A TO Z OF TRUE CRIME VOL 4: 32 MOST RECENT SOLVED/COLD CASES: SHOCKING HORRIFYING CRIMES (A TO Z CRIMES) by SHANTI LYN OXLADE Price verified 10 hours ago

"The A to Z of True Crime" is an enthralling collection of murder stories that offers a comprehensive exploration of some of the most chilling and perplexing criminal cases in history. What sets this series apart is that it features contributions from a diverse ensemble of over five accomplished authors, each renowned for their expertise in the true crime genre. This anthology delves deep into the annals of criminal history, presenting readers with a curated selection of cases from A to Z, each one offering a unique and gripping ...

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A TO Z OF TRUE CRIME VOL 8: MOST RECENT SOLVED/COLD CASES IN CANADA: SINISTER CRIMES IN THE STATES OF AMERICA (A TO Z CRIMES) by SHANTI LYN OXLADE (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

"The A to Z of True Crime" is an enthralling collection of murder stories that offers a comprehensive exploration of some of the most chilling and perplexing criminal cases in history. What sets this series apart is that it features contributions from a diverse ensemble of over five accomplished authors, each renowned for their expertise in the true crime genre. This anthology delves deep into the annals of criminal history, presenting readers with a curated selection of cases from A to Z, each one offering a unique and gripping ...

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The Life I’ve Lived: My Life’s Journey And Battle With Parkinson’s: One Man’s Stories of Acceptance, Courage, Love and Laughter by Daniel Derlein (7 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

A compilation of short stories of experiences from my days growing up in Wisconsin, my 20 years of service in the Air Force, and my diagnosis of Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease at the age of 36.

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Sebastian Bach by Reginald Lane Poole (2 Reviews)    Price verified 38 minutes ago

Reginald Lane Poole's 'Sebastian Bach' is a compelling biographical work that delves into the life and career of the renowned composer. Poole's meticulous research and eloquent prose offer readers a vivid depiction of Bach's musical legacy and personal struggles, making this book a valuable resource for both scholars and music enthusiasts alike. Set against the backdrop of the Baroque era, Poole's narrative style seamlessly weaves together historical context with detailed analyses of Bach's compositions, providing a comprehensive ...

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Pompey the Great: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary Roman General Who Lost the Civil War to Julius Caesar by Charles River Editors Price verified 7 hours ago

Possibly the most important man of antiquity, and even all of history, was Julius Caesar. Alexander Hamilton, the famous American patriot, once remarked that "the greatest man who ever lived was Julius Caesar". Such a tribute, coming from one of the Founding Fathers of the quintessential modern democracy in reference to a man who destroyed the Roman Republic, is testament to the enduring mark that Caesar left upon the world. The ultimate conqueror, statesman, dictator, visionary, and opportunist, during his time in power Caesar ...

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The 21 Wives of Goel Ratzon: True Crime Story by Hadas Cohen (6 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Submission, faith, and devious lust - Inside the polygamous cult that shocked the world. In January 2010, a large police force blocked several narrow streets of a South Tel Aviv neighborhood, converging on a sprawling multifamily home enclosed by 5-foot walls. As curious neighbors peered through their shut blinds, a SWAT team stormed the property and emerged with their target: an enigmatic 59-year-old guru, Goel Ratzon. But who was this man, claiming to possess every masculine trait a woman could desire, dozens of wives and over a ...

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Omnipotent: Don't Ask, Don't Tell by William Dorsch (Independently Published by William Dorsch) (19 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

We expect that criminals will lie but not the police. Bill Dorsch a retired Chicago homicide detective understood that people when accused of committing crimes, especially in homicide cases, would make conscious decisions to lie when questioned. He hated being lied to but his task as an investigator was to discover the truth no matter where it would take him. He worked hard to gather evidence and testimony from individuals that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrator. The accumulation of his work was always focused on the ...

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Left-Side Lie: Surviving Narcissistic Abuse and Federal Fraud Discovery by Dee Ashby (56 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

What if Prince Charming was a predator? Debut author Dee Ashby and her former husband Ty said their "I dos" on a sunny, Texas Hill Country afternoon in April 2015. Dee was head-over-heels in love with her tall, handsome, athletic G.I. Joe and could not wait to spend the rest of her life with this perfect-in-every-way man. Less than six months into their fairytale marriage, Ty developed some debilitating medical conditions, the result of injuries sustained during combat missions abroad. The most devastating complication was full ...

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Incredible Spy Stories of WWII: 9 Women who helped Win the War - Book 3 (Women Spies) by Nel Mead (9 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Incredible War Stories of WWII brings you the astonishing tales of nine heroic women, told like never before! This action-packed book collects gripping accounts female spies' sacrifices and acts of bravery, along with some of their secrets! Are you familiar with Sonya Butt, the young Special Operations Executive agent, and the obstacles she had to overcome? Have you heard the story of Odette Sansom's bravery? Discover the impact of these two secret agents and other WWII unsung heroines in this book that will surely captivate history ...

