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The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were being lied to. To expose the lies our media tell us today, controversial journalist James O'Keefe created Project Veritas, an independent news organization whose reporters go where traditional journalists dare not. Their investigative work–equal parts James Bond, Mike Wallace, and Saul Alinsky-has had a consistent and...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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"An account of the events surrounding the DeAutremonts' 1923 robbery of the Southern Pacific at Tunnel 13 in Southern Oregon"--
"The DeAutremont brothers were looking for a big score. They brought dynamite, guns and a getaway car. On October 11, 1923, at the summit of theSiskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon, the three young men held up a passenger train, with disastrous consequences. Their rash actions resulted in the tragic deaths of three Southern...
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Createspace?
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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On October 11, 1923, three DeAutremont brothers held up the Southern Pacific Gold Special train, killing four men. Though they were identified with the help of a forensic scientist from the University of California at Berkeley soon after, it took an additional 4 years and a half-million dollar manhunt to apprehend the fugitives. Includes the DeAutremont brothers' own words as well as other sources.
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2022.
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English
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Instant New York Times Bestseller!
"She was the best mother in the world," said Princes William and Harry at Diana's 10-year memorial. "Entertaining and persuasive," (Publishers Weekly) this is the first big book about the private Diana, the mother of two princes.
"Royal fans will devour this well-paced biography that gives new insight into the House of Windsor. You'll tear through it by sundown and walk away...
"She was the best mother in the world," said Princes William and Harry at Diana's 10-year memorial. "Entertaining and persuasive," (Publishers Weekly) this is the first big book about the private Diana, the mother of two princes.
"Royal fans will devour this well-paced biography that gives new insight into the House of Windsor. You'll tear through it by sundown and walk away...
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Divine cities volume 3
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English
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Revenge. It’s something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing.
So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do—and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara’s killers deserve.
Yet as Sigrud pursues his quarry with his customary terrifying efficiency, he...
So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do—and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara’s killers deserve.
Yet as Sigrud pursues his quarry with his customary terrifying efficiency, he...
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Familius, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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She is the Queen. The matriarch. She leads her daughters and their daughters. Inspiring text and striking illustrations follow the empowering journey of an elephant matriarch as she leads her family through the wilds of Africa. With facts about African elephants on every spread and a message that will encourage young girls to be the trailblazers of their generation, She Leads offers an incredible story and an unforgettable tribute to the strength...
9) No fair!
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Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Pablo and his dad are ready for a fun day together at the farmer s market what s better than a bike ride, doughnuts, and hot apple cider? But Pablo's dad says that everything Pablo picks out is too big for him. It s just no fair! What if he was in charge and his dad was the kid, Pablo wonders. And his dad stops to think about it, too.
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"When Fern Douglas sees the news about Astrid Sullivan, a thirty-four-year-old missing woman from Maine, she is positive that she knows her. Fern's husband is sure it's because of Astrid's famous kidnapping - and equally famous return - twenty years ago, but Fern has no memory of that, even though it happened an hour outside her New Hampshire hometown, where she's returning for the week to help her father pack for a move. And when Astrid appears in...
14) The company man
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Orbit
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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After eleven union men are found dead in a trolley car in 1919, a man named Hayes must discover the truth behind the murders--and behind the McNaughton Corporation and the Evesden, the company town it built--before he meets a grim end.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. George C. Scott stars as Scrooge in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Miguel is in precarious condition after the brutal brawl between dojos, but not much could keep Kreese from continuing to manipulate his students into following his idealization of dominance through physical strength. Johnny keep seeking redemption while Daniel turns to the past for answers, each of them hoping to save their students in their own ways.
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"From bestselling author of She's Not There,New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan,Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving dogs. This is a book about dogs: the love we have for them, and the way that love helps us understand the people we have been. It's in the love of dogs, and my love for them, that I can best now take the measure of the child I once was, and the...
18) Books for living
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English
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"For Will Schwalbe, reading is a way to entertain himself but also to make sense of the world, to become a better person, and to find the answers to the big (and small) questions about how to live his life. In this delightful celebration of reading, Schwalbe invites us along on his quest for books that speak to the specific challenges of living in our modern world, with all its noise and distractions.'"--
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2022.
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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Best Books of the Year: Washington Post, New Yorker, Salon, Foreign Affairs, New Statesman, Chicago Public Library, Vroman's
"[L]ike reading a great tragicomic Irish novel." —James Wood, The New Yorker
"Masterful . . . astonishing." —Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Wonder Woman 1984 is set to hit theaters Summer 2020, from Warner Bros. Pictures, and will see the return of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, with Kristen Wiig joining the cast as friend turned foe Barbara Minerva, aka The Cheetah! Based on the Warner Bros. major motion picture, Wonder Woman 1984: Destined for Greatness is a uniquely illustrated 32-page Level 3 I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still...
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