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The Debt is Due: A Calling to the PlanetHistory wasn’t written in ink; it was built on iron and bone. In the time it takes you to breathe, a debt is being held in trust for you by a silent witness that has carried humanity for five thousand years. In The Horses That Bind Us, Joshua Bettger delivers a surgical strike to the human conscience. This is not a "horse book" —it is a global manifesto and a historical reckoning.

« L'Âge des inventions » de Holland Thompson est un récit historique écrit au début du XXe siècle. L'ouvrage se concentre sur la période charnière de l'invention en Amérique, principalement à la fin du XVIIIe et au XIXe siècle, mettant en lumière les contributions d'inventeurs clés et leur impact sur la société et l'industrie. Plutôt que de se contenter de recenser les inventions, le livre s'attache à explorer la personnalité des inventeurs américains les plus remarquables et l'importance de leurs réalisations. L'introduction présente Benjamin Franklin, retraçant son ...

In 1968, the United States government released a report that attempted to explain a wave of unrest across American cities—and issued a warning about the nation’s future. That warning has largely faded from public awareness.

An Autopsy of Urban Collapse. In late September 2013, a road crew buried 150-year-old cobblestones under fresh asphalt on Baldwin Avenue in the Jersey City Heights. Something durable was concealed beneath something disposable, for the convenience of the least permanent users of the road. That institutional habit, the preference for covering failure rather than studying it, is the subject of this audiobook.

A brief, informal look at the life of elite southern women in eighteenth century America, including a look at: (1) courtship and marriage, (2) slavery, (3) fashion, (4) food, (5) travel, and (6) amusements. Have you ever fallen madly in love with a pair of shoes? Luxury footwear, combining the art form of a sculpture with the beauty of a piece of sparkling jewelry, has obsessed women for centuries. Certainly this was true in the case with Martha Washington. We don’t generally think of Martha Washington as a vivacious fashionista. She has come down to us after two hundred plus years as a ...

The Gilded Age in America was a period of unprecedented economic growth, when some made staggering fortunes and many went hungry. Given the nature and extent of change Americans experienced in the Gilded Age, and the glaring inequities in wealth, why was there no political revolution or even effective radical opposition? This work provides a brief overview and critique of three theories.

A brief look at love, sex, and marriage in colonial America and the early republic. The English colonies in North America, which were eventually to become the United States of America, developed their own idiosyncratic customs regarding love, sex, and marriage based on local circumstances. While the basis for all of these attitudes can be traced back to the Mother Country, local variations occurred because of the varying temperaments of the original settlers. The Puritans of Massachusetts had a different way of looking at sexual matters than did the more free wheeling Cavaliers of Virginia,...

The motives behind and methods used to achieve regime change in Guatemala in 1954 when an indigenous leftist movement threatens vital U.S. interests in Latin America.

A quick historical look at murder most foul in the Virginia of colonial times and the early Republic. Behind the facade of graceful mansions and quaint cobblestone streets evil lurks. A general look at crime, followed by four prominent murders from the period 1766-1806: (1) Ambrose Madison: The Master Slave Relationship, (2) Colonel John Chiswell: The Celebrity Murderer, (3) Richard Randolph: The Love Triangle, and (4) George Wythe: Family Matters.

Sweet, mysterious, alluring treasure... For untold ages treasure tales have tugged at men's imaginations; whispering softly of romance, adventure, glory and wealth. These are North Carolina's historic treasure legends, including stories of Native American gold, Spanish galleons, pirate treasures, Revolutionary War loot, Civil War caches, and shipwrecks.

"Intriguing..." Dr. Steven Greer - UFO Disclosure Project "Those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana What do “Mormons” and Freemasons have to do with ET? The answer to this question goes back to the foundations of mystery cults and secret societies in Ancient Egypt and America, passes to the Jews and the Greeks, Romans and finally the Freemasons. Just a warning - the answer might involve two Kingdoms formed in the 1820’s and 1830’s who have been growing in power and are preparing to battle for the future of mankind. Will good or evil win? ◆ ...

Stop Walking the Red Line. Start Discovering the Real Boston. Are you visiting for America’s 250th Anniversary? If you only follow the painted line of the Freedom Trail, you’re missing the sites where history actually happened. Untold Boston is the ultimate "anti-tourist" guide for the curious traveler and the local history buff who wants to go deeper than the gift shops. Why this is your essential 250th Anniversary guide: The "Microsite" Advantage: While crowds gather at landmarks, discover the unmarked street corners, basements, and alleyways where the Revolution was truly plotted. 10...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER | Read by AudioFile Golden Voice, JD Jackson “I loved this book.... I looked forward to [it] more than any other in a long time, and Howard Bryant exceeded my great expectations. Kings and Pawns is brilliantly conceived and powerfully written.” — David Maraniss, author...

“In this book, I have sought to blend personal experience, journalism, and scholarship. It is history written by a journalist who was there.” —Peter L.W. Osnos Discover untold insights of the critical Vietnam War decisions made by President Johnson and Robert McNamara, their struggles with...

From a renowned biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union. Of all the books written on Abraham...

In 1791, Thomas Jefferson hired a Black man to help survey Washington, DC. That man was Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician, a writer of almanacs, and one of the greatest astronomers of his generation. Banneker then wrote what would become a famous letter to Jefferson, imploring the new president to examine his hypocrisy, as someone who claimed to love liberty yet was an enslaver. More than two centuries later, Rachel Jamison Webster, an ostensibly white woman, learns that this groundbreaking Black forefather is also her distant relative.

The final book from esteemed Berkeley historian Arthur Quinn, Hell With the Fire Out is both a complex chronicle of a forgotten chapter in American Indian history and a vivid detailing of human foible, folly, and failure. With a novelistic flair, Quinn outlines the sad inevitability of America's westward expansion in its post-Civil War era.

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.—and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself.

Waco: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *The basis of the celebrated Paramount Network miniseries starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch--Waco is the critically-acclaimed, first person account of the siege by Branch Davidian...

Dive into the life of one of America's founding fathers with "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Adapted for Modern Readers." This refreshed edition breathes new life into Franklin's timeless narrative with clean formatting and contemporary typography, making it accessible to today’s readers. We've retained Franklin's original tone and themes, while lightly clarifying the language for a smoother reading experience, allowing you to appreciate the wit and wisdom of this visionary thinker without barriers. Set in the vibrant era of American independence, Franklin’s journey from humble ...