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#1 International Bestseller Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize & New American Voices Award Amazon Top 10 Editors Pick Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, Cosmo, Real Simple, Glamour, Conde Nast, Readers Digest, & more ""A premise that would (and should) translate well to a prestige...

I, John W Wyckoff III, was raised in a rural community in New Jersey. I was a youngster during and following World War II, went to high school and college during the 1950’s, educated as an electronics engineer, spent almost thirty years working for IBM, owned and operated a number of businesses, was married twice, and has a wonderful wife and family. I was truly fortunate to have been born in the most wonderful country in the world and have lived during one of the best periods in its two hundred plus year history; a peaceful, religious, patriotic, and honest time. Unfortunately, today’s ...

This program includes an introduction read by Thomas B. Reston. In this timely audiobook, Thomas B. Reston delivers a concise history of the Democratic party and the founding myths and principles it has abandoned over time, thus losing its working class base—and its soul. The 2016 election...

Set in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean Learns to Drive is a poignant story of a spirited young girl growing up in the gold-mining and moonshining South. Before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world." Velva Jean dreams of...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ Sunday Telegraph ‘On nearly every page a random passage takes one’s breath away’ The Times Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road? For two...

Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a powerful husband—and a predictable routine of country-club luncheons, cocktail parties, and dinners hosting her husband's wealthy friends, clients, and associates in his successful land-developing conglomerate...

In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. Yet those wind-torn hours represented only the first stage of the relentless triple tragedy that Katrina brought to the entire Gulf Coast from Louisiana...

Enterprising Boyd Archer decides to purchase and renovate the old ghost town of Galva, Wyoming, site of the once prosperous Galva Gold Mine. During the mine’s heyday, a strongbox filled with gold and jewelry was stolen in a stagecoach robbery by Max Rigby, the vicious Black Mountain Bandit. This treasure is rumored to be hidden somewhere on his rugged mountain property. As a promotional stunt, in the spirit of fun, Archer advertises a hunt for the missing strongbox. Archer doesn’t count on the ruffians who appear in serious quest.

In the first passage James Baldwin reads with passion about the suicide of a young black man in despair. The second passage takes place at his funeral service, where Baldwin speaks with both anger and eloquence, in the voice of the minister attempting to comfort his friends and family.

George W. Bush arrived in the White House an untested governor with an unfortunate habit of tripping over his own tongue, presiding over an economy slipping into recession, and a nation more obsessed with reality television than with the reality of international terrorism. He was considered by many opinion-leaders a dupe, an illiterate, a cowboy, a preppie, a child of privilege. Now, it is clear to John Podhoretz that Bush has become, and will be remembered, as one of this nation's strongest leaders.

В пятой серии Йойо, Нука и Клевер добираются до жилища Большого Мудреца. Он рассказывает друзьям, почему исчезает магия Страны, где всё по-другому, и подсказывает, как это исправить. Запутанный ответ озадачивает мальчика и зверят.

Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness. A few months later, the local Aboriginal people found the six-foot-five former soldier near death. Believing he was a lost kinsman returned from the dead, they took him in, and for 32 years Buckley lived as a Wadawurrung man, learning his adopted tribe's language, skills and methods to survive.

A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series. Antiques Roadshow has graced our screens for forty years and has become one of the nation’s most beloved television programmes and a national institution. It...

Four Chancellors and a Funeral delivers more of Russell Jones's signature scathing wit, combining a detailed historical record of 2021 and 2022, with acerbic commentary, all of it leavened by jokes at the seemingly endless maelstrom of failures, nincompoops, and hypocrisies.

다섯번째 이야기에서는 요요, 야아와 클로버가 위대하고 현명한 이가 사는 곳에 도착해요. 위대하고 현명한 이는 모든 게 다른 나라에서 마법이 사라지고 있는 이유를 친구들에게 알려주고, 상황이 다시 좋아질 수 있는 방법도 제안해요. 그런데 그 부분이 잘 이해가 안 되어서 요요와 친구들의 머리가 좀 어지러워졌어요.

Brought to you by Penguin. Never was the sadness of the end of an affair so poignantly expressed than in Flanders and Swann's elegy The Slow Train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU This audiobook will take the reader on the slow train to another era when travel meant more than hurrying...

Having fun and highlighting all things in the Great Lakes Backcountry. From stories to everyday insights, we aim to make your experiences around the Great Lakes more enjoyable. Our sorry, not sorry approach will be informative to everyone no matter your skill level around the mighty Great Lakes. From fishing and all types of hunting to paddle boarding and hiking we will deliver the Great Lakes hidden gems and showcase the abundance of resource in the place we call home! Website coming soon! Check out and follow our social media pages: Instagram: @greatlakesbackcountry Facebook: @glbackcountry ...