Ted Widmer
Ted Widmer is Distinguished Lecturer at Macaulay Honors College (CUNY). In addition to his teaching, he writes actively about American history in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and other venues. He has also taught or directed research centers at Harvard University, Brown University, and Washington College. He grew up in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and attended Harvard University.
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Ark of the Liberties
- By: Ted Widmer
- Narrator: William Hughes
- Length: 13 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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From its earliest beginnings, America has been seen as an icon of liberty with a mission to redeem the world. Often, the ideal fits. But sometimes even our most noble aspirations can be as damaging as they are uplifting. With wit, brilliance, and... Read more
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Lincoln on the Verge
- By: Ted Widmer
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE “A Lincoln classic…superb.” —The Washington Post “A book for our time.”–Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on the Verge tells the dramatic story of America’s... Read more
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The Mystery of Israel and the Middle East
You Can Help Compose History before the Throne of the Almighty!Pages are turning on God’s prophetic calendar, approaching that glorious day when His Son will step once again into the world of time and space. What is the key to this timetable? The answer is Israel. And the controversy over her destiny affects every nation on earth.In an urgent plea for prophetic watchmen, James W. Goll calls you ...
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A Is for Alibi
When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. Plenty of people had reason to want him dead. But the police thought his wife Nikki–with motive, access and opportunity–was the #1 suspect. The jury thought so too.
Eight years later and out on parole, Nikki hires Kinsey Millhone, a gutsy P.I., to find the read killer. The trail is cold but Kinsey finds a lead. It brings her ...
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We’ll Laugh About This (Someday)
A hilarious argument in favor of taking life a smidge less seriously
Popular humor writer Anna Lind Thomas had an epiphany after her essay about a humiliating fart went mega-viral: Everything’s funny . . .eventually. You’ll cry-laugh your way through the many grave offenses she’s endured, like
not getting credit for Lady Gaga’s career,
an epic financial crisis,
and exercising while her ...
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Beauty and the Beast
No one denies the beast.
I am a Warlord. A beast. An assassin for the Intelligence Core. Even so, I’ve been sent to Earth for a simple mission: Find a mate. I hold no hope. Who would want me? I’m scarred … inside and out.
But one look at the human beauty and there is no question, she’s mine. When she is taken from me, I will use all my training to save her from my enemies.
Nothing on ...
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Earth-Shattering
A heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history, from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in between
The overwhelming majority of celestial space is inactive and will remain forever unruffled. Similarly, more than 90 percent of the universe’s 70 billion trillion suns had non-attention-getting births and are burning through their nuclear fuel in steady, ...
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Clover
Against a backdrop of peach orchards and languid summer afternoons, Dori Sanders spins a wise, sweet tale of crossing racial barriers in the South Carolina countryside. It was unthinkable that Gaten Hill, a successful black man, would marry Sara Kate, an uppercrust white woman. It was unbelievable that hours after his wedding, he would be killed in a devastating accident. Left to grieve together, ...
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Nooners
This New York ad agency is ruled by sex, drugs… and murder.Everyone who knows Tim says he’s a good guy. But the popular advertising exec has a problem: a lot of the people who know him are getting murdered. And by the time he figures out why, Tim won’t feel so good anymore. BookShotsLIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON
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Cat Call
The cat: A sensual shapeshifter. A hearth keeper, aloof, tail aloft, stalking vermin. A satanic accomplice. A beloved familiar. A social media darling. A euphemism for reproductive parts. An epithet for the weak. A knitted hat on millions of marchers, fists in the air, pink pointed ears poking skyward. Cats and cat references are ubiquitous in art, pop culture, politics, and the occult, and ...
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Conspiracies of the Ruling Class
A Ruling Class have emerged in America against the hopes and designs of our Founding Fathers. Over the last hundred years, they have rejected the Constitution and expanded their own power, slowly at first and now rapidly. These people believe their actions are justified because they think they are smarter than the rest of us-so smart they can run our lives better than we can.But for all the power ...
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Golden Prey
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Lucas Davenport’s first case as a U.S. Marshal sends him into uncharted territory in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
The man was smart and he didn’t mind killing people. Welcome to the big leagues, Davenport.
Thanks to some very influential people whose lives he saved, Lucas is no longer working for the Minnesota Bureau of ...
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