Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+7104+7105+4294967200 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675483 Chronicles the life and career of the rapper, from his friendship with Aaliyah to his rise to music stardom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675484 Chronicles the life and career of the rapper, from his childhood in Tallahassee to his rise to music stardom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743323 He was a maverick of American cinema in the late 60s and 70s, one of the leading auteurs of the New Hollywood whose groundbreaking films include The Exorcist and The French Connection. Now, the Academy Award-winning director looks back at his life, his career, and important films. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1661973 Profiles the life and career of the rapper, from his unstable childhood and on-again, off-again relationship with his daughters mother to his successes as a musician despite his controversial lyrics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742405 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686196 Shirley MacLaines only child shares shocking stories from her out-of-this-world childhood with the famously eccentric and award-winning actress. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704119 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705082 A cautionary tale about how creative ideas can harden into dogma and how smart strategists, the best and the brightest, of today, can win bureaucratic battles but still lose the wars. Includes information from previously unavailable documents and interviews with key players, including General David Petraeus. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735514 Reviews topics in American and world history, suggests test-taking strategies, and includes four full-length practice tests. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705189 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705437 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695654 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1661977 Chronicles the life and career of the rapper, from his early years in Atlanta to his rise to music stardom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735458 Create a living trust and avoid probate with the information and legal forms you need to craft the right trust for your family, including childrens subtrusts, AB trusts, and back-up wills-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727237 Lily Harwood has always considered herself a good Christian lass but after years of serving the Waldon family and despite the fact that she loves them dearly, her life has grown increasingly difficult and frightening. Daily she watches Susan Waldons health deteriorate and with John Waldon away with the militia protecting them from attack by the French and Indians, Lily is responsible for the entire farmstead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735515 An illuminating look at the life, politics, and practices of Roger Ailes, founder and CEO of Fox News Channel. As a political consultant, he helped put Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush in the White House-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705092 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675625 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735663 For more than four decasdes, Bob Dotson has been travelling all over the United States searching for those who have made a difference. With American Story, he shares their stories along with inspiration that can help anyone reach their goals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733131 A middle-aged woman, irritated with her wealthy young neighbors yard improvements, offers a corner of her lawn to a Croatian immigrant who wants a vegetable garden. A daughter accompanies her father to Israel, where, seeing a new side of him away from her mother, she makes an unusual bargain. In twelve stories about the difficult, sometimes impermeable boundaries between friends, neighbors, and family relations, Jessica Francis Kane explores just how close we can come to love, success, happiness, and forgiveness.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694392 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735459 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678855 Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins crimes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679262 A guide to the college application process for high school students and their parents. Includes information and tips on what to expect from the application process, how to choose the right school to apply to, how to receive financial aid, and what to expect during your first year of college life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704121 The man who was selected by President Barack Obama to come out of retirement and turn around the nearly bankrupt General Motors after its financial bailout in 2009 offers a memoir of his successes at that company, as well as AT&T. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735031 Sarah Thebarge, a female cancer survivor, befriends a family of displaced Somali refugees, battling cultural barriers and sharing their struggle for survival to establish unlikely love and friendship--Provided by the publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735922 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741718 To Anne Serling, the imposing figure the public saw hosting The Twilight Zone each week, intoning cautionary observations about fate, chance, and humanity, was not the father she knew. He was her best friend, her playmate, and her confidant. After his unexpected death at 50, Anne, just 20, was left stunned. As I Knew Him is a lyrical, intimate tribute to Rod Serlings legacy as visionary, storyteller, and humanist and a moving testament to the love between fathers and daughters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734588 A portrait of the Detroit Tigers pitcher who died in a 2009 accident recounts his rise from small-town Massachusetts to the major leagues, the on-field eccentricities that endeared him to fans, and the injuries that cut his career short. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675626 Presents comprehensive facts and statistics on current events, people, and the countries of the world, along with original articles on recent issues and topics ranging from the 2012 presidential election results to the 2012 Olympic games: records and results. