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Welcome to Mars

Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America

By: Ken Hollings

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Welcome to Mars

Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America

By: Ken Hollings

Welcome to Mars is a captivating look at the culture of postwar America and its dream of limitless technological and human development. Utilizing declassified government archives, newspaper records, ad campaigns, and B-movies of the period, Hollings weaves an intricate web of Cold War politics, UFO scares, psychedelic research, and 1950s pop culture. From the atom bomb and suburban planning to the space race and little-green-men movies, Welcome to Mars shows the startling connections between science fact and science fiction, a feedback loop in which real technological advances and government experimentation gave rise to science fiction fantasy, which then fed new innovation and research. Table of Contents Introduction: Scenes From A History As Yet Unwritten Chapter 1--1947: Rebuilding Lemuria Chapter 2--1948: Flying Saucers Over America Chapter 3--1949: Behaviour Modification Chapter 4--1950: Cheapness And Splendour Chapter 5--1951: Absolute Elsewhere Chapter 6--1952: Red Planet Chapter 7--1953: Other Tongues, Other Flesh Chapter 8--1954: Meet The Monsters Chapter 9--1955: Popular Mechanics Chapter 10--1956: 'Greetings, My Friend!' Chapter 11--1957: Contact With Space Chapter 12--1958: Mass Hysteria Chapter 13--1959: Teenagers From Outer Space Conclusion: Thinking the Unthinkable Bibliography Index List of Illustrations

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North Atlantic Books

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1583947612

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Eating Right in the Renaissance

By: Ken Albala

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Eating Right in the Renaissance

By: Ken Albala

Albala 's engaging tour through the host of Renaissance dietary theories reminds us that our preoccupations with food and susceptibility to cranky advice about nutrition are nothing new. This is superior scholarship delivered with a light touch."—Rachel Laudan, author of The Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawaii’s Culinary Heritage "This stimulating work is an important contribution to social and especially medical-dietetic history. Albala is the first to explore in detail the role of dietetic literature in the development of the European nation state. His book is a pleasure to read."—Melitta Weiss Adamson, editor of Food in the Middle Ages

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Univ of California Press

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0520229479

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9780520229471

The Vietnam War

An Intimate History

By: Geoffrey C. Ward,Ken Burns

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The Vietnam War

An Intimate History

By: Geoffrey C. Ward,Ken Burns

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Based on the celebrated PBS television series, the complete text of an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict, “a significant milestone [that] will no doubt do much to determine how the war is understood for years to come.” —The Washington Post More than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its memory continues to loom large in the national psyche. In this intimate history, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns have crafted a fresh and insightful account of the long and brutal conflict that reunited Vietnam while dividing the United States as nothing else had since the Civil War. From the Gulf of Tonkin and the Tet Offensive to Hamburger Hill and the fall of Saigon, Ward and Burns trace the conflict that dogged three American presidents and their advisers. But most of the voices that echo from these pages belong to less exalted men and women—those who fought in the war as well as those who fought against it, both victims and victors—willing for the first time to share their memories of Vietnam as it really was. A magisterial tour de force, The Vietnam War is an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict.

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Vintage

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1524733105

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Global Reach

Revolutionizing the Use of Commercial Vessels and Intermodal Systems for Military Sealift, 1990-2012

By: Ken Gaulden,Rolf Marshall

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Global Reach

Revolutionizing the Use of Commercial Vessels and Intermodal Systems for Military Sealift, 1990-2012

By: Ken Gaulden,Rolf Marshall

Since the 1980s, strategic sealift has been formally designated as a U.S. Navy mission. With over ninety percent of all military equipment and supplies required to support U.S. military forces in combat being delivered by sea, and as globalized interests and risks continue to spread, this mission is vital to the country’s economic and national security. Despite its necessity, sealift is rarely discussed as anything other than an operations adjunct and must be carried out in an environment of unprecedented fiscal constraints. Global Reach provides a unique examination into the development and implementation of more than a century of U.S. national defense sealift policy. Presenting a comprehensive history on the evolution of sealift from the Spanish American War (1898) to Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom (2002–12), Herberger, Gaulden, and Marshall reflect on what has and has not worked in that time from both a legal and operational perspective. As international demands grow and change, so too must the sealift policies that are directly tied to how the nation will address them. With its thorough history and cogent analysis, Global Reach provides the context necessary to understand this complex, important topic, but also lays out a roadmap for how the U.S. can continue to meet and respond to the increasing challenges of the years to come.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612518567

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Grave New World

A Crack in the Hourglass of Time

By: ken sheffer

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Grave New World

A Crack in the Hourglass of Time

By: ken sheffer

It began as Global Warming, and then worsened to become known in the 22nd century as the Horrific Decline. Unless something drastic was done, the human race faced certain extinction. But because it had already progressed beyond the point of no return, nothing could be done to avert that fate unless they could somehow make changes to the past. Part science-fantasy and part romance, both serious and fun, Grave New World takes you on a new kind of adventure with intense and surprising turns. It is fiction to be enjoyed. We humans are the only species capable of bringing about our own extinction, and the only species so inclined. I wrote Grave New World to help raise the public consciousness about the perils of human impact on our environment, and to underscore our responsibilities for keeping this extraordinary planet a place where life can flourish. ken sheffer

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1462818633

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Weave a Murderous Web

By: Anne Rothman-Hicks,Ken Hicks

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Weave a Murderous Web

By: Anne Rothman-Hicks,Ken Hicks

No good deed goes unpunished. When Jane Larson--a hot-shot litigator for a large firm in New York City--helps out a friend, she is sucked into the unfamiliar world of divorce and child support. Jane's discovery of the deadbeat dad's hidden assets soon unravels a web of lies, drugs, and murder that keeps getting more dangerous. Soon, Jane is involved in a high stakes race to recover a missing suitcase of cash and catch the murderer before she becomes the next victim."--

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Lulu.com

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1680462520

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Held Hostage

A Serial Bank Robber's Road to Redemption

By: Ken Cooper

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Held Hostage

A Serial Bank Robber's Road to Redemption

By: Ken Cooper

Former felon describes a succession of armed robberies, getting caught and going to prison. He says Jesus Christ can ransom anyone held hostage by sin.

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Chosen Books

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0800794567

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The Meat You Eat

How Corporate Farming Has Endangered America's Food Supply

By: Ken Midkiff

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The Meat You Eat

How Corporate Farming Has Endangered America's Food Supply

By: Ken Midkiff

We have given up to the agribusiness corporations a crucial part of our responsibility as human beings and we must now think of ways to take it back." - Wendell Berry, from the Foreword In this eye-opening book, Sierra Club Director Ken Midkiff exposes the dangers posed by corporate control of agriculture (agribusiness)--to our health, and to the health of the nation's economy, security, and the environment. The Meat You Eat explores the current practices of the corporations taking over the raising and slaughtering of farm animals (and farmed fish, such as salmon). These companies use a model that has transformed livestock farming from quality-driven family-owned operations into big businesses concerned with volume, efficiency, uniformity, and profits above all. Midkiff reveals the true cost of agribusiness on all levels-environmental, financial, moral, legal, and medical-balancing startling truths with practical solutions. Rather than advocate a vegan or vegetarian diet, Midkiff argues that using and supporting local farmers will improve the quality of life for us all, as well as for the animals whose meat we eat. Complete with resource sections about where to find local farmers and lists of agribusiness culprits, the book encourages us to take an active interest in what we put on our plates and in our mouths, and use the power of our pocketbooks to make it clear that our health, our environment, and our communities are of vital importance. With a foreword by Wendell Berry, hailed by The New York Times Books Review as the "great moral essayist of our day," The Meat You Eat is an informative and ringing call to arms.

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St. Martin's Press

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142993767X

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Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac

8,888 Questions in 365 Days

By: Ken Jennings

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Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac

8,888 Questions in 365 Days

By: Ken Jennings

The all-time champion and host of Jeopardy! gives you the chance to test your trivia mettle in this ingeniously organized book of 8,888 questions. For example–February 21: In 1912, on this day, Teddy Roosevelt coined the political phrase “hat in the ring,” so Ken Jennings fires off a series of “ring” questions. In 1979, who became the first NFL quarterback with four Super Bowl rings? What rings are divided by the Cassini Division? Also on this date, in 1981, the “goth” music scene was born in London, so here’s a quiz on black-clad icons like Darth Vader, Johnny Cash, and Zorro. Do you know the secret identities of Ivanhoe’s Black Knight or Men in Black’s Agent M? In this ultimate book for trivia buffs and other assorted know-it-alls, the 365 entries feature “This Day in History” factoids, trivia quizzes, and questions categorized by Jennings as “Easy,” “Hard,” and “Yeah, Good Luck.” Topics cover every subject under the sun, from paleontology to mixology, sports feats to Bach suites, medieval popes to daytime soaps. This addictive gathering of facts, oddities, devilishly clever quizzes, and other flights of fancy will make each day a fun and intriguing new challenge.

