The Opinionated Spectator: Born to be Muslim by Pat Wary (3 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

The Islamic way of life is not confined to only religious practices, which makes its scope knitted into all disciplines of contemporary academia. The content of this moral exhortation is an audacious attempt to reunite all the secular fragments of our knowledge back to their divine roots. The goal is to bring the focus back to Revelation and share certain truths that may continue to benefit others. What is the origin of today's Islamophobia? Where is the mainstream Muslim voice in the barrage of misinformation with the extremes of both sides dominating the discourse? This book aims to fill that void through a systematic dive into world history. It is a critical investigation for our time to help navigate a conflicted world of science, philosophy, and religion. The answers to many current issues are buried in the depths of a rich scholastic tradition, which are summarized concisely. Many myths are debunked, categories deconstructed, and then reconnected to demonstrate the Islamic way ...

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Story of the War and My Family -Atomic Bomb, Kamikaze Attack and War Crimes-: 教科書に書けない歴史、番外編　戦争伝聞記英語版 ... by Koji Aiba 相葉 宏二 (18 Reviews)    Price verified 12 minutes ago

(Series: History not Written in Textbooks, Extra Edition) Story of the War and My Family -Atomic Bomb, Kamikaze Attack and War Crimes- This book is currently under campaign. Books in this series can be downloaded free once during a three weeks period, starting Saturday at 17:00 until Sunday at 16:00, Japan Standard Time. 8/19, 9/9, 9/30, 10/21, 11/11 will be the free download days. The author was born because of his parents having been alive and gotten married. Of course, this is the case for most Japanese people today; in the case of the author, however, whose Mother experienced the A-bomb in Nagasaki and Father participated in a Kamikaze Attack on a Navy bomber, a stroke of fortunate chance, as ultimately the chances of both his parents surviving such circumstances was very small. There was so much luck and such a strong eagerness to live that made them survive; consequently, the author and his brother were born. In the early 1960s, the 7-year-old author went to Singapore together ...

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Heritage Lost: How half of the initial antiquities collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was lost at sea and with it part of the heritage of ... by Robert Scott (9 Reviews)    Price verified 12 minutes ago

In 1872 half of the initial antiquities destined for the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was lost at sea. Lying over a mile deep in the Mediterranean a significant part of the cultural heritage of Cyprus is waiting for recovery and return to the Republic of Cyprus.

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Isabella Warior Queen "StorytellerUK2023" by Michael G Kramer OMIEAust. (13 Reviews)    Price verified 12 minutes ago

This story is about an amazing couple in the 14th century, who actually had a working 'Open Marriage' suchg that Queen Isabella even tolerated King Edwards II's homosexual activities with his male 'Favourates'. Things remained that way until te current favourite of the king, caled Pier Gaveston was killed. He was replaced by Hugh le Despencer the Younger and an intense homosexual affair developed bvetween the king and his chamberlain. After a time, Hugh le Despencer the Younger moved against Isabella by reducing her income markedly as well as taking her lands and other riches from her. Things came to a head when he also took her children from her and she went to France, raising a mercenary army and invaded England. she deposed her husband and installed her son as King Edward III.

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The bear and the swastika: Book 1 of the Axis Alternate series by Max Lamirande (186 Reviews)    Price verified 42 minutes ago

The year is 1939. The World rocks with the news of the signing of the Germano-Soviet pact. A dark veil soon falls on Europe as Poland is invaded and destroyed by the overwhelming forces of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army. France and the United Kingdom can only sit by and watch the two military juggernauts obliterate the Polish state. No one believes the two totalitarian regimes can agree in the long term as their ideologies completely contradict each other. Russia wants influence in the Balkans, has eyes on Finland, and wants an opening to the Mediterranean. Germany needs Romanian oil to keep its war machine operational, and Hitler is adamant about not letting the Bolsheviks gain another inch of ground in Europe. At least not more than he has already given out in the treaty of non-aggression signed before the Polish campaign. The year is 1940. The French campaign unfolds with a disaster for the Allies, and the Germans win an incredible victory over the combined forces of the ...

