Brooks: 1783 books

Last Season of Innocence discusses the lives of the preteens and teenagers who were in junior high school, high school, and the first year of college in the 1960s. These are the young people who read Seventeen and Mad, watched more television than their older siblings, and tended to listen to 45 rpm...

No sooner had the EPA established the Superfund program in 1980 to clean up the nation’s toxic waste dumps and other abandoned hazardous waste sites, than a little Montana town found itself topping the new program’s National Priority List. Milltown, a place too small to warrant a listing in the...

High School Prep 4 Teens is a 3 step process that helps teens prepare mentally, emotionally, and physically for high school. Succeeding in high school does not happen by accident. It takes work and determination. With simple and easy to use tools, teens can begin to build a strong and focused foundation today.

The Theory Of Social Revolutions by Brooks Adams Municipal law, to be satisfactory, should be a body of abstract principles capable of being applied impartially to all relevant facts, just as Marshall and Jay held it to be. Where exceptions begin, equality before the law ends, as I have tried...

About a decade ago, Fred Brooks was given a journal as a gift. It sat on top of his bedroom dresser for months before he decided, one spring morning, to put pen to paper. The result is this entertaining and inspiring book. Fred’s early years were darkened by tragedy.  His twin brother died...

The unexpected surge in the birthrate between 1946 and 1964 transformed American society. A nation that had projected a population peaking at 150 million, and feared a renewal of the Great Depression in the wake of World War II, found itself dealing with a booming economy and 70 million children straining...

Many modern historians have painted Ulysses S. Grant as a butcher, a drunk, and a failure as president. Others have argued the exact opposite and portray him with saintlike levels of ethic and intellect. In Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity 1822–1865, historian Brooks D. Simpson takes neither...

In JANICE SIMS's "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man," recently widowed Gena Boudreau has just about given up on motherhood, until a precocious teenager tries to set Gena up with her single father, Nathan Lincoln. The star of a reality dating show cooked up by creative director Justine Graves...

Where are The Got-Damn Jobs? Man, I dont know? Lets ask The Republicans, they are the guys Blocking, The Presidents Jobs Bill for The American People! Did you know that they are The Party of and or for The Rich & Wealthy, For Real, Yeah man, its just like The King of Pop said, whats that Brother?...

Much of the New Testament was written in urban settings, in which the Christian communities had to deal head-on with issues such as race, equality, justice, sexuality, money, and economics. But much of today’s apologetics (engagement with the questions that people are asking about Christianity) come...

The first volume of Roger Brooks’ detailed reference to the Victor covers the conception, design and test-flying of the prototype HP 80 and then the production and operation of the Mark 1 in its many roles. This second volume completes the history of the aircraft by describing the improved Mark...

Setting intentions is fundamental in the process of overcoming money fears. Negative money intentions such as “I don’t have enough money to pay my bills” leads to negative money results “not enough money to pay your bills”. If you are grounded in positive money intentions, then your...

Em artigo para o Wall Street Journal, Bill Gates diz que mais de duas décadas depois de Warren ter lhe indicado o livro, ele permanece como o melhor livro de negócios que leu na vida. Em um dos cases, John Brooks usa a política de preço fixo da General Electric para detalhar a falta de comunicação...

Whether you believe that you are in a financial war or not, do not matter at this point. Financial warfare exists and takes casualties on a daily basis with or without your insight. If you are still unconvinced, check out the obituaries and divorce courts and consider why so many men commit suicide...