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Three Cans of Soup

A Christmas Story

By: Don Childers

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When Bill and Sharon arrive in Maysville, they feel it is the answer to their dreams. Bill, the new pastor at Central Church, has finally achieved the status he desires. Sharon is thrilled about her new teaching post at the local Community College. However, upon encountering Benny, a wealthy and over-bearing church member, their hopes for a happy, new life start to crumble. A disagreement over a Christmas wreath causes tensions to mount until finally Bill commits a desperate act of vandalism inside the church. He is arrested and subsequently fired. Over the next year their dream turns into a nightmare. Bill becomes increasingly discouraged as he searches in vain for some meaning to his life. Soon, marital problems force Sharon to spend some time away as Bill reaches his lowest point. Alone and despondent, he discovers a long-forgotten envelope containing three faded soup can labels. This discovery triggers an old memory from a time in which life had purpose and meaning; a time when a simple gift of three cans of soup changed the meaning of Christmas forever. Could this simple gift once again work its power in restoring purpose to Bill's life? This is no ordinary Christmas story; it is a story about that which is important in life.

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Price World Publishing

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1619842386

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Red Scare

Right-Wing Hysteria, Fifties Fanaticism, and Their Legacy in Texas

By: Don E. Carleton,John Henry Faulk

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Red Scare

Right-Wing Hysteria, Fifties Fanaticism, and Their Legacy in Texas

By: Don E. Carleton,John Henry Faulk

Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle between conservative and liberal politics.

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University of Texas Press

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0292758553

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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

The Forgotten War That Changed American History

By: Brian Kilmeade,Don Yaeger

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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

The Forgotten War That Changed American History

By: Brian Kilmeade,Don Yaeger

The mass market edition of the New York Times Bestseller. This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute far beyond what the new country could afford. Jefferson found it impossible to negotiate with the leaders of the Barbary states, who believed their religion justified the plunder and enslavement of non-Muslims. These rogue states would show no mercy, so President Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy's new warships and a detachment of Marines to blockade Tripoli--launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America's journey toward future superpower status. As they did in George Washington's Secret Six, Kilmeade and Yaeger have transformed a nearly forgotten slice of history into a dramatic story that will keep you turning the pages to find out what happens next. Among the many suspenseful episodes: · Lieutenant Andrew Sterett's ferocious cannon battle on the high seas against the treacherous pirate ship Tripoli. · Lieutenant Stephen Decatur's daring night raid of an enemy harbor, with the aim of destroying an American ship that had fallen into the pirates' hands. · General William Eaton's 500-mile march from Egypt to the port of Derne, where the Marines launched a surprise attack and an American flag was raised in victory on foreign soil for the first time.

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0143131834

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Also for Glory Muster

The Story of the Pettigrew Trimble Charge at Gettysburg

By: Don Ernsberger

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The Story of the Pettigrew Trimble Charge at Gettysburg

By: Don Ernsberger

July the third 1863 it seems, will forever be associated with an event known by almost everyone as “Pickett’s Charge” . . . the day more than 12,000 officers and men in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia charged forward at the Union defenses at Gettysburg. Almost since that day onward, the label given to that assault has focused on the commander of less than half of the troops who made the attack—Major General George Pickett. Pickett whose Division constituted only three of the nine brigades in the afternoon assault has become the namesake of the entire effort. Now, the story is told of the men from North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama who made that charge.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1664136568

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Shaping the Royal Navy

Technology, authority and naval architecture, c.1830–1906

By: Don Leggett

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Shaping the Royal Navy

Technology, authority and naval architecture, c.1830–1906

By: Don Leggett

The nineteenth-century Royal Navy was transformed from a fleet of sailing wooden walls into a steam powered machine. Britain’s warships were her first line of defence, and their transformation dominated political, engineering and scientific discussions. They were the products of engineering ingenuity, political controversies, naval ideologies and the fight for authority in nineteenth-century Britain. Shaping the Royal Navy provides the first cultural history of technology, authority and the Royal Navy in the years of Pax Britannica. It places the story firmly within the currents of British history to reconstruct the controversial and high-profile nature of naval architecture. The technological transformation of the Navy dominated the British government and engineering communities. This book explores its history, revealing how ship design became a modern science, the ways that actors competed for authority within the British state and why the nature of naval power changed.

