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I was born. I was raised by a hardworking mother and a loyal father. But when I was seven years old, I had suicidal thoughts. When I was sixteen years old, I found out my dad wasn't my real dad. I was married at...

Are you a student of Napoleon Hill's classic from 1937 Think and Grow Rich? Has your life or business benefited from the timeless truths of this global classic? Experience these foundational principles of success that carry on from generation to generation. Presenting: The 13...

Dave was twenty-one years old the first time he read the writings of King Solomon. He was the wisest king to ever live according to recorded history. The newly crowned Monarch asked God for wisdom to govern his people well. Not only did He...

Dave was twenty-one years old the first time he read the writings of King Solomon. He was the wisest king to ever live according to recorded history. The newly crowned Monarch asked God for wisdom to govern his people well. Not only did He...

We as a country, a culture, a human race, find ourselves engaged in a new type of war, a war of information and misinformation, a war of deceit and coercion. A war between the temporal inventions of man and God's eternal truth.WE'RE IN THE...

In The Principles of David and Goliath, we honor those who never waver in their mindset and beliefs, and for those who choose to take on the giants, even when it is not in their favor. Whether you are an underdog, faced with challenges,...

We as a country, a culture, a human race, find ourselves engaged in a new type of war, a war of information and misinformation, a war of deceit and coercion. A war between the temporal inventions of man and God's eternal truth.WE'RE IN THE...

Are you a student of Napoleon Hill's classic from 1937 Think and Grow Rich? Has your life or business benefited from the timeless truths of this global classic? Experience these foundational principles of success that carry on from generation to generation. Presenting: The 13...

Are you a student of Napoleon Hill's classic from 1937 Think and Grow Rich? Has your life or business benefited from the timeless truths of this global classic? Experience these foundational principles of success that carry on from generation to generation. Presenting: The 13...

A primer on how to spot, seize, and exploit, and create lucky breaks in the post-COVID world--written for Millennials, but compelling and relevant to anyone. The essence of being street smart is the ability to take advantage of lucky breaks. And everyone--at least once...

This fascinating book introduces readers to the life of Amanda Gorman, a National Youth Poet Laureate whose artistic and cultural contributions have expanded and illuminated the collective conversation on race. The book includes a table of contents, a Consider This special feature, a biographical...

This exciting book introduces readers to the life and career of football star Justin Herbert. Colorful photos, fun facts, interesting sidebars, and a map of important places in his life make this a thrilling read for young sports fans. This Focus Readers series is...

Adultery is dangerous and destructive, which stems from a moment or moments of pleasure that draw you in physically and/or mentally.A decision, one decision, led to multiple decisions that ultimately caused the destruction of my family. Now what is your marriage worth? What is...

Simone Biles has flipped and twisted her way to the top of the gymnastics world! But she also takes care of herself. Find out how Simone wins medals and looks out for her mental health.Author: Rachel RoseISBN-10: 1636917194ISBN-13: 9781636917191Publisher: BearcubLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2022Pages: 24Format: Library...

Joe Biden has worked hard to become president of the United States. From struggling with a stutter as a kid to getting the highest job in the land, follow along on the 46th president's journey. Find out how Joe Biden continues to work hard.Author:...

Let me take you by the hand to walk with me down a dark, rocky road as I go thru the school of hard knocks, where only the strong survive. Of course I use colorful language, who wouldn't? Hell, polygamy itself is a kick...

Within the Wiles of an Uncharted Jungle/ A True Story/A Nicaraguan Plane Crash 1966By: Gregory Lantz "TARZAN" Smith, M.D. Plastic & Reconstructive SurgeonAbout the BookGregory Lantz Smith, M.D., alias "TARZAN", is a former Board Certified General Surgeon And a Board Certified Aesthetic & Reconstructive...

Author: Carl E. FranklinISBN-10: 1635242045ISBN-13: 9781635242041Publisher: Litfire PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2021Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d

In 1961, Holm O. Bursum III led a group of enthusiastic Young Republicans (YRs) into an unprecedentedly close partnership with the senior wing of their party. From a family of prominent public servants, Bursum became a protégé of Republican Governor Edwin L. Mechem. Mechem's...

Author: Joseph RoushISBN-10: 1632327279ISBN-13: 9781632327277Publisher: Redemption PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2014Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d

Author: Joseph RoushISBN-10: 1632323249ISBN-13: 9781632323248Publisher: Redemption PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2015Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

Author: Joseph RoushISBN-10: 1632323230ISBN-13: 9781632323231Publisher: Redemption PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2015Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d

In 1973, The Exorcist shocked the world and became the most popular and successful horror film ever made.In 1977, Exorcist II: The Heretic shocked the world in a very different way...becoming a laughing stock.How did it happen? Why did a major motion picture studio...

John D. MacDonald was a prolific writer, authoring 78 books that have sold more than 70 million copies. Many of his novels published in the 1950's were set in Florida, as were several of his 450 short stories and the well-known Travis McGee series....

Humans and canines have been cohabitating for centuries, straddling a boundary that allows us to live together within and across our species. In this empathetic volume, author Dave Dempsey explores this life on the border, the overlapping planes between humans and the nonhuman world...

