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“michael k bohn”

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  • Presidents in Crisis

    Tough Decisions inside the White House from Truman to Obama

    by Michael K. Bohn ...
    Every American president, when faced with a crisis, longs to take bold and decisive action. When American lives or vital interests are at stake, the public-and especially the news media and political opponents-expect aggressive leadership. But, contrary to the dramatizations of Hollywood, rarely does a president have that option.In Presidents in Crisis, a former director of the Situation Room ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Heroes & Ballyhoo: How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed American Sports

    by Michael K. Bohn ...
    A handful of star athletes, along with their promoters and journalists, created America's sports entertainment industry during the 1920s, the Golden Age of American sports. The period had an extraordinary impact, profoundly changing individual sports, establishing the secular religion of sports and sports heroes, and helping bond disparate social and regional sectors of the country. It's when ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

  • Nerve Center

    by Michael K. Bohn ...
    The White House Situation Room is arguably the most important facility in the most important building in the world. As the presidentÆs intelligence and alert center, it provides vital communication and crisis management capabilities to the chief executive and his advisers. It can also be ôan island of calm,ö as a top adviser for Vice President Al Gore once described it. So little is known about ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

  • The Achille Lauro Hijacking

    by Michael K. Bohn ...
    Political speeches and public rhetoric paint the phenomena of terrorism with a black-and-white brush, presenting it as a clear-cut battle between evildoers and heroes. With The Achille Lauro Hijacking, Michael K. Bohn, who watched the incident unfold from the White House Situation Room, uses one of the most infamous terrorist incidents of the past twenty-five years to illuminate the folly of such ... Read more

    $17.95 USD

  • Money Golf

    by Michael K. Bohn ...
    You can't play Major League Baseball and bet on a game; just ask Pete Rose. Don't try running a betting ring in the NHL, either. Want the surest ticket out of NCAA sports? Betting's the way to do it. In stark contrast, however, the United States Golf Association officially sanctions betting among players during their games. And it's not just the pros who bet. Every man, out with his buddies, asks ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

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    Case Closed: The Definitive Edition

    by Steve Hodel ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! THIS NEW AND UPDATED EDITION FINALLY PROVES THE SHOCKING IDENTITY OF THE BLACK DAHLIA KILLER—AND THE POLICE CORRUPTION THAT CONCEALED IT FOR SO LONGIn 1947, the brutal, sadistic murder of a beautiful young woman named Elizabeth Short led to the largest manhunt in LA history. The killer teased and taunted the police and public for weeks, but his identity stayed a ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Times They Were a-Changin'

    1964, the Year the Sixties Arrived and the Battle Lines of Today Were Drawn

    by Robert S McElvaine ...
    An award-winning historian on the transformative year in the sixties that continues to reverberate in our lives and politics—for readers of Heather Cox Richardson.If 1968 marked a turning point in a pivotal decade, 1964—or rather, the long 1964, from JFK’s assassination in November 1963 to mid-1965—was the time when the sixties truly arrived. It was then that the United States began a radical ... Read more

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  • The Presidents

    Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives

    by Brian Lamb, Susan Swain ...
    The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their ability to persuade the public, their leadership skills, their moral authority, and more. The crucible of the ... Read more

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  • Ticking Clock

    Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes

    by Ira Rosen ...
    Two-time Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Ira Rosen reveals the intimate, untold stories of his decades at America's most iconic news show. It's a 60 Minutes story on 60 Minutes itself.When producer Ira Rosen walked into the 60 Minutes offices in June 1980, he knew he was about to enter television history. His career catapulted him to the heights of TV journalism, breaking some of the ... Read more

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  • The Science of Time Travel

    The Secrets Behind Time Machines, Time Loops, Alternate Realities, and More!

    by Elizabeth Howell ...
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    Travel back in time with Doctor Who, the Terminator, the X-Men, and all your favorite time travelers!Science fiction is the perfect window into the possibilities and perils of time travel. What would happen if you went back in time and killed your own grandparent? If you knew how to stop a presidential assassination, would time travel allow you to make your wish come true? Can we use time travel ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A Shot in the Moonlight

    How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South

    by Ben Montgomery ...
    The sensational true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow south. “Taut and tense. Inspiring and terrifying in its timelessness.”(Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad )Named a most anticipated book of 2021 by O, The Oprah MagazineNamed a "must-read" by the Chicago ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Law of Lines

    A Novel

    by Hye-young Pyun ...
    Translated by Sora Kim-Russell ...
    From the award-winning author of The Hole, a "Simmering" (New York Times Book Review) and "Compelling" (Wall Street Journal ) thriller—"A **mystery masterpiece . . . Hye-young Pyun at her best" (Books & Bao), named a "Best International Crime Novel of 2020" (****CrimeReads) and selected as one of "**Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year" (LitHub)The Law of Lines... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD