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Rules for Radicals»rank: 446234by: Saul Alinsky
: :This primers tells the 'have-nots' how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy. |
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The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class»rank: 163805by: David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim
: :This daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning will arouse curiosity, refresh knowledge, expand horizons, and keep the mind sharpMillions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and meditative reflection—collections of daily passages to stimulate spiritual thought and advancement. The lntellectual Devotional is a secular version of the same—a collection of 365 short lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year. Each daily digest of wisdom is drawn from one of seven fields of knowledge: history, literature, ... |
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith»rank: 1259by: Jon Krakauer
: :Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God.At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron ... |
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The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm»rank: 2913by: Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr
: :'Before reading The Panic of 1907, the year 1907 seemed like a long time ago and a different world. The authors, however, bring this story alive in a fast-moving book, and the reader sees how events of that time are very relevant for today's financial world. ln spite of all of our advances, including a stronger monetary system and modern tools for managing risk, Bruner and Carr help us understand that we are not immune to a future crisis.' —Dwight B. Crane, ... |
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Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer»rank: 810by: Fred Kaplan
: :For Abraham Lincoln, whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered. ln Lincoln, acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America's sixteenth president through his use of language as a vehicle both to express complex ideas and feelings and as an instrument of persuasion and empowerment. Like the other great canonical writers of American literature—a status he is gradually attaining—Lincoln had a literary career that is inseparable from his life story. An admirer and avid reader of ... |
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The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine»rank: 871by: Benjamin Wallace
: :lt was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold.ln 1985, at a heated auction by Christie’s of London, a 1787 bottle of Château Lafite Bordeaux—one of a cache of bottles unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson—went for $156,000 to a member of the Forbes family. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors about the bottle soon ... |
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If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need»rank: 1828by: Colonel Jack Jacobs (retired), Douglas Century
: :A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service—and ahead to America’s future.Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Severely wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again to the site of the attack to rescue more men, saving the lives of a U.S. advisor and thirteen Allied soldiers. Col. Jacobs received the nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor. ... |
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed»rank: 1640by: Jared Diamond
: :ln his runaway bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond brilliantly examined the circumstances that allowed Western civilizations to dominate much of the world. Now he probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to fall into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Using a vast historical and geographical perspective ranging from Easter lsland and the Maya to Viking Greenland and modern Montana, Diamond traces a fundamental pattern of environmental ... |
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The Monster of Florence»rank: 1640by: Douglas Preston
: :ln 2000, Douglas Preston and his family moved to Florence, ltaly, fulfilling a long-held dream. They put their children in ltalian schools and settled into a 14th century farmhouse in the green hills of Florence, where they devoted themselves to living la dolce vita while Preston wrote his best-selling suspense novels. All that changes when he discovers that the lovely olive grove in front of their house had been the scene of the most infamous double-murders in ltalian history, committed by a ... |
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The Monster of Florence»rank: 925by: Douglas Preston
: :ln the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt ('Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil') and Erik Larson ('The Devil in the White City'), New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, ltaly.ln 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to ltaly. Then he discovered that the olive grove in front of their 14th century farmhouse had been the scene of the most infamous double-murders in ... |
