Book Events for dakin
Events within the books in dakin's library
1971 Abolition of US Gold Standard
African-American Civil Rights Movement
Alchemy in Renaissance and early modern Europe
America, Apogee & Decline
American Civil War
- A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn (1865)
- The unvanquished by William Faulkner (1865)
American Revolution
- Infamous scribblers : the founding fathers and the rowdy beginnings of american journalism by Eric Burns (1783)
- Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (Icons of America) by Gore Vidal (1783)
Anti-Rent War
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Attica Prison Riot
Avianca aircrash
Bacon's Rebellion
Bombing of Dresden
Bombing of Libya
Bosnian War
- Natasha's Story by Michael Nicholson ( 1995)
Bretton Woods Conference
Chilean Coup
COINTELPRO
Cold War
Communism, Decline and Renaissance
Credit crunch
- The Crash of 2008 and What it Means: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets by George Soros
- Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem--and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin
The Crusades
Dedication of the Glen Canyon Dam
Dorr Rebellion
El Mozote Massacre
Establishment of Israel
Feminist Movement
Financial Crisis of 2007-2010
Financial Crisis of 2008
- Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy by Raghuram G. Rajan
- The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History by Gregory Zuckerman
- Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem--and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Flour Riot of 1837
Fourth Crusade
Giro D'Italia
- Road to valor : a true story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the cyclist who inspired a nation by Aili McConnon
Global Financial Crisis
global warming
- Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
Great Depression
- The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow
- Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world by Liaquat Ahamed
- A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn
- Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country by William Greider
Great Panic
Great Recession
- Fool's Gold by Gillian Tett
- 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown by Simon Johnson (2010)
Greek Civil War
Haymarket Massacre
- A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn (1886-05-04)
Holocaust
- Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi (1945)
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon (1945)
Impeachment and Trial of President Bill Clinton
Indonesian Invasion of East Timor
Invasion of Grenada
The investigation into Wall Street abuses by the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency
- The Hellhound of Wall Street: How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance by Michael Perino (1933)
Iran-Contra Affair
Iranian Revolution
- Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski (1979)
Japan's Great Recession
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
Klondike Gold Rush
Korean War
Lebanese Civil War
Mayaguez incident
Mesolithic Period
Mexican-American War
Million Man March
Mississippi Bubble
My Lai Massacre
Nat Turner's slave rebellion
Oklahoma City Bombing
Operation Gothic Serpent
Persian Gulf War
Philippine-American War
Recession
Renaissance
Resignation of Richard M. Nixon
Roe v. Wade
Rwandan Genocide
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
- The Dashiell Hammett Tour: Thirtieth Anniversary Guidebook (The Ace Performer Collection series) by Don Herron (1906)
Savings & Loan Crisis
- The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry by William K. Black
Seminole Wars
Shays' Rebellion
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
South Sea Bubble
Spanish-American War
Stalinism
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn ([1924, 1953])
Stonewall Riots
Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island Accident
Tour de France
- Road to valor : a true story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the cyclist who inspired a nation by Aili McConnon
Treaty of Versailles
Trial of Thomas Aikenhead
- Scottish Enlightenment by Arthur Herman (1696)
Tulip mania
United States invasion of Panama
United States presidential election
- How Barack Obama Won: A State-by-State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election (Vintage) by Chuck Todd (2008)
Vietnam War
- The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh
- A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn
- The Quiet American (Now a Major Motion Picture from Miramax Films) by Graham Greene
Waco Branch Davidian Siege
War in Afghanistan
War on Terrorism
Watergate Scandal
Witch trials in the early modern period
World War I
World War II
- Berlin Noir: March Violets; The Pale Criminal; A German Requiem by Philip Kerr
- The long goodbye by Raymond Chandler
- A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn (1945)
- Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi (1945)
Wounded Knee Massacre
- A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn (1890-12-29)