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The story of Titanic’s tragic sinking on April 15, 1912, has been told countless times in films and books, inscribing it into popular culture as perhaps the best-known disaster of all-time. When Titanic went down off the coast of...

This book is about a young girls journey through her dreams. What is always an adventure to be had can quickly become a nightmare. That is when she realizes she has control of her own outcomes in the dream.

This book shares Donna’s spiritual journey with God, who she credits with her deliverance from the emotional, physical, sexual abuse and general distrust of love. A relationship with the true and living God, through Jesus Christ the Savior allowed...

The author of Loser delivers Lie'f. Lie'f brings to the forefront the dangerous romance of the streets and the cycle of violence, drugs and fatherless children that are likely to follow. Lie'f provides brutal awareness to readers. The author does little...

It is not Donald Trump that is under siege. The real target of the relentless attacks on our President is freedom itself.The hyper-politicized Department of Justice raid on President Trump’s personal attorney’s residence is proof that the...

Population growth hastens the depletion of natural resources, degrades the environment, increases poverty and conflict, and debases the human spirit. This book offers an antidote. It prescribes a simple and practical credit-based system that can...

In the beginning of the twentieth century, the Connecticut River Valley was a thriving manufacturing hub for fabric, arms and brass. But early in the spring of 1936, nearly two feet of rain created havoc on a massive scale, killing more than one hundred...

For centuries, dating back to the time of the Native Americans, the fertile soils and the bountiful bays and salt marshes of the Delmarva Peninsula have fed its people well. Over the generations, its food culture has become intertwined with the history...

Known as the Queen of the Rumrunners on the East Coast, Nellie Green led a captivating life full of bootlegging adventures. Nellie fearlessly stood up to all those who tried to stand in her way, receiving respect and financial support from many...

Germans dominated Milwaukee like no other large American city. Their presence inhabits the city's neighborhoods, from its buildings and place names to its parklands and statuary. Their influence also lives in the memories shared by local residents. A...

Heralding the coming spring, the weather forecast promised a warm and sunny Easter in 1913. Little did the citizens of Tippecanoe County realize that a furious deluge would cause the Wabash River to swell to an ungovernable and lethal height. Bridges...

The stunning mountains of Virginia offer spectacular views and endless outdoor activities, yet they also hold secrets. A nineteenth-century cache of gold is buried in the hills. Nine-foot giants once walked the ridges, pre-Columbian explorers built homes...

Indiana suffered enormous losses in the Great Flood of 1913, yet this disaster is largely forgotten. The combined tornado and flood barreled through Terre Haute, killing more than twenty. In Peru, 114 miles away, the circus lost most of its animals in...

Comparing It with the More Improved Ones of Shrewsbury, Isle of Wight, Hull, Boldre, &c. and Deductions Drawn, Useful to Other Poor-house: by Henry Wansey

In the United States and Europe, membership and participation in Christian churches have steadily declined. When asked for their religious preference, increasing numbers say ""none."" This is especially the case for younger adults and the well-educated.A...

Gender, Violence, and Justice is a volume of collected essays by an expert in the field of violence against women and pastoral theology. It represents over three decades of research, advocacy, and pastoral theological reflection on the subject of sexual...

There is so much hate and division in the world. Most of all inhumanity to man currently existing are due in large part to history that are historically false along with color coding of humanity that are essentially against the truth.

Navigating the high school journey with your teenager can be as challenging as rewarding. "The High School Years: A Parent's Guide" is an essential resource filled with effective parenting strategies for teens. This comprehensive guide offers insight and...

This is a poignant coming-of-age story about a young black boy, who left his northern life behind to spend his high school years in rural Arkansas in the 1950s. This story shows how the love and gentle nurturing of an elderly couple and the community...

Most children growing up cannot say their fathers were jockeys who rode race horses for a living. With that profession comes excitement, privilege, community status, and a vast array of Hall of Fame athletes and a host of trainers, agents, stable workers...

En el corazón de este libro está “la culminación en el siglo XX”, o la convergencia del trabajar de la visión del mundo de Aristotélicos y Platónicos y sus consecuencias en la renovación de la...

