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Price: $28.95
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Sale: $28.95
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Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Ronald C., Jr. White
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Publisher: Thorndike Press
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Edition: Largeprint
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Dewey Decimal Number: 973.7092
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Publication Date: 2002-07
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: In the tradition of Garry Wills's modern classic Lincoln at Gettysburg, Ronald C. White Jr. offers a close reading of the speech Abraham Lincoln gave in 1865 at his second inauguration and declares it the man's finest and most important effort. It contains one of Lincoln's best-known lines ("With malice toward none; with charity for all"), which White admires as "a timeless promise of reconciliation." At the same time, White reminds readers that rather than yanking such brilliant rhetorical nuggets from their context, "We need to understand Lincoln's strategy for the complete speech." He provides this in some detail, describing the political environment in which Lincoln found himself, having recently won a presidential election that he nearly lost and also seeing the Confederacy begin to collapse for good. It was not a long speech, containing only 701 words of mostly one syllable each and requiring merely six or seven minutes to deliver, compared to about 35 minutes for the inaugural address he had given four years earlier. White calls these words Lincoln's "last will and testament to America." John Wilkes Booth, who attended the inaugural ceremony, would murder him the next month. Lincoln buffs in particular will appreciate this book, as will fans of Jay Winik's April 1865. --John Miller
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Price: $13.99
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Sale: $13.99
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Manufacturer: ReadHowYouWant
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Pere, Alexandre Dumas
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Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
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Edition: EasyRead Edition
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Dewey Decimal Number: 900
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Publication Date: 2006-10-01
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Reading Level: 340
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Description: ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you. A masterpiece from Dumas’ Celebrated Crime Series. Based on actual historical facts, it entertains with its fast-paced plot and vivid narrative. Engrossing! To find more titles in your format, Search in Books using EasyRead and the size of the font that makes reading easier and more enjoyable for you.
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Manufacturer: G. K. Hall & Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Ian Frazier
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Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 917.80433
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Publication Date: 1990-08
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Reading Level: 412
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Description: With his distinctive blend of intrepidity and wide-eyed wonder, Frazier relates the tale of his 25,000-mile drive across the Great Plains states. In the tradition of Mark Twain's Roughing It , Great Plains is a heartfelt expedition through western America. (Travel)
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Manufacturer: Random House Large Print
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Sally Bedell Smith
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Publisher: Random House Large Print
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Dewey Decimal Number: 973.9220922
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Publication Date: 2004-05-04
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Reading Level: 1088
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Description: In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made available for the first time, Smith paints a richly detailed picture of the personal relationships behind the high purpose and poiltical drama of the twentieth century's most storied presidency.
At the dawn of the 1960s, a forty-three-year-old president and his thirty-one-year-old first lady – the youngest couple ever to occupy the White House – captivated the world with their easy elegance and their cool conviction that anything was possible. Jack and Jackie Kennedy gathered around them an intensely loyal and brillant coterie of intellectuals, journalists, diplomats, international jet-setters and artists. Perhaps as never before, Washington was sharply divided between the “ins” and the “outs.”
In his public life, JFK created a New Frontier, stared down the Soviets, and devoted himself to his wife and children. As first lady, Jackie mesmerized foreign leaders and the American people with her style and sophistication, creating a White House renowned for its beauty and culture. Smith brilliantly recreates the glamorous pageant of the Kennedy years, as well as the daily texture of the Kennedys’ marriage, friendships, political associations, and, in Jack’s case, multiple love affairs.
Smith’s striking revelations include new information about what drew Jack to his numerous mistresses – and what effects the relationships ultimately had on the women; about the rivalries and resentments among Kennedy’s advisers; and about the poignant days before and after Kennedy’s assassination.
Smith has fashioned a vivid and nuanced portrait not only of two extraordinary individuals but of a new age that sprang to life around them. Shimmering with intelligence and detail, GRACE AND POWER is history at its finest.
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Manufacturer: Ulverscroft Large Print
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: James Hayward
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Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print
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Dewey Decimal Number: 900
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Publication Date: 2006-04-30
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: As with the Great War, the Second World War gave rise to a rich crop of legends, many of which persist in the public consciousness even today. Some are well known, like the Dunkirk story, which portrayed the disaster of 1940 as a victory. Others are more obscure like the rumors of a German invasion attempt on the beaches of Norfolk in 1940, a myth that resurfaced in 1992. There are stories of the 'Manston Mutiny' during the Battle of Britain, espionage myths that surround the sinking of the battleship Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, the falsehood that no German spies in Britain operated outside MI5's double-cross system, and the real story behind 'the man who never was' (first revealed in 1996). Also covered are the Rudolf Hess story, myths about the nature and true effectiveness of the Resistance movements in Europe, and the true extent of Hitler's belief in astrology and his quest for the Holy Grail. Myths on land, sea and air are also discussed including the 'betrayal' at Dieppe, Nazi U-boat bases in Ireland. Weaving his narrative around a wide range of contemporary documentary sources, James Hayward presents an objective and rigorous analysis of the main myths, legends and popular falsehoods of the Second World War. The result is a new and refreshing perspective on the popular image of the Second World War.
