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Worthy Fights
The inspiring and revelatory autobiography of the defense secretary and CIA director who led the intelligence war that killed Bin Laden, among many important roles in a legendary career It could be said that Leon Panetta has had two of the most consequential careers of any American public servant...Book Details
Author : Panetta, Leon and Newton, Steve
Publish : October 7, 2014
Publisher : Penguin Press
Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
Wounded A new History of the Western Front n WWI
The number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the battlefield, the injuries were shocking, unlike anything those in the medical field had ever witnessed. The bullets hit fast and hard, went deep and took b...Book Details
Author : Mayhew, Emily
Publish : November 12, 2013
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I
Writing the Gettysburg Address
Are any six words better known, of greater import, or from a more crucial moment in our nation's history? And yet after 150 years the dramatic and surprising story of how Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address has never been fully told. Until now. Martin Johnson's remarkable work of historical and ...Book Details
Author : Johnson, Martin P
Publish : December 2013
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Writing the Gettysburg Address
Young Al Capone
Many people are familiar with the story of Al Capone, the “untouchable” Chicago gangster best known for orchestrating the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. But few are aware that Capone’s remarkable story began in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn, New York. Tutored by the likes of infamous mobs...Book Details
Author : Balsamo, William and John
Publish : March 1, 2011
Publisher : Skyhorse
Young Al Capone: The Untold Story of Scarface in New York, 1899-1925

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