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Diary of a Serial Killer
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Description: From the USA Today and International Bestselling author of The Widow Next Door comes a demented page-turner. If you knew your father's darkest secret, would you turn him in?What if his secret was connected to you?Ruby Marlowe's always been a daddy's girl. Her mother died when she was two, and her single father has ensured she has everything she needs. However, everyone has dark secrets, and Ruby's father is no exception...When she's young, she doesn't understand the weight of her father's killing game. However, as she ages, she realizes her obsessive tendencies aren't the only elements that separate her from her peers. After she begins to investigate her mother's life and death, Ruby starts to believe there are some secrets even she doesn't know about the serial killer she calls Daddy.As her father's killing gro rampant, the secrets get harder and harder to hide-and she fears it will all come crashing down. Will Ruby seek a different life for...
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Good Citizens Need Not Fear
epub | 2.25 MB | English | Maria Reva | 2020 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Description: [b]A brilliant and bitingly funny collection of stories united around a single, crumbling apartment building in Ukraine that heralds the arrival of a major new talent ("Reva is a miracle writer...You've never read anything like [these stories]."-Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway)[/b]
A bureaucratic glitch omits an entire building, along with its residents, from municipal records. So begins Reva's ingeniously intertwined narratives, nine stories which span the chaotic years leading up to and immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union. But even as the benighted denizens of 1933 Ivansk Street weather the official neglect of the increasingly powerless authorities, they devise ingenious ways to survive.
In "Bone Music," an agoraphobic recluse survives by selling contraband LPs, mapping the vinyl grooves of illegal Western records into stolen x-ray film. A delusional secret service agent in "Letter of Apology" becomes convinced he's...
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One Two Three Four The Beatles in Time
epub | 35.29 MB | Craig Brown | HarperCollins Publishers
Description: From the award-winning author of Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four. On April 10th 2020, it will be exactly 50 years since Paul McCartney announced the break-up of the Beatles. At that point, we will be at the same distance in time from 1970 as 1970 was from 1920, the year Al Jolson's 'Swanee' was the bestselling record and Gustav Holst composed The Planets. The Beatles continue to occupy a position unique in popular culture. They have entered people's minds in a way that did not occur before, and has not occurred since. Their influence extended way beyond the realm of music to fashion, politics, class, religion and ethics. Countless books have doggedly catalogued the minutiae of The Beatles. If you want to know the make of George Harrison's first car you will always be able to find the answer (a second hand, two-door, blue Ford Anglia 105E Deluxe, purchased from Brian Epstein's friend Terry...
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Build Your Own Time Machine
epub | 483.63 KB | English | 9780715645185 | Brian Clegg | 2011 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Description: There is no physical law to prevent time travel - nothing in physics to say that it is not possible. So surely having a time machine is just a matter of ...time In Build Your Own Time Machine, Brian Clegg takes inspiration from his childhood heroes of Doctor Who and H. G. Wells to explain the nature of time. How do we understand it and why measure it the way we do? How did the theories of one man change the way it was perceived by the world? And why wouldn't H. G. Wells' time machine have worked? By clearly explaining the most famous of Einstein's theories, those of special and general relativity, Clegg applies them to the la of time to show the real science of time travel and how possible it really is.
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Phenomena The Secret History of the U S Government's Investigations into Extrasensory
epub | 32.6 MB | English | Annie Jacobsen | 2017 | Little, Brown and Company
Description: The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51.
This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances.
For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the Navy, Air Force, and Army-and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Now, for the first time, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs, using never before seen declassified documents as well as exclusive intervie with, and unprecedented access...
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The Fall of Japan A Chronicle of the End of an Empire
epub | 2.6 MB | English | William Craig | Open Road Media
Description: New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (The New York Times Book Review). By midsummer 1945, Japan had long since lost the war in the Pacific. The people were not told the truth, and neither was the emperor. Japanese generals, admirals, and statesmen knew, but only a handful of leaders were willing to accept defeat. Most were bent on fighting the Allies until the last Japanese soldier died and the last city burned to the ground. Exhaustively researched and vividly told, The Fall of Japan masterfully chronicles the dramatic events that brought an end to the Pacific War and forced a once-mighty military nation to surrender unconditionally. From the ferocious fighting on Okinawa to the all-but-impossible mission to drop the 2nd atom bomb, and from Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House to the Tokyo bunker where...
