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  Rare Recording of Joan Didion...

  Joan Didion

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  Joan Didion (December 5, 1934 - December 23, 2021), born in Sacramento, California, was an American author, screenwriter, and journalist. Her writing during the 1960s through the late 1970s engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s, the Hollywood lifestyle, and the history and culture of California. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe. In the following audio recording, Didion reads from her novel, A Book of Common Prayer.

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  Hellenistic and Roman Naval Wars...

  John D. Grainger

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  A technological, strategic, and tactical history of ancient naval ships from Alexander to the battle of Actium. 
   
   
   
  The period covered in this book is well known for its epic battles and grand campaigns of territorial conquest, but Hellenistic monarchies, Carthaginians, and the rapacious Roman Republic were scarcely less active at sea. Huge resources were poured into maintaining fleets not only as symbols of prestige but as means of projecting real military power across the Mediterranean arena. 
   
   
   
  Taking the period between Alexander the Great's conquests and the Battle of Actium, John Grainger analyzes the developments in naval technology and tactics, the uses and limitations of sea power and the differing strategies of the various powers. He shows, for example, how the Rhodians and the Romans eschewed the ever-larger monster galleys favored by most Hellenistic monarchs in favor of smaller vessels. This is a fascinating study of a neglected aspect of ancient warfare.

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  France in the Early Middle Ages:...

  Charles River Editors

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  The birth of Europe as people know it today was hardly an easy and effortless process. The end of antiquity was shaped by centuries of continuous wars, raids, and the falls and rises of empires. The most turbulent of these events happened at the beginning of the Middle Ages, from the 3rd-7th centuries CE. This was the time when the old slave society gave way to the feudal system that marked the latter Middle Ages, and it was also a period of battles between the Roman Empire and various barbarian peoples. The Roman Emperors waged wars, made and broke alliances, and bribed and negotiated with chieftains of various “barbarian” tribes to preserve the territorial integrity of their Empires. 
  After Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in the mid-1st century BCE, Augustus and his successors eventually began a program of Romanization that, in a remarkably short period of time, transformed Gaul into four provinces. All of these locales added enormously to the Roman Empire in terms of manpower, material goods and wealth. Even today, historians are amazed at how such a large population that was not without its own systems of administration and vibrant culture and tradition could so easily succumb to Rome’s pacification process, and to such an extent that, within short periods of time, the indigenous language and traditions of the Celtic peoples of Gaul were totally supplanted. The reasons why Rome was able to subjugate and then transform what was for that time an immense population of over 10 million people lie not only in its military superiority but its system of organization and its conscious program of Romanization.  
  	Ironically, even as Rome’s control over Gaul kept modern France fragmented, the medieval dynasties that sprouted up in the area looked up to the Romans as their predecessors, and in essence they would attempt to recreate the Roman Empire.

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  A Rare Recording of US General...

  General William "Billy" Lendrum...

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  William "Billy" Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 - February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer, regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. After serving in France during World War I, Mitchell was appointed deputy director of the Air Service, calling for increased investment in air power which he believed would be vital in future wars. His advocacy antagonized leaders of the US Army and Navy. However, Mitchell demonstrated through a series of Air Force bombing exercises conducted against Naval ships in 1921 and 1923 that his ideas on the superiority of airpower were indeed correct.

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  Gay Sex Confessions Story...

  Rod Mandelli

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  This gay sex story collection contains six Gay Sex Confessions stories. Included are: 
  My Hot, Older Neighbor - Straight and smooth muscle stud Roy is about to find out how hot things can get on summer vacation when a hunky and hairy new neighbor in his 30's moves in across the street. Which will get "manhandled" more, the moving boxes or Roy? 
  Swimsuits Optional - Secretly gay Italian stud Joey has homosexual fantasies about his super-jock best friend, blonde-haired and blue-eyed Steve. With Steve leaving for vacation, Joey goes for an older substitute who believes that swimsuits should be optional. 
  Club Connection - Horny slut Jake cruises a gay club to find the man of his dirty dreams - a blue collar stud with a hairy chest, dark eyes, and something incredibly huge between his legs. 
  Texas Beef - Young college grad Shawn meets handsome Austin, a hard-partying cowboy from Texas. Austin's penchants for partying and sexual adventure lead him to give men permission to do whatever they want with his muscular body. 
  How To Get Out of a Speeding Ticket - As straight guy Jerry rushes home late, he gets pulled over on a deserted road by rough and tough Officer Harmon. Will Jerry give in to the police officer's sexual suggestions and let the hot cop have his way with him? 
  Best Friends Turn Into Lovers - When his shirtless best friend asks supposedly straight college student Chad to rub tanning oil on his back, will the truth about his gay fantasies finally come out?

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  Unlock Your Healing Potential -...

  Sullivan Ashbury

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