When Suzi at the age of 53 quit her job, rented out her house and set out in a campervan to find true happiness, love and life fulfilment she knew she was in for the journey of her life.After separating from her husband, Suzi's self-worth and love of...

You probably had a childhood idol-that one special person who meant the world to you. It might have been a family member, a teacher or a coach. It's also quite possible you were first drawn to a professional athlete you saw on television or read about in...

Wise Advice for Caregivers was inspired by the author's experience as a caregiver. She gives advice and guidance about how to best perform your job as a caregiver to a parent, family member, patient, or client, and also provides support for doing home...

This book is an analogy about what is wrong with this planet we live on and by identifying the problems what we can do to solve them, or are we too stupid or just too apathetic and don’t care. This book may offend some readers and may be deemed by...

ACQUIESCE to LOVE PEACE GRATITUDE, introduces Susana, who lost everything within a short period of time. Her life turned upside down by what appeared to be the circumstances she lived at that moment. The story demonstrates the immense role of the...

Martha Gellhorn died in February 1998, just shy of her 90th birthday. Well before her death, she had become a legend. She reported on wars from Spain in the 1930s to Panama in the 1980s, and her travel books are considered classics. Her marriage to...

In The Made-Up State, Benjamin Hegarty contends that warias, who compose one of Indonesia's trans feminine populations, have cultivated a distinctive way of captivating the affective, material, and spatial experiences of belonging to a modern public...

Precious Memories by Paul E. Linebaugh is a nonfiction autobiography book that tells of author's last years with his wife, Nancy, who had Alzheimer's disease. Nancy's progression with Alzheimer's disease is shared, which will provide encouragement for...

It's a Love Story! A Day with My Father is a true story about a little girl who grew up estranged from her father. Later at the age of fifty, her father elected to come back into her life which caused her to make a huge decision whether to accept or...

RecomendaciónEl poder del amor de Dios es un libro muy cautivante que está lleno del poder de Dios. Si disfrutas leer libros de no ficción, con testimonios y experiencias de la vida real, este libro es definitivamente para ti. En todos los años que he...

Homosexuality is arguably today’s most controversial issue. Some people believe the following: God approves of homosexuality, people are born “gay,” both same-sex parenting and “gay marriage” are harmless, and anyone who disagrees is “homophobic.” Others...

Violent television programs are highly preferred by children. They stimulate their emotions and increase curiosity about violence-related issues. This means that watching violent television programs has an impact upon their way of perceiving the world...

This book provides introductory materials on research methods and report writing that aim at guiding students and researchers towards effective research and reporting of their findings. Unlike the many volumes on research that are mostly theoretical,...

Martin Luther King Jr. is widely viewed as an American civil rights leader who applied principled and situational nonviolence in efforts to eradicate racism, poverty, and violence in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. It is too often forgotten that...

The purpose of this book, Diary of Agony and Hope, explores the ethical themes of justice and hope through the lens of folk sayings, case studies, and real-life experiences on the part of the writer as a resident of St. Louis County for over thirty years...

In the spring of 1862, Lucy McKim, the nineteen-year-old daughter of a Philadelphia abolitionist Quaker family, traveled with her father to the Sea Islands of South Carolina to aid him in his efforts to organize humanitarian aid for thousands of newly...

In recent years, studios like Marvel and DC have seen enormous success transforming comics into major motion pictures. At the same time, bookstores such as Barnes & Noble in the US and Indigo in Canada have made more room for comic books and graphic...

The icon of the female protester and her alter-ego, the female superhero, fills screens in the news, in theaters, and in digital spaces. The female protester who is Muslim, though, has been subject to a legacy of discrimination. Superheroes in the...

From the 1920s through the 1960s, Pittsburgh's Hill District was the heart of the city's Black cultural life and home to a vibrant jazz scene. In Jazz in the Hill: Nightlife and Narratives of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood, Colter Harper looks at how jazz...

For many, December 26 is more than the day after Christmas. Boxing Day is one of the world's most celebrated cultural holidays. As a legacy of British colonialism, Boxing Day is observed throughout Africa and parts of the African diaspora, but, unlike...

For many months after Hurricane Katrina, life in New Orleans meant negotiating streets strewn with debris and patrolled by the United States Army. Most of the city was without power. Emptied and ruined houses, businesses, schools, and churches stretched...