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Chiefs, Pawns and Warriors: A Memoir of Firefighter Ron Parker's 9/11 Experience

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Report copyright infringementby Ronald Parker (Author)"It's more than just history and it's not even just his story...it's a challenge for each of us to face the man in the mirror" FDNY Lieutenant Mickey Kross (Ret.), 9/11 SurvivorCrawl through the 110 stories worth of mangled steel, clouds of smoke and fire with Ron Parker in attempt to rescue thousands of civilians and first responders trapped beneath the fallen twin towers.His only choices are to be a chief, a pawn or a warrior, because be...

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Report copyright infringementby Brad R. Cook (Author)The History of St. Louis Writers Guild: Celebrating a Centuryfounded in 1920Meet the founders and charter members who ignited the spark that became St. Louis Writers Guild. Writers like Sam Hellman, the first president, and famed screenwriter for the silver screen; or Temple Bailey, the highest-paid female author of the 1920s. Discover amazing events, from the first meeting to the writer's conferences held throughout the decades. Learn whic...

Whom Shall I Fear?: Pushing the Politics of Change

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Report copyright infringementby Ewart Frederick Brown (Author)Outspoken, accomplished, and frequently controversial, Bermudian physician and political leader Ewart Brown, MD, has been a longtime champion of racial equality, human rights, and economic and social justice. In this event-filled memoir, he shares the experiences that most shaped him and that defined his often tumultuous time in office.Brown's journey began with a childhood in a politically engaged family in a Bermuda then still le...

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Report copyright infringementby Howard Blum (Author)The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Dark Invasion, channels Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre in this riveting biography of Betty Pack, the dazzling American debutante who became an Allied spy during WWII and was hailed by OSS chief General "Wild Bill" Donovan as "the greatest unsung heroine of the war."Betty Pack was charming, beautiful, and intelligent--and she knew it. As an agent for Britain's MI-6 and then America's OSS d...

The Whore of Akron: One Man's Search for the Soul of Lebron James

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Raab (Author)After 52 long years, the city of Cleveland finally has a new championship team, thanks to LeBron James and his Cavaliers. Scott Raab--Cleveland super-fan--has suffered for every one of those five decades of drought. In the tradition of Frederick Exley's cult-classic sports book A Fan's Notes, The Whore of Akron is Raab's hilarious and unhinged plea for deliverance from all those years of pain. Traveling from Cleveland to Miami and back again,...

Star-Spangled Men: America's Ten Worst Presidents

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Report copyright infringementby Nathan Miller (Author)Picking America's best presidents is easy. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt usually lead the list, But choosing the nation's worst presidents requires more thought. In Star-Spangled Men, respected presidential biographer Nathan Miller puts on display those leaders who were abject failures as chief executive. With pointed humor and a deft hand, he presents a rogues' gallery of the men who dropped the presidenti...

Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen: A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King

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Report copyright infringementby Pierre Goubert (Author)Louis XIV is one of history's most notorious rulers. Ruling for three quarters of a century, the King of France had the longest reign in European history, and the effects of his rule would create the conditions that would lead to the French Revolution. Written by an authority on 17th century Europe, Pierre Goubert not only outlines the life the famous "Sun King." but the millions of subjects under his rule, and the effects his choices had...

Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Don Mann (Author)Includes excerpt from: Hunt the wolf: a SEAL Team Six novel by Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo.Author BiographyDon Mann (CWO3, USN) is the author of the national bestseller Inside SEAL Team Six and a former Navy SEAL. He lives in Virginia. Ralph Pezzullo is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning playwright, screenwriter and journalist. His books include Jawbreaker (with CIA operative Gary Berntsen) and Zero Footprint (with military c...

Forgotten London: Exploring the Hidden Life of the City

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Ackroyd (Author)No city shaped the modern world quite like London - a powerhouse of trade, finance and empire, the centre of global influence in the nineteenth century. But beyond the familiar stories of power and politics, its true life played out in the streets, where market traders, music hall crowds and factory workers gave it its vitality, its light and its shadows. Forgotten London uncovers its stories, bringing to life the highs and lows of those w...

