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Driven: A Life in Public Service and Journalism from LBJ to CNN

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Johnson (Author), Judy Woodruff (Foreword by)Driven brings a seasoned perspective to today's conversations about government, media, and the future of truth in the form of a deeply personal and long-awaited autobiography by Tom Johnson, an award-winning journalist who helped shape the twenty-four-hour news media as we know it. Johnson's storied career in public service and journalism that began as a reporter at the Macon Telegraph in Georgia spans the Lyndon...

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Report copyright infringementby Tamara Buzyna Adams (Author)As the Russian Civil War reached its final, tumultuous stages, 11-year-old Lydia Komarkoff and her parents had already spent 11 months living aboard the steamship Kherson adrift in the Black Sea, seeking refuge from the chaos engulfing their homeland. But on November 14, 1920, their fate took a drastic turn. Swept up in a mass exodus, they joined 150,000 desperate refugees fleeing Crimea, crammed onto 126 vessels in a frantic bid for...

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas S. Dinette (Author)Working at the Burgin Mine changed my life forever. The grueling labor, harsh conditions, and constant danger shaped not only my character but forged bonds that could only be built underground. This is not a book about mining techniques. It's a memoir of survival, camaraderie, and the fleeting moments that defined a generation of miners. Most of them are gone now, their stories nearly lost to time.Until now.Step into the darkness with ...

Across the USA Activity Book - Paperback

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by Heather Alexander (Author), Michael Mullan (Illustrator)Draw, sticker and play (and learn!) your way across the USA! Word searches, matching games, letter scrambles and more, highlight everything from state mottoes and famous monuments to natural wonders and roadside attractions to make this a road trip to remember! Number of Pages: 112 Publication Date: June 01, 2018

Nasb, MacArthur Study Bible, 2nd Edition, Leathersoft, Brown, Thumb Indexed, Comfort Print: Unleashing God's Truth One Verse at a Time - Imitation Leather

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by John F. MacArthur (Editor), Thomas Nelson (Author)Dr. John MacArthur's exhaustive study notes provide access to over 50 years of ministry to aid in a better understanding of God's word.Over 2 million readers around the world have had their spiritual lives enriched and their understanding of God's Word expanded by The MacArthur Study Bible. Drawing on more than fifty years of dedicated pastoral and scholarly work, Dr. John MacArthur's verse-by-verse study notes, book introductions, and arti...

Let's Talk about It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (a Graphic Novel) - Paperback

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by Erika Moen (Author), Matthew Nolan (Author)Is what I'm feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know what are the right choices to make? How do I know how to behave? How do I fix it when I make a mistake? Let's talk about it. Growing up is complicated. How do you find the answers to all the questions you have about yourself, about your identity, and about your body? Let's Talk About It provides a comprehensive, thoughtful, well-researched graphic novel guide t...

Historia de la Iglesia Cristiana - Hardcover

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by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut (Author)En el extraordinario libro Historia de la iglesia Cristiana, el Dr. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut resuelve las preguntas: Cómo se desarrolló la Iglesia después de los Apóstoles? Quiénes son los personajes más sobresalientes de la historia del cristianismo? Qué cambios ha sufrido la Iglesia hasta la actualidad?Esta asombrosa obra, brinda al lector un recorrido por los 6 períodos más sobresalientes de la historia del Cristianismo. El Dr. Hurlbut narra a detalle el avanc...

El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America - Paperback

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by Carrie Gibson (Author)A sweeping saga of the Spanish history and influence in North America over five centuries, from the acclaimed author of Empire's Crossroads Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, the nation has much older Spanish roots--ones tha...

The Knowledge Web: From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back -- And Other Journeys Through Knowledge - Paperback

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by James Burke (Author)In The Knowledge Web, James Burke, the bestselling author and host of television's Connections series, takes us on a fascinating tour through the interlocking threads of knowledge running through Western history. Displaying mesmerizing flights of fancy, he shows how seemingly unrelated ideas and innovations bounce off one another, spinning a vast, interactive web on which everything is connected to everything else: Carmen leads to the theory of relativity, champagne bot...

For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War - Paperback

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by Melvyn P. Leffler (Author)To the amazement of the public, pundits, and even the policymakers themselves, the ideological and political conflict that had endangered the world for half a century came to an end in 1990. How did that happen? What caused the cold war in the first place, and why did it last as long as it did? The distinguished historian Melvyn P. Leffler homes in on four crucial episodes when American and Soviet leaders considered modulating, avoiding, or ending hostilities and ...

