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Publisher:
Borodino Books
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Nicholas II (1868-1918) was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from November 1, 1894 until his forced abdication on March 15, 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He was given the nickname Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the...
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Publisher:
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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THE TALE OF THE LAST RONIN'S FIRST MISSION CONTINUES! In the past, Michelangelo has mastered his first fighting form and has overcome his first gladiatorial challenge in Japan. With Master Splinter's journal in his hands-and a burning desire for vengeance in his heart-Michelangelo resumes his westward trek across Asia and Europe in order to test his skills against his next deadly opponent. If he's to have any chance of attaining victory in the final...
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Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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2 stars
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A journalist draws on his immersive visits to the remote Indonesian island of the Lamalerans, the world's last subsistence whalers, to profile their way of life and illuminate how their indigenous culture is succumbing to the modern world.
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Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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"The shocking murder of a wounded veteran challenges the investigative skills of ex-chief Samuel Craddock. Just before the outbreak of the Gulf War, two eighteen-year-old football stars and best friends from Jarrett Creek, Texas signed up for the army. But Woody Patterson was rejected and stayed home to marry the girl they both loved, while Jack Harbin came back from the war badly damaged. The men haven't spoken since. Just as they are about to reconcile,...
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For Ethan Mordden, the closing night of the hit musical, 42nd St. sounded the death knell of the art form of the Broadway musical. After that, big orchestras, real voices, recognizable books and intelligent lyrics went out the window in favor of cats, helicopters, yodeling Frenchmen, and the roof of the Paris Opera. Mordden takes us through the aftermath of the days of the great Broadway musical. From the long-running Cats to Miss Saigon, Phantom,...
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Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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A myth-busting explanation of inflation, the desperate gullibility of central bankers and finance ministers-and our abject failure to learn from history From investors and monetary authorities to governments and policy makers, almost everyone had assumed inflation was dead and buried. But now people the world over are confronting a poisonous new economic reality and, with it, the prospect of vast and increasing wealth inequality. How have we arrived...
11. The Last Death
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Publisher:
The Novel RV
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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After Kate and Michael rescue Sarah, Holly and Holly's two children from the Willits farm, Kate is tasked with getting Holly and her kids to the Hopkins' Compound in Missouri. On their first day on the road, they learn that someone has killed the Willitses and burned their farm to the ground, making Sarah and Holly the prime suspects. As Kate drives her charges to Missouri as fast as possible, she hits an unexpected speed bump from her past. Will...
Publisher:
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
After emerging as the sole survivor in a deadly revenge game set up by her father to punish his children, Miriam receives an offer from a supernatural entity to go back in time and try again. Now, Miriam must survive both her father's blood lust and the Gamemaster's ever-changing rules to save her siblings as she relives the worst night of her life.
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Publisher:
Breakwater Books Ltd
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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The Last Half of the Year explores the age-old interplay between innocence and experience in a dramatic new way. Jason Dade, a deeply sensitive and strangely ambitious young man, leaves home in July on a mock-heroic quest to find himself and become the man he is meant to be. The novel moves forward through a series of interconnecting narratives linking Jason's childhood and early adolescence to this quixotic present-day journey. Jason's untainted...
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Publisher:
DavidNiallWilson
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Volume 2, the twentieth volume in Brian Lumley's Necroscope series, contains two short novels, one long novella, one short story, and a closing piece entitled Resurrection. Each of these, except the short story, ("Old Man With A Blade" where Harry is pursued by the Grim Reaper), feature the Necroscope, Harry Keogh, during this final (?) period of his life known as "The Lost Years." Look for the first volume...
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Publisher:
DavidNiallWilson
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Necroscope: The Last of the Lost Years, Volume 1, the nineteenth in Brian Lumley's Necroscope series, contains two short novels, one long novella, and one short story. Each of these feature the Necroscope, Harry Keogh, during this final (?) period of his life known as "The Lost Years." Look for the second volume of The Last of the Lost Years, the twentieth in the Necroscope series, which contains two short novels, one long novella, one short story,...
Publisher:
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date:
[2000]
Lexile measure:
1130L
Language:
English
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A collection of essays by well-known authors for young people, reflecting on various aspects of life in twentieth-century America, including politics, the environment, sports, fashion, and civil rights.
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Publisher:
Newman Springs Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
What the Heck Happened to the Last 30 40 Years is the culmination of a number of years of wondering where the instructions were for aging. Each look back was putting me further and further from my most favorite years of life! Dear heavens! It was 50 friggin' years behind me in junior college--my age of discovery! Having had my mother live with us for her last 7 years of life, I had gotten insight into end of life when it dawned on me, oh no, we're...
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Publisher:
AuthorHouse
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Built to Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels East of the Mississippi is a sequel to my 2011 book, Built To Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in New York. It has 86 chapters, one for each century-old hotel (of 50 rooms or more) east of the Mississippi River and each is illustrated by an antique postcard. The Foreword was written by Joseph McInerney, CHA, President of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. The book has been accepted for promotion, distribution and...