With the wry and admiring eye of a modern Tocqueville, Jason Goodwin gives us a biography of the dollar and the story of its astonishing career through the wilds of American history. Looking at the dollar over the years as a form of art, a kind of advertising, and a reflection of American attitudes, Goodwin delves into folklore and the development of printing, investigates wildcats and counterfeiters, explains why a buck is a buck and how Dixie got its name. Bringing together an array of quirky detail and often hilarious anecdote, Goodwin tells the story of America through its most beloved product.

This is a book about the late-nineteenth-century money debates in American politics, and about the role of history in American political development.

Willie Jolley is ready to help you take your first steps on the road to success, empowering you to make the positive changes in your life that will not only change the way you work, but the way you think. A master of positive motivation, organization, and inspiration, Jolley has the tools you can use to triumph in tough times, to see your setbacks as new opportunities, and to invest confidence in your ideas. With potent psychological insight, hard business know-how, and techniques you can use on a daily basis, Jolley will empower you to: Create your own PHD (persistence, hunger, and determination) that will power you through tough times Focus on the pursuit of success—and then follow through on it in a consistent way Maintain calm in situations of panic—and target opportunities others will pass by Break through negativity so you can make the decisions that will pay off on your path to success Find an “attitude of gratitude” that will fortify your spiritual, physical, and financial growth Willie Jolley draws upon the inspiring real-life success stories and intelligent insights to show you how to create a positive outlook, become adaptable to every circumstance, and seize the opportunities that will lead you to greater success.

Changing how humans on the earth might become less overpopulating and more in balance with their environment is the thrust of this story. Survival of people requires a change in human thinking and living patterns that have endangered the earths resources as climate change stressed and altered the human future. Since human over reproduction resulted in huge energy demands as well as food production declines, what can change this tailspin of humans living out of balance with the carrying capacity of the earth? All of humanity seems in danger as people want more of everything, much more than the earth can furnish in food, living space and energy. As the earth heats up year by year with higher temperatures, what can stop the harmful ideas cemented in human thinking? Will genetic engineers save humanity?

How big an act was the Kingston Trio? Big enough that the their first 19 albums not only reached Billboard's Top 100, but 14 of them entered the top 10, with five albums alone hitting the no. 1 spot At the height of their popularity, the Kingston Trio was arguably the most popular vocal group in the world, having single-handedly ushered in the folk music boom of the late '50s and early '60s. Their meteoric rise quite literally paved the way for Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Peter, Paul & Mary; and the many acts that followed in their wake. With the release of their version of "Tom Dooley" in fall 1958, the Kingston Trio changed American popular music forever, inspiring legions of young listeners to pick up guitars and banjoes and join together in hootenannies and sing-alongs. In Greenback Dollar: The Incredible Rise of The Kingston Trio, the first in-depth biography of America's first recording super-group, William J. Bush retraces the band members' personal and professional lives, from their rapid rise to stardom to their early retirement in 1967. Through interviews with Trio members, their families, and associates, Bush paints a detailed portrait of the Trio's formative early years and sudden popular success, their innovations in recording technology, pioneering of the college concert and intensive tour schedule, their impact on and response to the '60s protest movement, the first break-up of the Trio with Dave Guard's departure, and its re-formation with John Stewart. Lovers of folk music and students and scholars of the history of popular music and the music business, the counterculture movement, and the American folk tradition will find in Greenback Dollar a remarkably detailed view of the musical and cultural legacy that resulted in the Kingston Trio receiving a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.