Showing results by publisher "Simply Media" in Biographies & Memoirs

Rick Perry: Man of the Hour is about how an individual politician rose up to present an Americana approach to running for President. His trademark phrase was, "I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your lives as I can."

A dog name Finski leaves from New York by air and becomes Mozart - one of his 24 names - in Salzburg. Humor, heartbreak, Salzburg, and Mozart are abundant in this true account of bond between man and dog - the dog that became a celebrity in Salzburg.

With this audio, you will learn about Thomas Jefferson through a compilation of original readings and commentary, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, Jefferson's 10 Canons for Observation in Practical Life, his various correspondence and quotes, details on his presidential campaign, and his first and second Inaugural Address. Also included is an overview of his education and early life.

Mark Twain was the great American wit. There have been many novelists but only two great American wits, Mark Twain and James Thurber. Listen to Twain's great comments for the ages.

The story of Deaver Brown & Cross River facing two critical sales presentations to move forward the company created by Deaver Brown & Alex Goodwin. Contains key background information and analysis, plus 16 crucial questions for students to review to make their work more productive and meaningful. This is one of the few pure sales cases offered in business and MBA programs. Versions of this story are contained in Babson, Texas, Stanford, and Harvard case studies.

John Adams was the leading political figure from New England during the American Revolution, the Constitutional Conventions, and the early presidential races. John Adams was on the Committee of Five chartered to draft the Declaration of Independence. He led the movement to appoint Thomas Jefferson as the drafter of the Declaration, helped steer the draft through the political groups established to review it, and forever after proclaimed it to be the leading document in American history.

Steve Jobs visited the author in the 1970s to find out what it was like to be an entrepreneur. It was still a pre-tech age with computer companies being like other corporations of the era, complete with suits and ties. Steve was the new wave; he sought out the author because his company was different than the old line companies but not what Steve imagined. The conversations were scintillating and imaginative.

The most astute and sensitive observer of Indian life, as told by himself as insider later brought into the White world by his father.

The most famous and admired Black man of his era because of his calm but passionate commitment to Blacks to rise by practical work, as well as to higher artistic and intellectual callings. Admired and followed by such different leaders as General George Patton, Harvard President Charles Elliot, W.E.B. DuBois, Susan B. Anthony, Presidents Cleveland and McKinley, and Queen Victoria.

An authentic but not graphic autobiography of Sarah Ann Horn’s one-year and five-month captivity and enslavement by the Comanches until sold to an American to liberate her for no personal gain. She describes her husband’s murder and separation from her children as her loss evermore.

Nine American Indian stories written by noted Native American author and advocate Zitkala-Su, Red Bird, that are endearing, moving, and sad. A must-listen for all students of American history and literature. Helen Keller’s letter of praise in 1919 serves as the introduction.

Author grew up as an Indian, went to work in the White man's world as a doctor, and wrote extensively about Indian history, culture, values, honor, and being pushed off the land to Indian Reservations.