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American Whiskey Trail - The American Whiskey Trail provides an educational journey into the history and cultural heritage of distilled spirits in the United States. Whiskey and other distilled spirits, such as rum, played an important role in both the American colonies and in the new American republic.
John Nichols (American writer) - John Nichols is the author of the New Mexico trilogy, a series about the complex relationship between history, race and ethnicity, and land and water rights in the fictional Chamisa County, New Mexico. The trilogy consists of The Milagro Beanfield War, The Magic Journey, and The Nirvana Blues.
The Significance of the Frontier in American History - The Significance of the Frontier in American History is a seminal essay by the American historian Frederick Jackson Turner which advanced the so-called Frontier Thesis of American history. It was presented to a special meeting of the American Historical Association at the World's Columbian Exposition on July ...
National Museum of American History Archives Center - The National Museum of American History Archives Center occupies over 12,000 feet of shelving in the National Museum of American History building. The archives are made up of photographs, motion pictures, videotapes, and sound recordings of events in American History.
1001 Things Everyone Should Know about African American History by Jeffrey C. Stewart, ISBN 038548576X : Where can one go to get a comprehensive and entertaining account of the most significant events, individuals and social processes of African-American history? Fear not, because "1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American History is history at your fingertips-in a concise, accessible, easily-read format. Jeffrey C. Stewart, Associate Professor of History at George Mason University, takes the reader on an all-encompassing journey through the entirety of African-American history that is pithy, provocative, and encyclopedic in scope. Here are all the people, terms, ideas, events, and social processes that make African-American history such a fascinating and inspiring subject. "1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American History covers all the significant information in six broad sections: Great Migrations; Civil Rights and Politics; Science, Inventions and Medicine; Sports; Military; Culture and Religion. It will entertain as well as instruct, and it can be read from beginning to end as well as opened at random and read at any length without confusion. A necessary ...
My American Journey by Colin Powell, ISBN 0345466411 : "A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK." --The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history--Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm--but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier's directness. MY AMERICAN JOURNEY is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell's passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, "the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers" inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it ...
My American Journey by Colin L. Powell, ISBN 0345407288 : "A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK." --The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history--Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm--but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier's directness. MY AMERICAN JOURNEY is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell's passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, "the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers" inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it ...
Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It by Herb Boyd, ISBN 0385492790 : Benjamin Banneker on Thomas Jefferson's hypocrisy * Old Elizabeth on spreading the Word * Frederick Douglass on life in the North * Sojourner Truth on black women's rights * W.E.B. Du Bois on the Talented Tenth * Matthew Henson on reaching the North Pole * and many more. "It has been said, 'He who does not know history is doomed to repeat it.' We as African Americans must put forth a concerted effort to know and to write our own history...We have the knowledge, the know-how, the resources, and we were there." --Rev. Bernice A. King Celebrating the spirituality, courage, and intellectual achievements of African Americans, Autobiography of a People is the first anthology to effectively trace the history of the African American experience--from the Middle Passage to Emancipation, from the Civil War to Vietnam, from the Little Rock Nine to the Million Man March--by telling the story in the words of the men and women who lived it. Editor Herb Boyd has combined a powerful chorus of voices from the past and present to create a compelling portrait of how African Americans have survived--and s...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., ISBN 0440222281 : Born a slave in Maryland circa 1817, Frederick Douglass went on to become the most influential and distinguished African American of the nineteenth century. As an abolitionist, newspaper publisher, orator and statesman, Douglass dedicated his life to the triumph of freedom over oppression for all black Americans. Published shortly after his escape from slavery, "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave became an immediate bestseller in 1845 and is still the most widely read slave narrative in American history. A piercing denounciation of slavery, the "Narrative mobilized masses of people for the abolitionist cause. But the "Narrative is also a deeply personal memoir in which Douglass chronicles his childhood years of deprivation and brutality, his efforts to teach himself to read (teaching a slave to read was illegal in the South), and his dangerous fligth to freedom in 1838. In his insightful introduction, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. celebrates the 150th anniversary of the book's publication and offers a fresh perspective on what the "Narrative means today. Th...
