Author: Michael O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Never a fiery orator nor a seeker of headlines, nevertheless, eighteen years in the upper house of Congress earned Phil Hart the title of "The Conscience of the Senate" by colleagues in both parties. Author and sponsor of critical legislation, particularly in the areas of civil rights, antitrust enforcement, and consumer and environmental protection, Hart took great pride in the fact that he was a leader in the Senate fight for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was intelligent and committed, idealistic and courageous, honest and humble, taking stands on controversial issues. A role model for many, an inspiration to others, the extent of his influence was demonstrated in the fall of 1976 as he was retiring from the Senate and dying of cancer.
Philip Hart
Author: Michael O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Never a fiery orator nor a seeker of headlines, nevertheless, eighteen years in the upper house of Congress earned Phil Hart the title of "The Conscience of the Senate" by colleagues in both parties. Author and sponsor of critical legislation, particularly in the areas of civil rights, antitrust enforcement, and consumer and environmental protection, Hart took great pride in the fact that he was a leader in the Senate fight for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was intelligent and committed, idealistic and courageous, honest and humble, taking stands on controversial issues. A role model for many, an inspiration to others, the extent of his influence was demonstrated in the fall of 1976 as he was retiring from the Senate and dying of cancer.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Never a fiery orator nor a seeker of headlines, nevertheless, eighteen years in the upper house of Congress earned Phil Hart the title of "The Conscience of the Senate" by colleagues in both parties. Author and sponsor of critical legislation, particularly in the areas of civil rights, antitrust enforcement, and consumer and environmental protection, Hart took great pride in the fact that he was a leader in the Senate fight for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was intelligent and committed, idealistic and courageous, honest and humble, taking stands on controversial issues. A role model for many, an inspiration to others, the extent of his influence was demonstrated in the fall of 1976 as he was retiring from the Senate and dying of cancer.
Flying Free
Author: Philip S. Hart
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 9780822597278
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Surveys the history of black aviators, from the early black aviation community in Chicago in the 1920s through World War II to modern times.
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 9780822597278
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Surveys the history of black aviators, from the early black aviation community in Chicago in the 1920s through World War II to modern times.
Up in the Air
Author: Philip S. Hart
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 0761358366
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
When she was growing up in Waxahachie, Texas, in the early 1900s, young Bessie Coleman had to do without a lot of things. Because she was black, she went to inferior schools. Because her mother worked to support the family, Bessie often had to stay at home to watch her younger sisters. But Bessie Coleman always knew she would make something of her life. In 1920 she became the first African-American woman to fly an airplane. Struggling against prejudice and lack of funds, Coleman built a career as a barn-storming pilot in the 1920s. Although she did not live to realize her dream of opening a school for black aviators, she was--by her example--a source of inspiration to generations of flyers, dreamers, and achievers to come.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 0761358366
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
When she was growing up in Waxahachie, Texas, in the early 1900s, young Bessie Coleman had to do without a lot of things. Because she was black, she went to inferior schools. Because her mother worked to support the family, Bessie often had to stay at home to watch her younger sisters. But Bessie Coleman always knew she would make something of her life. In 1920 she became the first African-American woman to fly an airplane. Struggling against prejudice and lack of funds, Coleman built a career as a barn-storming pilot in the 1920s. Although she did not live to realize her dream of opening a school for black aviators, she was--by her example--a source of inspiration to generations of flyers, dreamers, and achievers to come.
Bessie Coleman
Author: Philip S. Hart
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780822524694
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Looks at the life of the first black woman pilot, discussing her childhood, education, and flying career.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780822524694
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Looks at the life of the first black woman pilot, discussing her childhood, education, and flying career.
Orpheus in the New World
Author: Philip Hart
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393021691
Category : Symphony orchestras
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393021691
Category : Symphony orchestras
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Philip de László
Author: Duff Hart-Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Philip de Laszlo (1869-1937) was the pre-eminent portrait artist working in Britain between 1907 & 1937. He painted nearly 3000 portraits, including those of kings & queens, four American presidents & members of the European nobility. This title gives an account of both his life & his work.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Philip de Laszlo (1869-1937) was the pre-eminent portrait artist working in Britain between 1907 & 1937. He painted nearly 3000 portraits, including those of kings & queens, four American presidents & members of the European nobility. This title gives an account of both his life & his work.
