[bookshare-discuss] Fw: Reminder: Age of Anxiety Wednesday June 16
- From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:06:16 -0700
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Subject: Reminder: Age of Anxiety Wednesday June 16
Subject: Reminder: Accessible World presents A World View of History on
June 16th
News Wire
Don't forget! June 16th is the day we discuss McCarthyism from the recent and
still controversial past. AS usual, we have selections of an interview with the
author and the famous hearings themselves. Bob Acosta has agreed to lead the
discussion in my absence.
Our book for June is "The Age of Anxiety" (DB 61844). It critically evaluates
Senator McCarthy's character, his rise and fall, and his influence over the
nation. It compares the McCarthy era with John Adams' Alien and Sedition Acts,
Woodrow Wilson's Palmer raids and the civil rights violations of George Bush's
post 911, War against Terrorism.
Haynes Johnson, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Age of Anxiety:
McCarthyism to Terrorism" has published over 15 books, including five
bestsellers. He is a familiar figure on TV.
The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism
Johnson, Haynes. Read by Mark Ashby. Reading time 14 hours 45 minutes.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Best of Times: America in
the Clinton
Years (RC 53438) chronicles the rise and fall of Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose
1950s anticommunist crusades fueled public paranoia and led to government
restrictions. Compares McCarthyism to George W. Bush's war on terrorism. 2005.
Download The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism, DB61844
DyslexicHN231
AUDIBLE abridged
Also, get ready for July when we jump from the near to the far past and the
Spartans who presaged some of the best and worst attributes of Western.
NLS listing:
The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, from Utopia to
Crisis and Collapse DB 58416
Cartledge, Paul. Read by Lou Harpenau. Reading time 10 hours 5 minutes.
World History
History of the Spartans in southern Greece from around 1100 B.C. to their
demise one thousand years later. Focuses on 480-360 B.C. spanning Sparta's
repulse of Persian invaders, wars with Athens, and decline as a significant
power. Studies the prominent role of women, training of warriors, important
kings, and Sparta's influence on western civilization. 2002.
Our tentitive choice for August:
Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past , 2004 DB59342
Cartledge, Paul. Read by Roy Avers. Reading time 12 hours 50 minutes.
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