J D : 3153 books

I'm on a train. I don't know where it's going, but it's taking me far away from here. I want to close my eyes and just feel the motion, feel the train carry me away from this place, but Strays are all around me. Their snarls keep me frozen in my seat. If I close my eyes I can imagine the time when...

The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, has moved into Europe, with UK as its next target after Germany. Wal-Mart operates about 3,601 stores, employs more than 910,000 people globally, and last year’s sales amounted to $137.6 billion (£85.7 billion). This figure no doubt makes the owners of many...

Kentuckians have been wearing out shoe leather at informal jamborees since the state was settled over two hundred years ago. Tadpole's Dew Drop Inn played host to some fifteen hundred musical shindigs in its time as a mecca of Marshall County music. A Rosine barn dance gave bluegrass founder Bill Monroe...

This book gives you solid, easy-to-follow guidelines that teach you how to apply the principles of minimalist living. In this book you will learn the benefits of becoming a minimalist as well as how to declutter your home and create minimalist spaces room by room. In addition, you will learn to achieve...

Born on July 30, 1863, the American industrialist Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, but he was definitely the one who made it possible for a middle class American to buy one.  Ford became one of the richest men in the world, thanks to...

Coming from an Italian immigrant family, Alphonse Gabriel Capone definitely became famous, but for all the wrong reasons. Popularly known as Scarface, Al Capone went on to become famous (or infamous) as the leader of the Chicago Outfit, during the Prohibition era.  Before he became the king of the...

Most of us have been told by our parents that it never pays to walk on the wrong side of the law. Crime never pays. This is a saying we have heard millions of times, threatening us that we should always be law-abiding citizens of the world.  But if you look at the net worth and the lavish lifestyles...

With the variations in financial market, it becomes hard to adapt to unpredictable situations. As another day comes, more opportunities might knock on your door. You just need to welcome it with readiness and competence. Many people started to have nothing or just enough inside their pockets. It is...

Many people will probably not recognize the name Erik Weisz or Ehrich Weiss. But an expression of awe will definitely come across the face if someone says Harry Houdini. Yes, these two names belong to the same man, The Great Houdini. Harry Houdini was an illusionist and stunt performer, famous for...

Man has always been a nomad, a restless spirit or a free-spirited species. In very early times, we moved from place to place, from continent to continent, tracking the stars, crossing huge rivers, and following the seasons in our efforts to survive.  Before the advent of modern civilization as we...

My Money Management Betting System combined with Common Sense Blackjack can make you a winner at the Casinos. My system is designed so that the Casino may win more hands but you win more money. Learn good basic Blackjack as well as how much and when to bet.

   Taco's Wisdom: 101 - Random Off The Wall Quotes, That Will Tickle Your Brain. Is a random gathering of quotes that will make you laugh, think, maybe even cry with it's unorthodox way of getting your attention. From the mixing and matching of great pictures with odd wisdomatic quotes. One thing is for sure, you are garaunteed to enjoy this entertaining book.

Three cousins, inseparably bonded through music. Each became a star; their story would become a legend. J.D. Davis’s enthralling new biography of famous cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley, born within a twelve-month span in small-town Louisiana during the Great Depression, draws...

Longing tells the story of the greatest artistic couple in history, Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck. They met when she was eight years old and he was seventeen, drawn together first by music and then by their passion for each other. Drawing on their letters and remarkably frank journals, J. D. Landis...