william morrow an imprint of harper collins publishers (33 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.14.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. First Edition. 353 pgs. including afterword. TRUE First edition with correct number and date lines of an author's debut novel. HC book has peach boards with slate blue tape on spine, and fancy gilt font on spine. Fine shape with remainder mark on bottom page edges, and an upper rear corner bumped, otherwise completely unmarked and as new. DJ still has original high gloss, corresponding bump to upper rear corner, slight rolling started along top edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Schuck, Mary (jacket design) Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition red boards, navy blue spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Prologue: Revolution and Retreat; Epilogue: Changing the Culture in Tacoma, Washington; Appendix: FreddomWorks Grassroots Activism Toolkit and Acknowledgments. "This groundbreaking manifesto is essential reading for Tea Party activists - or any American seeking to understand what the Tea Party is fighting for and what's next for the movement. Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe have been on the front lines of one of the fastest-growing and most influential political phenomena in recent memory: the Tea Party movement. As the leaders of the advocacy orgainization FreedomWorks, they have helped guide and give voice to hundreds of thousands of activists from across the country and have a strong vision for the future of this powerful grassroots uprising. United by a strong belief in limited government and individual liberty, Tea Party members are changing the American political landscape. Unlike mainstream media accounts that observe the Tea Party movement from the outside looking in, Give Us Liberty chronicles the roots and rise of a new breed of taxpapyer activism in the voices of those who were there. Discover the personalities that drove the first meetings, the unknown candidates whose principled stand earned them unlikely victories, the march that gathered more than a million activists, and the bedrock beliefs that brought them together. In this national call to action, Armey and Kibbe provide an intimate history of the movement, explain how citizens can join the cause, and chart the future of the Tea Party - and America. Give Us Liberty also contains a battle-tested, step-by-step guide to organizing and effecting change in any community." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. Kerner, Jamie (book design); Schuck, Mary (jacket design); Graibe, Dania (jacket photographs) Ilustrador. New condition dark gray boards, black spine, and orange spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Prologue: Homecoming; Acknowledgments; and Final Thoughts. Illustrated with a section of color photographic plates. "Dwyane Wade, the eight-time All-Star for the Miami Heat, has miraculously defied the odds throughout his career and his life. In 2006, in just his third season in the NBA, Dwyane was named the Finals' MVP, after leading the Miami Heat to the Championship title, basketball's ultimate prize. Two years later, after possible career-ending injuries, he again rose from the ashes of doubt to help win a gold medal for the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As co-captain, he helped lead the Heat to triumph in the 2012 NBA Championship. Little wonder that legendary coach Pat Riley has called Dwyane "B.I.W." - Best In the World. As incredible as those achievements have been, it's off the court where Dwyane has sought his most cherished goal: being a good dad to his sons, Zaire and Zion, by playing a menaingful role in their lives. Recounting his fatherhood journey, Dwyane begins his story in March 2011 with the news that after a long, bitter custody battle, he has been awarded sole custody of his sons in a virtually unprecedented court decision. A Father First chronicles the lessons Dwyane has learned as a single dad from the moment of the judge's ruling that instantly changed his life and the lives of his boys, and then back to the events in the past that shaped his dreams, prayers, and promises. As the son of divorced parents determined to get along so that he and his sister Tragil could have loving relationships with both of them, Dwyane's early years were spent on Chicago's South Side. With poverty, violence, and drugs consuming the streets and their mom descending into addiction, Tragil made the heroic decision to take her younger brother to live with their father. After moving his household to suburban Robbins, Illinois, Dwyane Wade Sr. became Dwyane's first basketball coach. While this period laid the groundwork for Dwyane's later mission for fathers to take greater responsibility for their kids, he was also inspired by his mother's miraculous victory over addiction and her gift for healing others. Both his mother and his father showed him that the unconditional love between parents and children is a powerful guiding force. In A Father First, we meet the coaches, mentors, and teammates who played pivotal roles in Dwyane's stunning basketball career - from his early days shooting hoops on the neighborhood courts in Chicago, to his rising stardom at Marquette University in Milwaukee, to his emergence as an unheralded draft pick by the Miami Heat. This book is a revealing, personal story of one of America's top athletes, but it is also a call to action - from a man who had to fight to be in his children's lives - that will show mothers and fathers how to step up and be parents themselves." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Michel, Christopher (author photograph) Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Fine condition blue boards, navy blue spine, and red spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by John Weisman; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote (U.S. Navy SEAL Motto); Author's Note; Prologue; Epilogue and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with black-and-white aerial photographic maps and map drawings. Tiny remainder dot on lower page edge. "The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling military thriller writer and co-author of the bestselling Rogue Warrior Series goes beyond the headlines and worldwide speculation in this pulse-pounding fictional account of the brethtaking hunt for the world's most wanted terrorist, Usama Bin Landen. Some truths are better told in fiction. In this riveting novel drawn from actual events and based on real-life heroes whose identities remain classified - including soldiers, sailors, intelligence operatives, technocrats, analysts, and policymakers - John Weisman fills in the blanks of what may have happened during the hunt and captue of Usama Bin Laden. Moving from the political battlefields of Washington, D.C., and the secure, seventh-floor suite of the CIA director in Langley, Virginia, to the dusty streets of Peshwar, Lahore, and Abbottabad, Pakistan, to the rough Afghan interior, to the Middle East and western Europe, this fictional narrative brings to life the drama behind SEAL Team 6's breathtaking raid in which Bin Laden - a.k.a. Crankshaft, a.k.a. al Mas (the Diamond), the ghost, the wraith, the grail for counterterrorists for more than a decade - met his fate. In the Oval Office, the Pentagon, the CIA, and the State Department, Washington's power brokers, the president, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Secretary of Defense conduct secret meetings, battle for political supremacy, and make life-and-death choices. Meanwhile, at an anonymous naval installation just south of Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Naval Special Warfare Development Group trains in secret for the mission of a lifetime. And at Valhalla Base, the CIA's safe house in Abbottabad, dedicated intelligence officers gather intel critical to locating and capturing the elusive Bin Laden. KBL: Kill Bin Laden probes the hearts and minds of America's secret warriors, revealing what the job means to them and the toll it takes. Here are the Navy SEALs who can never admit what unit they work for; the CIA paramilitary operators who risk their lives among the enemy, putting themselves in harm's way knowing their existence will be denied if they are killed or captured; and the elite cadre of gritty leaders who bravely put country and security above politics. Filled with pulse-pounding excitement and the tactics, intelligence tradecdraft, and operational sources and methods used in real-world CIA and special-operations missions, KBL: Kill Bin Laden is a thrill-a-minute dramatization that sets the standard for adventure novels as it brilliantly imagines the action, intrigue, and suspense of this real-life event and offers a glimpse of the new face of warfare." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Eanes, Ryan (jacket design); Youngen, McCann (author photograph) Ilustrador. 1st Edition. As new condition red boards, blue spine, and red spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Bill O'Reilly; Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction: This One's for You!; Afterthoughts: It's All About You; Credits and Permissions and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings. "When Bill O'Reilly interviewed then-Senator Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential elections, the two had a lively debate about the nation's future. Since that time, America has changed rapidly - some would even say seismically. And many believe these shifts are doing more than just rocking the political and social climate; they're rocking the American core. What are these changes? Who, in addition to President Obama, have been the biggest forces behind them? What exactly do they mean for you, the everyday American citizen? How are they affecting your money, health, safety, freedom, and standing in this nation? Which are Pinheaded moves and which are truly Patriotic? In his latest spirited book, O'Reilly prompts further debate with the President and the American people on the current state of the union. After five consecutive, no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is mega-bestsellers, you can count on Bill to offer blunt and constructive political commentary. And as he did in his popular memoir, he offers some introspection too, looking back at his own actions and those of past Pinheads and Patriots who have inspired a code of conduct for such taxing times. As always, O'Reilly is fair, balanced, and uncompromisingly tough when guarding the American way. Only Pinheads would fail to fight for what they love most about this country or to embrace some measure of change to make it better. The rest of us Patriots will read this book to discover the difference between the two." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. New condition black boards with white spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedications; Preliminary Page List of Cast and Crew Interviewed in Woke Up This Morning; Introduction; Acknowledgments; and Index. Illustrated with a section of color photographic plates. "Welcome to the Family. Michael Imperioli, who played the inimitable Christopher, and Steve Schirripa, the lovable Bobby Bacala -- who together host the hit podcast Talking Sopranos -- lay bare the secrets of The Sopranos. In these pages you'll find where all the bodies are buried: the stories behind the stories, the backstage gossip, and, most important, the love and trust and camaraderie and friendship that a group of actors and their crew discovered together. Woke Up This Morning, for the first time anywhere, brings together dozens of cast members, crew members, writers, directors, and the Big Man himself, series creator David Chase, to talk intimately and openly about everything that went into making the thoroughly unique, thoroughly absorbing creation that is The Sopranos. Here's Vinny Pastore talking about how he learned that "Big Pussy" was getting whacked; Lorraine Bracco revealing the phone call that got HBO to pick up the show; Jamie-Lynn Sigler's heartfelt moments with Jim Gandolfini; how the character of Paulie Walnuts became based on the real life of Tony Sirico; and the one time the whole crew nearly beat the crap out of someone for real. They help answer some important questions: Which two Sopranos actors nearly got the role of Tony Soprano? What really happened to the Russian? Which gags did Jim Gandolfini pull on Lorraine Bracco when no one was watching -- and how did she get even? More than two decades after its premiere, The Sopranos remains one of the most popular and talked-about TV programs ever. The show that ushered in the new golden age of television -- and set standards for cinematography, writing, acting, and sheer out-there creativity that remain unmatched to this day. Woke Up This Morning is the essential companion to the seminal series, whether you're a first-time viewer or a longtime fan. Read it and you'll become a member of the family. You got a problem with that?" -- from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition/ First Printing, complete number line. A little shelf worn but looks unread. Signed by author on special publisher's tipped-in page. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition white boards/navy blue spine/gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Selected Readings; and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "Bonnie Angelo has written a superb book depicting and defining the profound influence of mothers on so many presidents. Angelo found the key to presidential personalities and ambitions - their mothers. Her book is beautifully written and long needed." - Helen Thomas. "First Mothers offers fresh and unique insight that is simply and gracefully written. A mother's hand shapes and inspires presidents -- and those who would be -- more than any other force, and by doing so carries this grand republic along." - Hugh Sidey, TIME. "Through new research, Bonnie Angelo has assembled a fresh and enlightening new perspective on that most primary of all human relationships -- motherhood. First Mothers gives us the human beings, in their attributes and deficiencies, with an understanding narrative voice." - Carl Sperrazza Anthony, historian and author. "Why hasn't anyone done this before? Bonnie Angelo's FIrst Mothers is an important piece in the puzzle of why presidents are the way they are." - Stephen Hess, Brookings Institution and author. "First Mothers tells the captivating stories of the mothers who played such large roles in developing the characters of the modern American presidents. The book covers a wide range of memorable personalities, from formidably aristocratic Sara Delano Roosevelt to diehard Democrat Martha Truman, from zealous pacifist Ida Eisenhower to family matriarch Rose Kennedy, nurturing Rebekah Baines Johnson, stoic Hannah Milhous Nixon, and courageous Dorothy Ford. From outspoken Peace Corps mother Lillian Carter to would-be actress Nelle Reagan, champion athlete Dorothy Bush, and gambling, hard-living Virginia Kelley Clinton, First Mothers invites us into the historic lives of these extraordinary women. Much has been written about FIrst Ladies, but now Bonnie Angelo, a veteran correspondent and bureau chief for TIME, has captured the daily lives, thoughts, and feelings of these remarkable mothers and the relationships between them and their sons. Angelo recounts stories of traditional family values nurtured to the fullest, examples that should resonate with today's parents. She blends these women's stories with the texture of their lives and the colorful details of their times, and creates much more than faded daguerreotypes in their family albums. Her enthralling personal anecdotes leap off the page to reveal brilliant, moving lives, up close and personal. Based on dozens of interviews with the president-sons and other living relatives of these remarkable women, FIrst Mothers is a richly textured, in-depth look at the lives, the influence, and the patterns that can be identified in the special mother-son relationships that nurtured the modern American presidents -- the last eleven -- to the pinnacle of power." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Mustafa, Mumtaz (jacket design); Marrs, Sean (author photograph); Metsch, Fritz (book design) Ilustrador. 