Books from Potomac Books
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Baseball Prospectus 2003
By Gary Huckabay, Chris Kahrl, Dave Pease... surprise people , wrest Samuel , Chuck Carr , and Pat Listach tend to have tough fourth place from the cold dead ... In the Billy Beane / J . P. Ricciardi / Theo Epstein There are players in the majors who achieve some level of era ...
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Baseball Prospectus, 1999
By Clay Davenport, Gary Huckabay, Keith LawThis prospectus contains complete analyses of every top player in each organisation all the way down to rookie ball and does so with objective, intelligent commentary and irreverent humour.'
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Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War
By John SpencerConnected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War
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The Way it was: Pearl Harbor, the Original Photographs
By Donald M. GoldsteinOthers who helped were Richard F. Barnes, Jr.; Lt. Paul B. Conway, USN (Ret.); Comdr. David R. Permar, USCG (Ret.); and Michael Back. Goldstein wishes to extend his personal appreciation to his wife, Mariann; his research assistant, ...
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All Souls Day: The World War II Battle and the Search for a Lost U. S. Battalion
By Joseph M. Pereira, John L. Wilson5. s- 1 Report, 112th Infantry, January 12, 1944, 1st Lt. Robert C. Nelson, historian. ... Omar Nelson Bradley and Clay Blair Jr., A General's Life: An Autobiography by General of the Army Omar N. Bradley (New York: Simon & Schuster, ...
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Who Invented Oscar Wilde?: The Photograph at the Center of Modern American Copyright
By David Newhoff6 If Phillips did hope that Dickson's camera might capture some eidolon of the erotic in the paroxysm of a sneeze, then a richly mustachioed inventor named Fred Ott would have to do; and this was probably fortunate for whichever woman ...
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Rage: Narcissism, Patriarchy, and the Culture of Terrorism
By Abigail R. EsmanJean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell, The Narcissism Epidemic (New York: Atria Books, 2009). 8. Jean Twenge, Generation Me, Revised and Updated: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled— And More Miserable ...
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Call Me Commander: A Former Intelligence Officer and the Journalists Who Uncovered His Scheme to Fleece America
By Jeff Testerman, Daniel M. FreedHe would never return to Florida again— unless he were in handcuffs.16 At the offices of Associated Community Services in Southfield, Michigan, telemarketing boss Dick Cole brooded. He'd read the newspaper stories from Florida and ...
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The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire
By Lawrence J. HaasAfter Adams applied for one in January of 1994, Ted made the case for it to Clinton at the White House. When, after more prodding from Ted, Clinton approved a visa for Adams in September of 1994, Ted met him at Logan Airport and came ...
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War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare
By Robert TaberPresents numerous case studies of guerrilla insurgencies and the different options for official government responses
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Glory at a Gallop: Tales of the Confederate Cavalry
By William R. Brooksher, David K. SniderThis is a collection of the wartime exploits of the most famous Confederate Army leaders, such as Jeb Stuart, Wade Hampton, Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Singleton Mosby.
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The War Criminal's Son: The Civil War Saga of William A. Winder
By Jane SingerHarrison, Donald H. Louis Rose: San Diego's First Jewish Settler and Entrepreneur. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 2005. Hayes, Benjamin Ignatius, et al. Emigrant Notes. San Diego ca, 1875. —. Pioneer Notes from the Diary of Judge ...
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Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey
By Fred MinnickWhiskey Women tells the tales of women who created the whiskey industry, from Mesopotamia's first beer brewers and distillers to America's rough-and-tough Prohibition bootleggers.
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Lone Star Navy: Texas, the Fight for the Gulf of Mexico, and the Shaping of the American West
By Jonathan W. Jordan**WINNER OF THE 2007 UNITED STATES MARITIME LITERATURE AWARD** In the 1830s, Mexico endured a tragic era of internal political instability. Meanwhile, bold American frontiersmen sought their fortunes beyond the...
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The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire
By Lawrence J. HaasLawrence J. Haas explores how the Kennedy brothers reshaped America’s empire for more than six decades after World War II.
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Congress at War: The Politics of Conflict Since 1789
By Charles A. StevensonCongress at War reviews the historical record of the U.S. Congress in authorizing, funding, overseeing, and terminating major military operations. Refuting arguments that Congress cannot and should not set limits...
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Haig's Coup: How Richard Nixon's Closest Aide Forced Him from Office
By Ray LockerIn Haig’s Coup, Ray Locker uses recently declassified documents to tell the true story of how Haig orchestrated Nixon’s demise, resignation, and subsequent pardon.
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Ronald Reagan: An Intellectual Biography
By David T. ByrneIn this ambitious work David T. Byrne analyzes the ideas that informed Ronald Reagan’s political philosophy and policies.
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Hell to Pay (h)
By Incorporated, Potomac BooksHell to Pay (h)
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Pro Football Prospectus: 2002 Edition
By Michael Ellis, Sean Lahman, Kenneth ShoulerProvides analysis of every team, all of the players, and essays on every aspect of the game