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His works continue to inform and inspire students, readers, and history enthusiasts, offering fresh insight into the lives of great leaders and the forces that shaped their times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e Product Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: 2006\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Barnes \u0026amp; Noble, Fall River Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint length: 184 Pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN 10: 0760786968\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN 13: 9780760786963\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 15.2 ounces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Used Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenres: History, Religion, Nonfiction, Politics, American History, American Revolution, Biography, Spirituality, Historical\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOverview\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlf J. 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His work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times. \u003c\/i\u003eThe former editor of \u003ci\u003eGranta \u003c\/i\u003eand one-time president of the National Book Critics Circle, he is currently Artist-in-Residence at New York Universit\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52405976367409,"sku":"9780374538859","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/jfGH2qMk9M9780374538859.webp?v=1781222607"},{"product_id":"the-best-i-can-do-paperback","title":"The Best I Can Do - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Branning\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the topics covered in this delightful read, John explains diacritical marks in a way that doesn't clarify their use at all; reveals how yoga makes him mindful of the time he could be spending doing something else; recasts popular love songs with lyrics revised by certain public servants who have been caught with their pants down (in some cases, quite literally); reflects on the aging process and how he plans to file an exemption from it, and uses some mad rhyming skills to point out the foibles of a variety of newsworthy events (including but not limited to the distressing actions of a certain former POTUS, as well as other headline-grabbing oddities). John's first collection, Selfie-Facing, was named one of \"The Best Self-Published Books of 2016\" by the Huffington Post (the only humor title so honored). Since then, he's chased after other prizes, including a MacArthur \"genius\" grant and the elusive Pulitzer. (Visualize, if you will, a writer doggedly chasing after his own tale -- er, tail.) And then there are the puns... John Branning is a humorist whose writings have left literally millions of readers with no idea who he is. A resident of Winthrop, Maine, his work has been featured in multiple publications and can also be found on his website: JohnBranning.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52406020735281,"sku":"9780997077391","price":23.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/B4bNiyuZJW9780997077391.webp?v=1781222142"},{"product_id":"herblock-special-report-paperback","title":"Herblock Special Report - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHerbert Block\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book obviously does not set out a complete record of the Nixon scandals or of the Nixon career. It doesn't even include all the cartoons about Nixon or relating to him--which probably number more than those Block did on almost any other public figure (good or bad), including such long-in-the-limelight persons as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. It does include a large number of the Nixon cartoons, along with dates of some incidents, and comments and recollections about their subject--a political career which in some way has affected all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52406025978161,"sku":"9780393008388","price":33.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/tOKZ1sFos-9780393008388.webp?v=1783073396"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/collections\/politics.oembed?page=2","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}