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American Power Conversion - American Power Conversion Corp. is a company based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island focused on providing "power availability solutions" to individuals and businesses.
American Electric Power - American Electric Power (AEP) is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
The Paradox of American Power - The Paradox of American Power is a book written by political scientist Joseph Nye and published in 2003
North American Electric Reliability Council - The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) was formed in 1968 by the electric utility industry to promote the reliability and adequacy of bulk power supply in the electric utility systems of North America. The NERC consists of ten regional reliability councils and encompasses essentially all the power systems of the contiguous United States, Canada and part of Mexico.
Killing the White Man's Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century by Fergus M. Bordewich, ISBN 0385420366 : In the face of a new lightly romanticized view of Native Americans, "Killing the White Man's Indian bravely confronts the current myths and often contradictory realities of tribal life today. Following two centuries of broken treaties and virtual government extermination of the "savage redmen," Americans today have recast Native Americans into another, equally stereotyped role, that of eternal victims, politically powerless and weakened by poverty and alcoholism, yet whose spiritual ties with the natural world form our last, best hope of salvaging our natural environment and ennobling our souls. The truth, however, is neither as grim, nor as blindly idealistic, as many would expect. The fact is that a virtual revolution is underway in Indian Country, an upheaval of epic proportions. For the first time in generations, Indians are shaping their own destinies, largely beyond the control of whites, reinventing Indian education and justice, exploiting the principle of tribal sovereignty in ways that empower tribal governments far beyond most American's imaginations. While new found power has en...
Complete History Of U.S. War: The American Soldier, The : War has always been part of the American experience. Born and nurtured in war, America grew in strength and power until the beginning of the 21st Century when it became the foremost military power in the world. Join George Kennedy as he takes us on this 300-year saga of "The American Soldier: A Complete History Of U.S. Wars. (1700-Today)" Disc One: 1700-1790 Program One - "Wars For The Continent" - Muskets, pistols and cannons replaced swords and other cutting edge weapons on the battlefield. Queen Anne's War in 1702 becomes the first, official war on American soil. Program Two - "The Revolutionary War" - The American colonists, having rid themselves of the French and Native Americans, found a new threat - Britain. The Battle of Lexington and Concord breaks out in 1775, the same year that George Washington Assumes Command of Continental Army. Disc Two: 1790-1870 Program Three - "Manifest Destiny Wars" - The United States begins to push westward, attempting to become a world military power by launching the U.S.S. Constitution in 1797. Program Four - "The Civil War" - These were the darkest ...
American Gangsters: The Ultimate Film Collection (Widescreen) : Get ready for edge-of-your-seat excitement with 4 of the most intense motion pictures of all-time in "Gangsters: The Ultimate Film Collection!" "Scarface," "Casino" and "Carlito's Way" have each had a tremendous impact on pop culture and are now joined by the latest crime epic, "American Gangster." Featuring an impressive roster of top talent including Academy Award winners Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and Sean Penn, these films were created by acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott and Brian DePalma. Loaded with 5 discs of bonus features including documentaries, commentaries, deleted scenes and much more, "Gangsters: The Ultimate Film Collection" is the definitive way to experience the sagas of motion picture's most notorious criminals! Collection includes: "American Gangster" - Academy Award(R) winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott ("Gladiator") for an epic story as powerful as it is true, street-wise and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas. "Scarface" - In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Har...
American Pie: 3 Movie Pie Pack : "American Pie" - You'll never look at warm apple pie the same way again! "American Pie" takes a hysterical look at the goal of four "unlucky in love" high school friends who make the ultimate pact: lose their virginity by prom night. As they try to manipulate their way into the...hearts of some of their classmates, their plans often backfire with hilarity. One fails to score with the sexy foreign exchange student and then makes a last ditch effort with a band member who has an interesting way with her flute, while another is so desperate he actually hires someone to give him a "reputation." Follow the raging hormones of four teenage boys and their girls as they gear up for the most important night of their lives...the prom? Sit back and enjoy a piece of America's #1 comedy hit! "American Pie 2" - The characters you love are back, in "American Pie 2" the comedy hit that's even more outrageous than the original! One year after the prom-night misadventures immortalized in "American Pie," the entire gang has reunited for the summer. Now, an innocent-looking beach house will be transformed into ...
