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Ted Turner: Cable Television Tycoon

Ted Turner: Cable Television Tycoon

Jeremy Byman

A biography of the multimillionaire media pioneer, creator of the Cable News Network, champion yachtsman, and founder of environmental and humanitarian organizations.
Tim Duncan

Tim Duncan

Jeremy Byman

Discusses the life and career of the basketball star Tim Duncan, who was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in 1997.
Madam Secretary: The Story of Madeleine Albright

Madam Secretary: The Story of Madeleine Albright

Jeremy Byman

Focuses on the accomplishments of the former United States ambassador to the United Nations who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of State.
The Boyfriend Project

The Boyfriend Project

Rachel Hawthorne

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Showdown at High Noon: Witch-hunts, Critics, and the End of ...

Showdown at High Noon: Witch-hunts, Critics, and the End of ...

Jeremy Byman

This is a study of one of the most enduring Westerns, High Noon, a film whose political, cultural, and thematic implications have had a profound influence on not only the genre but on filmmaking itself.
Reel Vulnerability: Power, Pain, and Gender in Contemporary ...

Reel Vulnerability: Power, Pain, and Gender in Contemporary ...

Sarah Hagelin

See Jeremy Byman, Showdown at High Noon: Witchhunts, Critics, and the End of the Western (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004). 34. See Naremore, Acting in the Cinema, on the distinction between “theatrical” and “aleatory” performance, ...
J. P. Morgan: Banker to a Growing Nation

J. P. Morgan: Banker to a Growing Nation

Jeremy Byman

Profiles the American investment banker who lent money to banks in order to stabilize the post-Civil War economy, founded U.S. Steel, financed railroads, and controlled the shipping company that built the Titanic.
A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli ...

A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli ...

Daniel Byman

Beginning with the violent border disputes that emerged after Israels founding in 1948, Daniel Byman charts the rise of Yasir Arafats Fatah and leftist groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--organizations that ...
School Library Journal: SLJ.

School Library Journal: SLJ.

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... 1-883846-56-0 Lise Meitner: Discoverer of Nuclear Fission by Rachel Stiffler Barron 1-883846-52-8 George Gershwin: American Composer by Catherine Reef 1-883846-58-7 Tim Duncan by Jeremy Byman 1-883846-43-9 William Randolph ...
The Five Front War: The Better Way to Fight Global Jihad

The Five Front War: The Better Way to Fight Global Jihad

Daniel Byman

Get ready for more, says author, scholar, and staff member of the 9/11 Commission Daniel Byman in The Five Front War.
Andrew Grove and the Intel Corporation

Andrew Grove and the Intel Corporation

Jeremy Byman

Describes the life of Andrew Grove, the head of the world's leading producer of microprocessors, which provide the "brains" for the computers in cell phones, cars, coffeepots, and cameras, as well as personal computers.
Carl Sagan: In Contact with the Cosmos

Carl Sagan: In Contact with the Cosmos

Jeremy Byman

A biography of the scientist who brought his passion for astronomy to the public through his television appearances on the "Tonight Show", his television series "Cosmos", and the feature film "Contact".
Cartoon Kid - Emergency!

Cartoon Kid - Emergency!

Jeremy Strong

Praise for Jeremy Strong: 'A real talent for silliness and slapstick' - Sunday Times 'Comedy and general fizz are Jeremy Strong's trademarks' - Independent ** Three funny stories in one book for 7+ by Jeremy Strong, the award-winning author ...
Keeping the Peace: Lasting Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts

Keeping the Peace: Lasting Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts

Daniel Byman

What strategies can a government use to end violent ethnic conflicts in the long term? Under what conditions do these strategies work best? Daniel Byman examines how government policies can affect the recurrence of violent ethnic conflict.
Southern Reason, Western Rhyme

Southern Reason, Western Rhyme

Sharon Brondos

And told her his full name was Jeremy Dunlap. “Okay, Jeremy. What you're making here, I'll triple. Maybe more. I'll wait for you to close up. I want you to talk to my friend.” . But Alex wasn't buying. “No, no, no. Look, Jeremy. I appreciate your ...
The Greene Family in England and America: With Pedigrees

The Greene Family in England and America: With Pedigrees

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Jany. 15, Alice, dau. of Jeremy Greene. 1568-9. Jany. 1, Edmund, son of Jeremy Greene. 1570. Sept. 1, Elizabeth, dau. of Jeremy Greene. 1571. Sept. 1, Anne, dau. of Jeremy Greene. 1573. Oct. 16, Gregory, son of Jeremy Greene. 1576. Nov .
Angel Academy - Angels Undercover

