Evan: 602 books
by Evan Weiner
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2012
The NFL started in 1920, teams came and went. That history would repeat itself in the 1930s and the 1940s. Stability finally occurred in the 1950s with the arrival of television. Television transformed North American sports. In 1950, Baseball, Boxing and Horse Racing were among the most popular sporting...
Music as Thought
Listening to the Symphony in the Age of Beethoven
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music. Kant described wordless music as "more pleasure than culture," and Rousseau dismissed it for its inability to convey concepts. But by the early 1800s, a dramatic shift was under way. Purely instrumental...
by Evan Williams
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
A brief essay on the 47% comment by Mitt Romney and the controversy over Ambassador Rice's comments on Benghazi. This essay can be characterized as pro left. It is a quick read and its a non conventional look at these two events and how the media fell short. Here is an EXCERPT: CBS host Bob Schieffer...
From Altoids to Zima
The Surprising Stories Behind 125 Famous Brand Names
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2004
Ever wondered what the Ms in M&Ms stand for?
If Scotch tape was invented in Scotland?
Why a cereal that contains neither grapes nor nuts is called Grape Nuts?
Who thought Gap was a good name for a clothing store?
From the Adidas we wear to the Volkswagens we drive, the daily lives of Americans are...
2pac vs. Biggie
An Illustrated History of Rap's Greatest Battle
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Hip hop icons and rap innovators, the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur continue to influence, define, and change the genre years after their deaths. Despite the controversies surrounding the murders of Tupac and Biggie, ultimately it’s their art that remains their biggest legacy. The music of Biggie...
Absolute Music
The History of an Idea
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
What is music, and why does it move us? From Pythagoras to the present, writers have struggled to isolate the essence of "pure" or "absolute" music in ways that also account for its profound effect. In Absolute Music: The History of an Idea, Mark Evan Bonds traces the history of...
The Big 50: Boston Red Sox
The Men and Moments that Made the Boston Red Sox
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
The Big 50: Boston Red Sox is an amazing, full-color look at the 50 men and moments that made the Sox the Sox. Experienced sportswriter Evan Drellich recounts the living history of the Red Sox, counting down from No. 50 to No. 1. Learn about and revisit the team's remarkable stories, from Ted Williams...
Outback Heroes
Australia's Greatest Bush Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
The men and women you'll meet in this fascinating book come in all shapes and sizes, from convicts and engineers to cattleduffers and anthropologists. These remarkable Australians share an extraordinary ability to survive the rigours of the bush. In Outback Heroes, Evan McHugh brings together his...
Son of the Morning Star
Custer and The Little Bighorn
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Connell, whom Joyce Carol Oates has described as...
The Very Best Men
The Daring Early Years of the CIA
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Drawing on extensive interviews with old spooks and the social friends and family of his subjects, The Very Best Men is a fascinating narrative that brings to life a crucial piece of American history.
The Very Best Men is the story of the CIA's early days as told through the careers of four...
The War Lovers
Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
On February 15th, 1898, the American ship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. News of the blast quickly reached U.S. shores, where it was met by some not with alarm but great enthusiasm.
A powerful group of war lovers agitated that the United States exert its muscle across...
Native American Stories of the Sacred
Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
The wisdom from these stories can become a
companion on your own spiritual journey.
Native American stories of the sacredare intended for more than entertainment: they are teaching tales containing elegantly simple illustrations of time-honored truths. From tales of Creation to “Why?” stories...
Shipwrecked!
Deadly Adventures and Disasters at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
For readers who relish the image of clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword-wielding and delirious mutineers wrenching the last cask of water from a sailor's sun-scorched hands (while sharks circle in famished anticipation), Shipwrecked! Adventures and Disasters at Sea is an...
by Mike Allen, Evan Thomas, Politico
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Two of America’s most perceptive political reporters join forces for an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the race for the White House in POLITICO’s Playbook 2012, a series of four instant digital books on the 2012 presidential election. The second edition, Inside the Circus, pulls back...