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Manchester University Press

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1526111861

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Black Panther Epic Collection

Panther's Prey

By: Don McGregor

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Black Panther Epic Collection

Panther's Prey

By: Don McGregor

Collects Black Panther: Panther's Prey (1991) #1-4; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #13-37, 148; Solo Avengers (1987) #19; Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #1; Marvel Fanfare (1982) #60; Fantastic Four Unlimited (1993) #1. The saga continues! From Don McGregor, the world-building writer of “Panther’s Rage,” come the second and third chapters in his epic Wakandan trilogy! In “Panther’s Quest,” T’Challa searches for his long-lost mother — and it will lead him on a brutal hunt like no other, set against the violence of South African apartheid and illustrated by the legendary Gene Colan! Then, in “Panther’s Prey,” the painted art of Dwayne Turner brings the action back to Wakanda — where the winged menace called Solomon Prey swears vengeance on the king! Plus: The Panther prowls in a quintet of rarely seen tales!

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Marvel Entertainment

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130293516X

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Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans

The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny

By: Brian Kilmeade,Don Yaeger

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Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans

The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny

By: Brian Kilmeade,Don Yaeger

Another history pageturner from the authors of the #1 bestsellers George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison’s generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson. A native of Tennessee who had witnessed the horrors of the Revolutionary War and Indian attacks, he was glad America had finally decided to confront repeated British aggression. But he feared that President Madison’s men were overlooking the most important target of all: New Orleans. If the British conquered New Orleans, they would control the mouth of the Mississippi River, cutting Americans off from that essential trade route and threatening the previous decade’s Louisiana Purchase. The new nation’s dreams of western expansion would be crushed before they really got off the ground. So Jackson had to convince President Madison and his War Department to take him seriously, even though he wasn’t one of the Virginians and New Englanders who dominated the government. He had to assemble a coalition of frontier militiamen, French-speaking Louisianans,Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, freed slaves, and even some pirates. And he had to defeat the most powerful military force in the world—in the confusing terrain of the Louisiana bayous. In short, Jackson needed a miracle. The local Ursuline nuns set to work praying for his outnumbered troops. And so the Americans, driven by patriotism and protected by prayer, began the battle that would shape our young nation’s destiny. As they did in their two previous bestsellers, Kilmeade and Yaeger make history come alive with a riveting true story that will keep you turning the pages. You’ll finish with a new understanding of one of our greatest generals and a renewed appreciation for the brave men who fought so that America could one day stretch “from sea to shining sea.”

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0593085868

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Flyfisher's Guide to Tennessee

By: Don Kirk

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Flyfisher's Guide to Tennessee

By: Don Kirk

Tennessee has long hosted some of the United States' best big-brown-trout fisheries, yet somehow it has managed to stay under the radar. Until now. Longtime writer and flyfishing guide Don Kirk covers everything in his all new guide book the Flyfisher's Guide to Tennessee. Productive tailwaters like the Clinch River, South Holston River and Watauga River are covered in full detail, as are their tributaries and reservoirs. And Kirk goes well beyond the major drainages, deep into the Cherokee National Forest uncovering some gorgeous gems that will give up trout for days. From brook, brown and rainbow trout to bass and panfish, Kirk covers all the gamefish. Hatch charts, detailed maps, recommended flies, specialized techniques, accommodations, sporting goods and fly shops, restaurants and all other relevant information is included. Kirk gives you tips from a lifetime of flyfishing in Tennessee in this comprehensive volume. If you're ready to give the tailwater pigs a shot, or even if you just want to pluck some brookies from an idyllic mountain brook, you'll want this book. Tennessee is the next great destination - get in while you can.

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Wilderness Adventures Press

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1932098968

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California Cures!: How The California Stem Cell Program Is Fighting Your Incurable Disease!

