Matt Miller in the Colonies
Author: Mark J. Rose
Publisher:
Published: 2016-05-15
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780997555417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA modern day scientist wakes up in 1762 Virginia and works to win the hand of a wealthy colonial woman.
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Hugo!
Author: Bart Jones
Publisher: Steerforth
Published: 2009-06-02
Total Pages: 618
ISBN-13: 1586421697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRuling elites in Venezuela, the United States and Europe, and even Hugo Chávez himself though for different reasons, have been eager to have the world view him as the heir to Fidel Castro. But the truth about this increasingly influential world leader is more complex, and more interesting.. The Chávez that emerges from Bart Jones’ carefully researched and documented biography is neither a plaster saint nor a revolutionary tyrant. He has an undeniably autocratic streak, and yet has been freely and fairly re-elected to his nations presidency three times with astonishing margins of victory. He is a master politician and an inspired improviser, a Bolivarian nationalist and an unashamed socialist. His policies have brought him into conflict with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and major oil companies. They have also provided a model for new governments and social movements in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina. When in September 2006 he declared at the United Nations that ‘the devil came here yesterday … the President of the United States’, it was clear that he was taking on challenging the most powerful nation on earth, in conscious imitation of the Liberator, Simon Bolivar. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Tyranny of Dead Ideas
Author: Matt Miller
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2010-01-19
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 142998886X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Offers the most plausible way to renovate our political and policy thinking to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century."—Joe Klein, Time A leading political and business thinker identifies the greatest threat to our economic future: the things we think we know-but don't. America is at a crossroads. In the face of global competition and rapid technological change, our economy is about to face its most severe test in nearly a century-one that will make the recent turmoil in the financial system look like a modest setback by comparison. Yet our leaders have failed to prepare us for what lies ahead because they are in the grip of a set of "dead ideas" about how a modern economy should work. They wrongly believe that - Our kids will earn more than we do - Free trade is always good, no matter who gets hurt - Employers should be responsible for health coverage - Taxes hurt the economy - Schools are a local matter - Money follows merit These ways of thinking-dubious at best and often dead wrong-are on a collision course with economic developments that are irre-versible. In The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, Matt Miller offers a unique blend of insights from history, psychology, and economics to illuminate where today's destructive conventional wisdom came from and how it holds our country back. He also introduces us to a new way of thinking-what he calls "tomorrow's destined ideas"-that can reinvigorate our economy, our politics, and our day-to-day lives. These destined ideas may seem counterintuitive now, but they will coalesce in the coming years in ways that will transform America. A strikingly original assessment of our current dilemma and an indispensable guide to our future, Miller's provocative and path-breaking book reveals why it is urgent that we break the tyranny of dead ideas, for it is only by doing so that we can move beyond the limits of today's obsolete debates and reinvent American capitalism and democracy for the twenty-first century.
Never Alone
Author: C.J. Carpenter
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2014-06-08
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 073874137X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNYPD detective Megan McGinn has just solved the most important case of her career, and yet she has reached her breaking point. Struggling under the weight of her broken family and the brutality of her job, Megan is ready to walk away from the force—until the bizarre, ritualistic murder of a young woman brings her back. When the killer gets too close, stalking her from the shadows, Megan becomes trapped in a highstakes game of cat and mouse. To understand the mind of a murderer, Megan must walk a treacherous path. And the danger is only beginning. Praise: "NYPD detective Megan McGinn plays fast and loose with the rules in this fascinating debut."—RT Book Reviews "A promising debut."—Kirkus Reviews "Never Alone . . . has all the ingredients of a blockbuster police thriller and it delivers on every level."—Suspense Magazine
The Coven's Son
Author: Preston Allen
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Published: 2020-08-14
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1642379646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Dev gives birth to a baby boy who caused the floor to rumble, the walls to shake and the lights to flicker during delivery, she knows she is raising a witch. Oak was raised in a family coven, but witches don't need magic the way they did in the past. In order to suppress his powers from bursting at the seams, they find that raw garlic keeps his powers in check. Unfortunately, the consequences of smelling like garlic in high school takes a toll on your social life. While creating a magical pin that will replace the need to eat raw garlic, Oak stumbles upon a problem that needs to be solved. He is having visions of a false reality and it's getting him into trouble. With the help of his family and coven, they set off on a journey to discover why he is having these visions and find out what they need to do to stop them. The journey is long and hard, but they discover a secret about him and their families lineage that has been covered up for centuries. Join Oak on his adventure as he explores the ancient world of witchcraft, searching for answers while struggling to maintain a normal friendship with his best friend Kyle-Ray. If you love stories about magic, witchcraft, fantasy creatures and locations, or self discovery, you will love this book!
She Wrote on Clay
Author: Shirley Graetz
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780989263122
DOWNLOAD EBOOK3,800 years ago, in the city of Sippar, on the banks of the Euphrates, lltani dreams of becoming a female scribe, a profession dominated by men. In order to fulfill her destiny, she enters the gagu to become a nadītu, an elite class of monastic women. But life is not so simple and misfortunes threaten her goal. On the verge of despair, it takes all her strength to continue the difficult journey.
Desperate Measures (Mills & Boon Modern)
Author: Sara Craven
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2016-05-15
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 147405532X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMills & Boon proudly presents THE SARA CRAVEN COLLECTION. Sara’s powerful and passionate romances have captivated and thrilled readers all over the world for five decades and made her an international bestseller.
One Way in No Way Out
Author: BCJ Integrated Strategies
Publisher:
Published: 2017-01-25
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780998616407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeet Mann Walker, a very lethal partner in one of he world's most dangerous businesses. He's quick on his feet in a high-stakes situation, and absolutely fearless about keeping what's his.
Albion's Seed
Author: David Hackett Fischer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991-03-14
Total Pages: 981
ISBN-13: 019974369X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.
The Man who Could be King
Author: John Ripin Miller
Publisher: Little A
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781477820209
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"When young Josiah Penn Stockbridge accepts the position as aide-de-camp to George Washington at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, he thinks only of the glory and romance of battle. He is unprepared for the reality of America's bloody fight for independence. The Continental Army is starving, underpaid, and dangerously close to mutiny, and Washington fights not just to defeat the British but to maintain order and morale among his own men. As anonymous letters by officers calling for revolt circulate through camp in Newburgh, New York, Washington must make a choice: preserve the young republic by keeping civilian control of the military, or reshape the new government by standing in solidarity with his troops and assuming greater power for himself. During one fateful week in American history, Josiah will watch a conflicted general become a legend and will discover for himself that the greatest struggles of war are those within the hearts and minds of fallible men."--Page 4 of cover.
