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Publisher's description: In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is "a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all." Few figures...
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Firefly Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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"This book includes over 200 of the strongest, fastest, smartest and most incredible women whose achievements have contributed to the world we live in today. This fact-o-pedia is divided into subjects from science to sports and and include profiles, illustrations, photographs, quotes and trivia."--
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Carmichael understood true discipleship and lived it out. Called to the mission field, she followed God's guidance, and eventually went to India, where she would spend fifty-three years without furlough. While there, she founded the Donhavur Fellowship, a refuge for children in moral danger: children who were orphaned or unwanted and sold to the temple.
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"An entertaining and fascinating memoir of "gifted storyteller" (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the Golden Age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world, Ann Hood joined their ranks. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin, found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"From Titus Andronicus with the RSC to media magnate Logan Roy in HBO's Succession, Brian Cox has made his name as an actor of unparalleled distinction and versatility. We know him on screen, but few know of his extraordinary life story. Growing up in Dundee, Scotland, Cox lost his father when he was just eight years old and was brought up by his three elder sisters in the aftermath of his mother's nervous breakdowns and ultimate hospitalization....
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Editorial Planeta Mexicana
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2021.
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Español
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La historia del mejor piloto Mexicano de Formula 1 de todos los tiempos. En 2021, Checo Perez hizo historia: se convirtio en el segundo piloto mexicano en ganar dos Grandes Premios de F1 y el primero en participar en mas de 200 carreras de la maxima categora. Nunca te rindas es el relato de su extraordinario recorrido en las pistas: el nino que desde antes de los 12 anos era uno con el volante; el piloto que en las calles de Monaco burlo a la muerte;...
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"The story of the Astors is an extraordinary but true tale of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention -- and of cunning, determination, hard work, hubris, infighting, and greed. One of the wealthiest men to have ever lived, John Jacob Astor first arrived in New York in 1783 and built a fortune through a ruthless expansion of his beaver trapping business, which he grew into an empire through real estate that enriched him at the expense of...
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A celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians.
In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty-five great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies, we...
11) Plain Anna
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Blended Mix Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Anna knew fear; it first grabbed her in its clutches on a hard church pew, then tightened its grip through a raging fire. But fear and sadness could not defeat her light. Plain Anna shows you just how not-plain and rather remarkable Anna really is. Through her heart-wrenching story, you’ll discover that peace is worth every encounter with fear and that pain never needs to be the end of your story. -- Back cover.
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University of Nebraska Press
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©2000
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English
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"Grandmother's Grandchild is the remarkable story of Alma Hogan Snell, a Crow woman brought up by her grandmother, the famous medicine woman Pretty Shield. Snell grew up during the 1920s and 1930s, part of the second generation of Crows to be born into reservation life. Like many of her contemporaries, she experienced poverty, personal hardships, and prejudice and left home to attend federal Indian schools." "What makes Snell's story particularly...
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"In this collection, Arceneaux takes stock of how far he has traveled--and how much ground he still has to cover in this patriarchal, heteronormative society. He explores the opportunities afforded to Black creatives but also the doors that remain shut or ever-so-slightly ajar; the confounding challenges of dating in a time when social media has made everything both more accessible and more unreliable; and the allure of returning home while still...
14) The Beatles
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Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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This Little Golden Book about The Beatles--four friends from Liverpool who became the best-selling music act of all time--is an inspiring read-aloud for young children, as well as their parents and grandparents who are fans of the Fab Four. Experience Beatlemania all over again when reading about the band--from their humble beginnings to their unforgettable arrival in the U.S."--Amazon.
15) The woman in me
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"The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice--her truth--was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey--and the strength at the core of one of the greatest...
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Film Ideas, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Thirty years after his death, Joan Miró has become an iconic figure in the art world. The more time passes, the more his work becomes universal, going beyond borders and genres. His work lives outside of museums, on the walls of prestigious institutions, and his influence extends into design and architecture and is visible in the most unexpected places." -- Back cover.
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Клуб Семейного Досуга
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Вона — жива легенда британської монархії ХХ століття, любителька яскравих капелюшків та любителька собак корги. Та, чиє сходження на трон видавалося неможливим, адже вона була лише третьою претенденткою на корону. Тим не менш, доля розпорядилася...
18) Beyond driven
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Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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In 1975, Lella Lombardi made history as the first and only women ever to score in Formula One sparking generations of future female racers.
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Psalm 128:3-4 beautifully relates a wonderful truth and a precious promise that has truly been confirmed to my wife Marian and me:
"Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house,
your children like olive plants all around your table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD."
Yes! The LORD has blessed us with eight incredible children. The Psalmist wrote, "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,...
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John Murray
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, OBE, is the nation's favourite (and naughtiest) treasure. Now, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story - and it's well worth the wait. Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to...
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