Mcdonough: 129 books
Granite Mountain
The First-Hand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
**The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.
A** "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots"--firefighters trained specifically to...
The Upcycle
Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
From the authors of Cradle to Cradle, we learn what's next: The Upcycle
The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, one of the most consequential ecological manifestoes of our time. Now, drawing on the green living lessons gained from 10 years of putting the Cradle to Cradle...
Big Bosoms and Square Jaws
The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
What do you need to make money making movies? The answer, according to cult hero, creator of the sexploitation film, and the man the Wall Street Journal once dubbed the King Leer of Hollywood, Russ Meyer, is: “big bosoms and square jaws.” In the first candid and fiendishly researched account of...
by John E. McDonough
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
This indispensable guide to the Affordable Care Act, our new national health care law, lends an insider’s deep understanding of policy to a lively and absorbing account of the extraordinary—and extraordinarily ambitious—legislative effort to reform the nation’s health care system. Dr. John...
The Learned Ones
Nahua Intellectuals in Postconquest Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
They were the healers, teachers, and writers, the “wise ones” of Nahuatl-speaking cultures in Mexico, remembered in painted codices and early colonial manuscripts of Mesoamerica as the guardians of knowledge. Yet they very often seem bound to an unrecoverable past, as stereotypes prevent some...
Platoon Leader
A Memoir of Command in Combat
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.'
"Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic...
Soul Survivor
A Biography of Al Green
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
The bestselling author of Shakey: Neil Young's Biography presents the first in-depth biography of the legendary soul singer Al Green.
Al Green has blessed listeners with some of the biggest hits of the past fifty years. "Love and Happiness," "I'm Still in Love with You,"...
by Mary McDonough
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
A fascinating look at what it's like to grow up in front of and beyond the cameras. --Eve Plumb
For nine seasons, Mary McDonough was part of one of the most beloved families in television history. Just ten years-old when she was cast as the pretty, wholesome middle child Erin, Mary grew up...
by James Lee McDonough
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
The New York Times best-selling biography of one of America’s most storied military figures.
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Evolving from a spirited student at West Point, Sherman became a general who fought in some...
McDonough's Bar-Keepers' Guide and Gentlemen's Sideboard Companion
A Comprehensive and Practical Guide for Preparing all Kinds of Plain and Fancy Mixed Drinks and Popular Beverages of the Day According to the Approved and Accepted Methods of the Profession
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
"This Book is Designed more Particularly for Club-Houses and Rooms, for Steamboats, Sample Rooms, and the Gentleman's Sideboard. To the Recipes for Beverages there has been Appended a Number of other Valuable Suggestions and Recipes."
This vintage book contains a comprehensive and...
Creation and New Creation
Understanding God's Creation Project
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In keeping with the Scriptural witness and the theological heritage, this
remarkable book examines the doctrine of creation alongside new creation.
The connection between the two - creation and new creation - has
drawn renewed attention in the last several decades; but the burden of
Sean McDonough's...
Ready to Be Heard
How I Lost My Hearing and Found My Voice
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018
When author Amanda McDonough started losing her hearing at the age of 4 she swore her parents to secrecy. She hid her hearing loss for 18 years from her friends, family, teachers, and acquaintances. As the author grew older, her hearing gradually decreased, causing her to begin struggling in school,...
The Catholic Labyrinth
Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Sexual abuse scandals, declining attendance, a meltdown in the number of priests and nuns, the closing of many parishes and parochial schools--all have shaken American Catholicism. Yet conservatives have increasingly dominated the church hierarchy. In The Catholic Labyrinth, Peter McDonough tells...
Christ as Creator
Origins of a New Testament Doctrine
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009
This book examines the New Testament teaching that Christ was the one through whom God made the world. While scholars usually interpret this doctrine as arising from the equation of Jesus and the Wisdom of God, Sean McDonough argues that it had its roots in the church's memories of Jesus' miracles....