Donald Drake's Books

THE MIRROR BRIDE

By: Robyn Donald

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THE MARRIAGE MAKER "A mirror marriage, picture perfect but insubstantial, a mere reflection of the real thing." In marrying Drake Arundell, Olivia Nicholls will secure Simon's future…and condemn her own! Though she yearns for a "real" marriage with Drake, too many secrets, too many lies stand between them and the love, the passion, the substance she longs for in their relationship—but then, perhaps she has a guardian angel on her side! THE MARRIAGE MAKER—Can a picture from the past bring love to the present?

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Harlequin

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1459268725

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Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America

A Genealogical History

By: Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman,Donald N. Yates

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Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America

A Genealogical History

By: Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman,Donald N. Yates

Americans have learned in elementary school that their country was founded by a group of brave, white, largely British Christians. Modern reinterpretations recognize the contributions of African and indigenous Americans, but the basic premise has persisted. This groundbreaking study fundamentally challenges the traditional national storyline by postulating that many of the initial colonists were actually of Sephardic Jewish and Muslim Moorish ancestry. Supporting references include historical writings, ship manifests, wills, land grants, DNA test results, genealogies, and settler lists that provide for the first time the Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Jewish origins of more than 5,000 surnames, the majority widely assumed to be British. By documenting the widespread presence of Jews and Muslims in prominent economic, political, financial and social positions in all of the original colonies, this innovative work offers a fresh perspective on the early American experience.

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McFarland

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0786464623

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Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume I

The Century of Discovery. Book 1.

By: Donald F. Lach

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Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume I

The Century of Discovery. Book 1.

By: Donald F. Lach

Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so, it provides a perspective necessary for a balanced view of world history. Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together "everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders' accounts and maps" (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226467082

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9780226467085

Raven's Revenge

By: Donald MacKenzie

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Raven's Revenge

By: Donald MacKenzie

George Drake, the former Commander at Scotland Yard and nemesis of John Raven, is out of prison having served a sentence for police corruption. In court, Drake vowed retribution on Raven, who was instrumental in his conviction, and now he's out to snare him. When heroin is planted on Raven's houseboat and in his wife Kirstie's camera both husband and wife are arrested, but what will it take for John Raven to clear their names? 'Quick moving and sure footed, with sharp, realistic London details' Times Literary Supplement

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Murder Room

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1471905101

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The Sagan Conspiracy

NASA's Untold Plot to Suppress the People's Scientist's Theory of Ancient Aliens

By: Donald L. Zygutis

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The Sagan Conspiracy

NASA's Untold Plot to Suppress the People's Scientist's Theory of Ancient Aliens

By: Donald L. Zygutis

Mainstream SETI scientists and ancient alien theorists don’t agree on much, but one opinion they share is that the undisputed authority on the possibility of alien existence was the late Carl Sagan (1934—1996), whose voluminous writings on the subject have had a profound influence on ETI research.But how many Carl Sagan fans know that while the renowned scientist was at Stanford University, he produced a controversial paper, funded by a NASA research grant, that concludes ancient alien intervention may have sparked human civilization? Author Donald Zygutis lays out a compelling case that points to a cover-up by the Pentagon and NASA, who may have buried it soon after it was written. How significant is the Stanford Paper? The answer may lie in another question: How would a science-backed theory and search strategy to guide the discovery of alien artifacts among our own ancient civilizations impact the worldwide institutions of government, religion, and culture?Recently rediscovered by the author, Sagan’s lost Stanford paper is the central theme of The Sagan Conspiracy. Groundbreaking research and paradigm-changing material challenges conventional thinking about the People’s Scientist—and maybe even the origins of human society. Sagan even conceived of the likelihood that the ancient Sumerian civilization had been visited and influenced by beings from other worlds as evidenced by ancient manuscripts, among other artifacts.As we celebrate the 20-year anniversary of Carl’s death, The Sagan Conspiracy is sure to fundamentally alter how the world thinks about extraterrestrials.