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The Lost Art of Sleep
epub | 315.15 KB | English | Michael McGirr | Pan Macmillan Australia
Description: A wise and funny exploration of quite possibly the best third of your life by the acclaimed author of Things You Get For Free and Bypass.Bed is the most dangerous place on earth. More people die there than anywhere else. Maybe that's why each passing generation spends less time in bed than the one before.The arrival of baby twins sent Michael McGirr in search of an ancient practice for which bed is the ideal setting. It's called sleep.In this warm, witty and engaging book, McGirr muses on the many benefits of sleep; mourns its demise; explains aspects of its strange personality; observes what the brain really gets up to in the small hours, and makes acquaintance with some of the great sleepers and wakers of history, from Aristotle to Thomas Edison, from Homer to Florence Nightingale, from Shakespeare to Peter Pan.Both a personal journey and a profound exploration of one of life's true constants, The Lost Art of Sleep proves that there are few situations which can't...
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The Memoirs of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel Chief of the German High Command, 1938 1945
epub | 1.72 MB | English | Walter Gorlitz, David Irving, Earl Ziemke | Cooper Square Press
Description: These extraordinary memoirs-written by German Field-Marshal Wilhelm keitel (1882-1946) in the six weeks before he was hung in Nuremberg for war crimes-offers readers an unparalleled insider's view of the blitzkrieg against Poland, the conquest of France, and the brutal campaign against the Soviet Union. Most startling is his account of the final eighteen days of the Thrid Reich, which he personally directed.
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The Last Raid The Commandos, Channel Islands and Final Nazi Raid
epub | 3.74 MB | English | Will Fowler | 2016 | The History Press
Description: The occupation of the Channel Islands in World War II is an often-neglected aspect of the war: here, for the first time, Will Fowler presents an atmospheric account of life under German occupation peppered with first-hand accounts and details of the political manoeuvring behind the scenes. Fowler sets down the failed raids and planning and provides the most comprehensive account of the last German raid of the war: the Granville Raid of 8th March 1945. The raid was a success, damaging British and American ships taking much-needed coal back to the Channel Islands.
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The Prepper's Guide to Foraging How Wild Plants Can Supplement a Sustainable Lifestyle
epub | 9.06 MB | English | David Nash | The New Press
Description: The Prepper's Guide to Foraging is not a plant identification guide in the traditional sense. It is instead a guide to using plants to supplement other means of food production and subsistence living. Author David Nash believes that there is not enough land available for to support a large scale return to the hunter/gatherer lifestyle in the event of a large-scale disaster, but that botanical knowledge does provide an edge to the well prepared.
This book advocates the acquisition of knowledge to allow its reader to safely identify, harvest, and use common North American plants. Wild plants can provide shelter, material, medicine, and food to help the reader extend stored food as well as to create items that may be otherwise unavailable during a crisis.
Twenty-five easily identified plants common to the United States are described and illustrated with notations for their common usage. Each plant described in this book comes with one recipe for food as well as...
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Art Quilt Maps Capture a Sense of Place with Fiber Collage A Visual Guide
epub | 67.72 MB | English | Valerie S. Goodwin | C&T Publishing
Description: Award-winning quilt artist Valerie Goodwin sho your customers how to transform the places they love-and places they've always wanted to see-into hypnotic art quilts. Readers learn step by step how to create fiber collages based on maps of their favorite real and imaginary places. The book features a large photo gallery of quilt maps by Valerie and her students. · Innovative designs keep your customers' creativity engaged · Fully illustrated guide covers a variety of basic mixed-media techniques · Bundle this book with fabric paints and mediums, markers, and fusible web
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Squirrels The Animal Answer Guide
epub | 10.32 MB | English | Jr. Richard W. Thorington | Johns Hopkins University Press
Description: Did you know that a groundhog is really a type of squirrel? That squirrels control their body temperature with their tails? That most squirrels have yellow-tinted eye lenses that work like sunglasses to reduce glare? That tree squirrels can turn their hind feet completely around when climbing down a tree head-first? In Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide, Richard W. Thorington Jr. and Katie Ferrell unveil the fascinating world of one of the "most watched" mammals on the planet. The diversity of squirrels is astounding. There are 278 species that inhabit all continents except Antarctica and Australia-varying in size from the lumbering 18-pound gray marmot to the graceful pygmy flying squirrel that is smaller than most mice. In many parts of the world they readily share human habitats, joining us for lunch in a city park, raiding our bird feeders, and sneaking into college dorm rooms through open windo. Reviled as pests or loved as an endearing amusement, squirrels...
