50 Things You Didn't Know about the Old West

50 Things You Didn't Know about the Old West
Author: Sean O'Neill
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1634408217

The American West was once an unexplored frontier and the home of thousands of American Natives. Explore the Old West—from fool's gold to buckaroos—with amazing facts about Cowboys and Indians and the horses they rode.

50 Things You Didn't Know about the Republic of Korea

50 Things You Didn't Know about the Republic of Korea
Author: Sean O'Neill
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2024-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1643713582

Explore 50 amazing facts about the ancient cultures, modern traditions, and unique features of food, industry, and daily life in the highly modern nation of South Korea.

50 Things You Didn't Know about Great Britain

50 Things You Didn't Know about Great Britain
Author: Sean O'Neill
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2024-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1643713345

Discover the highlights of Great Britain's ancient history, modern traditions, and unique aspects of food and daily life.

50 Things You Didn't Know about Australia

50 Things You Didn't Know about Australia
Author: Sean O'Neill
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2024-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1643713523

Read all about Australia's ancient culture, modern cities, and the unique aspects of food and daily life in this modern Continental nation.

50 Things You Didn't Know about Colonial America

50 Things You Didn't Know about Colonial America
Author: Sean O'Neill
Publisher: 50 Things You Didn't Know abou
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1634407962

Toothless at twenty in Colonial America? Discover some of the most amazing and amusing facts about life in Colonial America and how the pilgrims survived it all.

50 Things You Didn't Know About 1916

50 Things You Didn't Know About 1916
Author: Mick O'Farrell
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781171238

Even those who know a great deal about the Easter Rising may not know that there were temporary ceasefires in the St Stephen's Green area, to allow the park attendants to feed the Green's ducks. Few know that the first shots of the rising were actually fired near Portlaoise and not in Dublin or indeed that both sides issued receipts: the rebels for food, the British for handcuffs. It features excerpts from a previously unpublished diary written by a member of the Jacob's garrison; the story of how rebel communications (being sent in a tin can from rooftop to rooftop) were interrupted by a British crackshot sniper and many other remarkable facts. 50 Things you didn't know about 1916 is a treasure trove of trivia and information that will appeal to the avid student of 1916 as well as the casual reader.

50 Things Liberals Love to Hate

50 Things Liberals Love to Hate
Author: Mike Gallagher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1451679270

America, how does the liberal hate thee? Let us count the ways . . . It’s hard work being a liberal these days. Not only do a mere 20 percent of Americans identify themselves as liberal, but one could go broke supporting a skinny double-decaf Starbucks habit. On top of that, when you hate things most Americans love, it’s tiring to have to endlessly correct/educate/fix/enlighten the poor dullards out there who just want to enjoy their lives. Which, taken as a whole, makes the average liberal lonely, short on cash, and mad as hell! So, in the spirit of the compassion they themselves espouse, 50 Things Liberals Love to Hate is truth spoken with love, an invitation to the disenfranchised: it’s not too late, liberals, to join the fun! C’mon, crack open a Bud and throw another T-bone on the grill. But kindly check your disdain at the door when it comes to: WALMART: How about a handmade, locally sourced flat-screen television instead? STEAKHOUSES: There’s no steamed tofu on this menu. McDONALD’S: The stranger in the playground handing out candy to children. FLAG PINS: It’s okay to love America, but not enough to wear it on your lapel. FOOTBALL: War with cleats and pads. THE V-8 ENGINE: There’s just something plain wrong about all that power and freedom under the control of one person. SUCCESS: When you make more money than the rest of us, it hurts our feelings. THE FOUNDING FATHERS: A bunch of old white guys who are making it nearly impossible for modern government to pick our doctors, teach our children, correct our diets, and save our money. . . . and 42 other things that have liberals packing some serious hate. Mike Gallagher—America’s sixth-ranked radio talk show host and Fox News contributor—skewers liberal lunacy with cutting irony and scathing wit. Here are 50 warning signs of a liberal mind implosion, all darn good reasons to lock the doors, crank up the A/C, turn on the game, and let the countdown begin. . . .

From Cradle to Stage

From Cradle to Stage
Author: Virginia Hanlon Grohl
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2017-04-18
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1580056458

Written by Virginia Grohl, the mother of Dave Grohl—former Nirvana drummer and current frontman for the Foo Fighters—From Cradle to Stage shares stories and exclusive photos featuring mothers of rock icons, the icons themselves, and their Behind the Music-style relationships While the Grohl family had always been musical-the family sang together on long car trips, harmonizing to Motown and David Bowie-Virginia never expected her son to become a musician, let alone a rock star. But when she saw him perform in front of thousands of screaming fans for the first time, she knew that rock stardom was meant to be for her son. And as Virginia watched her son's star rise, she often wondered about the other mothers who raised sons and daughters who became rock stars. Were they as surprised as she was about their children's fame? Did they worry about their children's livelihood and wellbeing in an industry fraught with drugs and other dangers? Did they encourage their children's passions despite the odds against success, or attempt to dissuade them from their grandiose dreams? Do they remind their kids to pack a warm coat when they go on tour? Virginia decided to seek out other rock star mothers to ask these questions, and so began a two-year odyssey in which she interviewed such women as Verna Griffin, Dr. Dre's mother; Marianne Stipe, Michael Stipe of REM's mother; Janis Winehouse, Amy Winehouse's mother; Patsy Noah, Adam Levine's mother; Donna Haim, mother of the Haim sisters; Hester Diamond, Mike D of The Beastie Boys' mother. With exclusive family photographs and a foreword by Dave Grohl, From Cradle to Stage will appeal to mothers and rock fans everywhere.

Westward: A Fictional History of the American West

Westward: A Fictional History of the American West
Author: Dale L. Walker
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765304537

In Westward, the history of the Old American West unfolds in twenty-eight original stories written especially for this unique collection commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Western Writers of America, Inc. Featuring handpicked stories by four-time Spur Award winning author Dale L. Walker, Westward is a time capsule of the Old American West, from the first horse ever seen by a North American Indian to a man who escaped from the Alamo, from the massacre at Mountain Meadows to Libbie Custer's great secret, from the Apache Wars to the California gold rush. And such luminaries of the West as Crazy Horse, Jim Bridger, Jebediah Smith, King Fisher, Doc Holliday, Belle Starr, John Wesley Hardin, and the one black man to acompany the Lewis and Clark expedition, are brought to life in these classic tales. Here, the ghosts of the Old West, some already there, others lured to that vast and trackless land of the setting sun, will talk to you in this volume of short stories to be treasured.