1st Edition. As new condition dark blue boards, navy blue spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Bruce Henderson; Author Dedication; Introduction; Prologue: Germany 1938; Dramatis Personae; Acknowledgments; Sources; Appendix: The Ritchie Boys; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and black-and-white photographic front and rear endpapers. "They were young Jewish boys who escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe and resettled in America. After the United States entered the war, they returned to fight for their adopted homeland and for the families they had left behind. Their stories tell the tale of one of the U.S. Army's greatest secret weapons. Sons and Soldiers begins during the menacing rise of Hitler's Nazi party, as Jewish families were trying desperately to get out of Europe. Bestselling author Bruce Henderson captures the heartbreaking stories of parents choosing to send their young sons away to uncertain future in America, perhaps never to see them again. As these boys became young men, they were determined to join the fight in Europe. Henderson describes how they were recruited into the U.S. Army and how their unique mastery of the German language and psychology was put to use to interrogate German prisoners of war. These young men - known as the Ritchie Boys, after the Maryland camp where they trained - knew what the Nazis would do to them if they were captured. Yet they leapt at the opportunity to be sent in small, elite teams to join every major combat unit in Europe, where they collected key tactical intelligence on enemy strength, troop and armored movements, and defensive positions that saved American lives and helped win the war. A postwar army report found that nearly 60 percent of the credible intelligence gathered in Europe came from the Ritchie Boys. Sons and Soldiers draws on original interviews and extensive archival research to vividly re-create the stories of six of these men, tracing their journeys from childhood through their escapes from Europe, their feats and sacrifices during the war, and finally their desperate attempts to find their missing loved ones. Sons and Solldiers is an epic story of heroism, courage, and patriotism that will not soon be forgotten." - from the inner front jacket flap. "A triumph! More than seventy years after World War II ended, historians scramble to unearth a fresh story. With Sons and Soldiers, Bruce Henderson has found one. This gripping account of German Jews who fled their nation only to return as members of an elite U.S. Army unit to help defeat the Nazis tugs at every emotion." - John Wukovits, author of Tin Can Titans. "An invaluable, must-read addition to the canon of important WWII books, [telling the story of] the thousands of European-born American soldiers whose own odysseys were ingrained in the twentieth century's two most significant narratives: the Holocaust and the Allied war against their families' oppressors in Nazi Germany." - Steven Karras, author.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. New condition blue boards with blue spine and gold spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Prologue; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; and Where To Go For Help. Illustrated with both black-and-white and color photographs. "A Story of Passion, Adversity, and the Unshakable Power of Hope. Emmy Award-winning actor Maurice Benard is best known for his twenty-five years of playing Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr., on ABC's hit daytime television show General Hospital. The rakish mobster is beloved and feared, perhaps in equal measure, but what viewers don't know is that for many years, Benard lived in true fear of a much greater threat - himself. In Nothing General About It, Benard relays the challenges of growing up in a small town with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, and his struggle to keep his demons at bay while pursuing a career as an actor. Throughout his professional journey - and while building his family - he was pushed to the very boundaries of despair, struggling with the stigma of having a mental illness he felt he couldn't share with the world. For the first time, Benard delves into the most challenging parts of his life, including his tenuous childhood relationship with his father, secretly managing manic episodes on the set of General Hospital, and fending off the terrifying setbacks he experienced while off his meds. From being misdiagnosed to institutionalized, Benard shares his story with raw, unrelenting honesty. More than a story of adversity, his is an incredible love story - his wife, Paula, stayed faithfully by his side even through the lowest of lows. Benard's journey pays tribute to the community that supported him through thick and thin, and to an enduring marriage that truly demonstrates what "in sickness and in health" means. After going on to find an equilibrium within his day-to-day life, Beard details the joys of starting a family, becoming a successful actor, and the continual effort it takes to sustain his mental health - and keep himself accountable to doing the work. Now, Benard uses his platform to be an advocate for mental health, and to show all those who are struggling that there is light to be found. Nothing General About It is a case study in perseverance and candor, a reminder that bravery is achieved by embracing who you truly are, and then using what you have to help others." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NEAR FINE HARDBACK. SIGNED by WARREN ELLIS [NO Inscription] on title page. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY!. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Werner, Honi (jacket design) Ilustrador. As new condition beige boards, dark brown spine, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Acknowledgments and Author's Note. Signed and inscribed by the author with thin black pen on the title page. "An unforgettable story of love, survival, and the power of imagination in the most tragic circumstances. Elegant and poetic, the rare kind of book that you want to keep but you have to share." - Isabel Allende, author. "The Madonnas of Leningrad is an extraordinary debut, a deeply lovely novel that evokes with uncommon deftness the terrible, heartbreaking beauty that is life in wartime. Like the glorious ghosts of the paintings in the Hermitage that lie at the heart of the story, Dean's exquisite prose shimmers whith a haunting glow, illuminating for us the notion that art itself is perhaps our most necessary nourishment. A superbly graceful novel." - Chang-Rae Lee, author. "One of the most talked about books of the year. Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. And while the elderly Russian woman cannot hold on to fresh memories - the details of her grown children's lives, the appraching wedding of her grandchild - her distant past is preserved: vivid images that rise unbidden of her youth in war-torn Leningrad. In the fall of 1941, the German army approached the outskirts of Leningrad, signaling the beginning of what would become a long and torturous siege. During the ensuing months, the city's inhabitants would brave starvation and the bitter cold, all while fending off the constant German onslaught. Marina, then a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum, along with other staff members, was instructed to take down the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, yet leave the frames hanging empty on the walls - a symbol of the artworks' eventual return. To hold on to sanity when the Luftwaffe's bombs began to fall, she burned to memory, brushstroke by brushstroke, these exquisite artworks: the nude figures of women, the angels, the serene Madonnas that had so shortly before gazed down upon her. She used them to furnish a "memory palace," a personal Hermitage in her mind to which she retreated to escape terror, hunger, and encroaching death. A refuge that would stay buried deep within her, until she needed it once more . Seamlessly moving back and forth in time between the Soviet Union and contemporary America, The Madonnas of Leningrad is a searing portrait of war and remembrance, of the power of love, memory, and art to offer beauty, grace, and hope in the face of overwhelming despair. Gripping, touching, and heartbreaking, it marks the debut of Debra Dean, a bold new voice in American fiction." - from the inner front jacket flap. ". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. As new condition black boards with neon red spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Introduction: Finding Ike; Prologue: The Visit; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Eisenhower's Farewell Address to the Nation; Notes; Index; and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates. Signed and dated (11/5/17) by Bret Baier with thick black marker on the half title page. A small remainder dot at the upper page edge. (see photographs). All pages are in as new condition and the spine/binding is in as new unread condition (see photographs). "In this absorbing book, Bret Baier describes my grandfather's famous farewell address as the 'final mission' of a 'man of war who craved peace.' Three Days in January brilliantly captures the drama of January 1961, when Eisenhower passed the torch to JFK, and offers timeless guidance for a peaceful, prosperous, and powerful America. Three Days in January is the BEST book on Eisenhower - and the best book written about a presidential speech - to appear in a very long time." - David Eisenhower, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Public Service at the Annenberg School and author of Eisenhower: At War, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History. "Bret Baier has given history a great gift: a riveting account of Dwight Eisenhower's determination to call on his vast experience to prepare America for the perils of the new war - the Cold War." - Tom Brokaw. "Bret Baier has written a great book about a great president. Three Days in January brings us the true story behind Eisenhower's legendary farewell address, the passions that went into it, and the lessons in leadership that 'Ike' offers to today's era of polarization and gridlock." - Clarence Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. "January 1961: President Eisenhower has three days to secure the nation's future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power -- a final mission by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War. Bret Baier, the Chief Political Anchor for Fox News Channel and the Anchor and Executive Editor of Special Report with Bret Baier, illuminates the extraordinary yet underappreciated presidency of Dwight Eisenhower by taking readers into Ike's last days in power. Baier masterfully casts the period between Eisenhower's now=prophetic farewell address on the evening of January 17, 1961, and Kennedy's inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the closing act of one of modern America's greatest leaders -- during which Eisenhower urgently sought to prepare both the country and the next president for the challenges ahead. Those three days in January 1961, Baier shows, were the culmination of a lifetime of service that took Ike from rural Kansas to West Point, to the battlefields of World War II, and finally to the Oval Office. When