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Report copyright infringementby Paget Jackson Toynbee (Author)History of the Letters of Dante From the Fourteenth Century to the Present Day by Paget Jackson Toynbee offers a detailed account of the historical reception and study of Dante Alighieri's letters. Beginning with the earliest known references in the fourteenth century, the book traces the evolution of scholarly interest in Dante's correspondence through subsequent centuries. Toynbee meticulously examines the discovery, preservation...

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Report copyright infringementby Hermione Lee (Author)Hermione Lee is one of the leading literary biographers in the English-speaking world, the author of widely acclaimed lives of Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf. Now, in this Very Short Introduction, Lee provides a magnificent look at the genre in which she is an undisputed master--the art of biography. Here Lee considers the cultural and historical background of different types of biographies, looks at the factors that affect biographers, a...

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Report copyright infringementby Carol D. Doswell (Author)" Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." John 4:13-14 In the gospel of John, we meet the woman at the well. Now, I would like to introduce you to Carol Doswell, the real-life woman at the well. Carol was married five t...

I'm Doing It For You: Journey to Realizing that He Was There All the Time

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Report copyright infringementby Reginald Dancil (Author)This book exposes readers to the author's life both before and after having a heavenly vision, allowing readers to see the impact of this spiritual intervention. There is a little tragedy, comedy and drama in everyone's life, so the book includes bits of all of that in expressing it message. Ultimately, the book's objective is to inform the reader that no matter their offense, Jesus loves them and died so that they could live. It's impor...

Dateline: World-20 Dispatches from the Earth & One from Hell

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Report copyright infringementby Milton J. Nieuwsma (Author), Tom Stites (Foreword by)"A favorite shelf in my bookcase leads with By-Line: Ernest Hemingway, a compendium of journalism the great novelist wrote to support himself as he worked on his fiction. Right next to it is Ernie's War, dispatches by Ernie Pyle, the most famous of World War II correspondents. Milton Nieuwsma's fine volume joins this shelf of honor." -From the foreword by Tom Stites, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editor/jou...

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Report copyright infringementby Walter Cunningham (Author)EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The All-American Boys* is a no-holds-barred candid memoir by a former Marine jet jockey and physicist who became NASA's second civilian astronaut. Walter Cunningham presents the astronauts in all their glory in this dramatically revised and updated edition that was considered an instant classic in its first edition over two decades ago. From its insider's view of the pervasive "astropolitics" that guided the function...

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Report copyright infringementby Patty D. Rickman (Author)A Safe Space to Land is not just a book.This is where silence ends-and your voice begins. A lighthouse for survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault-especially for those who were silenced, made to question their reality, or pushed to surrender their voice to power, control, and fear. If you are holding this, you are not alone. Inside these pages is what so many were never given: language for trauma b...

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer T. Roberts (Author)Hailed by Cicero as "the father of history," Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a traveler who was both tourist and anthropologist. Like Homer, he set out to memorialize great deeds in words, in particular, the wars between Greece and Persia. In his hands, the Greeks' unforeseeable defeat of the Persian kings Darius and Xerxes with their vast hosts made for fascinating storytelling. Influenced by the work...

My Daddy's Promise: Lessons Learned Through Caregiving

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Report copyright infringementby Carl W. Kenney (Author)One night, Carl W. Kenney II received a phone call that forced a decision. A neighbor found his father naked and unconscious on the bathroom floor. If not for the neighbor dropping by to check on his daddy, he would have died. It was not the first time. It was difficult for his daddy to manage life alone. This time was different. It was time to make a decision to become his father's caregiver.My Daddy's Promises: Lessons Learned Through C...

Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others

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Report copyright infringementby Stacy Horn (Author)For Stacy Horn, regardless of what is going on in the world or her life, singing in an amateur choir-the Choral Society of Grace Church in New York-never fails to take her to a place where hope reigns and everything good is possible. She's not particularly religious, and her voice is not exceptional (so she says), but like the 32.5 million other chorus members throughout this country, singing makes her happy. Horn brings us along as she sings...

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Howell (Author)Like the tagline says, this is "the mad misadventures of two English lads crossing America as the Rolling Stones." The rapscallions in the delightful novel find posing as famous rockers was an aphrodisiac to midwestern girl on their cross-country journey ... until facts of their impersonation catches up with them. But there is a prize waiting at the end of this pilgrimage: a slender blonde living in a treehouse. "Mark Howell is a gifted stor...

