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  Midwestern Millionaire -...

  Joe F. Schmitz Jr.

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  In a world obsessed with flashy lifestyles, Midwestern Millionaires embody a different kind of financial success: one built on making smart choices over their working years. Now, they require more advanced and specific planning because of the wealth they have created. This book reveals their traits and why Peak Retirement Planning, Inc. was founded to help serve them. Inside, you’ll learn how to:Protect your hard-earned savings from unnecessary taxesUnderstand the advanced planning strategies required for those with $1,000,000 or more savedSafeguard your wealth for future generations through smart estate planning 
  If you’ve saved consistently, live by a strong set of values, and want to make sure you’re maximizing your wealth through proactive planning, this book is for you. This book offers a clear roadmap, packed with real-life examples and actionable advice, that will help you confidently steward your wealth through retirement.

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  Household Stories by the...

  Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

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  The Grimm household tales in Lucy Crane's translation, with Walter Crane's drawings: the frog prince, the elves and the shoemaker, the fisherman's wife, briar rose and the goose girl. This is the version that shaped the English nursery in the 1880s, made by a sister and brother, Lucy and Walter Crane. The translation keeps the spoken rhythm and does not soften the endings. Twenty paintings of village fairs, spinning rooms, bakers and children by Benjamin Vautier and Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, from 1787 to 1890, extend the tales into the everyday world they came from.

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  The Kybalion - A Study of the...

  Three Initiates

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  Hidden behind the veils of ancient Egypt and whispered through the halls of esoteric schools, The Kybalion is a concise yet profound guide to the timeless principles said to govern all existence. First published anonymously in 1908, this small volume has shaped generations of mystics, philosophers, and seekers—yet its origin remains shrouded in mystery. 
  Presented through the cryptic voice of “The Three Initiates,” The Kybalion unveils seven Hermetic Principles—Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, and Gender. These principles form a blueprint of how reality functions at every level, from the cosmic to the personal. They offer a way to understand the forces that shape thought, influence emotion, and guide the unseen currents of destiny. 
  Rather than dogma or doctrine, this work offers a practical metaphysical framework—one that invites the reader to explore the nature of mind, master inner states, and align with the universal patterns that weave through all life. Its teachings resonate across spiritual traditions, from alchemy and Kabbalah to modern psychology and self-transformation. 
  Whether you’re drawn to Hermetic philosophy, seeking deeper self-knowledge, or exploring the roots of Western esotericism, The Kybalion stands as a rare key: 
   a map for decoding the universe—and yourself.

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  Lighthouse Lives

  Erin Farley

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  Lighthouses are enduring symbols of resilience, hope and safety. The human stories of the keepers' lives, and the scale of the human effort that went into lighthouse keeping before automation, are fascinating.
  This book tells the stories of the last generation to work on manned lighthouses in Scotland. The interviews record the life experiences of more than fifty former lighthouse keepers and their families who worked in Scotland and the Isle of Man before and during the process of lighthouse automation, which was completed in 1998. The job of lighthouse keeper led to a unique perspective on life, as keepers worked within small close-knit communities around each lighthouse to watch the lights, maintain the lighthouses and respond to emergencies. The keepers' families, and the Northern Lighthouse Board's engineers and boat crews, were also part of an extended lighthouse community along the entire Scottish coastline.
  The interviews, conducted by Erin Farley and Martine Robertson between 2012 and 2019, are a fascinating insight into the world of lighthouse keeping, the coastal communities in which keepers worked, the social context of the Northern Lighthouse Board, and the changing nature of work, technology and place in Scotland in the second half of the twentieth century.

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  Self-Publishing - A guide to...

  Emma Rosen

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  You’ve written a book...what next? 
  Publishing your own book can be a daunting process. At each complex stage you need to make creative and business decisions to make the most out of your work. 
  Self-Publishing takes you through each part of the process, including editing, design, formatting, publishing options and marketing. With clear explanations and practical tips, this book makes publishing your book easier and more enjoyable. 
  Whether you’re new to self-publishing or an established indie author looking for new ways to promote your work, there is something in this book for you.

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  Warfare in Ancient Greece: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  Although the armies of the ancient Greek, or “Hellenic”, city-states (poleis, singular polis) included both cavalry (hippeis) and light infantry (psiloi, peltastes, gymnetes), their mainstay was undoubtedly the heavy infantry known today as hoplites. Armed to the teeth with their distinctive round shield (aspis or hoplon), high-crested helmet (corys) and long spear (dory), the hoplites were some of the most efficient soldiers of their time. They fought in the tight phalanx formation, and beyond the confines of their small poleis, Greek hoplites were also prized as mercenaries throughout the ancient world.  
  	Most historians believe that the hoplite became the dominant infantry soldier in nearly all the Greek city-states around the 8th century BCE. Hoplites were responsible for acquiring their own equipment, so not every hoplite might have been equally armed, but considering the style of warfare, they needed as much uniformity as possible. Like most infantry outside of Greece, the hoplites also carried spears, but while the Persian weapons were short and light for example, the Greek spears were thick shafts anywhere between seven and nine feet long. These spears were topped by a 9-inch spearhead, with a “lizard-sticker” buttspike at the bottom which could be used as a secondary spearhead if the main weapon was snapped off, or to plant the spear upright when at rest. Each hoplite also carried a shortsword, designed specifically for thrusting in the close confines of a melee (the Spartan weapon, the xiphos, was so short as to be virtually a dagger, its blade barely over a foot long).  
  It was only with the advent of the more mobile Roman legion, and the defeat of phalanxes in battles like Cynoscephalae (197 BCE) and Pydna (168 BCE), that the hoplite phalanx was finally outclassed

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