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1632659433

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Asia in the Making of Europe

The century of discovery. Volume I. Books 1-2

By: Donald Frederick Lach

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Asia in the Making of Europe

The century of discovery. Volume I. Books 1-2

By: Donald Frederick Lach

First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226467325

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9780226467320

Deliciously Evil

A Cookbook for Killers

By: Donald Gorman

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Deliciously Evil

A Cookbook for Killers

By: Donald Gorman

Alan Glass is an aspiring young attorney. He faces the unenviable task of defending a man named Jason Chavelle. Jason was a member of a once famous ‘80s Heavy Metal band called Werewolf Mermaid. Because of his questionable past, he is now a major suspect in the brutal murder of his ex-wife. Despite the perfect alibi, Glass understands why the police are watching his client....especially when mysterious events and deaths continue to surround him. Still, he does his best to represent the aging rock star, even when things turn dangerous! To make matters worse, everything seems to revolve around the release of Chavelle’s new celebrity cookbook. Nobody believes his claims that an evil spirit is responsible for the killings. However, he maintains his innocence while pressing on with his latest business venture. After all, what could be more harmless than publishing a cookbook?

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1467093394

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Raven Settles a Score

By: Donald MacKenzie

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Raven Settles a Score

By: Donald MacKenzie

John Raven - the ex-cop with a taste for exotic adventures and voluptuous adventurers - is unexpectedly thrust into the thick of the action. His Andalusian holiday turns out to be no picnic when he finds himself at the crossroads of the snow-white heroin trail and the blood-red trail of international murder . . . 'A swift, stylish novel' Publishers Weekly

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Murder Room

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1471905063

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Magic in Yesterday’S Olde World

Ye Olde World Chronicles

By: Donald Walker

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Magic in Yesterday’S Olde World

Ye Olde World Chronicles

By: Donald Walker

WAS AN IMMATURE BOY WITH NO FUTURE WHEN ENLISTED MADE THE UNITED STATES ARMY HOME CHOSEN MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR FOR SPECIAL FORCES PARTICIPATED IN BLACK OPS MISSIONS RETIRED AS A TOP KICK CIA CAME CALLING DEVISED CAMPAIGNS AT LANGLEY AND NAVAL WAR COLLEGE TAUGHT MILITARY STRATEGY AT WEST POINT LEFT POST TO COMFORT SPOUSE WITH CANCER AND DEATH NEPHEWS SENT ME ON A FALL TRAIN TRIP THEN THE STRANGEST THING HAPPENED I FOUND A MEDALLION, AND NOW I CONTROLLED THE MAGIC IN THEE OLDE WORLD

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151442195X

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Buccaneeer's Blade

By: Donald Barr Chidsey

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Buccaneeer's Blade

By: Donald Barr Chidsey

When a dashing young swordsman, Talbot Slanning, gets himself into a jam with a favorite of Queen Bess, he has to flee England for his life. So he sails with Sir Francis Drake to loot the Caribbean -- and thereby begins a terrific adventure! If you enjoy a novel of swashbuckling peril, of pirates, wenches, and the quest for Spanish gold, then Donald Barr Chidsey’s Buccaneer’s Blade is the book you’ve been waiting for!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479439207

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The Women In Lincoln's Life

By: Donald Winkler

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The Women In Lincoln's Life

By: Donald Winkler

The tumultuous experiences Abraham Lincoln had with the women in his lifehave long been known, but here the stories have been brought together - andfilled out with newly discovered accounts - in a fresh, new way that shows theireffect on Lincoln's personality, ambition, and spirit: The death of his mother when he was nine years old gave him a feeling of abandonment. The discovery that his mother's ancestry and reputation were scandalous and that he may have been illegitimate. The unexpected death of his beloved sister, Sarah. The untimely death of Ann Rutledge, probably the only woman with whom Lincoln shared a deep, wonderful love. His sudden and unexpected marriage to Mary Todd, a marriage that was Lincoln's greatest tragedy. Not overlooked are the positive impacts of women on Lincoln and he on them,especially his stepmother - the first person to treat him with respect. Thisin-depth book reveals the effect that women had on Abraham Lincoln's life andcareer.