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 - Hardcover

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by Daniel Walker Howe (Author)The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent. A panoramic narrative, What Hath God ...

Purdue's Female Founders: The Untold History of Trailblazing Women Faculty

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Report copyright infringementby Angie Klink (Author), Jennifer L. Bay (Editor), Katey Watson (Foreword by)Purdue's Female Founders: The Untold History of Trailblazing Women Faculty chronicles and celebrates the fortitude and achievements of the foremothers of Purdue University. This engaging book offers a collection of profiles of women faculty who, despite profound roadblocks because of their gender, shaped the institution from its beginning in the late 1800s through the latter half of the t...

The Star of Africa: The Complete Story of Hans-Joachim Marseille as Told by Those Who Knew Him and Those He Fought

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Report copyright infringementby Colin D. Heaton (Author)The Star of Africa plunges you into the blistering cockpit of Hans-Joachim Marseille, the Luftwaffe's most dazzling maverick. Against the backdrop of North Africa's sun-scorched skies, Marseille carved his legend: 158 confirmed victories; a string of near-impossible dogfights won by instinct and raw courage; and the coveted Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds.But Marseille's genius did not come at the cost of his conscie...

Minister Without Portfolio: Memoir of a Reluctant Exile

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Report copyright infringementby Hooman Majd (Author)From the author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ comes a globe-spanning memoir of identity, exile, and reinvention. In many ways, Hooman Majd has led a charmed life: the son of a high-ranking diplomat in pre-Revolutionary Iran, he grew up in the upper echelons of Iranian society and in cosmopolitan diplomatic enclaves in San Francisco, London, and Washington, DC. As a young man, after Ayatollah Khomeini's Revolution in 1979, Majd sold real es...

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Report copyright infringementby Bob Livingston (Author)Born in San Antonio and raised inLubbock, Bob Livingston drank from the same West Texas water as musicians likeTerry Allen, Joe Ely, Lloyd Maines, and others who were surfing the wake ofBuddy Holly, Sonny Curtis, and the Crickets. Livingston made his way to Austinand installed himself among the progenitors of the Cosmic Cowboy movement, whoplayed outlaw country music and broke the rules that didn't suit them. Livingstonis best known as th...

The Two Worlds of Ann Gertrude Wightt: How a Runaway Nun Became a Grand Lady of Washington, DC, Society

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Mannard (Author)The first biography of the remarkable historical figure who challenged perceptions of women's experiences in the early American RepublicIn 1831 Sister Gertrude Wightt, the directress of Georgetown Academy (now Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School), donned the hat and cape of one of her students and abruptly left the academy and life as a nun. She soon became a fixture on the Washington social scene and an intimate of Dolley Madison.Th...

Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and Murder of Five of Her Crew, by Pirates, / on the Coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824.

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Collins (Author)A gripping true account of maritime disaster and brutal violence, "Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824" recounts a harrowing episode from Caribbean history. Authored by Daniel Collins, this historical narrative details the ill-fated voyage of the brig "Betsey" and the horrific events that followed its shipwreck off the coast of Cuba. Explore a ...

Kazuko: Sixth Grade in World War II Hiroshima: Sixth Grade in World War II Hiroshima

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Report copyright infringementby Kazuko Blake (Author), Sandra Vega (With), Leonarda Boughton (Artist)Kazuko is the memoir of a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor. It is the story of a young Japanese girl's experience living through the world's first atomic bomb and its aftermath. This special edition features a new cover and interior art section by Leonarda Boughton, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.Kazuko Blake, now in her 90s, is one of few remaining survivors of that...

The First Steps of the Way: Walking with the Fathers of the Church

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Miller (Editor)Spending time in the writings of the early Church Fathers is at once solidifying, inspiring, and elevating. But for most Christians, the words of the Fathers and the context of the early Church exist in a realm of hearsay or behind walls of stuffy academia.The First Steps of the Way seeks to make the early fathers of the Church and the context of their church life more accessible to every Christian. This is done through: Short biographic en...

My Children's Minds Will Not Be the Devil's Workshop

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Report copyright infringementby Essie P. Knuckle (Author)In 1952, three black children; Big Sister Jane, Max, and Pete set out on an extraordinary imaginary journey across America, sparked by their mother's urgent warning: "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." What began as a project became a profound exploration of the world beyond their Jim Crow-era Southern town.Guided by maps, a Sears Roebuck catalog, and The Negro Motorist Green-Book, the siblings imagined their way through states like...