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I've Never Been to France: She/Her by Sara George (2 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

Lauren's life story is a raw and gripping journey through the darker side of human experience. With the false freedom of quick cash and the harsh reality of hitting rock bottom, Lauren's quest for independence and survival is both intense and inspiring. When adversity strikes, she reaches out for help but encounters predators at every turn, each encounter shaping her understanding of herself and the world. Reflecting on her troubled childhood in a small town, Lauren's narrative captures the delicate balance between innocence and ...

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Finally Worthy: Subconscious Money Healing from the Inside Out by Heather Doran (4 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

Finally Worthy: A Journey to Financial Empowerment and Self-Discovery In a world increasingly focused on self-worth and value, Finally Worthy emerges as a refreshing narrative about defining your own worth. Authored by Heather Doran, this book is more than a memoir; it is a deep dive into the interplay between financial empowerment, self-esteem, and the core beliefs that shape our sense of worthiness. Finally Worthy is Heather Doran's open-hearted journey through the challenges, epiphanies, and victories that have led her to an ...

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From Dreams To Despair: Essays from an American 2016-2023 by William Lobb (1 Review)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

A collection of blogs and posts from 2016 to present. A lot or readers have requested a compilation, this is the result.

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Just My Luck: A Humorous Account of Life's Absurdities by Kyle Woodruff (2 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Being a human has many painful and embarrassing moments, many of which are funny with the right twist of perspective. Just My Luck nimbly walks the tightrope of comedy and political correctness with a collection of essays that turns frowns right side up again. Observational humor and self-deprecation are the foundation of these stories, relatable at every turn. If you've ever had a childhood, taken a dump, or been to the DMV then this book is for you. Just be prepared to never look at getting your blood drawn the same way again.

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Grandfather Lost by Vella Munn (1 Review)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

Violent death mystery lasts for one hundred years In 1924, Homer Eon Flint, a thirty six year old multi-published writer and married father of three young children was found dead at the bottom of a canyon. According to a witness and the police, he was pinned under a taxi with a loaded pistol nearby. The media sensationalized his violent end. Some sources suggested he'd participated in an earlier bank robbery. Several friends even considered that he'd committed suicide because of his interest in the occult. The taxi driver--who died ...

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Unbuttoning America: A Biography of "Peyton Place" by Ardis Cameron (Cornell University Press) (15 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

Published in 1956, Peyton Place became a bestseller and a literary phenomenon. A lurid and gripping story of murder, incest, female desire, and social injustice, it was consumed as avidly by readers as it was condemned by critics and the clergy. Its author, Grace Metalious, a housewife who grew up in poverty in a New Hampshire mill town and had aspired to be a writer from childhood, loosely based the novel's setting, characters, and incidents on real-life places, people, and events. The novel sold more than 30 million copies in ...

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Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Elbert Hubbard (6 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Richard Owen: Scotland 1810, Indiana 1890 (The Founders Series) by Victor Lincoln Albjerg (Purdue University Press) Price verified 13 hours ago

Richard Dale Owen was born in 1810 in Scotland to a wealthy textile manufacturer and philanthropist. The youngest of eight children, Richard grew up at the family estate of Braxfield House, where he received his early education from private tutors. He would later go on to study chemistry, physics, and natural sciences, among other subjects, traveling between Scotland and Switzerland for his schooling. Owen arrived in the United States in 1828 to teach in New Haven, Indiana, where his father was running an experimental utopian ...

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The Hovde Years: A Biography of Frederick L. Hovde (The Founders Series) by Robert W. Topping (Purdue University Press) Price verified 13 hours ago

This biography details Hovde's life and times from his birth at Erie, Pennsylvania, through his boyhood at Devils Lake, North Dakota, and includes his student days at the University of Minnesota and in England and Europe as a Rhodes scholar. In addition, it outlines his career from the time he returned to the United States from England in 1932, as well as when he went back again in 1941 as the United States secretary for American-British scientific research and development exchange efforts. Principally, it covers his twenty-five ...

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Edward Charles Elliott, Educator (The Founders Series) by Frank K. Burrin (Purdue University Press) Price verified 11 hours ago

A study of the 50-year career of Edward Charles Elliott is a study of the development of American education. Elliott had experience as a high school and college teacher, school system superintendent, state college system chancellor, and president of a Big Ten university, all during a period of change in American attitudes toward public schooling and rapid growth in education institutions. As president of Purdue University from 1922 to 1945, Elliott steered the school through years of expansion in size, prestige, and service. Student ...

