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  ELECTORAL COLLEGE THE - A...

  Thomas E. Weaver

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  A timely look at how the Electoral College has changed US history and why it endures—told through the lenses of specific people who both influenced the process and were impacted by the results. 
   
   
   
  "Over the years, no feature of the Constitution has attracted more criticism than that strange creature called the Electoral College. Thomas E. Weaver has made that history into a story with an intriguing cast of characters, some familiar, several new to me. If you want to know why it is so hard to do away with this long-standing anachronism, Weaver's story will help you understand." —JOSEPH J. ELLIS, Professor Emeritus of History, Mount Holyoke College, author of Pulitzer Prize–winning Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 
   
   
   
  "Those who think that throwing stones at political institutions is the same as reasoned debate should take some lessons from this carefully researched book. With a cast of colorful characters in tow, Weaver examines the long-standing controversies surrounding the EC and sets out numerous proposals for reform, which range from outright abolition to removing the "plus two" clause. Weaver brings a wealth of historical research to the task, writing with authority and clarity." —Kirkus

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  Richard Nixon - The Prominent...

  Kelly Mass

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  Richard Milhous Nixon was the United States' 37th president, serving from 1969 to 1974. Nixon, a Republican politician, formerly worked as the 36th Vice President from 1953 to 1961, after rising to country prominence as a California agent and senator. 
  Following the Watergate occurrence, he ended up being the only president to leave from office after 5 years in the White Home that observed the end of the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the first manned moon landings, and the starting of the Epa. 
  Let’s learn more about this president who was serving in a crucial time period in American history.

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  Operation Rolling Thunder and...

  Editors Charles River

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  Before the Vietnam War, most Americans would have been hard pressed to locate Vietnam on a map. South Vietnamese President Diem’s regime was extremely unpopular, and war broke out between Communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam around the end of the 1950s. Kennedy’s administration tried to prop up the South Vietnamese with training and assistance, but the South Vietnamese military was feeble. A month before his death, Kennedy signed a presidential directive withdrawing 1,000 American personnel, and shortly after Kennedy’s assassination, new President Lyndon B. Johnson reversed course, instead opting to expand American assistance to South Vietnam. 
  Over the next few years, the American military commitment to South Vietnam grew dramatically, and the war effort became both deeper and more complex. The strategy included parallel efforts to strengthen the economic and political foundations of the South Vietnamese regime, to root out the Viet Cong guerrilla insurgency in the south, combat the more conventional North Vietnamese Army (NVA) near the Demilitarized Zone between north and south, and bomb military and industrial targets in North Vietnam itself.  
  	The United States, attempting to maintain its status as leader and defender of the non-communist world, gradually offered more and more support to South Vietnam’s leaders in Saigon, and direct military intervention became inevitable after the famous Gulf of Tonkin Incident, which also greatly influenced Operation Rolling Thunder. The actual incident consisted of a skirmish between three North Vietnamese torpedo boats, which managed to put exactly one machine-gun bullet hole in an American vessel, and a follow-up in which spooked American gunners fired at phantasmal radar image on a night of severe storm. These false images, caused by meteorological conditions, later received the sobriquet “Gulf of Tonkin ghosts.” 

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  Please Excuse My Brave -...

  Anisa L. Wesley

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  What would you do if you weren’t afraid? This is the question that started it all. Maybe, you can relate to this? For most of your life, you have had this crippling fear that you just cannot shake? You feel STUCK and you KNOW there is MORE to life than this. What if playing it safe is not the best course of action? What if the answer to all your problems was to live life as though you were NOT AFRAID? Aren't you tired of being held back from embracing your God-given purpose? Aren't you tired of downplaying God's plans? Are you tired of doing things the same way and expecting different results? This book is filled with your answers. Anisa has been ignited with a passion in her to help others overcome the paralyzing fear that the world tries to instill in us. If fear or anxiety has ever stopped you from accomplishing your goals then this is the book for you. If you feel you are purposed for so much more but feel like you are settling in life and do not know how to move forward then this is the book for you. Anisa uses her experiences, biblical truths, and her insight as a Licensed Clinical Therapist to give you practical yet effective steps that will lead you to live a brave, bold, and purpose filled life. 
  In the book you will learn how to: Identify your fears and roadblocks. Move past fears and get unstuck.Overcome people pleasing Embrace your God-given purpose. Fight back spiritually against fear. Maintain victory over fear.  
  And much more!!  
  It’s time to step into all you are called to be. Tell those who are still living afraid to Please, Excuse My Brave!

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  Rooted in Scotland - Getting to...

  Cameron Taylor

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  The idea of home can be associated with the notion of an ancestral homeland, a place where something greather than any one individual began. It is difficult to underestimate just how powerful an experience visiting an ancestral homeland can be. There are several guides to tracing your Scottish ancestry and many serious historical studies of emigration. Rooted in Scotland takes a different perspective from most ancestry guides. Its starting point is that your sense of connection with Scotland has meaning and legitimacy, and that your journey of discovery helps you understand who you really are. The best places to start, tips on exploring ancestry and a guide to the best websites. Includes one man's emigration diary - a one-hundred-year-old first-hand account of what your own ancestors have gone through. Written by an ancestral research expert. Wherever you are in the world, your Scottish ancestry is worth exploring and celebrating. This book will help you do both. This book is a plea for restoring the role of emotion and imagination into all out dusty enquiries, and its warmth is inspiring. YOUR FAMILY TREE Will provide anyone with Scots ancestry with a wonderful insight into the significance of their heritage whilst inviting them to come and visit their homeland NATALIE MOFFAT, Ancestral Marketing Manager, Visit Scotland... a fresh and inspiring perspective on what it means to have Scottish ancestry, as well as providing creative ideas for bringing your own family history to life. THE HIGHLANDER

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  A Rare Recording of David Lloyd...

  David Lloyd George

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  David Lloyd George (Jan. 17, 1863 - March 26, 1945) was a British politician of great audacity, charm, wit, and mastery of the art of debate. A champion of liberal causes throughout his career, Lloyd George entered Parliament in 1890, and was later was appointed to the president of the Board of Trade in 1906. As Prime Minister, from 1916 to 1922, Lloyd George led Britain to victory in World War I. In this recording, Lloyd George discusses the famous "People’s Budget" of 1909.

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