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Report copyright infringementby Rodney Thomas (Author)Rodney Thomas a man of many trials and struggles, but whom has over came them, with a power that's unbelievable to heares that is reading this autobiography. Number of Pages: 184 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 29, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Ferdinand Lundberg (Author) In the late 1930s bombshell of a book appeared which told the story of the lords of wealth and their glittering clans. It was called AMERICA'S SIXTY FAMILIES. It rocked the nation and became a classic. Lundberg showed how America was ruled by a plutocracy of inherited wealth, even under the New Deal. At the time he could only provide a sampling of the economic and political patterns of those families, which, for one reason or another...

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Report copyright infringementby John A. Kerner (Author)Editorial Reviews From Booklist Called to active duty late in 1943, University of California-San Francisco surgical resident Kerner went to England with the Thirty-fifth Infantry Division in May 1944. Landing in Normandy shortly after D-Day, he was involved in combat for 264 days in France, the Low Countries, and Germany. He glorifies neither himself nor the military but, describing much individual and small-group heroism, shows how hard-...

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Report copyright infringementby Maria Terrone (Author)Literary Nonfiction. Essays. Italian Studies. I love this collection of essays by Maria Terrone, an exceptionally talented woman of Italian American ancestry who grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, with maternal roots firmly established, as she shows us, in Sicily's long history. Subtly crafted, witty, honest, it brings to life a New York one instantly recognizes. Her New York is an international city, ranging from the factories of Long Is...

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Report copyright infringementby Lyle Hugh Munson (Author)""Who Will Volunteer? The Quemoy Story In Pictures"" is a book by Lyle Hugh Munson that tells the story of the Quemoy crisis through photographs. The Quemoy crisis was a series of military confrontations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the late 1950s. The book features photographs taken by military photographers and journalists during the crisis, including images of soldiers, civilians, and t...

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Report copyright infringementby Colleen Kinder (Editor)"Beautiful. The human condition is on full display in these glimpses of our essential connectedness. Perfect for our times." --Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance Sixty-five extraordinary writers grapple with this mystery: How can an ephemeral encounter with a stranger leave such an eternal mark? When Colleen Kinder put out a call for authors to write a letter to a stranger about an unforgettable encounter, she opened the floodgates. T...

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Report copyright infringementby John W. Thill (Author)"This treasury will instantly win over readers of romance novels with its outspoken candor and swooning sentiments. A captivating, immensely fond tribute to a true love affair from another place and time."-Kirkus Reviews An inspiring true story told through recovered letters-a young couple chronicles their cross-country journey of falling in love and making their dreams come true. In September 1925, young Ray Wilcox stepped off a train in ...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Arnold (Author)Gone Rogue is a riveting narrative that unravels a web of financial fraud, political manipulation, and personal sacrifice. Written by Michael Arnold, this compelling nonfiction work blends real-life events with dramatic storytelling to explore the high stakes of integrity, accountability, and the price of exposing corruption.The story follows Marcus, a former compliance professional in the global financial sector, who seeks a quieter life...

Thinking With the Wrong Head: The Misadventures of a Certified Idiot

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Report copyright infringementby Liam Peters (Author)Do you have sexually humiliating stories where you would rather die in a horrific way than share? You know, the ones that would make your parents immediately disown you or wish they had used contraceptives. Well, Liam has dozens. And he spills ALL of his dirty tea, so you don't have to. He doesn't leave a drop in his mug.Simply put, he has lived in a spiral of continuous fuckups. And no subject for Liam is considered too embarrassing, shocki...

The Namesake, the Biography of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

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Report copyright infringementby Robert W. Walker (Author)Except for Douglas MacArthur, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is the most decorated soldier in American history, having earned his Congressional Medal of Honor and every other medal offered by the United States to the foot soldier for combat heroism. As a young man, he wanted to have a career in the military, but his father, President Theodore Roosevelt, discouraged this. Ted went to Harvard, and dreamed of one day following his father into the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Josh Coleman (Author)When grief becomes a journey of endurance rather than recoveryIn June of 2022, Josh Coleman's world shattered when his wife Erin, his partner of twenty years, his best friend, and the love of his life, died from injuries sustained in a tragic car accident. In an instant, the future they'd carefully built together vanished, leaving Josh to navigate a landscape he never imagined walking alone.Society tells you to "move on" and "find closure."...

