DIVIn 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates for the U.S. presidency—Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkie—found themselves on the defensive against American isolationists and their charismatic spokesman Charles Lindbergh, who called for surrender to Hitlers demands. In this dramatic account of that turbulent and consequential election, historian Susan Dunn brings to life the debates, the high-powered players, and the dawning awareness of the Nazi threat as the presidential candidates engaged in their own battle for supremacy./divDIV /divDIV1940 not only explores the contest between FDR and Willkie but also examines the key preparations for war that went forward, even in the midst of that divisive election season. The book tells an inspiring story of the triumph of American democracy in a world reeling from fascist barbarism, and it offers a compelling alternative scenario to today’s hyperpartisan political arena, where common ground seems unattainable./div
El Jardín De Las Fieras Paul Schumann is a mobster hit man known as much for his brilliant tactics as for taking only righteous tasks. But when he gets caught, hes given an alternative to the electric chair: to go to Berlin undercover as a journalist writing about the upcoming 1936 Berlin Olympics, in order…
Que Es Una Eleccion? (what S An Election?) Students Will Learn The Election Process From Beginning To End With This Wonderful Title. From What A Candidate Is, To Where And When People Vote, And How And Why The Election Process Is So Important In Our Country.
Fuera Del Camino The intimate story of two of the most famous, yet enigmatic, figures in modern literature—Jack Kerouac and his friend, traveling companion, and hero, Neal Cassady—this is a firsthand account of life among the Beat generation, written by the woman who was Cassady’s wife and Kerouac’s lover. Beginning with the early…
12 Leyes De Los Grandes Empresarios The 12 laws of great entrepreneurs: 1 Dont do it just to make money, but because is what you love. The secret to entrepreneurial success is to decide what you want, make a good plan, and work with all your might to achieve it. 2 Study success rules: you need…
Lorcation When acclaimed Canadian writer Brian Dedora travelled to Spain in 2012 to explore Lorca's Granada," he experienced an unexpected transformation that set him on a path of understanding -- of the life and work of Federico Garcia Lorca, of the basic elements in common between the Spanish writer's life and…
Teología De La Revelación God has broken his silence and revealed in Chirst his design for humanity, an unprecedented design of entering into a communion of life with them. This is what revelation is all about, revelation as a decisive event in the life of faith and as the foundation of any theological research.…
