Heloise

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Indispensable Home Reference Guide from America's #1 Lifestyle Manager

Need Some Help Around the House? For more than thirty years, Heloise has been an American institution-offering time-saving tips, tricks, and techniques you can use in the kitchen and every other room in the house (even the home office and garage). This value-priced volume-including the complete text of two of her classic collections, HeloiseR from A to Z and All-New Hints from HeloiseR-includes thousands of hints on... * cleaning * recycling * organizing * economizing * entertaining * pet care * plant care * health * travel * gift-giving * decorating * shopping * cooking and more With smart, practical advice on everything from child care to clothing care to calorie cutting, plus an easy-reference A-to-Z section, this is one of the most useful books you can have on your shelf. Save time, save money, and simplify your life-with Heloise!

Heloise from a to Z Updated

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Richard Labunski

Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption. Now Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes--the diminutive and exceedingly shy James Madison. Here is a vividly written account of not one but several major political struggles which changed the course of American history. Labunski takes us inside the sweltering converted theater in Richmond, where for three grueling weeks, the soft-spoken Madison and the charismatic Patrick Henry fought over whether Virginia should ratify the Constitution. Madison won the day by a handful of votes, mollifying Anti-Federalist fears by promising to add a bill of rights to the Constitution. To do this, Madison would have to win a seat in the First Congress, which he did by a tiny margin, allowing him to attend the First Congress and sponsor the Bill of Rights. Packed with colorful details about life in early America, this compelling and important narrative is the first serious book about Madison written in many years. It will return this under-appreciated patriot to his rightful place among the Founding Fathers and shed new light on a key turning point in our nation's history.

James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights

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Peter Collier

David Horowitz

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

An American Drama

The Kennedys may be the most photographed, written about, talked about, admired, hated and controversial family in American history. But the real story was not told until Collier and Horowitz spent years researching archives and interviewing family members and hundreds of people close to them. The Kennedys: An American Drama is a brilliantly comprehensive history that brings together all the complex strains of the story of the Kennedys' rise and fall. The authors have added new material showing the effect of the death of John F. Kennedy Jr., and the other family tragedies of the last few years, on the Kennedys and their mythic role in American life.

The Kennedys

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Patricia O'Toole

Theodore Roosevelt after the White House

An analysis of the final ten years of Theodore Roosevelt's life describes how he went on safari after leaving the White House, unsuccessfully strived for another presidential term, worked to support Liberty bonds when the U.S. entered World War I, and lost his son on Bastille Day. 60,000 first printing.

When Trumpets Call

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Ray C. Fair

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

What do the following events have in common? In 2000, the election between George W. Bush and Al Gore was a virtual tie. The 1989 and 1990 vintages have turned out to be two of the best ever for Bordeaux wines. In 2001, the Federal Reserve lowered the interest rate eleven times. The decade of the 1970s was one of the worst on record for U.S. inflation. In 2001, the author of this book, at age 59, ran a marathon in 3 hours and 30 minutes, but should have been able to do it in 3 hours and 15 minutes. This book shows clearly and simply how these diverse events can be explained by using the tools of the social sciences and statistics. It moves from a discussion of formulating theories about real world phenomena to lessons on how to analyze data, test theories, and make predictions. Through the use of a rich array of examples, the book demonstrates the power and range of social science and statistical methods. In addition to “big” topics—presidential elections, Federal Reserve behavior, and inflation—and “not quite so big” topics—wine quality—the book takes on questions of more direct, personal interest. Who of your friends is most likely to have an extramarital affair? How important is class attendance for academic performance in college? How fast can you expect to run a race or perform some physical task at age 55, given your time at age 30? (In other words, how fast are you slowing down?) As the author works his way through an incredibly broad range of questions and topics, demonstrating the usefulness of statistical theory and method, he gives the reader a new way of thinking about many age-old concerns in public and private life.

Predicting Presidential Elections and Other Things

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Lauren Friedman

(Fashion Books, Fall and Winter Fashion Books, Scarf Fashion Books)

From the Audrey to the Paris, the Top Down, or the Easy Breezy, there are 50 scarf styles in this book for any occasion or mood. Jaunty illustrations break down each step so stylistas can wrap, loop, and get out the door looking perfectly polished. Teens, young professionals, and moms alike will love playing around with the looks, including unexpected belts, sarongs, and topknots. Vibrantly illustrated and packaged as a compact hardcover, 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf begs to be gifted with a scarf and displayed on a dresser, plus it's small enough to take scarf shopping. Très chic!

