Ted Koppel
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Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. It isn't just a scenario. A well-designed attack...
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Pub. Date
[2000]
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"One of America's most admired television newsmen now gives us an intimate chronicle of the final year of the twentieth century. In his engrossing narrative, the year's personalities and events not only are themselves made vivid but also lead to wide-ranging discussions of the past and of expectations of things to come." "And Koppel's book moves on yet another level as events trigger memories of his own past, providing a more personal resonance to...
4) Desert One
Pub. Date
2020
Description
It has been called 'the most audacious, difficult, complicated rescue mission ever attempted.' This account uniquely blends emotion and bravado to tell the incredible tale of America's secret mission to free the hostages of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
5) Hesburgh
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A biography of Father Ted Hesburgh, the most influential priest in America, who played important roles in higher education, the Catholic Church, the civil rights movement, national and international politics.
