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Experiencing A Series Of Setbacks; Hear Liberty’s Torch By Elizabeth Mitchell On DrAlvin.Com

Elizabeth Mitchell Click Here To Listen   The Statue of Liberty has become one of the most recognizable monuments in the world: a symbol of freedom and the American Dream. But the story of the creation of the statue has been obscured by myth. In reality, she was the inspiration of one quixotic French sculptor hungry for fame and adoration: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi showed himself to be a talented sculptor at the tender age of twenty-one when a statue he created won third prize at the 1855 Paris Exhibition. His equally prodigious talent for entrepreneurship came to light soon afterwards. Following a trip to Egypt where he was inspired by the pyramids and the [...]

By |June 30th, 2014|Biography, History|Comments Off on Experiencing A Series Of Setbacks; Hear Liberty’s Torch By Elizabeth Mitchell On DrAlvin.Com
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Lords Of The Sky: Fighter Pilots And Air Combat, From The Red Baron To The F-16 By Dan Hampton chats with Dr. Alvin

Dan Hampton-Lords of the Sky Click Here To Listen Lords of the Sky is a thrilling history of the fighter pilot, masterfully written by one of the most decorated aviators in American history. A twenty-year USAF veteran who flew more than 150 combat missions and received four Distinguished Flying Crosses, Lt. Colonel Dan Hampton draws on his singular firsthand knowledge, as well as groundbreaking research in aviation archives and rare personal interviews with little-known heroes, including veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. In a seamless, sweeping narrative, Lords of the Sky tells the extraordinary stories behind the most famous fighter planes and the brave and daring heroes who made them legend. In the [...]

By |June 27th, 2014|Biography, History, Military, Transportation, Travel, War|Comments Off on Lords Of The Sky: Fighter Pilots And Air Combat, From The Red Baron To The F-16 By Dan Hampton chats with Dr. Alvin
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The GMO Deception: What You Need To Know About The Food, Corporations, And Government Agencies Putting Our Families And Our Environment At Risk By Sheldon Kirmsky chats with Dr. Alvin

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By |June 19th, 2014|Agriculture, History|Comments Off on The GMO Deception: What You Need To Know About The Food, Corporations, And Government Agencies Putting Our Families And Our Environment At Risk By Sheldon Kirmsky chats with Dr. Alvin
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Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About The Origins Of Good And Evil By Jeffrey Moussaleff Masson chats with Dr. Alvin

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By |June 18th, 2014|Animals, History, Science|Comments Off on Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About The Origins Of Good And Evil By Jeffrey Moussaleff Masson chats with Dr. Alvin
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Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter By Randall Balmer chats with Dr. Alvin

Randall Balmer Click Here To Listen Evangelical Christianity and conservative politics are today seen as inseparable. But when Jimmy Carter, a Democrat and a born-again Christian, won the presidency in 1976, he owed his victory in part to American evangelicals, who responded to his open religiosity and his rejection of the moral bankruptcy of the Nixon Administration. Carter, running as a representative of the New South, articulated a progressive strand of American Christianity that championed liberal ideals, racial equality, and social justice—one that has almost been forgotten since. In Redeemer, acclaimed religious historian Randall Balmer reveals how the rise and fall of Jimmy Carter’s political fortunes mirrored the transformation of American religious politics. From his [...]

By |June 18th, 2014|Biography, Gospel, History, Politics|Comments Off on Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter By Randall Balmer chats with Dr. Alvin
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I Am Rosa Parks By Brad Meltzer chats with Dr. Alvin

Brad Meltzer-I Am Rosa Parks Click Here To Listen   “Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it,” Brad Meltzer realized, and so he envisioned this friendly, fun approach to biography – for his own kids, and for yours. Each book tells the story of one of America’s icons in a vivacious, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers, those who aren’t quite ready for the Who Was biography series. Each book focuses on a particular character trait that made that role model heroic. For example, Rosa Parks dared to stand up for herself and other African Americans by staying seated, and as a result [...]

By |June 18th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, Children, History, Politics|Comments Off on I Am Rosa Parks By Brad Meltzer chats with Dr. Alvin
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Influencing Hemingway: People And Places That Shaped His Life And Work By Nancy W. Sindelar chats with Dr. Alvin

Nancy Sindelar Click Here To Listen Ernest Hemingway embraced adventure and courted glamorous friends while writing articles, novels, and short stories that captivated the world. Hemingway’s personal relationships and experiences influenced the content of his fiction, while the progression of places where the author chose to live and work shaped his style and rituals of writing. Whether revisiting the Italian front in A Farewell to Arms, recounting a Pamplona bull run in The Sun Also Rises, or depicting a Cuban fishing village in The Old Man and the Sea, setting played an important part in Hemingway’s fiction. The author also drew on real people—parents, friends, and fellow writers, among others—to create memorable characters in his [...]

By |June 16th, 2014|Biography, History, Literature|Comments Off on Influencing Hemingway: People And Places That Shaped His Life And Work By Nancy W. Sindelar chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Lost Art Of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish By Linda Przbyszewski chats with Dr. Alvin

Linda Przybyszewski Click Here To Listen As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We chase fads, choose inappropriate materials and unattractive cuts, and waste energy tottering in heels when we could be moving gracefully. Quite simply, we lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and flatteringly. As historian and expert dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski reveals in The Lost Art of Dress, it wasn’t always like this. In the first half of the twentieth century, a remarkable group of women—the so-called Dress Doctors—taught American women how to stretch each yard of fabric and dress well on a budget. Knowledge not money, they insisted, is the [...]

By |June 15th, 2014|Fashion, History, Women|Comments Off on The Lost Art Of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish By Linda Przbyszewski chats with Dr. Alvin
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Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin Of Animal Life And The Case For Intelligent Design By Stephen Meyer chats with Dr. Alvin

Stephen Meyer-Darwin Doubt The Evidence That Darwin Could Not Explain Charles Darwin knew there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. In what is known today as the "Cambrian explosion," many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record 530 million years ago without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock. In Darwin's Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal life and makes a compelling case for the theory of intelligent design as the best explanation for the origin of the Cambrian animals and the biological information necessary to produce them. With a new epilogue that responds to critics.

By |June 14th, 2014|History, Science|Comments Off on Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin Of Animal Life And The Case For Intelligent Design By Stephen Meyer chats with Dr. Alvin
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How The Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding The Path To The Middle Class by John Hope Bryant chats with Dr. Alvin

John Hope Bryant Click Here To Listen   John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor. If we give poor communities the right tools, policies, and inspiration, he argues, they will be able to lift themselves up into the middle class and become a new generation of customers and entrepreneurs. Raised in poverty-stricken, gang-infested South Central Los Angeles, Bryant saw firsthand how our institutions have abandoned the poor. He details how business loans, home loans, and financial investments have vanished from their communities. After decades of deprivation, the poor lack [...]

By |June 13th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, Business, Careers, History|Comments Off on How The Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding The Path To The Middle Class by John Hope Bryant chats with Dr. Alvin
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