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The Dean: A Biography of A.A. Potter (The Founders Series) by Robert B. Eckles (Purdue University Press) Price verified 11 hours ago

More than 20,000 engineering students at Purdue University have been touched in some way by the ides or the warm personality of Andrey A. Potter, who served for 33 years as dean of the Schools of Engineering at Purdue, the world's largest engineering institution. Awarded the honorary title of "Dean of the Deans of Engineering Universities" in 1949 by his alma mater, MIT, Potter has been a teacher for 48 years and a dean for 40. Among his thousands of colleagues at Kansas State, Purdue, and the professional societies he has headed, he ...

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Rafi Ahmed Kidwai: BRIDGING REGION and nation : a political biography by RATHIN BISWAS (Notion Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

"Pandit Ko bhi Salam hai aur maulvi ko bhi, mazhab na chahiye mujhe imaan chahiye." - Akbar Allahabadi "Rafi Ahmed Kidwai: Bridging Region and Nation" is a political biography of a congressman from Uttar Pradesh to whom nothing mattered but Indian freedom. During pre-partitioned days when greatest of the Muslims queued to Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his Pakistan movement, he stood his guns with resolute firmness. He was Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's closest colleague, India's first communication Minister and was one of the two Muslims in the ...

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Babysitter: An American History by Miriam Forman-Brunell (NYU Press) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

On Friday nights many parents want to have a little fun together -- without the kids. But "getting a sitter" -- especially a dependable one -- rarely seems trouble-free. Will the kids be safe with "that girl"? It's a question that discomfited parents have been asking ever since the emergence of the modern American teenage girl nearly a century ago. In Babysitter, Miriam Forman-Brunell brings critical attention to the ubiquitous, yet long-overlooked babysitter in the popular imagination and American history. Informed by her research ...

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The Essential Agus: The Writings of Jacob B. Agus by Steven T. Katz (NYU Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

Rabbi Jacob Agus' (1911-1986) intellectual production spanned nearly a half century and covered an enormous historical and conceptual range, from the biblical to the modern era. Best known as an important Jewish scholar, he also held important rabbinic, teaching, and public positions. Although born and raised within an orthodox setting, Agus was strongly influenced by American liberalism and his work displayed modernizing sympathies, reservations about nationalism--including some forms of Zionism--and often severe criticisms of ...

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Reflections: The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France (The History of Disability Book 5) by Therese-Adèle Husson (NYU Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure. Reflections is one of the earliest ...

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God's Good Works: Stories to Treasure and Tales to Ponder by Lorilyn Roberts (Rear Guard Publishing, Inc.) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

God's Good Works: Stories to Treasure and Tales to Ponder is a heartfelt faith-based collection of anecdotes and insightful lessons drawn from everyday experiences. It also examines the current American and global political climates through the lens of biblical eschatology. Beginning in 2020, the battle between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Darkness exploded with Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, and the January 6, 2021 "Capitol insurrection." Could we be living in the final days before the coming New World Order and the rapture ...

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Borden of Yale: The Life and Legacy of William Borden - No Reserve, No Retreat, No Regrets by Mrs. Howard Taylor (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

The Inspiring Life and Legacy of William Borden, a Man of Unwavering Faith and Profound Impact William Borden was extraordinary in almost every sense. Born into wealth and privilege, he could have chosen to live a life of luxury and ease. Instead, he surrendered it all for a life of service to Christ. "Borden of Yale" is the riveting account of a man who exemplified what it means to be fully committed to God. Raised in Moody Church in Chicago and educated at both Yale and Princeton, Borden first felt the missionary call during a ...

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Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland (Pirate Chronicles Book 1) by History Nerds (33 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

The name Grace O'Malley stands forever as a sign and symbol that even in repressive times no one can be held back that chooses their destiny. A Pirate, a wife, a mother, and a fearsome warrior, Grace carved her name in the annuls of history standing up to Lords, ladies, and even Queen Elizabeth as she refused to bow the knee to someone she called "an equal". A strong woman in a day where men sought to ignore them, a Pirate who fought better than many men, and a fearsome warrior who is quoted in the middle of a battle as having ...

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Making Peace in an Age of War: Emperor Ferdinand III (1608–1657) (Central European Studies) by Mark Hengerer (Purdue University Press) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This English-language translation of Mark Hengerer's Kaiser Ferdinand III: 1608-1657 Eine Biographie is based on an analysis of the weekly reports sent by the papal nuncio's office to the Vatican. These reports give detailed information about the daily whereabouts of the dynasty, courtiers, and foreign visitors, and they contain the gossip of the court in addition to weekly analysis of some political problems. This material enabled the author to report on daily life of the dynasty and to analyze the circumstances under which policy ...

