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Presidential Anecdotes
ISBN: 9780195097313 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This is a collection of humorous stories about U.S. Presidents throughout history. Originally published in 1981, this edition is updated to include anecdotes on George Bush and Bill Clinton.
This is a collection of humorous stories about U.S. Presidents throughout history. Originally published in 1981, this edition is updated to include an...
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Presidential Wives: An Anecdotal History
ISBN: 9780195121421 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In Presidential Wives, Paul Boller brings his gift for telling detail to bear on the women our Presidents married, and the result is a biographical feat--at once funny and poignant, dramatic and illuminating, covering every First Lady from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Boller devotes a full chapter to each of his subjects, featuring an incisive biographical essay followed by a selection of revealing anecdotes. Through his portrayal of such a diverse group of women, Boller sheds new light on how much the institution of the presidency tells us about ourselves and our life as a...
In Presidential Wives, Paul Boller brings his gift for telling detail to bear on the women our Presidents married, and the result is a biographical fe...
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96,37 |
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Not So!: Popular Myths about America from Columbus to Clinton
ISBN: 9780195109726 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In sailing westward in 1492, did Columbus defy the prevailing belief that the Earth was flat? Was Thomas Paine an atheist? Was Truman plucked from obscurity to be FDR's running mate in 1944? Are presidential campaigns nowadays far dirtier than they were in the past? Is Hillary Clinton the most active or influential First Lady ever? Not so, says Paul Boller, in this delightfully informative look at some of the most common myths and misconceptions about the American past.
As he did in his bestselling They Never Said It, Boller provides us with a cornucopia of historical correction,... In sailing westward in 1492, did Columbus defy the prevailing belief that the Earth was flat? Was Thomas Paine an atheist? Was Truman plucked from obs...
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77,88 |
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Memoirs of an Obscure Professor
ISBN: 9780875650975 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. During the heyday of McCarthyism, the "Chicago Tribune," offended by something he had written, contemptuously dismissed Paul Boller as "an obscure professor" - he was then teaching at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Some forty-five years later, reflecting on the incident, Boller wrote an essay on what it was like to be an obscure professor at one of America's less publicized campuses in a conservative community during the late 1950s and early 1960s. That essay became the foundation for this collection of autobiographical selections reflecting the interests and pursuits of a...
During the heyday of McCarthyism, the "Chicago Tribune," offended by something he had written, contemptuously dismissed Paul Boller as "an obscure pro...
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95,36 |
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They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions
ISBN: 9780195064698 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Abraham Lincoln never said, "You cannot fool all the people all the time." Thomas Jefferson never said, "That government is best which governs least." And Horace Greeley never said, "Go west, young man." In They Never Said It, Paul F. Boller, Jr. and John George examine hundreds of misquotations, incorrect attributions, and blatant fabrications, outlining the origins of the quotes and revealing why we should consign them to the historical trashcan.
Many of the misquotes are quite harmless. Some are inadvertent misquotes that have become popular (Shakespeare actually said, "The... Abraham Lincoln never said, "You cannot fool all the people all the time." Thomas Jefferson never said, "That government is best which governs least."...
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80,19 |
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Presidential Campaigns: From George Washington to George W. Bush
ISBN: 9780195167160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 479 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Were presidential campaigns always as bitter as they have been in recent years? Or is the current style of campaigning a new political development? In this revised and updated edition of Presidential Campaigns the answers to these questions are clear: the race for the presidency, although at times mean and nasty, has always been an endlessly entertaining and highly-charged spectacle for the American public. This book unveils the whole history of American presidential elections, from the seamless ascent of General George Washington to the bitterly contested election of George W. Bush,...
Were presidential campaigns always as bitter as they have been in recent years? Or is the current style of campaigning a new political development? In...
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87,12 |
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Congressional Anecdotes
ISBN: 9780195077063 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. You can count on Congress to provide a good laugh. Take, for instance, the Senator who talked about the war in "Indigo China," or the Representative who asked why the Israelis and Arabs couldn't settle their differences "like good Christians." But the U.S. Congress has always been much more than a good source of comedy. It has been home to brilliance as well as buffoonery, to integrity as well as corruption, to statesmanship as well as demagoguery. And in Congressional Anecdotes Paul F. Boller, Jr. captures it all with a sweeping, informative, and delightful look at the history of our...
You can count on Congress to provide a good laugh. Take, for instance, the Senator who talked about the war in "Indigo China," or the Representative w...
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73,26 |
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Essays on the Presidents: Principles and Politics
ISBN: 9780875654430 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Since he first began writing in the 1950s, Dr. Paul F. Boller Jr. has had a passion for sharing the humorous, intriguing, and little-known or widely misunderstood aspects of the American presidency. Boller has authored many beloved books on American presidents, the first ladies, presidential anecdotes, quotes, campaign strategies, and common myths. This wide variety of topics has been collected for the first time in "Essays on the Presidents," along with new essays and forewords. Boller's prose, distinct and inviting, causes the reader to see what is often overlooked in the history of... Since he first began writing in the 1950s, Dr. Paul F. Boller Jr. has had a passion for sharing the humorous, intriguing, and little-known or widel... |
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