American Pie: 3 Movie Pie Pack : "American Pie" - You'll never look at warm apple pie the same way again! "American Pie" takes a hysterical look at the goal of four "unlucky in love" high school friends who make the ultimate pact: lose their virginity by prom night. As they try to manipulate their way into the...hearts of some of their classmates, their plans often backfire with hilarity. One fails to score with the sexy foreign exchange student and then makes a last ditch effort with a band member who has an interesting way with her flute, while another is so desperate he actually hires someone to give him a "reputation." Follow the raging hormones of four teenage boys and their girls as they gear up for the most important night of their lives...the prom? Sit back and enjoy a piece of America's #1 comedy hit! "American Pie 2" - The characters you love are back, in "American Pie 2" the comedy hit that's even more outrageous than the original! One year after the prom-night misadventures immortalized in "American Pie," the entire gang has reunited for the summer. Now, an innocent-looking beach house will be transformed into ...
How to Make Black America Better: Leading African Americans Speak Out by Tavis Smiley, ISBN 0385720874 : Issuing a powerful call for constructive social action, the popular radio and television commentator Tavis Smiley has assembled the voices of leading African American artists, intellectuals, and politicians from Chuck D to Cornel West to Maxine Waters. How to Make Black America Better takes a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach that includes Smiley's own ten challenges to the African American community. Smiley and his contributors stress the family tie, the power of community networks, the promise of education, and the leverage of black economic and political strength in shaping a new vision of America. Encouraging African Americans to realize the potential of their own leadership and to work collectively from the bottom up, the selections offer new ideas for addressing vital issues facing black communities. Featuring original essays by some of our most important thinkers, How to Make Black America Better is an essential book for anyone concerned with the status of African Americans today.
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 ...
Great American Hero: Season 3 (Full Frame) : It's the third and final season for reluctant superhero Ralph Hinkley (William Katt), his lawyer girlfriend Pam Davidson (Connie Selleca) and by-the-book FBI agent Bill Maxwell(Robert Culp), but the high-flying fun is far from over! In this season, Ralph is reunited with the 'green guys' from space, stumbles into danger at his high school reunion, fumbles his way to his and Pam's wedding, and tangles with doomed rockers, ruthless ranchers, strange gamers, killer magicians, the KGB, Central American revolutionaries, a genetic Nazi monster and more. Believe it or not, he's still walking on air as "The Greatest American Hero!" This collection includes all 13 third season episodes of the action-comedy hit created by Stephen J. Cannell ("The Commish," "21 Jump Street," "Hunter") and features such guest stars as David Paymer, Bob Saget, Rick Dees, Tawny Little, June Lockhart, Andre The Giant and more. Disc 1: "The Price Is Right" - At a high school reunion, Ralph is reunited with an old friend who is now a famous quarterback. Ralph is shocked to learn that the quarterback is taking money to throw ...
Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth about the American Voter : Bestselling historian Shenkman takes aim at the great national piety: the wisdom of the American people. He writes that American voters are misusing, abusing, and abdicating their political power.
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All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, ISBN 0156012952 : "A fully restored American political classic. . . . Now we can read it as it was written." --"Chicago Tribune Winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize, "All the King's Men is one of the most famous and widely read works in American literature, and as relevant today as it was fifty years ago. Now it has been fully restored and reintroduced by literary scholar Noel Polk, textual editor of the works of William Faulkner. Polk presents the novel as it was originally written, revealing even greater energy, excitement, complexity, and subtlety of character in this landmark of letters. "[Polk] should be commended for this restored edition of Warren's great novel. . . . Deeply imagined, beautifully written, ["All the King's Men] is both a reckoning with the deepest forces of life and an edge-of-your seat page-turner."--"The Raleigh News and Observer "To read ["All the King's Men] in this new edition is to be struck again by its raw power, its urgency and relevance."--"New Orleans Times-Picayune "The publication of a new, corrected edition of "All the King's Men is welcome news for all who care about...
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X, ISBN 0345379756 : With its first great victory in the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, the Civil Rights movement gained the powerful momentum it needed to sweep forward into its crucial decade, the 1960s. As voices of protest and change rose above the din of history and false promises, one sounded more urgently, more passionately than the rest. Malcolm X - once called the most dangerous man in America - challenged the world to listen and learn the truth as he experienced it. And his enduring message is as relevant today as when he first delivered it. This is the first hardcover edition of this classic autobiography since it was originally published in 1964. In its searing pages, Malcolm X the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement to veteran writer and journalist Alex Haley. In a unique collaboration, Alex Haley worked with Malcolm X for nearly two years, interviewing, listening to, and understanding the most controversial leader of his time. Raised in Lansing, Michigan, Malc...
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