By: Don C Reed

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California Cures!: How The California Stem Cell Program Is Fighting Your Incurable Disease!

By: Don C Reed

An engrossing read that is hard to put down and packed with insights blend history and the latest research with broader examination of stem cell potentials to change not only health conditions, but society as a whole. No collection covering stem cell advancements should be without this hard-hitting examination that uses California's results as a foundation for considering stem cell's special promises and powerful obstacles to success.'Midwestern Book ReviewThirteen years ago, America faced an epidemic of chronic disease: cancer, paralysis, blindness, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and more.But California voters said 'YES!' to a $3 billion stem cell research program: the awkwardly-named California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Born into battle, the scrappy little state agency was immediately blocked by three years of anti-science lawsuits — but it defeated them all. And then?A quiet triumph. With a focused intensity like the Manhattan Project (but for peaceful purposes, not to build a bomb), scientists funded by CIRM took on the challenges: disease and disability called chronic: incurable.In a series of connected stories, accurate though written to entertain, 'California Cures' relates a war: science against disease, with lives on the line. Think what it means for a paralyzed young man to recover the use of his hands, or for a formerly-blind mother to see her teenaged children — for the first time!Do you know the 'bubble-baby' syndrome? Infants without a proper immune system typically die young; a common cold can kill. But for eighteen babies in a stem cell clinical trial, a different future: they were cured of their disease.No one can predict the pace of science, nor say when cures will come; but California is bringing the fight. The reader will meet the scientists involved, the women and men behind the microscope, and share their struggle.Above all, 'California Cures' is a call for action. Washington may argue about the expense of health care (and who will get it), but California works to bring down the mountain of medical debt: stem cell therapies to ease suffering, and save lives.Will California build on success — and invest $5 billion more in stem cell research?'We have the momentum', says author Don C Reed, 'We dare not stop short. Chronic disease threatens everyone — we are fighting for your family, and mine!

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World Scientific

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9813231386

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9789813231382

Re-inventing the Ship

Science, Technology and the Maritime World, 1800-1918

By: Don Leggett

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Re-inventing the Ship

Science, Technology and the Maritime World, 1800-1918

By: Don Leggett

Ships have histories that are interwoven with the human fabric of the maritime world. In the long nineteenth century these histories revolved around the re-invention of these once familiar objects in a period in which Britain became a major maritime power. This multi-disciplinary volume deploys different historical, geographical, cultural and literary perspectives to examine this transformation and to offer a series of interconnected considerations of maritime technology and culture in a period of significant and lasting change. Its ten authors reveal the processes involved through the eyes and hands of a range of actors, including naval architects, dockyard workers, commercial shipowners and Navy officers. By locating the ship's re-invention within the contexts of builders, owners and users, they illustrate the ways in which material elements, as well as scientific, artisan and seafaring ideas and practices, were bound together in the construction of ships' complex identities.

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Routledge

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1317068378

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The Indestructible Man

The Incredible True Story of the Legendary Sailor the Japanese Couldn't Kill

By: Don Keith,David Rocco

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The Indestructible Man

The Incredible True Story of the Legendary Sailor the Japanese Couldn't Kill

By: Don Keith,David Rocco

Dixie Kiefer’s reputation for durability began at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he broke an ankle and shattered a kneecap while playing football. After anti-submarine duty in World War I, he became a pioneer of naval aviation and had an elbow shattered by a plane that buzzed him as a joke. Kiefer’s first World War II assignment was executive officer of the carrier Yorktown. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal at the Coral Sea and the Navy Cross at Midway, where—as his ship was sinking—he suffered severe burns to his hands and a compound fracture of his foot. After recuperating, Kiefer took command of the Ticonderoga. In January 1945, Japanese kamikazes struck the carrier, killing and wounding hundreds. Kiefer broke his arm and was struck by more than sixty pieces of shrapnel—but remained on the bridge for twelve hours, earning the Silver Star. Victim of ten wounds in two wars, veteran of some of the U.S. Navy’s most celebrated carriers and battles, a naval aviation pioneer, Dixie Kiefer died in a stateside plane crash two months after the war ended.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0811769631

