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  Sources of the River - Tracking...

  Jack Nisbet

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  The awe-inspiring story of explorer David Thompson, whose expeditions helped shape western North America 
   
   
   
  In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet recreates the life and times of David Thompson—fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Thompson was the first person to chart the entire route of the Columbia river, and his wilderness expeditions have become the stuff of legend. 
   
   
   
  Jack Nisbet tracks the explorer across the continent, interweaving his own observations with Thompson's historical writings. The result is a fascinating story of two men discovering the Northwest territory almost two hundred years apart.

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  High Wide and Lonesome - Growing...

  Hal Borland

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  A memoir of a childhood homesteading in frontier Colorado: "A book from the heart . . . the stuff of the American dream" (The New York Times). 
   
   
   
  In this memoir of a lost America, Hal Borland tells the story of his family's migration to eastern Colorado as homesteaders at the turn of the twentieth century. On an unsettled and unwelcoming prairie landscape, the Borlands build a house, plant crops, and eke out a meager existence. While life is difficult—and self-reliance is necessary with no neighbors for miles—the experience brings the family close and binds them closer to the terrible and beautiful natural patterns that govern their lives. Borland would grow up to study journalism and become an acclaimed nature writer, and it was these childhood years on the prairie that shaped the author's heart and mind.

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  Game Changer - Chapter 1- NUMB

  Shawn 'Solo' Fonteno, Yusuf Jah

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  This is where my journey begins, Watts, California. My childhood was shaped by my close-knit extended family, and traumatic experiences that no young person should have to endure. This early phase of my life is entitled Numb due to the lack of emotional feeling growing up the way that I did created in me from my early days.

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  Story of Vikram and Betal:Why...

  Ajay Kumar

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  This time too, King Vikramaditya takes down the Betal hanging from the tree and carries it on his shoulder and moves ahead. Like every time, Betal again tells a story to King Vikramaditya. Betal says… 
  Once upon a time, a king named Chandravalok ruled in Chitrakoot city. He was very fond of hunting. Once he went out to hunt in the forest, while roaming there he lost his way. Tired, he started resting under a tree. While resting he saw a beautiful girl. Her beauty settled in the eyes of the king.

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  I Am Amy Dunne - A Very Private...

  Amy Dunne, Orla O'Donnell

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  In 2007, Amy Dunne was barely seventeen years old and pregnant with a baby girl who had anencephaly, meaning the baby was certain to die before or at birth.
  Amy, who was temporarily in the care of the HSE, told a social worker about her plan to travel for a termination. Although she was supported by her family and by the baby's father, she was told by the HSE that it would not be possible for her to travel, so Amy had to fight her case in the High Court. Her private tragedy quickly became an extremely public story.
  Now in her thirties, with the Eighth Amendment repealed, Amy reflects on the culture of shame that she and many other Irish women lived through. I am Amy Dunne is ultimately a story of enormous resilience and power.

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  Stephen Hawking - The...

  Chris McNab

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  Explore the life and scientific legacy of Stephen Hawking - the brilliant theoretical physicist who changed the way we look at time and space. 
   
  Stephen Hawking's contributions to physics and cosmology literally changed our understanding of the universe. This captivating biography introduces his life and greatest scientific contributions, with accessible explanations on his theories surrounding general relativity, quantum mechanics, the science of black holes, and his pursuit of the 'Theory of Everything'. With black and white photographs throughout, this biography is gives wonderful insight into Hawking's extraordinary achievements and how his attitude to life and work were the true driver of his success.

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