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  Chiang Kai-Shek: The Life and...

  Editors Charles River

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  The Republic of China’s most famous leader and general was Chiang Kai-Shek, who rose from humble origins as the son of a local trader to become, as he liked to remind visitors, the ruler over more people than any other world leader. He certainly became one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, yet today, he is considerably less well-known than many other figures from that period, which was so rife of chaos and tumultuous change. Chiang had come to power at a time when China was rebuilding itself after a period of internal conflict and turmoil, attempting to unify the nation in the face of the Japanese and the man who would become his arch-rival: Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Communists. 
  	Chiang’s delicate balancing act required shifting alliances, and his ability to negotiate effectively under the most adverse circumstances continues to make this a difficult period to understand clearly. Even the party that he led, the Kuomintang (KMT), was full of contradictions. The KMT was certainly corrupt and capable of brutality and violent repression of actual or perceived threats, yet it also brought a period of stability and economic growth to an impoverished China, supported women’s rights and land reform, and even established a quota for female members of parliament at a time when no other country in the world had even considered such a thing. After being defeated across mainland China by Mao, Chiang and the KMT moved to the island of Taiwan and presided over the “Taiwan Miracle,” the transition of this island to become one of the industrial and manufacturing leaders of South East Asia. 
  	This is the surprising, fascinating, complex, and sometimes baffling story of Chiang Kai-shek, and the eras of change through which he lived. 

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  Marlene Dietrich - Life and Legend

  Steven Bach

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  From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Marlene Dietrich was an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe. In a grand and sweeping biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on this singular star, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth. Based on six years of meticulous research and hundreds of interviews— including conversations with Dietrich— this is the life story of one of the 20th century's greatest movie actresses and performers.

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  Vanished: The Disappearance of...

  Dylan Hunter

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  The Disappearance of Jack O'Sullivan 
  In the early hours of March 1st, 2024, Jack O'Sullivan—a recent Exeter University graduate—vanished without a trace. A promising young law student on the cusp of a bright future, Jack’s sudden disappearance in the heart of Bristol shocked his family, friends, and the entire community. 
  The search for Jack becomes a harrowing journey of hope, heartache, and unanswered questions. As his mother, Catherine, relentlessly pushes forward, the investigation unravels new clues, disturbing theories, and an unnerving silence that grows harder to bear with each passing day. With law enforcement struggling to piece together the fragments of Jack’s final moments, his family is forced to take matters into their own hands, confronting not only the unknown but also a network of misinformation and desperate attempts to derail the truth. 
  The Disappearance of Jack O'Sullivan is an emotional and gripping true story of a family’s pursuit of justice, their fight against a flawed system, and the power of community in the face of unimaginable loss. Will Jack’s story have the closure they seek—or is the truth something they’ll never find? 
  Listen, as the mystery unfolds and the relentless search for answers keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

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  The Determined Life - The...

  Pate Muse IV

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  “The Determined Life" offers a powerful insight into practical ways and inspirational stories depicting the journey towards weight loss and personal transformation. Dive into some of the core principles needed to build mental and physical strength. Pate Muse, fitness coach, entrepreneur, speaker and founder of Determined Wellness shares his approach that allowed him to lose over two hundred and forty-five pounds and win a fitness competition. Read along as he shares his personal life-threatening tragedies and triumphs experienced on his road to redemption. From getting shot in his teenage years to new death complications experienced after surgery, Pate shares what kept him determined to change his life. Learn ways to set yourself apart from the masses and ways to get to your overall goal. Each chapter will not only inspire but will guide you through the ups and downs of his journey. Whether you are someone who is just starting their journey or if you are looking to overcome the challenges you are facing preventing you from consistent weight loss, this book will equip you with the tools and inspiration needed to transform your body as well as your mind. Understand that every step you make is bringing you closer to a healthier you. Strengthen your determination to turn your weight loss and fitness aspirations into reality. 
  About the Author 
  My name is Pate Muse IV (aka Mr.245), and I am an entrepreneur, the owner of Determined Wellness Motivation and Motorsports, and a fitness coach. My mission is to help anyone who wants to lose weight, overcome challenges, and take control of their health and fitness. My journey to wellness was anything but easy. I survived two near-death experiences—one involving gun violence and the other complications from surgery. These events, coupled with a period of intense personal isolation, led to a transformation that was as much mental as it was physical.

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  Aristocratic Education - From...

  Stephen Leacock

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  Stephen P H Butler Leacock FRSC was born on the 30th December 1869 in Swanmore, near Southampton, England, the third of eleven children. 
  The family emigrated to Canada in 1876 to live on a 100-acre farm in Sutton, Ontario.  There Leacock was home-schooled and later enrolled into the elite private school Upper Canada College in Toronto.  Academically he was very strong and enrolled at the University of Toronto to study languages and literature.  He left there after his alcoholic father abandoned the family and finances were too stretched to continue his attendance.  He now enrolled in a three-month course at Strathroy Collegiate Institute to become a qualified high school teacher and with it a regular income. 
  Leacock published humorous articles in many Canadian and US magazines but his real passion was economics and political theory.  In 1899 he enrolled for postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago and earned his PhD in 1903. 
  His marriage to Beatrix Hamilton produced a single child 15 years later.  Over time father and son developed a love-hate relationship, partially caused by his son’s diminutive stature of only four feet.  
  He accepted a post at McGill University and kept it until he retired in 1936.  His work ‘Elements of Political Science’, was adopted as a standard textbook for two decades and was also his most profitable.  He now also began public speaking and lecturing.  
  In 1910, he privately printed some articles as ‘Literary Lapses’.  It was then released by a recognised publisher, and he became a commercially successful writer.  His collections of light-hearted whimsy, parody, nonsense, and satire were now frequently published along with biographies and several award-winning volumes on Canada. 
  Politically Leacock was a difficult creature.  He opposed women’s right to vote, was a champion of Empire but advocated social welfare legislation and wealth redistribution, but he often caused friction with his racist views. 
  Leacock has been forgotten as an economist, but it’s often said that in 1911 more people had heard of him than had heard of Canada.  For the decade after 1915 Leacock was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world. 
  Stephen Leacock died on 28th March 1944 of throat cancer in Toronto, Canada.  He was 74.

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  Scientists As The Protagonists –...

  Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Page...

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  Scientists are only interested in facts.  Short story writers are only interested in fiction and how it can change one set of circumstances to another.  Experiments in words may be common to both but when the scientist is our protagonist the journey can suddenly become quite disturbing. 
   
  Join H P Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, Nathaniel Hawthorne and many others as they put scientists into the driving seat of stories that often have surprising outcomes.  
   
  1 - Stories with The Scientists As Protagonists - An Introduction 
  2 - Herbert West - Re-Animator - Part 1 by H P Lovecraft 
  3 - Herbert West - Re-Animator - Part 2 by H P Lovecraft 
  4 - When The World Screamed by Arthur Conan Doyle 
  5 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London 
  6 - The Star by W F Harvey 
  7 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
  8 - A Tale of Negative Gravity by Frank R Stockton 
  9 - The Crystal Man by Edward Page Mitchell

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