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Here are the weirdest investions of the strangest man of our time. Here are the untold story of his life. Free Energy. Telephones to Other Panets. Aura Reading device. ... Read more

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TESLA WAS DEFINITELY 'OUT OF THIS WORLD!"
NIKOLA WAS DEFINITELY A MAN OF MYSTERY -- THIS BOOK OFFERS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACHMuch has been written about Nikola Tesla and his great inventions. This book tackles Tesla's work in a slightly different way by suggestion that Tesla might have been a time traveler or a being from another planet who was abandoned here and adopted by an Earthly couple.Though at first this may seem to be utter nonsense,a closer look would indicate that the author (a seasoned writer on metaphysical and New Age topics, and a fantastic prophet in his own right) might have a good point. For many of the things Tesla invented were decades -- if not a century -- a head of their time.HOW THEN DID HE GET THESE IDEAS?One source says that Tesla communicated with space beings and actually constructed a telescope-like device to enhance his ability to "speak" with extraterrestrials. Naturally, this was long before the SETI movement or interest in UFOs. So what gives?Though relatively short,this book does offer some very useful insights into the life of Tesla that you will no find elsewhere. It is well written and straight to the point. It is not a boring rehash of previously published material, but a seemingly bright new approach to a subject that is of increasing interest. ... Read more

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What is the relationship between a city, its suburbs, and the rural landaround it?

In the 150 short pieces in Tom Thomson's Shack, Harold Rhenisch explores this questionin economic prose redolent with subtleties. From his native Okanagan to his home on theCariboo plateau, his musings are interwoven with a book tour to Toronto. On itsoutskirts, in Kleinburg, he discovers Group of Seven member Tom Thomson's studio,crucible of Canada -- to his surprise, as real as the valley a short distance from hishome that he knows as the Centre of the Universe.

Side trips to the stagnating mining town of Hedley, the totem poles of Kispiox, theretirement villas and golf courses of Kelowna, shape and refine the author's quest.Toronto, the inescapable electronic grid-city, ceaselessly colonizes the land with imagesof the land. In its wake, how can farming as Rhenisch's Okanagan forebears know it, afight to the death with God, prevail? Amazingly, the author's unsparing inquiry tunnelsthrough paradox to emerge beyond the city-country dichotomy, in the light of a newapprehension of ourselves as Canadians, whether city or country dwellers.

A rich and rigorous meditation on identity, language, work and life, Tom Thomson'sShack is a vital successor to the celebrated Out of the Interior. ... Read more

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Pictures, Drawings and Quotes
This 49 page booklet was copyrighted in 1985. It provides several photos of the Trumans and interior shots of their home in Independence. Also provided is a brief history of the Truman home. Truman's love of the piano and Classical music is demonstrated here. There are numerous quotes from President Truman and his daughter Margaret. Truman also describes his love of history and books. Truman's courtship of Bess is recorded here. Margaret describes her mother's great athletic abilities. President Truman's great love and concern for his daughter are demonstrated in excerpts from letters he wrote to her in the 1940's. This booklet provides a worthwhile glimpse of the personal lives of the Truman family. ... Read more

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1858. In the preparation of this volume, the author's attention was drawn, to some extent, to the history of the Shawanoe tribe of Indians: and he has accordingly prefixed to the main work, a brief historical narrative of this wandering and warlike nation, with biographical sketches of several of its most distinguished chiefs. In addition to several outside sources of information, the author had personally, at different times, visited the frontiers of Ohio and the Indians, for the purpose of conversing with the Indians and the pioneers of that region, who happened to be acquainted with Tecumseh and his brother; and by these visits, was enabled to enrich his narrative with some amusing and valuable anecdotes. ... Read more

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Believing that Americans should understand their leadership, Harry Truman was the first American president to authorize an oral history of his life and times. In that vein, almost forty years ago, the Truman Library in the president’s native Independence, Missouri, began the daunting task of compiling the words of Truman’s contemporaries, including his senior aides, foreign policy and military advisors, political strategists, and close friends. Longtime Chicago journalist Steve Neal has edited twenty of these remarkable interviews for HST: Memories of the Truman Years.

Candid and insightful, the recollections include those of statesmen Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman; soldiers Omar Bradley and Lucius Clay; Truman’s best friend Thomas Evans; associates Clark Clifford and Matt Connelly; 1948 Republican vice-presidential nominee Earl Warren; artist Thomas Hart Benton; West German leader Konrad Adnauer; former New Dealers Sam Rosenman and James Rowe; journalist Richard L. Strout; and many others.

