Deep underground, a mysterious cave of stone tablets has been discovered, and researchers are working frantically to investigate a treasury of Prehistoric American artifacts. In this collection, you will uncover the real stories of six legendary dinosaur leaders. Meet the greatest presidential heroes of ancient history: George Washingdonyx, a baryonyx who led a brave new world ; Thomas Jeffersaurus, the prehistoric pen of the revolution ; Andrew Jaxceratops, a creature from the wild frontier who won over the herd ; Abraham Lincolnator, the humble dinosaur who united the continents ; Theodore Rexevelt, a determined tyrannosaur who clawed his way to the top ; Franklin D. Rex, a savior in Prehistoric America's darkest hour. These are the legendary heroes of Jurassic Classics!

Deep underground, a mysterious cave of stone tablets has been discovered, and researchers are working frantically to investigate a treasury of Prehistoric American artifacts. In this collection, you will uncover the real stories of six legendary dinosaur leaders. Meet the greatest presidential heroes of ancient history: George Washingdonyx, a baryonyx who led a brave new world ; Thomas Jeffersaurus, the prehistoric pen of the revolution ; Andrew Jaxceratops, a creature from the wild frontier who won over the herd ; Abraham Lincolnator, the humble dinosaur who united the continents ; Theodore Rexevelt, a determined tyrannosaur who clawed his way to the top ; Franklin D. Rex, a savior in Prehistoric America's darkest hour. These are the legendary heroes of Jurassic Classics!

Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me. This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature. Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson’s first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date. Tree of Smoke is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.

An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white artists of African-American styles long before rock 'n' roll appeared. This unique study ranges far and wide, highlighting not only the contributions of obscure but key precursors like Hardrock Gunter and Sam Theard but also the influence of celebrity performers like Gene Autry and Ella Fitzgerald. Too often, rock historians treat the genesis of rock 'n' roll as a bolt from the blue, an overnight revolution provoked by the bland pop music that immediately preceded it and created through the white appropriation of music till then played only by and for black audiences. In Before Elvis, Birnbaum daringly argues a more complicated history of rock's evolution from a heady mix of ragtime, boogie-woogie, swing, country music, mainstream pop, and rhythm-and-blues--a melange that influenced one another along the way, from the absorption of blues and boogies into jazz and pop to the integration of country and Caribbean music into rhythm-and-blues. Written in an easy style, Before Elvis presents a bold argument about rock's origins and required reading for fans and scholars of rock 'n' roll history.

The book contrasts the timeless Kingdom of Heaven teaching of Jesus of Nazareth and "another gospel" proclaimed by talk radio and cable news, the latter influencing American Christians from hours of weekly exposure, and explores the disturbing and little-known American history of powerful interests who stole the hearts and minds of its clergy.

Volume I. Quilts and textiles, Ceramics, Silver, Weaponry, Furniture, Vernacular architecture, Native American art -- volume II. Photography, Fine art.

Unprecedented in scope and critical perspective, America and the Germans presents an analysis of the history of the Germans in America and of the turbulent relations between Germany and the United States. The two volumes bring together research in such diverse fields as ethnic studies, political science, linguistics, and literature, as well as American and German history. Contributors are leading American and German scholars, such as Kathleen Neils Conzen, Joshua A. Fishman, Peter Gay, Harold Jantz, Gunter Moltmann, Steven Muller, Theo Sommer, Fritz Stern , Herbert A. Strauss, Gerhard L. Weinberg, and Don Yoder. These scholars assess the ethnicity and acculturation of German-Americans from the seventeenth century to the twentieth; the state of German language and culture in the United States; World War I as a turning point in relations between German and America; the political, economic, and cultural relations before and after World War II; and the midcentury state of affairs between the two countries. Special chapters are devoted to the Pennsylvania Germans, Jewish-German immigration after 1933, Americanism in Germany, and a critical appraisal of current research. American and the Germans presents a fascinating introduction to the subject as well as new perspectives for a more critical and comprehensive study of its many facets. It can be used as a reader in the fields of German studies, American studies, political science, European and German history, American history, ethnic studies, and German and American literature. Although each contribution reflects the state of current scholarship, it is formulated with the uninitiated reader in mind.