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The Republic Baseball League: Volume 2: The Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan a. Fink (Author)When Professor Kevin Dempsey, longtime baseball fan, published his PhD dissertation, he never looked back. With inspiration from those who went before him, he used his research and the support of students, family, and friends to create the Republic Baseball League. Author Jonathan A. Fink has handily incorporated the history of baseball into a forward looking story that will leave baseball fans looking ahead to the next golden age of ba...

Reinventing Liberalism: The Politics, Philosophy and Economics of Early Neoliberalism (1920-1947)

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Report copyright infringementby Ola Innset (Author)In April 1947, a group of right-leaning intellectuals met in the Swiss Alps for a ten-day conference with the aim of establishing a permanent organization. Named "an army of fighters for freedom" by Friedrich Hayek, they would at times use "neoliberalism" as a description of the philosophy they were developing. Later, many of them would opt for "classical liberalism" or other monikers. Was their liberalism classical or was it new? All new cre...

Analyzing a More Resilient National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capability

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Mason (Author), James Bonomo (Author), Tim Conley (Author)Because of the widespread use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), concerns have been expressed that a disruption of GPS might require a national investment in backup capabilities. The authors assess the costs associated with realistic threats to domestic, nonmilitary uses of GPS, and review possible additions to the PNT ecosystem in light of those...

The Gandhi Book of Quotes: A Collection of Speeches, Quotations, Essays and Advice

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Report copyright infringementby Travis Hellstrom (Author)The Gandhi Book of Quotes is a timeless treasury of insight and inspiration from one of the world's most revered leaders. Drawing from Mahatma Gandhi's speeches, letters, essays, and public addresses, this thoughtfully curated collection captures the essence of his philosophy and enduring wisdom. Organized thematically for easy reference, the book explores Gandhi's reflections on truth, nonviolence, spiritual growth, civil disobedience...

River of Ghosts: Haunted Legends Along the Mississippi River

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Turek (Author)River of Ghosts: Haunted Legends Along the MississippiFrom the bluffs of Minnesota to the Gulf's last blue horizon, the Mississippi carries more than water. It carries memory. In this immersive journey, bestselling historian Robert Turek walks levees at midnight, slips into silent theaters, stands beneath ruined columns, and listens to what lingers when the crowds are gone.Blending investigative rigor with spellbinding storytelling, River o...

Bienville's Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans - Paperback

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by Richard Campanella (Author)All New Orleans' glories, tragedies, contributions, and complexities can be traced back to the geographical dilemma Bienville confronted in 1718 when selecting the primary location of New Orleans. "Bienville's Dilemma" presents sixty-eight articles on the historical geography of New Orleans, covering the formation and foundation of the city, its urbanization and population, its "humanization" into a place of distinction, the manipulation of its environment, its d...

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Report copyright infringementby Troy Taylor (Author)THE MAN FROM BEYONDHOUDINI AMONG THE SPIRITSIn the early twentieth century, magician and escape artist Harry Houdini was one of the most famous men in the world. He was known for cheating death with his dangerous stunts and seemingly impossible escapes, but privately, he was driven by the need to contact the spirit of his late mother. Spiritualism -- a movement that began decades earlier as a means for the dead to speak to the living -- was ...

Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years - Paperback

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by Diarmaid MacCulloch (Author)The New York Times bestseller and definitive history of Christianity for our time--from the award-winning author of The Reformation and Silence A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and encompasses the globe. It captures the major turning points in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confro...

Geography: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by John A. Matthews (Author), David T. Herbert (Author)This Very Short Introduction answers four basic questions: what is Geography, how do geographers work, why is Geography important, and where is the discipline of Geography heading? Geography has always been important, though it has had only a short history as an academic discipline and is much misunderstood. Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, in mapping the world and in describing th...

Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Marc Mulholland (Author)From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict - Catholic against Protestant, Republican against Unionist. The traumas of violence in the Northern Ireland Troubles have cast a long shadow. For many years, this appeared to be an intractable conflict with no pathway out. Mass mobilisations of people and dramatic political crises punctuated a se...