Rwigema Built, Kagame Destroyed: A Rwandan Tale of Saintliness and Savage Warfare

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Report copyright infringementby David Himbara (Author)Fred Rwigema, the visionary founder of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), is justly revered as Rwanda's steadfast Moses, fearlessly guiding the Tutsi back to their homeland on October 1, 1990, after enduring three decades of exile. Rwigema possessed a profound vision for a united, democratic, and prosperous Rwanda. He actively cultivated a collaborative leadership that included both Tutsi and Hutu, along with influential industrialists, al...

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Hill (Author)Remarkable reinterpretation of Milton and his poetry by one of the most famous historians of the 17th Century In this remarkable book Christopher Hill used the learning gathered in a lifetime's study of seventeenth-century England to carry out a major reassessment of Milton as man, politician, poet, and religious thinker. The result is a Milton very different from most popular imagination: instead of a gloomy, sexless 'Puritan', we have...

French Calvinism in the Sixteenth Century: A History in Biography

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen M. Davis (Author), Martin I. Klauber (Author), Michael A. G. Haykin (Foreword by)This book introduces readers to well-known and lesser-known individuals of the French Reformation and shows how God used kings, queens, statesmen, and theologians in the sixteenth century to call France back to the apostolic tradition. These fifteen biographies are selective and seek to cover the period from the beginning of the Reformation in early sixteenth-century France...

War Journal of Franz Halder, Volume I, Part 2

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Report copyright infringementby Franz Halder (Author)This journal comprises seven volumes covering the dates 14 August 1939 to 24 September 1942, the date of Halder's dismissal by Hitler. Kept by Halder personally in shorthand it contains notes on conferences, memoranda, staff talks, lectures, reports, etc., as they occurred during his function as Chief of Staff.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know ...

After the Smoke Clears: My Life Among Heroes at Brooke Army Medical Center

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Report copyright infringementby Norma Guerra (Author), David Blaine (Foreword by)Brave hearts, fierce battles, and untold heroism - an insider's view of BAMC's relentless fight to save the wounded.In the riveting pages of After the Smoke Clears: My Life Among Heroes at Brooke Army Medical Center, Norma Guerra unveils a world few have seen, but countless have felt its impact. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Middle East conflict in 2003, the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San A...

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Hodge (Author)My Father and My Uncles: One Family's Call to Service in World War II, a simple tale of one man's family who served in the Second World War. From the author's father to four of his uncles, plus one man considered a member of the family, the author takes the reader on a journey through multiple theaters of war and multiple service branches.These six young men came from modest financial upbringings, and none of them had really been anywhere. The...

Pope Paul VI and his Quest for Peace: 1963-1978: Volume 2

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Report copyright infringementby John F. Tuohey (Author)Pope Paul VI and His Quest for World Peace is a powerful two-volume work that reintroduces one of the most influential yet underappreciated popes of the 20th century. Leading the Church from 1963 to 1978, Paul VI carried forward the reforms of Vatican II and reshaped the papacy into a global moral voice for peace. Volume 2: If You Want Peace... provides a rich commentary on his annual New Year's Peace Messages, where he called for a new g...

War Journal of Franz Halder, Volume I, Part 1

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Report copyright infringementby Mabel E. Elliott (Author), Rose Wilder Lane (Author), G. L. Pedersen (Editor)Dr. Mabel E. Elliott, an American physician, served in Turkey, Armenia, and Greece from 1919 to 1923, helping Armenian and Greek refugees and orphans following World War I. She saw unimaginable suffering and hunger while caring for thousands of refugees after the Armenian Genocide. Rose Wilder Lane, journalist and novelist, worked for the American Red Cross and Near East Relief from 19...

Pope Paul VI and His Quest for Peace: 1963-1978: Volume One:

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Report copyright infringementby John F. Tuohey (Author)Pope Paul VI and His Quest for World Peace is a powerful two-volume work that reintroduces one of the most influential yet underappreciated popes of the 20th century. Leading the Church from 1963 to 1978, Paul VI carried forward the reforms of Vatican II and reshaped the papacy into a global moral voice for peace. Barbara Bamberger Scott, US Review of Books.Volume 1: Never Again War! focuses on his historic 1965 address to the United Nati...

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