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  Walking Waterloo - A Guide

  Charles J. Esdaile

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  Tour the Belgian battleground where Napoleon was defeated—with historical background, maps, archival images, and more.   In this book, the acclaimed author of Napoleon’s Wars provides a new guide to the Battle of Waterloo that presents the experience of the soldiers who took part in the battle in the most graphic and direct way possible—through their own words. In a series of walks, he describes in vivid detail what happened in each location on June 18, 1815 and quotes at length from eyewitness accounts of the men who were there.   Each phase of the action during that momentous day is covered, from the initial French attacks and the intense fighting at Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte to the charges of the French cavalry against the British squares and the final, doomed attack of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard. This innovative guide to this historic site is fully illustrated with a selection of archive images from the War Heritage Institute in Brussels, modern color photographs of the battlefield as it appears today, and specially commissioned maps that allow those who visit in person to follow the course of the battle on the ground.

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  The Dinner

  Dave Warner

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  A short story with a dash of humour, contemporary, set in inner-Sydney. It’s raining cats and dogs and Rick is being jabbed by the hot needle of panic.  He’s running late now after dashing out to get last minute dessert for the crucial dinner party tonight where Rick and wife Vanessa are entertaining Vanessa’s boss and his wife.  Rick carefully wheels his pride-and-joy, his almost-new Audi, around the block looking for a parking space. He’d had everything set, the Audi tucked away in a nearby street so that Vanessa’s boss and wife could park in Rick’s little private space at the back of the house. Friday night and in this fashionable inner-city suburb it’s easier for a straight white male to win a Premier’s arts prize than it is to find a free space. But it’s okay, as a last resort Rick can park across his own driveway blocking in the boss’ car.  Except that he can’t, can he?  Some selfish bastard has already parked there. Enraged, Rick mangles the windscreen wipers of the offending car, only to learn when he joins the dinner party, that the boss and his wife brought two vehicles.  Can Rick make good before the stroke of doom?

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  The Closet of the Eminently...

  Kenelm Digby

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  Digby was a natural writer, as entertaining as instructive. Many of the recipes are for drinks, particularly of meads or metheglins, but the culinary material provides a remarkable conspectus of accepted practice among court circles in Restoration England, with extra details supplied from Digby's European travels. The editors also include the inventory of Digby's own kitchen in his London house, discovered amongst papers now deposited in the British Library; and they have provided a few modern interpretations of Digby's recipes.

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  Mindful Investing - Right Focus...

  Jonathan K. DeYoe, Robert Seawright

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  Accessible Strategies for New or Well-Established InvestorsJonathan DeYoe invested a small sum in stocks at a young age—and then watched his money grow. Now a financial adviser and longtime meditator, he understands that stress plagues many would-be investors, and he has seen countless people make investment decisions driven by fear and wishful thinking. That mindset leads to costly mistakes, such as chasing "hot" stocks, buying when prices are high and selling when low, and racking up transaction fees and taxes in the process. These mistakes are preventable by cultivating a state of nonjudgmental awareness and practicing mindfulness, which allows investors to see life from a larger perspective and make financial decisions according to their long-term goals. With simple, evidence-based methods that don't rely on gimmicks or constant portfolio maintenance, Mindful Investing takes away the anxiety to help you reach financial prosperity and personal well-being.

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  Reflections on the Formation and...

  Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

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  This Essay May be Considered as the Germ of the Treatise on The Wealth of Nations, Written by the Celebrated Smith—Condorcet's Life of Turgot.

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  How To Make Pastry - Your Step...

  HowExpert

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  If you want to learn how to make pastry quickly and easily, then check out "How To Make Pastry" guide. 
  In this step-by step guide, you will learn the different types of pastries, its ingredients and appropriate fillings depending on the pastry type. 
  - Learn to bake pastry at the comfort of your own home. 
  - Bake pastries quickly and easily. 
  - Learn to prepare variety of Western Style pastries. 
  - Impress your friends to this newfound ability to bake pastry. 
  - Have your family feel that you love them by serving delicious pastry. 
  - Save time to learn the basics of baking pastries. 
  - Be able to put up a small pastry business that can give you extra income from home. 
  - Save money for preparing home-made pastries to serve when there are family gatherings or other events. 
  - Learn how to make pastry doughs and fillings. 
  - And much more. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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