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9780811769631

Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology

By: Dennis Chi,Andrew Berchuck,Don S. Dizon,Catheryn M. Yashar

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Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology

By: Dennis Chi,Andrew Berchuck,Don S. Dizon,Catheryn M. Yashar

A new global focus, new editorial team, and new content make Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, 7th Edition an invaluable resource for practitioners, researchers, and students who need an authoritative reference for understanding and treating gynecologic cancers. This edition maintains the practical, multidisciplinary approach that encompasses surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and pathology, reflecting the many recent advances in each area.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496355105

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9781496355102

From Bush to Bush

The Lazlo Toth Letters

By: Don Novello

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From Bush to Bush

The Lazlo Toth Letters

By: Don Novello

The passionate correspondence of a proud (if concerned) American! From the reign of Bush the First through the hilarious Clinton Years and to the restoration of the Bush Dynasty with Dubya, one lone crusader, Lazlo Toth, has been at work dispensing advice, offering ideas, and launching investigations on your behalf. Now this important effort has been collected and presented for instruction to the ages.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451603932

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Shawnee Heritage VI

By: Don Greene

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Shawnee Heritage VI

By: Don Greene

Don Greene's 6th book in his Shawnee Heritage collection. Contains new and updated families of the 1700's through 1750. Surnames beginning with C, D, E.

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1312720484

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Principles of School Business Management

By: R. Wood Craig,David C. Thompson,Lawrence O. Picus,Don I. Tharpe

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Principles of School Business Management

By: R. Wood Craig,David C. Thompson,Lawrence O. Picus,Don I. Tharpe

A must-read for anyone involved in school business management, this comprehensive textbook addresses a broad range of topics—from the basics of accounting principles to strategic planning, legal liability, taxation, purchasing, budgeting, and management information systems. Chapters focus on such key issues as total quality management, site-based management, and the future of school business management. Each chapter is designed to serve as a stand-alone teaching unit or as a reference to an area of particular interest.

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R&L Education

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1475820178

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9781475820171

Hopeful Songs on Dismal Days

By: Don Reis

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Hopeful Songs on Dismal Days

By: Don Reis

Ron Read is 58 and is in serious trouble. Scans and tests reveal he has had a heart attack and his heart is in very bad shape. His Doctor, Doctor Deschanel sends him to a major Brisbane hospital for tests. This results in him having a quadruple bypass operation. The novel traces his story from diagnosis, through open heart surgery to his recovery and his meeting with someone who didn't win a prize at the local agricultural show because his chokos had their little tongues hanging out.

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1326972049

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Shawnee Heritage X S-T 1700-1750

By: Don Greene

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Shawnee Heritage X S-T 1700-1750

By: Don Greene

Don Greene has compiled Shawnee surnames beginning with S & T from the 1700's to the 1750's. This book contains an appendix with information about Peter Chartier.

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1312914297

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9781312914292

Echoes From the Back Trails

By: Don McAlavy

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Echoes From the Back Trails

By: Don McAlavy

Born into a small farming community during the depression Don saw his share of hardship and struggle. With that experience in mind he interviewed countless 'old timers' and people around the community to get his stories. Starting in 1976 with the Curry County Times and ending in 2010 with the Clovis News-Journal Don had over a thousand columns published. This volume represents just a tip of the iceberg of Don's many columns. They range from the somber (Please Daddy) to the hilarious (Vote Republican). Want to know what happened to the Caprock Amphitheater after Don left? Did Billy the Kid die in a shootout with Pat Garrett or as an old man in Hico Texas? Did you know they struck oil in Curry County? And what about that 100 tons of Gold? Who's buried in the Dycus plot? The US Cavalry on ostrich-back!? Learn the answers to these questions and more when you read ECHOES FROM THE BACK TRAILS.

