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Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America

Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America

Dick Cheney

A new book by former Vice President and #1 New York Times bestselling author Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney.
Dick Cheney Saves Paris

Dick Cheney Saves Paris

Ryan Forsythe

With insight, humor, and a bit of "I don't know what," Ryan Forsythe turns the modern political satire on its head in this alternative historical novel exploring why Dick Cheney has done the things he's done.
Frank Cheney: Inventor, Manufacturer, Traveller

Frank Cheney: Inventor, Manufacturer, Traveller

Alice Bushnell Cheney

Describes Frank Cheney's trip to California via Panama on his way to Shanghai, China to purchase raw silk for the Cheney Brothers silk mills in Manchester, Conn., his inability to book passage to China because sailors deserted to search for ...
Duck!: The Dick Cheney Survival Bible

Duck!: The Dick Cheney Survival Bible

Gene Stone

Remember, the best kind of leader by far is a lame duck! From the Trade Paperback edition.
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir

In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir

Dick Cheney

This all-American story took an abrupt turn when he flunked out of Yale University, signed on to build power line in the West, and started living as hard as he worked.
Heart: An American Medical Odyssey

Heart: An American Medical Odyssey

Dick Cheney

Recent data from a National Heart Lung: James K. Kirklin, David C. Naftel, Robert L. Kormos, LynneW. Stevenson,etal.,“Fifth INTERMACS AnnualReport: RiskFactorAnalysisfrom MoreThan 6,000Mechanical Circulatory Support Patients ,” ...
Dick Cheney: A Life in Public Service

Dick Cheney: A Life in Public Service

Elaine Andrews

Looks at the life of the Vice President, detailing his career in public service, his role as Defense Secretary and in the Persian Gulf War, and his knowledge and experience in both national and international affairs.
Boston in Motion

Boston in Motion

Frank Cheney

Authors Frank Cheney and Anthony M. Sammarco trace the stories from the earliest days of public transport with the Winnissimmet Ferry to the MBTA of today.
Why: The Serial Killer in America

Why: The Serial Killer in America

Margaret Cheney

As a former chief psyciatrist of a maximum-security prison, I find Margaret Cheney's book truly prophetic." Philip S. Hick, MD., San Quentin Prison.
VALIS

VALIS

Philip K. Dick

Dick was a kind of Kafka steeped in LSD and rage.”—Roberto Bolaño What is VALIS? This question is at the heart of Philip K. Dick’s ground-breaking novel, and the first book in his defining trilogy.
Yiddish with Dick and Jane

Yiddish with Dick and Jane

Ellis Weiner

In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have ...
The Go-Getter Girl's Guide: Get What You Want in Work and ...

The Go-Getter Girl's Guide: Get What You Want in Work and ...

Debra Shigley

For instance, she's had a longtime mentor in Dick Parsons, who, as the former chairman of the board of Time Warner, also technically happened to be her boss. “Dick Parsons has been a great mentor to me, you know, but Dick Parsons does ...
The History and Science of Commerce in the Century of ...

The History and Science of Commerce in the Century of ...

Paul Burton Cheney

France, 1713-1789 Paul Burton Cheney. The History and Science of Commerce in the Century of Enlightenment: France, 1713-1789 Paul Burton Cheney Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy ...
"Far, Far From Home": The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally ...

"Far, Far From Home": The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally ...

Dick and Tally Simpson

The Wartime Letters of Dick and Tally Simpson, Third South Carolina Volunteers Dick and Tally Simpson Guy R. Everson, Edward W. Simpson Jr. Oxford New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Kuala Lumpur Singapore ...
The Exegesis of Philip K Dick

The Exegesis of Philip K Dick

Philip K. Dick

Based on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the ...
Crossroads in Literature and Culture

Crossroads in Literature and Culture

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Dick, Philip Kindred. 1995b. ''The short happy life or a science fiction writer.'' In: The shifting realities of Philip K. Dick. Selected literary and philosophical writings, ed. Lawrence Sutin, 44-53, London: Vintage Books. Dick, Philip Kindred. 1995c.
Tesla: Man Out of Time

Tesla: Man Out of Time

Margaret Cheney

In Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists and inventors.
The Philosophy of Science Fiction: Henri Bergson and the ...

The Philosophy of Science Fiction: Henri Bergson and the ...

James Edward Burton

Lawrence Sutin (Novato, CA: Underwood-Miller). Dick, Philip K. (1991b [1963]), The Game-Players of Titan (London: Grafton). Dick, Philip K. (1991c [1977]), A Scanner Darkly (New York: Vintage). Dick, Philip K. (1991d [1981]), VALIS (New  ...
Philip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern

Philip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern

Christopher Palmer

Philip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern examines a wide range of Dick's work, including his short stories and posthumously published realist novels.
Revolutionary Commerce: Globalization and the French Monarchy

Revolutionary Commerce: Globalization and the French Monarchy

Paul Burton Cheney

Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France.
Henrietta B. Seiberling: Ohio's Lady With a Cause

Henrietta B. Seiberling: Ohio's Lady With a Cause

Dick B.

Dick B. is an active, recovered member of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia

Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia

Tom Wallace

1973 - Dick Parsons, Boyd Grant, Jim Hatfield, Ken Trivette 1 974 - Dick Parsons, Boyd Grant, Jim Hatfield, Jim Dinwiddie, Ken Trivette 1 975 - Dick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton, Lynn Nance, Ray Edelman 1976 - Dick Parsons, Leonard ...
It's Awesome, Baby!: 75 Years of Memories and a Lifetime of ...

It's Awesome, Baby!: 75 Years of Memories and a Lifetime of ...

Dick Vitale

This book will give you new insights into Dick Vitaleboth the sportscaster and the humanitarian.
Future Imperfect: Philip K. Dick at the Movies

Future Imperfect: Philip K. Dick at the Movies

Jason P. Vest

Examines the first eight cinematic adaptations of Dick's fiction in light of their literary sources.
The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick

The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick

Jason P. Vest

In The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick, Jason Vest examines how Dick adapted the conventions of science fiction and postmodernism to reflect humanist concerns about the difficulties of maintaining identity, agency, and autonomy in the ...
The Books Early AAs Read for Spiritual Growth

The Books Early AAs Read for Spiritual Growth

Dick B.

Dick B. is a writer, historian, retired attorney, Bible student, and active recovered member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
In the Frame

In the Frame

Dick Francis

Dick Francis died in February 2010, at the age of eighty-nine, but he remains one of the greatest thriller writers of all time.

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