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  Men! Fight for Me - The Role of...

  Alan Smyth, Jessica Midkiff

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  Coauthors Alan Smyth and Jessica Midkiff have dedicated their lives to ending the plight of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. This book exposes the harsh realities facing vulnerable populations to these criminal enterprises and explores the transformative role of authentic masculinity. Upon listening to this book, men will open their eyes to how they knowingly and unknowingly participate in the dehumanization of women and children and how we can stand up to these horrors and transform the world.

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  AMBASSADORS THE: Elizabeth I's...

  Simon Courtauld

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  In the dangerous world of sixteenth-century Europe, diplomacy was rarely polite — and almost never safe. 
  In The Ambassadors: Elizabeth I’s Spies in Europe, historian and writer Simon Courtauld tells the remarkable story of the men who represented England abroad during the reign of Elizabeth I. Operating in the great courts of France, Spain and beyond, these diplomats were far more than messengers between monarchs. They were intelligence gatherers, negotiators, informants and sometimes conspirators — the front line of England’s survival in a continent divided by religion, rivalry and war. 
  Through vivid portraits of figures such as Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, Sir Thomas Smith, Thomas Chaloner and Thomas Randolph, Courtauld reveals the realities of Tudor diplomacy: dangerous journeys across Europe, constant financial hardship, and the delicate art of navigating courts dominated by powerful rulers such as Catherine de Medici, Philip II of Spain and Mary Queen of Scots. Their letters, intrigues and negotiations formed the intelligence network that allowed Elizabeth and her advisers — notably William Cecil and Francis Walsingham — to understand and outmanoeuvre their enemies. 
  Rich in anecdote and grounded in contemporary sources, The Ambassadors brings to life a world in which information was power and a single diplomatic misstep could alter the balance of Europe. 
  Simon Courtauld is the author of several previous books including Footprints in Spain, To Convey Intelligence, and Lady of Spain: A Life of Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria, as well as works on travel, culture and history. A former legal correspondent of The Times and deputy editor of The Spectator, he writes with the insight of a historian and the narrative skill of a seasoned journalist. (quartetbooks.co.uk) 
  In this compelling study, Courtauld turns his attention to the shadowy world of Elizabethan diplomacy — revealing the spies in ambassadors’ clothing who helped shape the fate of England.

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  Hard Tack and Coffee - or The...

  John D. Billings

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  Throughout history, from antiquity to the present, service in the armed forces of one’s country has provided an almost endless source of material to entertain and even enlighten listeners. Military life has usually been a unique and peculiar experience for most civilians exposed to it. Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee is the fascinating account of the everyday life of a footsoldier in the US Army of one hundred years ago. John Billings describes all aspects of a soldier’s life, including living quarters, foraging, wagon trains, offenses and punishments, equipment, transportation, food, hospitals, and much more. This is a detailed, comprehensive, and highly absorbing resource on the common soldier’s life in the Civil War army.

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  Those About To Die

  Daniel P. Mannix

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  Putting the games in the context of Rome's rise and dramatic fall, Mannix captures all the history, planning, and savage pageantry that went into creating the first spectator sports. 
   
   
   
  The games began in 238 BC as nearly county fair–like entertainment, with trick riding, acrobats, trained animals, chariot racing, and athletic events. The contests then evolved into slave fights thanks to wealthy patricians Marcus and Decimus Brutus, who wanted to give their father an unforgettable funeral by reviving an old tradition. What the brothers wrought, Rome devoured, demanding even greater violence to satisfy the bloodlust of the crowd. Architectural wonders in themselves, massive arenas like Circus Maximus and the Colosseum were built, able to host sea battle reenactments on actual water. Successful gladiators found fame, fortune—and freedom. 
   
   
   
  But as Rome begin to fall in the fifth century, so did the games, devolving into nothing more than pointless massacres. In the end, millions of humans and animals were sacrificed in barbaric displays. What were once ceremonies given in honor of gods met an inglorious fate, yet they still captivate the imagination of people today. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  When the Declaration of...

  Emily Sneff

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  Tracing the moments after its creation, this groundbreaking story follows how news of the Declaration of Independence spread to people throughout the thirteen colonies and the Atlantic world.In 1776, people could hear the Declaration of Independence proclaimed in public squares and could read it in the pages of their local newspapers. Although stories of the Declaration typically recount the work of the Continental Congress, the work of spreading the news involved printers, post riders, ship captains, civic leaders, soldiers, clerks, orators, preachers, diplomats, and translators.When the Declaration of Independence Was News reveals the stories behind how the Declaration was communicated in the New and Old worlds. Tracing the travels of the founding document of the US from Philadelphia to New York, Boston, Charleston, Europe, and beyond, Emily Sneff shows how people both celebrated and critiqued the Declaration. In the weeks after the document was penned, it was printed in newspaper columns, translated into German and French, and shared with Native American allies. The document compelled some people to make public their privately held beliefs about whether they wanted the United States to be independent or to reconcile with King George III. The questions of who experienced the news of independence, when, and how reveal an expansive and complex history of a critical moment in the American Revolution.Published for the 250th anniversary of US independence, When the Declaration of Independence Was News returns to a time before the legacy of these words was known to reconsider what the founding of the US meant to the people who were living through it.

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  Kids Are Americans Too - Your...

  Bill O'Reilly

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  Kids Are Americans Too! And that means you have rights just like everybody else. But it's not enough to just say you have them. You have to know what those rights are...and are not! Luckily for you, Bill O'Reilly is back opining for kids on that very subject—your legal rights. 
  O'Reilly and his coauthor Charles Flowers, dole out the kind of blunt, cogent, commonsense commentary you count on them for. Together they explore timely questions being debated in and out of courts today including:  
  Can a kid wear an anti-gay T-shirt on campus?Does a school newspaper have the right to badmouth a principal?Does a mother have the right to eavesdrop on her daughter's telephone conversations? 
  Some of the answers will surprise you. Some will empower you. All will make you think.

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