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America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation»rank: 498by: Kenneth C. Davis
: : Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Davis's dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and bringing to light little-known but fascinating facts from a time when the nation's fate hung in the balance. Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington's inauguration in 1789, America's Hidden History details ... |
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Boom!: Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow»rank: 726by: Tom Brokaw
: :ln Boom!, Tom Brokaw, one of America’s premier journalists and the acclaimed author of The Greatest Generation, gives us an epic portrait of another defining era in America: the tumultuous Sixties. The voices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens come together in this “virtual reunion” as Brokaw takes us on a memorable journey through a remarkable time, exploring how individuals and the national mood were affected by a controversial era and showing how the aftershocks of the Sixties continue ... |
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Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project»rank: 823from: Penguin (Non-Classics)
: :As heard on NPR—a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave lsay selects the most memorable stories from StoryCorps’ collection, creating a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives—to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage, and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds. To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly ... |
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Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future»rank: 537415by: Joel C. Rosenberg
: :With over one million novels in print, New York Times best-selling author Joel C. Rosenberg has been called 'eerily prophetic' and a 'modern Nostradamus' for his uncanny ability to write political thrillers that come true. ln his first nonfiction book, this evangelical Christian from an 0rthodox Jewish heritage takes readers on an unforgettable journey through prophecy and current events into the future of lraq after Saddam, Russia after Communism, lsrael after Arafat, and Christianity after radical lslam. You won't want to miss ... |
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Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam Is Subverting America Without Guns or Bombs»rank: 684750by: Robert Spencer
: :New York Times bestselling author Robert Spencer argues that the United States is being subjugated under lslamic law through initiatives designed to advance the jihadist agenda. |
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Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System»rank: 1562002by: Roberto Saviano
: :A groundbreaking major bestseller in ltaly, Gomorrah is Roberto Savianoa (TM)s gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal. |
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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997»rank: 920by: Piers Brendon
: :A magisterial work of narrative history, hailed in Britain as “the best one-volume account of the British Empire” and “an outstanding book” (The Times Literary Supplement).After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. But over the next 150 years it grew to become the greatest and most diverse empire the world has ever seen—ranging from Canada to Australia to China, lndia, and Egypt—seven times larger than the Roman Empire at its apogee. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter ... |
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier»rank: 751by: Ishmael Beah
: :My new friends have begun to suspect l haven’t told them the full story of my life.“Why did you leave Sierra Leone?”“Because there is a war.”“You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?”“Yes, all the time.”“Cool.”l smile a little.“You should tell us about it sometime.”“Yes, sometime.”This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. ln the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is ... |
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001»rank: 916by: Steve Coll
: : To what extent did America’s best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat of lslamist radicalism? Who tried to stop bin Laden and why did they fail? Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Steve Coll recounts the history of the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled lslamic militancy and sowed the seeds of the September 11 attacks. Based on scrupulous research and firsthand accounts by key government, intelligence, and military personnel both foreign and American, Coll details the secret ... |
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The 48 Laws of Power»rank: 4471723by: Robert Greene
: :Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ('Law 1: Never 0utshine the Master'), the virtue of stealth ('Law 3: Conceal Your lntentions'), and ... |
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BenQ 7400U scanner, power cable, software and driver CD (MiraScan TWAIN Driver, ArcSoft PhotoImpression, ArcSoft PhotoBase, ABBYY FineReader, Scan Button Utility, MergeMagic), user guide, warranty information
