Washington, DC: Executive Publications, Inc., 1998. 28 cm, 68, wraps, illus. More

Washington, DC: National Journal Group, Inc., 2006. 70, wraps, illus., Condoleezza Rice on cover. More

Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest, 1984. Wraps. 12 p. More

New York, N.Y. Random House, 1987. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. [8], 277, [5] pages. Illustrated chapter numbers. A few musical notes at the end. Includes Preface. This copy is inscribed on the fep to Jim Thifale [?]with very best wishes of V. Aksyonov. Here the acclaimed Russian emigre novelist Vassily Aksyonov offers an exuberant chronicle of his encounters with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as he makes the United States his home. One of the leading Soviet writers of his generation--and one of the most popular--Aksyonov captured the spirit of Russia's Western-oriented youth in the sixties and their celebration of American culture. In 1980, he was forced to emigrate when his masterwork, The Burn, was published in the West. Now he compares America in the flesh to the mythical America of the Russian imagination. He follows American politics, offering hilarious commentary on presidential campaigns, teaches Russian literature to "The children of suburbia," scorns the bohemian life in New York, becomes an avid Redskins fan, and relishes the European charm and pointed contradictions of life in the nation's capital, where he and his wife finally hang their hats. Most of all, however, Aksyonov celebrates the endless variety of American life, and through his eyes, even the "notoriously checked trousers and flower-laden hats" of the elderly become signs of vibrancy rather than bad taste. As Aksyonov is "sucked into the great big wonderful world of American provincialism," we learn a great deal about Russian preconceptions--and a great deal about ourselves. More

Mystic, CT: The Marine Historical Association, 1955. Revised Edition. Wraps. Cover worn and soiled. Rear cover illustrated. Tape binding reglued at top of spine. [2], v, [1], 93, [1] pages. Index of Authors. This comprehensive annotated bibliography for its time of published works and Ph.D. theses in the English language was compiled by a pioneering maritime historian Robert Albion. While this work has been updated and expanded upon, this first revision provides an insightful snapshot in time with regards to naval scholarship, bibliographic annotation, subject characterization, and organization of research/reference aids. Mystic Seaport Museum or Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, Connecticut is the largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and for the re-creation of the crafts and fabric of an entire 19th-century seafaring village. It consists of more than 60 historic buildings, most of them rare commercial structures moved to the 19-acre (0.077 km2) site and meticulously restored. The museum was established in 1929 as the "Marine Historical Association". Its fame came with the acquisition of the Charles W. Morgan in 1941, the only surviving wooden sailing whaler. The Seaport was one of the first living history museums in the United States, with a collection of buildings and craftsmen to show how people lived. The Seaport supports research via an extensive library and runs the Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, a summer graduate-level academic program established in 1955 by maritime historian Professor Robert Albion of Harvard University. More

New York: Pantheon Books, 1999. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 694 pages. Family tree on endpapers. Illustrations. Maps. Plans, Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear, soiling and sticker residue. Adele Logan Alexander is an adjunct professor of history at George Washington University, where she has taught since 1983. She teaches the history of slavery, the civil rights movement, and African-American women. She has taught at Howard University, University of Maryland, and Trinity College. Her research focuses on the black Atlantic world, African-American history, and family history. She has written two books, Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879, and Homelands and Waterways: The American Journey of the Bond Family, 1846-1926. The latter book won the non-fiction prize of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. In 2003 the African American Historical and Genealogical Society recognized her contributions to family history with an award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution. More

New York: Hill and Wang, 2003. First American Edition. First Printing. 326, maps, bibliography, index. More

New York: Atheneum, 1975. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 369, index, pencil erasure on half-title. Preface by Golda Meir. More

New York: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, 1940. Unknown printing--copyright date is 1937. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 543 pages. Illustrations. Facsimiles. Footnotes. Index. Ink notation of fep. The dust jacket has staining, soiling, wear and tears. Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters - Facing War: 1915 - 1917 is a volume in the comprehensive biography of Woodrow Wilson written by Ray Stannard Baker. This volume specifically covers: Time Period: 1915–1917, bridging the period of American neutrality and the move toward involvement in World War I. It focuses on Wilson's efforts to keep the United States out of the European war while managing tensions, leading up to the declaration of war. : It is part of a multi-volume set (including Youth-Princeton, Governor, Neutrality, and War Leader) that serves as a foundational, albeit sympathetic, account of Wilson's presidency. Ray Stannard Baker was a journalist and close confidant of Wilson, and these volumes are widely regarded as a key primary source for understanding the 28th President. More

New York: Viking [A James H. Silberman Book], 2013. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 384 pages. Signed by the author sticker on the dust jacket. To the Reader. Notes and Sources. Index. Signed on the title page by the author. Daniel Balz is an American journalist at The Washington Post, where he has been a political correspondent since 1978. Balz has served as National Editor, Political Editor, White House correspondent and as the Washington Post's Texas-based Southwest correspondent. After college graduation, prior to entering military service, Balz worked for the Freeport Journal Standard covering the 1968 Democratic National Convention and contemporaneous riots. Before coming to The Washington Post, he worked as a reporter and deputy editor for National Journal and as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Balz sometimes appears on the news show Meet the Press and frequently appears on the PBS program Washington Week. In 2011 the White House Correspondents' Association honored Balz with the prestigious Merriman Smith Award for excellence in presidential coverage under deadline pressure. Balz is co-author, with Ronald Brownstein of the Los Angeles Times, of the 1996 book Storming the Gates: Protest Politics and the Republican Revival. In 1999, Balz received the American Political Science Association award for political coverage. Balz's 2009 work, co-written with Pulitzer Prize winner Haynes Johnson, is The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election. Based on years of reporting, it includes exclusive interviews with then-candidates Barack Obama and John McCain and many of their top advisers during the campaign and election. More

Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2001. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 327 pBibliography. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 287, [3] pages. Charts, Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Roy Howard Beck is an American journalist and public policy analyst who founded and has served as President of NumbersUSA since its inception in 1997. Beck was a journalist for three decades before founding NumbersUSA. He is former Washington D. C. bureau chief of Booth Newspapers and an environment-beat newspaper reporters, formerly with The Grand Rapids Press and The Cincinnati Enquirer. Beck was also the Washington DC editor of John Tanton's magazine The Social Contract. The New York Times credited Beck's NumbersUSA organization with applying enough pressure to U.S. Senators to defeat a comprehensive immigration bill in June 2007. He has been described as a "tutor" for U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo on immigration issues. More

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 294 pages. For Further Reading. Inscription by the author on title page. Inscription reads For Marilyn, Michael F. Bennet. Michael Farrand Bennet (born November 28, 1964) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Colorado, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed to the seat when Senator Ken Salazar became Secretary of the Interior. Bennet previously worked as a managing director for the Anschutz Investment Company, chief of staff to Denver mayor (and his future Senate colleague) John Hickenlooper, and superintendent of Denver Public Schools. Bennet is the son of Douglas J. Bennet, a former State Department official and president of Wesleyan University. Early in his career, Bennet worked for Ohio Governor Richard Celeste. He received a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School, worked as a law clerk, and was counsel to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General during the administration of Bill Clinton. Bennet served then Mayor John Hickenlooper as his chief of staff from 2003 to 2005 and became superintendent of the Denver public school system in July 2005. Governor Bill Ritter appointed Bennet to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Ken Salazar when Salazar became Secretary of the Interior in January 2009. Bennet was elected in the 2010 Senate election, defeating Republican nominee Ken Buck. He chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for the 2014 cycle and was reelected to the Senate in 2016 and 2022. More