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Drummond, David
Overview
| Works: | 127
works in
266
publications in
5
languages and
4,976
library holdings
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| Roles: | Narrator, Conductor, Performer |
| Classifications: | hv883.c2,
813.54 |
Most widely held works about
David Drummond
Most widely held works by
David Drummond
Hope's boy a memoir by Andrew Bridge (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2008
and
2009
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
257
libraries
worldwide
Relates the author's harrowing family circumstances that led to his placement in the equally daunting foster-care system, and describes how he beat the odds through high academic achievement.
Joker one : a Marine platoon's story of courage, leadership, and brotherhood by Donovan Campbell (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
247
libraries
worldwide
A sobering account of the seven-month street to street, house to house battle in Ramadi fought by Marine platoon "Joker One" and the platoon's commander, Lt. Campbell.
The slave ship a human history by Marcus Rediker (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
between
2007
and
2008
in
English
and held by
194
libraries
worldwide
Charts the history of slave ships, their crews, and their enslaved passengers, documenting such stories as those of a young kidnapped African whose slavery is witnessed firsthand by a horrified priest from a neighboring tribe responsible for the slave's capture.
When you need a lift but don't want to eat chocolate, pay a shrink, or drink a bottle of gin(
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2007
and
2009
in
English
and held by
171
libraries
worldwide
Behar asked 100 of her celebrity friends, associates and role models to share whatever picks them up when they're down in the dumps. As each celebrity offers his or her advice on how to cope with the blues, it soon becomes clear that most of us are driven to find solace in similar activities, regardless of who we are.
Nose down, eyes up by Merrill Markoe (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
160
libraries
worldwide
Living rent-free as a handyman in the L.A. summer house of a wealthy retired couple following his nasty divorce, forty-seven-year-old Gil is baffled by his relationships with women, including his current girlfriend Sara, an animal communicator.
Three girls and their brother by Theresa Rebeck (
Sound Recording
)
8
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
152
libraries
worldwide
Three nobodies from Brooklyn are proclaimed the new 'It' girls, but with no parental guidance the sisters find themselves easy prey to the venal forces of show business. Not until an awful incident with a famous movie star blasts the girls out of the haze of fame do they stop their self-destructive spiral and reinforce their love for one another.
Kill Bin Laden a Delta Force commander's account of the hunt for the world's most wanted man by Dalton Fury (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
135
libraries
worldwide
Dalton Fury offers an in-depth account of the Battle of Tora Bora and the elite force that was sent on a mission to kill Osama bin Laden.
Savage kingdom [the true story of Jamestown, 1607, and the settlement of America by Benjamin Woolley (
Sound Recording
)
2
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
127
libraries
worldwide
Four centuries ago, a group of men--led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric and a government spy--left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1607 and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River. Despite their shortcomings, and against the odds, they built Jamestown, a ramshackle outpost that laid the foundations of the British Empire and the United States of America. Drawing on new discoveries, neglected sources and manuscript collections scattered across the world, this book reveals a reckless, daring enterprise led by outcasts of the Old World who found themselves interlopers in a new one. It charts their journey into a beautiful landscape and a sophisticated culture that they found both ravishing and alien, which they yearned to possess but threatened to destroy--From publisher description.
American uprising the untold story of America's largest slave revolt by Daniel Rasmussen (
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
2011
in
English
and held by
122
libraries
worldwide
A gripping and deeply revealing history of an infamous slave rebellion that nearly toppled New Orleans and changed the course of American history.
The Pixar touch the making of a company by David A Price (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
between
2008
and
2009
in
English
and held by
121
libraries
worldwide
David A. Price presents the roller-coaster rags-to-riches story behind the phenomenal success of Pixar Animation Studios, and the first in-depth look at the company that forever changed the film industry and the 'fraternity of geeks' who shaped it.
Star how Warren Beatty seduced America by Peter Biskind (
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
97
libraries
worldwide
Peter Biskind, author of the film classics Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, writes the most intimate, revealing, and balanced biography ever of Hollywood legend Warren Beatty.
Talent is overrated what really separates world-class performers from everybody else by Geoffrey Colvin (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
between
2008
and
2009
in
English
and held by
97
libraries
worldwide
One of the most popular articles in many years was a cover story called "What It Takes to Be Great." Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field - from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch - are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn't come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades ...
Letters to a young teacher by Jonathan Kozol (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2007
and
2008
in
English
and held by
97
libraries
worldwide
These affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, are rich with the happiness of teaching children.
Fly by wire the geese, the glide, the miracle on the Hudson by William Langewiesche (
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
86
libraries
worldwide
Journalist William Langewiesche takes listeners on a journey into the fascinating world of advanced aviation. From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can systematically resist bird attacks through the creation of the A320 in France and the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of the revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, Langewiesche assembles the untold stories necessary to truly understand the 'miracle' on the Hudson.
House lust America's obsession with our homes by Daniel F McGinn (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
83
libraries
worldwide
Exquisite hardwood floors and natural stone countertops can turn ordinary folks into covetous, competitive and shameless neighbors. Newsweek writer Daniel McGinn explores the new keeping-up-with-the-Joneses fixation that's sweeping nation.
Dark summit the true story of Everest's most controversial season by Nick Heil (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
79
libraries
worldwide
Nick Heil recounts the harrowing story of the deadly and controversial 2006 climbing season on Mount Everest.
Freedom summer the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy by Bruce Watson (
Sound Recording
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
79
libraries
worldwide
Using in-depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi, while vividly portraying: the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state, the courageous black citizens and Northern volunteers who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life.
Power why some people have it-- and others don't by Jeffrey Pfeffer (
Sound Recording
)
2
editions published
in
2011
in
English
and held by
77
libraries
worldwide
In this crowning achievement, one of the greatest minds in management theory reveals how to succeed and wield power in the real world.
Spycraft the secret history of the CIA's spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda by Robert Wallace (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
77
libraries
worldwide
From two men who know how espionage really works, an unprecedented history--heavily illustrated with never-before-seen images--of the CIA's most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. What is an invisible photo used for? What does it take to build a quiet helicopter? How does one embed a listening device in a cat? These may sound like challenges for James Bond's fictional gadget-master Q, but they're all real-life devices created by the CIA's Office of Technical Service. Now, in the first book ever written about this office, the former director of OTS teams up with an internationally renowned intelligence historian to take readers into the laboratory of espionage.--From publisher description.
One man great enough Abraham Lincoln's road to Civil War by John C Waugh (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
71
libraries
worldwide
The seemingly unstoppable march toward civil war and America's struggle as a republic are seen through the breathtaking writings of Lincoln himself, detailing his emergence onto the political scene and the evolution of his beliefs about the Union, the Constitution, democracy, slavery, and civil war.
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