A fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathers Despite his being a founder of both the United States and the French Republic, the creator of the phrase "United States of America," and the author of Common Sense, Thomas Paine is the least well known of America's founding fathers. This edifying biography by Craig Nelson traces Paine's path from his years as a London mechanic, through his emergence as the voice of revolutionary fervor on two continents, to his final days in the throes of dementia. By...
A fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathers Despite his being a fou...
"A valuable reexamination" (Booklist, starred review) of the event that changed twentieth-century America--Pearl Harbor--based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times bestselling author. The America we live in today was born, not on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers, and midget submarines suddenly and savagely attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men--and forced America's entry into World War II. Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness...
"A valuable reexamination" (Booklist, starred review) of the event that changed twentieth-century America--Pearl Harbor--based on years ...
Turning your department into a higher reliability organization starts with building a learning culture and teaching firefighters to ask "why"? In this book readers will learn how to: measure for and demonstrate leadership; focus solutions on human performance; build resilient departments; and reduce firefighter injuries and LODDs
Turning your department into a higher reliability organization starts with building a learning culture and teaching firefighters to ask "why"? In this...