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Harper Collins

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1418571385

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Matej's Journey to America

The Driving Forces of Our Immigrant Ancestors

By: Donald F. Chmelka

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Matej's Journey to America

The Driving Forces of Our Immigrant Ancestors

By: Donald F. Chmelka

Matej's Journey to America is a creative-nonfiction chronicle exploring the forces that drove our immigrant ancestors to new lands. After Adam and Eve's eviction from Eden, man slowly scattered with a great dispersion occurring about 2700 BC as the Lord confounded the tongues of presumptuous Babylonians building a tower to heaven. Among the afflicted was an Aryan slave named Chmelka who was growing hops (chmel in the new Slavic language) to flavor beer for his Semitic masters. As the Slavs fled northward toward unknown Czech lands, other tribes migrated in all directions. According to The Book of Mormon, the righteous Jared took a Semitic clan from Babel across the mountains, deserts and oceans to a New World . . . later named America. Another Semitic clan that passed through Babylon 850 years later included a young Abraham, destined to be the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He introduced the concept of a single God revered by all his religious descendants, but despite their many commonalties, each of these three great religions seem convinced it has the only correct formula for salvation, justifying incredible atrocities with God always on its side. The descendants of the first Chmelka struggled as great civilizations developed and fell through the turmoil and bloodshed of the Dark Ages. Marco Polo awakened Europe in the late 13th century to the riches of the Far East, giving rise to explorers like Christopher Columbus who stumbled onto the North American Continent in 1492. The Protestant Reformation began to divide the Holy Roman Empire at the time, adding to the bloodshed as Austria, Prussia and France fought for domination in Europe. Meanwhile, Spain, England and France were colonizing and competing for control in the New World that was becoming home to an increasing number of European emigrants looking for a better life. The American Colonies fought for independence and then began to absorb all lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Thomas Jefferson purchased the immense Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803, after which mountain men opened the West to homesteaders, miners and ranchers. My great-great-grandfather Matej was born as the Rocky Mountain fur trade boomed in 1825, and grew up on a 13-acre farm in Moravia where the Chmelkas had been serfs since Charlemagne was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor a millennium earlier. Matej became a Dragoon in the Austrian Imperial Army and helped put down a revolution in Prague in 1848 the year gold was discovered in California but war spread and life worsened for European peasants. Gold, homesteads and wild Texas longhorns free for the taking lured thousands of oppressed Europeans to America on steamships and railroads now making long-distance travel feasible. After Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire including Bohemia and Moravia and then France, Matej's family escaped its misery and immigrated to Nebraska in 1871. They found a difficult life with grasshoppers, drought, hail and fires destroying crops . . . spurring Matej's fourteen-year-old son to join a Texas cattle drive and then dodge Indians and gunfighters for fourteen years in the Wild West. New technologies in farm equipment, transportation and communications made America the envy of the world in 1902 when Matej died and was buried near the prairie church he helped build. Matej's Journey to America honors him and his fellow immigrants ordinary men and women generally lost in history for the legacies and opportunities they gave us in our great land of freedom.

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1403339295

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Final Hours in the Pacific

The Allied Surrenders of Wake Island, Bataan, Corregidor, Hong Kong and Singapore

By: Donald J. Young

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Final Hours in the Pacific

The Allied Surrenders of Wake Island, Bataan, Corregidor, Hong Kong and Singapore

By: Donald J. Young

From December 7, 1941, until the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the war with Japan was a losing one. It was to be the darkest period of the almost four-year war. During those days, no times were more trying than the final hours for the men trapped on Wake Island, Bataan, Corregidor, Hong Kong and Singapore. This book, outlining the bitter end to their ordeals, covers the crucial days and final hours that led to their surrender, a capitulation that would shock the free world.

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0786462310

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Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II

A Century of Wonder. Book 2: The Literary Arts

By: Donald F. Lach

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Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II

A Century of Wonder. Book 2: The Literary Arts

By: Donald F. Lach

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University of Chicago Press

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0226467120

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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson,Donald Goldsmith

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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson,Donald Goldsmith

“Who can ask for better cosmic tour guides?” —Michio Kaku Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This revised and updated edition features such startling discoveries as the now more than 5,000 detected exoplanets that promise to reveal exciting possibilities for life in the cosmos, and data from a new generation of ground-based and spaceborne observatories that have fundamentally changed what we know about the expanding universe?and maybe even the laws of physics themselves. From the first image of a galaxy’s birth to tantalizing evidence of water not only on Mars but also on the asteroid Ceres, as well as on moons of Jupiter and Saturn, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct an exhilarating tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance.

