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  • Wheel Fever

    How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State

    by Jesse J. Gant, Nicholas J. Hoffman ...
    On rails-to-trails bike paths, city streets, and winding country roads, the bicycle seems ubiquitous in the Badger State. Yet there’s a complex and fascinating history behind the popularity of biking in Wisconsin—one that until now has never been told. Meticulously researched through periodicals and newspapers, Wheel Fever traces the story of Wisconsin’s first “bicycling boom,” from the velocipede ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us Against

    by Nicholas von Hoffman ...
    Books about the sixties have proliferated in recent years, but none has surpassed Nicholas von Hoffman's classic account of the 1960s counter-culture in San Francisco. “In the summer of 1967,” he writes, “youth drew attention to itself by clustering in large numbers in most major American cities, where they broke the narcotics laws proudly, publicly, and defiantly. At the same time, they ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Radical

    A Portrait of Saul Alinsky

    by Nicholas von Hoffman ...
    From Left to Right, one man has influenced them all: Saul Alinsky. Radical is a personal portrait of this controversial mastermind of popular movements, a man who is often called the American Machiavelli.The tactics and strategy of Alinsky, who died in 1972, have been studied by people as diverse as Barack Obama, Cesar Chavez, Hillary Clinton, Dick Armey, the Tea Partiers, and activists and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mississippi Notebook

    by Nicholas von Hoffman ...
    Series series Civil Rights in Mississippi Series
    In the summer of 1964, Mississippi became a flashpoint for the civil rights movement during Freedom Summer—a season marked by courage, terror, and relentless struggle. Chicago Daily News reporter Nicholas von Hoffman journeyed deep into the heart of the state to capture the unvarnished reality of life in Mississippi during this pivotal moment.Over ten tense weeks and 6,000 miles, von Hoffman bore ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Mississippi Notebook

    Freedom Summer June-August 1964

    by Nicholas Von Hoffman, Henry Herr Gill ...
    One of those who watched and was watched in the turbulent summer of 1964 was Chicago Daily News reporter Nicholas von Hoffman.Through ten tense weeks and over 6000 miles of dusty roads and highways, from the Delta to the piney hills to the Gulf, von Hoffman studied the state of mind of the State of Mississippi.Mississippi Notebook is his vivid and entirely honest record of that summer, a summer ... Read more

    $4.95 USD

  • Mississippi Notebook

    Freedom Summer June-August 1964

    by Nicholas Von Hoffman, Henry Herr Gill ...
    One of those who watched and was watched in the turbulent summer of 1964 was Chicago Daily News reporter Nicholas von Hoffman.Through ten tense weeks and over 6000 miles of dusty roads and highways, from the Delta to the piney hills to the Gulf, von Hoffman studied the state of mind of the State of Mississippi.Mississippi Notebook is his vivid and entirely honest record of that summer, a summer ... Read more

    $4.95 USD

  • Motivating the SEL Field Forward Through Equity

    Edited by Nicholas Yoder, Alexandra Skoog-Hoffman ...
    Series Book 21 - Advances in Motivation and Achievement
    How do we navigate uncertain times? What competencies and motivational factors accelerate us to grow and develop and what hinders our success? What are strategies that researchers, educators and policymakers can engage in to more fully realize the potential of all students, combatting institutional and interpersonal inequities? To answer these questions, we need to develop a deeper understanding ... Read more

    $107.49 USD

  • Audiobook

    Mowgli (Movie Tie-In)

    Legend of the Jungle

    by Rudyard Kipling ...
    Narrated by Ralph Lister, John Lee, Scott Brick, Paul Boehmer, Dominic Hoffman, Nicholas Guy Smith, Shirshir Kurup, Deepti Gupta, Steve West, Ann Marie Lee, Rebecca Lowman ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 8 min

    Rudyard Kipling’s best-loved book is now the basis for the Netflix film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Freida Pinto, and Rohan ChandThe story of Mowgli, the abandoned "man-cub" who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, ... Read more

    $22.50 USD

    Also available as: eBook

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    How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

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