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  | | No One Cares About Crazy People(Reprint) My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America by Ron Powers Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2018 by Hachette Books ISBN-13: 978-0-316-34113-4, ISBN: 0-316-34113-4 "* Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * People Magazine Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * "Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change."---New York Times Book Review New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social histor ..." |
 | | Flags of Our Fathers(Reprint) Heroes of Iwo Jima by James Bradley, Ron Powers, Michael French Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2003 by Delacorte Books For Young Readers Abridged ISBN-13: 978-0-385-73064-8, ISBN: 0-385-73064-0 "In the winter of 1945, on the tiny island of Iwo Jima, a ferocious, epic battle was fought, resulting in the loss of more than 48,000 lives and producing what was to become one of the most recognizable symbols of World War II: a photograph of six soldiers raising an American flag on the peak of Mount Suribachi. One of the six, Navy corpsman John Bradley, came away from this historical moment with a deep and mysterious silence about ..." |
 | | Flags of Our Fathers(Reprint) by James Bradley, Michael French Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2000 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-11133-0, ISBN: 0-553-11133-7 |
 | | Dangerous Water(Updated) A Biography Of The Boy Who Became Mark Twain by Ron Powers Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2001 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-81086-2, ISBN: 0-306-81086-7 "First time in paperback: From a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, an imaginative re-creation of Samuel Clemens's boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri-just in time for Ken Burns's forthcoming Mark Twain documentary. . While Mark Twain remains one of our most quintessentially American writers, the actual boyhood experiences that fueled his most enduring literature remained largely unexploreduntil now. Twain's early years were a decidedly un-innocen ..." |
 | | Flags of Our Fathers(Reprint) A Young People's Edition by James Bradley, Ron Powers, Michael French Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2005 by Laurel Leaf ISBN-13: 978-0-440-22920-9, ISBN: 0-440-22920-0 "In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima—and into histo ..." |
 | | The newscasters by Ron Powers Hardcover, 243 Pages, Published 1977 by St. Martin's Press ISBN-13: 978-0-312-57207-5, ISBN: 0-312-57207-7 "Network and local news was once considered by its purveyors to be a public service, and necessarily unprofitable. When it was discovered that the news center was actually a profit center of vast proportions, the nature of newscasting began to change. Ron Powers' brilliant and biting account details the decline and fall of American newscasting." |
 | | Mark Twain(Reprint) A Life by Ron Powers . Paperback, 736 Pages, Published 2006 by Free Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-4901-0, ISBN: 0-7432-4901-1 "Mark Twain grew up with America. Born in 1835, he reached adulthood as the country was expanding and threatening to splinter all at once. Along with his towering talent and personality, his timing and instinct for finding the action allowed him to play a major role in pushing the boundaries of American culture and mythology by creating a new approach to literature. "Breaching the ranks of New England literary culture was Clemens's most ..." |
 | | No One Cares About Crazy People(1st Edition) The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America by Ron Powers Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2017 by Hachette Books ISBN-13: 978-0-316-34117-2, ISBN: 0-316-34117-7 "* Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * People Magazine Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * "Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change."---New York Times Book Review New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social histor ..." |
 | | Mark Twain(Updated) a Life by Ron Powers Paperback, 736 Pages, Published 2007 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-2599-8, ISBN: 1-4165-2599-8 "A Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings us the astonishing life story of Mark Twain - America's most influential and beloved author, and the man behind HUCKLEBERRY FINN." |
 | | Mark Twain; A Life by Ron Powers, Monroe Stearns Hardcover, 704 Pages, Published 2006 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-8579-7, ISBN: 0-7432-8579-4 "A Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings us the astonishing life story of Mark Twain - America's most influential and beloved author, and the man behind HUCKLEBERRY FINN." |