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0393866890

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Blood in the Water

A True Story of Small-Town Revenge

By: Silver Donald Cameron

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Blood in the Water

A True Story of Small-Town Revenge

By: Silver Donald Cameron

“Fascinating! [A] must-read for all concerned about how humans manage to live together. Or not.” —Margaret Atwood “Superb... an instant true crime classic.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A masterfully told true story, perfect for fans of Say Nothing and Furious Hours: a brutal murder in a small Nova Scotia fishing community raises urgent questions of right and wrong, and even the very nature of good and evil. In his riveting and meticulously reported final book, Silver Donald Cameron offers a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing and its devastating repercussions. Cameron’s searing, utterly gripping story about one small community raises a disturbing question: Are there times when taking the law into your own hands is not only understandable but the responsible thing to do? In June 2013, three upstanding citizens of a small town on Cape Breton Island murdered their neighbor, Phillip Boudreau, at sea. While out checking their lobster traps, two Landry cousins and skipper Dwayne Samson saw Boudreau in his boat, the Midnight Slider, about to vandalize their lobster traps. Like so many times before, the small-time criminal was about to cost them thousands of dollars out of their seasonal livelihood. Boudreau seemed invincible, a miscreant who would plague the village forever. Meanwhile the police and local officials were frustrated, cowed, and hobbled by shrinking budgets. One of the men took out a rifle and fired four shots at Boudreau and his boat. Was the Boudreau killing cold blooded murder, a direct reaction to credible threats, or the tragic result of local officials failing to protect the community? As many local people have said, if those fellows hadn't killed him, someone else would have...

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Steerforth

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1586422936

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A Knack for Knowing Things

Stories from St. Paul Neighborhoods and Beyond

By: Donald Harold Boxmeyer

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A Knack for Knowing Things

Stories from St. Paul Neighborhoods and Beyond

By: Donald Harold Boxmeyer

Stories from St. Paul Neighborhoods and Beyond

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Minnesota Historical Society Press

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0873514653

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Zaleski's Percentage

By: Donald MacKenzie

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Zaleski's Percentage

By: Donald MacKenzie

Zaleski is a middle-aged philanderer determined to retrieve the Virgin's Dowry, a jeweled monstrance worth £500,000, which has reappeared for display in an art gallery in Conduit Street in London. This ageing Polish patriot carries out the crime but in doing so becomes the target for Detective Inspector John Raven of the CID - one of the most ruthless and capable policemen on the force. 'Perfectly fascinating and perfectly written' Chicago Sun Times

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Murder Room

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1471904962

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Raven and the Ratcatcher

By: Donald MacKenzie

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Raven and the Ratcatcher

By: Donald MacKenzie

When John Raven is somehow connected to the case of a criminal abortion that ended in death he finds himself embroiled with his old nemesis, former Chief Superintendent Drake of Scotland Yard. But what Drake doesn't realise is the death is only incidental to the plan for a million-dollar heist. Soon Raven is involved in rescuing a damsel in distress, saving his own skin, preventing a bank robbery and foiling the relentless machinations of his old enemy. 'Expertly plotted' Publishers Weekly 'The action is violent and intricately plotted, but it is completely convincing' Spectator

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Murder Room

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1471905020

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The Springfield Gas Machine

Illuminating Industry and Leisure, 1860s–1920s

By: Donald W. Linebaugh

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The Springfield Gas Machine

Illuminating Industry and Leisure, 1860s–1920s

By: Donald W. Linebaugh

Developed just after the close of the Civil War, the Springfield Gas Machine was a unique commercial and domestic gas lighting system marketed for use in homes and businesses outside of a city’s gas works. The self-contained unit was perfectly suited to accommodate an expanding rural and suburban U.S. landscape as middle- and upper-class American families were looking to find simplicity in the countryside without losing any modern comforts of the city. Industries, too, were looking for a means to operate more efficiently and implement longer work hours for various production operations. Perhaps more important, owners of the Springfield system could retain control of their light production during a time when corporations were reaping large benefits from their monopolistic hold over municipal gas works. In addition to detailing preserved Springfield systems across the country, Donald W. Linebaugh uses newspapers and magazine articles, advertisements, patents, and even mail-order catalogs to tell the story of this one-of-a-kind unit. The Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Company's innovative business plan established them as a leader in the manufacture of gas lighting devices. By taking gasoline from an oft-discarded byproduct of refining crude oil to a viable fuel source, the company paved the way for other gas-powered appliances to improve household management strategies and industrial production. In capturing the pre-automobile market for gasoline, Gilbert and Barker attracted the attention of the Standard Oil Trust, presaging the oil-industry dominance over gasoline production that continues today. The story of the Springfield gas machine ends in the early twentieth century as the advent of electricity proved more available to the masses with considerably less expense. However, gas lighting was, for its time, a major innovation in domestic and commercial lighting, and it changed daily life and social behaviors in the late nineteenth century as the comforts of home became a reality for suburban and rural Americans.

