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  The Battle of Midway by the...

  Berdj Anastassian

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  Dawn, 4 June 1942. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, four of the most powerful aircraft carriers ever built are preparing to strike. Their crews are battle-hardened, their pilots the finest in the world. Six months earlier, they shattered the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbour. Nothing has stopped them since. 
  They do not know that three American carriers are waiting for them, just over the horizon. 
  What follows will last less than six minutes. 
  Everyone knows Japan lost the Battle of Midway. Far fewer know why — or how close it came to going the other way. In this book, Berdj Anastassian rebuilds the battle moment by moment, from the first patrol flights of 3 June to the last dive bomb that sealed Japan's fate — asking the questions history books often gloss over. 
  You already know how it ends. You have no idea what happened.

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  The Case of the Married Woman -...

  Antonia Fraser

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  Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century society with her vivacity, her intelligence, her poetry, and in her role as an artist's muse. After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, she continued to attract friends and admirers to her salon in Westminster. Most prominent among her admirers was the widowed Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne. 
   
   
   
  Racked with jealousy, George Norton took the Prime Minister to court, suing him for damages on account of his adultery with Caroline. A dramatic trial followed. Despite the unexpected and sensational result—acquittal—Norton was still able to legally deny Caroline access to her children. He also claimed her income as an author for himself, since the copyrights of a married woman belonged to her husband. 
   
   
   
  Yet Caroline refused to despair. Beset by the personal cruelties perpetrated by her husband and a society whose rules were set against her, she chose to fight. She channeled her energies in an area of much-needed reform: the rights of a married woman and specifically those of a mother. She campaigned tirelessly, achieving her first landmark victory with the Infant Custody Act of 1839. Provisions which are now taken for granted owe much to Caroline, who was determined to secure justice for women at all levels of society from the privileged to the dispossessed.

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  Opening Your Presence -...

  Greta Muller

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  Is the first impression you make the best impression you can make? 
  We all deliver presentations every day. Whether it’s a formal presentation, like representing your company at a conference, or an informal one, like ordering a café latte from the barista, you are presenting yourself for others to see, hear, and hopefully, accept. In each setting, you have a sincere desire to be seen and heard. 
  With candor, grace and humor, Greta Muller taps into her extensive experience creating and delivering presentations to teach you how to tap into your greatest gifts and talents. This will enable you to channel the best parts of you into a presence that is personal, powerful and genuine. 
  Opening Your Presence is written for the nonprofessional speaker who can’t afford to leave a bad impression. 
  When you open your presence, you learn to:Clear away your fears and misconceptions.Prepare for your encounter.Craft your message.Utilize the tools at your disposal.Present with confidence. 
  Discover how to leverage who you are and what you want to accomplish with guidance from a trusted advisor and coach who works with Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, nonprofits, boutique agencies and individuals. Greta Muller has touched the professional lives of literally thousands of individuals with a desire to be seen and heard. And now it's your turn. 
  If you want to nail your next presentation with poise and ease, this book is for you. 
  This second edition is an expanded and revised version of the original. It now includes presentation pointers for opening your presence online as well as in person.

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  Building a History - The Lego Group

  Sarah Herman

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  The story of these beloved bricks and the people who built an empire with them.   From its inception in the early 1930s right up until today, the LEGO Group’s history is as colorful as the toys it makes. Few other playthings share the LEGO brand’s creative spirit, educational benefits, resilience, quality, and universal appeal. This history charts the birth of the LEGO Group from the workshop of a Danish carpenter and its steady growth as a small, family-run toy manufacturer to its current position as a market-leading, award-winning brand. The company’s growing catalogue of products—including the earliest wooden toys, plastic bricks, play themes and other building systems such as DUPLO, Technic, and MINDSTORMS—are chronicled in detail, alongside the manufacturing process, LEGOLAND parks, licensed toys, and computer games.   Learn all about how LEGO pulled itself out of an economic crisis and embraced technology to make building blocks relevant to twenty-first century children, and discover the vibrant fan community of kids and adults whose conventions, websites, and artwork keep the LEGO spirit alive. Building a History will have you reminiscing about old Classic Space sets, rummaging through the attic for forgotten minifigure friends, and playing with whatever LEGO bricks you can get your hands on (even if it means sharing with your kids).

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  Solve and Effectively Avoid...

  Annika Wienberg

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  Do you feel drained in your job? Do your students make your life hell? Do you find it hard to get up in the morning because you dread the school day? Then this book can help you. The job of a teacher is not easy. Disruptions and provocative students can significantly complicate your school day and rob you of any fun in teaching. Especially in this professional field, the danger of burnout should not be underestimated. You may already be at a point where you are thinking about throwing in the towel.
  But it doesn't have to be that way. Embark on a journey that will bring you effective change. Both your mental health and your students will thank you!

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  The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells -...

  Rebecca Rego Barry

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  The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells is the first biography of one of the “lost ladies” of detective fiction who wrote more than eighty mysteries and hundreds of other works between the 1890s and the 1940s. Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) excelled at writing country house and locked-room mysteries for a decade before Agatha Christie entered the scene. In the 1920s, when she was churning out three or more books annually, she was dubbed “about the biggest thing in mystery novels in the US.” On top of that, Wells wielded her pen in just about every literary genre, producing several immensely popular children’s books and young adult novels; beloved anthologies; and countless stories, prose, and poetry for magazines such as Thrilling Detective, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s, and The New Yorker. All told, Wells wrote over 180 books. Some were adapted into silent films, and some became bestsellers. Yet a hundred years later, she has been all but erased from literary history. Why? How? This investigation takes us on a journey to Rahway, New Jersey, where Wells was born and is buried; to New York City’s Upper West Side, where she spent her final twenty-five years; to the Library of Congress, where Carolyn’s world-class collection of rare books now resides; and to many other public and private collections where exciting discoveries unfolded. Part biography and part sleuthing narrative, The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells recovers the life and work of a brilliant writer who was considered one of the funniest, most talented women of her time.

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