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In this, the first comprehensive history of Kennedy's civil rights record over the course of his entire political career, Nick Bryant shows that Kennedy's shrewd handling of the race issue in his early congressional campaigns blinded him as President to the intractability of the simmering racial crisis in America. By focusing on mainly symbolic gestures, Kennedy missed crucial opportunities to confront the obstructionist Southern bloc and to enact genuine reform, his inertia emboldening white supremacists and forced black activists to adopt increasingly militant tactics.
This is the story of a soldier without a gun. It is personal, yet universal. It is the story of what is left behind when the battles have been fought and the war has moved on. To the Australian Army, Private Lawrence Nicholas Kennedy was NX21854, a soldier who served for 1907 days with the 2/4th Australian Army Field Ambulance in Australia, the Middle East, the Kokoda Track and New Guinea during World War II. With older brother, Bill by his side, the Kennedy boys experienced the adventure and the joy, the loss and the despair of war – like too many others before and since. To those who knew Nick Kennedy after the war, he was a dedicated and professional psychiatric nurse. To the author, he...
Looks at the personal life and professional basketball career of NBA star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.
It's 1943 and the Americans and Japanese are fighting a deadly war in the hot, jungle-covered volcanic islands of the South Pacific. The outcome is in doubt and a terrible blow has fallen on American morale. Lieutenant David Armistead, a Marine Corps hero and cousin of the President of the United States, is missing and some say he's gone over to the enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow and his ragtag crew are given the assignment to find Armistead, though not necessarily to bring him back alive. Recruited in the hunt is a tormented and frail PT-boat skipper nicknamed "Shafty" who is also known by another name: John F. Kennedy. When Josh is stranded in the jungles of New Georgia with a mys...
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Based on an actual experience, Sleep Deprivation Chamber depicts the emotional devastation of police brutality and the criminal justice system on a highly educated, middle class black family.
Shack and the gang from the Lee County Sheriff's Office are kneed deep in murder and mayhem in this ninth installment of the Zack Shack novels. Bodies are cropping up everywhere and right in the middle of the mix there is a rock concert, robberies, burglaries, and domestic terrorists. One body is misidentified then stolen from the morgue. One body is found with a bejeweled dagger in his chest and another body is discovered with his tongue missing. A prisoner escapes from jail only to be shot and killed by a sniper after being apprehended. Chief of Detectives Lydia Keith-Reese and her crew are scurrying around trying to solve the murders and mayhem. Two visitors from Shack's past arrive and one brings with them a shocking surprise, so find a well lighted easy chair and settle in for an exciting read.
Working It includes three workplace romance stories by USA Today Best-Selling Author Amy Knupp. Sweet Spot: After derailing her life to epic proportions, Kennedy Lowell takes refuge behind the bar, pouring drinks, but can she resist her new boss, Hunter Clayborne, who has her shaken and stirred? Firestorm: As a female firefighter, Faith Peligni has a lot to prove. As her captain, Joe Mendoza has everything to lose. Can they find a way to be together without their careers going up in flames? True North: When construction foreman Cole North volunteers to be his boss Sierra’s fake date, nothing goes as expected. Can the lifelong loner evolve from her right-hand man at work to the right man for her forever? Treat yourself to these steamy stand-alone workplace romance stories right away!
A practical guide to safe anaesthesia and perioperative management of the obese patient.
During World War II in the Pacific, a Marine hero who is related to the Kennedy clan, goes missing and is suspected of deserting to the Japanese, with the native wife of a local island leader. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow and his ragtag crew are given the assignment to find the exhero - though not necessarily to bring him back alive.