Best Selling Books by Douglas Brinkley

In this vitriolic polemic, Christopher Hitchens takes on the myth surrounding one of the most divisive political figures in American political history: Bill Clinton.

An exploration of the Mississippi River, tracing its length from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, and discussing its important role in the history of the United States. Includes photographs, period illustrations, artwork, documents, and maps.

Published for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, this illustrated volume with audio CDs presents firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America''s preeminent historians. A compelling compilation of firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion presents forty oral histories that recount the events and experiences of D-Day from the perspectives of the veterans themselves, accompanied by a selection of interviews on CD.

Offers a vivid narrative of the seventy-seven-day struggle to control the remote Khe Sanh base in Vietnam, during which a severely outnumbered and isolated group of Marines held off an enemy onslaught, in a multimedia history that features firsthand remin

前美國總統甘迺迪逝世六十週年紀念 甘迺迪家族親自彙編&中文版序 主題別國際名家撰文＋年表＋生涯精彩演講＋珍貴照片 甘迺迪的遠見帶給21世紀的啟示：全球動盪、危險的年代，如何捍衛民主、如何堅持信念、如何在戰爭邊緣維護和平、如何保護人權和環境、如何務實地邁向美好的未來 人的信念有多強大，人就有多強大。在人類命運的問題上，沒有什麼是人力所不能及的。──約翰．甘迺迪 現在，號角再次響起，在召喚我們──不是要我們拿起武器，儘管我們需要武器；不是要我們戰鬥，儘管我們嚴陣以待──而是召喚我們承擔重任，在漫漫長夜中繼續奮鬥，年復一年，「在希望中歡欣鼓舞，在磨難中保持耐心」──對抗人類共同的敵人：暴政、貧困、疾病和戰爭本身。──約翰．甘迺迪，總統就職演講，華盛頓哥倫比亞特區，一九六一年一月二十日 本書由甘迺迪的外甥史蒂芬．甘迺迪．史密斯和歷史學家道格拉斯．布林克利共同編輯，精選前美國總統約翰．甘迺迪三十一篇最偉大的演講；集結數十位美國及國際菁英的評論和反思；並加入六百張珍貴的紀實照片和歷史文件。以文字和圖像講述甘迺迪傳奇一生，描繪了他所期待的美國願景，可視為甘迺迪紀念出版中最完整全面之作。 好評推薦 達賴喇嘛專文推薦 前美國總統卡特 前捷克總統哈維爾 前美國國務卿季辛吉 諾貝爾經濟學獎得主克魯曼 知名主持人歐布萊恩 知名演員勞勃．瑞福 等數十位世界頂尖精英專文評論 希望重讀甘迺迪的話語會讓我們所有的人重新受到鼓舞。──吉米．卡特（Jimmy Carter），美國第三十九任總統 甘迺迪在參選總統時所保有的坦率和奉獻精神，不僅激勵了美國，也為全世界帶來希望。 ──第十四世達賴喇嘛 我永遠不會忘記甘迺迪當選總統時，那種令人精神振奮的感覺。──瓦茨拉夫．哈維爾（Václav Havel），捷克共和國首任總統 正是甘迺迪發出的聲音，將一個美國一直想要實現的願景，交付給了我這一代人。──亨利．季辛吉（Henry Kissinger） ，前美國國務卿 甘迺迪和他的顧問在當時就搞明白了的財政問題，我們過了半個多世紀的經驗才證實。──保羅．克魯曼（Paul Krugman）， 諾貝爾經濟學獎得主 甘迺迪的風趣不是練出來的，而是從骨子裡散發出的幽默。──康納．歐布萊恩（Conan O’Brien），美國知名主持人、喜劇演員 甘迺迪熱情地擁抱藝術，擁抱思想的多樣性。──勞勃．瑞福（Robert Redford），美國知名演員、導演 甘迺迪總統是一位理想主義者，他相信和平，並為和平奮鬥。但他也是一位現實主義者，認為沒有堅強的軍事防禦就無法確保和平，相信「所有國家的自由與平等」都值得吾人支持。 如果甘迺迪總統今天在這裡，他可能會提醒我們：「在漫長的世界歷史中，只有幾代人有這樣的機會，在最危險時刻挺身捍衛自由。」──史蒂芬．甘迺迪．史密斯

On 1 December 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, a quiet and dignified 42-year-old black seamstress refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest led to a 381-day boycott of the city''s bus system, led by Martin Luther King, which is now considered the beginning of the American civil rights movement. Rosa Parks'' personality and character were an important part of the bus boycott''s success. Graceful, reserved and a devout churchgoer, she was also a civil rights activist alongside her daytime job as a seamstress, and she believed in the use of righteous force when necessary. The boycott was an epic event. 50,000 blacks (three-quarters of the city''s population) somehow found some other way to get to and from work, week after week. In 1957 she and her husband moved north to Detroit, where she continued to work for civil rights, taking part in most of the great marches of the 1960s, although she found the male chauvinism of these events increasingly unacceptable. She was a great admirer of Martin Luther King, and he of her, and his assassination in 1968 was a bitter blow. After King''s death, the movement began to lose its way and Rosa Parks believed that anger and violence were replacing non-violent social protest. In later years she seemed almost a forgotten figure, but in the 1990s this appeared to be changing. In 1999 Time magazine hailed here as one of the hundred most significant individuals of the century, and there were plaudits from the Pope, Nelson Mandela and others. This book about the life and times of a remarkable and inspiring woman is also a brilliant re-creation of mid-century American life.

Inspired from our monumental Around the World in 125 Years, this volume is the ultimate voyage through the magazine''s archives of its Eastern travels. Rugged terrains, mystical mosques and temples, sprawling cities, wonderful wildlife, unbelievable landscapes, evocative portraits, and social documentary all feature in this epic photographic...

Published for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, this lushly illustrated volume with audio CDs presents gripping, firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America''s preeminent historians.

As he talked about that historic day 35 years ago when he became the first human to set foot on the moon, the notoriously reticent Neil Armstrong dropped his guard, and the inner boy from Ohio shone through.

Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt''s role in launching modern conservationsim, identifying the contributions of such influences as James Audubon and John Muir while describing how Roosevelt''s exposure to natural wonders in his early life shaped his environmental values.

A deadly mission up the Bay Hap River would be John Kerry''s last in Vietnam. Everything ventured, nothing gained but a chestul of medals and the horrific memories that came with them.

Between 1938 and 1941, the National Park Service commissioned WPA artists to create a set of posters for the growing National Park System. These were not just ordinary posters but handcrafted prints using the silk screen method. The onset of WWII derailed the project, with only fourteen parks receiving their prints. After the war ended, these posters disappeared into the dustbin of history. In 1971, the author of this book, then a seasonal ranger in Grand Teton National Park, discovered one surviving print stashed in a park barn, thus beginning a lifelong search for others in this set. Only 1,400 prints were initially made, and today only forty copies have been found. Two park posters have never been located, although photos of them exist. This book tells the story of the early history, rediscovery, and republication of this rare and unique art. The single surviving poster found in a barn served as the template, along with the chance discovery of thirteen black-and-white photographs in park archives, to laboriously reconstruct this unique set of national park poster art. Once the historical reproductions reached the public, demand grew exponentially, and other parks sought WPA-style posters of their own parks. Today, more than sixty of our national parks now have handmade silk screen prints. The first half of this book focuses on the historic prints, and the remaining half shares how these modern designs were created.