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0988343118

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9780988343115

35 Degrees 24 Minutes North - 91 Degrees West

A Town Called Hickory Ridge

By: Johnny H. Wilson,Isaac A. Bratcher,Don Evans,James O. Jeffers

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35 Degrees 24 Minutes North - 91 Degrees West

A Town Called Hickory Ridge

By: Johnny H. Wilson,Isaac A. Bratcher,Don Evans,James O. Jeffers

A history of the settlement and development of the townships of Brushy Lake and Hickory Ridge and of the emergence of the town of Hickory ridge, all located within the state of Arkansas. The time span covered begins with the discovery of America and comes forth to about the year 2000. It includes such events as DeSoto's trek through the area, transfer of ownership via the Louisiana Purchase, regional exploration and surveying, territorial politics and gaining the status of statehood. Following the time of the Civil War, the narrative focuses more on the development of Cross County, the two townships of Brushy Lake and Hickory Ridge and, finally, on the town of hickory Ridge. A history of some of the region's schools, churches, and cemeteries is included as well as several maps, some as early as 1819, a full record of Cross County post offices, Peace Court Records from the early part of the 20th century, and many random photographs.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412221862

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Montana Miracle

The Saga Concludes

By: Don McComber

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Montana Miracle

The Saga Concludes

By: Don McComber

This saga unites a family torn apart by the turbulence of the frontier west. Family members and friends are lost then miraculously found in this thrilling, emotional adventure. Share this story with our adventurers and feel their grief and joy as they travel the old west in search of each other. The white boy Levi Junior McCumber was raised by the Blackfeet, abducted by the Sioux and traded to a Cheyenne family. He survived the aftermath of the Battle of the Little Bighorn when the tribes scattered across the northern prairie, then as a teen set out on an odyssey to find his Indian Sister in the brothels of the northwest. His decade long journey took him through numerous white knuckle conflicts from the gold fields of Alaska to the building of the canal at Panama. Wapun, the Sister, liked to introduce herself to a table full of poker players by saying, “Gentlemen I am neither a prostitute nor a lady...”

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1698700903

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Captain Alex MacLean

Jack London's Sea Wolf

By: Don MacGillivray

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Captain Alex MacLean

Jack London's Sea Wolf

By: Don MacGillivray

Alex MacLean was the inspiration for the title character in Jack London's bestselling novel The Sea-Wolf. Originally from Cape Breton, MacLean sailed to the Pacific side of North America when he was twenty-one and worked there for thirty-five years as a sailor and sealer. His achievements and escapades while in the Victoria fleet in the 1880s laid the foundation for his status as a folk hero. But this biography reveals more than the construction of a legend. Don MacGillivray opens a window onto the sealing dispute brought the United States and Britain to the brink of war, with Canadian sealing interests frequently enmeshed in espionage, scientific debate, diplomatic negotiations, and vexing questions of maritime and environmental law.

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UBC Press

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0774858419

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Irish History of Civilization, Volume 2

By: Don Akenson

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Irish History of Civilization, Volume 2

By: Don Akenson

In a sprawling chronicle of civilization through Irish eyes, Akenson takes us from St Patrick to Woodie Guthrie, from Constantine to John F. Kennedy, from India to the Australian outback. In two volumes of masterful storytelling he creates ironic, playful, and acerbic historical miniatures - a quixotic series of reconstructions woven into a helix in which the same historical figures reappear in radically different contexts as their narratives intersect with the larger picture.

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0773572848

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Shawnee Heritage VII

By: Don Greene

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Shawnee Heritage VII

By: Don Greene

This is the seventh book in the Shawnee Heritage series. Don has compiled surnames beginning with F through I dating in 1700 to 1750. He will follow soon with Shawnee Heritage VII.

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1312756624

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Shawnee Heritage IX

By: Don Greene

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Shawnee Heritage IX

By: Don Greene

This is the latest book in Don Greene's Shawnee Heritage collection. Shawnee Heritage IX contains new and updated information on Shawnee families living in the 1700's to the 1750's. Surnames beginning with N through R. Don is currently working on Shawnee Heritage X.

