Daniel Lagin (12 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lagin, Daniel (illustrator). 1st Priinting. 228 pages. Signed by Author. Simplifying Government.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Mary McAdam Keane (Jacket Design); Guillermo Albernoz (Author Photo); Daniel Lagin (Design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. 199 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Daniel Lagin (Design); Paul Buckley (Jacket Design); Gary Isaacs (Jacket Photograph) (illustrator). 414 pp. Flawless book and dj.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Reissue Edition; First Printing. 5.47 X 0.82 X 7.95 inches; 337 pages; minor shelf wear on cover edges. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Daniel Lagin (Map illustrations) (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First printing. xi, [3], 270, [4] pages. Endpaper maps. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. For Further Reading. Index. Brian Kilmeade (born May 7, 1964) is an American television and radio presenter for Fox News. On weekdays he co-hosts Fox's morning show, Fox & Friends, and he hosts the Fox News Radio program The Brian Kilmeade Show. He has been credited as co-author on fiction and non-fiction books. He is a frequent anchor of The Five airing nightly at 5 p.m. eastern on FNC. He also hosts the Fox News Radio program The Brian Kilmeade Show. When the British fought the young United States during the War of 1812, they knew that taking the mouth of the Mississippi River was the key to crippling their former colony. Capturing the city of New Orleans and stopping trade up the river sounded like a simple task--New Orleans was far away from Washington, out of sight and out of mind for the politicians. What the British didn't count on was the power of General Andrew Jackson. A formidable military leader with a grudge against the British and a heart for the common man, he rallied the divided inhabitants of New Orleans, bringing together Frenchmen, Native Americans, freed slaves, pirates, and Kentucky woodsmen. In their now trademark fashion, Kilmeade and Yaeger will trace the development of Jackson's character and bring the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal--and surprising--battles in American history.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Towne, George (book design); Lagin, Daniel (map illustrations) (illustrator). New condition maroon boards/white spine/red spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Prologue; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; For Further Reading; and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings, maps, front and rear map endpapers, and a section of black-and-white and color plates consisting of portraits, paintings, and drawings. "Riveting history that reads like a stay-up-all-night thriller. Don't miss this book!" - Brad Thor, author. "A tale as improbable as it is spellbinding, told with a deft touch and insightful clarity. Brian Kilmeade has done it again." - General Stanley McCrystal, (U.S. Army, Retired). "A wild, page-turning history of one of America's most fascinating battles." - Brad Meltzer, author. "Jackson, whom they had mistrusted as a stubborn and crude westerner, was outperforming the War Department's military strategists. His troops both loved and feared him. He was fearless in battle, but not reckless. And so, on June 18, 1814, militia general Jackson was promoted to major general of the regular U.S. Army." "The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison's generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson. A native of Tennessee who had witnessed the horrors of the Revolutionary War and Indian attacks, he was glad America had finally decided to confront repeated British aggression. But he feared that President Madison's men were overlooking the most important target of all: New Orleans. If the British conquered New Orleans, they would control the mouth of the Mississippi River, cutting Americans off from that essential trade route and threatening the previous decade's Louisiana Purchase. The new nation's dreams of western expansion would be crushed before they really got off the ground. So Jackson faced three enormous challenges. He had to convince President Madison and his War Department to take him seriously, even though he wasn't one of the well-educated Virginians and New Englanders who dominated the government. He had to assemble a coalition of frontier militiamen, French-speaking Louisianans, Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, freed slaves, and even some pirates. And he had to defeat the most powerful military force in the world - in the confusing terrain of the Louisiana bayous. In short, Jackson needed a miracle. The local Ursuline nuns set to work praying for his outnumbered troops. And so the Americans, driven by patriotism and protected by prayer, began the battle that would shape our young nation's destiny. As they did in their two previous bestsellers, Kilmeade and Yaeger make history come alive with a riveting true story that will keep you turning the pages. You'll finish with a new understanding of one of America's greatest generals - who later became one of our most controversial presidents. And you'll have a renewed appreciation for the brave men who fought so that America could one day stretch "from sea to shining sea.".

