New Releases by David McCullough

Cách đây 110 năm, Orville Wright đã trở thành phi công đầu tiên trên thế giới khi thực hiện chuyến bay lịch sử kéo dài vỏn vẹn 12 giây, vượt 91,44 mét. Sau nhiều năm trăn trở loay hoay với nhiều thí điểm các mô hình khác nhau, từ diều đến máy bay cánh lượn không động cơ, anh em Wright vốn chưa từng được đi học đại học đã mở ra kỷ nguyên mới cho lịch sử hàng không thế giới. | ĐÁNH GIÁ/NHẬN XÉT CỦA CHUYÊN GIA | “Khát vọng bay đã được truyền lại từ ngàn đời tổ tiên chúng ta, trong những hành trình gian khổ của họ trên các vùng đất hoang vu thời tiền sử, khi họ ngước nhìn những con chim tự do bay vút qua trong nỗi thèm muốn”. – Orville Wright “Tôi trải qua những cảm giác rất sâu sắc và thú vị – gần như không thể diễn tả. Những người chưa từng có trải nghiệm bay thì khó có thể nhận biết được cảm giác này. Đó là một giấc mơ thành hiện thực của những người đã mơ được bềnh bồng trên không. Hơn bất kỳ điều gì khác, cảm giác lúc đó là một trong những sự bình yên trọn vẹn, hòa quyện với sự phấn khích tối đa của từng dây thần kinh – nếu bạn có thể nhận thức được một sự kết hợp như vậy”. – Wilbur Wright “Nó không chỉ là một thành công, mà còn là một chiến thắng… có tính quyết định của ngành hàng không, tin này sẽ làm bùng lên cuộc cách mạng trong mọi lĩnh vực khoa học trên toàn thế giới” .- Le Figaro, mùa hè năm 1908 “Sự bí ẩn dường như không thể giải thích đã được giải mã. Wright đã bay một cách dễ dang khiến không ai còn nghi ngờ việc thử nghiệm bí ẩn này đã thực sự diễn ra ở Mỹ; cũng không ai hoài nghi việc người đàn ông này có khả năng bay liên tục trên không cả giờ đồng hồ. Đây là viễn cảnh phi thường nhất của một chiếc máy bay mà chúng ta từng thấy…”

For more than two decades, McCullough has fascinated readers with portraits of exceptional men and women who not only have shaped the course of history but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition. From Harriet Beecher Stowe to a young Theodore Roosevelt, the subjects possess a sense of purpose that make for unforgettable reading.

El canal de Panamá, cuyas obras comenzaron en 1904 tras más de tres décadas de negociaciones y se inauguró en 1914, fue mucho más que una prodigiosa obra de ingeniería sin precedentes. Su construcción se convirtió en un hito histórico de gran importancia, y en un drama humano devastador. Exceptuando los conflictos bélicos, constituyó el esfuerzo más costoso, en dinero y en vidas humanas, de cuantos se han emprendido en el mundo. Este libro narra la historia de los hombres y mujeres que lucharon contra todas las adversidades para cumplir el sueño de construir un paso acuático entre los océanos Atlántico y Pacífico. Es una crónica de asombrosas proezas de ingeniería, logros médicos colosales, conflictos políticos, éxitos heroicos y trágicos fracasos. David McCullough, aclamado historiador y ganador de dos premios Pulitzer, entre otros, teje de manera magistral todos los hilos de este memorable evento y lo convierte en un exhaustivo y apasionante relato épico. David McCullough teje todos los hilos de este acontecimiento memorable y lo convierte en un relato apasionante gracias a una prosa lúcida y realista.

The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler’s son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. They and their families created a town in a primeval wilderness, while coping with such frontier realities as floods, fires, wolves and bears, no roads or bridges, no guarantees of any sort, all the while negotiating a contentious and sometimes hostile relationship with the native people. Like so many of McCullough’s subjects, they let no obstacle deter or defeat them. Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. This is a revelatory and quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough’s signature narrative energy.

When you list a property for sale with a real estate agent, what goes on behind the scenes? How does the agent market your property? And, where do the commissions go? If you want the nitty gritty answers to these questions, this book is for you. I''ll walk you through the process with a fictional family that needs to find a bigger home. When you finish the book, you''ll be ready to list your home and know how to do it right!