Angel Academy - Angels Undercover

Kate Tym

'Good try, Jeremy,' he said, as Jeremy Rogers stomped off. What a bad loser, thought Mo, as she got closer to the pitch. Still it was what she would have expected from toffeenosed Jeremy Rogers. He was the son of the chief governor and ...
Britain As A Military Power, 1688-1815

Britain As A Military Power, 1688-1815

Professor Jeremy Black

Professor Jeremy Black, Jeremy Black. advance that was stopped by British cannonfire, and then by another French cavalry attack, which concentrated on the flanks and rear of theBritish infantry, only tofind the rearranks turn about andfiretheir ...
Life of Jeremy Belknap, D. D.: The Historian of New ...

Life of Jeremy Belknap, D. D.: The Historian of New ...

Jeremy Belknap

The Historian of New Hampshire : with Selections from His Correspondence and Other Writings Jeremy Belknap. CHAPTER in. 1774—1782. Journey to Dartmouth College. — Correspondence with Colonel Phillips. — Excitement at ...
Jeremy Lin: An Unauthorized Biography

Jeremy Lin: An Unauthorized Biography

Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

Jeremy Lin's story is both astounding and uplifting and something that shouldn't be missed. From obscurity to "Linsanity" this is the story of Jeremy Lin. This book also includes all of Lin's collegiate, D-League, and NBA statistics.
Jeremy and the Thinking Machine: A Musical for Young Audiences

Jeremy and the Thinking Machine: A Musical for Young Audiences

Janet Neipris

Jeremy is the only child of the King and Queen of a mythical kingdom.
Recruiter Journal

Recruiter Journal

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... SGT Jason Bettger SGT Jeremy Knowles CPL Gillian Wilt DALLAS SSG Narada Stephens DESMOINES SSG Jeremy ... Bowman SGT Jeffrey Gifford INDIANAPOLIS SFC Keith Palmer SSG Daniel Adams SSG Jeremy Grimaldi SSG Carlos ...
The American Spectator

The American Spectator

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Over Jeremy Lott is assistant managing editor of The American Spectator. the next several days, they finished the outline ... MAY 2004 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR 63 BOOKS IN REVIEW Jeremy Lott JEREMY LOTT All Fall Down Tlie Fall of ...
La Fin de l'homme rouge de Svetlana Alexievitch (Fiche de ...

La Fin de l'homme rouge de Svetlana Alexievitch (Fiche de ...

Jeremy Lambert

Résumé complet et analyse détaillée de l'oeuvre Jeremy Lambert, lePetitLitteraire.fr,. Analyse de l'oeUvre Par Jeremy lambert La Fin de l'homme rouge de Svetland Alexievifch lePetitLittéraire.fr Analyse de l'oeUvre Par Jeremy lamber La Fin ...
Charmers and Chancers

Charmers and Chancers

Hugh Oram

Jeremy Addis I knew Jeremy for over 40 years; when I first met him, he was working in publicity for Kilkenny Design. In 1976, he had launched Books Ireland magazine, which has managed to keep going, one way and another, ever since.
European Warfare, 1494-1660

European Warfare, 1494-1660

Jeremy Black

Jeremy Black looks at technological aspects of war as well social and political developments and effects during this key period of military history.
The Folds of Parnassos: Land and Ethnicity in Ancient Phokis

The Folds of Parnassos: Land and Ethnicity in Ancient Phokis

Jeremy McInerney

Land and Ethnicity in Ancient Phokis Jeremy McInerney. Land and Ethnicity in Aneient Phokz's. THE. FLDS. F. ———.JEREMY MCINERNEY— THE FOLDS OF PARNASSOS Land andEthnicityinAncientPhokis Jeremy McInerney UNIVERSITY ...
War and the Cultural Turn

War and the Cultural Turn

Jeremy Black

In this stimulating new text, renowned military historian Jeremy Black unpacks the concept of culture as a descriptive and analytical approach to the history of warfare.
A Monk's Alphabet: Moments of Stillness in a Turning World

A Monk's Alphabet: Moments of Stillness in a Turning World

Jeremy Driscoll

Father Jeremy Driscoll brings the genre into the 21st century with this beautifully written collections of reflections on life from a monastic perpective.

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