Tom Shachtman
Autor/a de Whoever Fights Monsters
Sobre l'autor
Tom Shachtman has written twenty-five books, including the best-selling "The Gilded Leaf" (with Patrick Reynolds), as well as documentaries for all of the major television networks. (Bowker Author Biography)
Sèrie
Obres de Tom Shachtman
I Have Lived in the Monster: Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers (St. Martin's True Crime… (1997) 229 exemplars
Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office (2006) 121 exemplars
Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries: The Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment (2014) 73 exemplars
Terrors and Marvels: How Science and Technology Changed the Character and Outcome of World War II (2002) 48 exemplars
The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune (1989) 48 exemplars
How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution (2017) 29 exemplars
The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America's Revolution (2020) 28 exemplars
Straight to the Top: Beyond Loyalty, Gamesmanship, Mentors, and Other Corporate Myths (1990) 25 exemplars
Airlift to America: How Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African Students Changed Their… (2009) 18 exemplars
Torpedoed: An American Businessman's True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Imprisonment in Russia, and the Battle to (2001) 9 exemplars
Video Power: A Complete Guide to Writing, Planning, and Shooting Videos (An Owlet Book) (1988) 2 exemplars
The Memoir of the Minotaur 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1942
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
- Educació
- Tufts University (BS|psychology)
Carnegie Mellon University (M.F.A.|theater) - Professions
- documentary filmmaker
teacher (writing) - Organitzacions
- Writer's Guild of America
Writers' Guild
Writers' Room in New York City
Connecticut Humanities Council
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 40
- Membres
- 2,443
- Popularitat
- #10,498
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 56
- ISBN
- 108
- Llengües
- 8
Although they appear to be a holy, righteous group, the ones I've read about are overall really a bunch of people so full of pride that they can't even take hope in the Bible they claim to be following.
One concept that has always bugged me is that the Amish that I've read about shun the modern conveniences of the world, yet when a troubling situation comes up that they can't deal with, then it's time to call in the modern conveniences "just this once".
One passage that I liked and I hope will stick with me was where he tells of a homemaker who is folding laundry. As she folds each piece, she thinks of the wearer and the blessing they are to the family. Since I am forever buried under laundry mountain (sister to TBR mountain), this is a good thing for me to hold on to!
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