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  The History of England Volume 4...

  David Hume

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  In Volume 4, Hume closes his account of ‘England Under the House of Tudor’ begun in Volume 3, and devotes it entirely to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It was not really expected that she would survive to accede to the monarchy; and it was certainly unexpected that she would rule for so long (1558-1603) while steadfastly declining to take a husband. All in all, her reign was a remarkable achievement. 
  Elizabeth had so much to contend with over the years. From the start, she had to oversee the reinstatement of the Protestant religion after the tumultuous reign of her sister, Mary. Then came the testing matter of Mary, Queen of Scots which dragged on for decades.  
  There were also numerous Catholic conspiracies (many threats to her personally), requiring close attention by her protective spymaster ministers William Cecil and Francis Walsingham.  
  Then there were the complex relationships with other leading European powers, France and Spain, culminating in the spectacular climax in 1588 when Sir Francis Drake (and the weather) routed the Spanish Armada. 
  Hume does not approach Elizabeth and her reign with the ‘unbounded panegyrics’ so often adopted by historians before him. He criticises them for ‘having been so extremely ignorant of the transactions of this reign as to extol her for a quality which, of all others, she was the least possessed of – a tender regard for the constitution, and a concern for the liberties and privileges of her people.’ This, Hume insists, was not quite Elizabeth. 
  Despite acknowledging her popularity, Hume is at pains in his History to present a more rounded portrait. ‘The prerogatives of this princess were scarcely ever disputed, and she therefore employed them without scruple: Her imperious temper, a circumstance in which she went far beyond her successors, rendered her exertions of power violent and frequent, and discovered the full extent of her authority.  
  However, he continues, ‘the great popularity, which she enjoyed proves that she did not infringe any established liberties of the people’. 
  In Volume 4, Hume shows himself to be a historian of character and clarity, but also demonstrates his scholarly integrity. In the controversial issue of the guilt or innocence of Mary, for example, he went back to original documents to support his opinion. This is why his History of England remains an informative and stimulating account in the 21st century.

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  On Women

  Susan Sontag, Merve Emre

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  A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism Susan Sontag was one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century. “The most interesting ideas are heresies,” she remarked, and indeed, her writing rejects the familiar and refuses party lines.On Women presents seven essays and exchanges, spanning a range of subjects: the challenges and humiliations women face as they age; the relationship between women’s liberation and class struggle; beauty, which Sontag calls “that over-rich brew of so many familiar opposites”; feminism; fascism; and film. Taken together, these pieces—relentlessly curious, historically precise, politically robust, and allergic to easy categorization Sontag’s inimitable mind at work.

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  Creative Writing: 8-in-1 Guide...

  Jaiden Pemton

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  CREATIVE WRITING - 8 MANUSCRIPTS IN 1 BOOK, INCLUDING: 
    
  1) 
  HOW TO WRITE FICTION: 
  7 Easy Steps to Master Fiction Writing, Novel Writing, Writing a Book & Short Story Writing. 
    
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  HOW TO TELL A STORY: 
  7 Easy Steps to Master Storytelling, Story Boarding, Writing Stories, Storyteller & Story Structure. 
    
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  HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY: 
  7 Easy Steps to Master Screenwriting, Scriptwriting, Writing a Movie & Television Writing. 
    
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  HOW TO WRITE SALES COPY: 
  7 Easy Steps to Master Copywriting, Marketing Content, Business Writing & Freelance Writing. 
    
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  HOW TO EDIT WRITING: 
  7 Easy Steps to Master Writing Editing, Proofreading, Copy Editing, Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation. 
    
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  HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH: 
  7 Easy Steps to Master Self-Publishing, eBook Creation, Ghostwriting, Book Marketing & Publishing. 
    
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  HOW TO WRITE NON-FICTION: 
  7 Easy Steps to Master Creative Non-Fiction, Memoir Writing, Travel Writing & Essay Writing. 
    
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  HOW TO WRITE CONTENT: 
  7 Easy Steps to Master Content Writing, Article Writing, Web Content Marketing & Blog Writing. 
    
  BECOME A GREAT CREATIVE WRITER TODAY!

