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A Girl Walks Into a Book: What the Brontës Taught Me about Life, Love, and Women's Work
Miranda K Pennington · Seal Press
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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How many times have you heard readers argue about which is better, Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights? The works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne continue to provoke passionate fandom over a century after their deaths. Bronte enthusiasts, as well as those of us who never made it further than those... |
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Charlie One Five: A Marine Company's Vietnam War
Nicholas Warr · Texas Tech University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The combat history of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines--or “One Five” (1/5)--is long and illustrious, but there are many periods of their combat operations during the Vietnam War about which there is little in print. This history is drawn from many years of research, from the author’s... |
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Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life
James Cannon · University of Michigan Press
Format: Hardcover
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Not since Harry Truman succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt twenty-nine years earlier had the American people known so little about a man who had stepped forward from obscurity to take the oath of office as President of the United States. from Chapter 4 This is a comprehensive narrative account... |
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Rising to the Challenge: My Leadership Journey
Carly Fiorina
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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"There are all kinds of reasons why people fail to fulfill their potential. Perhaps they lack opportunity, perhaps they lack support, perhaps they lack tools or training or education. But everyone has potential. This I know. Our Founders knew it too. They had the radical insight that... |
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Clemente: The True Legacy of an Undying Hero
Clemente · Celebra, published by the Penguin Group
Pages: 262
Format: Print book
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Baseball great, family man, humanitarian - the life and enduring legacy of Roberto Clemente, as told by his family.With a swift bat and fierce athleticism, Roberto Clemente intimidated major league pitchers for eighteen seasons, compiling three thousand hits. His legs were among the quickest... |
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The Radical King
Cornel West · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm XThe radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic... |
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American Sniper LP: Memorial Edition
Chris Kyle · HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 612
Format: Paperback
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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture.From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States... |
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Falfurrias: Ed C. Lasater and the Development of South Texas
Dale Lasater · Texas a & M Univ Pr; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Like many pioneer western cattlemen, Ed C. Lasater was confident, optimistic, and an aggressive user of bank credit. This history of the South Texas rancher and dairyman paints a vivid picture of frontier agriculture in an era that featured some of the region and the nation’s most... |
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The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader
Jason Redman · William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 382
Format: Paperback
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Decorated US navy SEAL lieutenant Jason Redman was critically wounded in 2007 while leading a mission against a key al-Qaida commander, when his mobility and assault forces team was ambushed and he was struck by machine-gun fire at point-blank range. During the intense recovery that followed,... |
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