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On May 24, 1911, one of the most notorious murders in Denver's
history occurred. The riveting tale involves high society,
adultery, drugs, multiple murder, and more, all set in Denver's
grand old hotel, the Brown Palace. As foreword writer and historian
Tom Noel proclaims, "Hollywood murder mystery writers could not
have contrived a thriller as chilling as this factual account." The
characters in this real-life melodrama could not have been better
cast. At the center of the storm was the seductively beautiful
Denver socialite, Isabel Springer. In her thrall were three
men--two locked in a struggle for her affections, and the third her
unsuspecting husband. Little did ambitious John W. Springer,
wealthy Denver businessman and politician, know that lovely Isabel,
20 years his junior, had been feeding the romantic fire of an
out-of-town suitor at the same time that she was developing a cozy
relationship with a man he regarded a friend and business partner.
Threat and counter-threat between one-time cowboy and automobile
racing driver Sylvester Louis ("Tony") von Phul and the dapper
Harold Francis Henwood culminated in a barroom confrontation and a
double gunshot murder. What followed were two of the most lurid
court trials in Colorado history. This tragic story of a
spectacular crime of passion and how it ruined the lives of those
involved is one readers won't be able to put down.
In 1963, a frustrated President Kennedy turned to the Pentagon for help in carrying out subversive operations against North Vietnam- a job the CIA had not managed to handle effectively. Thus was born the Pentagon's Special Operations Group(SOG). Under the cover name"Studies and Observation Group," SOG would, over the next eight years, dispatch numerous spies to North Vietnam, create a triple-cross deception program, wage psychological warfare by manipulating North Vietnamese POW's and kidnapped citizens, and stage deadly assaults on enemy soldiers traveling the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Written by the country's leading expert on SOG, here is the story of that covert war-one that would have both spectacular and disastrous results.
Presents a program designed for English learners to introduce and
reinforce social studies terms and skills. In this title, each
lesson presents material with a globally and culturally relevant
format though beautiful images and engaging content, such as
Primary Source documents and graphic organizers.
Drawing from recently declassified top-secret material, as well as revelatory eyewitness accounts, Secret Service records, and Jacqueline Kennedy's personal letters, bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming answers the question: what was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Brilliantly researched, Leaming's poignant and powerful chronicle illuminates the tumultuous day-to-day life of a woman who entered the White House at age thirty-one, seven years into a complex and troubled marriage, and left at thirty-four after her husband's assassination. Revealing the full story of the interplay of sex and politics in Washington, Mrs. Kennedy will indelibly challenge our vision of this fascinating woman, and bring a new perspective to her crucial role in the Kennedy presidency.
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Washington, Dc, Jazz
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Regennia N Williams, Sandra Butler-truesdale; Foreword by Willard Jenkins
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Twenty-five years ago, after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, Gerald Ford promised a return to normalcy. "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over," President Ford declared. But it was not. The Watergate scandal, and the remedies against future abuses of power, would have an enduring impact on presidents and the country. In Shadow, Bob Woodward takes us deep into the administrations of Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton to describe how each discovered that the presidency was forever altered. With special emphasis on the human toll, Woodward shows the consequences of the new ethics laws, and the emboldened Congress and media. Powerful investigations increasingly stripped away the privacy and protections once expected by the nation's chief executive. Shadow is an authoritative, unsettling narrative of the modern, beleaguered presidency.
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