Tag: Years

The Wisdom of Plagues Lessons from 25 Years of Covering Pandemics


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English | January 9th, 2024 | ISBN: 166800139X | 384 pages | True EPUB | 3.11 MB
Award-winning New York Times reporter Donald G. McNeil, Jr. reflects on twenty-five years of covering pandemics-how governments react to them, how the media covers them, how they are exploited, and what we can do to prepare for the next one.

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Three Years in Wonderland The Disney Brothers, C. V. Wood, and the Making of the Great American Theme Park


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English | March 10, 2016 | ISBN: 1628462418 | True PDF | 304 pages | 1.6 MB
While the success of Disneyland is largely credited to Walt and Roy Disney, there was a third, mostly forgotten dynamo instrumental to the development of the parkā€•fast-talking Texan C. V. Wood. Three Years in Wonderland presents the never-before-told, full story of "the happiest place on earth." Using information from over one hundred unpublished interviews, Todd James Pierce lays down the arc of Disneyland’s development from an idea to a paragon of entertainment.

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The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp


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English | August 29, 2023 | ISBN: 1641294337 | True EPUB | 360 pages | 1.7 MB
A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another-with the help of an enterprising tortoise-in this twisty, darkly funny mystery from the author of Three Bags Full.

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Reynolds Remembers 20 Years with the Sacramento Kings


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English | 2012 | ISBN: 1596701374, 1596701617 | EPUB | pages: 182 | 1.4 mb
Jerry Reynolds was country before country was cool. He also was part of the Sacramento Kings before that was cool. The Kings are celebrating their 20th season in California’s capital, and Jerry has been there from the start. Quietly, he has been instrumental in the team’s growth from a shoestring operation that couldn’t compete to a model NBA franchise that is always on the short list of title contenders. He has been a first-hand witness of the league’s evolution from Bird and Magic, to Jordan, to LeBron and Yao Ming. Jerry Reynolds has been a human Swiss Army Knife?serving the Kings as a scout, assistant coach, head coach, player personnel director, general manager, and television analyst. Because he has held so many positions in the Kings’ front office the last two decades, Jerry has a unique perspective on how the Kings have evolved. For those who’ve been on the Kings bandwagon only the last few years, it wasn?t always C-Webb, Peja, and Bibby.

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