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Series: History not Written in Textbooks (3) Japan's help in Modernizing Korea and Taiwan and the Later Status of the Two Countries by Koji Aiba (3 Reviews)    Price verified 12 minutes ago

Series: History not Written in Textbooks (3) Japan's Help in Modernizing Korea and Taiwan and the Later Status of the Two Countries This book is now under campaign. The time and dates under Tokyo time are: Starting at 17:00 of Saturdays, 8/26, 9/16, 10/7, 10/28, 11/4 (irregular) until next Sunday at 16:00. This book is the third and last of this series regarding East Asian history. Here, the author tries to explain why Korea and Taiwan that seem to have a similar history of being "colonized by Japan", but one is totally anti-Japan and the other is very pro-Japan. After WWII, Korea has rewritten its own history as it wished, so considers that Japan is 100% wrong regarding annexation of Korea, and WWII. Korea maintains that Chosun Dynasty before annexation was a splendid country, but collapsed due to Japan's invasion, and missed the chance to modernize by itself. This seems totally impossible. Chosun dynasty was led by the Yangban class and was totally corrupt, so the society was tired ...

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Heaven Earth and Time by DANIEL PETER BUCKLEY (7 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Take a journey through time to discover the impact of mother nature on the ancient world and how the ancient deities have shaped the world that we live in today. Myths and Legends have added to our understanding of the ancient past with historians and archaeologists past and present shining a light on many lost cultures and people.

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Curse of the Sun (The Saviour of the Two Lands Book 2) by Monika Mangal (46 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

+++ New revised edition +++ Second and final part of the series "The Saviour of the Two Lands" (Book 1: "The Calling") Following Queen Tiye's orders, Senmut and his family move to Akhetaten where he serves Tiye as her personal physician. He is far from comfortable in the city of the self-centred royal couple Akhenaten and Nefertiti, but the daunting task that has been assigned to him leaves him with no choice. Senmut's unexpected encounter with Sadeh, his first wife and Rahotep's birth mother, brings his most secret fears to light that soon threaten to take him over. When a terrible disease breaks out in the wake of King Akhenaten's glamorous reception of foreign delegations, Senmut is adamant that appropriate measures be taken to keep the epidemic from spreading over the entire city. However, his efforts don't meet with everyone's approval, and when eventually even the royal house is stricken by disaster, many an accusing finger points at him. All the while Senmut is convinced ...

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Thomas Jefferson: Architect of American Democracy and Champion of Individual Liberty by Flora Carley Price verified 2 hours ago

Discover the Man Behind the Legacy: Thomas Jefferson's Life Unveiled Have you ever wondered about the real person behind the grand ideals of liberty and democracy? What drove Thomas Jefferson to shape a young nation's future with such vision and passion? This biography offers an intimate and compelling look into the life of one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, revealing the complexities and contradictions that made him both a revered leader and a controversial figure. Imagine walking alongside Jefferson through the halls of Monticello, feeling the weight of his decisions during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, and understanding the personal struggles he faced. Through rich storytelling, this book brings you closer to Jefferson, painting a vivid portrait of his triumphs and trials. Benefits of Reading This Book: • Gain a deeper understanding of Jefferson's contributions to American democracy. • Learn about the lesser-known aspects of his life, ...

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When the Good Turn Evil: A Historical Western Adventure Book by Austin Grayson (558 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Nathan Mayhew is on his way to El Paso, to become the new deputy of Sheriff Jacob Collins. After rescuing a woman who was held hostage by a band of banditos, he manages to arrive in town safe and sound. But little does he know that those banditos were only the beginning of the deputy's perilous adventure. When he discovers that his own boss might be behind a heinous crime, Nathan decides to fight corruption even if he will have to put his life on the line. Will he connect the dots, and uncover the truth about mysterious deaths and disappearance in the mountains? Being afraid to trust anyone, even the Sheriff himself, Nathan tries to get a grip of the crime that infests the town to the point of destroying it. Luckily for him, he soon finds love and support in the face of Eliza Gable, the daughter of the largest merchant in town. But as long as there are criminals out there, Nathan cannot find peace and live his happily ever. In the end, will Nathan's new love survive the onslaught? ...

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Famous Political Assassinations Throught History by Ozias Marcovici Price verified 7 hours ago

Assassinations have been a plague on civilizations since ancient times. Human nature has chosen the path of eliminating rivals when peaceful ways of resolving a dispute did not lead to the desired outcome for an individual, clique or an entire system. Dr Ozias Marcovici's new book sheds light on political assassinations throughout history. The book is the result of painstaking research into the two possible outcomes of an attempt on one's life - the successful or sometimes failed ending. Richly illustrated, it reads like a good detective novel. Again, we can declare that the reality of life often exceeds fiction by far.

