History and geography

  • The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream

    Creator

    Mealer, Bryan

    Abstract

    This program is read by the author "Think of it as a Texas version of Hillbilly Elegy." -Bryan Burrough, New York Times bestselling author of The Big Reach and Barbarians at the Gate A brilliant audiobook saga of family, fortune, faith in Texas, where blood is bond and oil is king... In 1892, Bryan Mealer's great-grandfather leaves the Georgia mountains and heads west into Texas, looking for wealth and adventure in the raw and open country. But his luck soon runs out.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Macmillan Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Not specified
  • American values : lessons I learned from my family

    Creator

    Kennedy, Robert F.

    Abstract

    With rich detail, compelling honesty, and a storyteller's gift, RFK Jr. describes growing up Kennedy in a tumultuous time in history that eerily echoes the issues of nuclear confrontation, religion, race, and inequality that we confront today. This powerful book combines the best aspects of memoir and political history. The third child of Attorney General Robert Kennedy and nephew of JFK takes us on a journey through his life, including watershed moments in the history of our nation.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Not specified
  • The sultans

    Creator

    Barber, Noel

    Abstract

    Here is the bizarre history of the Ottoman Empire as led by its extravagant and corrupt sultans--four hundred years of tyrants who made Turkey a great empire, then allowed her to decline into ostentatious and impotent decay.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Migrations and cultures : a world view

    Creator

    Sowell, Thomas

    Abstract

    Thomas Sowell goes beyond the political view of immigration and presents the whole phenomena of migration and immigration and the major role it plays in the general advancement of the human race.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Destination Casablanca : exile, espionage, and the battle for North Africa in World War II

    Creator

    Hindley, Meredith

    Abstract

    In the summer of 1940, following France's surrender to Germany, Casablanca was transformed from an exotic travel destination to a key military target. It soon became rife with rogue soldiers, Jewish refugees, celebrities, and Nazi agents. In 1942, Americans and British arrived, and the port soon saw power grabs, plot twists, and diplomatic intrigue. Destination Casablanca is the riveting and untold history of this glamorous and beloved city, memorialized in the classic film, at the heart of World War II.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • One long night : a global history of concentration camps

    Creator

    Pitzer, Andrea

    Abstract

    For over one hundred years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on earth. First used as battlefield strategy, camps have evolved with each passing decade, in the scope of their effects and the savage practicality with which governments have employed them. Andrea Pitzer reveals for the first time the chronological and geopolitical history of concentration camps.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified