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  Kongo Class Battlecruisers

  Steve Wiper

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  The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references—books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. The subject of this volume is the Japanese Kongo class, four ships built during the First World War as battlecruisers, but extensively modified and reconstructed between the wars as fast battleships, so that each ship presented a different appearance. They were the chosen escorts for the elite IJN carrier forces, and saw much action during the Pacific War.

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  American on Purpose

  Craig Ferguson

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  In American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson delivers a moving and achingly funny memoir of living the American dream as he journeys from the mean streets of Glasgow, Scotland, to the comedic promised land of Hollywood. Along the way he stumbles through several attempts to make his mark—as a punk rock musician, a construction worker, a bouncer, and, tragically, a modern dancer.  
  To numb the pain of failure, Ferguson found comfort in drugs and alcohol, addictions that eventually led to an aborted suicide attempt. (He forgot to do it when someone offered him a glass of sherry.) But his story has a happy ending: in 1993, the washed-up Ferguson washed up in the United States. Finally sober, Ferguson landed a breakthrough part on the hit sitcom The Drew Carey Show, a success that eventually led to his role as the host of CBS's The Late Late Show. By far Ferguson's greatest triumph was his decision to become a U.S. citizen, a milestone he achieved in early 2008, just before his command performance for the president at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. In American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson talks a red, white, and blue streak about everything our Founding Fathers feared.

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  The Ultimate Book of Top Ten...

  Jamie Frater

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  A collection of obscure facts, impressive achievements, despicable crimes, bizarre records, unforgettable films and more from the authors of listverse.com. 
   
  Discover bizarre facts, amazing trivia, astonishing mysteries, natural wonders, little-known people, useful tips and much more in this mammoth bathroom reader. From crime, movies and music to science, history and literature, this book offers an incredible array of intriguing top-ten lists, including: 
   
  • Urban Legends—Debunked 
   
  • Influential People Who Never Lived 
   
  • Ancient Methods of Execution 
   
  • Poisonous Foods We Love to Eat 
   
  • Inventions of the Middle Ages 
   
  • Gruesome Fairytale Origins 
   
  • Secret Societies 
   
  • Amazing Film Swordfights 
   
  • Bizarre Animal Mating Rituals 
   
  • Misconceptions About Evolution 
   
  • Tips for Frugal Living 
   
  • Fascinating Graveyards You Must See

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  New Jerusalem

  G.K. Chesterton

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  The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone involved in the production of this book, and are not the views of LibriVox.Dale Ahlquist calls the book a "philosophical travelogue" of Chesterton's journey across Europe to Palestine. "On the road to Cairo one may see twenty groups exactly like that of the Holy Family in the pictures of the Flight into Egypt; with only one difference. The man is riding on the ass."  
   
  "The real mistake of the Muslims is something much more modern in its application than any particular passing persecution of Christians as such. It lay in the very fact that they did think they had a simpler and saner sort of Christianity, as do many modern Christians. They thought it could be made universal merely by being made uninteresting. Now a man preaching what he thinks is a platitude is far more intolerant than a man preaching what he admits is a paradox. It was exactly because it seemed self-evident, to Muslims as to Bolshevists, that their simple creed was suited to everybody, that they wished in that particular sweeping fashion to impose it on everybody." (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  How To Live Green On a Budget

  HowExpert, Brian Salman

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  If you want to learn how to live green on a budget, then get How to Live Green on a Budget written by a person with real life experience living a green life on an affordable budget. 
  Going green doesn't mean saving the environment by sacrificing your own happiness and money. In this guide, you will be shown a variety of tips, and most of them don't require you to purchase any new items. In fact, they are mostly habit changes that will put more money in your pocket, while helping the environment. 
  You may have heard things such as, "Don't leave the light on in a room when you aren't in it" a thousand times. This guide takes green tips like that a step further. Where many articles and guides may simply tell you to purchase greener light bulbs, this guide assumes that you might not be in the financial position to make many purchases, and shows you that you still have the power to be greener. 
  Taking a look at how you use power, water, food and more, this audiobook will make you feel better about how your everyday activities affect the planet. Also addressing health issues related to not being environmentally friendly, this guide can be the extra nudge you may have been looking for to eat and be healthier. So dive right in, and before you know it you will be saving money and the planet! 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Vietnam - Culture Smart!

  Geoffrey Murray

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  Culture Smart! Vietnam outlines the history, culture, and traditions of the Vietnamese. It explains certain deep-seated attitudes, describes some of the social and cultural changes now under way, and gives practical advice on what to expect and how to behave in unfamiliar situations. It aims to help you discover for yourself the warmth and vast potential of this fascinating country and its delightful people. They are open and friendly, with a sense of humor and irony, and frankly curious about the outside world. Kind and generally helpful toward strangers, they are industrious, shrewd, and determined to improve their lot. Amidst war and strife throughout their countries history, the true Vietnamese characteristics of patience and adversity shine through in this in depth-look at their culture.

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