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0345504720

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Fundamentals of the Physical Environment

Fourth Edition

By: Peter Smithson,Ken Addison,Ken Atkinson

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Fundamentals of the Physical Environment

Fourth Edition

By: Peter Smithson,Ken Addison,Ken Atkinson

Fundamentals of the Physical Environment has established itself as a well-respected core introductory book for students of physical geography and the environmental sciences. Taking a systems approach, it demonstrates how the various factors operating at Earth’s surface can and do interact, and how landscape can be used to decipher them. The nature of the earth, its atmosphere and its oceans, the main processes of geomorphology and key elements of ecosystems are also all explained. The final section on specific environments usefully sets in context the physical processes and human impacts. This fourth edition has been extensively revised to incorporate current thinking and knowledge and includes: a new section on the history and study of physical geography an updated and strengthened chapter on climate change (9) and a strengthened section on the work of the wind a revised chapter (15) on crysosphere systems - glaciers, ice and permafrost a new chapter (23) on the principles of environmental reconstruction a new joint chapter (24) on polar and alpine environments a key new joint chapter (28) on current environmental change and future environments new material on the Earth System and cycling of carbon and nutrients themed boxes highlighting processes, systems, applications, new developments and human impacts a support website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415395168 with discussion and essay questions, chapter summaries and extended case studies. Clearly written, well-structured and with over 450 informative colour diagrams and 150 colour photographs, this text provides students with the necessary grounding in fundamental processes whilst linking these to their impact on human society and their application to the science of the environment.

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1135090106

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Blown to Bits

Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion

By: Hal Abelson,Ken Ledeen,Harry Lewis,Wendy Seltzer

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Blown to Bits

Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion

By: Hal Abelson,Ken Ledeen,Harry Lewis,Wendy Seltzer

What you must know to protect yourself today The digital technology explosion has blown everything to bits—and the blast has provided new challenges and opportunities. This second edition of Blown to Bits delivers the knowledge you need to take greater control of your information environment and thrive in a world that's coming whether you like it or not. Straight from internationally respected Harvard/MIT experts, this plain-English bestseller has been fully revised for the latest controversies over social media, “fake news,” big data, cyberthreats, privacy, artificial intelligence and machine learning, self-driving cars, the Internet of Things, and much more. • Discover who owns all that data about you—and what they can infer from it • Learn to challenge algorithmic decisions • See how close you can get to sending truly secure messages • Decide whether you really want always-on cameras and microphones • Explore the realities of Internet free speech • Protect yourself against out-of-control technologies (and the powerful organizations that wield them) You'll find clear explanations, practical examples, and real insight into what digital tech means to you—as an individual, and as a citizen.

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0134850033

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The Streets Were Paved with Gold

By: Ken Auletta

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The Streets Were Paved with Gold

By: Ken Auletta

How - and why - did one of the world's greatest cities come to be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? Ken Auletta, writer for THE NEW YORKER and columnist for THE DAILY NEWS, shows how the decline of New York City was partly inevitable --- the result of shifting migration patterns and rapidl technological innovations --- and partly caused by anarchic political and economic factions, each angling for its own advantage. His lucid examination also pinpoints the core of New York City's problems --- the failure of liberal democratic government --- and explores what this will mean for the future of all American cities. "A tremendously impressive combination of reporting and analysis that illuminates not only New York's situation, but also the most basic trends in the politics and economy of the nation as a whole" - James Fallows, Washington Editor, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY "Absolute must reading for anyone concerned with New York and the urban future." - George Sternlieb, Director, Centor for Urban Policy Researcch, Rutgers University

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Vintage

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0307800717

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The Riven Home

Narrative Rivalry in the American Renaissance

By: Ken Egan

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The Riven Home

Narrative Rivalry in the American Renaissance

By: Ken Egan

Antebellum culture celebrated the home as the site of nurture, affection, and equality; indeed, the middle-class home became the model of American institutions and values. Narratives from the American Renaissance, however, reveal that this was a conflicted, strained ideal. Stories from the culture represent intense social, political, and literary rivalry. Thus, writers such as Cooper, Douglass, Stowe, Melville, and Southworth projected competing visions of "the American family," visions that challenged the claims of other writers. Building upon theories of Poe, Bakhtin, and Bloom, this study carefully traces the intertextual struggles over the nation's meaning.

