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Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Motorcities-Automobile National Heritage Area Celebrates the Ford Centennial
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Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Common Ground
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The Centennial
Author: David Kroese
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1627876588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Sparked by the opportunity to explore his personal passions, David Kroese turns away from a rewarding yet languishing career and begins the adventure of a lifetime. What happens next evolves into a tour of all four hundred-plus units in America's National Park System -- a perfect way to celebrate the 2016 National Park Service centennial. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System details David's compelling centennial explorations to 387 parks in 360 days. The story continues through December 2017, when he becomes one of fewer than fifty people known to have visited all 417 national parks. His personal expedition is a poignant exploration into quintessential America as told through its historical and natural wonders. Delve into diverse locations from Hawaii to the Rockies, New England to the Caribbean, Charleston to the California desert, Alaska to American Samoa. Join David and experience the inherent marvels within America's unique landscape and fascinating history, revealed in engaging context, poetic descriptions, and heartfelt appreciation. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System is an odyssey of self discovery and fulfillment through the nation's soul.
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1627876588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Sparked by the opportunity to explore his personal passions, David Kroese turns away from a rewarding yet languishing career and begins the adventure of a lifetime. What happens next evolves into a tour of all four hundred-plus units in America's National Park System -- a perfect way to celebrate the 2016 National Park Service centennial. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System details David's compelling centennial explorations to 387 parks in 360 days. The story continues through December 2017, when he becomes one of fewer than fifty people known to have visited all 417 national parks. His personal expedition is a poignant exploration into quintessential America as told through its historical and natural wonders. Delve into diverse locations from Hawaii to the Rockies, New England to the Caribbean, Charleston to the California desert, Alaska to American Samoa. Join David and experience the inherent marvels within America's unique landscape and fascinating history, revealed in engaging context, poetic descriptions, and heartfelt appreciation. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System is an odyssey of self discovery and fulfillment through the nation's soul.
Current National Parks Bills
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks
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Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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The National Parks
Author: Barry Mackintosh
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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America by Design
Author: Spiro Kostof
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Written by the author of A History of Architecture, America by Design is a beautifully illustrated survey of America's built environment that stresses the historical perspective, viewing architecture in its social context. 280 black-and-white and 20 color photographs.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Written by the author of A History of Architecture, America by Design is a beautifully illustrated survey of America's built environment that stresses the historical perspective, viewing architecture in its social context. 280 black-and-white and 20 color photographs.
Some of My Best Friends Are Black
Author: Tanner Colby
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0143123637
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An irreverent, yet powerful exploration of race relations by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Chris Farley Show Frank, funny, and incisive, Some of My Best Friends Are Black offers a profoundly honest portrait of race in America. In a book that is part reportage, part history, part social commentary, Tanner Colby explores why the civil rights movement ultimately produced such little true integration in schools, neighborhoods, offices, and churches—the very places where social change needed to unfold. Weaving together the personal, intimate stories of everyday people—black and white—Colby reveals the strange, sordid history of what was supposed to be the end of Jim Crow, but turned out to be more of the same with no name. He shows us how far we have come in our journey to leave mistrust and anger behind—and how far all of us have left to go.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0143123637
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An irreverent, yet powerful exploration of race relations by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Chris Farley Show Frank, funny, and incisive, Some of My Best Friends Are Black offers a profoundly honest portrait of race in America. In a book that is part reportage, part history, part social commentary, Tanner Colby explores why the civil rights movement ultimately produced such little true integration in schools, neighborhoods, offices, and churches—the very places where social change needed to unfold. Weaving together the personal, intimate stories of everyday people—black and white—Colby reveals the strange, sordid history of what was supposed to be the end of Jim Crow, but turned out to be more of the same with no name. He shows us how far we have come in our journey to leave mistrust and anger behind—and how far all of us have left to go.