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Talk: A young woman's search for treasure, purpose, and her Ojibwe heritage. by Greg Peterson (55 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Talk is the story of Addie Young, a single woman with no known relatives. Her father dies leaving a letter of apology for his failures along with a second letter, cryptic and nonsensical -- written by a Civil War-era outlaw. The letter may provide directions for finding buried gold. Addie sets out to the small town of Talk, Minnesota, where she meets Jack Larson; together they start out to decode the 'letter'. In the process, they discover Addie's intriguing connection to an assortment of early American outlaws and a surprising ancestral relationship with the Ojibwe Nation of American Indians.

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The Secret World, The Himalayan Journals of Explorer M.G. Hawking: An Adventure Memoir by M.G. Hawking (9 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

This book reveals the compelling reality underlying historical traditions that have endured from the very threshold of history to the present day, the powerful accounts of a 'Secret World' concealed deep in the immense frozen fortress of the Great Himalayan Range. Years ago, on an extended trek into a closed and largely unexplored inner region of the Himalayas, in an isolated valley surrounded by vast snow fields and towering ice peaks, explorer M.G. Hawking chanced on a small village where he encountered remarkable men and women, openly introduced to him as masters, adepts, and sages. This anthology, The Secret World, contains detailed narratives of Hawking's experiences, including first-hand accounts of the psychokinetic abilities he witnessed and in-depth descriptions of his discussions with the extraordinary people he met, revealing the esoteric knowledge that made such extraordinary abilities possible. Scholars relate that the first extant mention of this now legendary secret ...

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I Know What I Saw: Assassinations and Terror in America by Jim Keillor (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

In this eye-opening investigation, Jim Keillor examines the haunting historical trajectory from the John F. Kennedy assassination to modern acts of terror like the Christopher Dorner manhunt, the San Bernardino Massacre and the Las Vegas Massacre. What really happened in Dallas on November 22nd? Who was Sirhan Sirhan and what happened to him? What is Christopher Dorner's legacy? Who were Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook? How and why did they get radicalized? And what actually happened during the Las Vegas Massacre? The answers may surprise you.

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Operation Market Garden in 24.389 Words: The Concise History of the Biggest Gamble of World War Two by Tom Leferink (47 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

The operation that was supposed to end the war by Christmas 1944 ended in tragedy. With the German Wehrmacht seemingly on the ropes, Field Marshall Montgomery launched his extremely ambitious plan, involving American, British, and Polish paratroopers. Tasked with crossing the many Dutch waterways, they collided with strong and well-led German troops. What followed was one of the most epic battles of World War Two; remembered to this day, for its incredible acts of gallantry and terrible bloodshed. For the price of a coffee, this concise and easy-to-read book will teach the reader all they need to know about the biggest gamble of The Second World War. From the daring crossing of the Waal by American paratroopers to the British 1st Airborne Division's heroic stand at Arnhem, you'll learn all about it. The book will also focus on the events leading up to Operation Market Garden, as well as the creation of airborne forces, before the war. This shocking and emotional part of history ...

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Legends of Hollywood: The Life of Claudette Colbert by Charles River Editors (67 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

*Includes pictures. *Includes Colbert's quotes about her own life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. "I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody." - Claudette Colbert The 1930s were the height of the classical Hollywood era, known for lavish studio productions by heavyweights like MGM, RKO, Warner Brothers, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox, which were operating at the height of their powers. Every major studio possessed a long roster of contract players, and films were released at such a rapid pace that it made for an especially competitive environment within the industry. Even while America remained in the throes of the Great Depression, the film industry continued to flourish, and movies easily supplanted the theater as the main attraction for American entertainment. Indeed, it would be no exaggeration to claim that the film industry reached its zenith during the ...

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Bloody Ground: Black Rifles in Korea by John Holway (24 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Korea is "the forgotten war." But to those who fought in it, it was the "unforgettable war." If the names of all those killed were put on a wall, it would be larger than the Vietnam Wall. And Korea lasted only three years, Vietnam about ten. The agony of the winter of 1950-51 is an epic to compare with Valley Forge and the Bulge. Korea was also our last segregated war. This is the story of the black 24th Infantry Regiment, told in the words of the men themselves. Like all black troops since the Civil War, they were reviled by whites and their own commander for "bugging out" - running before the enemy. The charge can still be read in the Army's own official histories. Yet the 24th left more blood on the field than their white comrades - if they did bug out, they must have been running the wrong way. It's a good thing we weren't with Custer," one black GI muttered - "they'd have blamed the whole thing on us." The 24th won the first battle of the war, won its division's first Medal ...

