Kennedy's off-the-wall memoir reliving the pop music and the madness as an MTV VJ in the 1990s
""I am Kennedy from MTV, and no matter where I go someone has a story to tell me about the time we grew up together."" Known to millions simply by her middle name, Kennedy helped bring the cutting edge[...]
Selected by her daughter, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's favorite poems are collected here, including the work of Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, Homer, Yeats, Frost, and Emily Dickinson, among others, all now available in a special gift edition. Reissue. 50,000 first printing.[...]
In July 1962, in an effort to preserve an accurate record of Presidential decision-making in a highly charged atmosphere of conflicting viewpoints, strategies and tactics, John F. Kennedy installed hidden recording systems in the Oval Office and in the Cabinet Room. The result is a priceless histori[...]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy led his nation for little more than a thousand days, yet his presidency is intensely remembered, not merely as a byproduct of his tragic fate. Kennedy steered the nation away from the brink of nuclear war, initiated the first nuclear test ban treaty, created the Peace Corps, [...]
Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage served as a clarion call to every American. The inspiring true accounts of eight unsung heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation's history, Kennedy's book be[...]
Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage has served as a clarion call to every American. A collection of eight inspiring, unsung, and heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation's history, Kennedy's book became req[...]
Shortly after President John F. Kennedy s assassination, with a nation deep in mourning and the world looking on in stunned disbelief, Jacqueline Kennedy found the strength to set aside her own personal grief for the sake of posterity and begin the task of documenting and preserving her husband s le[...]
A study of the diverse contributions and achievements of immigrants from all regions of the world is used to dramatize the need for a more liberal immigration policy, in a new edition of the late president's study of the role of immigrants in American society. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.[...]
For the sixth edition of this classic dictionary, the text has been thoroughly revised and updated. With over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including [...]
Now available in paperback and with over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and op[...]
Policymakers and economists largely agree that 'rule of law' and property rights are essential for a sound economic policy, particularly for most developing countries. But it is becoming increasingly apparent that transplanting legal frameworks from one society to another doesn't work - even though [...]
The smallest and most economical member of the Kennedy/Gioia family, Backpack Literature is a brief paperback version of the discipline's most popular introduction to literature anthology. Like its bigger, bestselling predecessors, Backpack Literature features the authors' collective poetic voice wh[...]
""On the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination, this is the book to read. An intelligent, often haunting book about what America and the world would have looked like if John Kennedy had lived."--Fareed Zakaria"
From one of the country's most brilliant political commentators, the bestselling au[...]
This book is the first comprehensive international overview of maternity services. Drawing on concepts of risk and social citizenship, it explores the relationship between welfare regimes and health policy by comparing and contrasting provision for childbearing women. Each substantive chapter focuse[...]
What if Kennedy were not killed that fateful day? What would the 1964 campaign have looked like? Would changes have been made to the ticket? How would Kennedy, in his second term, have approached Vietnam, civil rights, the Cold War? With Hoover as an enemy, would his indiscreet private life finally [...]
Seventy-one authentic examples of Indian design from Indian masks, beadwork, pottery, metal, stone, and wood selected and redrawn by Paul Kennedy. Sandpainting of gods, battle scenes, geometric designs, birds, flowers, animal figures, more, by Eskimo, Northwest Coast, Pueblo, Navajo, Plains, Chippew[...]
One of the greatest attractions of a trip to Kenya is the chance to see animals such as lions, cheetah, leopards, zebra, and giraffe up close and in their natural habitats. "Animals of the Masai Mara" is a lavish photographic guide that explores the charismatic wildlife most likely to be encountered[...]
Stetson Kennedy's infiltration and exposure of the KKK.
This revealing book celebrates the 40th anniversary of Jacqueline Kennedy's coming to prominence as America's First Lady and explores her enduring influence on style and fashion.An in-depth look at the clothes and the era demonstrates how Jacqueline Kennedy became the beacon of style whose legacy is[...]
Author Pamela Kennedy teams up with her daughter, Anne, to create a delightful Bible devotional that is perfect for morning, bedtime, or any-time. Each two-page devotion features a brief retelling of a New Testament story and its meaning, which is then related to the everyday lives of today's childr[...]