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1312840536

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Lightning Strike

The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor

By: Don Davis

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Lightning Strike

The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor

By: Don Davis

This is the story of the fighter mission that changed World War II. It is the true story of the man behind Pearl Harbor---Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto---and the courageous young American fliers who flew the million-to-one suicide mission that shot him down. Yamamoto was a cigar-smoking, poker-playing, English-speaking, Harvard-educated expert on America, and that intimate knowledge served him well as architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the next sixteen months, this military genius, beloved by the Japanese people, lived up to his prediction that he would run wild in the Pacific Ocean. He was unable, however, to deal the fatal blow needed to knock America out of the war, and the shaken United States began its march to victory on the bloody island of Guadalcanal. Donald A. Davis meticulously tracks Yamamoto's eventual rendezvous with death. After American code-breakers learned that the admiral would be vulnerable for a few hours, a desperate attempt was launched to bring him down. What was essentially a suicide mission fell to a handful of colorful and expendable U.S. Army pilots from Guadalcanal's battered "Cactus Air Force": - Mississippian John Mitchell, after flunking the West Point entrance exam, entered the army as a buck private. Though not a "natural" as an aviator, he eventually became the highest-scoring army ace on Guadalcanal and the leader of the Yamamoto attack. - Rex Barber grew up in the Oregon countryside and was the oldest surviving son in a tightly knit churchgoing family. A few weeks shy of his college graduation in 1940, the quiet Barber enlisted in the U.S. Army. - "I'm going to be President of the United States," Tom Lanphier once told a friend. Lanphier was the son of a legendary fighter squadron commander and a dazzling storyteller. He viewed his chance at hero status as the start of a promising political career. - December 7, 1941, found Besby Holmes on a Pearl Harbor airstrip, firing his .45 handgun at Japanese fighters. He couldn't get airborne in time to make a serious difference, but his chance would come. - Tall and darkly handsome, Ray Hine used the call sign "Heathcliffe" because he resembled the brooding hero of Wuthering Heights. He was transferred to Guadalcanal just in time to participate in the Yamamoto mission---a mission from which he would never return. They flew the longest over-water fighter mission ever and ambushed and killed Yamamoto. After his death, the Japanese never won another major naval battle. But the victorious American pilots seemed cursed by the samurai spirit of the admiral and were tormented for the rest of their lives by what happened that day. Davis paints unforgettable personal portraits of men in combat and unravels a military mystery that has been covered up at the highest levels of government since the end of the war.

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0312309066

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9780312309060

Aquatic Geomicrobiology

By: Don Canfield,Erik Kristensen,Bo Thamdrup

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Aquatic Geomicrobiology

By: Don Canfield,Erik Kristensen,Bo Thamdrup

Microbes catalyze countless chemical reactions in nature which control the chemistry of the environment. Aquatic Geomicrobiology looks at these reactions and their effect on the aquatic environments from the perspective of the microbes involved. The volume begins with three introductory chapters outlining the basic principles of microbial systematics, microbial ecology, and chemical thermodynamics. These provide a framework for exploring the microbial control of elemental cycling in the remaining chapters. Readers will learn how microbes control the cycling of elements, the structure of the microbial ecosystems involved, and what environmental factors influence the activities of microbial populations. Also available in paperback Written by international experts in the microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of aquatic systems Includes introductory chapters on microbial systematics, principles of microbial ecology, and chemical thermodynamics Contains over 1500 references

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Elsevier

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0120261472

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9780120261475

Gynecologic Tumor Board

Clinical Cases in Diagnosis and Management of Cancer of the Female Reproductive System

By: Don S. Dizon,Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum

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Gynecologic Tumor Board

Clinical Cases in Diagnosis and Management of Cancer of the Female Reproductive System

By: Don S. Dizon,Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum

Gynecological Tumor Board is a comprehensive reference on clinical management of reproductive system cancers in women. Twenty nationally recognized leaders in the field of Gynecologic Oncology present cases—from diagnosis through medical/surgical treatment through QOL and long-term care—that reflect the clinical scenarios often found in a Gynecologic Oncology clinic, and present the best current guidelines for treating these conditions. Special Editors' Comments provide expert analysis and counterpoint to the cases.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449683177

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9781449683177

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