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The Blunder Book: Colossal Errors, Minor Mistakes, and Surprising Slipups that have changed the course of history. The pantheon of error making is large and always growing. History is replete with notables who have made serious mistakes, who have every right to hide their red faces from the limelight: people like Columbus, Gutenburg, Washington, Einstein. All of them -- and many others -- have had to overcome the errors of their ways to make their marks in the world. This book presents the many ways in which error has become ingrained in our government, science, medicine, and the arts, how error has changed history, crept into our libraries, altered our thoughts, and affected out daily existence.
Exposes history's greatest frauds in a compendium of anecdotes, quotes, facts and figures for an entertaining, informative look at a universal human failing
Retelling some of the greates,t and smallest, lies ever told, the author presents a humorous collection of untruths, white lies, schemes, and scams
Somewhere Between Excellent and Perfect: The Life of Dr. Irvin I. Donick" presents the remarkable story of a person who, as a young child, escaped the Nazis during their occupation of Poland before coming to America at age ten. He arrived speaking no English and hobbled by serious injuries resulting from the war; seven years later Irv graduated high school and was a standout on his track and football teams. After attending college and podiatry school, Irv became a renowned leader in his field, building one of the largest podiatry practices in the nation. He married his high school sweet heart and raised three happy children and eleven grandchildren. The stories, experiences and insights to b...
Jack Pechter was five years old and living with his parents and three sisters in eastern Poland when the Nazis invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Because of his father's foresight and his mother's support and courage, Jack and his sisters, led by their parents, began a five-year journey through eastern Europe and Russia to evade the Nazis. His father, Max, was one of the first of the Polish Jews to realize the murderous intent of the Nazis, saying "When a fire is burning, you run." His mother, Sarah, kept the family strengthened with her consoling message throughout the war: "Tomorrow will be better. Tomorrow will be better." When Jack arrived in America in 1949 with his family, he had to ...
"The author of The Blunder Book and The Book of Lies is back - with his most entertaining "human foible" book yet! The Complete Book of Greed romps through the history of human avarice to expose a trove of unimaginable extravagance." "From the ancient Egyptian pharaohs - who filled their massive burial pyramids with gold in hopes of "taking it with them" - to today's oil sheiks and corporate chieftains, Goldberg humorously details the bizarre lifestyles of the rich and greedy down through the ages, including the wife who was awarded the largest divorce settlement in history - $950 million plus property; the billionaire who installed a pay telephone in his mansion for use by his guests; the m...
A life that is free, that is what most of us seek. It isn't that we don't want some restraints...it's just our quest to know freedom...victorious living of heart, mind, and soul. Richard Dortch wants you to be a person who will let the sunlight in and let life be the beautiful experience it can be. Dortch, in his high-profile position as president of one of America's largest ministries, saw firsthand what secrets, compromise, and hidden things can do to a person. Now, after coming to terms with the secrets of his own heart, Richard Dortch is in a unique position to help others see what blessed freedom there is in living a life courageously and being totally transparent. You will not be the same after walking with him through the experiences of... Secrets of the Heart. On these pages we'll discuss: The warning signs of deception. How to avoid the penalty of secrets. The keys to self-examination. How to build trust and confidence. How to escape from denial. The keys to confession. How to find principles worth keeping. The 10 secrets for truthful living. How to find freedom from guilt. Life-changing declarations of truth.
A lively look at four major Jewish celebrities of early 1960s America, who together made their mark on both American culture and Jewish identity
With truly startling statistics and a wealth of anecdotes, Silbiger reveals the cultural principles that form the bedrock of Jewish success in America.