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Susquehanna University Press

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1575910047

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The Coming Collapse of America: How to Balance the Federal Budget

Second Edition 2023

By: Ken Casey

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The Coming Collapse of America: How to Balance the Federal Budget

Second Edition 2023

By: Ken Casey

This book is designed to solve the coming fiscal crisis in the US. Increasing debt will lead to hyperinflation within ten years. According to the CBO, if the US continues business as usual, the US will have a debt of $50 trillion in a decade. Investors will flee the US bond market and the Federal Reserve will end up paying off this debt with inflated currency (a technical but not actual default). Flooding our economy with fiat currency will result in hyperinflation and unemployment with the likelihood of a worldwide depression. The solution is not to increase the US debt. The only way this is possible is to balance the federal discretionary and mandatory budgets. Interest on the debt should be paid by the Federal Reserve without borrowing more money, i.e., just printing money. The easiest way to balance the budgets is to cut the military and Medicare budgets. Using President Biden’s proposed 2022 budget, we need to cut the military budget from $.8 trillion to $.3 trillion (still greater than China's and Russia’s combined military budget) and reduce Medicare expenses by 50%. Medicare expenses can be cut by providing a low option Medicare plan (subsidized to the extent of 50%) with significant coinsurance and co-payments.

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1669867919

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Blown to Bits

Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion

By: Harold Abelson,Ken Ledeen,Harry R. Lewis

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Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion

By: Harold Abelson,Ken Ledeen,Harry R. Lewis

Blown to Bits' is about how the digital explosion is changing everything. The text explains the technology, why it creates so many surprises and why things often don't work the way we expect them to. It is also about things the information explosion is destroying: old assumptions about who is really in control of our lives.

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0137135599

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The Coal Mining Industry in Barnsley, Rotherham and Worksop

By: Ken Wain

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The Coal Mining Industry in Barnsley, Rotherham and Worksop

By: Ken Wain

Once employing thousands, with many collieries dotted all over the area, coal mining in the East Midlands has all but gone. Once tens of thousands depended on mining. Ken Wain tells the story of mining, its triumphs and disasters.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445639777

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Counterculture Through the Ages

From Abraham to Acid House

By: Ken Goffman,Dan Joy

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Counterculture Through the Ages

From Abraham to Acid House

By: Ken Goffman,Dan Joy

As long as there has been culture, there has been counterculture. At times it moves deep below the surface of things, a stealth mode of being all but invisible to the dominant paradigm; at other times it’s in plain sight, challenging the status quo; and at still other times it erupts in a fiery burst of creative–or destructive–energy to change the world forever. But until now the countercultural phenomenon has been one of history’s great blind spots. Individual countercultures have been explored, but never before has a book set out to demonstrate the recurring nature of counterculturalism across all times and societies, and to illustrate its dynamic role in the continuous evolution of human values and cultures. Countercultural pundit and cyberguru R. U. Sirius brilliantly sets the record straight in this colorful, anecdotal, and wide-ranging study based on ideas developed by the late Timothy Leary with Dan Joy. With a distinctive mix of scholarly erudition and gonzo passion, Sirius and Joy identify the distinguishing characteristics of countercultures, delving into history and myth to establish beyond doubt that, for all their surface differences, countercultures share important underlying principles: individualism, anti-authoritarianism, and a belief in the possibility of personal and social transformation. Ranging from the Socratic counterculture of ancient Athens and the outsider movements of Judaism, which left indelible marks on Western culture, to the Taoist, Sufi, and Zen Buddhist countercultures, which were equally influential in the East, to the famous countercultural moments of the last century–Paris in the twenties, Haight-Ashbury in the sixties, Tropicalismo, women’s liberation, punk rock–to the cutting-edge countercultures of the twenty-first century, which combine science, art, music, technology, politics, and religion in astonishing (and sometimes disturbing) new ways, Counterculture Through the Ages is an indispensable guidebook to where we’ve been . . . and where we’re going.

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Villard

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0812974751

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Encyclopedia of American Opera

By: Ken Wlaschin

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Encyclopedia of American Opera

By: Ken Wlaschin

This encyclopedia lists, describes and cross-references everything to do with American opera: works (both operas and operettas), composers, librettists, singers, and source authors, along with relevant recordings. The approximately 1,750 entries range from ballad operas and composers of the 18th century to modern minimalists and video opera artists. Each opera entry consists of plot, history, premiere and cast, followed by a chronological listing of recordings, movies and videos.

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McFarland

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1476612382

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American Guidance for Seniors-- and Their Caregivers

By: Ken Skala

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American Guidance for Seniors-- and Their Caregivers

By: Ken Skala

Distributed by Key Communications Group, Inc. and G & S Publications.

