Have you ever wondered what life would have been like in the time of the dinosaurs? How roman gladiators felt when they stepped into the arena facing almost-certain death? What happened on board the Titanic on the night it sunk? Our lives today are governed by several technological advancements and creature comforts that blind us from the fact the we got here today after many years of struggle and warfare. Almost a century ago, the World Wars changed the world forever. But there were a few leaders and visionaries that built and left lasting legacies and monuments that we cherish to this day.
When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression, the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered America a way forward. In this groundbreaking work, William E. Leuchtenburg traces the evolution of what was both the most controversial and effective socioeconomic initiative ever undertaken in the United States—and explains how the social fabric of American life was forever altered. It offers illuminating lessons on the challenges of economic transformation—for our time and for all time.
A beautiful, ambitious woman learns that for some men, power is the greatest aphrodisiac. And the governor of a small southern state learns that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. From the bestselling author of Morning, Noon, and Night and Nothing Lasts Forever.
When the TARDIS is invaded by a holographic marketing scam, the Doctor and Donna find themselves trapped on the Edifice, a purpose-built complex of luxury apartments in space. Their new environs leave much to be desired: millions of beings from across the Universe have been gathered to live side by side in similar apartments. Instead of creating neighbourly affection, it's led to terrible battles being waged in the corridors and on the stairwells.
