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Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the Vandals and the sack of Rome *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "For they are all of the Arian faith, and have one language called Gothic; and, as it seems to me, they all came originally from one tribe, and were distinguished later by the names of those who led each group...read more
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9781523951635, titled "The Vandals: The History and Legacy of Antiquityâs Most Famous Barbarians" | Createspace Independent Pub, February 9, 2016, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the Vandals and the sack of Rome *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "For they are all of the Arian faith, and have one language called Gothic; and, as it seems to me, they all came originally from one tribe, and were distinguished later by the names of those who led each group.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the siege *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “[T]hey ran every one through whom they met with, and obstructed the very lanes with their dead bodies, and made the whole city run down with blood, to such a degree indeed that the fire of many of the houses was quenched with these men's blood...read more
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9781523835676, titled "The Roman Siege of Jerusalem in 70 Ce: The History and Legacy of Romeâs Destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple" | Createspace Independent Pub, February 3, 2016, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the siege *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “[T]hey ran every one through whom they met with, and obstructed the very lanes with their dead bodies, and made the whole city run down with blood, to such a degree indeed that the fire of many of the houses was quenched with these men's blood.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the massacre by civilians and Japanese soldiers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “When you're talking about the Japanese military, thievery and rape just come with the territory...read more
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9781523696253 | Createspace Independent Pub, January 26, 2016, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the massacre by civilians and Japanese soldiers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “When you're talking about the Japanese military, thievery and rape just come with the territory.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting by soldiers and generals on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The seemingly unending succession of mountain ranges, ravines and rivers of the Italian terrain demanded the soldierly qualities of fighting valor and endurance in a measure unsurpassed in any other theater of war...read more
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9781523226634 | Createspace Independent Pub, January 4, 2016, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting by soldiers and generals on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The seemingly unending succession of mountain ranges, ravines and rivers of the Italian terrain demanded the soldierly qualities of fighting valor and endurance in a measure unsurpassed in any other theater of war.
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9781519793607, titled "The Culper Ring: The History and Legacy of the Revolutionary Warâs Most Famous Spy Ring" | Createspace Independent Pub, December 14, 2015, cover price $6.99
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9781522702306, titled "Soviet Russiaâs Space Program During the Space Race: The History and Legacy of the Competition That Pushed America to the Moon" | Createspace Independent Pub, December 14, 2015, cover price $6.99
Product Description: *Includes pictures of the various amusement parks and rides *Traces the history of Coney Island and includes accounts of the old amusement parks and rides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "If Paris is France, Coney Island, between June and September, is the World...read more
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9781519605214, titled "Coney Island: The History of New York Cityâs Most Famous Amusement Park Resort" | Createspace Independent Pub, November 30, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures of the various amusement parks and rides *Traces the history of Coney Island and includes accounts of the old amusement parks and rides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "If Paris is France, Coney Island, between June and September, is the World.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the riot by inmates, hostages, and state officials *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "If we can't live as men, we sure as hell can die as men...read more
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9781519598691, titled "The Attica Prison Riot: The History and Legacy of Americaâs Most Famous Prison Uprising" | Createspace Independent Pub, November 30, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the riot by inmates, hostages, and state officials *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "If we can't live as men, we sure as hell can die as men.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the mission and the trial written by Powers and others *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I must tell you a secret. When I made my first report I deliberately did not say that the pilot was alive and well...read more
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9781518654770 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 17, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the mission and the trial written by Powers and others *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I must tell you a secret.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the various plots and the ways they were foiled *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Like other totalitarian leaders, Adolf Hitler kept an iron grip on power in part by making sure nobody else could attain too much of it, leading to purges of high-ranking officials in the Nazi party...read more
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9781518613425 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 14, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the various plots and the ways they were foiled *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Like other totalitarian leaders, Adolf Hitler kept an iron grip on power in part by making sure nobody else could attain too much of it, leading to purges of high-ranking officials in the Nazi party.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes Nash’s quotes about his own life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world...read more
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9781517685447, titled "John Nash, Jr.: The Life and Legacy of One of Americaâs Most Influential Mathematicians" | Createspace Independent Pub, October 6, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes Nash’s quotes about his own life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the case *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I'm interested solely in seeing that that poor…colored boy over there and his co-defendants in the other cases get a square shake of the dice, because I believe, before God, they are the victims of a dastardly frame up...read more