Understanding Vietnam
Author: Neil L. Jamieson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520916581
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The American experience in Vietnam divided us as a nation and eroded our confidence in both the morality and the effectiveness of our foreign policy. Yet our understanding of this tragic episode remains superficial because, then and now, we have never grasped the passionate commitment with which the Vietnamese clung to and fought over their own competing visions of what Vietnam was and what it might become. To understand the war, we must understand the Vietnamese, their culture, and their ways of looking at the world. Neil L. Jamieson, after many years of living and working in Vietnam, has written the book that provides this understanding. Jamieson paints a portrait of twentieth-century Vietnam. Against the background of traditional Vietnamese culture, he takes us through the saga of modern Vietnamese history and Western involvement in the country, from the coming of the French in 1858 through the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Throughout his analysis, he allows the Vietnamese—both our friends and foes, and those who wished to be neither—to speak for themselves through poetry, fiction, essays, newspaper editorials and reports of interviews and personal experiences. By putting our old and partial perceptions into this new and broader context, Jamieson provides positive insights that may perhaps ease the lingering pain and doubt resulting from our involvement in Vietnam. As the United States and Vietnam appear poised to embark on a new phase in their relationship, Jamieson's book is particularly timely.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520916581
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The American experience in Vietnam divided us as a nation and eroded our confidence in both the morality and the effectiveness of our foreign policy. Yet our understanding of this tragic episode remains superficial because, then and now, we have never grasped the passionate commitment with which the Vietnamese clung to and fought over their own competing visions of what Vietnam was and what it might become. To understand the war, we must understand the Vietnamese, their culture, and their ways of looking at the world. Neil L. Jamieson, after many years of living and working in Vietnam, has written the book that provides this understanding. Jamieson paints a portrait of twentieth-century Vietnam. Against the background of traditional Vietnamese culture, he takes us through the saga of modern Vietnamese history and Western involvement in the country, from the coming of the French in 1858 through the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Throughout his analysis, he allows the Vietnamese—both our friends and foes, and those who wished to be neither—to speak for themselves through poetry, fiction, essays, newspaper editorials and reports of interviews and personal experiences. By putting our old and partial perceptions into this new and broader context, Jamieson provides positive insights that may perhaps ease the lingering pain and doubt resulting from our involvement in Vietnam. As the United States and Vietnam appear poised to embark on a new phase in their relationship, Jamieson's book is particularly timely.
Sixties Sandstorm
Author: Brian C. Kalt
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Dunes park fight is a case study of the politics, the legislative process, citizen response to the expanded role of government in the 1960s, and the rise of the environmental movement in America during that decade.
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Dunes park fight is a case study of the politics, the legislative process, citizen response to the expanded role of government in the 1960s, and the rise of the environmental movement in America during that decade.
Residential Construction Law
Author: Philip Britton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1509939245
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
This is the first book to offer a systematic and analytical overview of the legal framework for residential construction. In doing so, the book addresses two fundamental questions: Prevention: What assurances can the law give buyers (and later owners and occupiers) of homes that construction work – from building of a complete home to adding an extension or replacing a shower unit – will comply with minimum standards of design, safety and build quality? Cure: What forms of redress - from whom, and by what route - can residents expect, when, often long after completion of construction, they discover defects? The resulting problems pose some big and difficult questions of principle and policy about standards, rights and remedies, which in turn concern justice more generally. This book addresses these key issues in a comparative context across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It is an accessible guide to the existing law for residents and construction professionals (and their legal advisers), but also charts a course to further, meaningful reforms of the legal landscape for residential construction around the world. The book's two co-authors, Philip Britton and Matthew Bell, have taught in the field in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; both have been active in legal practice, as have the book's two specialist contributors, Deirdre Ní Fhloinn and Kim Vernau.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1509939245
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
This is the first book to offer a systematic and analytical overview of the legal framework for residential construction. In doing so, the book addresses two fundamental questions: Prevention: What assurances can the law give buyers (and later owners and occupiers) of homes that construction work – from building of a complete home to adding an extension or replacing a shower unit – will comply with minimum standards of design, safety and build quality? Cure: What forms of redress - from whom, and by what route - can residents expect, when, often long after completion of construction, they discover defects? The resulting problems pose some big and difficult questions of principle and policy about standards, rights and remedies, which in turn concern justice more generally. This book addresses these key issues in a comparative context across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It is an accessible guide to the existing law for residents and construction professionals (and their legal advisers), but also charts a course to further, meaningful reforms of the legal landscape for residential construction around the world. The book's two co-authors, Philip Britton and Matthew Bell, have taught in the field in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; both have been active in legal practice, as have the book's two specialist contributors, Deirdre Ní Fhloinn and Kim Vernau.
Writing a Book That Makes a Difference
Author: Philip Gerard
Publisher: Story Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Philip Gerard analyses books that make a difference, fiction and non-fiction, classic and contemporary, and identifies the elusive ingredients that work together to produce a book that changes minds and lives.
Publisher: Story Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Philip Gerard analyses books that make a difference, fiction and non-fiction, classic and contemporary, and identifies the elusive ingredients that work together to produce a book that changes minds and lives.