From “one of our most gifted living writers” (The Washington Post), three great stories of American accomplishment—the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the construction of the Panama Canal, and the invention of flight—all collected in one volume. This boxed set includes the following three volumes: The Great Bridge The dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism, and determination. The Path Between the Seas The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was filled with both tragedy and triumph. The Wright Brothers The #1 New York Times bestseller—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright.

A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States—winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others—that reminds us of fundamental American principles. “Insightful and inspirational, The American Spirit summons a vexed and divided nation to remember—and cherish—our unifying ideas and ideals” (Richmond Times-Dispatch). Over the course of his distinguished career, McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and universities, historical societies, and other esteemed institutions. Now, at a time of self-reflection in America following the bitter 2016 election campaign that has left the country divided, McCullough has collected some of his most important speeches in a brief volume that celebrates the important principles and characteristics that are particularly American. “The American Spirit is as inspirational as it is brilliant, as simple as it is sophisticated” (Buffalo News). McCullough reminds us of the core American values that define us, regardless of which region we live in, which political party we identify with, or our ethnic background. This is a book about America for all Americans that reminds us who we are and helps to guide us as we find our way forward.

After ISIS sets off 10 dirty bombs at major U.S. airline hubs and shipping ports of entry, Beth and her family don''t know what to do. How much radiation is there? How far will it travel? The country was in a panic and it soon became apparent that life as they knew it was over and survival has taken on new meaning.Fred and Buddy, two of the CIA''s finest, have their work cut out for them. Will they catch the culprits before the country descends into utter chaos? Will they even survive?

Nº1 New York Times bestseller. Un día de invierno del año 1903 en el remoto paraje de Outer Banks, Carolina del Norte, dos hermanos de Ohio hasta entonces desconocidos, Wilbur y Orville Wright, cambiaron el rumbo de la historia iniciando la era del vuelo con la primera máquina a motor tripulada más pesada que el aire. Los hermanos Wright fueron hombres de excepcional talento, férrea determinación y gran curiosidad intelectual, cualidades que ellos atribuían a su educación. En este interesante libro, el magistral historiador David McCullough ahonda en la inmensa riqueza de los «Documentos Wright» —los diarios personales, los apuntes y las más de mil cartas que componen la correspondencia privada de la familia— para contarnos el lado humano de una historia genuinamente americana. David McCullough, dos veces ganador del Premio Pulitzer, nos cuenta la dramática historia de los intrépidos hermanos que enseñaron al mundo a volar.

Poznejte napínavý příběh dvou odvážných bratrů, kteří naučili lidstvo létat Dva neznámí bratři pocházející z Ohia změnili jednoho zimního dne roku 1903 na Vnějších mělčinách Severní Karolíny běh dějin. Okolnímu světu trvalo nějaký čas, než vůbec uvěřil, co se vlastně přihodilo: nastoupil věk létání motorem poháněných strojů těžších než vzduch s pilotem na palubě. Kdo byli tito muži a jak bylo vůbec možné, že dokázali to, co dokázali? Dvojnásobný držitel Pulitzerovy ceny David McCullough předkládá napínavý příběh dvou odvážných bratrů, Wilbura a Orvilla Wrightových, kteří naučili náš svět, jak létat. Ve své vzrušující knize se opírá o nesmírné bohatství písemné pozůstalosti rodiny Wrightových, včetně soukromých deníků, zápisníků, knih výstřižků a více než tisícovky dopisů ze soukromé korespondence, jež vypráví lidskou část příběhu bratrů Wrightových. Tato pozůstalost obsahuje i málo známé příspěvky jejich sestry Katharine, bez níž by celá řada událostí, které je potkaly, možná dopadla jinak. „Příběh nadčasového významu, vyprávěný s neobvyklou empatií a plynulostí (...) Dobře podaná historie o tom, co je dost možná tím nejúžasnějším skutkem, jaký kdy lidstvo vykonalo (...) Bratři Wrightové stoupají k nebesům.“ – The New York Times Book Review „David McCullough načrtl živý a obdivuhodný portrét skromných a tvrdě pracujících ohijských rodáků, kteří ve svém obchodě s jízdními koly zkonstruovali letoun a v písku Kitty Hawku v Severní Karolíně vyřešili záhadu létání. Zachycuje zázrak toho, co Wrightové dokázali, a co je neméně důležité, i úžas pociťovaný jejich současníky...“ – The Wall Street Journal Za své knihy Truman a John Adams se David McCullough už dvakrát stal nositelem Pulitzerovy ceny. Za tituly The Path Between the Seas (Cesta mezi moři) a Mornings on Horseback (Rána strávená v sedle) dvakrát obdržel Národní knižní cenu (National Book Award). Mezi jeho další uznávané knihy patří 1776, Brave Companions (Stateční souputníci), The Johnstown Flood (Johnstownská potopa), The Great Bridge (Velký most) a The Wright Brothers (Bratři Wrightové). Stal se i příjemcem četných poct a ocenění, včetně Prezidentské medaile svobody (Presidential Medal of Free dom), která je nejvyšším státním vyznamenáním udělovaným civilním osobám.

