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by Michael Supe Granda (Author)As the turbulent 60's began to fade into the calmer 70's, a coterie of young singers, songwriters, musicians, artists, and poets began to congregate, musically on the stage of The New Bijou Theater - the Springfield, Missouri nightclub that would become the loose-knit group's home. What started as an informal weekly gathering, quickly morphed into a formal band. Dubbed the Family Tree, they became a favorite of the local counter-culture, as well as a continuatio...
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by Theodore Roosevelt (Author)Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919; was the 26th President of the United States. He is well remembered for his energetic persona, range of interests and achievements, leadership of the Progressive Movement, model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" image. He was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party of 1912. Before becoming President (1901-1909) he held offices at the municipal, state, an...
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by Ryan Andrew Voznick (Author)Are you ready to jump face-first off a cliff or into a river, then march for miles, blow up a bridge, and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, all in a day's work? If you're nodding your head "yes," then you might be tough enough to attend the Sapper Leader Course, one of the most demanding training courses the United States Army has to offer. In Grit, Guts, and C4, author Ryan Voznick provides a raw, insider look at how he survived the grueling twenty-...
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by Jeremy Helligar (Author)"Is It True What They Say About Black Men?" is a travelogue and memoir told from the point of view of a gay, black and well-traveled American, in self-imposed exile from New York City. His physical and emotional journey takes him from one continent to four (South America, Australia, Asia and Africa), all of which he calls home over the course of eight years. Despite his demographic status as a gay black man (and the book's title, inspired by the one question he hear...
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by Dissected Lives (Author)In this book, you will read about the life and works of US President Theodore Roosevelt. What was he like growing up? What was he like as a president of the United States? Was he a good president? Did he support worthwhile reforms? What were these reforms? You will know the answers to these questions, and more, once you start reading this book.
Number of Pages: 72
Dimensions: 0.25 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: January 11, 2021
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by Danny L. Weiss (Author)Could there be some substance to the tales of yore, of the hints through ancient maps and mythology? Dan Weiss reveals the transcripts of private conversations with the shadowy head of a secretive sect devoted to some of the most fabled mysteries: the hollow earth, the Holy Grail and the Holy Lance that pierced the breast of Christ. Ritter Von X confirms the documented evidence that even Hitler and his henchmen were convinced that an entrance to the hollow earth exis...
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by Janis Smith (Author)In Broken Child, Broken Girl, Broken Woman, Dr. Janis Smith fearlessly shares her story of a childhood filled with unspeakable abuse, as featured in the major motion picture Southern Gospel. With unwavering courage, she opens the doors to her past, offering readers a profound insight into the depths of trauma, its enduring impact, and her extraordinary path to healing and redemption.Drawing from her dual roles as a nationally certified psychologist and a devoted pastor ...
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by H. Thomas Milhorn (Author)The history of astronomy and astrophysics ranges from antiquity to the landing of spacecraft on the Moon, Mars, Venus, and even an asteroid. Since early times, human beings have sought to understand what they see in the sky. The invention of the telescope opened new avenues of observation and research. Speculation about life on the Moon and other planets became a hot topic, and theories about the evolution of the universe were developed. New investigative tools, s...
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by John Stetson Barry (Author)A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Name and Family of Stetson: From the Year 1634 to the Year 1847 is a book written by John Stetson Barry. The book is a comprehensive genealogical and biographical account of the Stetson family, tracing their lineage from the year 1634 up until the year 1847. The Stetson family is one of the oldest and most distinguished families in America, and this book provides a detailed look into their history, origins, and notabl...
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by Julia Hill (Author)On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousandyear-old redwood in Humboldt County, California.Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a mountain on December 10, 1997, for what she thought would be a two- to three-week-long "tree-sit." The action was intended to stop Pacific Lumber, a division of the Maxxam Corporation, from the environmentally destructive proce...
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by J. Lee Thompson (Author)In a life full of momentous episodes, Theodore Roosevelt's fifteen-month post-presidential odyssey to Africa and Europe has never been given its due place. A tale of daring adventure, international celebrity, a friendship lost, and a political legacy transformed, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad is the first full account of this important time in history.Author BiographyJ. LEE THOMPSON is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Professor of History at Lamar University...