Paganism: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Owen Davies (Author)"Paganism" is an evocative word that even today conjures up deep-seated emotions and prejudices. Until recently, it was primarily a derogatory term used by Christians to describe the non-Christian cultures vanquished by their churches. For some it evokes images of sacrifice and barbaric behavior, while for others it symbolizes a peace-loving, nature-worshipping spiritual relationship with the earth. Written in a concise and lively style, this Very Short Introduction exp...

Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery - Hardcover

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by Ana Lucia Araujo (Author)A sweeping narrative history of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas. During the era of the Atlantic slave trade, more than twelve million enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas in cramped, inhumane conditions. Many of them died on the way, and those who survived had to endure further suffering in the violent conditions that met them onshore. Covering more than three hundred years, Humans in Shackles grapples with this history ...

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Weeks-Richardson (Author)All Christians will have to deal with spiritual warfare at some point in their life. The Armor of God is written to remind the Christian believer first of all that they have power and then to remind them of the power that they have. Second, it instructs them of who their foes are. Often times, the believer will look at an individual not realizing that their foe is not specifically an individual. Finally, the Armor of God instruc...

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Report copyright infringementby Matthew Restall (Author)Christopher Columbus was born Cristoforo Colombo, in the autumn of 1451 in the Mediterranean port city of Genoa, and he died in the Spanish city of Valladolid in May 1506, as don Cristóbal Colón. More than five centuries later, we are still arguing over his life and its significance. Millions if not billions of people have learned his name. Most have some sense of what he did, that it was momentous, a great achievement, an act of primacy...

Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln

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Report copyright infringementby Saladin Ambar (Author)Murder, mob rule, and the making of Abraham Lincoln--the story of three racially motivated murders in Mississippi River towns from 1835 to 1838 that inspired the speech that put Lincoln on the national map--the Lyceum Address. Lynched: Five white gamblers suspected of aiding a slave insurrection in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Burned Alive: A Black man implicated in the death of a constable in St. Louis, Missouri. Gunned Down: A white abolition...

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

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Report copyright infringementby Dava Sobel (Author)The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo's Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who were launched into stellar scientific careers of their own"Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name...

The Nature of Pain: Roots, Recovery, and Redemption Amid the Opioid Crisis

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Report copyright infringementby Mandi Fugate Sheffel (Author) Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN Publication Date: October 07, 2025

Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah

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Report copyright infringementby Charles King (Author)NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel's Messiah. "A work of vivid social and cultural commentary, it functions also as an in-depth study of artistic creation, how 'Messiah' came to be, but also of the unstoppable spigot that was Handel...

The Writer's Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes

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Report copyright infringementby Valerie Stivers (Author), Katie Tomlinson (Illustrator)These are the dishes that fuelled great writing. Ever wondered what Iris Murdoch might have served for supper, or how Emily Dickinson took her tea? The Writer's Table brings together dining habits and favourite recipes from some of the world's most beloved authors, offering a delicious glimpse into their everyday lives and kitchen rituals. Each recipe is paired with a short introduction to the author and di...

Ancient Wisdom for Polarized Times: Why Humanity Needs Herodotus, the Man Who Invented History

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Report copyright infringementby Emily Katz Anhalt (Author)How the wisdom of Herodotus can fortify us against political falsehoods and violent extremism Nearly 2,500 years ago, the Greek writer Herodotus introduced the concept of objective truth derived from factual investigation and empirical deduction. Writing just before the start of the catastrophic Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE), Herodotus addressed an increasingly polarized Greek world. His Histories demonstrates that the capacity for ...

American Bloodlines: Reckoning with Lynch Culture

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Report copyright infringementby Sonya Lea (Author) Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.1 x 5.7 IN Publication Date: October 07, 2025

The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Castor (Author)From an acclaimed historian comes an epic tale of power and betrayal: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose tumultuous reigns shaped the course of English history. Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were ten years old when Richard became king of England. They were thirty-two when Henry deposed him and became king in his place. Now, the story behind one of the strang...

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Report copyright infringementby Brent Tarter (Author)Illuminating stories of colonial life from the dean of Virginia historyHow did ordinary people experience life in the colonial era, from the humdrum happenings of the day-to-day to the extraordinary events still familiar to millions? In his latest book, renowned historian Brent Tarter paints a vibrant, colorful portrait of the Old Dominion in the era before the Revolution, presenting a new collection of stories culled from the depths of his...

