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A Wicked War

Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

by Amy S. Greenberg ...

Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and ... Read more

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Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and
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A Wicked War

Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

by Amy S. Greenberg ...

Narrated by Caroline Shaffer ...

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12 hours 46 min

Our 1846 war with Mexico was a blatant land grab provoked by President James Polk. And while it secured the entire Southwest and California for America, it also exacerbated regional tensions over slavery, created the first significant antiwar movement in America, and helped lead the nation into civil war. A Wicked War is the definitive history of this conflict that turned America into a ... Read more

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Our 1846 war with Mexico was a blatant land grab provoked by President James Polk. And while it secured the entire Southwest and California for America, it also exacerbated regional tensions over slavery, created the first significant antiwar movement in America, and helped lead the nation into civil war. A Wicked War is the definitive history of this conflict that turned America into a
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Lady First

The World of First Lady Sarah Polk

by Amy S. Greenberg ...

Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

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14 hours 48 min

The acclaimed author of A Wicked War now gives us the little known story of Sarah Polk: remarkably influential First Lady, and brilliant master of the art of high politics--a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American feminism. At the same time as the Woman's Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk was wielding influence ... Read more

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The acclaimed author of A Wicked War now gives us the little known story of Sarah Polk: remarkably influential First Lady, and brilliant master of the art of high politics--a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American feminism. At the same time as the Woman's Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk was wielding influence
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Lady First

The World of First Lady Sarah Polk

by Amy S. Greenberg ...

The little-known story of remarkable First Lady Sarah Polk—a brilliant master of the art of high politics and a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American feminism.While the Women’s Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk was wielding influence unprecedented for a woman in Washington, D.C. Yet, while history remembers the women of ... Read more

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The little-known story of remarkable First Lady Sarah Polk—a brilliant master of the art of high politics and a crucial but unrecognized figure in the history of American feminism.While the Women’s Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk was wielding influence unprecedented for a woman in Washington, D.C. Yet, while history remembers the women of
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The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens

Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era

by Amy S. Greenberg, Thomas J. Balcerski, Douglas R. Egerton, Matthew Pinsker, William P. MacKinnon, Frank Towers, Joan Cashin, John David Smith, Michael Green, James Oakes, Bruce C. Levine, T. Michael Parrish ...

Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery ... Read more

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The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery
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I Still Believe Anita Hill

Three Generations Discuss the Legacies of Speaking Truth to Power

Edited by Amy Richards, Cynthia Greenberg ...

A searing collection of essays looks back at the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings that ignited a national debate about workplace sexual harassment.In the fall of 1991, Anita Hill captured the country's attention when she testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee describing sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas, who had been her boss and was about to ascend to the Supreme Court. ... Read more

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A searing collection of essays looks back at the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings that ignited a national debate about workplace sexual harassment.In the fall of 1991, Anita Hill captured the country's attention when she testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee describing sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas, who had been her boss and was about to ascend to the Supreme Court.
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Leveraging and Assessing Student Thinking

Edited by Stacey Pylman, Rachel Moquin, Amy Greenberg ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book is a compilation of teaching theories and strategies for eliciting and interpreting student thinking to adapt to educational settings.Medical education is no longer about simply providing students with knowledge, as it was in Flexner’s day. Modern medical education is focused on shaping how students understand, define, and move the practice of medicine forward. Modern medical schools ... Read more

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This book is a compilation of teaching theories and strategies for eliciting and interpreting student thinking to adapt to educational settings.Medical education is no longer about simply providing students with knowledge, as it was in Flexner’s day. Modern medical education is focused on shaping how students understand, define, and move the practice of medicine forward. Modern medical schools
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Continent in Crisis

The U.S. Civil War in North America

by Remaking North American Sovereignty Jewel L. Spangler, Frank Towers, Alice Baumgartner, Beau D. Cleland, Susan-Mary Grant, Amy Greenberg, John Craig Hammond, John W. Quist, Andrew L. Slap0 ...

Series series Reconstructing America
Written by leading historians of the mid–nineteenth century United States, this book focuses on the continental dimensions of the U.S. Civil War. It joins a growing body of scholarship that seeks to understand the place of America’s mid-nineteenth-century crisis in the broader sweep of world history. However, unlike other studies that have pursued the Civil War’s connections with Europe and the ... Read more

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Written by leading historians of the mid–nineteenth century United States, this book focuses on the continental dimensions of the U.S. Civil War. It joins a growing body of scholarship that seeks to understand the place of America’s mid-nineteenth-century crisis in the broader sweep of world history. However, unlike other studies that have pursued the Civil War’s connections with Europe and the
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Is It a Big Problem or a Little Problem?

When to Worry, When Not to Worry, and What to Do

by Amy Egan, Amy Freedman, Judi Greenberg, Sharon Anderson ...

Your road map through the ups and downs of early childhoodAlmost every child, at some point during their early years won't listen, will throw a tantrum, will be mean or aggressive, shy or withdrawn, be a picky eater, and more. As a parent, you know that differences in children's learning styles and temperaments are a given. However, when any of these problem behaviors become the 'norm' for a child ... Read more

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Your road map through the ups and downs of early childhoodAlmost every child, at some point during their early years won't listen, will throw a tantrum, will be mean or aggressive, shy or withdrawn, be a picky eater, and more. As a parent, you know that differences in children's learning styles and temperaments are a given. However, when any of these problem behaviors become the 'norm' for a child
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Contested Empire

Rethinking the Texas Revolution

by Sam W. Haynes, Eric Schlereth, Miguel Soto, Will Fowler, Amy S. Greenberg ...

Series Book 46 - Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press
To a large degree, the story of Texas’ secession from Mexico has been undertaken by scholars of the state. Early twentieth century historians of the revolutionary period, most notably Eugene Barker and William Binkley, characterized the conflict as a clash of two opposing cultures, yet their exclusive focus on the region served to reinforce popular notions of a unique Texas past.Disconnected from ... Read more

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To a large degree, the story of Texas’ secession from Mexico has been undertaken by scholars of the state. Early twentieth century historians of the revolutionary period, most notably Eugene Barker and William Binkley, characterized the conflict as a clash of two opposing cultures, yet their exclusive focus on the region served to reinforce popular notions of a unique Texas past.Disconnected from
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Nonviolent

A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love

by Reverend James Lawson Jr, Emily Yellin ...

Narrated by Emily Yellin, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Dominic Hoffman, John C. Lawson, Raven Lawson, Cassandra Campbell, MacLeod Andrews, Devin Lawson0 ...

Unabridged

28 hours 11 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The posthumous memoir of Rev. James Lawson Jr., peer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mentor to Congressman John Lewis and the Freedom Riders, and a principal architect of a nonviolent resistance movement that changed the world.“This book is a gift to be treasured, from a man who has already given so much.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King: A LifeRev. Lawson ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The posthumous memoir of Rev. James Lawson Jr., peer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mentor to Congressman John Lewis and the Freedom Riders, and a principal architect of a nonviolent resistance movement that changed the world.“This book is a gift to be treasured, from a man who has already given so much.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King: A LifeRev. Lawson
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Liberty is Sweet

The Hidden History of the American Revolution

by Woody Holton ...

Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett ...

Unabridged

22 hours 29 min

A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Read more

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A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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