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UNBORED Adventure 70 Seriously Fun Activities for Kids and Their Families
epub | 97.89 MB | English | Joshua Glenn | Bloomsbury Publishing
Description: UNBORED Adventure has all the smarts, innovation, and free-wheeling spirit of the original UNBORED and its 2014 spinoff, UNBORED Games, but with a fresh focus on encouraging kids to break out of their techno-passivity and explore the world around them-whether that's a backyard, a downtown, or a forest. Combining old-fashioned favorites with today's high-tech possibilities, the book offers a goldmine of creative, constructive activities that kids can do on their own or with their families. From camouflage techniques, survival skills, and cloudspotting advice to instructions on how to build an upcycled kite or raft, to using apps to navigate and explore, it's all here-along with comics that dive into the secret history of everything from bicycling to women explorers. A fun corrective to our over-anxious parenting culture, UNBORED Adventure encourages kids to become more independent and resilient, to solve problems and ask questions, and to...
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Homemade Christmas and Festive Decorations 25 Home Craft Projects
epub | 38.46 MB | English | Ros Badger | 2012 | HarperCollins Publishers
Description: Add a touch of personality and creativity to your home with projects for Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine's and birthdays. Complete with step-by-step instructions and beautiful photography, learn to make extra special festive decorations - such as a birthday pinata, knitted angels, fragrant rose petal stuffed hearts or an Easter tree. Shop-bought decorations just can't compare! 25 fun and simple projects to make, perfect for beginners.Complete with patterns, and knitting, sewing and craft basics.Includes a directory of suppliers and resources The content of this book is adapted from Homemade by Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson, first published by Collins in 2009.
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Invasion Diary A Dramatic Firsthand Account of the Allied Invasion of Italy
epub | 6.69 MB | English | Richard Tregaskis | Open Road Media
Description: A dramatic and richly detailed chronicle of the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy from one of America's greatest war correspondents. Following the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, Allied military strategists turned their attention to southern Italy. Winston Churchill famously described the region as the "soft underbelly of Europe," and claimed that an invasion would pull German troops from the Eastern Front and help bring a swift end to the war. On July 10, 1943, American and British forces invaded Sicily. Operation Husky brought the island under Allied control and hastened the downfall of Benito Mussolini, but more than one hundred thousand German and Italian troops managed to escape across the Strait of Medina. The "soft underbelly" of mainland Italy became, in the words of US Fifth Army commander Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, "a tough old gut." Less than a year after landing with the US Marines on Guadalcanal Island, journalist Richard...
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Lenin on the Train
epub | 44.24 MB | English | Catherine Merridale | Henry Holt and Co.
Description: One of The Economist's Best Books of the Year
A gripping, meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful 1917 rail journey from Zurich to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian Revolution and forever changed the world
In April 1917, as the Russian Tsar Nicholas II's abdication sent shockwaves across war-torn Europe, the future leader of the Bolshevik revolution Vladimir Lenin was far away, exiled in Zurich. When the ne reached him, Lenin immediately resolved to return to Petrograd and lead the revolt. But to get there, he would have to cross Germany, which meant accepting help from the deadliest of Russia's adversaries. Millions of Russians at home were suffering as a result of German aggression, and to accept German aid-or even safe passage-would be to betray his homeland. Germany, for its part, saw an opportunity to further destabilize Russia by allowing Lenin and his small group of revolutionaries to return.
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New World Order A Strategy of Imperialism
epub | 5.28 MB | Sean Stone | Trine Day
Description: A sweeping overview of world affairs and, especially having come across the name of William Yandell Elliott, Professor of Politics at Harvard through the first half of the 20th century. Sean found that Elliott had created a kindergarten of Anglo-American imperialists amongst his students, who included Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Samuel P. Huntington, and McGeorge Bundy. Upon further investigation, Sean came to understand Elliott's own integral role, connecting the modern national-security establishment with the British Round Table Movement's design to re-incorporate America into the British 'empire'. Whether that goal was achieved will be left to the reader to decide. However, it cannot be denied that W.Y. Elliott's life and intellectual history serves to demonstrate the interlocking relationship between academia, government, and big business.
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Nine Divisions in Champagne The Second Battle of Marne
epub | 8.3 MB | English | Patrick Takle | Pen and Sword
Description: The book explains how the Allies, after a series of swingeing defeats, sank their differences and came together to turn the tide against the German Army in the Summer of 1918. Although it is a detailed history of the fighting by British divisions, it also highlights the growing presence of American forces and their huge contribution to victory, too often understated in earlier works. The book deliberately binds together the genesis, size and equipment of the British and American divisions and seeks to inter-mingle the American and British campaigns of 1918.
By blocking the Third German Offensive on the Chemins des Dames and then arriving in time to turn the Kaiser's army out of the Marne salient, the Allied divisions cleared the way for the decisive counter offensive at Amiens. Exhausted and demoralized, the German Army collapsed and the outcome of The Great War was decided.