50 Ways to Wear a Scarf

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Peter Charles Hoffer

The Study of History in Our Time

"How do we know what happened in the past? We cannot go back, and no amount of historical data can enable us to understand with absolute certainty what life was like then. It is easy to demolish the very idea of historical knowing, but it is impossible to demolish the importance of historical knowing. In an age of cable television pundits and anonymous bloggers dueling over history, the value of owning history increases at the same time as our confidence in history as a way of knowing crumbles. Historical knowledge thus presents a paradox - the more it is required, the less reliable it has become. To reconcile this paradox - that history is impossible but necessary - Peter Charles Hoffer proposes a practical, workable philosophy of history for our times, one that is robust and realistic, and that speaks to anyone who reads, writes and teaches history. The philosophy of history that Hoffer supports in The Historians' Paradox is driven by a continual and careful search for the authentic, but without confining the real to a finite or closed set of facts. Hoffer urges us to think and live with a keen awareness that history is everywhere, to accept the impossibility of measuring its reliability, but to never approach it unquestioningly. Covering a sweeping range of philosophies (from ancient history to game theory), methodological approaches to writing history, and the advantages and disadvantages of different strategies of argument, Hoffer constructs a philosophy of history that is reasonable, free of fallacy, and supported by appropriate evidence that is itself tenable. The Historians' Paradox brings together accounts of actual historical events, anecdotes about historians, insights from philosophers of history, and the personal experience of a long time scholar and teacher. Throughout, Hoffer liberally spices the mixture with humor to create a philosophy of history for our times."--publisher.

The Historians' Paradox

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Jennifer McKnight-Trontz

Everything You Need to Know, and More!

Nothing is more important than being popular! Nothing! From the author of The Good Citizen's Handbook (80,000 copies to date) comes this totally necessary collection of real teen popularity tips from the 1960s and 70s, just in time for back-to-school. Who doesn't want to be surrounded by friends and number one on the Date Parade? Well want no more! All the secrets of popularity are revealed here, including time-tested advice on best friends (and how to get them), how to have the hippest closet in town, when to dance (and with whom), and ways to win true love - the most important popularity of all. Groovily illustrated, this locker-sized lifesaver will get even the most hopeless wallflower in the social swim in no time.

How to Be Popular

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Richard Reeves

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Alone in the White House

The bestselling author of PRESIDENT KENNEDY presents a stunning account of the brilliant and isolated man who destroyed his own presidency. President Nixon shows a man alone in a White House ruled by secrets and lies, trying to impose old values at home and new balances of power everywhere in the world. Reeves proves that the Watergate scandal was no abberation in an administration forshadowed by a series of successful uses of 'national security' to cover coups, burglaries, lies, the abandonment of America's allies - and even murder. Reeves portrays a man of vision and iron will who created, used and was used by a small cast of hard, ambitious men who formed a poisonous circle around their insecure leader. Alone, Nixon challenged and changed the world's political and military balance while also plotting to destroy both the Democratic and Republican parties in an attempt to create secretly a new party of the centre. This account of Nixon's stewardship will stand as the balanced, authoratative portrait of an astonishng president and his ruined presidency.

President Nixon

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Louis Auchincloss

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Life

A portrait of a century?s greatest political mastermind Our tw ent y-eighth president was, says Louis Auchincloss, ?the greatest idealist who ever occupied the White House.? Now, in Woodrow Wilson, Auchincloss sheds new light on Wilson?s upbringing and career, from the grim determination that enabled him to overcome dyslexia to the skillful dance of isolationism and intervention in World War I to the intransigence that?despite his most cherished vision?caused the Senate?s rejection of the League of Nations. From the dynamic figure whose ringing speeches hypnotized vast crowds, to the gentle voice reading poetry to his children, Auchincloss presents all the triumphs and the final tragic irony of this flawed apostle of world peace.

Woodrow Wilson

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Mike Wales

Leatherhand

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Robert Rutland

Jimmy Carter

From Jefferson to Clinton

Contains a collection of 16 essays drawn from the journal Public Culture. Topics include African American political life in the transition from slavery to freedom, race and the public sphere in Brazil, political themes in rap music and popular culture, and university presses and the black reader. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Democrats

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Stephen J. Wayne

Clyde Wilcox

Readings on Elections

The Quest for National Office

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C. Vann Woodward

C. Vann Woodward is one of America's most prominent living historians. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Parkman Prizes--and he has served as president of both the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. Among his most distinguished books have been Origins of the New South, generally considered to be the most brilliant work of American history in the past half century, and The Strange Career of Jim Crow, the definitive work on segregation patterns in the American South. The Future of the Past collects Woodward's most significant essays, addresses and major book reviews of the past two decades. It includes two important presidential addresses--"The Future of the Past" and "Clio with Soul" (his trenchant assessment of Afro-American history)--as well as essays on changing historical concerns of the past decades, the value of comparative history, the South in Reconstruction times and the South today, and the use of fiction in history (and history in fiction). Woodward has written introductory comments on each section as well as a general introduction about history and the profession today. Whether reviewing William Safire's novel Freedom or evaluating Henry Adam's portrait of Jefferson, Woodward's essays reflect a lifetime of thought on history and historical writing. The Future of the Past collects in permanent form the significant later writings of this major American historian.

