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This is a biography of Calvin Coolidge's wife, Grace, who was reputed to be a widely popular and respected First Lady. This book relies on interviews with people personally known to the First Couple, as well as a great deal of written material. This is a well respected work that is said to accurately convey the vitality and common sense of Mrs. Coolidge, and also frames her life within a context of the times.
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The Ingalls family packs up their covered wagon and travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home in Kansas Territory, where wide open land stretches as far as the eye can see. On the prairie, they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
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"An incredibly thoughtful, disarmingly funny, and intensely vulnerable glimpse into the life and ministry of a woman familiar to many but known by few. All My Knotted-Up Life is a beautifully crafted portrait of resilience and survival, a poignant reminder of God's enduring faithfulness, and proof positive that if we ever truly took the time to hear people's full stories...we'd all walk around slack-jawed"--
5) Going there
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In this memoir, the iconic media star discusses her professional and personal life, including losing her husband at a young age, her historic turn as anchor of the CBS Evening News, and experiences dealing with gender inequality.
For more than 40 years Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally hones memoir, she reveals how she has balanced her personality, intellectual curiosity and desire to be taken seriously while...
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The author, a terrorism analyst for the CNN network, profiles the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, discussing how Bin Laden lives, how earlier attacks in Africa were planned, and how his terrorist group blends twenty-first century technology with a radical brand of Islam.
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"African by birth and now a journalist in New York, Peter Godwin returns to his family's home in Zimbabwe to find a nation coming apart: what he had known as the continent's most prosperous and best-educated country has become a nightmare of poverty, brutality, and corruption. Yet his parents refuse to leave. As Godwin struggles to understand this resistance, he uncovers a shocking secret--the truth about his father's identity and past experience...
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It is 1957 and Bernie Gunther is back in Munich, though his passport now says "Christof Ganz," just an ordinary claims adjuster at a major German insurance company. He is sent to Athens to investigate a substantial claim: a 2-masted schooner, extensive photographic equipment, diving gear and personal effects. Gunther suspects arson motivated by revenge: an act of terrorism; the boat was never insured against acts of terrorism. But before he can...
12) Afro@Digital
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Afro@Digital begins with a provocative question: ‘Why speak of new technologies on a continent which wakes up and goes to sleep to the terrorism of poverty?’ In other words, how can Africa escape the logic of poverty and unequal development by making sure that digital technology doesn’t pass it by, become an agent of neo-colonialism or marginalize it still further? As Nigerian filmmaker Ola Balogun warns: “We must ask what is the purpose of...
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Laura and her family live in a little log house in Wisconsin in the 1870's, where snow falls deep and wolves prowl.
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, we travel to the fashion landmark of ultimate luxuries- Milan! For his Fendi collection, Karl Lagerfeld interprets the concept of a digital world seen through the eyes of a storied fashion house. At Bottega Veneta, Tomas Maier gains inspiration from the traditional styles of the Impressionist era for his collection. Plus, political artists and the resilient strength of women inspire Miuccia Prada for her...
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