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  War Heroes of Japan - The Great...

  Harper T. Roberts

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  Two devastating wars changed the face of humanity forever. Discover the crucial role Japan played in these events and why some facts about their involvement are still hidden all these years later. 
  Japan had a special military force and ideology that led it to become one of the strongest imperial powers of the world. Their efforts had taken them far and wide, but who were the people behind such victories, and what were their roles in the wars? 
  In War Heroes of Japan: The Great Battles of WW1 and WW2, you will discover:20+ riveting biographies of Japanese war heroes that led the country down the warpaths -- meet the people behind the glorious victories, and terrible massacresThe truth about the attack on Pearl Harbor and what led a lot of experts to believe the Japanese were forced to start the raidControversial and sensitive war events no one talks about -- we’re breaking all the barriers to reveal the hidden historical truthsThe historical battles of Japan from the era of modernization until the end of World War II -- discover an action-packed historical narrative of some of the most important (and ingenious) military battlesA guide on Japan’s geopolitics that explains its nationalism, expansion, and the relationship between the military and the governmentWhat kind of political relationships Japan has with its neighbors, and how internal conflicts affect its position in the warA breakdown of Japan’s military strategies to give you tremendous insight into the country’s military power 
  And much more… 
  The events of the two world wars are largely known, but there are still some “better left alone” topics. 
  You deserve the truth about what happened over the span of 30 years when nations burned and millions of people were killed. 
  Get ready to be mind blown by this first book in the series of Japanese War History.

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  When the United States Invaded...

  Carl J Richard

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   “An intriguing and carefully argued entry into a small and often overlooked discussion of American political maneuvering at the end of World War I.” —Library Journal   In a little-known episode at the height of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson dispatched thousands of American soldiers to Siberia. Carl J. Richard convincingly shows that Wilson’s original intent was to enable Czechs and anti-Bolshevik Russians to rebuild the Eastern Front against the Central Powers. But Wilson continued the intervention for a year and a half after the armistice in order to overthrow the Bolsheviks and to prevent the Japanese from absorbing eastern Siberia. As Wilson and the Allies failed to formulate a successful Russian policy at the Paris Peace Conference, American doughboys suffered great hardships on the bleak plains of Siberia.   Richard argues that Wilson’s Siberian intervention ironically strengthened the Bolshevik regime it was intended to topple. Its tragic legacy can be found in the seeds of World War II—which began with an alliance between Germany and the Soviet Union, the two nations most aggrieved by Allied treatment after World War I—and in the Cold War, a forty-five year period in which the world held its collective breath over the possibility of nuclear annihilation.   One of the earliest U.S. counterinsurgency campaigns outside the Western Hemisphere, the Siberian intervention was a harbinger of policies to come. Richard notes that it teaches invaluable lessons about the extreme difficulties inherent in interventions and about the absolute need to secure widespread support on the ground if such campaigns are to achieve success, knowledge that U.S. policymakers tragically ignored in Vietnam and have later struggled to implement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  Magnet Ass––And The Stone Cold...

  Will Cunningham

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  Magnet Ass and the Stone-Cold Truck Hunters is a Vietnam war memoir about Captain Alan "Magnet Ass" Milacek, the "man who flew his plane on one wing". It is a war story. But it is also not a war story. It has everything to do with a white-hot mission over the Plain of Jars in 1970, for which 10 men earned The Mackay Trophy, one of history's most coveted aviation awards - and at the same time, it has nothing to do with any of that at all.Magnet Ass is gritty and it is holy, sometimes full of shit and shrapnel - and at other times as demure as a duck flying over a pond in the dead of winter. Flashing between 1970 Asia and present day Oklahoma, Magnet Ass is poignantly written, meticulously researched, and narratively gripping. This incredible moment in the annals of air force history becomes a story about the power of kindness, courage, and tenacity in the face of uncertainty and fear. It becomes the story of two men pondering the past and finding themselves not only in remembering, but in relationship. Magnet Ass is at once a potent war story, a lushly written memoir, and a tale of the power of the everyday impossible, which any of us can strive to achieve.

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