Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News ...
With the bestseller "The Greatest Generation," Brokaw defined for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, the veteran newsman takes readers into the tumultuous decade of the 1960s--a decade of turbulence and change. Illustrated.
In this collection of letters to Tom Brokaw, members of the generation that came of age during World War II respond to his best-selling THE GREATEST GENERATION, expanding on and deepening the material in the previous book.
This gift book include photos, memorabilia, and remembrances of those who experienced World War II both abroad and at home. It follows Brokaw's THE GREATEST GENERATION and THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS.
In this thoughtful collection, guests of the celebrated PBS show "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly" describe how faith is possible amid the tragedy and senselessness of contemporary existence.
Falling in love with the American West, one great meal at a time "Big Sky Cooking is the ideal combination of delicious recipes, evocative prose, and lush photography-- the gift book of the year for anyone who loves the American West, and especially for those who vacation (or have second homes) anywhere in the Mountain time zone. The wide-open ...
In this autobiography, renowned television journalist looks at his days growing up in South Dakota and how that experience has stayed with him, influencing his various career decisions.
This gift book include photos, memorabilia, and remembrances of those who experienced World War II both abroad and at home. It follows Brokaw's THE GREATEST GENERATION and THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS.
The corporal was left for dead, along with the 11 others of his squad, after a German mortar attack in the freezing, unforgiving mountains of northern Italy on December 7, 1944. But hours after the Nazi infantry had retreated, one member of the American army's Graves Registration Unit picking up the corpses, turned over a body in a ditch and ...
In this autobiography, renowned television journalist looks at his days growing up in South Dakota and how that experience has stayed with him, influencing his various career decisions.
Father Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, is a native of Los Angeles, a Jesuit priest, and founder of Homeboy Industries, an economic development and jobs program begun in 1988 for at-risk and gang-involved youth. "A great many kids in my neighborhood don't plan their futures; they plan their funerals." "G-Dog and the Homeboys" presents the story of Boyle's ...
With the bestseller "The Greatest Generation," Brokaw defined for America what it had meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, the veteran newsman takes readers into the tumultuous decade of the 1960s--a decade of turbulence and change. Illustrated.
In "Wildlands Philanthropy," veteran conservation writer Tom Butler and world-class landscape photographer Antonio Vizcaino take readers on a visually specacular tour of natural landmarks from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego and around globe. With more than 350 pages, 170 color photographs, and a large-format design with exquisite production values, ...
On t.p.: An annual based on the 44th Pictures of the Year competition sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. . .
This book and DVD package written and produced by NBC News presents a chronological narrative of reporting from the field supplemented by interviews and anchored broadcasts from Qatar, Kuwait, and the United States.
Barbree, NBCs veteran space correspondent and the only reporter who has covered every mission flown by astronauts, offers an engaging, behind-the-scenes account of Americas 50 years in space. Illustrated.
"Be the Change" celebrates the personal transformations of men and women who, by working to change the world, changed themselves. Featuring interviews with over 1,000 volunteers, from everyday people to business and community leaders to celebrities, the book combines hands-on advice on ways to get involved with enlightening real-life stories from ...
Culled from "Life" magazine's photograph archives, this volume contains images of the many faces of fatherhood: the joys, the trials, the everyday routines and the once-in-a-lifetime surprises.
In this autobiography, renowned television journalist looks at his days growing up in South Dakota and how that experience has stayed with him, influencing his various career decisions.
The 1960s are captured in matchless images by the foremost photojournalists of our time. Hundreds of indelible images from the archives of LIFE magazine portray the tumultuous decade.
Culled from the pages of Inc. magazine, the ideas in this revised edition of 301 Great Management Ideas encapsulate inexpensive ways to be smarter in the marketplace. Included in this new edition are: 42 Tech Tips - smart ideas for using technology; 67 ways to market better; 61 strategies for managing people; 39 tactics for managing your money; ...
From The Newseum, America's first interactive museum of news, comes the definitive book detailing behind-the-scenes stories of how journalists covered the deadly assaults of September 11, 2001. Three kinds of people instinctively run toward danger - firefighters, police officers, and journalists. Collected here are dramatic first-person stories of ...
This book gives a colorful perspective of the most exciting moments in radio and television from broadcast pioneer "NBC". Through rare photos of past and present "NBC" celebrities and entertainers, this full color book offers a sweeping panorama of the events, personalities, characters, and programs that have punctuated American life since 1926, ...
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