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by Robin Shepard (Author) This information-packed guidebook introduces you to more than sixty breweries and brewpubs-from the Shipwrecked Brew Pub in Egg Harbor, to smaller craft breweries like Capital Brewery west of Madison, to the world-famous Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee. Robin Shepard includes descriptions and his personal ratings of some 600 local beers, plus a taster's chart you can use to record your own preferences. For each brewpub and brewery site you'll find: - a descripti...
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by John Curl (Author)Memories of Drop City follows a group of people and their radical movement, in the Southwest and on both coasts, in a decade that shaped the rest of the century. "John Curl's characters in Memories of Drop City aspire to be '100 years' ahead of the rest of us, but Curl shows, through his highly crafted and brilliant novelistic memoir, that they often succumb to the same social flaws as the rest of us. This might be the most balanced memoir or novel yet published about th...
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by Lewis L. Gould (Author)Few first ladies have enjoyed a better reputation among historians than Edith Kermit Roosevelt. Aristocratic and sophisticated, tasteful and discreet, she managed the White House with a sure hand. Her admirers say that she never slipped in carrying out her duties as hostess, mother, and adviser to her husband. Lewis Gould's path-breaking study, however, presents a more complex and interesting figure than the somewhat secularized saint Edith Roosevelt has become in th...
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by Grace George Corrigan (Author)Most people remember where they were when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, just as they remember how they felt when humans first set foot on the moon. Elements of both reactions are present in the story of Christa McAuliffe, the energetic young schoolteacher chosen to be the first civilian to go into space--and who died with her astronaut companions in the Challenger explosion of January 28, 1986. In this straightforward memoir, McAuliffe's mother, Grace Geor...
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by Mari Sandoz (Author), Linda M. Hasselstrom (Introduction by)Charmingly, Mari Sandoz tells of a long-ago Christmas in western Nebraska when her father's house was filled with good music. Old Jules had ordered an Edison phonograph and boxes of cylinder records from the East, paying for them with an inheritance and ignoring debts, to the chagrin of his long-suffering wife. But the entire family soon entered into the holiday spirit as neighbors arrived to feast and dance and enjoy musical sele...
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by Milton Meltzer (Author)Dorothea Lange's depression-era photographs became mythic symbols in their time and are exhibited worldwide as standards of classic photography. In this first biography of Lange, Milton Meltzer documents her development as an artist and provides a moving portrayal of a life burdened with illness and the conflicting demands of family and profession.Author BiographyMilton Meltzer is the author of many books of history and biography, four of them nominated for the Natio...
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by James B. Stockdale (Author)The decade that followed James Stockdale's seven and a half years in a North Vietnamese prison saw his life take a number of different turns, from a stay in a navy hospital in San Diego to president of a civilian college to his appointment as a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution. In this collection of essays he offers his thoughts on his imprisonment. Describing the horrors of his treatment as a prisoner of war, Stockdale tells how he discovered fir...
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by Samuel Hall Young (Author), Richard F. Fleck (Introduction by)Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians. In "Alaska Days With John Muir" he describes this 1879 meeting: "A hearty grip of the hand and we seemed to coalesce in a friendship which, to me at least, has been one of the very best things in a life full of blessings." This book...
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by Adolf Hitler (Author)This is the Official Nazi English Translation of Mein Kampf. It was recently rediscovered after all copies were thought to have been destroyed. This is one of the rarest Mein Kampf editions ever made and it passed from hand to hand without the owners knowing what it truly was or the value for 65 years. Finally, in 2009, the full story has not only been revealed but the text is available for the world to read. The Nazi Propaganda Ministry wanted to produce an English la...
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by Michael Escoffery (Illustrator), Michael Eaddy (Author)Before Dr. Martin Luther King, E.D. Nixon was the principal black leader in Montgomery, Alabama. He helped sparked the Civil Rights Movement and bailed imprisoned civil rights icon, Rosa Parks out of jail. Mr. Nixon's contributions in civil rights, voter registration, leadership, and social justice was paramount in the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and advancing the civil rights movement. A true story about the man behind the m...
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by Eugenie Ermis (Author)Do you feel undervalued, unheard, and invisible as a single mid-life Christian woman? The majority of the Christian church's congregation in the USA is made up of single women.Single mid-life Christian women face a unique challenge in expressing their individuality while remaining an active member of the church.This book will show you how to:
Find your voice
Recognize your value
Speak your mind
And break free of society's rules for how you SHOULD behave (in their opi...