Frommer's Rome, Florence, and Venice 2026

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Report copyright infringementby Donald Strachan (Author), Elizabeth Heath (Author), Stephen Keeling (Author)There is no better introduction to Italy than the classic itinerary of Rome, Florence and Venice. But it is not dummy-proof, which is why we enlisted three of Italy's most knowledgeable experts--Elizabeth Heath, Donald Strachan and Stephen Keeling--to pen this guide. Their helpful advice, and honest, opinionated recommendations will allow you to find the hidden gems that other visitors ...

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Report copyright infringementby Dwight L. Moody (Author), T. DeWitt Talmage (Author), Joseph Parker (Author)BIBLE CHARACTERS is a book written by three of the leading religious teachers of their time. Dwight L. Moody, T. DeWitt Talmage and Joseph Parker have merged their beliefs gained from many years of Bible study to present a more intimate view of many of the characters to whom we have been introduced by the Bible.The study of Bible characters forces us to look at these men and women throu...

Okinawa: The History of an Island People - Paperback

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by George Kerr (Author), Mitsugu Sakihara (Afterword by)"The first full-length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language...a standard work."--Pacific Affairs Okinawa: The History of an Island People is the definitive book available in English on the history of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, and an influential scholarly work in the field of Japanese studies. The histories of Japan, Okinawa and the entire Pacific region are crucially intertwined; therefore the revi...

Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers

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Report copyright infringementby Jean Strouse (Author)Jean Strouse captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent's portraits of the Wertheimer family. Jean Strouse's Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers looks at twelve portraits of one English family painted by the expatriate American artist at the height of his career--and at the intersections of all these lives with the sparkle and strife of the Edwardian age. In commissioning thi...

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Report copyright infringementby Miriam Chaiken (Author)A captivating portrait of Westbeth, the legendary artists' residence that shaped contemporary art, activism, and New York's cultural landscape for over fifty years In 1970, the former Bell Telephone Laboratories in Manhattan was transformed into Westbeth, an ambitious experiment in urban renewal that became the world's largest and longest-running art-ists' residence. Home to generations of visual artists, musicians, writers, dancers, and...

Common People: A Folk History of Land Rights, Enclosure and Resistance

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Report copyright infringementby Leah Gordon (Author), Stephen Ellcock (Author)A stunning book by photographer Leah Gordon and bestselling art author Stephen Ellcock, illustrated with 100 incredible colour images from a diverse range of artists of different eras, exploring the enclosure of common land in England and the struggle over the centuries to regain access. IN 1600, 50% OF ENGLAND WAS COMMON LAND.IT'S NOW 3%.THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW THAT HAPPENED. This is a visual journey through the h...

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Report copyright infringementby Caroline Anjali Ritchie (Author)A compelling introduction to the life and work of William Blake, an exuberant and rebellious personality whose radical vision was deeply concerned with the social, religious, and political issues of his age William Blake (1757-1827) is renowned today for his eccentric imagination and distinctive style. His poems, prints, and paintings--inspired by the visions he claimed to see of angels and demons--reveal a free-thinking radica...

One Man's War Through Watercolors: The World War II Watercolor Collection of Ralph Ledesma

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Report copyright infringementby Rodney Liner (Author), Patricia Liner (Author)One Man's War through Watercolors is a powerful new book that brings together 60 dramatic paintings, each capturing a compelling story from World War II. Created by the late artist Ralph Ledesma during the war itself, these works remained hidden for nearly 80 years. Now, thanks to artist Patricia Liner and historian Rodney Liner, this extraordinary collection is finally being shared with the world.Ledesma's painting...

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Report copyright infringementby Carol Diehl (Author)There's more to Banksy than the painting on the wall: the first in-depth investigation into the mysteries of the world's most famous living artist. Banksy is the world's most famous living artist, yet no one knows who he is. For more than twenty years, his wryly political and darkly humorous spray paintings have appeared mysteriously on urban walls around the globe, generating headlines and controversy. Art critics disdain him, but the publi...

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Report copyright infringementby James Finch (Author)An indispensable introduction to the life and work of James McNeill Whistler, whose atmospheric paintings and aesthetic theories cemented his international reputation as one of the most influential artists of the modern age James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an irrepressible force in 19th-century art who swept aside convention and innovated in all aspects of his art and life. Both a combative public figure and the creator of paintings a...

Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War - Hardcover

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by Brandon R. Brown (Author)Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work was described by his close friend Albert Einstein as "the basis of all twentieth-century physics." But Planck's story is not well known, especially in the United States. A German physicist working during the first half of the twentieth century, his library, personal journals, notebooks, and letters were all destroyed with his home in World War II. What remains, other than his contributions...