Common Ground: Reimagining American History by Gary Y. Okihiro, ISBN 0691070075 : In "Common Ground, Gary Okihiro uses the experiences of Asian Americans to reconfigure the ways in which American history can be understood. He examines a set of binaries--East and West, black and white, man and woman, heterosexual and homosexual--that have structured the telling of our nation's history and shaped our ideas of citizenship since the late nineteenth century. Okihiro not only exposes the artifice of these binaries but also offers a less rigid and more embracing set of stories on which to ground a national history.Influenced by European hierarchical thinking in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Anglo Americans increasingly categorized other newcomers to the United States. Binaries formed in the American imagination, creating a sense of coherence among white citizens during times of rapid and far-reaching social change. Within each binary, however, Asian Americans have proven disruptive: they cannot be fully described as either Eastern or Western; they challenge the racial categories of black and white; and within the gender and sexual binaries of man and woman, ...
One-Night Stands with American History (Revised and Updated Edition): Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents by Richard Shenkman, ISBN 0060538201 : Respect yourself in the morning -- read "One-Night Stands with American History!" This collection of little-known facts and anecdotes is American history with the boring parts left out. Richard Shenkman and Kurt Reiger have uncovered numerous stories about hoaxes, inventions, secrets, and rare incidents -- many involving the most famous and powerful people in America. President U. S. Grant was arrested for speeding in his horse carriage. J. Edgar Hoover refused to allow people to walk on his shadow. France shipped Louisiana twenty-five prostitutes because women were in short supply in 1721. H. L. Hunt won his first oil well in a game of five-card stud. Even historians find that "One-Night Stands with American History" features fascinating stories they never knew. Now updated with facts and anecdotes from the last twenty years, this volume is a treasure trove of remarkable stories that will startle, entertain, and inform you.
A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn, ISBN 0060528427 : Since its original landmark publication in 1980, "A People's History of the United States" has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, "A People's History" is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, "A People's History of the United States," which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightf...
African American Lives (Widescreen) : A compelling combination of storytelling and science, "African-American Lives" is an unprecedented four-hour series on PBS that takes Alex Haley's "Roots" saga to a whole new level. The series will profile some of the most accomplished African-Americans of our time, using genealogy and DNA to trace their roots down through American history and back to Africa. Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois professor of the Humanities and chair of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University Dr. Gates will provide access to the day-to-day lives of several prominent African-Americans, drawing on photographs, film clips, music, and early personal records, while a team of researchers, genealogists and forensic DNA analysts will conduct investigations into their family histories. By spotlighting African-American role models, the series hopes to inspire millions to consider their own heritage, and underscore for all Americans the importance of knowing their past, in order to unlock the future.
How to Read a Book by Mortimer Jerome Adler, ISBN 0671212095 : "How to Read a Book," originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a "living" classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated. You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science. Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.
American Girl Movie Collection: Felicity: An American Girl Adventure / Molly: An American Girl On The Home Front / Samantha: An American Girl Holiday, The : "The American Girl Movie Collection" includes "Felicity: An American Girl Adventure", "Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front" and "Samantha: An American Girl Holiday". "Felicity: An American Girl Adventure": The doll you love comes home on DVD in a full-length, live-action movie. "Felicity: An American Girl Adventure" has all the joy, excitement and you-are-there history of the best-selling books about Felicity Merriman, a spirited girl growing up in Virginia in the years just before the American Revolution. Nine-year-old Felicity (Shailene Woodley) knows she's supposed to stay quietly indoors doing "sitting-down kinds of things." But she yearns for the freedom of the outdoors... and especially for the adventure of riding horses. Then she meets a beautiful, copper-colored mare who's mistreated by her cruel owner. When Felicity tries to rescue the horse she calls Penny, she learns valuable lessons about loyalty, responsibility and independence. "Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front": The doll you love comes home on DVD in a full-length, live-action movie. "Molly: An American Girl On ...
American National Manufacturing Med-Flo FXF Water Mattress : NM1078: Ships Via Small Parcel Ground The Med-Flo FXF Water Mattress offers comfort and critical support for your body as you sleep at night. This unique water mattress features a stressless bottom seam design, which places the seam beneath the mattress for years of added protection. The heat resilient black bottom panel, constructed of specially formulated vinyl, ensures compatibility with all heaters. The reinforced L-Corner construction at the edges of the mattress, along with the Ultra-Guard Corner (36mm thick), gives increased strength in critical pressure areas. The Med-Flo s patented pillow top includes a high density convoluted foam comfort layer, and an anchored five layer wave reduction system for unparalleled support, comfort and durability. The premier vinyl is 20mm thick and is specially formulated to ensure long lasting, leak-free performance. A half-inch firmness layer combines the support of a water mattress with the firm feel of a conventional bed with all the benefits of each. Features: Stressless bottom seam design for years of added protection Heat resistant black bott...
