Richard Smith

For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands...

The study skills in this section should enablestudents to: -1) Follow essay conventions2) Sift relevant from irrelevant information3) Retain control over the middle part of the essay4) Present effective arguments5) Place an analysis of causes into neat categories6) Further illustrate an argument (if needed) with legible figures and diagrams7) Close an argument

The study skills in this section should enable students to: -1) Write gripping paragraph openings2) Control the 'direction' of the paragraph3) Employ brief (as well as long) sentences4) Punctuate the work accordingly5) Make the work comprehensible to outside parties6) Close paragraphs in a brisk, business-like manner

Dairy farming, to most people, might seem like a life of "scenario type" daily hard work and boring routines. Those of us so blessed to be engaged in family farming clearly know what rich memories that result from hard work, determination, perseverance, and courage associated in the success, fulfillment, and accomplishments. This book is just a few of the many events and happenings that gave our family something new every day. These memories are etched...

Considering the range of stars that have claimed Bill Monroe as an influence, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Jerry Garcia are just a few, it can be said that no single artist has had as broad an impact on American popular music as he did. For sixty years, Monroe was a star at the Grand Ole Opry, and when he died in 1996, he was universally hailed as "the Father of Bluegrass." But the personal life of this taciturn figure remained largely unknown. Delving...

Why you may ask, is the name of this novel "The Dark Side of the Moon"? The back side of the Moon is not dark, it receives as much sunlight as the front side does. The term "dark" is often used in Science to denote our lack of knowledge, such as in Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Because the moon's front side always faces earth until recently no human has been able to see the Moon's backside. That is until 1979 when the Soviet space probe Luna 3 took...

The study skills in this booklet should enable the student to: -1) Prepare effectively for exams2) Recognize the qualities needed to obtain a good exam pass3) Handle exam questions with quiet confidence4) Follow a definite timetable when answering exam questions5) Answer only the set questions6) Structure the exam answers7) Be aware of and avoid the causes of exam failure

On her deathbed, Laura Peters shocks her son by belatedly revealing that his uncle did not die alongside Paul's father in the bloody confrontation at Gettysburg in July 1863. She urges Paul to ride west in a quest to find this relative who holds a guilty secret from those dreadful Civil War days. With mixed emotions he takes up the challenge, eventually arriving in the Texas town of Ongar Ridge, only to find himself accused of murdering the man he...