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715312 Draws on the recently opened archives of Ted Hughes to offer new insights into the iconic poets psyche and literary achievements, in a portrait that includes previously unpublished papers and dozens of letters exchanged between Plath and Hughes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711759 All Standing The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship recounts the journeys of this famous ship, her heroic crew, and the immigrants who were ferried between Ireland and North America. Spurred by a complex web of motivations--shame, familial obligation, and sometimes even greed--more than a million people attempted to flee the Irish famine. More than one hundred thousand of them would die aboard one of the five thousand aptly named coffin ships. But in the face of horrific losses, a small ship named the Jeanie Johnston never lost a passenger. Shipwright John Munn, community leader Nicholas Donovan, Captain James Attridge, Dr. Richard Blennerhassett, and the efforts of a remarkable crew allowed thousands of people to find safety and fortune throughout the United States and Canada. Why did these individuals succeed when so many others failed? What prompted them to act, when so many people preferred to do nothing--or worse? Using newspaper accounts, rare archival documents, and her own experience sailing as an apprentice aboard the recently re-created Jeanie Johnston, Kathryn Miles tells the story of these extraordinary people and the revolutionary milieu in which they set sail. The tale of each individual is remarkable in and of itself; read collectively, their stories paint a unique portrait of bravery in the face of a new world order. Theirs is a story of ingenuity and even defiance, one that recounts a struggle to succeed, to shake the mantle of oppression and guilt, to endure in the face of unimaginable hardship. On more than one occasion, stewards of the ship would be accused of acting out of self-interest or greed. Nevertheless, what these men--and their ship--accomplished over the course of eleven voyages to North America was the stuff of legend. Interwoven in their tale is the story of Nicholas Reilly, a baby boy born on the ships maiden voyage. The Reilly family climbed aboard the Jeanie Johnston in search of the American Dream. While they would find some version of that dream, it would not be without a struggle--one that would deposit Nicholas into a deeply controversial moment in American history. Against this backdrop, Miles weaves a thrilling, intimate narrative, chronicling the birth of a remarkable Irish-American family in the face of one of the planets greatest human rights atrocities.--Publishers website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732003 Chronicles the authors harrowing ordeal at the hands of an obsessed former student whose campaign of hate mail, violently anti-Semitic online postings, and false public accusations were orchestrated to destroy his professional and personal life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704303 A fiftieth anniversary edition of the trailblazing womens reference shares anecdotes and interviews that were originally collected in the early 1960s to inspire women to develop their intellectual capabilities and reclaim lives beyond period conventions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714487 Chronicles the life of the first baseman, covering his youth as the son of major leaguer Cecil Fielder, his minor league career, and his accomplishments as a professional athlete. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730961 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731842 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728889 From famed manager Terry Francona, a lively, unvarnished narrative of his tenure with the storied Boston Red Sox From 2004 to 2011, Terry Francona managed the Boston Red Sox, the most talked about, scrutinized team in all of sports. In Francona the legendary manager opens up for the first time about his eight years there, as they went from cursed franchise to one of the most successful and profitable in baseball history... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735707 In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Projects secret cities, it did not appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City and was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women recruited from small towns across the South. Their jobs were shrouded in mystery, but they were buoyed by a sense of shared purpose, close friendships, and a surplus of handsome scientists and Army men. But against this wartime backdrop, a darker story was unfolding. The penalty for talking about their work, even the most innocuous details, was job loss and eviction. One woman was recruited to spy on her coworkers. They all knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb Little Boy was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The shocking revelation: the residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb. Though the young women originally believed they would leave Oak Ridge after the war, many met husbands there, made lifelong friends, and still call the seventy-year-old town home. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697563 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682527 A guide to preparing for the ACT, including full-length practice tests, a review of all ACT subjects, and practice questions with explanations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1569106 Includes individual state and province maps showing mileages, recreational and historical sites, and trip-planning information, plus city maps and a place index. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671796 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712058 A portrait of the baseball legend, written by his daughter, traces the events that led up to Robinsons historic signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers and his role in promoting the desegregation of baseball. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735055 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1663806 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712681 The true story of how a small-town lawman in upstate New York busted a Cosa Nostra conference in 1957, exposing the Mafia to America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657393 Describes the outcome of the Revolutionary War, including the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735032 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729061 For years, 10-year-old Zelly Fried has tried to convince her parents to let her have a dog. After all, practically everyone in Vermont owns a dog, and it sure could go a long way helping Zelly fit in since moving there from Brooklyn. But when her eccentric grandfather Ace hatches a ridiculous plan involving a practice dog named OJ, Zellys not so sure how far shes willing to go to win a dog of her own. Is Aces plan so crazy it just might work . . ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695686 CEO Ed Whitacre shares his story of his corporate success at AT&T and his assignment by President Barack Obama to turn around the failing General Motors. He delves candidly into the business tactics he used to bring GM back from the brink, and discusses the people and events that have influenced his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735885 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735924 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696404 The relationship between human progress and its effect on the natural environment has long been a contentious issue. This book details the history of the environmental movement in the United States, from its first stirrings in the writings of Henry David Thoreau and George Perkins Marsh to recent debates over climate change and energy sources. