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"A mysterious first lady. The intrepid journalist writing her biography. And the secret that could destroy them both. Tired of covering the grating dysfunction of Washington and the increasingly outrageous antics of President Henry Caine, White House correspondent Sofie Morse quits her job and plans to leave politics behind. But when she gets a call from the office of First Lady Lara Caine, asking Sofie to come in for a private meeting with Lara,...
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Confronted with starvation, lack of education, and homelessness, children of the Great Depression, like sixteen-year-old Clarence Lee, whose father asked him to leave home because he could no longer afford to support him, grew up quickly. Many weren't able to attend school. Instead, millions of American children worked alongside their parents, trying to make ends meet. In spite of these challenges, they grew up with courage, a sense of responsibility,...
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[2014]
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Maps the influence of America's Hispanic past, from the explorers and conquistadors who helped colonize Puerto Rico and Florida, to the missionaries and rancheros who settled in California and the 20th-century resurgence in major cities like Chicago and Miami.
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Our American Cousin. Note of interest: This was the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated.
Our American Cousin is a three-act play written by English playwright Tom Taylor. The play opened in London in 1858 but quickly made its way to the U.S and premiered at Laura Keene's Theatre in New York City later that year. It remained popular in the U.S and England for the next several decades. The play is a classic Victorian farce with...
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YOU EVER WONDER? Where did the original Inhabitants of America come from? Who named them Indians? Why the Pilgrims left their homes in Europe to come to America? How did America get its name? What is a Republic, or a Democracy? Why did our Founders begin the Preamble to the Constitution with "We the People...?" Why did the South secede from the Union? Was there more than just John W. Booth involved with Lincoln's assignation? Who actually was responsible...
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Almost nobody approves of the way our government is working. Almost everybody agrees that money in the form of political donations is a major part of the problems we witness. Corporate and special interest donations are seen as the most egregious parts of the political finance problem.
Our history books are not as complete as they arguably should have been when it comes to some of our more controversial historical events. It is difficult to imagine...
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Set Free is the testimony of Peter Rahme, an itinerant evangelist, who received Jesus as his Lord and Savior in a dramatic spiritual encounter in 1980.
In Set Free, Peter shares some of the shocking childhood experiences that would leave a traumatic and lasting imprint on his life. These experiences, and surrounding negative influences, led Peter to stray from his wholesome family roots, resulting in decades lost to alcoholism, drug abuse, violence,...
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Are you looking for motivation to live a life of purpose?
If so, you're not alone. Now more than ever, it's difficult to find the balance between purpose in your work, financial success, and happiness at home. The world wants you to believe fulfillment comes from making money, but the further you go down that road, the more you'll realize the fulfillment you were promised is not there.
As Andrew Samuel learned during his journey from a cow dung...
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The purpose of this book is to raise the public's curiosity and interest so as to produce a better understanding and appreciation of our nation's overall being. This, in turn, should produce a more singular identity for unifying and improving our country.
This humble effort will discuss the many influences and issues, which are tearing apart our American fabric. My approach may seem out of the so-called mainstream, even infuriating at times, but...
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Discover the history of horses in America with this engaging survey of equine development from prehistoric to modern times. Recounted in simple language and illustrated with accurate drawings, the book chronicles the horse's New World origins and extinction as well as the animal's return with the conquistadors and its subsequent roles ― as farm and carriage horses, thoroughbreds, ponies, mules, and trained horses in the army, circus, and elsewhere....
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Our American Flag was written to inspire minds of all ages, to see the symbols of America, and to learn and understand why it is so important that every generation learns the details and meanings of our flag. Let this book be a spark, a beginning, a way to enhance your patriotism.
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Our American West, Volume 4 completes this collection of stories written by Gary McCarthy. The Lewis and Clark Expedition proved once and for all that the storied and hoped for "River across America" didn't exist. Long before the Forty-Niner Gold Rush a diminutive but courageous priest named Fr. Junipero Serra sacrificed everything to bring Christianity to the gentle coastal Native Americans while faithfully establishing a string of beautiful California...
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Our American West, Volume 3 is filled with western frontier stories you'll find entertaining. The Roadrunner – Our Sagebrush Clowns reflects on the speedy and often comical bird of our southwestern deserts. Wild and wicked Calamity Jane lived up to her reputation as the West's most infamous outlaw woman. "The Donner Party – Frozen Horror" describes the horror that led to cannibalism. The 49er Gold Rush ruined the lives of two ambitious and well-intentioned...
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Our American West, Volume 2 begins with America's first colonizers, the prairie dogs, and how out on the ranges they were so hated by ranchers that they were almost made extinct. Conestoga Wagons were once called "prairie schooners" crossing America long before the famed Pony Express. The indomitable courage of Sarah Winnemucca, the "Prairie Princess" rivals that of a tall Swede named Showshoe Thompson who skied the snowy river passes of the Sierra...
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In Our American West, Volume 1, discover humor, tragedy and courage in every one of these delightful stories. Gary McCarthy has been writing about the American West for thirty years and these are some of his favorite topics written – not for the expert or scholar – but for all the armchair admirers of thing historically written. Some of these exciting subjects are fairly well known such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but even here you...
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