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Donald Rumsfeld - Known and Unknown, A Memoir (201 1).jpg

"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much." - Rumsfeld's Rules

Few Americans have spent more time near the center of power than Donald Rumsfeld. Now he has written an unflinching memoir of his half-century career, sharing previously undisclosed details that will fascinate readers and force historians to rethink many controversies.

Starting from a middle-class childhood in Illinois, Rumsfeld had a rapid rise that won him early acclaim. He shows us what it was like growing up during the Great Depression and World War II, going to Princeton on scholarships, serving as a naval aviator, then getting his first political job on Capitol Hill during the Eisenhower administration. He recalls how he won a seat in the House of Representatives at age thirty and what he experienced as a Republican in Congress during the Kennedy and Johnson years.

We also follow him back to the executive branch as he took on key cabinet positions in the Nixon and Ford administrations, including his service as the youngest-ever secretary of defense, just after the trauma of Vietnam. And we learn about the challenges he later faced as a CEO in the private sector, and during his special assignments for President Reagan, including a face-to-face meeting with Saddam Hussein in 1983.

All of that would have been enough material for a fascinating book. But as 2001 began, Rumsfeld's greatest challenges lay ahead of him. At age sixty-eight he returned to the Pentagon as President Bush's secretary of defense, with a mandate to transform the military for a new century. Just nine months later he would confront the worst acts of terrorism in American history, followed by unexpected wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. And he would be on the firing line for many controversies, from the revelations of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison to allegations of torture at Guantánamo Bay.

Known and Unknown reveals what happened behind the scenes during the critical moments of the Bush years, as the President's inner circle debated how best to defend our country. It is based not only on Rumsfeld's memory but also on hundreds of previously unreleased documents from throughout his career. It also features his blunt, firsthand opinions about some of the world's best-known figures, from Margaret Thatcher to Elvis Presley, from Henry Kissinger to Colin Powell, and about each American president from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush.

In a famous press briefing, Rumsfeld once remarked that "there are also unknown unknowns . . . things we do not know we don't know." His book makes us realize just how much we didn't know.

Donald Rumsfeld is donating his proceeds from the sales of Known and Unknown to the military charities supported by the Rumsfeld Foundation.

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Huston Smith - A Seat at the Table, Huston Smith I n Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom (2005).jpg

01 - USA - Huston Smith - A Seat at the Table, Huston Smith In Con...sation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom 2005.jpg

In this collection of illuminating conversations, renowned historian of world religions Huston Smith invites ten influential American Indian spiritual and political leaders to talk about their five-hundred-year struggle for religious freedom. Their intimate, impassioned dialogues yield profound insights into one of the most striking cases of tragic irony in history: the country that prides itself on religious freedom has resolutely denied those same rights to its own indigenous people. With remarkable erudition and curiosity--and respectfully framing his questions in light of the revelation that his discovery of Native American religion helped him round out his views of the world's religions--Smith skillfully helps reveal the depth of the speakers' knowledge and experience. American Indian leaders Vine Deloria, Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux), Winona LaDuke (Anishshinaabeg), Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), Frank Dayish, Jr. (Navajo), Charlotte Black Elk (Oglala Lakota), Douglas George-Kanentiio (Mohawk-Iroquois), Lenny Foster (Dine/Navajo), Tonya Gonnella Frichner (Onondaga), Anthony Guy Lopez (Lakota-Sioux), and Oren Lyons (Onondaga) provide an impressive overview of the critical issues facing the Native American community today. Their ideas about spirituality, politics, relations with the U.S. government, their place in American society, and the continuing vitality of their communities give voice to a population that is all too often ignored in contemporary discourse. The culture they describe is not a relic of the past, nor a historical curiosity, but a living tradition that continues to shape Native American lives.

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Huston Smith - A Seat at the Table, Huston Smith I n Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom (2005).pdf

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Jack W. Plunkett - Plunkett's Companion to the Alm anac of American Employers 2010, Market Research, Statistics & Trends Pertaining to America's Hottes t Mid-size Employers ... (2010).jpg

01 - USA - Jack W. Plunkett - Plunketts Companion to the Almanac o...aining to Americas Hottest Mid-size Employers ... 2010.jpg

Plunkett's Companion to the Almanac of American Employers is the perfect complement to the highly-regarded main volume of The Almanac of American Employers. This mid-size firms companion book covers employers of all types from 100 to 2,500 employees in size (while the main volume covers companies of 2,500 or more employees). No other source provides this book's easy-to-understand comparisons of growth, corporate culture, salaries, benefits, pension plans and profit sharing at mid-size corporations. The book contains profiles of highly successful companies that are of vital importance to job-seekers of all types. It also enables readers to readily compare the growth potential and benefit plans of large employers. You'll see the financial record of each firm, along with the impact of earnings, sales and growth plans on each company's potential to provide a lucrative and lasting employment opportunity. Nearly five hundred of the most successful mid-size corporate employers in America are analyzed in this book. Tens of thousands of pieces of information, gathered from a wide variety of sources, have been researched for each corporation and are presented here in a unique form that can be easily understood by job seekers of all types. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling export of company names, human resources contacts, and addresses for mail merge and other uses.

