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The Guinness World Records Books: The History Must Be Told

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Report copyright infringementby Nicholas Austin (Author)Unveiling the Unbeatable: The Unfathomable World of Guinness World RecordsDive into a world where the unimaginable becomes reality, where limits are shattered, and where the extraordinary is just the beginning. Step into the mesmerizing universe of Guinness World Records, a realm filled with awe-inspiring feats, incredible achievements, and remarkable tales of human endeavor. But amid this dazzling form lies another riveting biography, a...

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Report copyright infringementby Solomon Northup (Author)Twelve Years a Slave is a profoundly compelling autobiography written by Solomon Northup, offering an unflinching account of his harrowing journey from freedom to enslavement and his subsequent fight for liberation. Northup's narrative provides a poignant firsthand perspective on the brutal realities of American slavery, shedding light on the experiences of countless others who suffered under its oppressive grip. Number of P...

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Report copyright infringementby Louis Adamic (Author)In this fascinating memoir, Louis Adamic recounts his experiences as a Slovenian immigrant working in the White House during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. With its vivid descriptions of life in the White House and its insights into American politics and culture, Dinner at the White House is a must-read for history buffs and anyone interested in the immigrant experience.This work has been selected by scholars as being cultural...

The Life and Recollections of John Howland: Late President of the Rhode Island Historical Society

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Report copyright infringementby Edwin Martin Stone (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is impor...

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Report copyright infringementby Marquis Publishers (Author)"Frank Ocean will not perform on his scheduled headlining slot at Coachella on April 23rd." After 7 years of absence on a stage or a live performance, after 6 years of waiting for a re-release of his greatest album, listeners and fans of Frank Ocean are left stumped on the 2023 Coachella Barricade."It was chaotic. There is some beauty in chaos. It isn't what I intended to show but I did enjoy being out there and I'll see you soon." Fr...

Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West: Or, the Experience of an Early Settler; Volume 1

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Strickland (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is import...

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Report copyright infringementby Forbes F. a. (Frances Alice) (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this wor...

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Report copyright infringementby William Gershom Collingwood (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Grandison Finney (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is...

The Memoir of Joseph Pierce Braud, Md: His Life Journey on the Gravel Road and Beyond: As Told to Dr. Lionel D. Lyles

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Pierce Braud (Author)This memoir highlights a compelling story of tragedy and triumph during the Jim Crow and separate but equal era in the Deep South. The book traces the evolution of Joseph Pierce Braud, from his humble birthplace in A-Bend in Ascension Parish to his graduation from Howard University Medical School in 1958 and thereafter. Braud overcame the death of his father and helped support the family by scrapping rice and potatoes and shining sho...

The Sepher Ha-Zohar: Or, The Book of Light

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Report copyright infringementby Nurho De Manhar (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is importan...

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Report copyright infringementby Albert M. Crary (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is importan...

Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio; Volume 1

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Report copyright infringementby William J. Bahmer (Author), Chi Clarke (S J. ). Publishing Company (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scho...

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: From 1817-1882

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Report copyright infringementby Frederick Douglass (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is impor...

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Report copyright infringementby Steven Noixium Berrios (Author)The book is about an animal tracking experience in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The creature involved is a cryptozoological animal. (Mysterious undocumented animal not known to Science.) Number of Pages: 134 Dimensions: 0.29 x 11 x 8.25 IN Publication Date: November 19, 2021

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Report copyright infringementby Edmond Laurent (Author), Lee Broadwater (Author)The Journey of the Island Jewel will captivate your heart and soul. It is a true-to-life story of young twelve-year-old runaway, Edmond Laurent. Born in the tropical islands of the Caribbean, young Edmond went on a quest to find his birth mother. This quest led him on a life journey that is full of twists and turns, from living on the beach in an abandoned hotel to his first experience with young unadulterated lov...

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Report copyright infringementby Jorge Valdes (Author)LA VERDADERA HISTORIA DE UN NARCOTRAFICANTE QUE TUVO PODER Y RIQUEZAS IMAGINABLE Number of Pages: 86 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 10, 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Andrish (Author)An Ultra Marathoner's Journey: As Hope Springs Eternal on Trails to the Finish LineBy: Jack AndrishLACE UP YOUR RUNNING SHOES and get ready for an outdoor biographical adventure like no other. Jack Andrish has been running ultra marathons since his son introduced him to trail running in the 1990's. Running alongside his supportive family, Jack has enjoyed one surreal experience after another while attempting the hundred-mile feat. But above...

BELOVED ONE - A Dyslexic, Tongue-Tied Artist's Story

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Report copyright infringementby David Smith (Author), Pauline Mansfield (Editor)This book tells the story of a successful artist who overcame his struggles with a speech impediment and dyslexia. As a child, he was teased and harrassed, but with love and support from his family and close friends, he triumpled. This artist's story chronicles his journey to show the world that his disabilities could not stop him from living out his destiny. Number of Pages: 86 Dimension...