Letters from Mrs. Grundy
Author: Oneita Jackson
Publisher: Antigravity
ISBN: 9781943290741
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What do you do after you've had one too many bad customer service experiences? If you're former Detroit Free Press columnist Oneita Jackson, you write a satirical book directed at the offenders. A barista at one of Jackson's favorite Detroit coffee shops was rude to her, and when she complained, the owner defended the worker. That resulted in the award-winning journalist and former cab driver's second Dave Eggers-endorsed book, which is named after a character in an 18th Century Thomas Morton play. The sophisticated little book confines most letters to one page. The reader is invited to laugh (or scream) with Jackson as she challenges the status quo in dining, retail, public transportation, and city governance. "Jackson is funny--she is always funny--but behind the humor is a plaintive cry for humans to be more human, to be more careful and more kind," Eggers says. Originally published in March 2017, "Letters from Mrs. Grundy" is even more germane to customer service conversations today.
Publisher: Antigravity
ISBN: 9781943290741
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What do you do after you've had one too many bad customer service experiences? If you're former Detroit Free Press columnist Oneita Jackson, you write a satirical book directed at the offenders. A barista at one of Jackson's favorite Detroit coffee shops was rude to her, and when she complained, the owner defended the worker. That resulted in the award-winning journalist and former cab driver's second Dave Eggers-endorsed book, which is named after a character in an 18th Century Thomas Morton play. The sophisticated little book confines most letters to one page. The reader is invited to laugh (or scream) with Jackson as she challenges the status quo in dining, retail, public transportation, and city governance. "Jackson is funny--she is always funny--but behind the humor is a plaintive cry for humans to be more human, to be more careful and more kind," Eggers says. Originally published in March 2017, "Letters from Mrs. Grundy" is even more germane to customer service conversations today.
Hard Stuff
Author: Coleman A. Young
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
His life abounds in colorful anecdote and abrasive repartee. When he was harassed by the House Un-American Activities Committee, his response was: "I consider the activities of this Committee as un-American.
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
His life abounds in colorful anecdote and abrasive repartee. When he was harassed by the House Un-American Activities Committee, his response was: "I consider the activities of this Committee as un-American.
Blackballed
Author: Lawrence Ross
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466891742
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"College" is a word that means many things to many people: a space for knowledge, a place to gain lifelong friends, and an opportunity to transcend one's socioeconomic station. Today, though, this word also recalls a slew of headlines that have revealed a dark and persistent world of racial politics on campus. Does this association disturb our idealized visions of what happens behind the ivied walls of higher learning? It should-because campus racism on college campuses is as American as college football on Fall Saturdays. From Lawrence Ross, author of The Divine Nine and the leading expert on sororities and fraternities, Blackballed is an explosive and controversial book that rips the veil off America's hidden secret: America's colleges have fostered a racist environment that makes them a hostile space for African American students. Blackballed exposes the white fraternity and sorority system, with traditions of racist parties, songs, and assaults on black students; and the universities themselves, who name campus buildings after racist men and women. It also takes a deep dive into anti-affirmative action policies, and how they effectively segregate predominately white universities, providing ample room for white privilege. A bold mix of history and the current climate, Blackballed is a call to action for universities to make radical changes to their policies and standards to foster a better legacy for all students.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466891742
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"College" is a word that means many things to many people: a space for knowledge, a place to gain lifelong friends, and an opportunity to transcend one's socioeconomic station. Today, though, this word also recalls a slew of headlines that have revealed a dark and persistent world of racial politics on campus. Does this association disturb our idealized visions of what happens behind the ivied walls of higher learning? It should-because campus racism on college campuses is as American as college football on Fall Saturdays. From Lawrence Ross, author of The Divine Nine and the leading expert on sororities and fraternities, Blackballed is an explosive and controversial book that rips the veil off America's hidden secret: America's colleges have fostered a racist environment that makes them a hostile space for African American students. Blackballed exposes the white fraternity and sorority system, with traditions of racist parties, songs, and assaults on black students; and the universities themselves, who name campus buildings after racist men and women. It also takes a deep dive into anti-affirmative action policies, and how they effectively segregate predominately white universities, providing ample room for white privilege. A bold mix of history and the current climate, Blackballed is a call to action for universities to make radical changes to their policies and standards to foster a better legacy for all students.