he left the White House, Dwight Eisenhower had done more than perhaps any other modern American to set the nation, in his words, "on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment." On January 17, Eisenhowe spoke to the nation in one of the most remarkable farewell speeches in U.S. history. Ike looked to the future, warning Americans against the dangers of elevating partisanship above national interest, excessive government budgets (particularly deficit spending), the expansion of the military-indistrual complex, and the creeping. power of special interests. Seeking to ready a new generation for power, Eisenhower intensely advised the 43-year-old Kennedy before the inauguration." from jacket flap. "As general and as president, Dwight Eisenhower was one of the greatest leaders in American history, and Bret Baier's [book] is a welcome and valuable contribution to our appreciation of Ike, describing some of his most important qualities of character, wisdom and leadership." - Michael Beschloss, author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition saddle brown boards, maroon spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic and color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Author's Note; Prologue; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index and About the Author. "The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture. Before John Glenn orbited Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South's segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America's aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam's call, moving to Hampton, Virginia, and entering the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Even as Virginia's Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley's all-black "West Computing" group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens. Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades as they faced challenges, forged alliances, and used their intellect to change their own lives and their country's future." -- from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New; pristine. As the Wicked Watch - Issued-Signed Edition, Variant 1 ISBN #, First Jordan Manning Novel, First Edition, First Printing. By Tamron Hall. Signed on publisher-dedicated page (second free endpaper). New York: William Morrow / an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2021. First Edition and First Printing, Octavo, illustrated jacket with "Signed Edition" seal (see scan), sky blue and black boards with publisher's monogram in blind, white spine imprinting, 388 pp. New and flawless. One of at least two variants of the issued signed edition. Both of those have the standard ISBN and First Edition statement with number line on the copyright page; this variant has the additional signed addition ISBN # 9780063226210. The other variant has the signed edition variant ISBN # 9780063226203, but lacks the gold "Signed Edition" seal on the jacket that this one has. The seal is easily removed from the jacket front panel, but leaving it alone is probably a more collectible decision. Variants have not to our knowledge been officially numbered; "1" and "2" are used here to distinguish them. Which is scarcer - we don't know. Hall's first title in her planned Jordan Manning series, a journalist/detective series. Ships in stout protection, of course. L42. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New; pristine. As the Wicked Watch - Issued-Signed Edition, Variant 2 ISBN #, First Jordan Manning Novel, First Edition, First Printing. By Tamron Hall. Signed on publisher-dedicated page (second free endpaper). New York: William Morrow / an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2021. First Edition and First Printing, Octavo, illustrated jacket, sky blue and black boards with publisher's monogram in blind, white spine imprinting, 388 pp. New and flawless. One of at least two variants of the issued signed edition. Both of those have the standard ISBN and First Edition statement with number line on the copyright page; this variant has the additional signed addition ISBN # 9780063226203 (the other variant has the signed edition variant ISBN # 9780063226210, as well as a "Signed Edition" sticker seal on jacket front panel, which this variant lacks). Hall's first title in her planned Jordan Manning series, a journalist/detective series. Ships in stout protection, of course. L2. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. New and Pristine. New York: William Morrow / an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2021. First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed-by-Author edition, and both ISBNs (9780063028050, as the 1st/1st ISBN, and 9780063224162, as the signed edition ISBN, at bottom of rear jacket panel. See scans of both). Octavo, 708 pp. Octavo, illustrated jacket with "Signed Edition" seal, bi-tone blue boards with William Morrow monogram imprint stamped in blind, map front endpapers, chart rear endpapers, 708 pp. New and flawless, both book and jacket. Possibly the most collectible form of this singular Neal Stephenson near-term future science fiction, involving tech- engineering of the climate to control extreme change - and also involving geopolitical and geocultural repercussions. Very well regarded by virtually all reviewers (except the SundayTimes - but what else is new there?). Another tech-adventure from the master of what it is he does, in a handsome and scarce form. See scans. Ships in a sturdy, protective box, of course. L31 n. Signed by Author(s).