An excerpt from Remembering America: How We Have Told Our Past (November 2015) by Lawrence R. Samuel. 5 WE THE PEOPLES 1990—1999 Historical memory is the key to self-identity, to seeing one’s place in the stream of time, and one’s connectedness … Continue reading EXCERPT: Remembering America
An excerpt from Akiva: Life, Legend, Legacy (Jewish Publication Society, October 2015) by Reuven Hammer. ONE Akiva’s Early Life From Temple Worship to Torah Study When the Great Revolt was over, much of Judea recovered swiftly. Landowners there had capitulated and were permitted … Continue reading Excerpt: Akiva
An excerpt from Tarnished: Toxic Leadership in the U.S. Military (Potomac Books, September 2015) by George E. Reed. Climate and Culture Organizational culture and climate are two different but related constructs. Climate equates to how members feel about their organization. Climate is a … Continue reading EXCERPT: Tarnished
Grant Hayter-Menzies is the author of From Stray Dog to World War I Hero: The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division (Potomac Books, November 2015) and is donating a portion of each book’s sale to Nowzad Dogs, a nonprofit that reunites … Continue reading From the desk of Grant Hayter-Menzies
An excerpt from Court Vision: Unexpected Views on the Lure of Basketball (October 2004) by Ira Berkow. DONALD TRUMP Donald Trump’s office is on the twenty-sixth floor of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. The widely known real estate developer, he has also … Continue reading Excerpt: Court Vision, an interview with Donald Trump
An excerpt from The Game before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL (September 2014) by Jackson Michael. Join the conversation on Twitter using #GameBeforeMoney during the first week of NFL football on why you coach, play, or watch. Pro Football Hall of Fame member … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Game Before the Money
An excerpt from Capitalist Family Values: Gender, Work, and Corporate Culture at Boeing by Polly Reed Myers (September 2015). The war was a turning point for the Boeing “family” in that it required the company to do more with less and to refashion … Continue reading Excerpt: Capitalist Family Values
An excerpt from Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West (August 2015) by Michael J. Dax. 1 Grizzly Americana After tracking the bear for two days, William Wright finally spotted it a few hundred yards above the edge of … Continue reading Excerpt: Grizzly West
An excerpt from Prisoner of the Vampires of Mars by Gustave Le Rouge, translated by David Beus and Brian Evenson (July 2015). Part Two Chapter One: The Wilderness Robert Darvel stood up, reeling from a strange feeling of vertigo: the planet … Continue reading EXCERPT: Prisoner of the Vampires of Mars
An excerpt from The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins’s Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864-1891 edited by Cari M. Carpenter and Carolyn Sorisio (June 2015). INTRODUCTION “Winnemucca’s role as advocate made her the mightiest word warrior of her time.” —LaVonne Brown … Continue reading EXCERPT: The Newspaper Warrior
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