Return to Paradise
Return to Paradise

Author: James A. Michener

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0804151466

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James A. Michener, the master of historical fiction, revisits the scenes of his first great work, Tales of the South Pacific, the Pulitzer Prize winner that brought him international acclaim. In this sequel collection, Michener once again evokes the magic of the extraordinary isles in the Pacific—from Fiji and Gaudalcanal to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea—through stories that burst with adventure, charm, and local color. For Michener’s many fans around the globe, Return to Paradise is a precious second look at a land of enchantment by one of the most gifted storytellers of the twentieth century. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Return to Paradise “A brilliant book and a worthy successor to Tales of the South Pacific.”—The Atlanta Constitution “This is a book that should be read by everyone. . . . All who have seen the South Pacific will find on every page the odors of frangipani, copra, blood, and beer.”—The New York Times “There’s drama and pathos and adventure and humanity . . . and a very high degree of excellence. Michener can write.”—Kirkus Reviews

Flashback to 1962 - A Time Traveler's Guide
Flashback to 1962 - A Time Traveler's Guide

Author: B. Bradforsand-Tyler

Publisher: A Time-Traveler's Guide - Flashback Series

Published: 2023-05-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781922676016

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- - - Also available in other years - - - Let's FLASHBACK to 1962 - a very special year. Was this the year you were born? Was this the year you were married? Let's travel back in time to celebrate your year, THE YEAR 1962, with this slim 75+ page book packed with fun-filled fabulous facts. Enjoy a trip down memory lane, as you discover the people, the places, the politics, and the pleasures that made the year 1962 so special and unique, influencing the world we know today. Imagine if time-travel was a reality, and one fine morning you wake up to find yourself flashed back in time, back to the year 1962. What would life be like for a typical family, in a typical town, somewhere in America? The year 1962 brought us closer than we have ever been to the brink of a third world war. It was a year of political and social tensions...Now just imagine you flashed back to a town in 1962 England. Unlike their lavish spending counterparts in America, a very different picture would await you? (Get the book to read more!) Expertly written by author B. Bradforsand-Tyler, a history teacher with a passion for sharing knowledge. This 75+ page book makes the perfect unique and thoughtful gift for anyone born or married in the year 1962. Celebrating the people, places, politics, and pleasures that made 1962 a very special year. Contains just the right amount of light-hearted trivia and serious international feature-news articles. A beautifully presented book filled with vintage photo reproductions on every page. Includes more than 20 vintage advertisements, many reproduced in full-page, with enlarged text for easy reading. Contains expertly researched and written original full-page feature articles on: American Family Life, Life in the UK, Our Automobiles, Rise of the Communes, Nuclear Bomb Tests, Space Race, Battlefield Vietnam, Cuban Missile Crisis, Mississippi Riots at Ole Miss, Nelson Mandela Arrested, Indo-Sino War, Marilyn Monroe Death, Andy Warhol, The Rat Pack. Plus fashion trends, sports, cinema, film, TV, music, famous births and much more.

The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles

Author: Ray Bradbury

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-04-17

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1451678193

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The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by humans who want to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth.

Shit I Can't Remember
Shit I Can't Remember

Author: Phil D Organizers

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-04-23

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781095625095

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Organizer & Notebook for Passwords and Shit

English as a Global Language
English as a Global Language

Author: David Crystal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1107611806

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Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

The Betty Furness Westinghouse Cook Book
The Betty Furness Westinghouse Cook Book

Author: Betty Furness

Publisher:

Published: 1954

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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"This book is dedicated to YOU, a busy homemaker who gladly prepares three meals a day for your family, and who delights in doing it" on dedication page.

The China Story
The China Story

Author: Freda Utley

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2017-06-28

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1787205118

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First published in 1951, this book details Utley’s view on America’s handling of the situation in China at the time led to Communist victories. It went on to become a national bestseller, and a milestone in exhibiting how Third World gains by the Communists were helped and facilitated in Washington. It inspired hope in many foreign lands that Communist takeovers were neither indigenous nor “inevitable,” as was often claimed in the 1940’s. “I have read your book and commend it to those who are interested in knowing the truth......”—General Douglas MacArthur “[Utley combines] the keenest and most comprehensive intellectual understanding with deep and sincere emotion.... [they] hold the reader’s attention as intensely as a great novel.”—Bertrand Russell, 1950 Nobel Prize winner Author Freda Utley (1898-1978) was one of the key witnesses against Lattimore in the Tydings Committee investigation (1950) of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s charges of communist influence in the U. S. State Department.

Childhood's End
Childhood's End

Author: Arthur C. Clarke

Publisher: RosettaBooks

Published: 2012-11-30

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0795324979

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In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Magazine
Los Angeles Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2003-11

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.

In the Hand of Dante
In the Hand of Dante

Author: Nick Tosches

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2001-11-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0759527369

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Deep inside the Vatican library, a priest discovers the rarest and most valuable art object ever found: the manuscript of The Divine Comedy, written in Dante's own hand. Via Sicily, the manuscript makes its way from the priest to a mob boss in New York City, where a writer named Nick Tosches is called to authenticate the prize. For this writer, the temptation is too great: he steals the manuscript in a last-chance bid to have it all. Some will find it offensive; others will declare it transcendent; it is certain to be the most ragingly debated novel of the decade.