Author: Jon Meacham
Publisher: Random House
Keywords: house, jackson, andrew, lion, american
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2008-11-11
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1400063256
ISBN-13: 9781400063253

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy. Jackson’s election in 1828 ushered in a new and lasting era in which the people, not distant elites, were the guiding force in American politics. Democracy made its stand in the Jackson years, and he gave voice to the hopes and the fears

Author: Jon Meacham
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperback
Keywords: making, nation, fathers, founding, gospel, god, american
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2007-03-20
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0812976665
ISBN-13: 9780812976663

The American Gospel–literally, the good news about America–is that religion shapes our public life without controlling it. In this vivid book, New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice.At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, American Gospel draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the fascinating history of a nation grappling with religion and politics–from John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” se

Author: Jon Meacham
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Keywords: epic, friendship, portrait, intimate, winston, franklin
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2004-10-12
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0812972821
ISBN-13: 9780812972825

The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history’s towering leadersFranklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II. It was a crucial friendship, and a unique one—a president and a prime minister spending enormous amounts of time together (113 days during the war) and exchanging nearly two thousand messages. Amid cocktails, cigarettes, and cigar

Author: Leila Meacham
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Keywords: roses
Number of Pages: 624
Published: 2010-01-06
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0446550000
ISBN-13: 9780446550000

Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses takes place in a small East Texas town against the backdrop of the powerful timber and cotton industries, industries controlled by the scions of the town’s founding families. Cotton tycoon Mary Toliver and timber magnate Percy Warwick should have married but unwisely did not, and now must deal with the deceit, secrets, and tragedies of their choice and the loss of what might have been--not just for themselves but for their children, and children’s children. With expert, unabashed, big-canvas storytelling, Roses covers a hundred years, t

Authors:Jeffrey Tubbs, Brian Meacham,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: crowd, management, planning, evacuation, guide, design, solutions, egress
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0471719560
ISBN-13: 9780471719564

The architect’s primary source for information on designing for egress, evacuation, and life safety, Egress Design Solutions, Emergency Evacuation and Crowd Management Planning, is written by proven experts on egress issues. Meacham and Tubbs are engineers with Arup, an international firm with a stellar reputation for quality design and engineering. Their book examines egress solutions in terms of both prescriptive and performance-based code issues. A portion of the book focuses on techniques for providing egress design solutions and for coordinating egress systems with other critical li