A Remarkable Collection of Angels: A History of the 6 Gallery Reading

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Report copyright infringementby David S. Wills (Author)The 6 Gallery reading of October 7, 1955, changed the world. On that night, a group of mostly unknown poets gathered on a small stage in a strange art gallery and read avant-garde poetry to a bohemian audience. Most famously, Allen Ginsberg gave the first reading of "Howl" but other poetic careers were born that night. In fact, that one poetry reading is often said to have birthed the San Francisco Renaissance and launched the Beat Genera...

Serving God Under Siege: How War Transformed a Ukrainian Community

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Report copyright infringementby Valentyn Syniy (Author)When Russia invaded Ukraine, an evangelical seminary lost everything--except its commitment to serving God. In this searing eyewitness account, Valentyn Syniy recounts how the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 upended life for students, teachers, and staff of the Tavriski Christian Institute. As president of TCI, Syniy was responsible for evacuating the seminary community and leading them hundreds of miles to a safer location. Upon arr...

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Report copyright infringementby John Edgar Wideman (Author)"Master of language" (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational position to explore what he calls the "slaveroad," offering "a fresh perspective of slavery's impact and a confirmation of Wideman's exalted status in American letters" (New York magazine). John Edgar Wideman's Slaveroad is a groundbreaking work of "bruising candor and obsessive originality" (The Wall Street Journal). For centuries, the buying an...

In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico's Ancient Civilizations

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Report copyright infringementby Merilee Grindle (Author)A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year "Grindle's passionate book, including extensive research in Mexico, will ensure that [Zelia Nuttall] is never forgotten." --British Museum Magazine "[A] beautifully crafted biography." --Foreign Affairs "What a woman! And what a fabulous life to unearth. Zelia Nuttall was incredibly smart, determined, a divorced single mother in a man's world, a great scholar, and ...

In the Service of the Shogun: The Real Story of William Adams

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Report copyright infringementby Frederik Cryns (Author)"Exhaustively researched. . . . Students of Japanese history and culture owe Cryns a debt of gratitude for this impressive achievement."--Wall Street Journal - "William Adams comes alive in the revelatory In the Service of the Shogun. . . . Fans of the novel Shogun and the television series would do well to pick this one up."--Washington Independent Review of Books From the historical advisor for the record Emmy Award-winning television...

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Report copyright infringementby Yrjö Von Grönhagen (Author), Ike Vil (Translator)In 1935, Yrjö von Grönhagen, a 24-year old Finnish student at Sorbonne, Paris, decided to walk across Europe back to his native country. By a strange twist of fate, the following summer he would lead an ethnological expedition to Karelian woods in search of the lost magic of Aryans.Appointed as the head of the Finnish department in Ahnenerbe, a scholarly institution that was destined to become the greatest in the...

Upheaval: A Story of Russia, Romanovs, and Revolution

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Report copyright infringementby Olga Woronoff (Author), Alex de Fircks (Revised by), Helen Azar (Foreword by)Step into the glittering world of Imperial Russia - and witness its dramatic fall - through the eyes of Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel.Born into aristocracy and intimately connected to the Romanov dynasty, Olga's life was shaped by privilege, love, and ultimately survival.In this richly expanded second edition of Upheaval, her granddaughter Alex de Fircks deepens the memoir w...

The Oxford Illustrated History of Ancient Egypt - Paperback

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by Ian Shaw (Editor)The Oxford Illustrated History of Ancient Egypt is the only book available providing detailed historical coverage of Egypt from the early Stone Age to its incorporation into the Roman Empire. The lively essays and beautiful illustrations portray the emergence and development of the distinctive civilization of the ancient Egyptians covering the period from 700,000 BC to AD 311. Against the backdrop of the rise and fall of ruling dynasties, this book also examines cultural ...

Mao: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Delia Davin (Author)A giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from peasant child to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth. Delia Davin provides an invaluable portrait of Mao, showing him in all his complexity--ruthless, brutal, and ambitious, a man of enormous talent and perception, y...