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In the American capitalist system, there are several paths to "the top."Harvey Massey was on one of those paths when he jumped off to grab the reins of his own venture. As Senior Vice President of Operations for Terminix, he could very well have...

“Walt Whitman in Mickle Street” offers an intimate glimpse into the final years of the celebrated American poet. Through the observations and recollections of Elizabeth Keller, readers are invited into Whitman's home and daily life during his time in Camden, New Jersey. This biographical...

Lew spent most of his life preparing for the next great thing. He had finally arrived at his dream job in a perfect, sleepy community in Wisconsin. Pastor of an active church, varsity volleyball coach, and burgeoning leader in the community, life seemed to...

Engaging memoir, sketch story, and poetry shared along with social media interactions that offer a personal glimpse into the autism journey. Insight, artwork, and photography from the family invites readers to embrace inclusion and understanding.Author: Zsanece Brown,Consetta BrownISBN-13: 9798987473917Publisher: Writ Publishing LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2025Pages:...

The Spirit of Warriors is a book about how a young woman draws from her experience as a refugee and designs a successful life. The author shared how she spent the first 15 years of her life in a refugee camp in Uganda, and...

Zen Ase, a newly divorced 43 year old Southern woman wanted a fresh start. She'd heard there were plenty of fish to choose from in the modern dating pond. What she discovered were plenty of guppies. Exactly 101 of them! The result? A provocative,...

Travel on one family's culinary journey through seven decades of popular country cooking in the American West through over 100 flavorful recipes.Learn the vintage recipes of the 1930s Potato Cake and of 1940s Chicken Tamales. Recall the popular Tuna Carrot Loaf and Sour Cream...

"Being a cashier during the pandemic is not easy yet rewarding because of a sense of accomplishment and purpose." - Rainna Ancheta.Behind the Plexiglass is a book that vividly and insightfully portrays the obstacles and challenges faced by workers in this industry, from dealing with health...

"Dive into the captivating pages of 'Fragments of Identity, ' where every chapter unveils a gripping tale of resilience, self-discovery, and the unbreakable human spirit. This memoir invites readers on an emotional journey, traversing through the complexities of family, cultural negotiation, and the pursuit...

Abbott is an excellent story teller and historian. Though short, his series on history serves as an excellent primer. (Patrick Trester)About the author: Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 - October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. On November 14, 1803, Abbott...

He was such a nice person, very good at heart. He would say we all are born with good qualities; nobody is born bad. He was patient and soft spoken. I never heard him shout or hit our children and both of my children...

In this book, Valte Ginkhenpau collected the writings of his father along with some other writings. The book is all about his father's story which is narrated in a simple but factual description.Author: Valte GinkhenpauISBN-13: 9798886670172Publisher: Notion PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2022Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 8.00h...

Exploring, wide-ranging, and brimming with passion and outcry, Manpreet's collection of poetry book grips the reader with accounts of individual triumphs that a person goes through to prove themselves. To give her poetry a particular picture, the poet draws on the heart of her...

Words of life is not only the story of Tanaya Bhalerao's life but it is a story of all women who showing grapple, struggling, ongoing, continuing fight for happiness and long suffering with technique and creativity but showing mercy, generosity, loyalty and captivating great...

Author: Vivek Kumar Pandey ShambhunathISBN-13: 9798885697330Publisher: Notion PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/24/2022Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d

Educators Success Stories is a quality collection of thoughts and achievements of various educators who have been of great recognition and contribution towards making learning a wow spectrum. Author: Dheeraj Mehrotra,R. K. DasISBN-13: 9798885218801Publisher: Notion PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2021Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w...

This is a true story. Following the Scottish Highland Clearances, Teenage brothers John and Murdoch Munro headed south across the desolte mountainous regions. Thier plan was to go Lowlands and seek their fortune. Witht he help of mysterious invidual, both suceeded beyond their wildest...

"By Grace and Grace alone" is powerful memoir about life and spirituality. It is based out of the deep south and takes you around the world. There are ups and downs, rewards and deception and a plethora of events that shape and mold the...

The Calling is the story of a child who grew up with a deep love for his country. A child who envisioned how great it would be to serve his country and dreamed of the day he would come marching home in a parade...