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One Pot Pasta From Pot to Plate in Under 30 Minutes
epub | 13.51 MB | English | Sabrina Fauda-Rôle | Hardie Grant
Description: Quick to cook, nutritious and filling, there is often nothing more satisfying than a bowl of pasta. Sabrina Fauda-Rôle takes pasta to new heights as she shares all her favourite ways to cook a delicious bowl at record speed! With a stylish design and chapters covering Meat, Seafood, Vegetarian and Cheese, Sabrina shares fresh, fun and easy recipes, from a classic spaghetti with meatballs to interesting flavour combinations such as pasta with curried carrots and sesame seeds. Sabrina's magic method works with a wide variety of pasta types and shapes. All the ingredients go into one pot, which cooks over a medium heat for 15 minutes. After resting off the heat for 5 minutes, all the dishes are ready to top and serve. One-Pot Pasta sho that even after a long day at work anyone can prepare a hearty, healthy and delicious supper in under half an hour.
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Paradise Lost Smyrna 1922 The Destruction of .,'s City of Tolerance
epub | 516.87 KB | English | 9780340837870 | Giles Milton | Sceptre
Description: <p class="MsoNormal">On Saturday, September 9, 1922, the victorious Turkishcavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the OttomanEmpire. The city's vast wealth created centuries earlier by powerful Levantinedynasties, its factories teemed with Greeks, Armenians, Turks, and Je.Together, they had created a majority Christian city that was unique in the---c world. But to the Turkish nationalists, Smyrna was a city of infidels.
<p class="MsoNormal">In the aftermath of the First World War and with the supportof the Great Powers, Greece had invaded Turkey with the aim of restoring aChristian empire in Asia. But by the summer of 1922, the Greeks had beenvanquished by Atatürk's armies after three years of warfare. As Greek troopsretreated, the non-'. civilians of Smyrna assumed that American andEuropean warships would intervene if and when the Turkish cavalry decided toenter the city. But this was not to be.
<p class="MsoNormal">On September 13, 1922, Turkish troops descended on Smyrna.They rampaged first through the Armenian quarter, and then throughout the restof the city. They looted homes, bangd women, and murdered untold thousands.Turkish soldiers were seen dousing buildings with petroleum. Soon, all but the Turkishquarter of the city was in flames and hundreds of thousands of refugees crowdedthe waterfront, desperate to escape. The city burned for four days; by the timethe embers cooled, more than 100,000 people had been killed and millions lefthomeless.
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Based oneyewitness accounts and the memories of survivors, many interviewed for thefirst time, Paradise Lost offers a vivid narrative account of one of the mostvicious military catastrophes of the modern age.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Smyrna was a prosperous, cosmopolitan port on Turkey'sAegean coast where Greeks, Turks, Armenians, Je and other nationalities livedin harmony. In his searingly vivid account of Smyrna's destruction by the Turksin 1922, acclaimed popular historian Milton (Nathaniel's Nutmeg) begins with afairy tale-like description of the city focused lopsidedly on the wealthyEuropean dynasties known as Levantines. But Milton renders an astute account ofthe clash of Greek and Turkish nationalisms and the unhelpful meddling ofWestern powers, particularly Britain, which supported a Greek incursion intoTurkey. When the defending Turkish troops under Mustafa Kemal (aka Ataturk)took Smyrna in September 1922, a horrific killing spree of Greeks and Armeniansbegan, and hundreds of thousands of refugees were trapped on the quaysidebetween the sea and a city willfully torched by the Turks as a score of foreignvessels looked on. Milton dra on eyewitness accounts to render these eventsin all their horror, and ends with an almost incredible rescue led by anunlikely hero. Milton powerfully renders this tragic tale of an army that cameto liberate Smyrna and instead massacred its citizens and burned their prize tothe ground in a vengeful frenzy. (Aug.)
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<p class="MsoNormal">In September, 1922, after the Turkish forces of MustafaKemal defeated a Greek army that had recklessly occupied the Anatolian city ofSmyrna, members of Smyrna's Greek, Armenian, and expatriate communities werekilled, bangd, and robbed. Soon, a half million people were trapped on theport's narrow wharves, the city in flames behind them; "The streets werestacked with dead," a British officer wrote. Milton weaves the Armeniangenocide, the birth of modern Turkey, and the tragic inanities of Versaillesinto his story, but his focus is the destruction of the multi-ethnic,religiously diverse cosmopolis of Smyrna (now the Turkish city of Izmir). Hehas a tendency to idolize the Levantines, dynasties of European "merchantprinces" who remained oblivious as Greeks and Turks committed atrocitiescloser and closer to their enclave. Milton's more compelling hero is AsaJennings, a five-foot-tall Y.M.C.A. administrator who, by bluffing, begging,and desperately improvising, single-handedly saved tens of thousands of lives.
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