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In a series of episodes as fantastic as any fiction, a powerful civilization crumbled at the hands of a small band of warriors. Written by one of America's great historians, this gripping chronicle draws upon the firsthand accounts of eminent sixteenth-century captains and statesmen to relate the overthrow of the Inca empire by the Spanish adventurers under Pizarro's command. Author William H. Prescott's immensely readable narrative crackles with...
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#1 The mood in the helicopter was upbeat, especially from Ronnie Means. He had taken a job building concrete silos before joining the Army, and he looked like he was giddy. I didn't hit it off with him until we spent five hours together on a bus.
#2 I had always known cold and snow in December, but here, the air was so thick and muggy that I struggled to take deep breaths....
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Get the Summary of Michael Lewis's Flash Boys in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post—financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they...
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The land of the free and home of the brave. How much do you know of the history of modern-day America? From its discovery by Columbus to its participation in World war 1 and 2 we can see that America has left its mark on the world. It hasn't all been plain sailing and nobody should dare say otherwise, but has it been a success? Jump into this concise retelling of American history and judge for yourself as we attempt to take a neutral approach to the...
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#1 The men in the canoes were skilled, but they knew disaster was just a moment away. They were navigating among the islands of wbanakik, a beautiful but dangerous edge of the world.
#2 The Wapánahki were not a unified people. The languages spoken by those living far away were similar but subtly different from those of Ktə̀hαnəto and his relatives. They knew that...
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What really happened on 9/11? What can the evidence tell us? Who is covering up the evidence, and why are they covering it up? This book attempts to give some answers to these questions and has been written by someone who has become deeply involved in research into what happened on 9/11. A study of the available evidence will challenge you and much of what you assumed to be true.
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Compiled a century ago, when the wildness of the American West was still a living memory, these tales chronicle the rugged lives and audacious crimes of bank and train robbers, cattle rustlers, horse thieves, and other desperadoes. Recounted mainly by the outlaws themselves along with eyewitnesses to their deeds, the stories profile Billy the Kid, Frank and Jesse James, the Dalton Gang, Wild Bill Hickok, and other legendary figures of the era. In...
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#1 The Bulger family was not particularly Irish, as they were poor immigrants who worked for the government. Their father, James, was a third-generation laborer who was injured in a railyard accident, and his arm was amputated. They then moved to Dorchester and later to South Boston, where they heard about a new public housing project called Old Colony Harbor.
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Gunsite was founded in 1976 by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, author, columnist, professor, WW II and Korean War combat veteran.
Col. Cooper intended Gunsite to be the vehicle for spreading the Modern Technique of the Pistol, which he created during his years in Big Bear Lake, CA.Jeff Cooper built the facility which was known then as the American Pistol Institute (API), just west of Paulden, Arizona, north of Prescott AZ. Cooper began teaching pistol, shotgun...
10) Entre cubanos
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Entre cubanos, ensayos y artículos de psicología tropical se publicó en 1911 y contiene artículos aparecidos antes en la prensa cubana.
Los artículos aquí reunidos revelan la agudeza intelectual del autor por entonces muy joven. En ellos se recogen muchos de los temas que conformarán los variados intereses de Fernando Ortiz. Escribe sobre el estado de la cultura y la literatura cubanas, la fiestas populares, el arte, la instrucción mercantil...
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#1 The first humans to inhabit the continents of North and South America were groups of hunter-gatherers who arrived from Siberia around 12,000 years ago. As they spread south, they settled in small towns and villages and began to cultivate crops.
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#1 The Cuban exile community in Miami is where the chorus waits to comment on the action, and sometimes joins in. The exiled Fidel Castro Ruz came to Miami in 1955 for money to take the 26 Julio into the Sierra Maestra, and got it from Carlos Prío.
#2 The opera known as exile, which has been ongoing since 1959, has affected the way Miami has developed. The actions of...
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The book relates, for the first time, Cree and Inuit history as they encountered Hudson during his exploration of Hudson Bay. This information is based upon the information given to a pilot who flew many trips into the Hudson Bay area when he was transporting material to the various radar sites set up in Northern Canada during the late 1950's and 60's. The author learned this information from the pilot because both had an interest in Hudson and were...
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Este volumen recoge una serie de artículos, fruto del esfuerzo de colaboración de algunos de los principales historiadores argentinos y brasileños sobre Estados Unidos de América. Esto no quiere decir que sean los únicos que estudian este país, pero sí que ellos lo hacen desde la Historia y desde posturas independientes. A pesar de que sus visiones no representan la verdad absoluta de los hechos narrados, sus aproximaciones históricas se apoyan...
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#1 I began life as a white girl in the segregated South, and I'm likely to end it as a Jewish woman in Berlin. I was never a victim of a concentration camp or pogrom, and I learned about the Holocaust as a child, but it did not impact my own life.
#2 I have a deep connection with the South, and I miss it. I miss the newness of green, and the promise that it brings.
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#1 The Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, was the setting for the story. It was a world bustling and tranquil, with a musky sweet-smelling blend of extremes. The sisters, Dora and Claire, were the only unmarried women there.
#2 The sisters, Ethel and Gertrude, had died from scarlet fever when they were young. Their father had died shortly after their mother....
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More than 700 quotations provide a running narrative by the many who lived through or died in the Civil War. The voices of the great and famous, the ordinary and the unknown, resound in these pages. Arranged chronologically and divided by specific topics and events, this well-researched volume puts a human face on history.
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#1 The story of adoptees connected to the Tennessee Children's Home Society is a very familiar one to Connie Wilson. She was one of the last babies placed by the scandal-ridden orphanage, and her adoption was held up.
#2 The end of Tann's reign of terror nears in 1950, when the state of Tennessee releases a report detailing her years of nefarious dealings in the adoption...
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#1 The baseball game on May 11, 1943, between the Cloudbuster Nine and the Tar Heels was the talk of the base for weeks. It was the most popular sport in America for civilians and millions of men and women in uniform. But the best players didn't wear jerseys for the New York Yankees or the St. Louis Cardinals, champions of the 1942 World Series.
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In the late eighteen hundreds when Shirks grandmother was a young person, womens choices were limited. Frances knew she was meant to be a nurse, but, being young and unmarried, society said no. Her friend Sally, granddaughter of slaves, knew she could be a great teacher, but there was little chance for her to get training. Reading this book in a group and then having a discussion about it takes courage. Its not easy to talk about race and gender issues....
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