History has never been more fun than it is in this fact-filled compendium of historical fiascoes and embarrassingly bad ideas.
Throughout history, the rich and powerful, and even just the dim-witted, have made horrifically bad decisions that have had resounding effects on our world. From kings to corporate leaders, from captains to presidents, no one is immune to bad decisions and their lasting legacy. The fiascoes that litter our history are innumerable ... and fascinating in their foolishness. This witty collection of historical mayhem chronicles unwise decisions from ancient...
History has never been more fun than it is in this fact-filled compendium of historical fiascoes and embarrassingly bad ideas.
ho was Mario Puzo's model for the Don Corleone character in The Godfather? Was it Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno? The infamous Salvatore Maranzano? No . . . it was Puzo's mother Senator Joseph McCarthy was responsible for the infamous "Hollywood Blacklist," right? Well, actually . . . no, he had nothing to do with it.
Perfect for the cocktail party pundit or trivia buff, the quirky tidbits in The Awful Truths turn history, culture, sports, and entertainment upside down. The book examines some of our culture's oldest, most popular myths, and tells the fascinating, hilarious,...
ho was Mario Puzo's model for the Don Corleone character in The Godfather? Was it Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno? The infamous Salvatore Maranzano? N...
From the Western frontier to the battlefields of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Franklin, Petersburg, and Richmond, Grant saw the war from the front lines and made the decisions that affected lives on a day-to-day basis. His writings provide a revealing look into the life of the commander in chief of the Union army as well as the seminal eyewitness account of the War between the States.
The Civil War Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is a popular abridgment of his two-volume Personal Memoirs, which he arranged to have published to provide for his family after his death. (It was a huge...
From the Western frontier to the battlefields of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Franklin, Petersburg, and Richmond, Grant saw the war from the front lines...
The agony and anguish of the War Between the States affected all aspects of American life. Many quarters suffered, but one in particular seemed to prosper in the postwar aftermath: the publishing industry. Though the success of Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant (as published by Mark Twain) is a clear milestone in publishing's history of bestsellers, it was only one of many highly successful Civil War memoirs penned and published by veterans in the postwar years.
Never before in America had such a plethora of eyewitness accounts of a war existed, nor so many by those in a...
The agony and anguish of the War Between the States affected all aspects of American life. Many quarters suffered, but one in particular seemed to ...
December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. So did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt address the American people about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that initiated America's entry into World War II. But what if things had happened differently? A Date Which Will Live in Infamy is an anthology of fictional alternatives to the events that led up to, occurred during, and followed directly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. So did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt address the American people about the Japanese attack o...
- The contributors to A YULETIDE UNIVERSE include well-known writers with strong fan followings such as Bram Stoker and Hugo Award-winning author of "American Gods Neil Gaiman, Hugo Award-winner Connie Willis, Anne McCaffrey, Harlan Ellison, Clive Barker, and many more.- Christmas anthologies have a consistently strong track record for Warner. "Murder for Christmas 1 (1988) and "Murder for Christmas 2 (1988), both edited by Thomas Godfrey, shipped over 285,000 copies combined. Celebrated mystery writer Charlotte Macleod edited "Mistletoe Mysteries (Warner, 1990) and "Christmas Stalkings...
- The contributors to A YULETIDE UNIVERSE include well-known writers with strong fan followings such as Bram Stoker and Hugo Award-winning author of "...
Irish is more than a nationalityit s a state of being. What other cultural background allows you to demand a kiss, celebrate the wearing of a color, toast the wee folk, and take pride in one s readiness to fight? What other land is celebrated by parades and parties and allows even the non-blessed to declare themselves countrymen for one day? From sports to poetry, and from rock n roll to Wilde and Shaw, "Ireland s Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Celtic Pride, Fantastic Folklore, and Oddities of the Emerald Isle" gives you loads of delightful tidbits and trivia from the homeland of saints,...
Irish is more than a nationalityit s a state of being. What other cultural background allows you to demand a kiss, celebrate the wearing of a color, t...
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country."-John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Inauguration Address, January 20, 1961
"Some men see things as they were and say 'why?' I see things that never were, and ask 'why not?"-Robert Francis Kennedy, Campaign Speech, University of Kansas, March 18, 1968
"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die."--Senator Edward Kennedy, Democratic National Convention, New York...
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country."-John Fitzgerald Kennedy, In...
