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Kjv, Sovereign Collection Bible, Personal Size, Leathersoft, Purple, Thumb Indexed, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version - Imitation Leather

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by Thomas Nelson (Author)This beautiful Bible edition honors the legacy of the King James Version Bible in a convenient portable size with essential study tools and traditional red-letter text for the Words of Christ. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most readable at any size.The Sovereign Collection continues Thomas Nelson's long history and stewardship publishing Bibles. King James Sovereign Collection edit...

Honey, the Dog Who Saved Abe Lincoln - Paperback

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by Shari Swanson (Author), Chuck Groenink (Illustrator)Based on a little-known tale from Abraham Lincoln's childhood, this charming picture book written by debut author Shari Swanson and illustrated by acclaimed artist Chuck Groenink tells a classic story of a boy, his dog, and a daring rescue.Deeply researched and charmingly told, this is the true story of one extra-special childhood rescue--a dog named Honey.Long before Abraham Lincoln led the nation or signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps - Paperback

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by V. H. Krulak (Author)Required Reading - Marine Corps Professional Reading Program In this riveting insider's chronicle, legendary Marine General "Brute" Krulak submits an unprecedented examination of U.S. Marines--their fights on the battlefield and off, their extraordinary esprit de corps. Deftly blending history with autobiography, action with analysis, and separating fact from fable, General Krulak touches the very essence of the Corps: what it means to be a Marine and the reason behind...

B Is for Big Sky Country: A Montana Alphabet - Hardcover

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by Sneed B. Collard (Author), Joanna Yardley (Illustrator)The sky in Montana somehow seems bigger, bluer, and more spectacular than in any other state. Author Sneed B. Collard, III writes, it's simply because our sky stretches over such an abundance of beauty. In B is for Big Sky Country readers will find out where the Going-to-the-Sun Road really takes you and what city the copper capitol dome calls home. Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.41 x 9.33 x 11.38 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Dat...

History Year by Year: The History of the World, from the Stone Age to the Digital Age - Hardcover

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by DK (Author)Get to grips with history like never before as you travel through the ages in this history encyclopedia for children that stretches from prehistoric times to modern day. Introducing an updated volume of History Year by Year - a timeline of world history that joins the dots of history by putting key historic events across the world on one timeline for children, including everything from prehistoric people, to world wars, humans on the moon, and so much more! Every page is jam-pac...

Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization - Paperback

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by Graham Hancock (Author)Could the story of mankind be far older than we have previously believed? Using tools as varied as archaeo-astronomy, geology, and computer analysis of ancient myths, Graham Hancock presents a compelling case to suggest that it is. Graham Hancock is featured in Ancient Apocalypse, a Netflix original docuseries."A fancy piece of historical sleuthing . . . intriguing and entertaining and sturdy enough to give a long pause for thought."--Kirkus Reviews In Fingerprints o...

The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice - Paperback

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by Wendy Pfeffer (Author), Jesse Reisch (Illustrator)The science, history, and cultural significance of the shortest day of the year: The Winter Solstice! The beginning of winter is marked by the solstice, the shortest day of the year. Long ago, people grew afraid when each day had fewer hours of sunshine than the day before. Over time, they realized that one day each year the sun started moving toward them again. In lyrical prose and cozy illustrations, this book explains what the winter sol...

Relaxation Studies In The Muscular Discriminations Required For Touch, Agility And Expression In Pianoforte Playing

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Report copyright infringementby Tobias Matthay (Author)"Relaxation Studies" is a 1908 work by English pianist Tobias Matthay. It concentrates on some of the fundamental aspects of playing the piano, namely fingering techniques and muscular training, making it suitable for beginners and those looking to hone their existing skills. This volume is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in learning the piano, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. Cont...

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Report copyright infringementby E. J. Glave (Author)Fetishism In Congo Land is a book written by E. J. Glave that examines the practice of fetishism in the Congo region of Africa. The book provides a detailed exploration of the religious beliefs and practices of the people in this region, including their use of fetishes, charms, and other objects believed to have supernatural powers. Glave also discusses the role of fetishism in the social and political structures of the region, and how it ha...

Numerology, Its Facts and Secrets; Vocations, Personality Keys - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Ariel Yvon Taylor (Author), Warren William 1879- Joint Settles (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars b...

The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora

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Report copyright infringementby Elena Sheppard (Author)"Spellbinding." --Booklist, starred review - "A must-read." --Library Journal "Poetic." --Emma Straub - "This is writing as spell-casting and archival longing." --Leslie Jamison A memoir of the Cuban diaspora that follows one family's exile from the island, through a lyrical exploration of memory, cultural mythology, and the history of Cuban-American relations. History is undeniably dominated by its men, but the stories Elena Sheppard was...

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Report copyright infringementby Elaine Culbertson (Author)In Mamaleh: A Legacy of Loss and Love, Elaine Culbertson has created a new kind of Holocaust survivor story. It is a memoir that combines both her mother, Dora Freilich's, personal recollections of her life as a survivor as well as her own reflections on growing up in a family that had experienced the trauma of the Holocaust. Dora's survival of two full years in Auschwitz was indeed a miracle, but her beautifully expressed memories of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Plestia Alaqad (Author)North American edition with an exclusive afterword and photographs In early October 2023, Palestinian Plestia Alaqad was a recent university graduate dreaming of a career as a journalist. But by the end of November, her homeland was unrecognizable--and she was broadcasting videos of violence and destruction to millions online, known across the world as "The Eyes of Gaza." A series of diary extracts from the weeks following October 7, Th...