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675478 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735517 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729287 The story of Maya Angelous extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence--a presence absent during much of Angelous early life... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743688 Receiving a communication from an anonymous hacker who has triggered disasters designed to look like natural events, Homeland Security Secretary Catherine Blaine must comply with the hackers instructions or risk nation-destroying events. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735534 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675627 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687300 Many fine books on the financial crisis were first drafts of history--books written quickly to fill the need for immediate understanding. Alan S. Blinder, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, held off, taking the time to understand the crisis and create a truly comprehensive and coherent narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we must do from here--mired as we still are in its wreckage. Blinder shows how the U.S. financial system, grown far too complex for its own good--and too unregulated for the public good--experienced a perfect storm beginning in 2007. When Americas financial structure crumbled, the damage proved to be not only deep, but wide. It took the crisis for the world to discover, to its horror, just how truly interconnected--and fragile--the global financial system is. Blinder offers clear-eyed answers to the questions still before us, even if some of the choices ahead are as divisive as they are unavoidable.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685500 From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been fourteen assassination attempts on the President of the United States. Four have been successful. But now, Beecher White discovers a killer in Washington, DC whos meticulously recreating the crimes of the worlds most famous assassins: John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz, and Lee Harvey Oswald. But whats scariest of all is what all four assassins have in common. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741755 The author of The Vagina Monologues describes being diagnosed and treated for uterine cancer and how her illness forced her to reconnect with her own body and gave her a better understanding of the resilience of humans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739594 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732850 Tai decides some time out of Atlanta is exactly what she needs to put the recent spate of corpses behind her. Selling her wares at the Savannah Civil War Expo, attending a few Confederate re-enactments, perhaps a little romantic rendezvousing with Trey... But in the South, the past tends to rise again. In Tais case, it shows up as her tattooed heartbreaker of an ex-boyfriend, desperate for her help. He spins a tale of betrayal, deceit, and a stolen Civil War artifact. As Tai unravels the clues to a 150-year-old mystery, she digs up secrets from her own past... and Treys... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716203 Before he is known as the Babe, George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Baltimore and gets into a lot of trouble. But when he turns seven, his father brings him to the gates of Saint Marys Industrial School for Boys, and his life is changed forever. At Saint Marys, hes expected to study hard and follow a lot of rules. But there is one good thing about Saint Marys: almost every day, George gets to play baseball. Here, under the watchful eye of Brother Matthias, George evolves as a player and as a man, and when he sets off into the wild world of big-league baseball, the school, the boys, and Brother Matthias are never far from his heart. With vivid illustrations and clear affection for his subject, Matt Tavares sheds light on an icon who learned early that life is what you make of it and sends home a message about honoring the place from which you came. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735665 This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies that day--the American, Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German, Second Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II. A Higher Call follows both Charlie and Franzs harrowing missions during the war. Ultimately, Charlie and Franz would stare across the frozen skies at one another. What happened between them, the American Eighth Air Force would later classify as top secret. It was an act that Franz could never mention without facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search for one another, a last mission that could change their lives forever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736489 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735414 Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Tour investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture: Prince. Drawing on new research and enlivened by Tours unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Princes band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, and even Bible scholars to deconstruct the artists life and work. Princes baby boomer status allowed him to play a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of generation X. Defying traditional categories of race, gender, and sexuality, he nonetheless presents a very traditional conception of religion and God in his music. He was an MTV megastar and a religious evangelist, using images of sex and profanity to invite us into a musical conversation about the healing power of God. By demystifying the man and his music, I Would Die 4 U shows us how Prince defined a generation.--Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728178 In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches, raised by the tribe, and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery and obscurity. Cynthia Anns story has been told over generations to become a foundational American tale. The myth gave rise to operas and one-act plays, and in the 1950s to a novel by Alan LeMay, which would be adapted into one of Hollywoods most legendary films, The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. Frankel explores the true-story-become-legend underpinning John Fords film, and the making of the film itself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731896 Pat Summitt learned the game of basketball against three brothers who gave no quarter. She won an Olympic medal and at twenty-two became head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols. Over four decades she established Tennessee as the most elite team in the country and won more games than anyone in NCAA Division I history. The records and accolades didnt mean nearly as much to her as her coaches and players. She balanced career and marriage and motherhood. Summitt has contended with heart problems, rheumatoid arthritis, and early onset Alzheimers disease. Sum it up is an honest look at an extraordinary life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679185 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711760 Presents over four thousand accomplishments by African Americans in the fields of entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, journalism, religion, science, sports, and music. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735303 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712054 A brilliant and provocative reexamination of Americas thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682864 A chronicle of key events in the civil rights movement traces how it evolved from a bus strike to a political and social revolution. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730962 Former State Department advisor for Afghanistan and Pakistan and bestselling author Vali Nasr delivers a sharp indictment of Americas flawed foreign policy and outlines a new relationship with the Muslim world and with new players in the changing Middle East. In this essential new book, Vali Nasr argues that the Obama administration had a chance to improve its relations with the Middle East, but instead chose to pursue its predecessors questionable strategies there. Nasr takes readers behind the scenes at the State Department and reveals how the new governments fear of political backlash and the specter of terrorism crippled the efforts of diplomatic giants, like Richard Holbrooke and Hillary Clinton, to boost Americas foundering credibility with world leaders. Meanwhile, the true economic threats, China and Russia, were quietly expanding their influence in the region. And a second Arab Spring is brewing--not a hopeful clamor for democracy but rage at the United States for its foreign policy of drones and assassinations. Drawing on his in-depth knowledge of the Middle East and firsthand experience in diplomacy, Nasr offers a powerful reassessment of American foreign policy that directs the country away from its failing relationships in the Middle East (such as with Saudi Arabia) toward more productive, and less costly, partnerships with other foreign allies (such as Turkey). Forcefully persuasive, Vali Nasrs book is a game changer for America as it charts a course in the Muslim world, Asia, and beyond. -- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728307 Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washingtons corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War II, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War -- Vietnam. A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embdies the best in our nation -- and in us all. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc043/2001058082.html. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667600 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694677 Traces the history of emancipation and its impact on the Civil War, discussing how Lincoln and the Republicans fought primarily for freeing slaves throughout the war, not just as a secondary objective in an effort to restore the country. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675469 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728403 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1648069 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735567 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729045 White tells his emotional, incredible true story of crime and redemption, vanity and spirituality, as he discovers happiness and fulfillment in an unlikely place--imprisonment in The Long Center, the last leper colony in the U.S. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728373 A moving and inspirational memoir by celebrated journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696015 When the pressures of early 1800s westward expansion and debt threaten to destroy everything hes built, a troubled Revolutionary War veteran embarks on an audacious plan involving setting one of his male slaves as his breeding sire. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731837 Enjoying a sheltered childhood with adoring grandparents but troubled by the silence surrounding her parents deaths, 17-year-old Korobi is prompted by a love note among her mothers possessions and a fiances shattering revelation to travel from India to post-September 11 America in search of her true identity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1730839 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743634 An account of the transformation of the CIA and Americas special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the worlds dark spaces: the new American way of war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616341 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712797 For over 65 years, the United States war machine has been on auto pilot. Since World War II, the world has believed that US foreign policy means well, and that Americas motives in spreading democracy are honorable, even noble. In this startling and provocative book from William Blum, one of the United States leading non-mainstream chroniclers of American foreign policy and author of the popular online newsletter, Anti-Empire Reports, demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth. Americas Deadliest Export is the in-depth exposé of the many contradictions surrounding the nature of US foreign policy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729251 On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie, struggles over the decision of whether to stay in a loveless but secure marriage or to follow the man she loves and whose baby she may be carrying. Decades earlier in 1919, Vivien Lowe, an obituary writer, is searching for her lover who disappeared in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. By telling the stories of the dead, Vivien not only helps others cope with their grief but also begins to understand the devastation of her own terrible loss. The surprising connection between these two women will change Claires life in unexpected and extraordinary ways. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727173 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695636 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711457 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1660076 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703550 An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and intimacy, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a progress that is testament to her extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697542 The race between two ambitious, complicated men in the early 1900s to create the most extravagant, complicated timepiece ever-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735886