Topic: John D. Rockefeller
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To celebrate Washington's birthday: 5 best books about George Washington
If you're an American, you know that George Washington was "the Father of Our Country." But how many of us really know what that means? As we celebrate his 279th birthday, here are five outstanding books that help to bring George Washington and his accomplishments to light.
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Robert Reich
What kind of society do Republicans want? It looks like social Darwinism.
They’re not conservatives. They’re regressives. And the America they seek is the one we had in the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century.
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Culture Cafe
'Prohibition' – so much more than gangsters and flappers
This Sunday (8 to 10 p.m. EDT) Ken Burns turns his prodigious research efforts and illuminating camerawork loose on America's failed attempt to sober up.
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Jennifer Egan plays with time, wins Pulitzer
Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel about the passage of time set in the digital upending of the music industry.
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To celebrate Washington's birthday: 5 best books about George Washington
If you're an American, you know that George Washington was "the Father of Our Country." But how many of us really know what that means? As we celebrate his 279th birthday, here are five outstanding books that help to bring George Washington and his accomplishments to light.
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The Circle Bastiat
Carnegie, Rockefeller, Edison: How they succeeded
Hear from America's first generation of millionaires how they succeeded.
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The Publisher
Alan Brinkley looks beyond the stereotypes to create a more nuanced portrait of magazine publisher Henry Luce.
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The Clinton Tapes
Bill Clinton reveals much in 79 taped conversations with historian Taylor Branch.
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The Vote
Glenn Beck, anti-communist art critic?
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Where have all the state capitol reporters gone?
It doesn't matter if they blog, e-mail, or text, but we need journalists there to hold politicians accountable.
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American Radical
A biography of the journalist who believed he could change the world.
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Editor's Blog
If file-sharing is piracy, what about aggregators?
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Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell examines patterns in the lives of extraordinary achievers.
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
A detailed, candid exploration of "the oracle of Omaha."
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The Tyranny of Oil
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Why We Watched
A historian examines the mental landscape that allowed the Holocaust to happen.
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Bright Green
ExxonMobil facing shareholder revolt over global warming
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Bringing down America's House of Oil
A new look at the investigative reporting that lead to the breakup of John D. Rockefeller's monopoly,
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Bringing down America's House of Oil
A new look at the investigative reporting that lead to the breakup of John D. Rockefeller's monopoly
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