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  Democracy in Power - A History...

  Sandeep Vaheesan

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  Private money, public good, and the original fight for control of America’s energy industry.
   
  Until the 1930s, financial interests dominated electrical power in the United States. That changed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal which restructured the industry. The government expanded public ownership, famously through the Tennessee Valley Authority, and promoted a new kind of utility: the rural electric cooperative that brought light and power to millions in the countryside. Since then, public and cooperative utilities have persisted as an alternative to shareholder control. Democracy in Power traces the rise of publicly governed utilities in the twentieth-century electrification of America.
   
  Sandeep Vaheesan shows that the path to accountability in America’s power sector was beset by bureaucratic challenges and fierce private resistance. Through a detailed and critical examination of this evolution, Vaheesan offers a blueprint for a publicly led and managed path to decarbonization. Democracy in Power is at once an essential history, a deeply relevant accounting of successes and failures, and a guide on how to avoid repeating past mistakes.

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  “War Beneath the Waves: The...

  Quentin Drummond Anderson

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  War Beneath the Waves: The Great Submarine Commanders of World War II 
  From the acclaimed author of "Righteous Renegades" and "The Few Against The Many"The Underwater War That Decided Everything 
  In the ocean's depths, a different war determined nations' fates. War Beneath the Waves reveals the extraordinary true stories of submarine commanders who wielded steel sharks with deadly precision and unbreakable courage. 
  Drawing from family archives, international military records, and untold personal accounts, Anderson brings readers into cramped control rooms where split-second decisions meant victory or death in crushing depths.Meet History's Greatest Underwater Warriors 
  OTTO KRETSCHMER - Germany's "Tonnage King," the most successful U-boat commander. 
  DUDLEY "MUSH" MORTON - Revolutionary American submarine commander who led USS Wahoo into Japan's defended waters. 
  MALCOLM WANKLYN - Scottish perfectionist whose Victoria Cross and HMS Upholder made him the Mediterranean's most feared commander. 
  ALEKSANDR MARINESKO - Soviet commander whose Wilhelm Gustloff sinking created history's deadliest maritime disaster. 
  RICHARD O'KANE - America's deadliest submarine ace and most successful commander. 
  GEORGE "SHRIMP" SIMPSON - Mastermind who orchestrated Axis supply destruction from Malta.Four Nations, One Deadly Art 
  From North Atlantic to tropical Pacific, these commanders fought across every ocean. German wolf packs terrorized shipping. American submarines strangled Japanese supply lines. British submarines destroyed Rommel's lifelines.

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  They Died on My Watch - 2024...

  Noel Bailey

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   Who was the actress who died just before Christmas? She was the voice of …..... in …......
  Did Hitler commit suicide, or was he shot by Russian troops?
  Do you remember what year Princess Diana died in that car crash in Paris?
  How many husbands did Elizabeth Taylor divorce in her lifetime?
  What was that well known British actor who passed away right after David Bowie died? 
   Questions you might hear at the next table of your favourite eatery. Questions you may or may not know the answer to. They Died on My Watch can answer these and many more. It is a comprehensive reference work that should prove itself indispensable to any household. Most certainly a book to sustain interest when cruising at 35,000 feet between London and New York. It might be seen as the ultimate 'umpire' to settle any argument that may arise within a discussion involving a deceased celebrity, recent or not. 

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  Verses

  Monique Medved

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  What if everything you thought you knew about love, loss, and becoming was just the prologue? 
  VERSES is not a manual—it’s a mirror. 
  It's a is a soul-stirring exploration of love, loss, healing, and becoming. 
  A lyrical exploration of the moments that break us open and the truths we find in the aftermath. 
  For anyone who’s ever loved deeply, lost unexpectedly, or stood in the in-between wondering what comes next, these pages offer recognition rather than advice, connection instead of conclusions. 
  This is for the feelers, the over thinkers, the ones trying to make sense of being beautifully, painfully human. 
  Whether you're falling in love, falling apart, or somewhere in between—VERSES will meet you there.

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  Crows and Ravens - Mystery Myth...

  Rick de Yampert, H. Byron Ballard

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  Exploring history, folklore, mythology, and science, this book gives you a unique look at two of the most popular magical creatures of all time. The crow and his cousin, the raven, are featured players in many cultures throughout the world, including Norse, Celtic, Jewish, and Indigenous traditions. This guide teaches you how to welcome these highly intelligent birds into your own spiritual practice, whether you follow Wicca, Heathenry, Druidry, or any other path. 
   
   
   
  Crows and Ravens presents rituals, meditations, and exercises that help you discover the magic and mystery of corvids. Learn about crow and raven divination, create your own crow-raven talisman, uncover the shadowy side of corvids, and more. Found in nearly all urban and wild environments, these birds present you with magical opportunities and life lessons wherever you go.

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  The Grunts of Wrath - A Memoir

  Ronny Bruce

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  Combat diaries from elite operators and commanding officers dominate the space. But what happens when regulars face the fire? 
   
   
   
  Ronny Bruce is a renaissance man: philosopher, drifter, Gen X rock 'n' roller, and gentleman. At thirty-two, divorced and burnt-out with the burbs, Ronny bails on his teaching career and seeks army infantry. It's no joke when boot camp is mandatory since his marine corps' service ended ten years beforehand. Assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Ronny's platoon hunts an Afghan foe who's never surrendered. Half collapse from wounds. 
   
   
   
  Ronny's decade-long postwar journey examines victory and failure. Six men expire before thirty-five as a result of four suicides, one unexplained death, and murder. Labels for the living include felon, vagrant, drunk, addict, depressed, and suicidal. Ronny checks some boxes. Graduate, businessman, engineer, teacher, accountant, and rich describes other paths. Ronny checks some of those too. 
   
   
   
  War through the eyes of this offbeat ATLien provides explosive payoffs that get smothered by each page—answering an age-old question: what drives warriors over the edge?

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