Alamosa Public Library

As flagship of the American news media, the New York Times is the world's most powerful news outlet. With thousands of reporters covering events from all corners of the globe, the Times has the power to influence wars, foment revolution, shape economies and change the very nature of our culture. It doesn't just cover the news: it creates it. But the institution that is the New York Times is showing cracks. No longer the fact-stringing paper of record...

When a flu epidemic strikes the staff of the Chronicle, Joe and Wishbone are called into detective duty as well as serving as replacement reporters.

"The Golden Age is the concluding volume in Gore Vidal's American empire novels - a unique pageant of the national experience from the United States' entry into World War Two to the end of the Korean War.". "The Golden Age is a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War Two and the Cold War transformed America, once and for all, for good or ill, from a republic into an empire....

By 1900 America, now reaching out for empire, is racked by titanic struggles over its own destiny. The novel re-creates a time that woud be remembered as America's Gilded Age: where political bosses rule, where robber barons fight to consolidate their wealth, and where a yellow headline can lead the country to war.

In the wake od Pearl Harbor, three sisters struggle to keep their family together even as the tentacles of war reach into their homeland.

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, three sisters struggle to keep their family together even as the tentacles of war reach into their homeland.

n the midst of bitter conflict at home and abroad, Toward the sunrise follows the paths of three sisters caught in the heartbreaking consequences of war and of prejudice.

Describes the earliest empires in Mesopotamia, including ther histories, works, everyday life, and importance.