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Jack W. Plunkett - Plunkett's Companion to the Alm anac of American Employers 2010, Market Research, Statistics & Trends Pertaining to America's Hottes t Mid-size Employers ... (2010).pdf

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Jack W. Plunkett - Plunkett's Entertainment & Medi a Industry Almanac 2010 (2010).jpg

The electronic age is bringing sweeping changes to entertainment and media of all kinds, including publishing, broadcasting and film. Multimedia, the Internet and other digital media outlets for entertainment and information are being refined at a rapid rate. Media giants are merging and making big acquisitions. This book covers these exciting developments and provides profiles on hundreds of leading firms in film, radio, television, cable, new media, and publishing of all types including books, magazines and newspapers. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. You'll get in-depth profiles of nearly 400 of the world's top Entertainment & Media firms: our own unique list of companies that are the leaders in this field. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in all facets of the Entertainment and Media Business, from broadcasters to film production companies, casino operators to theme park companies, publishers of books and magazines to video game designers, and much more. Our corporate profiles include executive contacts, growth plans, financial records, address, phone, fax and much more. This innovative book offers unique information, all indexed and cross-indexed more for each firm! Our industry analysis section provides an exceptional discussion of business and market trends. The book includes statistical tables covering revenues for several industry sectors. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key data.

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Jack W. Plunkett - Plunkett's Entertainment & Medi a Industry Almanac 2010 (2010).pdf

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Laurence Leamer - The Kennedy Men, 1901-1963 (2002 ).jpg

Journalist Leamer (The Kennedy Women) provides a stirring narrative of the Kennedy men but comes up short as regards analysis of the byzantine motivations, complex psychology and persistent moral failures that lie behind the events he otherwise describes so well. Putting his own spin on well-known anecdotes (including all the most popular tales from so many other books that document Joe Sr.'s rise in business and politics, his failure to recognize the menace of Hitler and his sponsorship of his children's careers). Leamer steadfastly refuses to shed a critical light on the proclivities of Kennedy père. The author soft-pedals, for example, the Kennedy partriarch's well-documented anti-Semitism. The same lack of critical analysis despite Leamer's access to never-before available materials constitutes a considerable flaw throughout the book. Although offering engaging and fast-moving accounts of such events as Joe Jr.'s death and Jack's rise in politics through means both fair and foul, Leamer consistently refrains from considering the ethical implications of his stories, or the evident shortcomings in the character of more than one Kennedy. He seems, for example, to step back in awe when considering the brilliance and audacity of the Kennedys' stealing Cook County and therefore the election during the 1960 presidential race. In the final analysis, Leamer is a fan, idealizing his subjects. The result is a good read, though not necessarily a balanced history.

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Simon Winchester - The Surgeon of Crowthorne, A Ta le of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dicti onary (1999).jpeg

01 - USA - Simon Winchester - The Surgeon of Crowthorne, A Tale o...urder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary 1999.jpeg

The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the "OED's" editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. What he found was incredible - Minor was a millionaire American civil war surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder and yet who dedicated his entire cell-bound life to work on the English language.

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Luiz Carlos do Nascimento Silva - Put Your Dream s Away, A Frank Sinatra Discography (2000).jpg

Focusing on Sinatra's presence in the recording studio, this discography catalogues Frank Sinatra's commercial records, V-Discs, and soundtrack film recordings. The first chapter covers Sinatra's early years as a vocalist with the big bands of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Entries then proceed chronologically with separate chapters for each decade. Data was collected from session reports in the files of record companies and from some union contracts. Commercial record and film soundtrack entries include band personnel and composer credits. Frank Sinatra fans, music historians, and discographers will appreciate this comprehensive catalogue of session recordings in which Sinatra either sang or conducted. The sessions span Sinatra's entire career, from his early days through the nineties. Two indexes, of song titles and of artists, complete the book.

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Luiz Carlos do Nascimento Silva - Put Your Dream s Away, A Frank Sinatra Discography (2000).pdf

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Richard A. Wood - The Weather Almanac, A Reference Guide to Weather, Climate, and Related Issues in the United States and Its Key Cities (2003).jpg

01 - USA - Richard A. Wood - The Weather Almanac, A Reference Gui...ed Issues in the United States and Its Key Cities 2003.jpg

The Weather Almanac presents hundreds of in-depth weather records for 108 major U.S. cities and a climatic overview of the country, including 33 U.S. weather atlas maps. You'll find explanations, safety rules and statistics for hurricanes, tornadoes and more. New to this edition is a "Recent Weather" chapter, detailing major weather events from the last two years. Includes a glossary, subject index and a guide to additional weather resources.