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American Men of Action by Burton Egbert Stevenson (7 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Eva and Otto: Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler by Tom Pfister (Purdue University Press) (22 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Eva and Otto is a true story about German opposition and resistance to Hitler as revealed through the early lives of Eva Lewinski Pfister (1910-1991) and Otto Pfister (1900-1985). It is an intimate and epic account of two Germans -- Eva born Jewish, Otto born Catholic -- who worked with a little-known German political group that resisted and fought against Hitler in Germany before 1933 and then in exile in Paris before the German invasion of France in May 1940. After their improbable escapes from separate internment and imprisonment ...

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Ike's Letters to a Friend, 1941-1958 by Robert W. Griffith (University Press of Kansas) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

"Swede Hazlett was one of the people to whom I 'opened up.'" -- Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower and E. E. ("Swede") Hazlett grew up together in Abilene, Kansas, and remained close, corresponding regularly from 1941 until Hazlett's death in 1958. The letters collected in this volume, many of them surprisingly revealing, contain Eisenhower's views on a wide range of diplomatic, military, and political issues. Taken together they constitute a remarkable inner history of Eisenhower's public career. Robert Griffith's ...

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Meet the Man from Hobbtown by Dennis R Smith (17 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

In Dennis' words: "Meet the Man from Hobbtown is a record of my life, written now when, at the present date, I am eighty-eight years old. After being asked many times by my two daughters, Pamela (Smith) Hill, of Portland, Oregon, and Angela Smith, of Springfield, Missouri, I have finally yielded to their wishes and put in print a great part of my life. I have not done this for any financial benefit, but I hope that my entire family will appreciate this history, which has its start in the year I was born, December 11, 1929." The ...

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Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel by John F. Sears (Purdue University Press) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Refuge Must Be Given details the evolution of Eleanor Roosevelt from someone who harbored negative impressions of Jews to become a leading Gentile champion of Israel in the United States. The book explores, for the first time, Roosevelt's partnership with the Quaker leader Clarence Pickett in seeking to admit more refugees into the United States, and her relationship with Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, who was sympathetic to the victims of Nazi persecution yet defended a visa process that failed both Jewish and non-Jewish ...

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My Life: A Story of God's Grace by Roger Mohrlang (12 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

This is the story of a small-town Nebraska boy whose life was transformed by his conversion to Christ and his study of scripture during his college years as a physics student. In a most unlikely way, he went on to become a missionary Bible translator, living in a mud hut among the Kamw? people in northeastern Nigeria, and then a professor of biblical studies at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. But this is really the fascinating story of God's grace, leading and providing for him over the past sixty years of his ...

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Rowland Hill: His Life, Anecdotes, and Pulpit Sayings by Vernon J. Charlesworth (Aneko Press) Price verified 7 hours ago

Rowland Hill was humorous, but he was a great deal more, and those who know his lifework will not remember him as exemplifying one single quality, but as a good, childlike man in whom nothing for Christ was restrained. Considering him as he was overall, we will not soon see anyone like him again. There was no dishonesty or duplicity in him. He loved his Lord and the souls of men, and he threw all his might into the pursuit of doing good. Certainly few men were ever more unselfish. People called him eccentric because they themselves ...

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Martial Culture and Historical Martial Arts in Europe and Asia: A Multi-perspective View on Sword Culture (Martial Studies Book 2) by Hing Chao (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

This open access book is the first publication to provide a comparative framework for the study of martial culture and historical martial arts in Europe and Asia, in particular in Italy and China. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of martial studies, contributors to this volume include historians, archeologists, art historians, scholars of fencing literature, metallurgists, as well as contemporary master swordsmiths and masters-of-arms in historical martial arts. Assembling researchers from these diverse fields, this book offers a ...

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Historic Girls Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History Of Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (113 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (3 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (Global Publishers) (7,253 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods during which he wrote them. There are actual breaks ...

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Of fiber and people by Bruno Fernandes (Editora Sextante) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

"GVT's strength lies in the originality of its business model, as well as its technological model." - Jean-Bernard Lévy, former CEO, Vivendi "GVT has an incredible story, leveraging its latest generation network and technology with a DNA that is highly focused on innovation." - Marco Patuano, former CEO, Telecom Italia In 1999, Shaul Shani and Amos Genish, two fearless businessmen, without any experience in the Brazilian telecommunications market, driven by a great dream but with limited capital, built GVT and took on the ...

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Building Fires and Finding Stars: Why I Never Stop Traveling by Jason Cooper (4 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

After tragedy struck his family and his five-year relationship with his girlfriend ended, Jason packed his suitcase and headed for his first summer-long solo adventure through Europe. But he discovered that his problems didn't disappear as soon as he stepped off the plane. He was still filled with anxiety and needed to overcome his depression, come to terms with who he is, and accept his failures and the changes that altered his trajectory. Jason didn't know that his trip to Europe was only just the beginning. Soon, he'd be on a ...

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Dream Baby (Stories from My Life) by Ronald Kidd (16 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

A short memoir about the miraculous story of our daughter Maggie's birth From Dream Baby: Almost immediately Yvonne began to dream -- big, vivid, wonderful dreams, like water gushing over a dam. It was the beginning of a remarkable adventure. We didn't know it, but it was also the beginning of Maggie. Dreams are what brought her here. Dreams raised our hopes, sent them crashing down again, then at the last minute opened a window for the briefest possible instant, and our sweet daughter came tumbling through. Ronald Kidd is a ...

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Poesía fuiste tú (Spanish Edition) by María Guadalupe Loaeza Tovar (97 Reviews)    Price verified 44 minutes ago

A más de 40 años de su fallecimiento, se publica este volúmen que te invita a redescubrir a una de las autoras más prolíficas que ha dado México: Rosario Castellanos. Poeta, ensayista, novelista y periodista; Rosario uso su pluma para redescubrir el mundo. Y ahora por medio de algunos de los mejores autores contemporáneos, podemos redescubrir a Rosario.

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Con Zapatos de Fiesta... en las Nieves de Siberia (Spanish Edition) by Sandra Kalniete (Lasītava) (92 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

Reseña del editor: El libro de Sandra Kalniete constituye un elocuente y conmovedor testimonio de la vida de su familia y de toda la nación letona: de su destino compartido durante más de cincuenta años de ocupación. Es un férreo alegato en contra de la inhumana represión perpetrada por Unión Soviética y la Alemania Nazi. Pero, sobre todo, es una historia de supervivencia humana. Con zapatos de fiesta en las nieves de Siberia es el libro más traducido de la historia reciente de Letonia. Biografía del autor: Sandra ...

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Historic Boyhoods by Rupert Sargent Holland (3 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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corporate [g]ripping stories: mamma, che impresa! by AAVV (Edizioni dEste) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This publication is part of the Mamma, che impresa! project, a workshop that promotes corporate culture, founded on the initiative of Rancilio Cube and open to collaborations and synergies.The stories of nine bright business case-histories, narrated, together with professional writers, by those who have founded them and lead them, and the stories that won a national essay contest for students from Italian schools, called to bring youths closer to the idea of ??entrepreneurship and its importance.One of the ten stories by the very ...

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The Nigerian Prince: When The Scammer Becomes The Scammed by L. Toshua Parker (31 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

The true story of one college student's revenge on the Nigerian 419 scammers and the search for millions in missing cash.

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Researching National Security Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Approaches by Stephen Coulthart (Georgetown University Press) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Researchers in the rapidly growing field of intelligence studies face unique and difficult challenges ranging from finding and accessing data on secret activities, to sorting through the politics of intelligence successes and failures, to making sense of complex socio-organizational or psychological phenomena. The contributing authors to Researching National Security Intelligence survey the state of the field and demonstrate how incorporating multiple disciplines helps to generate high-quality, policy-relevant research. Following ...

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Historias de Mi Vieja (Spanish Edition) by Yaisledy Cuba de Pérez (8 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Cada historia real narra cómo la madre de la autora pasó de ser una jovencita traviesa a una mujer de oración. En cada página encontrarás testimonios de una persona que supo cultivar una estrecha relación con el Señor, demostrando que no es con nuestras propias fuerzas, sino con el poder de Dios que se pueden alcanzar las metas. La autora menciona: "Sé que será de gran bendición para todos los que lean este libro, porque a través de los testimonios de vida narrados podremos armarnos de fe, entendiendo la necesidad de ...

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Mon journal (1892-1917) (French Edition) by Léon Bloy (30 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Ce livre est une oeuvre du domaine public éditée au format numérique par Norph-Nop. L'achat de l'édition Kindle inclut le téléchargement via un réseau sans fil sur votre liseuse et vos applications de lecture Kindle

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The Midas of the Wabash: A Biography of John Purdue (The Founders Series) by Robert C. Kriebel (Purdue University Press) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

The Midas of the Wabash is a biography of noted businessman John Purdue (1802-1876), whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's land grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. Purdue also contributed to economically important bridge, railroad, and cemetery construction, the existence of Lafayette Savings Bank and the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute, cattle farming, Lafayette's public school system, and countless other worthy enterprises. This is the first published full length study of Mr. Purdue's life ...

