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  The Tale Untwisted - General...

  Gene M. Thorp, Alexander B. Rossino

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  The discovery of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on September 13, 1862, is one of the most important and hotly disputed events of the American Civil War. For more than 150 years, historians have debated if George McClellan, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, dawdled after receiving a copy of the orders before warily advancing to challenge Lee's forces atop South Mountain. 
   
   
   
  In The Tale Untwisted, authors Gene Thorp and Alexander Rossino document in exhaustive fashion how "Little Mac" in fact moved with uncharacteristic energy to counter the Confederate threat and take advantage of Lee's divided forces, seizing the initiative and striking a blow in the process that wrecked Lee's plans and sent his army reeling back toward Virginia. 
   
   
   
  This study is a beautifully woven tour de force of primary research that may well be the final word on the debate over the fate and impact of the Lost Orders on the history of the 1862 Maryland Campaign.

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  Hypnosis and Mind Reading - How...

  Vincent Decker

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  They think you're just listening. But you're already inside their mind. 
  What if every conversation gave you an advantage? 
  What if you could spot lies, insecurities, and desires—before a single word is said? 
  What if you could plant ideas so smoothly that people think they came up with them? 
  Inside, you’ll discover the real mechanics of hypnosis, mind reading, and subtle psychological influence. Nothing mystical. No need for special powers. Just proven techniques grounded in human behavior. 
  Whether you want to reprogram your own habits, influence others, or instantly read a room, this isn’t theory. It’s application. And it works. 
  Here’s what you’ll get: 
  •	How to hypnotize anyone without swinging a watch or snapping fingers 
  •	Why most people are immune to influence—and how to bypass their mental filters 
  •	How to use self-hypnosis to kill anxiety, break bad habits, and boost focus 
  •	The fastest way to read someone’s emotional state without them saying a word 
  •	Micro-signals in facial expressions that reveal what people really feel 
  •	Techniques for speed reading people in seconds (yes, really) 
  •	How to influence behavior subtly using NLP without sounding weird or salesy 
  •	How to decode body language in high-stakes moments (interviews, dates, deals) 
  •	The truth about manipulation—how to spot it, use it, and protect yourself from it 
  •	Simple mental switches to gain instant confidence and authority in any roomIf you've ever wanted to have the upper hand in a conversation, this is how it starts. If you've ever wanted to know what they’re not saying, this is where you learn how. You don’t need to control anyone—you just need to understand how people work.

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  The Poacher's Nightmare -...

  Kennie Prince, Alfred Nichols

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  Racoons are not the only bandits wearing masks in the wilderness. Growing up, author Kennie Prince spent most of his time in the woods and creeks near his home in Rankin County, Mississippi. A highly skilled outdoorsman, Prince began his career with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1983 and dedicated his life to protecting Mississippi's fish and wildlife resources in dangerous undercover work. The Poacher's Nightmare: Stories of an Undercover Game Warden contains dozens of hair-raising accounts of covert wildlife operations, often spanning years, requiring ingenious planning, complicated secrecy, and deft coordination. 
   
   
   
  Prince infiltrated bloody-minded, wary criminal groups, winning their trust. When his traps were fully set, he involved other state and federal law enforcement officials to bring an abrupt halt to abominable thefts of vast fish and wildlife resources from the public trust. Smart, creative, knowledgeable, tenacious, disciplined, passionate, and a natural-born actor, Prince bore a unique skill set that made him an ideal fit for this perilous undertaking. This memoir details how Prince gained the confidence of tightly knit circles of loyal, leery poachers and put an end to their destructive evil.

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  Story - Style Structure...

  Robert McKee

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  For more than 15 years, Robert McKee's students have been taking Hollywood's top honors. His “Story Seminar” is the world's ultimate seminar for screenwriters, filmmakers, and novelists. Now, Robert McKee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting reveals the award-winning methods of the man universally regarded as the world's premier teacher on screenwriting and story. With Hollywood and publishing companies paying record sums for great stories, and audiences clamoring for originality, McKee's Story gives you the strategies you need to win the war on clichés. 
  Story is about form, not formula. McKee's insights cut to the hidden sources of storytelling, the decisive differences between mediocrity and excellence. 
  This audio goes well beyond the essential mechanics of screenwriting and is packed with examples from such film classics as “Casablanca” and “Chinatown.” Then, scene by sequence by act, he illuminates the principles of story design that take a writer's vision to brilliant realization. Story elevates the craft of screenwriting to an art form. 
  Take it from the pros; if you're serious about your writing, this is the audio that will help you to get your story from page to screen.

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  Boudica - Queen of the Iceni

  History Nerds

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  Boudica, Queen of the Iceni is a name that many have heard in passing. Thrown into horrific circumstances at the hands of the Romans, we trace the steps of Boudica as she stands up to an Empire and ultimatly lays down her life for revenge and freedom. Delve into the captivating story of one of history's most iconic warrior queens, Boudica, as she rises against the Roman Empire to defend her people, the Iceni. This short and concise book offers a compelling glimpse into the remarkable life of a fearless leader who defied the norms of her time.

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  The FSU Scroll - Field Notes...

  Tinker

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  Not a memoir, not a manual, not history, and not fiction: this is a scroll. A lived document that uncoils across frostbitten steppe and borderland camps, where drills turn, deals twist, and dignity is held together with duct tape and vodka-stained humor. 
  From Ukraine to Sakhalin, from mud-choked rigs to government saunas, these field-earned ledgers reveal how people survive, adapt, and build in places where permits arrive after the pipelines are already pumping. Some of it reads like farce, some like heartbreak, much like both at once. 
  A generator resurrected with foil and candlelight becomes a choir, a pickup patched with tape and faith passes inspection, and a nation under strain shows a resilience that still shakes the world today. 
  This is not a sober account, but it is an honest one: a record of compromises, improvisations, and grit at the edge of empire, remembering what the spreadsheets never could.

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