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9781517608538 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 1, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the case *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I'm interested solely in seeing that that poor…colored boy over there and his co-defendants in the other cases get a square shake of the dice, because I believe, before God, they are the victims of a dastardly frame up.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the murder and trial *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Under the same circumstances, I’d kill him tomorrow." – Harry Thaw It reads like a modern day Lifetime movie: two talented, popular and wealthy men both fall in love with the same beautiful but somewhat tarnished girl...read more
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9781517518455 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 25, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the murder and trial *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Under the same circumstances, I’d kill him tomorrow.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Profiles Palmyra's origins, its relationship with Rome, its culture, and more *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace, Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram[a] had given him, and settled Israelites in them...read more
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9781517487171, titled "Ancient Palmyra: The History and Legacy of One of Antiquityâs Greatest Cities" | Createspace Independent Pub, September 25, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Profiles Palmyra's origins, its relationship with Rome, its culture, and more *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace, Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram[a] had given him, and settled Israelites in them.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Nightingale's life and work written by contemporaries, as well as Florence herself *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results...read more
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9781517359898 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 15, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Nightingale's life and work written by contemporaries, as well as Florence herself *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting, liberation, and victory processions written by participants *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “People of Paris […] the long-awaited day has arrived! French and Allied troops are at the gates of Paris...read more
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9781517271893 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 9, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting, liberation, and victory processions written by participants *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “People of Paris […] the long-awaited day has arrived!
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the standoff by federal agents and members of the Branch Davidians *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The Latin soldiery subjected the greatest city in Europe to an indescribable sack...read more
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9781517090227 | Createspace Independent Pub, August 28, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the standoff by federal agents and members of the Branch Davidians *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The Latin soldiery subjected the greatest city in Europe to an indescribable sack.
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9781517085858, titled "The Waco Siege: The History of the Federal Governmentâs Standoff With David Koresh and the Branch Davidians" | Createspace Independent Pub, August 28, 2015, cover price $6.99
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by generals and soldiers on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “They've got us surrounded – the poor bastards...read more
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9781517070144 | Createspace Independent Pub, August 27, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by generals and soldiers on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “They've got us surrounded – the poor bastards.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes Long's own quotes about his career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “For the present you can just call me the Kingfish.” – Huey Long, 1933 The late 19th and early 20th centuries in America had no shortage of political graft and powerful politicians, but few were as influential or conspicuous as the Kingfish, Huey P...read more
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9781517073879 | Createspace Independent Pub, August 27, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes Long's own quotes about his career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “For the present you can just call me the Kingfish.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes Carter's own quotes about his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate...read more
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9781517058616 | Createspace Independent Pub, August 26, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes Carter's own quotes about his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate.
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9781515330141, titled "The East India Company: The History of the British Empireâs Most Famous Mercantile Company" | Createspace Independent Pub, August 3, 2015, cover price $6.99
Joseph Mccarthy: The Controversial Life and Career of 20th Century AmericaÂs Most Notorious Senator
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes McCarthy's quotes about his own life and career *Includes excerpts of the McCarthy-Army hearings *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity...read more
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9781515275145, titled "Joseph Mccarthy: The Controversial Life and Career of 20th Century Americaâs Most Notorious Senator" | Createspace Independent Pub, August 2, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes McCarthy's quotes about his own life and career *Includes excerpts of the McCarthy-Army hearings *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity.
Product Description: *Includes pictures *Includes Carnegie's own quotes about his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department...read more
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9781515253273 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 29, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: *Includes pictures *Includes Carnegie's own quotes about his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department.
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9781515079705 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 15, 2015, cover price $6.99
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