Quarles, Benjamin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1996
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Summary: 'Illuminate' demonstrates how, though the power of persuasive communication, one can turn an idea into a movement, as compared with the likes of Steve Jobs, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Starbucks, IBM, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.41 BELQuart, Alissa
Summary: "The promise that you can "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is central to the story of the American Dream. It's the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed. However time and again we have seen how this foundational myth, with its emphasis on individual determination, brittle self-sufficiency, and personal accomplishment, does not help us....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. 1990
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. 1990
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3747 PenroDeRose, Chris (Christopher)
Summary: "The incredible, untold story of the WWII vets who overthrew their corrupt hometown government--the only successful armed rebellion on US soil since the War of Independence. Corrupt politician Paul Cantrell was in complete control of McMinn County, Tennessee, his whims enforced by the violent Sheriff Pat Mansfield and his deputies. On Election Day, Cantrell and the sheriff seized the ballot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.8 DERDeRose, Chris (Christopher)
Contents: Prologue: in Jackson's time -- I met nullification at its threshold -- The freshmen -- The setting sun -- ... and Tyler, too -- War in Mexico! -- The 30th Congress -- A final settlement -- A hell of a storm -- The final election of the old America -- General Jackson is dead! -- The first and only choice of the Republicans of Illinois -- A startling tide of reckless fanaticism -- Five against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 DERSummary: "A collection of compelling, hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. Going for Broke, edited by Alissa Quart, Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and David Wallis, former Managing Director of EHRP, gives voice to a range of gifted writers for whom "economic precarity" is more than just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.569 GOISummary: Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings, this book brings together the perspectives and opinions of some of the most respected miliary historians working today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Osprey 2004