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Author: Harriet Martineau
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Author: Harriet Martineau
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Author: Harriet Martineau
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Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Author: Jennet Conant
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476730881
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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"James B. Conant was a towering figure who stood at the center of the great crises and challenges of the twentieth century. He set an extraordinary example of public service without ever holding elected office. A member of the greatest generation, there was probably no one who made a larger mark in more areas of American life, shaping national policy as a scientist, nuclear pioneer, Cold War statesman, diplomat, and educational reformer for nearly fifty years. As a brilliant young chemist, he supervised the production of poison gas in WWI. As the Nazi threat loomed, he boldly led the interventionist cause in WWII and was tapped by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be one of the scientific chiefs at the helm of the Manhattan Project, personally overseeing the massive secret effort to develop the atomic bomb and making the fateful recommendation to drop it on Hiroshima to bring the war to a quick and decisive end. He went on to become one of America's first cold warriors, led the bitter fight to reject the hydrogen bomb, and campaigned tirelessly for the international control of atomic weapons. He continued to exert his influence as President Eisenhower's high commissioner, and then ambassador, to Germany, helping to secure the country's future and strengthen Europe's defenses against Soviet aggression. He achieved national prominence in his twenty-year reign as president of Harvard--the very symbol of the intellectual and social elite--and yet was a champion of meritocracy and open admissions, helping to create the SAT and devoting his later life to improving public schools as the "engine of democracy." Even as he worked to safeguard the American way of life, he feared the nuclear force he helped harness was so dangerous it could lead to the extinction of mankind. In this intimate account of his extraordinary life, his granddaughter, ... bestselling author Jennet Conant, draws on hundreds of documents, diaries, and letters to reveal the agonizing decisions he was forced to make while serving his country in three wars--two hot, and one cold--and the burden of guilt he bore for his actions and for always putting duty before everything else. For all his brilliance, he never understood the depression that ravaged his family but struggled to keep his wife from succumbing, in the process alienating both his sons. With Man of the Hour, Jennet Conant paints a rich, nuanced portrait of a great American leader and visionary, the last of a vanishing breed."--Jacket.
Author: Octave Thanet
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Author: Harriet Martineau
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Category : Haiti
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Author: Harriet Martineau
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Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Author: Tbd
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ISBN: 9780461495379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Author: William C. Davis
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807120798
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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A biography of Jefferson Davis: statesman, Mexican war hero, and President of the Confederate States of America.
Author: Harriet Martineau
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ISBN: 9780461296853
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Languages : en
Pages : 396
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This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author: Peter Blauner
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780316038171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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David can recover his good name only by tracking them down and stopping them.