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1572338350

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A Chronology and Calendar of Documents Relating to the London Book Trade 1641-1700

Volume I: 1641-1670

By: Donald Francis McKenzie,Maureen Bell

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A Chronology and Calendar of Documents Relating to the London Book Trade 1641-1700

Volume I: 1641-1670

By: Donald Francis McKenzie,Maureen Bell

The Chronology and Calendar of Documents relating to the London Book Trade 1641-1700 presents abstracts of documents relating to the book trade and book production between 1641 and 1700. It brings together in one sequence edited abstracts of entries referring to named books, printers, and booksellers selected from the manuscripts of the Stationers' Company Court Books; all references to printing, publishing, bookselling, and the book trade occurring in major historical printed sources (Calendar of State Papers Domestic; the Journals of the Houses of Lords and Commons; Reports of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts) ; and entries for contemporary pamphlets. The labour records of the printing and bookselling trades probably represent the fullest account of any work force in early modern England and the printed products of the trade survive in such great numbers that they enable us to examine them for evidence not only of who made and sold them but also of how they were made. These volumes constitute a reference work of importance not only for literature specialists, bibliographers, and historians of book production but also for economic, social, and political historians. Not only do they bring together records from a variety of separate printed sources, thereby making explicit their interconnections, but also they make accessible some less well-known manuscript sources, notably from the Stationers' Company archives. Most importantly the Chronology and Calendar extends the earlier work of Arber, Greg, and Jackson on the earlier seventeenth century. As a chronological sequence the volumes meet the need for a preliminary narrative history of the trade in the later seventeenth century; and the provision of title, name, and topic indexes renders this an indispensable reference tool for research into the social, political, and economic contexts of the book trade, its personnel, and its printed output.

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Oxford University Press

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0198184107

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Song of Fools

By: Donald J. Richardson

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Song of Fools

By: Donald J. Richardson

I was inspired to write Song of Fools by an article I read about Oscar Hartzell. As I read about him, I wondered about the motivations of those Iowans, Missourians, Nebraskans, and Kansans who gladly sent him money. I determined that the type of faith that caused them to send him money is also the kind of faith that is found in bedrock religion. It transcends analysis and must simply be accepted, just as those poor Depression-era Americans believed in Oscar Hartzell and the Drake fortune. But what folly to listen to and heed the songs of fools. The other songs are those which Harold sings and directs the other boys to sing. These, too, in a way are songs of fools as we are all caught in this intricate web of life, seeking meaning as we somehow muddle through. May we ultimately discover the true music of life.

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1425909124

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On the Wing of Speed

George Washington And the Battle of Yorktown

By: Donald T Phillips

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On the Wing of Speed

George Washington And the Battle of Yorktown

By: Donald T Phillips

The early days of 1781 cast a cold shadow over the downtrodden American Continental army. Mutiny, the recent disastrous losses in South Carolina at Camden and Charleston, and Benedict Arnold's betrayal called General George Washington's leadership into question. Faced with the possibility of either a crushing defeat or a brilliant victory, Washington's loyalty to the fledgling United States compelled him to make a bold, offensive stroke in the late summer of 1781. In less than a month, he marched the combined American and French armies to Yorktown, Virginia-nearly 450 miles south of their encampment at New York-to face the might of the British army. Through a riveting mixture of fact and dialogue, noted author Donald T. Phillips chronicles the remarkable events of the Siege of Yorktown. From dramatic artillery assaults to the celebrated American and French attacks and, finally, to the incredible British surrender, "On the Wing of Speed" delivers a thrilling tale of courage, strength, and devotion. "Extraordinary. Brilliant. Don Phillips does more than take the reader to the scene; he renders us participants in the experience. "On the Wing of Speed" is a compelling read for all Americans who want to understand how the United States was born." -Admiral James M. Loy, Deputy Secretary, Homeland Security (Ret.), Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