The Future of the Past

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Robert Dallek

Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973

Flawed Giant--the monumental concluding volume to Robert Dallek's biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson--provides the most through, engrossing account ever published of Johnson's years in the national spotlight. Drawing on hours of newly released White House tapes and dozens of interviews with people close to the President, Dallek reveals LBJ as a visionary leader who worked his will on Congress like no chief executive before or since, and also displays the depth of his private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam. Writing in a clear, thoughtful, and evenhanded style, Dallek reveals both the greatness and the tangled complexities of one of the most extravagant characters ever to ascend to the White House.

Flawed Giant

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Erik Christiansen

Politicizing History in Postwar America

After the turmoil of the Great Depression and World War II, Americans looked to the nation’s more distant past for lessons to inform its uncertain future. By applying recent and emerging techniques in mass communication—including radio and television programs and commercial book clubs—American elites working in media, commerce, and government used history to confer authority on their respective messages. With insight and wit, Erik Christiansen uncovers in Channeling the Past the ways that powerful corporations rewrote history to strengthen the postwar corporate state, while progressives, communists, and other leftists vied to make their own versions of the past more popular. Christiansen looks closely at several notable initiatives—CBS’s flashback You Are There program; the Smithsonian Museum of American History, constructed in the late 1950s; the Cavalcade of America program sponsored by the Du Pont Company; the History Book Club; and the Freedom Train, a museum on rails that traveled the country from 1947 to 1949 exhibiting historic documents and flags, including original copies of the U.S. Constitution and the Magna Carta. It is often said that history is written by the victors, but Christiansen offers a more nuanced perspective: history is constantly remade to suit the objectives of those with the resources to do it. He provides dramatic evidence of sophisticated calculations that influenced both public opinion and historical memory, and shows that Americans’ relationships with the past changed as a result.

Channeling the Past

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Alonzo L. Hamby

Alonzo Hamby

Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930's

Franklin D. Roosevelt is remembered as one of America's greatest presidents, a leader who guided us through depression and war. Yet for the period prior to World War II, we rarely think of him in a global context, active as an extraordinary international figure during the crisis years that destroyed the old order and catalyzed the changes that created the world we still inhabit. Truly, it was a time of struggle for the survival of democracy. In For the Survival of Democracy, master historian Alonzo Hamby offers a gripping and revisionist comparative history of this turbulent era, allowing Roosevelt to be viewed in comparison with Stanley Baldwin in Britain, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and a host of supporting yet crucial players. Combining deft character sketches with surprising interpretations of world leaders, Hamby takes us back to a time when nationalism seized the West, when Hitler cloaked his evil in tactical brilliance, and when passive leaders were destined to be swept aside. Franklin Roosevelt emerges as the Depression's most imposing leader. A charismatic personality committed to radical change, a masterful popular communicator, Roosevelt saw no inconsistency between democracy and personal power. Like many great men, he achieved great things but also made great mistakes. Hamby describes in detail his inspiring leadership and the social transformations he wrought, and also examines his failure to achieve economic recovery in the United States long after Germany and Britain accomplished it.The economic catastrophe of the decade before World War II, coupled with the rise of fascism, contains all the drama and high stakes of a fight for survival, during which FDR proved himself to be an essential warrior. In America, in no small part thanks to Franklin Roosevelt, democracy survived to fight another day, and to prevail. Never before has the decade prior to the war been brought to life so vividly, and never have Franklin Roosevelt's achievements been made so clear.

For the Survival of Democracy

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Thomas Maier

America's Emerald Kings - A Five-Generation History of the Ultimate Irish-Catholic Family

A meticulously researched chronicle of five generations of the Kennedy dynasty explains how their Irish-Catholic roots informed their lives and political beliefs and reveals how the immigrant experience shaped both their remarkable success and many tragedies. 100,000 first printing.

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susan berg

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Richard Labunski

James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights

Peter Collier; David Horowitz

The Kennedys

Patricia O'Toole

When Trumpets Call

Ray C. Fair

Predicting Presidential Elections and Other Things

Lauren Friedman

50 Ways to Wear a Scarf

Peter Charles Hoffer

The Historians' Paradox

Jennifer McKnight-Trontz

How to Be Popular

Richard Reeves

President Nixon

Louis Auchincloss

Woodrow Wilson

Mike Wales

Leatherhand

Robert Rutland; Jimmy Carter

The Democrats

Stephen J. Wayne; Clyde Wilcox

The Quest for National Office

C. Vann Woodward

The Future of the Past

Robert Dallek

Flawed Giant

Erik Christiansen

Channeling the Past

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For the Survival of Democracy

Thomas Maier

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