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  • Bathsheba's Breast

    Women, Cancer, and History

    by James S. Olson ...
    The stories of women throughout the ages who have confronted breast cancer, from ancient times to the present.A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2003 and Winner of the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award for the History of Science"Breast cancer may very well be history's oldest malaise, known as well to the ancients as it is to us. The women who have ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Tailwind

    A Compass for Turning Your Setback Story into Your Comeback Legacy

    by James T. Olson ...
    Brace for impact. Your comeback starts now.We all will face a monster storm at some point in our lives. In 2024, Jim Olson's beautiful life and high-flying career rolled into a perilous nosedive with a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis and the loss of his sight. Jim was terrified his life was over.Then he recalled the Aviate-Navigate-Communicate protocol Captain Sully Sullenberger followed to safely land ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • To Catch a Spy

    The Art of Counterintelligence

    by James M. Olson ...
    How the US is losing the counterintelligence war and what the country should do to better protect our national security and trade secretsThe United States is losing the counterintelligence war. Foreign intelligence services, particularly those of China, Russia, and Cuba, are recruiting spies in our midst and stealing our secrets and cutting-edge technologies. In To Catch a Spy: The Art of ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • How Whole Brain Thinking Can Save the Future

    Why Left Hemisphere Dominance Has Brought Humanity to the Brink of Disaster and How We Can Think Our Way to Peace and Healing

    by James Olson ...
    When facing a tough dilemma, the wise person tackles the whole problem. They don’t just focus on one part and ignore the rest. That’s a matter of common sense, but such holistic thinking rarely occurs in our most consequential organizations. Although women are catching up in the corridors of power, most people in charge today are highly specialized males whose perception is too often myopic. For ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Making Cancer History

    Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

    by James S. Olson ...
    The history of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center vividly reveals how cancer treatment in America—and our attitudes toward the disease—has changed since the middle of the twentieth century.One of the preeminent cancer centers in the world, M. D. Anderson is also one of the first medical institutions devoted exclusively to caring for people with cancer and researching treatments and cures for the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Fair Play

    by James M. Olson ...
    Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of AmericaÆs first spies, said, ôAny kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.ö A statue of Hale stands outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement as one of its guiding principles. But who decides what is necessary for the public good, and is it really true that any kind of service is ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

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    Fair Play

    The Moral Dilemmas of Spying

    by James M. Olson ...
    Narrated by Joel Richards ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 37 min

    Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of America's first spies, said, "Any kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary." A statue of Hale stands outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement as one of its guiding principles. But who decides what is necessary for the public good, and is it really true that any kind of service is ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Using Our Whole Brain

    by James Olson ...
    Narrated by Michael Toms ...

    Unabridged

    57 min

    The two sides of the brain have different perspectives of the world and they lead us to make very different choices. Olson’s research shows that we need to blend these two for three-dimensional thinking. He discusses how we can tell when we are functioning from our right brain or our left brain. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ethnic Dimension in American History

    by James S. Olson, Heather Olson Beal ...
    The Ethnic Dimension in American History is a thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States.Considering ethnicity in terms of race, language, religion and national origin, this important text examines its effects on social relations, public policy and economic development.A thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the ... Read more

    $48.00 USD

  • The Great Depression and the New Deal

    Key Themes and Documents

    by James S. Olson, Mariah Gumpert ...
    Series series Unlocking American History
    Intended for AP-focused American history high school students, this book supplies a complete quick reference source and study aide on the Great Depression and New Deal in America, covering the key themes, events, people, legislation, economics, and policies.The Great Depression and the New Deal remain key topics in American History that come up often as testing subject material. This book ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • History of Nebraska

    by James C. Olson, Ronald C. Naugle, John J. Montag ...
    History of Nebraska was originally created to mark the territorial centennial of Nebraska and then revised to coincide with the statehood centennial. This one-volume history quickly became the standard text for the college student and reference for the general reader, unmatched for generations as the only comprehensive history of the state. This fourth edition, revised and updated, preserves the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The New Era of the 1920s

    Key Themes and Documents

    by James S. Olson, Mariah Gumpert ...
    Series series Unlocking American History
    This invaluable resource covers all aspects of 1920s political, artistic, popular, and economic culture in America, supporting the AP U.S. history curriculum through topical and biographical entries, primary documents, sample documents-based essay questions, and period-specific learning objectives.The 1920s, despite President Harding's "return to normalcy," were a time of both great cultural and ... Read more

    $60.99 USD