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  • The Promise and the Dream

    The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy

    "A fascinating, elegiac account" of the bond between two of the Civil Rights Era's most important leaders—from the journalist and author of Strange Fruit ( Chicago Tribune).With vision and political savvy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy set the United States on a path toward fulfilling its promise of liberty and justice for all. In The Promise and the Dream, Margolick examines their ... Leer más

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  • When Caesar Was King

    How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

    **FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY • FINALIST FOR THE MARFIELD PRIZE • FEATURED ON CBS SUNDAY MORNING • From longtime New York Times and Vanity Fair writer David Margolick comes the first definitive biography of Sid Caesar: founding father of television comedy and icon to generations of Americans.“Whip smart. . . . A nuanced appreciation of Caesar’s comedy and the ... Leer más

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  • Elizabeth and Hazel

    Two Women of Little Rock

    "Through Eckford and Bryan's tangled lives, [Margolick] hopes to capture the complexity of race, forgiveness, and reconciliation in modern America." —Kevin Boyle, The Washington PostThe names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock ... Leer más

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  • Dreadful

    The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns

    American author John Horne Burns (1916–1953) led a brief and controversial life, and as a writer, transformed many of his darkest experiences into literature. Burns was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Andover and Harvard, and went on to teach English at the Loomis School, a boarding school for boys in Windsor, Connecticut. During World War II, he was stationed in Africa and Italy, and worked ... Leer más

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  • The Gallery

    "The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war." —John Dos PassosJohn Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which captures the shock the war dealt to the preconceptions and ideals of the ... Leer más

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  • Beyond Glory

    Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink

    Nothing in the annals of sports has aroused more passion than the heavyweight fights in New York in 1936 and 1938 between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling — bouts that symbolized the hopes, hatreds, and fears of a world moving toward total war. Acclaimed journalist David Margolick takes us into the careers of both men — a black American and a Nazi German hero — and depicts the extraordinary buildup to ... Leer más

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    When Caesar Was King

    How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

    Narrado por Rob Shapiro ...

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    13 hora 28 minutos

    **FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY • FINALIST FOR THE MARFIELD PRIZE • FEATURED ON CBS SUNDAY MORNING • From longtime New York Times and Vanity Fair writer David Margolick comes the first definitive biography of Sid Caesar: founding father of television comedy and icon to generations of Americans.“Whip smart. . . . A nuanced appreciation of Caesar’s comedy and the ... Leer más

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    Elizabeth and Hazel

    Two Women of Little Rock

    Narrado por Carrington MacDuffie ...

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    8 hora 3 minutos

    The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, and a white girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screaming racial epithets. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation—in ... Leer más

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    The Promise and the Dream

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    11 hora 46 minutos

    No two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in this era than Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist David Margolick explores the untold story of the complex and ever-evolving relationship between these two American icons. Assassinated only sixty-two days apart in 1968, King and Kennedy changed the ... Leer más

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    Life of a Klansman

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    A Light in the Northern Sea

    Denmark's Incredible Rescue of Their Jewish Citizens During WWII

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    August 25, 1943. A lone bicyclist transports a cache of explosives, hidden in a beer crate, to a Copenhagen hall being readied to house German troops. In a violent blast, the would-be barracks is reduced to rubble. It's the boldest act yet of Holger Danske and the growing Danish resistance combating the oppressiveness of Hitler's Reich.In 1940, on its way to conquering Western Europe, Germany ... Leer más

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