Il primo giugno 2012 il professor David McCullough parla alla cerimonia di consegna dei diplomi alla Wellesley High School dove insegna letteratura. Il suo è un discorso originale, divertente e provocatorio: in poco tempo il video di questa straordinaria lettera d’amore agli studenti finisce su YouTube, fa il giro del mondo e viene visualizzato da oltre due milioni di persone. Quelle parole diventano così il manifesto controcorrente per una vita in cui la felicità valga più del successo ottenuto a ogni costo, un’esortazione a cercare di raggiungere i propri obiettivi e non quelli imposti dalla società, un invito ad affrontare la vita seguendo i propri sogni e le proprie passioni. In Ragazzi, non siete speciali! McCullough rielabora il suo celebre discorso rivolgendosi a quei giovani che stanno per diventare adulti, troppo spesso vittime inconsapevoli delle buone intenzioni dei genitori, e a tutti coloro a cui sta a cuore l’adolescenza, il periodo più importante della nostra vita. Raccontando con umorismo e tanta passione la sua esperienza di insegnante, di padre e di figlio, McCullough insiste sull’importanza e il ruolo della lettura, dell’immaginazione e dalla conoscenza in un mondo sempre più individualista, e ci ricorda che le più grandi gioie della vita vengono solo dalla consapevolezza di non essere speciali. Perché tutti lo siamo.

An inspirational and timely reflection on the way we bring up children that will resonate with parents everywhere. ''Longtime high school English teacher McCullough scores an A+ with this volume for teens and parents. Rich in literary references and poetic in cadence, the author also offers plenty of hilarious and pointed comments on teens and today''s society.'' - Publishers Weekly So you think you''re special? Well, think again: you''re not. David McCullough Jr, a US high-school English teacher, found himself suddenly famous in 2012 when his commencement address to graduating high-school seniors went viral on Youtube. the main theme of that speech, ''You''re not special'', seemed to hit a nerve and validate a sense among people worldwide that something is deeply and fundamentally wrong with the way children are being raised today. From infancy, he observed, children are taught to believe they are unique and special, deserving of every advantage, destined for success. Consequently they learn to work hard and distinguish themselves for the sake of status and material reward rather than for the benefit of others - the larger community; the world. Success is defined as something almost entirely selfish. there is little attention or time given to the pursuit of education for the sake of wisdom, or even real happiness. Drawing from his long career as an educator and experience as a father of teenage boys, McCullough will expand upon the ideas laid out in his radical twelve-minute speech and argue that we can do better - as parents and as teachers - than fostering in our children a sense of privilege and entitlement. Watch the speech at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lfxYhtf8o4 Or read it at: http://theswellesleyreport.com/2012/06/wellesley-high-grads-told-youre-not-special/

America''s most acclaimed historian presents the intricate story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. 1776 tells two gripping stories: how a group of squabbling, disparate colonies became the United States, and how the British Empire tried to stop them. A story with a cast of amazing characters from George III to George Washington, to soldiers and their families, this exhilarating book is one of the great pieces of historical narrative.

Spring Wind is the story of the Japanese fighting arts. It traces the rise and fall of the samurai as they learn to fight with bows and arrows, with swords and with their bare hands. We discover how these warrior skills were transformed into karate, judo, aikido and kendo during the twentieth century. The book explores the role played by the martial arts in the Second World War and explains how they recovered from that disastrous period to boom once again in the post war decades. At the heart of this sweeping historical survey are some of the greatest and most fascinating characters in Japanese history: Miyamoto Musashi, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Yamaoka Tesshu, Jigoro Kano, Gichin Funakoshi and Morihei Ueshiba.