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Ross-Ade: Their Purdue Stories, Stadium, and Legacies (The Founders Series) by Robert C. Kriebel (Purdue University Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

Dave Ross (1871-1943) and George Ade (1866-1944) were trustees, distinguished alumni and benefactors of Purdue University. Their friendship began in 1922 and led to their giving land and money for the 1924 construction of Ross-Ade Stadium, now a 70,000 seat athletic landmark on the West Lafayette campus. Their life stories date to 1883 Purdue and involve their separate student experiences and eventual fame. Their lives crossed paths with U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Amelia Earhart, and Will Rogers among others. ...

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Coal in our Veins: A Personal Journey by Erin Ann Thomas (Utah State University Press) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

In Coal in Our Veins, Erin Thomas employs historical research, autobiography, and journalism to intertwine the history of coal, her ancestors' lives mining coal, and the societal and environmental impacts of the United States' dependency on coal as an energy source. In the first part of her book, she visits Wales, native ground of British coal mining and of her emigrant ancestors. The Thomases' move to the coal region of Utah -- where they witnessed the Winter Quarters and Castle Gate mine explosions, two of the worst mining ...

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Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley: Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and ... by Jeroen Kool (Springer) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

This book summarizes the NGO Master Plan that provides a comprehensive program to rehabilitate the Lower Jordan River and its tributaries in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. It is a regional and civil society effort designed to promote the restoration of the valley's environmental and ecological values within a realistic financial and economic framework. The plan identifies 127 specific regional and national "interventions"(projects) until the year 2050, based on seven strategic planning objectives: pollution control, sustainable water ...

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Being SAGE: 55th Anniversary Edition by Publishing SAGE (SAGE Publications, Inc) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Over drinks with her favorite professor and her future husband, a 25-year-old Sara Miller founded one of the most influential academic publishing houses on the planet. This career-spanning autobiography follows Sara Miller McCune and the company that emerged from that cocktail hour, SAGE Publishing. Read along as over 55 years SAGE grows from publishing a single journal promoted by direct mail (from a list provided by Daniel Patrick Moynihan) into a globe-spanning and proudly independent company with a core belief that engaged ...

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The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer (37 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Dr. Johnson and His Circle by John Cann Bailey (6 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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How to Lead Like Abraham Lincoln: Leading in a Way That Drives History (The Magic of an Influencer) by Christopher Coopersmith (39 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Craving inspiration from the greats? Discover the key wisdom Lincoln brought to the people as he led the US into the future. Looking to raise yourself to new heights? Are you keen to win admiration from your team? Do you want to leave a memorable legacy? MBA, Corporate Business Operations Manager, and dedicated student of formative history Christopher S. Coopersmith uses his considerable knowledge to motivate others. Now he's here to share how the unique decision-making process of America's sixteenth president can help elevate your ...

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When I Met Jesus: A Lifelong Journey of Faith, Hope and Trust by Debra Moore Ewing (115 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Debra Moore Ewing's motto is to live life with no regrets. As she found herself nearing the last third of her life, she knew it was time to share her secret--something she had kept hidden for 52 years. "When you've seen Jesus and the afterlife, there is no fear. Living life is a process until it's time to return home." She hopes that by sharing this, her story might help others to replace fear with faith when you hear of her first-hand experiences with Him.

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Song To Kill A Giant by Sandra Kalniete (Publicetava) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Pirms 25 gadiem Latvijas, Igaunijas un Lietuvas cilv?ki Amerikas Savienotaj?s Valst?s apvienoja n?cijas Amerikas Savienotaj?s Valst?s. aicin?jums p?c taisn?guma, apstr?d?ja padomju milzu. ?? mier?g? dzied??anas revol?cija ir satricin?jusi pasauli, jo to apdraud prec?zi piel?gota pasaules k?rt?bas bipol?r? bilance. Toreiz gandr?z neviens netic?ja, ka Baltijas valst?m b?s liel?ka patst?v?ba Padomju Savien?b?, nemaz nerun?jot par to, ka vi?i atg?s savu neatkar?bu. Baltijas valstu neatkar?bas kust?bu pan?kumi Padomju Savien?b? t?s ...

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Keys to The Gift: A Guide to Vladimir Nabokov's Novel (Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History) by Yuri Leving (Academic Studies Press) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

Yuri Leving's Keys to "The Gift": A Guide to Vladimir Nabokov's Novel is a new systematization of the main available data on Nabokov's most complex Russian novel, The Gift (1934-1939). From notes in Nabokov's private correspondence to scholarly articles accumulated during the seventy years since the novel's first appearance in print, the work draws from a broad spectrum of existing material in a succinct and coherent way, as well as providing innovative analyses. The first part of the monograph, "The Novel," outlines the basic ...

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In Contempt: Defending Free Speech, Defeating HUAC by Ed Yellin (University of Michigan Press) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

"YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to be and appear before the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives of the United States, or a duly appointed subcommittee thereof, on February 10 (Monday), 1958, at ten o'clock a.m. at City Council Chambers, City Hall, Gary, Indiana, then and there to testify touching matters of inquiry committed to said committee, and not to depart without leave of said committee." So began a decade of hardship for Ed and Jean Yellin and their three young children as the repressive weight of ...

