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Simon Kenton Unlikely Hero: Biography of a Frontiersman

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Report copyright infringementby Karen Meyer (Author)He lived on the edge of danger, and the frontier provided plenty of it! Indian attack, disease, even near-starvation--early pioneers faced these and more. Never one to run away from danger, frontiersman Simon Kenton used his scouting skills to aid them whenever he could. Rifle loaded, Kenton crept as silently as an Indian to rescue kidnapped settlers. His narrow escapes from Shawnee Indians rivaled those of his famous friend, Daniel Boone. S...

Boudica: The Life and Legacy of the Celtic Queen Who Rebelled against the Romans in Britain - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading " The Romans] thinking that it might be some help to the allies Britons], whom they were forced to abandon, constructed a strong stone wall from sea to sea, in a straight line between the towns that had been there built for fear of the enemy, where Severus also had formerly built a rampart." - Bede's description of Hadrian's Wall in the Middle AgesThe famous ...

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Mackey (Illustrator), Ken Rossignol (Author)WARNING! DEPRAVED HEARTS, BEASTLY EVIL These are their stories.These stories of murders and of a few cases of attempted murder over sixty years include vivid descriptions of ghastly crimes with explicit photos not intended for the faint of heart or children. Parental Guidance is mandatory. Many of these murders went unsolved for long periods, some still have not been solved, and justice obtained for the vict...

Broken: The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing's Golden Age

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Report copyright infringementby 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 not...

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Report copyright infringementby Margaret F. Merritt (Author)Discover the adventures of an Alaskan woman biologist as she relates experiences working across varied landscapes and water bodies, including caribou counts in the Northwest Arctic, king crab index fishing in Lower Cook Inlet, and Chinook salmon investigations on the mighty Yukon River. The book highlights information collected under sometimes harrowing conditions to ensure that conservation measures sustain fish and game for the com...

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Report copyright infringementby St Athanasius of Alexandria (Author), H. Ellershaw (Translator)First published in the 4th century A.D., Anthony the Great's biography was authored by Christian Saint Athanasius of Alexandria. Since its original release, the book has helped spread the beliefs, practices and arduous faith of Anthony the Great to a wider audience. A significant progenitor of the monastic tradition, Saint Anthony lived an ascetic lifestyle in the deserts of Egypt. Although not the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Margot McMahon (Author)Like the silk map slipped from parachutist Franklin McMahon's sleeve offering escape from the German P.O.W. camp, daughter and author Margot, describes the astonishing world then flung upon him from 1945-2012. Her evocative words startle the reader to life, as we follow Franklin and Irene parents to a family of nine, immersed in a lifetime of struggle for social justice! They provoke us to confront truth via vivid pencil drawings, histori...

Lindbergh in Montana: An Air Adventurer Leaves a Legacy in the Treasure State

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Report copyright infringementby Dennis Gaub (Author), Craig Lancaster (Editor)Charles Lindbergh, the most famous person in the world after his 1927 transatlantic flight and a legendary flier to this day, made a lasting impact on Montana. He first came to the Treasure State in 1922 as a wing walker and parachute jumper with a barnstorming outfit that performed at fairs and exhibitions in Billings, Lewistown, and neighboring communities. He returned to Montana in 1927 during his nationwide tour...

The Lobster Lady: Maine's 102-Year-Old Legend

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Report copyright infringementby 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 102 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 ...

Letters from a Stoic: The 124 Epistles of Seneca - Complete - Paperback

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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...

Life of St. Anthony of Egypt - Paperback

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by St Athanasius of Alexandria (Author), Philip Schaff (Author)The biographic text of St. Anthony is presented complete in this edition for the reader's absorption and contemplation. First published in the 4th century A.D., Anthony the Great's biography was authored by Christian Saint Athanasius of Alexandria. Since its release, the book has helped spread the beliefs, practices and arduous faith of Anthony the Great. A significant progenitor of the monastic tradition, Saint Anthony lived an a...

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by George Tolman (Author), Edward W. Forbes (Foreword by)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 48...

Son of the San Juans: Growing Up Cowboy in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado - Paperback

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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...

How Frank Lloyd Wright Got Into My Head, Under My Skin and Changed The Way I Think About Thinking: A Creative Thinking Blueprint for the 21st Century - Paperback

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by Sandy Sims (Author)Do you feel overwhelmed by the pace of change, or powerless in the face of uncertainty? Do you wish you had a more useful point of view, or better strategies to cope? And even when you have obtained a dream or a goal, have you ever felt let down because it did not bring you the joy you thought it would? These are universal feelings, yet how we approach them is unique to each of us. Many years ago, author Sandy Sims found himself asking these same questions while directin...

Geronimo's Story of His Life - Paperback

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by S. M. Barrett (Author)Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. While Geronimo said he was never a chief, he was a military leader. As a Chiricahua Apache, this meant he was one of many people with special spiritual insights and abilities known to Apache p...

King George: The Triumphs And Tragedies In The Life Of George Strait - Paperback

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by Austin Teutsch (Author)KING GEORGE The Triumphs and Tragedies In The Life of George Strait THE KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC THE TRAGEDIES ---George's mother left him as a child when he was in the third grade. She took his little sister with her. His mother died in 2010 estranged from her famous son. ---George's beautiful 13 year old daughter, Jennifer was killed in an automobile accident in 1986. ---George's older brother, John "Buddy" Strait was found dead in a San Antonio, Texas motor inn in 20...