A special ebook boxed set from Pulitzer Prize–winning author David McCullough, featuring four books on American history. This ebook box set includes the following American History-themed books by David McCullough: John Adams is the magisterial, Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of the independent, irascible Yankee patriot, one of our nation’s founders and most important figures, who became our second president. 1776 is the riveting story of George Washington, the men who marched with him, and their British foes in the momentous year of American independence. Truman is the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry Truman, the complex and courageous man who rose from modest origins to make momentous decisions as president, from dropping the atomic bomb to going to war in Korea. This set also contains a special bonus: The Course of Human Events. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in history’s enduring impact and influence, and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.

Perfect for David McCullough fans and history lovers alike, this ebook boxed set features all of his bestselling titles, from 1776 to Mornings on Horseback. This ebook box set includes all of David McCullough’s bestselling titles: 1776 is the riveting story of George Washington, the men who marched with him, and their British foes in the momentous year of American independence. Brave Companions contains profiles of the exceptional men and women who shaped history, among them Alexander von Humboldt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Charles and Anne Lindbergh. The Great Bridge is the remarkable, enthralling story of the planning and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which linked two great cities and epitomized American optimism, skill, and determination. John Adams is the magisterial, Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of the independent, irascible Yankee patriot, one of our nation’s founders and most important figures, who became our second president. The Johnstown Flood is the classic history of an American tragedy that became a scandal in the age of the Robber Barons, the preventable flood that destroyed a town and killed 2,000 people. Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant National Book Award–winning biography of young Theodore Roosevelt’s metamorphosis from sickly child to a vigorous, intense man poised to become a national hero and then president. Path Between the Seas is the epic National Book Award–winning history of the heroic successes, tragic failures, and astonishing engineering and medical feats that made the Panama Canal possible. Truman is the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry Truman, the complex and courageous man who rose from modest origins to make momentous decisions as president, from dropping the atomic bomb to going to war in Korea. A special bonus is included: The Course of Human Events. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in history’s enduring impact and influence, and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.

From New York Times bestselling author David McCullough, a special ebook boxed set features books that study key points of American history. The David McCullough Great Moments in History ebook box set includes the following McCullough classics: 1776 is the riveting story of George Washington, the men who marched with him, and their British foes in the momentous year of American independence. The Johnstown Flood is the classic history of an American tragedy that became a scandal in the age of the Robber Barons, the preventable flood that destroyed a town and killed 2,000 people. Path Between the Seas is the epic National Book Award–winning history of the heroic successes, tragic failures, and astonishing engineering and medical feats that made the Panama Canal possible. The Great Bridge is the remarkable, enthralling story of the planning and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which linked two great cities and epitomized American optimism, skill, and determination. A special bonus is included: The Course of Human Events. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in history’s enduring impact and influence, and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.

David McCullough chronicles the lives of American artists and scientists who studied in Paris between 1830 and 1900, and who, ultimately, changed America because of their.

Forty years after his first book, David McCullough wrote and presented his speech, The Course of Human Events, in the 2003 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, in which he divulges his philosophy on writing, speaking, and history in his masterful storytelling style. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in history’s enduring impact and influence, and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.

The freedoms we enjoy represent the hard work stretching back far into the past.

The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough. Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as “a masterpiece” (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in which he was raised. The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR’s first love. All are brought to life to make “a beautifully told story, filled with fresh detail” (The New York Times Book Review). A book to be read on many levels, it is at once an enthralling story, a brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. It is a book about life intensely lived, about family love and loyalty, about grief and courage, about “blessed” mornings on horseback beneath the wide blue skies of the Badlands.

The stunning story of one of America’s great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation’s burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite repeated warnings of possible danger, nothing was done about the dam. Then came May 31, 1889, when the dam burst, sending a wall of water thundering down the mountain, smashing through Johnstown, and killing more than 2,000 people. It was a tragedy that became a national scandal. Graced by David McCullough’s remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history, The Johnstown Flood is an absorbing, classic portrait of life in nineteenth-century America, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. It also offers a powerful historical lesson for our century and all times: the danger of assuming that because people are in positions of responsibility they are necessarily behaving responsibly.

"As the crucial weeks pass, defeat follows defeat, and in the long retreat across New Jersey, all hope seems gone, until Washington launches the "brilliant stroke" that will change history."--BOOK JACKET.

In 2001, David McCullough''s Pulitzer prizewinning and bestselling biography John Adams rediscovered our second president and revealed fascinating aspects of his life that few had known before. Here is additional background and historical context that can help you better understand McCullough''s brilliantly written and illuminating portrait: Why do some consider Adams to be the first "real" U.S. president? How might Adams fare if he were a candidate today? What are Adams''s greatest political legacies?