 | | Flags of Our Fathers(Updated) by Bradley-James, Ron Powers Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2006 by Pimlico Import ISBN-13: 978-1-84595-021-7, ISBN: 1-84595-021-6 "In this remarkably powerful book, James Bradley takes as his starting point one of the most famous photographs of all time. In February 1945, American Marines plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima and into a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire from 22,000 Japanese. After climbing through a hellish landscape and on to the island's highest peak, six men were photographed raising the stars and stripes. One of those soldiers was the author's fa ..." |
 | | Flags of Our Fathers(Reprint) (Movie Tie-in Edition) by James Bradley, Ron Powers Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2006 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-58934-4, ISBN: 0-553-58934-2 "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of AmericaIn this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that ..." |
 | | Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore(1st Edition) by Ron Powers Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2001 by St. Martin's Press ISBN-13: 978-0-312-26240-2, ISBN: 0-312-26240-X "Ron Powers' hometown is Hannibal, Missouri, home of Mark Twain, and therefore birthplace of our image of boyhood itself. Powers returns to Hannibal to chronicle the horrific story of two killings, both committed by minors, and the trials that followed. Seamlessly weaving the narrative of the events in Hannibal with the national withering of the very concept of childhood, Powers exposes a fragmented adult society where children are left ..." |
 | | Flags Of Our Fathers.(1st Edition) by James Bradley, Ron Powers Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2000 by Pimlico ISBN-13: 978-0-7126-6762-3, ISBN: 0-7126-6762-8 "Clean copy." |
 | | White Town Drowsing by Ron Powers Paperback, 313 Pages, Published 1987 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-010409-7, ISBN: 0-14-010409-7 "Searching for a sense of his past, Ron Powers is drawn back to his hometown, sleepy Hannibal, MO, on the banks of the Mississippi River. When he returns to the town he left 25 years earlier, Powers finds Hannibal on a cultural collision course between its own modest, traditional past and the modern entrepreneurial schemes of the stylish young mayor. As it prepares for a sesquicentennial celebration for another former resident - Mark T ..." |
 | | The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle(Reprint) Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot by Col. Robert Morgan, With Ron Powers Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2002 by Nal Trade ISBN-13: 978-0-451-20594-0, ISBN: 0-451-20594-4 "Many who saw the 1990 Hollywood movie Memphis Belle think they know the story. But the real story had nothing to do with the movie-and it is told for the first time here, by the pilot who lived it. An emotionally moving tale, and a heartbreaking love story, this is an unforgettable memoir of a man who was born into a life of ease-and tested in the hardship of war. "Bring[s] a new perspective to World War II literature. Written in a cha ..." |
 | | Flags of Our Fathers A Young Peoples Edition by Bradley, James, Powers, Ron Reissue by James Bradley 400 Pages, Published 2006 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-38415-4, ISBN: 0-553-38415-5 |
 | | Last Flag Down(Reprint) The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship by John/ Power Baldwin, Ron Powers Paperback, 354 Pages, Published 2008 by Three Rivers Press ISBN-13: 978-0-307-23656-2, ISBN: 0-307-23656-0 "As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to prowl the world’s oceans and sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider’s name was Shenandoah, and her executive officer was Conway Whittle, a twenty-four-year-old warrior who might have st ..." |
 | | Last Flag Down(1st Edition) The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship by John Baldwin, Ron Powers Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2007 by Crown Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-307-23655-5, ISBN: 0-307-23655-2 "As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to prowl the world’s oceans and sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider’s name was Shenandoah, and her executive officer was Conway Whittle, a twenty-four-year-old warrior who might have st ..." |
 | | Flags of Our Fathers Heroes of Iwo Jima (Youth Edition) by James Bradley, Ron Powers, Michael French Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2001 by Delacorte Books For Young Readers ISBN-13: 978-0-385-72932-1, ISBN: 0-385-72932-4 "In the winter of 1945, on the tiny island of Iwo Jima, a ferocious, epic battle was fought, resulting in the loss of more than 48,000 lives and producing what was to become one of the most recognizable symbols of World War II: a photograph of six soldiers raising an American flag on the peak of Mount Suribachi. One of the six, Navy corpsman John Bradley, came away from this historical moment with a deep and mysterious silence about his ..." |
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