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Richard A. Wood - The Weather Almanac, A Reference Guide to Weather, Climate, and Related Issues in the United States and Its Key Cities (2003).pdf

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Ronald L. Braithwaite, Sandra E. Taylor, Henrie M Treadwell - Health Issues in the Black Community ( 2009).jpg

This review of African American health concerns brings together 25 original essays by leading experts in the field. Introductory essays present a grim statistical portrait of current black health status and needs. Other essays deal with women's health issues, AIDS, substance abuse, chronic diseases, homicide and violence, lead poisoning, sickle cell anemia, child health issues, health of the aged, health education, reproductive rights, and health policy concerns, among other issues. This much-needed work is essential for most academic and health science collections, as well as public libraries with subject demand.
A must for all physicians and persons interested in improving the health status of the African American population.

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SeaPower Magazine February 2011.jpg

Seapower magazine are the official publications of the Navy League of the United States (NLUS).

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SeaPower Magazine February 2011.pdf

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SeaPower Magazine November 2010.jpg

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SeaPower Magazine November 2010.pdf

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SeaPower Magazine December 2010.jpg

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SeaPower Magazine December 2010.pdf

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SeaPower Magazine October 2010.jpg

Seapower magazine and the Almanac of Seapower (published in January) are the official publications of the Navy League of the United States (NLUS). Procurement decision-makers in the defense market, senior officials of the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and U.S. Flag Merchant Marine, Congress, and the Departments of Defense and Transportation read Seapower magazine. Seapower is the only audited monthly magazine that focuses exclusively on the nation's maritime defense news. Each issue's editorial content is geared toward updating sea service personnel, procurement specialists, executives in the defense industry, and decision-makers on Capitol Hill.

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SeaPower Magazine October 2010.pdf

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SeaPower Magazine March 2011.jpg

Seapower magazine and the Almanac of Seapower (published in January) are the official publications of the Navy League of the United States (NLUS). Procurement decision-makers in the defense market, senior officials of the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and U.S. Flag Merchant Marine, Congress, and the Departments of Defense and Transportation read Seapower magazine. Seapower is the only audited monthly magazine that focuses exclusively on the nation's maritime defense news. Each issue's editorial content is geared toward updating sea service personnel, procurement specialists, executives in the defense industry, and decision-makers on Capitol Hill.

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SeaPower Magazine March 2011.pdf

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Soldiers. The Official U.S. Army Magazine - Vol. 5 1 No. 1 (January 1996).jpg

This is an almanac issue of this monthly magazine, designed to show readers where the Army's been in 1995, where it is currently in 1996, and to offer a look at the enormous variety of Army duty and life.

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Soldiers. The Official U.S. Army Magazine - Vol. 5 1 No. 1 (January 1996).pdf

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U.S. Department of the Army - National Guard Units (1985).jpeg

This is a listing of all U.S. Army National Guard units as of 1 January 1985, down to the company, battery, troop, and detachment level. Each unit's location (state, town, street address) and Department of the Army DODAAC identification code is given. This 74-page listing is printed out in alphabetical order of the states and territories (including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands), and then in ascending order by unit numeric designation. The list is an interesting look at the extensive organization of the National Guard at the end of the Cold War.

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U.S. Department of the Army - National Guard Units (1985).pdf

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Frank Brady - Endgame, Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall, from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness (2011).jpg

01 - USA - Frank Brady - Endgame, Bobby Fischers Remarkable Rise ...Americas Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness 2011.jpg

There may be no one more qualified than Frank Brady to write the definitive biography of Bobby Fischer. Brady's Profile of a Prodigy (originally published in 1969) chronicled the chess icon's early years, a selection of 90 games, and (in later editions) his 1972 World Championship match with Boris Spassky. With Endgame, published two years after Fischer's death, Brady's on-and-off proximity to Fischer lends new depth to the latter's full and twisted life story. Though Fischer's pinnacle artistry on the chessboard may often be discussed in the same breath with his eventual paranoia and outspoken anti-Semitism, the particular turns and travels of his post-World Championship years (half his life) lend his story most of its vexing oddity: the niggling insistence on seemingly arbitrary conditions for his matches, the years on the lam after flagrantly disregarding U.S. economic sanctions, his incarceration in Japan, his eventual citizenship and quiet demise in Iceland. All told, Fischer's life was like none other, and told through the lens of Brady's personal familiarity and access to new source material, results in an utterly engaging read.

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James Otis - Richard of Jamestown (2007).jpg

Follow the fortunes of orphan Richard Mutton as he travels to the New World with Captain John Smith and takes up residence with him in the new colony of Jamestown. See the struggles they go through to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table while the majority of their fellow colonists shirk the work of establishing the colony for the pursuit of gold. Observe how their relationships with the native Americans change over time and how, when they are just on the point of abandoning the colony, a new contingent of colonists arrives to bring fresh hope to the Jamestown settlement. Numerous black and white illustrations complement the text. Suitable for ages 8 and up.

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