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The Politics of Hope: And, The Bitter Heritage : American ...

The Politics of Hope: And, The Bitter Heritage : American ...

Arthur Meier Schlesinger

And, The Bitter Heritage : American Liberalism in the 1960s Arthur Meier Schlesinger. Whittaker. Chambers. and. His. Witness. (1952). Whittaker Chambers has written one of the really significant American autobiographies.1 When some future ...
The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935

The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935

Arthur Meier Schlesinger

The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935, volume two of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.’s Age of Roosevelt series, describes Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first tumultuous years in the White House.
The Cycles of American History

The Cycles of American History

Arthur Meier Schlesinger

Explains how the values of one generation can influence public policies and the electorate thirty years later
War and the American Presidency

War and the American Presidency

Arthur Meier Schlesinger

And in a new chapter written especially for the paperback edition, he examines the historical role of religion in American politics as a background for an assessment of Bush's faith-based presidency.
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House

A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House

Arthur Meier Schlesinger

An account of John F. Kennedy's campaign, election, and days as President.
Robert Kennedy and His Times

Robert Kennedy and His Times

Arthur Meier Schlesinger

Private papers, letters, and journals shed new light on Kennedy family relationships and underlie an account of Robert Kennedy's private and public lives, the forces that shaped him, and his impact on the United States.
The Imperial Presidency

The Imperial Presidency

Arthur Meier Schlesinger

The presidential historian charts the progression of American power from George Washington to George W. Bush, revealing the exercise of power through the office as it has developed into an "imperial" seat of authority, in an updated edition ...
The Shadow of Latinidad

The Shadow of Latinidad

Marcus Embry

Meier and Rivera struggle with a definition '"' On the simplest level. ... of the 8ruce -Novoa. p 192 MattS Meier and Feliciano Rivera The Chicanos A History of Mexican Americans I New York: Hill and Wang 1972) Meier p mi Chicano sublectivity ...
French Pastry Murder

French Pastry Murder

Leslie Meier

Praise for Leslie Meier and her Lucy Stone Mysteries "I like Lucy Stone a lot, and so will readers." --Carolyn Hart "Leslie Meier writes with sparkle and warmth.
America at Century's End

America at Century's End

James R. Schlesinger

Schlesinger assesses the present state of America's domestic and foreign policy, the relationship between the President and the Congress, the role of television in recent political campaigns, and the American voter's view of politics and ...
A Modern Milieu - Julius Meier-Graefe

A Modern Milieu - Julius Meier-Graefe

Julius Meier-Graefe

Julius Meier-Graefe Markus Breitschmid. am meisten an der Moderne imponiert, die neue Ornamentik, ist hier mit einer kühlen Sicherheit ausser acht gelassen, die kaum ein Künstler über sich bringt. Die verständige Einsicht, etwas nicht zu ...
Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me: How to Recognize and ...

Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me: How to Recognize and ...

Les Carter

For those who see their lives in the 'mirror' of these pages, it will open your eyes and give you hope and strength. I highly recommend this book." —Paul Meier, M.D., founder, Meier Clinics
Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates

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New York Magazine

New York Magazine

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See Mailer at Liza Minnelli's party for Rock Brynner, talking with Tatum O'Neal at Elaine's. See Kosinki at a benefit in the basement of the World Trade Center. See Arthur Schlesinger just off a plane from London, partying with Steve Smith and ...
A Moral Climate

A Moral Climate

Michael Northcott

25 For a technical and yet readable account of the carbon cycle see further William H. Schlesinger, 'The Global Carbon Cycle' in Schlesinger, Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change, 2nd edn, (San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1997), ...
Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century

Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century

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Pp. 165–83. Kanellos, Nicolás.1995. Chronology of HispanicAmericanHistory. Detroit:GaleResearch. McWilliams, Carey. 1990. North from Mexico. New edn., updatedby MattS. Meier. New York: Greenwood. Meier, Matt S. andFelicianoRivera.
Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party

Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party

George R. Stewart

“Compulsive reading—a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of a horrifying episode in the history of the west.” —Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the ...
Getting the Best of Your Anger: Before It Gets the Best of You

Getting the Best of Your Anger: Before It Gets the Best of You

Les Carter

With this book he shows that people can be both good and angry."--Paul Meier, Meier Clinics Les Carter, PhD, was on staff with the Minirth Clinic in Richardson, Texas, for twenty-five years.
Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church

Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church

LeRoy Ashby

Fighting the Odds is "first-class political biography, solidly researched, crisply written, " wrote Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Mistletoe Murder

Mistletoe Murder

Leslie Meier

The very first novel set in Lucy's hometown of Tinker's Cove, Maine, this festive, wonderfully fun and cozy mystery from New York Times bestseller Leslie Meier is a delight from start to finish. “I like Lucy Stone a lot, and so will ...
The 1964 Election and Its Aftermath: from In Retrospect

The 1964 Election and Its Aftermath: from In Retrospect

Robert Mcnamara

This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's ...
Baby Beneath the Christmas Tree (Mills & Boon M&B)

Baby Beneath the Christmas Tree (Mills & Boon M&B)

Susan Meier

What she hadn't counted on was her new boss also being gorgeous! Although he's not mad about babies... Susan Meier brings you the perfect Christmas present!
Love, Your Secret Admirer

Love, Your Secret Admirer

Susan Meier

Susan Meier. Matt's gaze traveled the curve created by her shapely derriere, down the long length of leg to brown high heels of stiletto proportions and he felt as if his heart stopped. His common sense, boss instincts and attractionall got ...
Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War

Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War

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The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton: The Life and Legacy of ...

The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton: The Life and Legacy of ...

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Also, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s introduction in Herbert Croly, The Promise of American Life (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard ... Sidney A. Pearson, Jr., “Herbert Croly and Liberal Democracy,” Society 35 (July/August 1998): 67. 38 .
Multiculturalism in the United States: A Comparative Guide ...

Multiculturalism in the United States: A Comparative Guide ...

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In memory of Matt S. Meier, 1917-2003. A true pioneer of the multicultural borderlands. During the course of producing this volume, we lost a great soul. Matt Meier expired on August 11, 2003, at age eighty-six, after a long and courageous ...
Saint Patrick's Day Murder

Saint Patrick's Day Murder

Leslie Meier

Leslie Meier. Chapter. Seventeen. With Molly in the hospital, time seemed to drag for Lucy. She wanted the clock to speed up and the days to fly by until it was time for Molly to deliver a healthy baby. But instead, they seemed to stretch out ...

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