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Book cover of Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
by Ian W. Toll
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008

"A fluent, intelligent history...give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea."—New York Times Book Review Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government....
Book cover of Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq
by John W. Dower
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010

Finalist for the 2010 National Book Award in Nonfiction: The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian returns with a groundbreaking comparative study of the dynamics and pathologies of war in modern times. Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the...
Book cover of Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942

by Ian W. Toll
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011

“Both a serious work of history . . . and a marvelously readable dramatic narrative.”—San Francisco Chronicle On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in...
Book cover of How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care)
by Ross W. Duffin
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008

"A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary."—Classical Music What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in "equal temperament"—the...
Book cover of The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944

by Ian W. Toll
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015

**A New York Times Bestseller "A beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again Mr. Toll’s mastery of the naval-war narrative." —Wall Street Journal** This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War—the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944—when...
Book cover of Clever Billy: And Other Freaky, Funny Limericks
by W.W. Rowe
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2010

A man who pulls money out of his ears? A piano-playing goldfish? A planet where your thoughts float in the air beside your head? A girl who skips school by traveling through time? A magician who pulls himself out of a hat? This hilarious collection of zany limericks by W. W. Rowe is given an extra...
Book cover of Jane Addams: Spirit in Action
by Louise W. Knight
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2010

In this landmark biography, Jane Addams becomes America's most admired and most hated woman—and wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Jane Addams (1860-1935) was a leading statesperson in an era when few imagined such possibilities for women. In this fresh interpretation, the first full biography of...
Book cover of A Dad's Purpose

A Dad's Purpose

One Man's Search for the Reason Nobody is Listening to Him

by W. Bruce Cameron
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017

In the beginning, children actually listen to Dad, mainly because they don’t realize they have any other choice. Sometimes even the dog pays attention. But gradually, things get out of hand.    A DAD'S PURPOSE, from W. Bruce Cameron, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Dog's...
Book cover of Tom Thumb. Three bears.

Tom Thumb. Three bears.

Illustrated edition

by W.W. Denslow
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013

“Tom Thumb. Three bears.” is a collection of the two most famous folktales and fairy tales, which was retold and illustrated by W.W. Denslow in 1903. The “Tom Thumb” is about Tom, who is no bigger than his father’s thumb, and his adventures with a big crow and a huge fish, and becoming...
Book cover of 99 Classic Thriller Short Stories: Works by Philip K. Dick, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Wilkie Collins...and many more !
by Edgar Allan Poe, Alexander Pushkin, Algernon Blackwood
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2019

CONTENTS: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1. The Queen of Spades ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: 2. Confession 3. S. O. S. 4. The Wings of Horus ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 5. B. 24 ARTHUR O. FRIEL: 6. The Spider 7. The Vulture ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH: 8. Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman 9. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands 10. The...
Book cover of The Essential W. P. Kinsella
by W. P. Kinsella
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015

This career retrospective celebrates the 80th birthday of baseball's greatest scribe, W. P. Kinsella (Shoeless Joe), as well as the 25th anniversary of Field of Dreams, the film that he inspired.In addition to his classic baseball tales, W. P. Kinsella is also a critically-acclaimed short fiction writer....
Book cover of The Best of A. W. Tozer Book One
by A. W. Tozer, Warren Wiersbe
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007

In The Best of A.W. Tozer, Book One Warren Wiersbe compiles a fantastic amount of writings to show us once again that Tozer had a gift from God. This collection of 52 favorite chapters represent the major themes from the works of A.W. Tozer. Each chapter offers what Tozer has come to be...
Book cover of The W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy Reader

The W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy Reader

The iconic articles by bestselling authors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne

by W. Chan Kim, Renée A. Mauborgne
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017

The best of W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne’s articles on blue ocean strategy, all in one place. The seminal book Blue Ocean Strategy has sold over 3.6 million copies globally and is in print in 46 languages. But much of W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne’s work on creating new market spaces...
Book cover of The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from Twentieth-Century Statesmanship
by Bruce W. Jentleson
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018

In the twentieth century, great leaders played vital roles in making the world a fairer and more peaceful place. How did they do it? What lessons can be drawn for the twenty-first-century global agenda? Those questions are at the heart of The Peacemakers, a kind of global edition of John F....
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