 Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions
From Columbus to George W. Bush (which is a lot of material, people), Leland takes us through mythconceptions American history, exposing the idiocy and stupidity along the timeline. Have been reclassified to report about the myths. For example, Samuel Prescott was actually the kind we are aware that the British were coming and there is no doubt that Paul Revere. Move Colbert and Stewart, satire has finally found its place in American history. Book Excerpt: "John Tyler was on his knees playing marbles when he was informed that Benjamin Harrison was dead and now president of the United States. Pebbles at that time was a very popular game for both children and adults." To Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions
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August 2, 2011
Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions
January 15, 2011
Zero History
 Zero History
Read by TBA first new novel by William Gibson Spook Country. Zero History
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November 24, 2010
A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
Product Description A Patriot’s History of the United States: From Columbus’s Great Discovery to the War on Terror For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their prejudices to affect the way they are taught the American past. These scholars have searched for incidents of racism, sexism and intolerance in our history, while diminishing the greatness of American patriots and the achievements of "dead white males". Consequently, the emphasis is more on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington, more to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II D-Day on Iwo Jima, and more about the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy addressed by Josef Stalin. A Patriot History, U.S. corrects doctrinal prejudices. In this book, the discovery of America
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August 16, 2010
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Product Description The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the question is deceptively simple: what we have for dinner? Identify the source of each table of food chains that sustain us, whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed, which develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is an exploration overwhelming, surprising the hunger that have shaped our evolution, and the profound implications our food choices have on the health of our species and the future of our planet.
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July 30, 2010
The static of the spheres (The Personal history, adventures, experiences & observations of Peter Leroy)
Product Description The static of the spheres (The Personal history, adventures, experiences & observations of Peter Leroy) Leroy Peter remembers his maternal grandfather trying to build a shortwave radio, a project that begins with an article in the journal Impractical Craftsman promising "for hours and hours of endless work of astonishing precision." After many, many hours watching his grandfather work in his studio in the basement, Pedro, finally put the headphones, turn the switch and turn the discs. Through the crackle and static states sussurous sounds of love and lust, joy and sadness, hope and loss. "The reading of the saga of Peter Leroy is similar to the vision of a champion juggler deftly hold dozens of bullets into the air while performing a dance routine complex double-time, all without shortness of breath …. sentimental, loving, raucous ,
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July 23, 2010
Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White
Product Description Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White Setting the Record Straight is a unique view of the moral and religious heritage of American blacks, with particular attention to the stories, but significant, our rich political history. The material presented is innovative and revolutionary, leaving viewers amazed and inspired.
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January 12, 2010
Camera: History of photography from daguerreotype to digital (Paperback)
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