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Strayhorn

An Illustrated Life

Edited by A. Alyce Claerbaut, David Schlesinger ...

Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life is a stunning collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy Strayhorn, one of the most significant yet under-appreciated contributors to 20th century American music. Released in commemoration of Strayhorn's centennial, this luxurious coffee-table book offers intimate details of the composer's life from musicians, scholars, and Strayhorn's closest ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life is a stunning collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy Strayhorn, one of the most significant yet under-appreciated contributors to 20th century American music. Released in commemoration of Strayhorn's centennial, this luxurious coffee-table book offers intimate details of the composer's life from musicians, scholars, and Strayhorn's closest
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Calvin Coolidge

The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929

by David Greenberg ...

Series series The American Presidents
The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership.He was known as "Silent Cal." Buttoned up and tight-lipped, Calvin Coolidge seemed out of place as the leader of a nation plunging headlong into the modern era. His six years in office were a time of flappers, speakeasies, and a stock market boom, but his focus ... Read more

$14.99 USD

The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership.He was known as "Silent Cal." Buttoned up and tight-lipped, Calvin Coolidge seemed out of place as the leader of a nation plunging headlong into the modern era. His six years in office were a time of flappers, speakeasies, and a stock market boom, but his focus
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Edited by Stanley H. Benedict, David J. Schlesinger, Steven J. Goetsch, Brian D. Kavanagh, Pantaleo Romanelli ...

Series series Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy
Written by internationally known experts in the field, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy examines one of the fastest-developing subspecialties within radiation oncology. These procedures deliver large doses of radiation in one to five sessions to a precisely determined target. Often these techniques have proven to be ... Read more

$120.99 USD

Written by internationally known experts in the field, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy examines one of the fastest-developing subspecialties within radiation oncology. These procedures deliver large doses of radiation in one to five sessions to a precisely determined target. Often these techniques have proven to be
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Spycraft

The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda

by H. Keith Melton, Henry Robert Schlesinger, Robert Wallace ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

19 hours 51 min

—Secret instructions written in invisible ink—Covert communications slipped inside dead rats—Subminiature cameras hidden in ballpoint pensIf these sound like the stuff of science fiction or imaginary tools of James Bond's gadget-master Q's trade, think again. They are real-life devices created by the CIA's Office of Technical Service. Now, in the first book ever written about this ultrasecretive ... Read more

$24.99 USD

—Secret instructions written in invisible ink—Covert communications slipped inside dead rats—Subminiature cameras hidden in ballpoint pensIf these sound like the stuff of science fiction or imaginary tools of James Bond's gadget-master Q's trade, think again. They are real-life devices created by the CIA's Office of Technical Service. Now, in the first book ever written about this ultrasecretive
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William Howard Taft

The American Presidents Series: The 27th President, 1909-1913

by Jeffrey Rosen ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

5 hours 26 min

William Howard Taft never wanted to be president and yearned instead to serve as chief justice of the United States. But despite his ambivalence about politics, the former federal judge found success in the executive branch as governor of the Philippines and secretary of war, and he won a resounding victory in the presidential election of 1908 as Theodore Roosevelt's handpicked successor.In this ... Read more

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William Howard Taft never wanted to be president and yearned instead to serve as chief justice of the United States. But despite his ambivalence about politics, the former federal judge found success in the executive branch as governor of the Philippines and secretary of war, and he won a resounding victory in the presidential election of 1908 as Theodore Roosevelt's handpicked successor.In this
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William McKinley

The American Presidents Series: The 25th President, 1897-1901

by Kevin Phillips ...

Narrated by Richard Rohan ...

Series Audiobook 25 - The American Presidents
Unabridged

5 hours 49 min

A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacyBy any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin Phillips argues, William McKinley was a major American president. It was during his administration that the United States made its diplomatic and military debut as a world power. McKinley was one of eight presidents who, either in the White House or on ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacyBy any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin Phillips argues, William McKinley was a major American president. It was during his administration that the United States made its diplomatic and military debut as a world power. McKinley was one of eight presidents who, either in the White House or on
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Theodore Roosevelt

The American Presidents Series: The 26th President, 1901-1909

by Louis Auchincloss ...

Narrated by Ira Claffey ...

Series Audiobook 26 - The American Presidents
Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th centuryThe warm and knowing biography traces Roosevelt's involvement in the politics of New York City and New York State, his celebrated, military career, and his ascent to the national political stage. Caricatured through history as the "bull moose", Roosevelt was in fact a man of extraordinary discipline whose refined and literate tastes ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th centuryThe warm and knowing biography traces Roosevelt's involvement in the politics of New York City and New York State, his celebrated, military career, and his ascent to the national political stage. Caricatured through history as the "bull moose", Roosevelt was in fact a man of extraordinary discipline whose refined and literate tastes
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George H. W. Bush

The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993

by Timothy Naftali ...

Narrated by Patrick Frederic ...

Series Audiobook 41 - The American Presidents
Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for his eloquence, Bush readily dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, there was no person of his generation better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely shepherded Soviet reformers through the liberalization of their system and ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for his eloquence, Bush readily dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, there was no person of his generation better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely shepherded Soviet reformers through the liberalization of their system and
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Grover Cleveland

The American Presidents Series: The 22nd and 24th President, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897

by Henry F. Graff ...

Narrated by Ira Claffey ...

Series Audiobook 22 - The American Presidents
Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives.In this book, presidential ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives.In this book, presidential
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Andrew Johnson

The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

by Annette Gordon-Reed ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed
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The Age of Eisenhower

America and the World in the 1950s

by William I Hitchcock ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

25 hours 38 min

A New York Times bestseller, this is the “outstanding” (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency.Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful president guiding the nation through the great crises of the 1950s, from McCarthyism and the Korean War through ... Read more

$39.99 USD

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A New York Times bestseller, this is the “outstanding” (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency.Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful president guiding the nation through the great crises of the 1950s, from McCarthyism and the Korean War through
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Impeachment

A Citizen’s Guide

by Cass R. Sunstein ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

4 hours 33 min

As Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution and the democratic system it supports is the public’s responsibility. One route the Constitution provides for discharging that duty―a route rarely traveled―is impeachment.Cass R. Sunstein provides a succinct citizen’s guide to an essential tool of self-government. He illuminates the ... Read more

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As Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution and the democratic system it supports is the public’s responsibility. One route the Constitution provides for discharging that duty―a route rarely traveled―is impeachment.Cass R. Sunstein provides a succinct citizen’s guide to an essential tool of self-government. He illuminates the
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