Best Moments In History - April 2024

Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies

NAACP 2017 Image Award WinnerWith his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers, and the forebear of today’s popular black comics, including Larry Wilmore, W. Kamau Bell, Damon Young, and Trevor Noah, Dick Gregory was a provocative and incisive cultural force for more than fifty years. As an entertainer, he always kept it indisputably real... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07F13CFFH
• ASIN: B07F13CFFH
• Manufacturer: Amistad

Great Moments in Basketball History (Matt Christopher)

The history of basketball is chock-full of famous buzzer-beating shots, amazing game-saving plays, and thrilling maneuvers that defy gravity. All fans have their favorite memory, just as they have their favorite team and their favorite player. Now here's a book that offers a look back at more than fifteen of the sport's best moments. The Block, The Steal, The Shot. Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Bird, Jordan, and James. Each entry captures the nail-biting tension of the minutes leading up to the play, as well as information about the superstar players that made them and the teams that they played ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316044830
• ASIN: 0316044830
• ISBN: 9780316044837
• Brand: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

In this popular introduction to church history, now in its third edition, Mark Noll isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience.Now organized around fourteen key moments in church history, this well-received text provides contemporary Christians with a fuller understanding of God as he has revealed his purpose through the centuries. This new edition includes a new preface; updates throughout the book; revised "further readings" for each chapter; and two... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0801039967
• ASIN: 0801039967
• ISBN: 0801039967
• Brand: Baker Pub Group/Baker Books
• Manufacturer: Baker Academic

The Quantum Story: A history in 40 moments

The twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world's leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of wonderment and to the very depths of human despair. This was a century that began with the certainties of absolute knowledge and ended with the knowledge of absolute uncertainty. It was a century in which physicists developed weapons with the capacity to destroy our reality, whilst at the same time denying us the possibility that we can ever properly comprehend it. Almost everything we think we know about the nature of our ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199566844
• ASIN: 0199566844
• ISBN: 0199566844
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Everything You Need to Ace American History in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks)

It’s the revolutionary American history study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.     Everything You Need to Ace American History . . . covers Native Americans to the war in Iraq. There are units on Colonial America; the Revolutionary War and the founding of a new nation; Jefferson and the expansion west; the Civil War and Reconstruction; and all of the notable events of the 20th century—World Wars, the Depression, the Civil Rights movement, and much more. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK™ series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit—borrowing the n... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0761160833
• UPC: 884984134858
• ASIN: 0761160833
• ISBN: 0761160833
• Brand: Workman Publishing Company
• Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company

The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)

There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk and their grip on the Pacific had been loosened forever.In this absolutely riveting account of a key moment in the history of World War II, one of America's leading naval historians, Craig L. Symonds paints an unforgettable portrait of ingenuity, courage, and sacrifice. Symonds begins with the arrival of Admiral Chester... [Read More]

• ASIN: B005G05WDO
• ASIN: B005G05WDO
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division (Pivotal Moments in World History)

In his presidential inaugural address of January 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson offered an uplifting vision for America, one that would end poverty and racial injustice. Elected in a landslide over the conservative Republican Barry Goldwater and bolstered by the so-called liberal consensus, economic prosperity, and a strong wave of nostalgia for his martyred predecessor, John F. Kennedy, Johnson announced the most ambitious government agenda in decades. Three years later, everything had changed. Johnson's approval ratings had plummeted; the liberal consensus was shattered; the war in Vietnam splinter... [Read More]

• ASIN: 019977756X
• ASIN: 019977756X
• ISBN: 019977756X
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History)

• ASIN: B000SEOQOE
• ASIN: B000SEOQOE
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Educated: A Memoir

Number-one New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Boston Globe best seller Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review One of President Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year Bill Gates's Holiday Reading List Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's Award in Autobiography Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize for Best First Book Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award  Named one of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post O: The Oprah Magazine Time NPR Good Morning America San Francisco Chronicle T... [Read More]

• ASIN: B075F68BFV
• ASIN: B075F68BFV
• Manufacturer: Random House Audio

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

• ASIN: 0670026190
• ASIN: 0670026190
• ISBN: 0670026190
• Brand: Viking
• Manufacturer: Viking

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

• ASIN: B00V37BC4C
• ASIN: B00V37BC4C
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

The Illustrated Brief History of Time, Updated and Expanded Edition

In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific writing.  It has become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies.  The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since that time there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of macrocosmic worlds.  These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawkin's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, inclu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553103741
• ASIN: 0553103741
• ISBN: 0553103741
• Brand: Bantam
• Manufacturer: Bantam

In Cold Blood

• ASIN: 0679745580
• ASIN: 0679745580
• ISBN: 9780679745587
• Brand: Truman Capote
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

• ASIN: B004T4UNU0
• ASIN: B004T4UNU0
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King, New York Times Book ReviewTheo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented abov... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316055441
• ASIN: 0316055441
• ISBN: 0316055441
• Brand: Back Bay Books
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

Miracle Moments in Michigan Wolverines Football History : Best Plays, Games, and Records

Relive the most miraculous moments of the Michigan

• UPC: 525913952

Miracle Moments in Alabama Crimson Tide Football History : Best Plays, Games, and Records

Relive the most miraculous moments of the Alabama Crimson

• UPC: 842998397

Miracle Moments in Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football History : Best Plays, Games, and Records

Relive the most miraculous moments of the Notre Dame Fighting

• UPC: 578146014

The Best War Ever : America and World War II

Was World War II really such a "good war"? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, "the best war ever." After all, we knew who the enemy was, and we understood what we were

• UPC: 43151947
• Rating: 4.0

The Best War Ever - eBook

Was World War II really such a "good war"? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, "the best war ever." After all, we knew who the enemy was, and we understood what we were

• UPC: 773468054
• Rating: 4.0

Miracle Moments in Michigan Wolverines Football History: Best Plays, Games, and

• UPC: 362621272878
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 11 USD

Miracle Moments in Alabama Crimson Tide Football History : Best Plays, Games,...

• UPC: 362913784472
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 24 USD

Miracle Moments in Michigan Wolverines Football History : Best Plays, Games, ...

• UPC: 274238670950
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 18 USD

Miracle Moments in Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football History: Best Plays, Games

• UPC: 303295499479
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 6 USD

Miracle Moments in USC Trojans Football History : Best Plays, Games, and Reco...

• UPC: 273650791071
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 18 USD

Miracle Moments in New York Giants Football History : Best Plays, Games, and ...

• UPC: 193291238223
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 18 USD

Miracle Moments in New York Giants Football History: Best Plays, Games, and Reco

• UPC: 133300050222
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 14 USD

Miracle Moments in Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football History : Best Plays, G...

• UPC: 401904146706
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 19 USD

Miracle Moments in Michigan Wolverines Football History: Best Plays, Games, and

• UPC: 303454001174
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 7 GBP

Miracle Moments in Michigan Wolverines Football History : Best Plays, Games, ...

• UPC: 383382463623
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 15 GBP