Bryan Burrough
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English
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"Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creation myth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more important to Texans than the Battle of the Alamo, when Davy Crockett...
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English
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#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a buyout from investment firm KKR.
A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that created a genre of its own, and a book that gets at the heart of Wall Street and the '80s culture it helped define, Barbarians at the
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English
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Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century--Texas oil--by weaving together the epic sagas of the industry's Big Four (Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson) in a story of wealth, power, family feuds, scandals, and bankruptcies.
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Power Trip The Story of Energy volume 3
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English
Description
See just how cities consume 40% of U.S. energy.
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Power Trip The Story of Energy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Discover how much energy it takes to bring us our food.
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Power Trip The Story of Energy volume 4
Language
English
Description
Travel across the centuries to discover the energy that brings us modern transportation.
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Power Trip The Story of Energy volume 5
Language
English
Description
Learn how energy changes the way wealth is concentrated in the modern world.
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Power Trip The Story of Energy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Journey back in time and across the world to learn the history of energy and water.
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Power Trip The Story of Energy volume 6
Language
English
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Discover how energy, depending on how it's used, can lead to either peace or conflict.
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and America's revolutionary counterculture documents terrorist activities stemming from radical beliefs, tracing the stories of such groups as the Weathermen and the Black Liberation Army. From the bestselling author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich, an explosive account of the decade-long battle between the FBI and the homegrown revolutionary movements of the 1970s.
12) Public enemies
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.