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Been There, Done That
by David Fisher • Eddie FisherEddie sang at local fairs, talent contests, and bar mitzvahs, until at age fourteen, he got a job singing on Philadelphia radio shows for twenty-five dollars a week. A few years later, a stint at the Copacabana lunched him into Dreamland. By the time he was twenty-one he was one of the most popular ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1999 -
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War (Bill O'reilly's Legends And Lies Ser.)
by David Fisher<p>The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American history. <p>From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy’s fir... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots (Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies)
by David Fisher<P>The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders <P>The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
The War Magician: The Man Who Conjured Victory In The Desert
by David FisherJasper Maskelyne was a world famous magician and illusionist in the 1930s. When war broke out, he volunteered his services to the British Army and was sent to Eygpt where the desert war had just begun. He used his skills to save the vital port of Alexandria from German bombers and to 'hide' the Su... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Cultural Theory and Psychoanalytic Tradition
by David FisherThe culture of psychoanalysis has many traditions and multiple schools of theory and thought. This work presents informative and original investigations into three overlapping areas of psychoanalytic tradition: the history of psychoanalysis; psychoanalytic culture criticism; and the application of p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Language: ENGCopyright: 1982
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Romain Rolland and the Politics of the Intellectual Engagement
by David FisherThis intellectual portrait of Romain Rolland (1866-1944)--French novelist, musicologist, dramatist, and Nobel prizewinner in 1915--focuses on his experiments with political commitment against the backdrop of European history between the two world wars. Best known as a biographer of Beethoven and for... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
Morality and the Bomb: An Ethical Assessment of Nuclear Deterrence
by David FisherOriginally published in 1985, this book surveys how NATO policy sought to come to terms with the revolution in thinking about war which was brought about by the advent of nuclear weapons. It also examines the logic of deterrence. The book assesses the ethical issues involved, using as a framework th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1985 -
The Executive Order: A Novel
by David FisherIn David Fisher's The Executive Order, this one-step-ahead-of-the-headlines thriller, a reporter races to uncover a conspiracy when he learns that the post-Trump president elected to heal the nation has more sinister plans.In a post-Trump and Biden world, an independent senator, Ian Wrightman, is el... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Legally Correct Fairy Tales
by David Fisher"Jack and Jill went down the hill - and are suing the pail manufacturer for pain and suffering. The mobster known as the Big Bad Wolf, nemesis of little pigs and grandmas everywhere, faces indictment under the RICO Act. Snow White, in violation of the kingdom's nondiscrimination laws, is given for... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1996 -
Cool Jump-Rope Tricks You Can Do!: A Fun Way to Keep Kids 6 to 12 Fit Year-'Round.
by David FisherLearn the Coolest Tricks from "The World's Best Rope Jumper.*" *Ripley's Believe It or Not!Guinness World Record holder David Fisher is going to change the way you think about rope jumping. Cool Jump-Rope Tricks You Can Do! will teach you over 100 cool skills and tricks like the Houdini, Cat's Cradl... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
The War Magician: The man who conjured victory in the desert
by David FisherThe incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war.Soon to be a major film starring Benedict CumberbatchPerfect for fans of OPERATION MINCEMEATJasper Maskelyne was a world famous magician and illusionist in the 1930s. When... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
U.S. Marshals
by David Fisher • Mike EarpDeputy U.S. Marshal: How often did you draw your gun?Retiring FBI Agent: Never. You?Deputy U.S. Marshal: Seven times before lunch.123,006 FugitivesThat's how many wanted men and women, each with an average of four felony convictions to his or her name, the U.S. Marshals Service tracked down and arre... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
A Lawyer's Life
Begins with the Simpson trial then reviews his previous career.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark
An inventor, adventurer, entrepreneur, collector, and entertainer, and son of legendary scientist-astronaut Owen Garriott, Richard Garriott de Cayeux has been behind some of the most exciting undertakings of our time. A legendary pioneer of the online gaming industry—and a member of every gaming Hal... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Leonard
Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television episodes and six fea... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
It's Only a Game
This is the absolutely guaranteed 100% mostly true story of Terry Bradshaw: the man who gained sports immortality as the first quarterback to win four Super Bowls -- and the man who later became America's most popular sports broadcaster. IT'S ONLY A GAME "I had a real job once," begins a memoir as... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
Lincoln's Last Trial Young Readers' Edition: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
by David Fisher • Dan AbramsAt the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison was accused of murder in Springfield, Illinois. The man hired to save his life was none other than self-taught lawyer Abraham Lincoln. But what would be Lincoln’s last case before his presidency posed many personal challenge... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
The deadly embrace: Hitler, Stalin, and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939-1941
by David Fisher • Anthony ReadThrough much research and an exciting narrative, the authors show how Hitler and Stalin turned the politics of Europe upside down with the stroke of a pen in August of 1939. Two years later this infamous alliance came to a bloody, violent, predictable end.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1988 -
Live Long And . . .: What I Learned Along the Way
Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age."I have always felt," William Shatner says early in his newest memoir, that "like the great comedian George Burns, who lived to 100, I couldn’t die as long as I... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
by David Fisher • Dan AbramsThe New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln’s Last Trial and host of LivePD Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell the story of a trial that would change history. <P><P>History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country’s second president. But in the tense years before the American Re... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him To The Presidency
by David Fisher • Dan Abrams<P>The true story of Abraham Lincoln’s last murder trial, a case in which he had a deep personal involvement—and which played out in the nation’s newspapers as he began his presidential campaign <P><P>At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murd... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy
by David Fisher • Dan Abrams<P><P> News legal correspondent and host of LIVE PD Dan Abrams reveals the story of Teddy Roosevelt’s last stand—an epic courtroom battle against corruption—in this thrilling follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Lincoln’s Last Trial. <P><P>“No more dramatic courtroom scene has ever been enact... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Up Till Now: The Autobiography
The autobiography of the famous TV, movie and theater star, who has played roles such as Captain James T. Kirk, Denny Crane, the Priceline negotiator, T. J. Hooker, and more.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby
by David Fisher • Dan AbramsNew York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America’s most publicized—and most surprising—criminal trials in history.No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President Kennedy, a tro... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021