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Description:Sometimes all we have is the courage of our convictions. But not all convictions are created equal. In fact, some are downright delusional. And once a foolish notion sinks its teeth into the famous or the powerful, look out-the impact can have profound consequences for the rest of us. So it's nothing short of gratifying when our most bullheaded and self-righteous leading lights insist on getting their way only to be proven egregiously embarrassingly wrong. From politicians to pontiffs, movie stars to moguls, and artists to inventors, "Certitude" presents short biographical sketches of notoriously stubborn individuals who were certain they were right-with laughable, disturbing, and often disastrous results. Earning a place among the greatest historical and contemporary bullheads are: •Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican friar who failed to place his own vanities on the bonfire. •Carry A. Nation, the saloon smasher who didn't have a temperate bone in her teetotaling body. •Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes series, who lacked the deductive reasoning he bestowed on his own creation.•Joseph Stalin, the hard-line Soviet leader who had a soft spot after all. •Madonna, the queen of pop, who isn't just a material girl: She’s embraced Kabbalah and the doctrine of reincarnation-in other words, she'll be back Informative, irreverent, and brilliantly illustrated by the caricaturist Edward Sorel, "Certitude" is a book for our time. "From the Hardcover edition."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Certitude: A Profusely Illustrated Guide to Blockheads and Bullheads, Past and Present. To get started finding Certitude: A Profusely Illustrated Guide to Blockheads and Bullheads, Past and Present, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Sometimes all we have is the courage of our convictions. But not all convictions are created equal. In fact, some are downright delusional. And once a foolish notion sinks its teeth into the famous or the powerful, look out-the impact can have profound consequences for the rest of us. So it's nothing short of gratifying when our most bullheaded and self-righteous leading lights insist on getting their way only to be proven egregiously embarrassingly wrong. From politicians to pontiffs, movie stars to moguls, and artists to inventors, "Certitude" presents short biographical sketches of notoriously stubborn individuals who were certain they were right-with laughable, disturbing, and often disastrous results. Earning a place among the greatest historical and contemporary bullheads are: •Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican friar who failed to place his own vanities on the bonfire. •Carry A. Nation, the saloon smasher who didn't have a temperate bone in her teetotaling body. •Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes series, who lacked the deductive reasoning he bestowed on his own creation.•Joseph Stalin, the hard-line Soviet leader who had a soft spot after all. •Madonna, the queen of pop, who isn't just a material girl: She’s embraced Kabbalah and the doctrine of reincarnation-in other words, she'll be back Informative, irreverent, and brilliantly illustrated by the caricaturist Edward Sorel, "Certitude" is a book for our time. "From the Hardcover edition."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Certitude: A Profusely Illustrated Guide to Blockheads and Bullheads, Past and Present. To get started finding Certitude: A Profusely Illustrated Guide to Blockheads and Bullheads, Past and Present, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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