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Report copyright infringementby Wallace Daniel (Author)In this powerful memoir, the bestselling author of Big Fish tries to come to terms with the life and death of his multi-talented longtime friend and brother-in-law, who had been his biggest hero and inspiration, in a poignant, lyrical, and moving memoir. If we're lucky, we all encounter at least one person whose life elevates and inspires our own. For Daniel Wallace, that was his longtime friend and brother-in-law, William Nealy. Seeming...

Steam Lion: A Biography of Samuel Cunard

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Report copyright infringementby John G. Langley (Author)The summer of 1840, and Boston Harbor is thrumming with politicians, business people, civic leaders, members of the judiciary, and the public. The city is ready for a celebration, and its citizens are waiting impatiently for the arrival of a new age. The elegant Britannia finally enters the harbor loaded with mail from England ushering in the Age of Steam to the Atlantic. This event crystallizes Samuel Cunard's vision and the world will...

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Report copyright infringementby Dmytro Stus (Author), Ludmila Bachurina (Translator), Tetiana Shcherbachenko (Editor)Nobody knows how to explain the mystery of fame. Many once well-known people who spent much of their lives at the core of historic events have fallen into oblivion since. The brilliant East Ukrainian poet and Soviet-era dissident Vasyl Stus (1938-85) became renowned only after his reburial in late Soviet Ukraine in 1989. What are the reasons for the widespread admiration for hi...

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Report copyright infringementby Polina Eisenberg (Author)Bad Decade is Polina's story: a messy, aching, and brutally honest journey through growing up when the world never felt built for you. After leaving Russia, she's thrown into a new country, a new language, a new version of herself that never quite fits. What starts as loneliness turns into something darker; nights that blur together, bad choices that feel like relief, and a mind that won't stop pulling her under. But this isn't just a s...

Someone Else's Jack: True Stories of Grit, Gumption and Gambles that Transformed America

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Report copyright infringementby Don Booher (Author), Don Booher If only a believer would scratch my back, someone else's jack is all I lack. I can hit pay dirt with someone else's stash, maybe a dear spinster or crass gambler with cash?Someone Else's Jack is the third installment in Don's three-volume San Juans treasure hunt. Developing a bonanza silver mine would require not only high-grade ore, it would require attracting someone else's jack (money that is). If complex geology was not worri...

Even the Darkest Night: A Father's Journey of Hope and Healing from Paternal Depression

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher G. MD Choukalas (Author)Offering hope and illumination, the bone-raw story of a father's failure to bond with his infant twin daughters, and his journey through paternal depression--an often undiagnosed condition that affects millions of new fathers. After a traumatic birth nearly claimed his wife's life, anesthesiologist and intensive care physician Christopher Choukalas should have felt grateful. His twin daughters were healthy, his wife had survi...

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Report copyright infringementby Preveena Hill (Author)One woman's journey from heartbreak to healing, from silence to strength.Born amid the tranquil beauty of Fiji's islands, a young girl's life is shaped by hardship, abandonment, and resilience. From a childhood marked by duty instead of play to a womanhood tested by love, loss, and betrayal, her story unfolds with raw honesty and grace. Through broken marriages, motherhood, and reinvention, she learns that every ending carries within it a ...

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Report copyright infringementby Caroline Ticknor (Author)"May Alcott" by Caroline Ticknor provides an intimate and detailed look at the life of Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, the youngest sister of the celebrated author Louisa May Alcott. Known to the world as the inspiration for the character of Amy March in "Little Women", May Alcott was a gifted artist and a determined woman who forged her own path in the 19th-century art world.Through personal letters and family records, Ticknor explores Ma...

God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Kelly (Author)Finalist, New England Book Awards "Vivid." --The Wall Street Journal "A dazzling addition to the history of the American Revolution." ―Kirkus Review (starred)"Finally... a full and fascinating portrait of a true hero of the American Revolution, until he was visited by villainy. A riveting read." ―Tom Clavin, New York Times bestselling author of Follow Me to HellBenedict Arnold committed treason-- for more than two centuries, that's all that m...

Ida McKinley: The Turn-of-the-Century First Lady Through War, Assassination, and Secret Disability

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Report copyright infringementby Carl Sferrazza Anthony (Author)Published in cooperation with The National First Ladies Library This is the first full-length biography of Ida Saxton McKinley (1847- 1907), the wife of William McKinley, president of the United States from 1897 to his assassination in 1901. Long demeaned by history because she suffered from epilepsy--which the society of her era mistakenly believed to border on mental illness--Ida McKinley was an exceptional woman who exerted a ...