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Pad's Army by Paul Addy (118 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A brief factual account from memory of one man's journey through life in the British Army from 1975 to 1999 and how a gormless face, an unrealistic belief in 'Rodger the Dodger' and a determination to survive conquered all, well... nearly all - no one's perfect.

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From Vienna to Tel Aviv, a long journey: Memoirs of Berthe Moritz by Francis Moritz (54 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

This book tells the story of Berthe Moritz, our grandmother, from Vienna to France. It is the story of an Austrian Jewish family from the war to the present day. With the words our grandmother, so that we can remember and for all those who are interested!

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The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Youth Violence in Germany, Pakistan, and South Africa by Wilhelm Heitmeyer (Springer) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It aims to present a perspective outside of the typical Western context, through case studies comparing a developed / Western democracy (Germany), a country with a history of institutionalized violence (South Africa), and an emerging democracy that has experienced heavy terrorism (Pakistan). Building on earlier works, the research presented in this innovative volume provides new insights into the sociocultural context for shaping both young ...

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The Life of Jesus Christ: A Biographical Overview of the Life of Christ by James Stalker (Aneko Press) (112 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

There was only one man who was so important that His birth caused our calendar to split in two (B.C./A.D). There was only one man who, despite being tempted, did not sin even once. There was only one man who died for your sins and mine and by whom we can have eternal life. That man was Jesus Christ of Nazareth. How much do you know about Jesus? Have you spent much time thinking about how He lived? Do you know Him? James Stalker carefully goes through each stage of Jesus' life and presents, in a biographical format, what we know ...

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Dissonant Heritages and Memories in Contemporary Europe (Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict) by Tuuli Lähdesmäki (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

This open access book discusses political, economic, social, and humanitarian challenges that influence both how people deal with their past and how they build their identities in contemporary Europe. Ongoing debates on migration, on local, national, inter- and transnational levels, prove that it is a divisive issue with regards to understanding European integration and identity. At the same time, the European Union increasingly invests in projects related to European heritage, museums, and cultural memory networks, while having to ...

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Another Valley, Another Victory: Three Tragedies, One Faithful Woman, Victory in Jesus by Valetta Steel Crumley (One Mission Society) (47 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Tragedy is timeless and universal. So is victory, which is defined by the author's life as letting God have the controls - allowing him to expose previously hidden beauty, now displayed for the sake of others. This inspiring life story has moved countless others to overcome and look at adversity from God's perspective. When viewed from the top, a valley is precious and beautiful. Valetta lost her young son Danny to leukemia; her husband Henry succumbed to Hodgkin's disease a few years later; then she lost her remaining two children ...

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Tanna Times: Islanders in the World (Sustainable History Monograph Pilot) by Lamont Lindstrom (University of Hawaii Press) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Anthropologists like to tell other people's stories but local experts tell them even better. This book introduces the vibrant living culture and fascinating history of Tanna, an island in Vanuatu, Melanesia, through the stories of a dozen interconnected Tanna Islanders. Tracing the past 250 years of island experiences that cross the globe, each of these distinctly extraordinary lives tells larger human narratives of cultural continuity and change. In following Tanna's times, we find that all of us, even those living on seemingly ...

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Imagining Coonawarra by Andrew Caillard (Hardie Grant Books) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

IMAGINING COONAWARRA is more than the story of one of South Australia's most renowned wine regions. It is the story John Riddoch's pioneering spirit, resilience and agricultural ambition. From the fledgling beginnings of his Penola Fruit Colony to the advent of modern mechanisation and finally, Wynns Coonnawarra Estate's tribute John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon, this book is the culmination of more than 130 years of Australian fine wine.

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The Value of Hawaiʻi 3: Hulihia, the Turning (Biography Monographs) by Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua (University of Hawaii Press) (14 Reviews)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

"Hulihia" refers to massive upheavals that change the landscape, overturn the normal, reverse the flow, and sweep away the prevailing or assumed. We live in such days. Pandemics. Threats to ??ina. Political dysfunction, cultural appropriation, and disrespect. But also powerful surges toward sustainability, autonomy, and sovereignty. The first two volumes of The Value of Hawai?i (Knowing the Past, Facing the Future and Ancestral Roots, Oceanic Visions) ignited public conversations, testimony, advocacy, and art for political and ...