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1881097277

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A NASCAR Holiday 2

Miracle Season Season of Dreams Taking Control the Natural

By: Pamela Britton,Gina Wilkins,Ken Casper,Abby Gaines

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A NASCAR Holiday 2

Miracle Season Season of Dreams Taking Control the Natural

By: Pamela Britton,Gina Wilkins,Ken Casper,Abby Gaines

The magic of the season is captured once again in this new NASCAR collection featuring four stories that combine the thrill of racing with the warmth of Christmas. Includes "Miracle Season, Season of Dreams. Taking Control," and "The Natural." Original.

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HQN Books

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0373773323

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004

By: Ken Park

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004

By: Ken Park

The World Almanac 2004" continues the 135-year tradition of editorial excellence and sales success, and provides today's readers with the information they need, available anytime, anywhere.

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2003

By: Ken Park,World Almanac Education Group, Inc.,World Almanac Education Group, Inc. Staff

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2003

By: Ken Park,World Almanac Education Group, Inc.,World Almanac Education Group, Inc. Staff

A perennial #1 New York Times Bestseller, with comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date information on every subject imaginable, right at your fingertips For 135 years, The World Almanac has remained the source of choice for people who want quick access to information they know they can trust. More comprehensive than a web site, quicker and easier to use than the Internet and other on-line sources, and cheaper that 15 days of Internet access, The World Almanac is found in more homes, schools, libraries, businesses, and media outlets than any other reference source. The World Almanac 2003 provides over 1,000 pages of facts and figures, including: * A complete recap of the 2002 Winter Olympics, including the results of every event * The Year in Pictures: Two color photo sections highlighting the year's most dramatic news, sports, and entertainment events * The Facts Behind the News: Up-to-date and comprehensive information on the arts and entertainment, awards and prizes, U.S. cities and states, nations of the world, sports, the environment, vital statistics, lifestyles, education, travel and tourism, science and technology, astronomy, sex, health and nutrition, the economy and business, and much more

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2006

By: Ken Park

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2006

By: Ken Park

Offers comprehensive facts, figures, and explanations of the events, people, and places in the news, with original articles on recent issues and topics.

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0886879655

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Radiant Matter

By: Marjolijn Dijkman

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Radiant Matter

By: Marjolijn Dijkman

Radiant Matter' comprises a series of recent artworks that are united in their desire to analyse and reflect on the nature of scientific inquiry, the role of speculation, fiction and spiritualism. Together with a poetic image essay and a conversation between the artist and the editor Kris Dittel, this widely illustrated book includes texts by Ken Hollings, Maarten Vanden Eynde and Raqs Media Collective.00Exhibition: Onomatopee, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (05.12.2016-26.02.2017).

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On Wings of Eagles

The Inspiring True Story of One Man's Patriotic Spirit--and His Heroic Mission to Save His Countrymen

By: Ken Follett

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On Wings of Eagles

The Inspiring True Story of One Man's Patriotic Spirit--and His Heroic Mission to Save His Countrymen

By: Ken Follett

#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . . When two of his employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, handpicked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared. . . .

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1101175389

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Ken Follett World War II Thriller Collection

The Key to Rebecca; Jackdaws; Hornet Flight

By: Ken Follett

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Ken Follett World War II Thriller Collection

The Key to Rebecca; Jackdaws; Hornet Flight

By: Ken Follett

This collection of three books from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of World War II suspense includes “the most exciting novel in years” (Cincinnati Enquirer), about the espionage war between the British and the Nazis; “a very entertaining, very cinematic thriller” (Publishers Weekly) about a gang of female saboteurs behind German lines; and a “blitzkrieg-paced read” (People) about one man’s desperate mission to bring crucial intelligence to England.

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1101539291

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Whiteout

By: Ken Follett

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Whiteout

By: Ken Follett

A missing canister containing a deadly virus forms the center of a storm that traps Stanley Owenford, director of a medical research firm, and a violent trio of thugs in a remote house during a Christmas Eve blizzard. Reprint.

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0451215710

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Night over Water

By: Ken Follett

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Night over Water

By: Ken Follett

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes to the skies in this classic novel of international suspense. Set in the early days of World War II, Night over Water captures the daring and desperation of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances—in prose as compelling as history itself. . . . September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world's most luxurious airliner—the legendary Pan Am Clipper—takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the cream of society and the dregs of humanity, all fleeing the war for reasons of their own . . . shadowed by a danger they do not know exists . . . and heading straight into a storm of violence, intrigue, and betrayal. . . .

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