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  General Custer

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  General George Armstrong Custer was one of the most famous and controversial military figures of nineteenth-century America. Celebrated as a daring Civil War cavalry commander and remembered for his dramatic final battle on the Great Plains, he became a symbol of both heroism and tragedy during a period of rapid national expansion and conflict. 
   
  Born in Ohio in 1839, Custer graduated from West Point just as the American Civil War began. His aggressive leadership and willingness to take risks quickly earned him promotion and national attention. By his mid-twenties, he had become one of the youngest generals in the Union Army, participating in many of the war's most significant campaigns. After the Civil War, Custer served with the Seventh Cavalry on the western frontier. His career became closely tied to the conflicts between the United States and Native American nations. 
   
  This biography traces Custer's life, military career, achievements, controversies, and lasting legacy. Drawing upon letters, military records, memoirs, and historical accounts, it examines a complex figure whose story remains central to understanding the American frontier and the nation's westward expansion.

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  Almost French - A Life of...

  Louis Jansen van Vuuren

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  When he first visited Paris as a young student, artist Louis Jansen van Vuuren could never have imagined that one day he would end up owning a château in rural France. 
    
  Almost French is the entertaining, often hilarious account of his induction over the past 21 years into all things French: snooty waiters, highbrow countesses, numerous faux pas with the French language and, of course, encounters with the infamous French bureaucracy. 
    
  Turning the dilapidated Château de la Creuzette into a celebrated boutique hotel with his life partner, Hardy Olivier, required patience and perseverance. Many lessons were learnt the hard way. For instance, four heaters are not enough to hear an entire château and they will blow your power supply. 
    
  Louis interweaves the stories about his life in France with fascinating snippets of history, culture, food and drink, and tradition. A must for all Francophiles and anyone who loves good living.

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  The Only Son of Aoife A chapter...

  Lady Gregory Isabella Augusta

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  The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory.

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  Classic Gothic and Cosmic Horror...

  H. P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker,...

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  Enter a world of creeping dread and cosmic terror in this haunting collection of classic Gothic and supernatural tales. Featuring master storytellers H. P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Algernon Blackwood, and Ambrose Bierce, this volume gathers some of the most chilling and atmospheric horror stories ever written. From ancient, unknowable entities to shadowed estates and psychological unease, these timeless works define the foundations of Gothic and cosmic horror and continue to captivate readers who crave suspense, mystery, and dark imagination.

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  Joy Enough - A Memoir

  Sarah McColl

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  From a bracing new voice comes this life-affirming memoir of a daughter making and remaking her life in her mother's image. Sifting gingerly through memories of her late mother, brilliant newcomer Sarah McColl has penned an indelible tribute to the joy and pain of loving well. Even as her own marriage splinters, McColl drops everything when her mother is diagnosed with cancer, returning to the family farmhouse and laboring over elaborate meals in the hopes of nourishing her back to health. In a series of vibrant vignettes?lipstick applied, novels read, imperfect cakes baked?McColl reveals a woman of endless charm and infinite love for her unruly brood of children. Mining the dual losses of both her young marriage and her beloved mother, McColl confronts her identity as a woman, walking lightly in the footsteps of the woman who came before her and clinging fast to the joy she left behind. With candor reminiscent of classics like C. S. Lewis's A Grief Observed, Joy Enough offers a story that blooms with life.

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  India Uniform Nine - Secrets...

  Mark Perlstrom

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  An eye-opening account from inside an ultra-secret Customs unit
  
  Mark Perlstrom is no stranger to money laundering, drug smuggling and crooked firms.
  
  In the late 1980s he started working for HM Customs and was quickly thrown in the deep end, joining Operation C-Chase, an undercover investigation that penetrated Pablo Escobar's mighty Medellin cartel, brought down the corrupt BCCI bank and stopped London's gangs from moving their ill-gotten gains around the capital.
  
  As part of the Uniforms - the new, secret, anti-money-laundering squad - high-speed car chases, bugging homes and spying on targets was day-to-day business.
  
  Told by a true insider and revealing never-before-told-secrets of the industry, India Uniform Nine lays bare the intense rivalry between crime-fighting organisations and how that leads to corruption, chaos and some scarcely believable antics in the covert world. And how Mark's own operation was nearly scuppered by a US Customs bungle.

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