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Academy Award Winning Sisters: The Lives of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine by Charles River Editors (122 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

*Includes pictures. *Includes both actresses' quotes about each other and their careers. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. "Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural." - Olivia de Havilland "You know, I've had a helluva life. Not just the acting part. I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things." - Joan Fontaine Olivia de Havilland is one of the last few living actresses who worked during the Golden Era of Hollywood, but also one of the most decorated, winning dozens of awards over the course of a 50 year career. Among those, she most notably won the Academy Award for Best Actress for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949), more than a decade after she got her start as an 18 year old in Hollywood. ...

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American Legends: The Life of Rock Hudson by Charles River Editors (140 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

*Includes pictures. *Includes Hudson's own quotes about his life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. "I'm notorious for giving a bad interview. I'm an actor and I can't help but feel I'm boring when I'm on as myself." - Rock Hudson A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. In the middle of the 20th century, there was perhaps no leading man as famous and popular as Rock Hudson, who would star in both comedies and dramas on the way to being named one of the Top 10 Stars of the Year for eight years straight (1957-1964). Whether he was starring in a comedy with Doris Day or in a drama opposite ...

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The Battle of The Bulge in 25.305 Words: The Concise History of Hitler's Last-Ditch Attempt to Turn The Tide by Tom Leferink (19 Reviews)    Price verified 18 minutes ago

With Nazi-Germany about to crumble and Allied and Soviet forces closing in from all directions, Adolf Hitler ordered his forces into one last, desperate attempt to turn the tide. Sending his most powerful Panzer formations through the Ardennes Forrest and to Antwerp; they caught the understrength and inexperienced American units completely off-guard. What followed was a cataclysmic battle which would go down in history as the costliest ever to be fought by the US military. The fierceness with which both sides fought each other ultimately reached a level previously unseen on the Western Front.

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No Rescue for the Traitor: A Historical Western Adventure Book by Derek Levine (395 Reviews)    Price verified 12 minutes ago

Life is good for Benedict Aritza... He owns a butcher shop with his best friend, he is the town's favorite, ladies always smile his way and he's even put forward as a potential future mayor. His perfect little life is disrupted though when Curley, his business partner, goes missing while on a buffalo-hunting expedition. Benedict is not the kind of man to give up on his friend. He's determined to find him and bring him home safe. There's another problem, however; Curley's sister is dead set on coming along to search for her brother. Benedict admired Hallie's feisty personality, even though she'd always been out of bounds for him. Now, in close quarters as they go on the dangerous hunt together, can he resist the soft spot he's always had for her? Hallie lost her parents suddenly a few years back. Since then, she's been very protective of her brother, the only family she has left. When Curley goes missing, there is no way she will let this pass without a fight. When she discovers to ...

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The New York City Blackout of 1977: The History of the Power Failure that Led to Looting and Arson Across the Big Apple by Charles River Editors (52 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the blackout by NYC residents *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Perhaps the most significant effects of the blackout were those felt by public and private organizations with responsibility for the economic and social activities of New York City and its inhabitants. In many cases, these organizations were ill-prepared for the blackout and much of the chaos, economic loss and individual inconvenience resulted from this lack of preparedness." - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's "Impact Assessment of the 1977 New York Blackout Report" Throughout history, light has been associated with goodness and darkness has been a connotation for evil. This is no coincidence, given that many bad deeds that take place in the world under the cover of darkness. It's no surprise civilizations have always valued the ability to keep light present, even when the sun goes down and the world ...

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Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines: The History and Legacy of the Haitian Revolution’s Most Famous Leaders by Charles River Editors (34 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I was born a slave, but nature gave me a soul of a free man... " - Toussaint L'Ouverture The island of Hispaniola is the second largest island in the Antilles chain behind Cuba, and host to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti, however, covering the western third of the island, is a French-speaking territory while the Dominican Republic, which occupies the other two thirds, is a Spanish-speaking territory. The Dominican Republic, although classified as a developing nation, has never been struck to the same degree by the malaise of poverty, corruption of its neighbor, languishing in the lower ten percent of nations ahead only of some of the most conspicuous failed states in Africa. Many historians and analysts have posed the question of why, and the answer seems to lie in Haiti's uniquely tortured history. Hispaniola entered the European record in 1492 when ...

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