American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford, de Wolk Roland

Автор: de Wolk Roland
Название: American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford
ISBN: 0520383230 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520383234
Издательство: Wiley
Цена: 24290 T
Описание: The rags-to-riches story of Silicon Valley's original disruptor.

American Disruptor is the untold story of Leland Stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley. The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original "disruptor" - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for America's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors.

It is also the saga of how Stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of America's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him--his only child and son. Scandal and intrigue would follow Stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a Honolulu hotel--a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had saved. Richly detailed and deeply researched, American Disruptor restores Leland Stanford's rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern America.

Автор: Wolk, Douglas
Название: Reading comics
ISBN: 0306816164 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780306816161
Издательство: Hachette UK
Рейтинг:
Цена: 6330.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Covers the creators of modern comics and introduces a critical theory that explains where each fits into the pantheon of art. This work is suitable for people who want to know not just what comics are worth reading, but also the ways to think and talk and argue about them.

Автор: Wolk Lauren
Название: Wolf Hollow
ISBN: 1101994827 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781101994825
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 11640.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The honesty of "Wolf Hollow" will just about shred your heart, but Annabelle s courage and compassion will restore it to you, fuller than before. This book matters. Sara Pennypacker, New York Times bestselling author of "Pax"
Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly escalate, and reclusive World War I veteran Toby becomes a target of her attacks. While others have always seen Toby s strangeness, Annabelle knows only kindness. She will soon need to find the courage to stand as a lone voice of justice as tensions mount.
Brilliantly crafted, "Wolf Hollow" is a haunting tale of America at a crossroads and a time when one girl s resilience and strength help to illuminate the darkest corners of our history.

Trusting its readers implicitly with its moral complexity, Wolk s novel stuns. "Kirkus," starred review
"The narrative is powerful, complex, and lifelike . . . a truly moving debut. "School Library Journal," starred review
"Wolk movingly expresses Annabelle s loss of innocence through the honest, clear voice of her protagonist. "Publishers Weekly," starred review
"Perfectly pitched to be used in classrooms in conjunction with"To Kill a Mockingbird." "Booklist," starred review"

Автор: Lauren Wolk
Название: Wolf Hollow
ISBN: 0552574295 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780552574297
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
Рейтинг:
Цена: 7030.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle`s calm world is shattered, along with everything she`s ever known about right and wrong. When Betty disappears, suspicion falls on strange, gentle loner Toby.

Автор: Wolk Bruce H.
Название: Jewish Aviators in World War II: Personal Narratives of American Airmen
ISBN: 0786499958 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786499953
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Цена: 33270.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigotry and scorn by their fellow servicemen. Jews were sometimes characterized as disloyal and cowardly, malingering in the slanderous (and non-existent) "Jewish Quartermaster Corps" or sitting out the war in easy assignments. Based on interviews with more than 100 Jewish air veterans, this oral history features the recollections of pilots, crew members and support personnel in all theaters of combat and all branches of the service, including Jewish women of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The subjects recall their combat experiences, lives as POWs, and anti-Semitism in the ranks, as well as human interest anecdotes such as encounters with the Tuskegee Airmen.