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Ernest Hemingway lived in Cuba for 20 years–1940-1960. After the Spanish Civil War, thousands of Spanish Falange (Spanish fascists) immigrated to Cuba. They were thought to be a threat to Cuba and t …

During the Nixon administration impeachment  process,  in August, 1974, the U.S. Department of Justice deemed it necessary to have – for its own use – a …

In this captivating anthology of interviews with a great American humorist, the inimitable James Thurber can be heard again, shar Ing his memories and insights and regaling us with his wit and imagin …

Completely revised and updated in a second edition, this volume represents the only book ever written that analyzes sports writing and presents it as ‘exceptional’ writing. Other books discuss sports …

Completely revised and updated in a second edition, this volume represents the only book ever written that analyzes sports writing and presents it as ‘exceptional’ writing. Other books discuss sports …

Originally published in 1989. This diary of a news event looks at how the reporting happened as spread by the news wire system of the Associated Press service in America. Analysing the flow of inform …

Originally published in 1989. This diary of a news event looks at how the reporting happened as spread by the news wire system of the Associated Press service in America. Analysing the flow of inform …

‘at the dangerous edge of social justice’ is a searing indictment of reprehensible – and often – murderous racism in America – from Huck Finn and Nigger Jim on the Mississippi, to the murder of Emm …

John Howard Griffin was a Texan who traveled to France at 15, alone and was in France when World War Two began. He helped rescue French Jews and was hunted by the Gestapo before he was 2, . He came b …

‘The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss’ is the first personal AND literary biography of Theodor Geisel, known world-wide for classic children’s books such as ‘Green Eggs and Ham’; ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas …

John Steinbeck published his epic novel ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ in 1939–after observing the plight of he homeless and the dispossessed–the Okies– ‘The Grapes of Wrath is now considered the seminal w …

Nikita Khrushchev began correspondence with then-President John Kennedy in early 1960, as a way of improving USSR-USA relations. Eventually there were 120 letters between them, in this file, until Ke …

This book offers new insights into James Thurber, the man who has been called ‘America’s Twentieth Century Mark Twain.’ The book places Thurber in the context of his early years in Ohio – his highly …

When John Steinbeck published ‘The Grapes of Wrath’in 1939- – it generated a whirlwind of controversy . Some – including J.Edgar Hoover and his FBI – -believed Steinbeck was a communist. The FBI fi …

John Steinbeck’s first three books were published by firms that disappeared during The Great Depression. Publisher Pascal Covici read them and decided to publish Steinbeck; first with his own firm, C …

Although Elvis Presley was never accused of a crime, FBI files about him show the theft of an executive jet he owned, which the FBI had to track down, death threats, blackmail threats and other matte …

This book is ideal for beginning and intermediate writers – it shows 25 techniques for beginning any writing project, with examples for each; four key articles structures for writing complete articl …

This is the complete 580-page FBI file on the kidnapping of the baby son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Although the crime occurred in New Jersey, the FBI maintained its own records of the case. It wa …

This is the complete formerly Top Secret record of the C.I.A. and the U-2 spy plane program. The U-2 was a spy plane that could fly at 70, 000 feet, above the radar of any other country. To build suc …

Canadian Journalist Herbert Steinhouse met Oskar Schindler in1946; Schindler told Steinhouse his story. At first, Steinhouse didn’t believe him, . but by 1949, Steinhouse had written an article ‘The …

This book traces brutality, corruption and oppression in major police departments throughout the United States: from the Rodney King beating, caught on videotape in Los Angeles in 1991; corruption in …

Children and adults alike remember Dr. Seuss’s cat in the hat, the culinary delight to be found in green eggs and ham and the fate of the Grinch who stole Christmas. What few know is that Theodor Seu …

‘The world will hold its breath when Operation Barbarossa is executed’ – Adolf Hitler. Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany’s invasion of Soviet Russia. Thus German/Nazi historian …

The Vietnam war began for the  United States  in 1954; by 1966, the Central Intelligence Agency undertook a major analysis and concluded: We cannot win in Vietnam. Their anal …

During the Nixon administration, lists were drawn up with names of people thought to be liberal and anti-Nixon; the list was orighinally to be 20 names– politicans  and entertainers, …

Steinbeck’s first major critical and commercial success, TORTILLA FLAT is also his funniest novel. Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California …

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Masters of Despair analyzes one hundred years of dystopian fiction from: We, 1924; Brave New World, 1943; Darkness at Noon, 1932; Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949; Fahrenheit 451, 1953; The Man in the High …

How a Jewish girl, with her family, was hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam . . How a Black boy near Chicago wanted to visit relatives in Mississippi . . . How the girl and her family was caught by th …

FOUR Complete Sets of Felony Indictments Fled Against Donald John Trump include: New York, consumer fraud indictments; Mar-a-Lago, Fla., concealed records indictments; Washington D.C., voter fraud in …