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Janovitz (Author), Greg Hawkes (Foreword by)New York Times bestselling author Bill Janovitz delivers the definitive story of The Cars, one of the most popular, beloved, and influential bands to emerge from New Wave--with a foreword by Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes. The Cars formed in the late 1970s as an alliance of five journeymen musicians with roots in Maryland, Ohio, New York, and New England. They had each performed in a series of bands before finding...

Jerry Bird: The Making of a Skydiving Legend

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Report copyright infringementby Linda Collison (Editor), Jerry Bird (Created by), Sam Alexander (Created by)Jerry Bird became the 20th century's most widely recognized skydiver during the evolution of sport skydiving in America. This book is a compilation of writings by many who knew and flew with Bird, and by Jerry himself-a skydiving life-and-times of Jerry Bird from 1963 into the 21st century. At the heart of the book are inclusions of Jerry's own oral storytelling transcribed in his inimi...

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Report copyright infringementby Werner Herzog (Author), Michael Hofmann (Translator)From legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog, a compact, effervescent, and deeply personal exploration of art, philosophy, and history that unravels one of our most elusive and contested questions: What is truth--and how to find it in our "post-truth" era? For over half a century, Werner Herzog has challenged, enriched, and expanded our understanding of the truth. His films and books have mixed fiction an...

The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America

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Report copyright infringementby Aaron Robertson (Author)One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2024One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History Finalist for the Zora Award A New York Public Library Top Ten Book of 2024 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024A New Republic Best Book of the Fall A Time Must-Read Book of the YearA 2025 Michigan Notable Book A Booklist Best History Book of 2025Named a Best Book of the...

Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Graves (Author)"A devastating, passionate takedown of Chief Justice John Roberts's Supreme Court by a Washington insider." --Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money In the last twenty years the US Supreme Court has radically curtailed voting rights, undermined anti-corruption measures, encouraged extreme political gerrymandering, restricted the regulation of guns, and obliterated the constitutional right to control one's reproductive choices. This transformation...

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Report copyright infringementby James Romm (Author)The tragic story of ancient Greece's last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination In the spring of 340 BCE, news arrived that Philip of Macedon had seized a town in central Greece, a base from which he could march on Athens. In the fierce debates about how to respond to the rising threat in the north, Demosthenes, the greatest orator of his day, convinced the Athenian Assembly to confront Philip on th...

The History of World War II: A Graphic Novel Retelling of the 20th Century's Defining War

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Report copyright infringementby Arnaud de la Croix (Author), Vicente Cifuentes (Illustrator)A gripping and lushly illustrated graphic novel on World War II that looks through the eyes of major players such as Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt In 20 captivating chapters, interspersed with informative chapter openers as well as a bibliography for further reading, The History of World War II unravels the complex dynamics of the conflict that transformed...

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Report copyright infringementby G. Edward White (Author)Author BiographyG. Edward White is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and the author of twenty books and numerous articles on law and legal history, including the three-volume Law in American History and Oliver Wendell Holmes: Sage of the Supreme Court. Number of Pages: 408 Dimensions: 1.5 x 8.9 x 6.4 IN Publication Date: October 01, 2025 ...

Ghosts of the Farm: Two Women's Journeys Through Time, Land and Community

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Report copyright infringementby Nicola Chester (Author)From the Wainwright Nature Prize Highly Commended author Nicola Chester, a rural narrative between two women in two different eras who both wanted to become farmers. "Nicola Chester will come to be seen as a Nan Shepherd of our time."--Nick Acheson, author of The Meaning of Geese This is the story of Miss White, a woman who lived in the author's village 80 years ago, a pioneer who realised her ambition to become a farmer during the Second...

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Report copyright infringementby Craig Brown (Author)A BEST BOOK OF THE YEARThe Telegraph (Top 10) - The Washington Post - The Guardian - The Times (London) Independent (London) - Vox - New Statesman Virginia Woolf compared her to a caterpillar; Anne Frank kept pictures of her on the wall of the Secret Annex; Jimi Hendrix played her tune; Haile Selassie gave her a gold tiara; Dirk Bogarde watched Death in Venice with her; Andy Warhol envied her fame; Donald Trump offended her; E. M. Forster co...

The Remarkable Madame Pandit: Champion of India, Citizen of the World

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Report copyright infringementby Manu Bhagavan (Author)A pioneering politician and diplomat, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990) was an Indian icon, admired worldwide for her brilliance and glamour. Eleanor Roosevelt called her "the most remarkable woman" she had ever met. Madame Pandit, as she was widely known, moved in elite global circles even as she worked to improve the lives of millions. She traded quips with Winston Churchill, worked alongside Albert Einstein, and was detained for the att...

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Report copyright infringementby Christine Willis (Author) Hayawo Kiyama was born in 1936 and grew up in Japan during the second world war. His autobiography, transcribed and edited by Christine Willis, captures the life and culture of that place and time as well as his and his family's suffering during the war. He learns to fish to help feed his family, and studies martial arts. There was great poverty and deprivation, and eventually the shock to the whole nation as well as his community and ...

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...