The personal and professional life of Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990), Austria's long-serving Socialist chancellor from August 1970 to May 1983, has been the focus of many books and articles. However, his ambiguous and complex relationship to his Jewishness, the State of Israel, and Zionism, as...

On her deathbed, Sue asked her sister for one thing: to write about the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown and the rare cancer that was killing her. Fulfilling that promise has been Nancy Nichols' mission for more than a decade. Lake...

What is influence and why might real influencers be those whose names we no longer remember? Ken Weisbrode embarks on an exploration to trace the most powerful strands of cultural and intellectual influence, and demonstrates it might not be what we think it is....

Wicked Bozeman delves into a dangerous and dark pastThe Gallatin History Museum, housed in the old Gallatin County Jail, holds many secrets. From the house of ill repute on Mendenhall Street to the earliest jail break in 1873, the historic crimes are replete with...

Pioneers in Librarianship profiles sixty notable librarians who made significant contributions to the field. Librarians chosen for inclusion in this volume met one or more of these three criteria: The librarian conceived a new method for improving library services, invented their own method of...

Discover the true story of how a shy miner's daughter became one of the most legendary costume designers in Hollywood in this inspiring nonfiction picture book biography. As a child in the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, Edith Head had few friends and...

A brilliant approach to the queerness of one of Taiwan's greatest auteurs A critical figure in queer Sinophone cinema--and the first director ever commissioned to create a film for the permanent collection of the Louvre--Tsai Ming-liang is a major force in Taiwan cinema and...

Manoel de Oliveira is the only filmmaker whose career spans from the silent era to the digital age, and yet there is little written in English about his extensive filmography. This volume, the first to discuss Oliveira's later works in English, fills this incredible...

RISE AND FALL OF CIVILIZATIONSArnold Toynbee "A Study of History" 1934-1961 12 volumes1. The vision of the initial creative minority begins to decay.2. The majority of the civilization's people gradually withdraw their allegiance.3. Social decay follows.Edward Gibbon "The History of the Decline and Fall...

RISE AND FALL OF CIVILIZATIONSArnold Toynbee "A Study of History" 1934-1961 12 volumes1. The vision of the initial creative minority begins to decay.2. The majority of the civilization's people gradually withdraw their allegiance.3. Social decay follows.Edward Gibbon "The History of the Decline and Fall...

Abraham Lincoln had a lifelong fascination with science and technology, a fascination that would help institutionalize science, win the Civil War, and propel the nation into the modern age. Readers will learn through Lincoln: The Fire of Genius how science and technology gradually infiltrated...

Steven Grzesik's counter-culture experience in Greenwich Village ended with a bad acid trip followed by a draft notice. The Vietnam War, then at its height, seemed doomed to failure by cynical politicians and a skeptical public, a prediction he weighed against his sense of...

Reuel Long's experiences as an MD in the emergency rooms of Flint, Michigan, prepared him for only some of what he would see in a mobile army surgical hospital. Antiwar sentiment among the doctors in basic training at Fort Sam Houston set the tone...

This memoir is an inspirational yet harrowing story of a domestic violence victim's search for the truth about her marriage. Twenty-one-year-old Sarah Doucette married a charming, gregarious and attentive man. Six years later, she left the marriage, lucky to be alive. Suffering from PTSD...

Naomi "Omie" Wise was drowned by her lover in the waters of North Carolina's Deep River in 1807, and her murder has been remembered in ballad and story for well over two centuries. Mistakes, romanticization and misremembering have been injected into Naomi's biography over...

Among early 20th century baseball players, John Preston "Pete" Hill (1882-1951) was considered the equal of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker--only skin color kept him out of the majors. A capable manager, Hill captained the Negro League's Chicago-based American Giants, led two...

One of the most enigmatic figures of the American Revolutionary War, Colonel David Fanning is best known for his 1781 capture of Thomas Burke, the governor of North Carolina. As a Loyalist officer, Fanning fought in more than thirty minor engagements across the Carolinas,...

Among the "Original Six" National Hockey League clubs to survive the Great Depression, the Boston Bruins have a vibrant history. Entering the 2019-2020 campaign, the team ranked fourth all-time, with six Stanley Cup championships. Some of the most gifted players in NHL history have...

Adult Protective Services (APS) is the social service system charged with aiding older people and disabled adults who are being mistreated by others or cannot meet their own basic needs for health and safety (self-neglect). These are America's most vulnerable citizens, and they often...

Unique among the various types of impersonation entertainers, a tribute artist concentrates on only a few of a famous singer's notable characteristics in order to effectively evoke that performer through song. This book explores the elements of tribute performance through case studies of performers...

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Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Wuppertal, language: English, abstract: This paper aims to show the Franklinian way of thinking towards a virtuous life in Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the...

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Kassel (Anglistik/Amerikanistik Literaturwissenschaft), course: American Renaissance, language: English, abstract: Douglass's and Jacob's slave narratives deal with the reconstruction of identity. The recreation of Frederick Douglass's own identity...

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1.3, University of Constance, language: English, abstract: "On all of its levels, memory is defined by an intricate interaction between remembering and forgetting. "This statement certainly includes the term "race",...

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Augsburg, language: English, abstract: Most people consider metaphors to be merely linguistic devises that are used for poetic purposes. A standard dictionary definition of...