An honest portrait of Truman emerges from the firsthand accounts of those who knew him best. HST: Memories of the Truman Years spans Truman’s rise to the presidency and his responses to the challenges of World War II, the Soviet blockade of Berlin, the rebuilding of postwar Europe, the 1948 campaign, his controversial firing of General Douglas MacArthur, and his courageous leadership on civil rights.

"The goal of these histories," explains Truman’s grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, in the foreword, "in keeping with Grandpa’s stated desire that the [Truman Library] be about his presidency, not a monument to him, was to preserve forever the perspective of those who had shared his life and times and, in many cases, helped him shape the world." ... Read more

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A detailed juvenile biography of Harry S Truman
Morrie Greenberg begins "The Buck Stops Here," his juvenile biography of Harry Truman, with the day when the vice president was called to the White House and told by Eleanor Roosevelt that the president had died. That was the moment when Harry Truman entered American history textbooks, as an accidental president with the daunting task of replacing Franklin D. Roosevelt as the leader of the United Nations engaged in World War II (How many people can even name one of FDR's other vice presidents?).

"The Buck Stops Here" is a People in Focus Book and more than most Truman juvenile biographies Greenberg is able to provide details about the life of his subject. You first notice this when he relates Truman's experiences as a captain of artillery for Battery D during the First World War, which is related with great detail. In fact, Greenberg is so keen on details that he even explains the etymology of the phrase "passed the buck" (a piece of ivory made from the antlers of a buck placed in front of a card player when it was his turn to deal). This is also one of the few of these Truman books for young readers that gives some insight into why FDR would have picked Truman as his running mate in 1944 in terms the work of the Truman Committee that investigate waste and "dumb-headedness in the National Defense Program as well as his popularity with southern votes and labor leaders.

Young readers will clearly get a sense of how Truman faced some of the greatest challenges of the 20th century, from the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan to the Berlin Blockade and the Korean War. Most history students are aware of the Marhsall Plan, but Greenberg makes the Truman Doctrine equally prominent. Noting that during his years in office how Truman was criticized as being the worst president in history, Greenberg establishes the reasons why Truman is now considered one of the strongest and most accomplished Presidents. More importantly, he has become one of the most admired for his honesty, loyalty towards family and friends, down-to-earth style, and storng sense of duty.

Truman becomes an important modern president mainly because he is in so many ways the complete opposite of those who followed him in the White House, most of whom actively sought the presidency and courted public opinion. This volume is sparsely illustrated with historic black & white photographs, including the one of Bess that Truman carried throughout his military service in France. "The Bucks Stops Here" is not an introductory biography of Truman, but once a young student has become familiar with the key biographical elements of Truman's life and is interested in finding out a lot more about the man who became the 33rd president, Greenberg has provided an excellent biography to turn to next. ... Read more

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Letters Home by Harry Truman is a fascinating collection of colorful letters and "diary notes" by Truman, all compiled and edited by Monte Poen. The letters, gathered from many sources, include missives sent by Truman to his daughter, his mother and sister, his cousins, and of course his wife, Bess. This potpourri of information provides an intimate and revealing portrait of a man who went from being a farmer in dire straits-trying to make enough money to marry the woman he loved-to becoming the leader of the most powerful country in the free world. ... Read more

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Celebrating the musical gifts of the man from Missouri, this book is a treasury filled with interesting facts and one of the finest collections of photos of President Truman at the piano or with famous personages.

Many of us think we know Harry S Truman, that almost legendary president who guided the nation through the final days of World War II.There was another side to Truman, in that he loved music.He particularly loved the great classical composers, but melodic popular songs, folk ditties, and tuneful musical shows all found a place in his heart.

Harry Truman was a modestly accomplished pianist, an avid concert-goer, and a champion of the simple pleasures to be had from almost any musical experience.

This book can but skim the surface of the depth of Truman's musical life, but it gives a pleasurable view of this bluntly honest, forthright man who reluctantly became President of the United States and who never, throughout his whole life, allowed a musical moment to escape him. ... Read more

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Title: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, RIP.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Author: Joseph Campbell
Publication: Catholic Insight (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2000
Publisher: Catholic Insight
Volume: 8Issue: 9Page: 5

Article Type: Brief Article, Obituary

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