"Seventeen years ago I made what at first seemed like a small discovery: a vacuum pressure gravitational theory of mine deduced something I did not expect. But the more I investigated, the more I realized that what I had seen was the beginning of...

This fully illustrated, 70-page color book, written for tourists, provides a complete description of the geology and geography of Maui. Included topics are the origin of Maui, its climate, volcanoes, geologic maps, travel times, and details on travel to Haleakala National Park. The companion...

Stephen Percy Harris was born on March 12, 1956, in the back room of his grandmother's house in Leytonstone, then part of Essex, England. His birth into modest circumstances in London's East End would give little indication of the global impact he would later...

Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe; c. 1660 - 24 April 1731) was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its...

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair (1847), a panoramic portrait of English society. Thackeray began as a satirist and parodist, with a sneaking fondness for roguish upstarts like...

"Happiness is the Construct of Your Own Self-Love", is an entertaining tell of personal growth and the journey to find the meaning of the words Love and Happiness. It entices the mind by thinking outside the box when it comes to relationships, friendships, social...

Zaki has turned ten. It's a time of change, of changing experiences. I'm a witness to my son, and he a witness to me. We are learning about our journey together. There is imagination, there are dreams and there is respect and love. This...

New Year is one of the sweetest moments in Kenya, the climax of Christmas festivities that gather family from distant ends of the country for two weeks of laughter, sunshine, hugs, food, and drink. But in 2007, the dawn of a new year echoed...

This book of interviews with Professor Wang Gungwu, published to felicitate him on his 80th birthday in 2010, seeks to convey to a general audience something of the life, times and thoughts of a leading historian, Southeast Asianist, Sinologist and public intellectual. The interviews...

Author: BanuISBN-10: 981283947XISBN-13: 9789812839473Publisher: World Scientific Publishing CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2008Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.70w x 0.30d

Nikola Tesla was an inventor and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He is best known for his revolutionary developments in the field of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An astonishing autobiography, this book touches on his life and...

This is a well-written and insightful history of the rule of Akbar, the greatest ruler of India. It details his philosophies and successful efforts to unify a splintered kingdom along with examples of his fairness, tenderness and open-mindedness.Author: Richard Von GarbeISBN-10: 9386367467ISBN-13: 9789386367464Publisher: Alpha...

Thomas Jefferson, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks...

The book focuses on the emotions, desires, and doubts of young Jesuits, offering a detailed account of thousands of petitions for the Indies (Litterae indipetae) written during the early modern period.Author: Elisa FreiISBN-10: 9004538003ISBN-13: 9789004538009Publisher: BrillLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/18/2023Pages: 162Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.10w...

Author: Ivy Imogene HansdakISBN-10: 8184652127ISBN-13: 9788184652123Publisher: Indian Society for Promoting Christian KnowleLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2016Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d

Patanjali Ayurved has turned out to be the most disruptive force in the Indian FMCG market..it witnessed a whopping annual growth of 146% in fiscal year 2016, grossing a turnover of $769 million.'-Assocham-TechSci research report When in 1965, at Saidalipur, a nondescript village in...

Born in a small village in Maharashtra, Shivraj Patil aspired to become a lawyer, like many others in his family. But fate had other plans: it propelled him into politics, where he rose step by step in the Congress party to finally hold the...

The Man who Freed the Slaves - The Story of Abraham Lincoln is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition,...

African Fever and Culture of the Blue Gum-tree - To Counteract Malaria in Italy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking...

Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women - Madame de Staël is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition,...

The Relations and Duties of Free Colored Men in America to Africa - A letter to Charles B. Dunbar is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1861. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and...

A sermon Exhibiting the Present Dangers and Consequent Duties of the Citizens of the United States of America is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1799. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science,...

A Moses of the Mormons is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...

John Eliot's First Indian Teacher and Interpreter is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As...

Tributes to William Lloyd Garrison - At the Funeral Services, May 28, 1879 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

Lyrics of Brotherhood is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on...

A Vindication of Lord Byron is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1869. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we...

Scotch-Irish in New England is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus...

Tribute to William Cullen Bryant is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1878. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we...

Memorial addresses on the life and character of Austin F. Pike is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...