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1583481982

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Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook

By: Donald Maass

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Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook

By: Donald Maass

Make Your Novel Stand Out from the Crowd! Noted literary agent and author Donald Maass has done it again! His previous book, Writing the Breakout Novel, offered novelists of all skill levels and genres insider advice on how to make their books rise above the competition and succeed in a crowded marketplace. Now, building on the success of its predecessor, Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook calls that advice into action! This powerful book presents the patented techniques and writing exercises from Maass's popular writing workshops to offer novelists first-class instruction and practical guidance. You'll learn to develop and strengthen aspects of your prose with sections on: • Building plot layers • Creating inner conflict • Strengthening voice and point of view • Discovering and heightening larger-than-life character qualities • Strengthening theme • And much more! Maass also carefully dissects examples from real-life breakout novels so you'll lean how to read and analyze fiction like a writer. With authoritative instruction and hands-on workbook exercises, Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook is one of the most accessible novel-writing guides available. Set your work-in progress apart from the competition and write your own breakout novel today!

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158297263X

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Hush Little Babies

The True Story Of A Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children

By: Donald A. Davis

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Hush Little Babies

The True Story Of A Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children

By: Donald A. Davis

A killing so brutal it shocked the police and left the nation grieving, Hush Little Babies is the appalling true story of Darlie Routier, the neighborhood's most wonderful mom, who one night, coldly, calculatingly and brutally stabbed her two sons and watched them die in a pool of their own blood... Darlie claimed an intruder has come through the window, fatally stabbed her sons, six-year-old Devon and five-year-old Damon, slashed her throat with same knife, then fled, while her husband and infant son slept upstairs. At first Darlie's heartfelt testimony evoked fear and sympathy in her safe Dallas community. Then police became suspicious after these troubling questions were raised: Why, according to a police report, didn't Darlie make any attempt to help her dying sons? Why, when she called 911, did she tell the dispatcher that her own fingerprints would be on the murderer's knife because she had picked it up? Why did the trail of blood left behind contradict Darlie's testimony? From the dark forces that drove her to kill her own flesh and blood, to the evidence that snared her in her own twisted web, here is a chilling account of homemaker, loving wife, mother of three, and cold-blooded killer--Darlie Routier.

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St. Martin's Paperbacks

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1429903465

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Night Obscure

By: Donald Gardner Stacy

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Night Obscure

By: Donald Gardner Stacy

The stories in this collection range from satire to science fiction to a realism which focuses upon working class life.

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Lulu.com

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1105198073

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Rare Earth

Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe

By: Peter D. Ward,Donald Brownlee

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Rare Earth

Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe

By: Peter D. Ward,Donald Brownlee

What determines whether complex life will arise on a planet, or even any life at all? Questions such as these are investigated in this groundbreaking book. In doing so, the authors synthesize information from astronomy, biology, and paleontology, and apply it to what we know about the rise of life on Earth and to what could possibly happen elsewhere in the universe. Everyone who has been thrilled by the recent discoveries of extrasolar planets and the indications of life on Mars and the Jovian moon Europa will be fascinated by Rare Earth, and its implications for those who look to the heavens for companionship.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387952896

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A Diabetic Journey

Seventy-Nine Years with Type 1 Diabetes

By: Donald Clifton Levy

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A Diabetic Journey

Seventy-Nine Years with Type 1 Diabetes

By: Donald Clifton Levy

I First Got The Idea To Write My Life Of 79 Years With Type 1 Diabetes About 1 1/2 Years Ago. My Family And Friends Have Always Encouraged Me Tell My Story. Diabetes Was A Very Grave And Deadly Disease, but I Was Blessed With Doctors That Were Highly Qualified and A Family That Made Sure That I Was Going To Succeed And Live A Very Normal And Progressive Life. After I Was Diagnosed, my Mother Became a Expert In Diabetes And Was Well Read On What I Could Do and How To Do It, In The Best And Healthiest Way. I Ran Into Many Difficult Diabetic Road Blocks, With Work And Sports, But I Have Always Found Ways To Compensate. My Book Shows That If You Are Aware And Have The Disire To Do, You Can Succeed. I Have Had Very Fulfilling Diabetic Life And I Have Been Blessed With A Wonderful Wife, Family And Great Friends.

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1664152954

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