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The Pledge Manual by Daniel Holback (BookRix) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Kappa Mu Kappa fraternity INC like other Greek organization has had many trails but has managed to push trough leaving behind the title of an "Social Media" and taking on a more serious task of being an openly free LGBT fraternity. Kappa Mu Kappa fraternity today is known as the elite men of Blood Diamonds. When colleges were first founded in America, students were expected to focus their time and energy solely on academic pursuits. Socialization was not permitted and students who wanted to participate in social organizations were ...

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The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: Volume II, 1836–1849 by William Cullen Bryant (Fordham University Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

The second volume of William Cullen Bryant's letters opens in 1836 as he has just returned to New York from an extended visit to Europe to resume charge of the New York Evening Post, brought near to failure during his absence by his partner William Leggett's mismanagement. At the period's close, Bryant has found in John Bigelow an able editorial associate and astute partner, with whose help he has brought the paper close to its greatest financial prosperity and to national political and cultural influence. Bryant's letters lf the ...

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The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: Volume IV, 1858–1864 by William Cullen Bryant (Fordham University Press) (1 Review)    Price verified 25 minutes ago

The years just before and during the Civil War marked the high point of Bryant's influence on public affairs, which had grown steadily since the Evening Post had upheld the democratic Jacksonian revolution of the 1830s. A founder of the Free Soil Party in 1848 and the Republican Party in 1856, Bryant was lauded in 1857 by Virginia anti-slavery leader John Curtis Underwood, who wrote to Eli Thayer, "What a glory it would be to our country if it could elect this man to the Presidency-the country not he would be honored & elevated by ...

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The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: Volume VI, 1872–1878 by William Cullen Bryant (Fordham University Press) (4 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

In January 1872, Bryant traveled to Mexico City, where he was greeted warmly by President Benito Juarez; on this and other occasions he was feted for the Evening Post's sturdy condemnation in 1863 of the abortive invasion of Mexico, which was freshly remembered there. AT the close of his visit a local newspaper remarked that the "honors and hospitality which were so lavishly and generously conferred upon him were the spontaneous outpouring of a grateful people, who had not forgotten that when Mexico was friendless Mr. Bryant became ...

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The Comstocks of Cornell: John Henry Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock by Anna Botsford Comstock (Comstock Publishing Associates) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 44 minutes ago

The Comstocks of Cornell is the autobiography written by naturalist educator Anna Botsford Comstock about her life and her husband's, entomologist John Henry Comstock -- both prominent figures in the scientific community and in Cornell University history. A first edition was published in 1953, but it omitted key Cornellians, historical anecdotes, and personal insights. Karen Penders St. Clair's twenty-first century edition returns Mrs. Comstock's voice to her book by rekeying her entire manuscript as she wrote it, and preserving the ...

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Parole per Cesare: con l'ultima intervista inedita di Stefano Lorenzetto (Italian Edition) by Gian Mario Villalta (Marsilio) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

"Parole per Cesare" raccoglie messaggi, lettere, articoli ricevuti o pubblicati degli amici di Cesare De Michelis, presidente di Marsilio Editori, che nei giorni successivi alla sua scomparsa ne hanno voluto ricordare la passione per i libri, l'impegno in campo culturale e civile. Condividiamo con i lettori questi affettuosi ricordi e l'intervista inedita di Stefano Lorenzetto che chiude il libro. Un libro da scaricare gratuitamente per ricordare Cesare De Michelis, scomparso il 10 agosto 2018.

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The Dairyman’s Daughter: A True Account of Amazing Faith by Legh Richmond (White Tree Publishing) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A moving and true account of the short life of Elizabeth Wallbridge, the daughter of a dairyman on the Isle of Wight in England. The story starts when Elizabeth contacts Rev. Legh Richmond to arrange the funeral of her sister. Elizabeth and Rev. Legh Richmond soon become close spiritual acquaintances, exchanging many letters, with the vicar making frequent visits to Elizabeth and her parents. We read here of Elizabeth Wallbridge's conversion in a Methodist Chapel where she only went to mock the congregation, her immediate desire to ...

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Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage: Past, Present and Future by Carola Hein (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

This Open Access book, building on research initiated by scholars from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development (CHGD) and ICOMOS Netherlands, presents multidisciplinary research that connects water to heritage. Through twenty-one chapters it explores landscapes, cities, engineering structures and buildings from around the world. It describes how people have actively shaped the course, form and function of water for human settlement and the development of civilizations, establishing socio-economic ...

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The Happiness Corner: Reflections So Far by Ava Miles (Ava Miles, Inc.) (56 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books... come join the family with this uplifting story about one woman's search for happiness in the hardest of times. Fans of Brene Brown and Gretchen Rubin's THE HAPPINESS PROJECT will love this powerful personal happiness memoir. In 2013, Ava left a successful, six-figure career working as a conflict expert rebuilding war zones to launch herself as a writer. What most people don't know is that choice was born on a transformational night of self-discovery in ...

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