In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. To her horror, he refused to let her and their four-year-old daughter return home. Here is the incredible story of her odyssey to save herself and her child. "A moving story of one person's fortitude, courage and faith".--New York ...
When Captain Bob Pearson's twin-engine Boeing 767 failed due to insufficient fuel supply, the craft was gliding westbound over Red Lake at 41,000 feet. Freefall is the story of Flight 143. It is the story of how pilot Bob Pearson guided the powerless jet, with its full crew and 61 passengers, to safety.
In words and pictures, the family of Ron Goldman gives life to the young man who was slain in the infamous 1995 double murder for which O.J. Simpson was tried and acquitted in criminal court.
The national bestseller that reveals the truth behind the insider trading scandal that felled Boesky and Milken--by the man who fell first. On May 12, 1986, Dennis Levine was arrested for insider trading. Now he takes readers into the heart of the scandal that resulted in his ultimate downfall--into "a world where reality and moral values became ...
The true story of Betty Mahmoody's escape from Iran with her daughter after her Iranian husband attempted to turn a two-week vacation into a permanent relocation and a life of subservience for Betty and her daughter.
In 1971 Richard Burke, a freshman at Georgetown University, volunteered his services to the offices of his political idol, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Through ability, hard work, and dedication, Burke rose in the next four years to become one of the Senator's closest staff members. In 1977 he was made Kennedy's personal assistant; ...
Beginning with the introduction of abortion law in the nineteenth century, this reader includes important documents from nearly two hundred years of debate over abortion. These legal briefs, oral arguments, court opinions, newspaper reports, opinion pieces, and contemporary essays are introduced with headnotes that place them in historical context ...
On July 23 1983, Captain Bob Pearson entered the cockpit of a twin-engine Boeing 767, one of the most sophisticated airliners in the world, equipped with all the latest technology. He checked his systems and keyed in the information he received from the ground crew. Suddenly, without warning, at 41,000 feet, one of the engines failed. Seconds ...
Appropriate for all MBA-level and advanced undergraduate courses in information systems and/or technology. Managing Information Technology, 5/E is a comprehensive guide to the information technology management techniques that are vital to a successful career as a manager. This edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect rapid changes in ...
On March 4, 1986, the front page of The New York Times trumpeted a startling disclosure: Kurt Waldheim, the former Secretary General of the United Nations and the current President of Austria, had served as an aid to a notorious Nazi war criminal. Now for the first time, the inside story of the scandal is told by the man who led the multi-year ...
A Franciscan priest tells how he led Peruvian Indians in their battle for survival against Shining Path terrorists, drug traffickers, and government corruption. Among the numerous books written or co-written by the Hoffers are Midnight Express, Not Without My Daughter and The Senator. 24 b/w photos. Endpaper maps.
After years of emotional and physical abuse by her Israeli husband, Chaim Yarden, Patsy Heymans divorced him and took her three children back to her parents' home in Belgium to start a new life. Then Yarden kidnapped the children, concealing them within the extreme Hasidic sect to which he belonged. To get them back, Patsy embarked in a harrowing, ...
Mort Downey, Jr., has found phenomenal success with his confrontational talk show, which deals with issues affecting the common man. This book shares his position on the issues, and serves as a kind of blue-collar manifesto for the masses.
The U.S. Army's youngest and most decorated officer in Vietnam tells his extraordinary story. Christian, code-named Victor Six, turned a misfit Army recon platoon into one of the most acclaimed units of the Vietnam War--and later needed 33 operations for napalm burns. Christian later became a champion of veteran's rights and gave the final ...
How did the shape of the federal government change from the weak apparatus of the antebellum period to the large, administrative state of the Progressive Era to the mammoth that it is today? "To Enlarge the Machinery of Government" explores the daily proceedings of the U.S. House and Senate from 1858 to 1891 to find answers to this question. ...
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On a Wing and a Prayer: Interviews with Airline Disaster Survivors