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by Fred M. Kray (Author)One fateful winter night, a famous racehorse mysteriously broke his leg while alone in his stall. An investigation ensued, but the real story has never been told...until now. It was a cool, quiet evening at Calumet Farm, where the most valuable racehorses-including the prolific stallion Alydar-had settled into their stalls for the evening. Alton Stone, filling in for the regular night watchman, completed his rounds at the barn. Although nothing seemed out of the ordina...
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by Ann Bedsole (Author)My father told Maida and me that we could do anything. He told us he never wanted to hear us give the excuse, 'I can't do it, I'm just a girl.' You can do anything you want. You just have to go and do it ... He told us something else, and many times. 'Don't go through this life and not leave something. Don't forget to leave your footprint.'" Candidly and often as not, humorously, Ann Bedsole tells the story not just of her life, but of the Alabama of her day, from growi...
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by Barbara A. Walsh (Author), Shelby J. Crouse (Illustrator)An inspiring story about the oldest lobster trapper in Maine, and maybe even the world. Virginia Oliver is 103 and began catching lobsters off Rockland's coast when she was a little girl. People all over the country think Virginia is brave and strong, but Ginny, as her friends call her, knows the secret to staying young is doing what you love. People often ask Ginny when she plans to stop lobstering. She smiles and tells them, "When ...
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Report copyright infringementby Tween Success (Author), Ferne Bowe (Author)INSPIRING TRUE STORIES ABOUT COURAGE, SELF-BELIEF, AND DETERMINATION.-> The perfect gift for TWEEN BOYS - Ages 8-13 The tween years can be tricky. You're not quite a teenager, but you're also not a little kid. It's a time when you're trying to figure out who you are and what you want to be. And sometimes, that can be scary.The great news is you're not alone.Anything is Possible, by Tween Success, is a collection of ...
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by Seneca (Author), Richard Mott Gummere (Author)This edition of Seneca's Epistles unites all 124 of the letters in a single volume, complete with thorough explanatory notes, an appendix, and an index of the names referred to in the text. The entirety of this compendium was penned by Seneca during his retirement and sent to his friend Lucilius Junior, a procurator of Sicily. At this late stage of life, Seneca held great experience in matters of both philosophy and governance, having served un...
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by Lyle Carnal (Author)This book will give you an insider's look into a way of life in our country that has vanished forever-the cowboy life the author lived in Southwestern Colorado starting in the early 1900's. Lyle shares his stories of a simpler and hardier life with humor and pathos. Love of life and wry observation of human nature are the dominant themes of this book. Lyle's story begins at a time in our country's history when 'horse power' had a literal meaning in day to day life, when...
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by Joan Druett (Author)The remarkable story of Tupaia, Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator. Winner of NZ Post 2012 Best General Non - fiction Book Award. Tupaia, lauded by Europeans as 'an extraordinary genius', sailed with Captain Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour about the South Pacific, and interceded with Maori in NZ. Tupaia, a gifted linguist, a brilliant orator, and a most devious politician, could aptly be called the Machiavelli of Tahiti. Being highly skilled in astronomy, navig...
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by Michael V. Perez (Editor), Jessica McKee (Editor)Eleanora Lady Day Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, played a primary role in the development of American jazz culture and in African American history. Devoted to the enduring jazz icon, covering many aspects of her career, image and legacy, these fresh essays range from musical and vocal analyses, to critical assessments of film depictions of the singer, to analysis of the social movements and protests addressed by her signature songs, ...
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by Lisa V. Proulx (Author)Growing up during the Depression and forced to live in coal mining camps throughout Appalachia, Virgie Hopkins is subjected to child molestation, the KKK, murder, homelessness, starvation, and ridicule for being the daughter of the town whore.Virgie grows up hating her mother who was taken away when she was nine years old and while she was gone, she and her brother were put into foster care, starved, and abused.When her mother returned, she did not know her husband o...
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by John Hogue (Author)The Media and New Age Gurus made 2012 The 'Lindsey Lohan' of End Time Dates. What was 2012 really about and what more important reboots of ages are happening that we missed? The purported end of the Mayan Calendar on 21 December 2012 had been marketed for over a quarter century as the most accurate date either pinpointing the end of the world or the dawn of a golden age. Moreover, many myths were created binding the famous seer, Nostradamus, in all the wrong ways, with ...