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lagin, Daniel (illustrations) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition red boards, white spine, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Mike Huckabee; Prologue; Introduction; Epilogue: A Simple Election; Acknowledgments; Notes and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white diagrams. "These twelve essential truths will have you nodding in agreement whether you're a Republican, an Independent, or even an open-minded Democrat. They can help us put aside our differences, tone down the partisan rancor, and return to the simple principles of the Founding Fathers: liberty, justice, personal freedom, and civic virtue. And they can help us tackle even the most seemingly complicated of today's problems. For instance: You can't spend what you don't have; you can't borrow what you can't pay back. Families, businesses, towns, cities, and states all have to balance their budgjest or face dire consequences. Why shouldn't the federal government be held to the same standard? And if that means making some hard choices now, it's far better than burdening our kids and grandkids.The further you drift from shore, the more likely you are to be lost at sea. The Founders expected the federal government to be subordinate to state and local governments.Bullies in the playground understand only one thing. There's a time and place for diplomacy, but we can't protect the country just by negotiating with our enemies. We need a strong national defense and a counter-terrorism policy that focuses on effectiveness, not political correctness. The most important form of government is the family. In the long run, the only way to ensure prosperity, safety, and equal opportunity is to make sure we raise our children to be ethical and productive citizens. No bureaucracy can replace parents in that essential role, so we have to help parents do their job. A Simple Government will inspire any American looking forward to a better future." - excerpt from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lagin, Daniel (book design); Ward, Jeffrey L (map illustrations); Litman, David (jacket design); Philbrick, Melissa D. (author photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition cream boards, forest green spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Nathaniel Philbrick; Author Dedication; Preface: The Chariot; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration Credits and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, maps and frontispiece. A small remainder dot at lower page edge. "Does George Washington still matter? Bestsellng author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through the new, unsure nation. When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of American was still a loose and quarrelsome collection of states and a tentative political experiment. Washington undertook a tour of the ex-colonies to talk to ordinary citizens about his new government, and to imbue in them the idea of being one thing - Americans. In the fall of 2018, Nathaniel Philbrick embarked on his own journey into what Washington called "the infant woody country" to see for himself what America had become 229 years later. Writing in a thoughtful first person about his own adventures with his wife, Melissa, and their dog, Dora, Philbrick follows Washington's presidential excursions: from Mount Vernon to the new capital in New York; a month-long tour of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island; a venture onto Long Island; and eventually across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. That narrative moves smoothly between the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries as we see the country through both Washington's and Philbrick's eyes. Written at a mement when America's founding figures are under increasing scrutiny, Travels With George grapples bluntly and honestly with Washington's legacy as a man of the people, a reluctant president, and a plantation owner who held people is slavery. At historic houses and landmarks, Philbrick reports on the reinterpretations at work as he meets reenactors, tour guides, and other keepers of history's flame. He paints a picture of eighteenth-century America as divided and fraught as it is today, and he comes to understand how Washington compelled, enticed, stood up to, and listened to the many different people he met along the way - and how his all-consuming belief in the Union helped to create a nation." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Lagin, Daniel (book design); Sergio, Christopher (jacket design); Feingold, Deborah (jacket photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition white boards/red spine/silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Introduction; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Notes and Index. "Despite our many differences, we are more united than our politics would lead you to believe. We are all the descendants of immigrants and slaves who refused to accept the limits of the Old World. They were men and women who took great risks and paid a great price to earn a better life. This is who we come from. Their blood runs in our veins. No one book, no one man or woman, can restore the American Dream. But a movement, focusing its principles on creative and innovative solutions for American families, can provide the starting point. And a people, eager to be more than wards of government - eager to achieve their own American Dreams - can turn those solutions into realities." - Marco Rubio, from the rear outer jacket. "Dear Friends, My parents came to the United States in 1956. The country they found was truly a land of opportunity, where hardworking people with grade school education could afford a home, a car, and college for their kids. A country where maids and bartenders could raise doctors, lawyers, small-business owners, and maybe even a U.S. senator. That was the American Dream - our country's central promise to its people: If you work hard and play by the rules, you'll find tremendous opportunities and an even better life for your children.In this book you'll meet an over-regulated small-businessman, a struggling single mother, an out-of-work and in-debt college graduate, and others who want nothing more than their own shot at the American Dream. Their stories are our stories; their challenges are our challenges. Of course no book or politician can single-handedly restore the American