Year One (Unrated) / Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (Unrated) (2-Pack) (Exclusive) (Full Frame, Widescreen) : This 2-Pack includes "Year One" and "Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby". "Year One": History was made...by these guys? Zed (Jack Black) and Oh (Michael Cera) are cavemen who stumble out of the mountains into an epic journey of biblical proportions. One's a bumbling hunter, the other's a gentle gatherer; together, they become unlikely participants in history's most pivotal moments. Directed and co-written by comedy legend Harold Ramis ("Groundhog Day", "Caddyshack", "Analyze This"), "Year One" is rude, crude, wildly absurd, deliciously tasteless and laugh-out-loud funny. "Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby": The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife (Leslie Bibb) and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen, TV's "Da Ali G Show") and reduced to a fear...
American National Manufacturing Med-Flo FXF Water Mattress : NM1078: Ships Via Small Parcel Ground The Med-Flo FXF Water Mattress offers comfort and critical support for your body as you sleep at night. This unique water mattress features a stressless bottom seam design, which places the seam beneath the mattress for years of added protection. The heat resilient black bottom panel, constructed of specially formulated vinyl, ensures compatibility with all heaters. The reinforced L-Corner construction at the edges of the mattress, along with the Ultra-Guard Corner (36mm thick), gives increased strength in critical pressure areas. The Med-Flo s patented pillow top includes a high density convoluted foam comfort layer, and an anchored five layer wave reduction system for unparalleled support, comfort and durability. The premier vinyl is 20mm thick and is specially formulated to ensure long lasting, leak-free performance. A half-inch firmness layer combines the support of a water mattress with the firm feel of a conventional bed with all the benefits of each. Features: Stressless bottom seam design for years of added protection Heat resistant black bott...
Marketing: The Core [With Core Cards] : MARKETING: THE CORE, 3/e by Kerin, Hartley, and Rudelius continues the tradition of cutting-edge content and student-friendliness set by Marketing 9/e, but in a shorter, more accessible package. The Core distills Marketing's 21 chapters down to 18, leaving instructors just the content they need to cover the essentials of marketing in a single semester. Instructors using The Core also benefit from a full-sized supplements package that surpasses anything offered by the competition, while students will appreciate the easy-to-read paperback format that's equally kind to both the eyes and the pocketbook. The Core is more than just a "baby Kerin"; it combines great writing, currency, and supplements into the ideal package for budget-conscious students and time-conscious professors.
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup : With the departure of the Bush Administration and the arrival of an "era of transparency," opportunities are arising for the disclosure of new information that may shed more light on the events that took place before and after 9/11/2001. Dramatically narrated by Daniel Sunjata of FX's "Rescue Me", and an outspoken advocate for the First Responders, "Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup" first examines mysterious and infamous events that reshaped world history - from the Reichstag Fire in 1933 that catapulted Hitler to dictatorship - to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964 that led to the Vietnam War, and then takes viewers on a turbulent journey through several pivotal moments in history before delving into the most significant catastrophe in recent memory, 9/11. Loaded with powerful, new footage and in-depth interviews with the likes of Steven Earl Jones, an American physicist who has discovered undetonated explosive material in multiple samples of dust from the World Trade Center collapses, this documentary presents a wide array of evidence both known and unknown...until now. Eight years lat...
NASA: 50 Years In Space (Full Frame) : The Story of America's courageous space explorers! Enjoy the epic story of NASA and American space exploration like never before! This exciting and comprehensive 5-DVD collector's edition takes you on the adventure of a lifetime, showcasing the most thrilling moments in U.S. space exploration, while also examining the heartbreaking events when tragedy struck our heroes. It's all here...the "Eagle has landed" historic mission to the moon by Apollo 11; the amazing flight of John Glenn in Friendship 7; the landmark docking of Apollo and Soyuz; the scientific breakthrough of Skylab; the horrific Challenger disaster; plus so many more of the dramatic events in NASA's 50-year history. What's more, this highly informative special edition offers so many fascinating stories you might never see - the launch and retrieval of satellites; behind the scenes on a space station; the true story of spy satellites; travel beyond Mars - this is the most complete, entertaining and educational presentation of the amazing history of America's space exploration available! "NASA" is an extraordinary DVD collectible...
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