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  Old Time Radio: True Crime...

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  2 true-crime classics in 1 amazing bundle! Experience some of the most thrilling true-crime serials to release in the twentieth century in this incredible bundle that features Crime Classics and Whitehall 1212. Crime Classics: The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner Crime Classics: John Hayes, His Head and How They Were Parted Crime Classics: Blackbeards 14th Wife. Why She Was No Good For Him Crime Classics: Coyle and Richardson. Why They Hung in a Spanking Breeze Crime Classics: How Supan Got The Hook Outside Bombay Crime Classics: Madeline Smith Maid or Murderess Crime Classics: The Born Brothers & Hangman. A Study in Nip and Tuck Crime Classics: Jean Baptiste Troppman, Killer of Many Crime Classics: Incredible History of John Shepard Crime Classics: Younger Brothers. Why Some of Them Grew No Older Whitehall 1212: The Fournier Case Whitehall 1212: The Murder of Duncan Frazier Whitehall 1212: The Blitz Murder Case Whitehall 1212: The Man Who Murdered His Wife Whitehall 1212: The Case of Thomas Applebee Whitehall 1212: The Case of The Unidentified Woman Whitehall 1212: The Magenta Blotting Pad Whitehall 1212: The Case of Dr. Duncan Allen Whitehall 1212: The Winchester Bottles Whitehall 1212: The Inoperative Wireless

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  Churchill Warrior - How a...

  Brian Lavery

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  A “truly exceptional” account of how Churchill’s experiences in the armed forces helped him lead Britain to victory in World War II (Booklist).   No defense minister in modern times has faced the challenges that Winston Churchill did during the Second World War. Fortunately, he had a unique and intimate inside knowledge of all three services, which allowed him to assess their real needs—a crucial task when money, material resources, and, especially, manpower were reaching their limits.  Churchill Warrior looks at how Churchill gained his unique insight into war strategy and administration through his experiences after joining the army in 1896, and the effect this had on his thinking and leadership. Each period—before, during, and after the First World War, and in the Second World War—is divided into four parts: land, sea, and air warfare and combined operations. The conclusion deals with the effect of these experiences on his wartime leadership.   From a Sunday Times–bestselling author, this is a grand narrative that begins with the Marlborough toy soldiers and the army class at Eton, then leads us through those early military and journalistic experiences, the fascinating trials and lessons of the First World War, and the criticism and tenacity culminating in the ultimate triumph of the Second. It explores how some of Churchill’s earliest innovations were to bear fruit decades later and how his uncompromising, uniquely informed hands-on approach, and his absolute belief in combined forces in Normandy, led to a systemic victory against the odds.

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  Blood soaked soil - from early...

  Mario Bekes

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  Imagine yourself in my shoes. Imagine being 18-years-old, and in just 24 hours the world you knew stopped existing.Imagine being a teenager and learning all these skills that were designed for one purpose - to kill others.Growing up in Communist Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia), Mario Bekes witnessed a lot of social unrest - before finding himself in the middle of the Croatian War of Independence.Mario's world quickly turned upside down. One morning he woke to a knock at the door. His family and his girlfriend were gone. His neighbours were packing, fleeing the city. And the military were at his door, saying, "Report at the army barracks in one hour."Minutes later, the city was being shelled - and Mario was off to  fight in a war he'd never chosen.Over the next few years he'd experience the horrors of war first hand - witnessing sheer destruction, death, suffering and broken hearts right in front of him.

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  Disease and Dishonor - One Navy...

  T. Chase Harper

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  It takes more strength and will to survive severe mental illness than it does to become a Navy SEAL. 
  I am one of the few that has survived both experiences. On my 24th birthday I became a newly minted SEAL. Within months I had lost track of reality entirely, becoming mixed up in secret communities, psychiatric wards and showdowns with police. 
  When my mentor and friend was killed in the attack on Benghazi during my mind bending mania, I snapped. Not knowing whether I was dead or alive, hunted by hallucinations and preyed on by delusion. Some ultra powerful government organization had selected me to become a super soldier and I would die before I quit. Stealing a tow truck, breaking out of a holding cell, sending a bomb threat, there was no limit to what I would do. 
  For months I lived as an operator in a clandestine selection process for an organization that only existed in my mind. Certain things in this story only exist in my own mind and it is up to you to determine what really happened to me. It is the history of my perspective and it is as real to me as reality is to you. The story is as raw as it is true with all the gory bits of madness. 
  My aim in writing is to show you that you’re not alone. If you’re severely mentally ill you’re just like me and nothing like me at the same time. My friend, you are unique but you are not alone. I am fighting this wretched darkness with you, sword in hand.

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  The Battle for Wine and Love -...

  Alice Feiring

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  An “entertaining and passionate” connoisseur tours the vineyards of Europe and California, arguing for an old-fashioned appreciation of authenticity (The New York Times). The drastic effects that influential wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr. has had on the winemaking industry are best described as wine Parkerization. Many vintners are leaving old techniques behind and turning to chemistry and technology in order to please Parker’s palate. This led to the disappearance of James Beard Foundation Award–winning writer Alice Feiring’s favorite wines—and she was determined to learn why.   In a one-woman crusade that will have you wondering what exactly is in your glass, Feiring argues against the tyranny of homogenization, Big Wine, consultants, and, of course, Parker’s infamous one hundred-point scoring system.   Traveling through the vineyards of the Loire and Champagne, to Piedmont and Spain, she searches for authentic Barolo, the last old-style Rioja, and the tastiest terroir-driven Champagnes. Feiring reveals what goes into the average bottle—the reverse osmosis, the yeasts and enzymes, the sawdust and oak chips—and why she doesn’t find much to drink in California. She introduces rebel winemakers who are embracing old-fashioned techniques and making wines with individuality and soul. And finally Feiring explains what love’s really got to do with it all, in a delightful read for anyone who truly appreciates the good things in life.

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  Business of Being a Woman

  Ida M. Tarbell

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  How were women's roles changing in the 1900's?  Ida Tarbell explores this in a well written, witty and insightful series of essays.  "The object of this little volume is to call attention to a certain distrust, which the author feels in the modern woman, of the significance and dignity of the work laid upon her by Nature and by society. Its ideas are the result of a long, if somewhat desultory, observation of the professional, political, and domestic activities of women in this country and in France. These observations have led to certain definite opinions as to those phases of the woman question most in need of emphasis to-day."  This book contains, as a footnote, a Declaration of Sentiments which begins 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal...'  and continues on.  A wonderful declaration of the equality of the sexes in many things.  This will be a separate section of this project since I think it is excellent in style and sentiment.  - Summary by the introduction and BC

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