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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $50.00
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Manufacturer: Wheeler Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
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Edition: Largeprint
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Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
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Publication Date: 1998-03
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Reading Level: 276
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Description: Wait Till Next Yearis the story of a young girl growing up in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, when owning a single-family home on a tree-lined street meant the realization of dreams, when everyone knew everyone else on the block, and the children gathered in the streets to play from sunup to sundown. The neighborhood was equally divided among Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans, and the corner stores were the scenes of fierce and affectionate rivalries. The narrative begins in 1949 at the dawn of a glorious era in baseball, an era that saw one of the three New York teams competing in the World Series every year, and era when the lineups on most teams remained basically intact year after year, allowing fans to extend loyalty and love to their chosen teams, knowing that for the most part, their favorite players would return the following year, exhibiting their familiar strengths, weaknesses, quirks, and habits. Never would there be a better time to be a Brooklyn Dodger fan. But in 1957 it all came to an abrupt end when the Dodgers (and the Giants) were forcibly uprooted from New York and transplanted to California. Shortly after the Dodgers left, Kearns' mother dies, and the family moved from the old neighborhood to an apartment on the other side of town. This move coincided with the move of several other families on the block and with the decline of the corner store as the supermarket began to take over. It was the end of an era and the beginning of another and, for Kearns, the end of childhood.
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Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Nathan Aaseng
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Publisher: Thorndike Press
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Edition: Largeprint
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Dewey Decimal Number: 940.548673
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Publication Date: 2002-10
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Reading Level: 139
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Description: On the Pacific front during World War II, strange messages were picked up by American and Japanese forces on land and at sea. The messages were totally unintelligible to everyone except a small select group within the Marine Corps: the Navajo code talkers-a group of Navajos communicating in a code based on the Navajo language. This code, the first unbreakable one in U.S. history, was a key reason that the Allies were able to win in the Pacific.
Navajo Code Talkers tells the story of the special group, who proved themselves to be among the bravest, most valuable, and most loyal of American soldiers during World War II.
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Manufacturer: Thorndike Pr
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Sherry Sontag::Christopher Drew::Annette Lawrence Drew
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Publisher: Thorndike Pr
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Edition: Largeprint
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Dewey Decimal Number: 359.984
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Publication Date: 1999-04
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Reading Level: 728
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Description: Little is known--and less has been published--about American submarine espionage during the Cold War. These submerged sentinels silently monitored the Soviet Union's harbors, shadowed its subs, watched its missile tests, eavesdropped on its conversations, and even retrieved top-secret debris from the bottom of the sea. In an engaging mix of first-rate journalism and historical narrative, Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, and Annette Lawrence Drew describe what went on. "Most of the stories in Blind Man's Bluff have never been told publicly," they write, "and none have ever been told in this level of detail." Among their revelations is the most complete accounting to date of the 1968 disappearance of the U.S.S. Scorpion; the story of how the Navy located a live hydrogen bomb lost by the Air Force; and a plot by the CIA and Howard Hughes to steal a Soviet sub. The most interesting chapter reveals how an American sub secretly tapped Soviet communications cables beneath the waves. Blind Man's Bluff is a compelling book about the courage, ingenuity, and patriotism of America's underwater spies. --John J. Miller
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Price: $26.95
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Sale: $6.99
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Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Michel Allard::Victor Lebre::Jean-Marie Robine::Jeanne Calment
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Publisher: Thorndike Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 944.9108092
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Publication Date: 1999-05
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Reading Level: 215
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Description: Jeanne Calment died in August 1997 aged 122 years. Her life remains the longest ever documented and has defied the theories of some scientists who postulated that humans could not live that long. This volume seeks to discover the secret to Calment's longevity.
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Manufacturer: G K Hall & Co
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Bette Lord
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Publisher: G K Hall & Co
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Edition: Lrg
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Dewey Decimal Number: 951.057
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Publication Date: 1991-04
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Reading Level: 372
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Description: Urgent and timeless, Legacies brings us closer than we have ever been to penetrating the great conundrum of China m the twentieth century. It could only have been written by Bette Bao Lord -- born in China, raised in America, author of the bestselling novel Spring Moon, wife of a former American ambassador to China, resident in Beijing during the "China Spring" of 1989. Lord's unique web of relationships and her sensitive insight have enabled her to observe Chinese life both high and low, Communist and dissident, intellectual and ordinary.
Lord interweaves her own story, and that of her clansmen, with the voices of men and women who recall the tumultuous experience of the last fifty years, and the legacy of the Cultural Revolution. In precise, subtle prose, Lord explores the reality of Red Guards and reeducation camps, of friends and families severed by political disgrace, and captures the individual voices of those caught up in them: the seven-year-old girl with a heart full of hate for her father; the journalist whose girlfriend believes the Party newspapers, not him; the imprisoned scholar who hid his writings in his quilt for years; the anti-revolutionary who tells his bitter story in a vein of high farce. All bear heartbreaking witness to the surreal quality of Chinese society today -- and to the astonishing resilience, humor, and heroic equanimity of the Chinese spirit.
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