Where Were You?

Where Were You?

Author: Gus Russo

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1493001906

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November 22, 1963. A policeman’s wife was fetching their sick child from school. A young shoe store manager had no idea what lay in wait for him that day. A future president was tending to his farm. A future vice president was standing on the steps of his college library. A Georgetown student was looking forward to playing the piano for the president when he returned to Washington, DC, that evening. A future movie star was attending his second-grade art class. Then the news rang out across airwaves, through telephone lines, and by word of mouth, plunging the country into shock and sorrow. It’s hard to imagine how the last fifty years would have unfolded if President John F. Kennedy had lived. Would Vietnam have dragged on until 1974? Would Nixon have come into power? It’s difficult to say—but, combining evocative archival images with the unique, first-person stories of those who lived through it, Where Were You? says what the history books can’t and offers a fresh look at what was, what is, and what might have been since that fateful day. In the two-hour NBC documentary event that this volume accompanies, special correspondent Tom Brokaw interviewed people close to the tragedy as well as former heads of state, politicians, authors, journalists, performers, musicians, and more. He asked them five simple questions, starting with: Where were you? Together, their words paint a rich and moving picture of a hopeful nation torn asunder by grief. It will remind those who lived it of a pivotal moment in American history, and it bears witness for all who follow.


Where Were You?

Where Were You?

Author: Matthew S. Friedman

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: 2021-11

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9789814954433

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My boots-on-the-ground work to fight human trafficking throughout Asia. There are more slaves in the world today than any other time in history. Enter the world of human trafficking and explore what we can do together to end this global crime. Where Were You?: A Profile of Modern Slavery by Matthew Friedman provides an up-to-date overview of human trafficking, a largely ignored present-day evil, and recounts true stories of enslavement in Asia today. Former United Nations and USAID expert Matthew Friedman obtained in-depth first-hand knowledge with boots-on-the-ground work over 30 years throughout Asia. Human trafficking exists in nearly every nation on earth and Friedman has personally interviewed hundreds of freed slaves and imprisoned traffickers throughout South and Southeast Asia. The modern slave trade operates in brothels, fisheries, clothing and chocolate industries, as well as a myriad of other manufacturing jobs and is a billion dollar business that continues to grow unchecked. Even with the collective response of governments, the UN and civil society partners, less than 0.2 percent of the victims are assisted.


Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

Author: Frank Bruni

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2015-03-17

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 145553269X

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Read award-winning journalist Frank Bruni's New York Times bestseller: an inspiring manifesto about everything wrong with today's frenzied college admissions process and how to make the most of your college years. Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. In Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be, Frank Bruni explains why this mindset is wrong, giving students and their parents a new perspective on this brutal, deeply flawed competition and a path out of the anxiety that it provokes. Bruni, a bestselling author and a columnist for the New York Times, shows that the Ivy League has no monopoly on corner offices, governors' mansions, or the most prestigious academic and scientific grants. Through statistics, surveys, and the stories of hugely successful people, he demonstrates that many kinds of colleges serve as ideal springboards. And he illuminates how to make the most of them. What matters in the end are students' efforts in and out of the classroom, not the name on their diploma. Where you go isn't who you'll be. Americans need to hear that--and this indispensable manifesto says it with eloquence and respect for the real promise of higher education.


Hand to Hold

Hand to Hold

Author: JJ Heller

Publisher: WaterBrook

Published: 2021-07-20

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0593193253

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This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.


And where Were You, Adam?

And where Were You, Adam?

Author: Heinrich Böll

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780810111790

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Reprint of the McGraw-Hill translation (1970) of Boll's great novel of WWII. Cited in BCL3. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


We're Going on a Bear Hunt

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Author: Michael Rosen

Publisher: Walker Books Limited

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781406323924

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We're going on a bear hunt. Through the long wavy grass, the thick oozy mud and the swirling, whirling snowstorm - will we find a bear today?


Where Were You, Robert?

Where Were You, Robert?

Author: Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Publisher: Longman

Published: 2003-01

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780582777590

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There's something strange about Robert's eyes: they seem to remember everything whilst watching a film form 1950s Russia Robert finds himself mysteriously transported to Russia. Gazing at picture then sends him to 1940s Australia. Robert's journey takes him further back in time but can he ever return to now?


Where Were You Before The Tree of Life? Volume 7

Where Were You Before The Tree of Life? Volume 7

Author: Peter R. Farley

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-04-04

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1257375458

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Volume 7 of 9 These books are the first to fully map out the history of alien interaction with the Earth, past, present, and into the near future. Extending the work of noted researchers such as Erich Von Daniken and Zecharia Sitchin, the book series goal is to show its readers the extensive repercussions this interaction has had on life on this planet, especially its formative role in the global conspiracy known as the New World Order.


lastnightsparty

lastnightsparty

Author: Merlin Bronques

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2006-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780810949027

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Bared flesh, intertwined tongues, and "de rigueur" attitudes are all capturedby Bronques's lens in photographs that are fresh, fun, and hot.


Where Were You When?

Where Were You When?

Author: Ian Harrison

Publisher: Reader's Digest Association

Published: 2009-08-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780762107926

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"Published by ... arrangement with Collins & Brown, an imprint of Anova Books Company Ltd."--T.p. verso.