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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...

Billie Holiday: Essays on the Artistry and Legacy - Paperback

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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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Report copyright infringementby Scott W. Allen (Author)Songs to Fill the Air: Tales of the Grateful Dead is my follow-up to Aces Back to Back: The History of the Grateful Dead. Songs to Fill the Air is a collection of my essays on the Dead: never-before-told tales that reach across far-ranging, and fascinating, topics and individuals. Vital players in the band's history, never before given their due, come to life on the pages of my new and exciting tome. Important concerts in Grateful Dead hi...

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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...

Saints That Moved the World: St. Anthony, St. Augustine, St. Francis, St. Ignatius, and St. Theresa - Paperback

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by Rene Fulop-Miller (Author)This is a new release of the original 1945 edition. Number of Pages: 452 Dimensions: 0.91 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: October 27, 2013

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Kohn (Editor)Harmony Korine: Interviews tracks filmmaker Korine's stunning rise, fall, and rise again through his own evolving voice. Bringing together interviews collected from over two decades, this unique chronicle includes rare interviews unavailable in print for years and an extensive, new conversation recorded at the filmmaker's home in Nashville. After more than twenty years, Harmony Korine (b. 1973) remains one of the most prominent and yet subvers...

Nostradamus: The End of End Times - Paperback

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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 ...

A Little Off the Top: Stories About Haircuts, Barbers, and Barber Shops - Paperback

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by Proal Heartwell (Author)In A Little Off the Top, twenty-two men recount memorable experiences involving haircuts, barbers, and barber shops. From moonshine-fueled Mohawks to a perm gone wrong, these vivid and often affectionate stories detail particulars of that most basic male rite: the haircut.Author BiographyProal Heartwell is the co-founder of Village School in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the author of Goronwy and Me: A Narrative of Two Lives and A Game of Catch. Number of Pages: ...

Theodore Roosevelt: The Rough Riders - Hardcover

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by Theodore Roosevelt IV (Author)The Rough Riders was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. Roosevelt had resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to fight in the war, and his forceful personality and notoriety among the popular press of the period were probably the main driving factors resulting in the fame of this regiment. Here is the exciting story of the Rough Riders in the words of Theodore Roosevelt. Number of Pages: 140 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publicati...

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by Estrella Ravelo Alamar (Author), E. Alamar (Author), Willi Red Buhay (Author)The pictorial history of Filipino immigration to Chicago encompasses 100 years, moving from the Philippines to this country of unknown landscapes and uncertainties. The pioneering Filipinos came in the early 1900s to seek the land of "milk and honey." They were mostly pensionados-government-supported students-and self-supported students who settled in the Garfield Park, Hyde Park, and Near North Side neighborhoods...

Tomato Pie: The Frank Pepe Story - Paperback

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by Joanna Kelly (Author)In her richly textured chronicle, Joanna Kelly delivers a historic account of Frank Pepe and the pizza-centric street he made famous in New Haven, Connecticut. In this celebration of the life of America's pizza pioneer, she shares the rags to riches story of Frank Pepe, an illiterate immigrant from the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Using his mother's recipes, Pepe made his first pizza without mozzarella and called it tomato pie. In 1925, Pepe began selling his pies from a pus...

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - Paperback

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by Editorial Oneness (Editor), Mark Twain (Author)Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc By Mark Twain, Editorial Oneness (Edited by) Number of Pages: 428 Dimensions: 0.87 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: October 14, 2016 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8 Reading Level: 4.4 ...

Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris: The Lives and Legacies of the Two Martial Arts Stars - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes their own quotes about their lives and work *Includes a bibliography for further reading It would be nearly impossible for someone to pack more action into 32 years than Bruce Lee, whose name remains practically synonymous with martial arts excellence and kung fu movies. He was undoubtedly the forerunner to martial arts stars who came in his wake, including Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan, a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that ...

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Report copyright infringementby Silvia Isabel Rael Almanza (Author)Silvia Isabel Rael Almanza is a Chicana. That is not a racial or an ethnic statement/status but, rather, a political one. It was in the 1950s that the hyphen in Spanish-American defined a group of people as less-than-American. It was the political process that eliminated the hyphen and restored our rightful place on this North American land in the United States of America. Silvia feels at home and is proud to be defined as a C...

Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau

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Report copyright infringementby Martha Ward (Author)Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the celebrated New Orleans tomb where Marie Laveau is said to lie. They seek her favors or fear her lingering influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau is the first study of the Laveaus, mother and daughter of the same name. Both were legendary leaders of religious and spiritual traditions many still label as evil. The Laveaus were free women of color and prominent French-speaking Cat...

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Report copyright infringementby Ian Castello-Cortes (Author)For someone who traveled as much as he did, it is a marvel that Andy Warhol had time to make art. Desperately Seeking Warhol traces the artist's movements around the globe from international cultural hotspots like New York, Paris and Rome to lower-profile burgs such as Carbondale and Montauk - more well known now, partially as a result of Warhol's involvement. Relentless in the pursuit of new avenues to create and sell his work, Warh...