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by Bernal Diaz del Castillo (Author), John M. Cohen (Translator), John M. Cohen (Introduction by)Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal D az del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the...

Slavery and the Making of America - Paperback

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by James Oliver Horton (Author), Lois E. Horton (Author)The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at American slavery, from the first Africans brought to British colonies in the e...

The First Americans Elementary Grades Teaching Guide, a History of Us - Paperback

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by Karen Edwards (Author)The teaching guides developed for Elementary schools were created to support 5th grade American history content standards and learning frameworks. They present lesson ideas for each chapter and also groups of chapters called Parts. Part activities help to set context for reading and present overview concepts for the chapters, as well as introduce timeline and map concepts to help frame understanding. Part summaries include project and activity ideas. Chapter lessons a...

Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice - Paperback

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by Catherine Bell (Author)Ritual studies today figures as a central element of religious discourse for many scholars around the world. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice, Catherine Bell's sweeping and seminal work on the subject, helped legitimize the field. In this volume, Bell re-examines the issues, methods, and ramifications of our interest in ritual by concentrating on anthropology, sociology, and the history of religions. Now with a new foreword by Diane Jonte-Pace, Bell's work is a must-re...

The History of Physics: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by J. L. Heilbron (Author)How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalized enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its concern with humankind's place in the universe to modern massive international projects that hunt down fundamental particles and industrial laboratories that manufacture marvels? This Very Short Introduction introduc...

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by Peter Hart (Author)One of the most famous battles in history, the WWI Gallipoli campaign began as a bold move by the British to capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings--which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from airplanes overhead--to the desperate attacks of early summer and the battle of attrition that followed, it was a tragic folly destined to fail from the start. Gallipoli forced the young Winston Churchill ...

No Small Courage: A History of Women in the United States - Paperback

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by Nancy F. Cott (Editor)Enriched by the wealth of new research into women's history, No Small Courage offers a lively chronicle of American experience, charting women's lives and experiences with fascinating immediacy from the precolonial era to the present. Individual stories and primary sources-including letters, diaries, and news reports-animate this history of the domestic, professional, and political efforts of American women. John Demos begins the book with a discussion of Native Ameri...

Leonardo's Salvator Mundi and the Collecting of Leonardo in the Stuart Courts - Hardcover

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by Martin Kemp (Author), Robert B. Simon (Author), Margaret Dalivalle (Author)The Salvator Mundi is the first Leonardo painting to be discovered for over a century. Following its re-emergence, it played a leading role in the landmark Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London in 2011, after which it was purchased by a Russian oligarch. In 2017 it was auctioned by Christie's in New York, fetching the world record price of $450m, and now forms part of the collection of Louvre Abu Dha...

The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Timothy Lim (Author)Since their discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have become an icon in popular culture that transcends their status as ancient Jewish manuscripts. Everyone has heard of the Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational claims, it can be difficult to separate the myths from the reality. In this Very Short introduction, Timothy Lim discusses the cultural significance of the finds, and the religious, political and legal controversies during th...

Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma in England, 1660-1834 - Hardcover

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by Kate Gibson (Author)Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma is the first full-length exploration of what it was like to be illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, a period of 'sexual revolution', unprecedented increase in illegitimate births, and intense debate over children's rights to state support. Using the words of illegitimate individuals and their families preserved in letters, diaries, poor relief, and court documents, this study reveals the impact of illegitimacy across the life cycl...

Nature Behind Barbed Wire: An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration - Paperback

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by Connie Y. Chiang (Author)The mass imprisonment of over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II was one of the most egregious violations of civil liberties in United States history. Removed from their homes on the temperate Pacific Coast, Japanese Americans spent the war years in desolate camps in the nation's interior. Photographers including Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange visually captured these camps in images that depicted the environment as a source of both hope and har...

The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights - Paperback

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by James W. Ely (Author)The Guardian of Every Other Right chronicles the pivotal role of property rights in fashioning the American constitutional order from the colonial era to the current controversies over eminent domain and land use controls. The book emphasizes the interplay of law, ideology, politics, and economic change in shaping constitutional thought and provides a historical perspective on the contemporary debate about property rights. Since publication of the original edition of t...