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Report copyright infringementby Armistead Churchill Gordon (Author), Edwin Anderson Alderman (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars belie...

Old paths and legends of New England: saunterings over historic roads with glimpses of picturesque fields and old homesteads in Massachusetts, Rhode I

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Report copyright infringementby Katharine M. Abbott (Author)This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature. Number of Pages: 508 Dimensions: 1.13 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 30, ...

The Life of Ludwig von Beethoven Volume III

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Edward Krehbiel (Editor), Alexander Wheelock Thayer (Author)This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them. Number of Pages: 344 Dimensions: 0.72 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: September 16, 2017

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Report copyright infringementby Joshua Slocum (Author)Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum in 1900 about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers. Captain Slocum was a highly experienced navigator and ship owner. He rebuilt and refitted the derelict sloop Spray in a seaside pasture at Fairhaven...

My Larger Education (an African American Heritage Book)

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Report copyright infringementby Booker T. Washington (Author)In My Larger Education, Booker T. Washington explains how he came by his positions on race relations, by describing the people who influenced him during the founding of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute of Alabama. Washington was constantly, and often bitterly, criticized by his contemporaries for being too conciliatory to whites and not concerned enough about civil rights. It would not be until after his death that the world...

Company Men: Volume 20 The Laframboise Family

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Report copyright infringementby Gail Morin (Author)Twentieth in a series of Company Men, this volume includes four generations of the Descendants of Jean-Baptiste Fafard dit Laframboise. Many people assumed this was the ancestor of Joseph Laframboise who married Josephte Assiniboine. We are still searching for Joseph Laframboise's ancestry. Also included are four generations of an unknown Laframboise or Joseph Laframboise and Josephte Assinboine: Augustin, Francois, Joseph "Leblanc", Margueri...

American Legends: The Life of Kitty Carlisle

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Report copyright infringementby Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes Kitty's own quotes about her life and career *Includes a bibliography for further reading "So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent at the same time." - Kitty Carlisle A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, reade...

My Name Is Cynthia: I'm More Than Special Needs

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Report copyright infringementby Sally Birch (Author)My Name is Cynthia is the life story of someone living with developmental disabilities. The story is written by her mother, Sally Birch, as her daughter would tell it if she were able to do so. It tells of Cynthia's love of family, joy of life, and struggles with her desire to be normal. The subtitle, "I'm More Than Special Needs," provides the inspiration for this book. It was a difficult book to write but written in hopes that others might...

Proud Americans: Vietnam Artillery Soldiers... Then and Now

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Report copyright infringementby Terry L. Nau (Author)Told in the voices of Vietnam veterans looking back on their war, Proud Americans is an oral history of the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery unit that served in Vietnam from 1965 to 1972. The 2/32, nicknamed the Proud Americans, fired the first 175 millimeter rounds in the Vietnam War. The unit stayed in Vietnam for seven years, refreshed by more draftees and enlisted soldiers. From rescuing other American soldiers, to the Tet Offensive,...

Three Hundred and Sixty-Six Days at Fort Delaware

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Report copyright infringementby Gary C. Cole (Author)James Byrd Foote enlisted as a Private in Company A of the 1st Regiment, Georgia Regulars just thirteen days after the surrender of Fort Sumter, transferred to Company C of the 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment some four months later, and participated in engagements against the Yankees at Yorktown, Seven Pines, Oak Grove, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Garnett's and Golding's Farms, Savage's Station, Malvern Hill, Kelly's Ford, Rappahannock Stat...

The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and What He May Become: A Critical and Practical Discussion

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Report copyright infringementby William Hannibal Thomas (Author)The title of this work is sufficiently explicit, I take it, to leave no room for doubt as to its general character, though there is a disposition in some quarters to use other terms than negro to designate that class of our people derived from African origin. For ordinary purposes, the inhabitants of this country may be fairly divided into white and colored classes. Nevertheless, such racial grouping is neither an exact nor a tru...

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Report copyright infringementby Jo Ann D. Broome (Author)Jo Ann D. Broome was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the youngest of three children and the baby girl. Her special memories of early childhood were interrupted when her dad was drafted into World War II at the age of thirty-nine. She, her mother, and two older brothers survived some lean years during her dad's absence from the family as well as and his newly formed business venture. These few years of change at the age of five had a l...

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Report copyright infringementby Kenneth Tingle (Author)Life didn't do Kenny Tingle any favors. In The Girl in the Italian Bakery, follow his journey from childhood in a tough housing project north of Boston, the abduction and disappearance of a childhood friend, to the complete destruction of a family. His introduction to crime and the years he spent in foster homes. The poor choices he made in high school and the startling climax on prom night. Although he never has trouble meeting girls, th...