Dream. But a movement, working to promote the values and can-do spirit that made our country exceptional, can turn everything around. My goal is to provide a road map for that movement and inspire Americans to reclaim their rights: to dream, to work, to build a better life for their children. I hope you will join me as we build that movement and restore the land of opportunity. Sincerely, Marco Rubio" - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Lagin, Daniel (book design); Goretsky, Tal (jacket design); Follett, Barbara (author photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition red boards with silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Ken Follett; Preliminary Page Author Note; Preliminary Page Chinese Proverb; Prologue and Acknowledgments. "The new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it's an action-packed, globe-spanning drama set in the present day. 'Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn't get fixed.' So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Ken Follett's nerve-racking drama of international tension. A shrinking oasis in the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one country's secret stash of deadly chemical poisons: all these paly roles in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Struggling to prevent the outbreak of world war are a young woman intelligence officer; a spy working undercover with jihadists; a brilliant Chinese spymaster; and Pauline herself, beleaguered by a populist rival for the next presidential election. Never is an extraordinary novel, full of heroines and villains, false prophets and elite warriors, jaded politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. It brims with cautionary wisdom for our times and delivers a visceral, heart-pounding read that transports readers to the brink of the unimaginable." - from the inner front jacket flap. "A compelling story, and only too realistic." - Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 256 pages ; 22 cm ; ISBN 9780670038329, 0670038326 OCLC 71237477 ; LCCN 2006047219 LC CT275.N523 A3 2007 Dewey 977.45600495922092 ; black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Pringles -- Forbidden Fruit -- Dairy Cone -- Fast Food Asian -- Toll House Cookies -- School Lunch -- American Meat -- Green Sticky Rice Cakes -- Down with Grapes -- Bread and Honey -- Salt Pork -- Holiday Tamales -- Stealing Buddha's Dinner -- Ponderosa -- Mooncakes -- Cha Gio ; A coming-of-age memoir by a Vietnamese American recounts her struggles for an American identity in the pre-politically correct climate of the Midwest and her passion for American food in the face of her family's Buddhist lifestyle ; A vivid, funny, and viscerally powerful memoir about childhood, assimilation, food, and growing up in the 1980s .As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bich Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity. In the pre-PC era Midwest, where the devoutly Christian blond-haired, blue-eyed Jennifers and Tiffanys reign supreme, Nguyens barely conscious desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food. More exotic seeming than her Buddhist grandmothers traditional specialties spring rolls, delicate pancakes stuffed with meats, fried shrimp cakes, the campy, preservative-filled delicacies of mainstream America capture her imagination. And in this remarkable book, the glossy branded allure of such American foods as Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House cookies become an ingenious metaphor for her struggle to fit in, to become a real merican. Beginning with Nguyen's family's harrowing migration from Saigon in 1975, Stealing Buddha's Dinner is nostalgic and candid, deeply satisfying and minutely observed, and stands as a unique vision of the immigrant experience and a lyrical ode to how identity is often shaped by the things we long for. ; Bich Minh Nguyen (pronounced /Bit Min New-win/) teaches creative writing at Purdue University. Stealing Buddha's Dinner is her first book. ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lagin, Daniel (book design); Sloman, Celeste (jackete photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition silver boards, red spine, silver front cover lettering and spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Photo Credits and Index. Illustrated with a section of both black-and-white and color photographic plates. Signed by Grant Hill with thick black Sharpie/marker on the thicker stock blank second free front endpaper. "Grant Hill always had game. His choice of college was a subject of national interest, and his arrival at Duke University cemented the program's arrival at the top. In his freshman year, he led the team to its first NCAA championship, and three championship appearances in four years. His Duke career produced some of the most iconic moments in college basketball history, and Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski proved to be a lifelong mentor. Later, as one of the NBA's best players and a new face of the Detroit Pistons franchise, Hill was the first person with the potential to give Michael Jordan a run for his money, not just as a player but as a brand. His $45 million rookie contract was almost the least of it. He turned down Nike for Fila, and soon Method Man and Tupac Shakur were wearing his shoes. Hill writes candidly about all of it, including the transactional impermanence of life in the league and the isolation caused by his growing fame. His parents and friends helped ground him, and eventually he met a gifted musician named Tamia. The love he found with her and the arrival of their two beautiful daughters would be his rock as a brutal and mysterious injury sidelined him, coinciding with his wife's own serious health struggles. With openness and insight, Hill relates his entire path, including post-career highlights like his Hall of Fame induction, co-ownership of the Atlanta Hawks, the directorship of the USA Basketball Men's National Team, and even a yearly gig calling the NCAA Men's Final Four. Hill's father, Calvin, used to tell him that there were always a lot of reasons but never any excuses, and Game is a distillation of a lifetime's effort to understand the reasons - the good and the bad. During his most difficult moments, Hill sought out wisdom from others, stories of inspiration and overcoming obstacles. Now, with Game, he has returned the favor." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Signed by Author(s).