Ted: 1458 books
Last King of the Sports Page
The Life and Career of Jim Murray
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Part crusader, part comedian, Jim Murray was a once-in-a-generation literary talent who just happened to ply his trade on newsprint, right near the box scores and race results. During his lifetime, Murray rose through the ranks of journalism, from hard-bitten 1940s crime reporter, to national Hollywood...
The Late Age of Print
Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2009
Ted Striphas argues that, although the production and propagation of books have undoubtedly entered a new phase, printed works are still very much a part of our everyday lives. With examples from trade journals, news media, films, advertisements, and a host of other commercial and scholarly materials,...
Reconstructing the Cold War
The Early Years, 1945-1958
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
General answers are hard to imagine for the many puzzling questions that are raised by Soviet relations with the world in the early years of the Cold War. Why was Moscow more frightened by the Marshall Plan than the Truman Doctrine? Why would the Soviet Union abandon its closest socialist ally, Yugoslavia,...
by Bryan Giemza, Rebecca Sharpless, Ted Atkinson
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Much of American popular culture depicts the 1930s South either as home to a population that was intellectually, morally, and physically stunted, or as a romantic, sentimentalized haven untouched by the nation’s financial troubles. Though these images stand as polar opposites, each casts the South...
Listening In
The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
To mark John F. Kennedy's centennial, celebrate the life and legacy of the 35th President of the United States.
In July 1962, in an effort to preserve an accurate record of Presidential decision-making in a highly charged atmosphere of conflicting viewpoints, strategies and tactics, John F....
The Fire Next Door
Mexico's Drug Violence and the Danger to America
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Since the Mexican government initiated a military offensive against its country’s powerful drug cartels in December 2006, some 50,000 people have perished and the drugs continue to flow. In The Fire Next Door, Ted Galen Carpenter boldly conveys the growing horror overtaking Mexico and makes the case...
Ben Hogan's Short Game Simplified
The Secret to Hogan's Game from 120 Yards and In
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
In the follow-up to his successful Ben Hogan’s Magical Device, author Ted Hunt takes things a step further, focusing his attention on the elements of Hogan’s picture-perfect swing specific to shots attempted within 100 yards of the flagstick. Ben Hogan’s Short Game Simplified begins with an...
by Ted Rueter
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Ted Rueter panders to Democratic party lines by collecting 370 oratorical guffaws credited to popular politicians. Categorized in alphabetical order and presented by subject topic, the quips include:
Forgiveness: "In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times we should forgive,...
by Ted Rueter
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
"Am I different? Yeah. Deep down, you know you want to wear wider bottoms; you're just not secure enough. . . . Do I do my hair with a weed whacker? I admit it." --Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio, 1985-2002)Supposedly some of our brightest speakers, politicians say some pretty stupid things. Members...
by Ted Rueter
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Ted Rueter panders to Republican party lines by collecting 370 oratorical guffaws credited to popular politicians. Categorized in alphabetical order and presented by subject topic, the quips include:Osama bin Laden: "[Osama bin Laden] is either alive and well or alive and not well or not alive."...
The Radical Center
The Future of American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Record numbers of Americans describe themselves as “independents” and reject the conventional agendas of Left and Right. In this widely acclaimed book, Ted Halstead and Michael Lind explain why today’s ideologies and institutions are so ill-suited to the Information Age, and offer a groundbreaking...
Family Bonds
Free Blacks and Re-enslavement Law in Antebellum Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Between 1854 and 1864, more than a hundred free African Americans in Virginia proposed to enslave themselves and, in some cases, their children. Ted Maris-Wolf explains this phenomenon as a response to state legislation that forced free African Americans to make a terrible choice: leave enslaved loved...
Break Through
Why We Can't Leave Saving the Planet to Environmentalists
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
Two of Time magazine’s “Heroes of the Environment” reject the status quo of liberal politics and offer a bold vision for addressing climate change.
Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus triggered a firestorm of controversy with their self-published essay “The Death of Environmentalism,”...
First Looks and Beyond
The Collected Poems of Ted Kotcheff Vol 2
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
His second published volume exhibits the same extraordinary vividness and vigor that permeates the first, whether the subject be grief at his Father's death, his youthful friendship with pro wrestler Sky Hi Lee, his chat with a turkey vulture, or the mystery of the disappearing honey bee.