocative and surprising history of violence. Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millenia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence. For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, assassinations, programs, gruesom punishments, deadly quarrels, and genocide were ordinary features of life. But today, Pinker shows (with the help of more than a hundred graphs and maps) all these forms of violence have dwindled and are widely condemned. How has this happened? This groundbreaking book continues Pinker's exploration of the esesnce of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly nonviolent world. The key, he explains, is to understand our intrinsic motives--the inner demons that incline us toward violence and the better angels that steer us away--and how changing circumstances have allowed our better angels to prevail. Exploding fatalist myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious and provocative book is sure to be hotly debated in living rooms and the Pentagon alike, and will challenge and change the way we think about our society.
A Treasury Of Great American Scandals
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Author : Michael Farquhar
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2003-07-01
A Treasury Of Great American Scandals written by Michael Farquhar and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-01 with History categories.
Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and infamous sex scandals that have punctuated our history, we see our founding fathers and other American heroes in the course of their all-too-human events. Ineffectual presidents, lazy generals, traitors; treacherous fathers, nagging mothers, ungrateful children, embarrassing siblings; and stories about insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex too. We can take comfort in the fact that we are no worse and no better than our forebears. But we do have better media coverage. Bonus educational material: A brief history of the United States, including scandals! The American Hall of Shame! A complete listing of presidential administrations!