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  Tip of the Spear - German...

  Robert J Edwards, Michael H...

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  A comprehensive pictorial study of Germany’s armored reconnaissance operations across all WWII combat zones. From the invasions of Poland and France to the advances on the Eastern Front and in North Africa, German tank and infantry units unleashed brutal displays of power. But it was the German armored reconnaissance that laid the groundwork for these stunning victories. In Tip of the Spear, delves into German reconnaissance operations through firsthand accounts, after-action reports, and an extensive collection of wartime photographs.   The author of Scouts Out, the first extensive treatment of the subject in English, Edwards delves deeper into the subject of German reconnaissance with extensive analysis of everything from tactics and doctrine to vehicles and commanders.

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  The History and Legacy of...

  Charles River Editors

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  The early 1930s were a tumultuous period for German politics, even in comparison to the ongoing transition to the modern era that caused various forms of chaos throughout the rest of the world. In the United States, reliance on the outdated gold standard and an absurdly parsimonious monetary policy helped bring about the Great Depression. Meanwhile, the Empire of Japan began its ultimately fatal adventurism with the invasion of Manchuria, alienating the rest of the world with the atrocities it committed. Around the same time, Gandhi began his drive for the peaceful independence of India through nonviolent protests against the British. 
  	It was in Germany, however, that the strongest seeds of future tragedy were sown. The struggling Weimar Republic had become a breeding ground for extremist politics, including two opposed and powerful authoritarian entities: the right-wing National Socialists and the left-wing KPD Communist Party. As the 1930s dawned, these two totalitarian groups held one another in a temporary stalemate, enabling the fragile ghost of democracy to continue a largely illusory survival for a few more years.  
  	That stalemate was broken in dramatic fashion on a bitterly cold night in late February 1933, and it was the Nazis who emerged decisively as the victors. A single act of arson against the famous Reichstag building proved to be the catalyst that propelled Adolf Hitler to victory in the elections of March 1933, which set the German nation irrevocably on the path towards World War II. That war would plunge much of the planet into an existential battle that ultimately cost an estimated 60 million lives. 

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  How to Stay Strong No Matter...

  Victoria David

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  When life throws challenges your way, your true power isn’t found in avoiding the storm—it’s found in learning how to rise above it. How to Stay Strong No Matter What is your guide to building inner strength, mental clarity, and emotional resilience in a world that constantly tests your limits. 
  Through empowering stories, practical mindset tools, and life-tested strategies, this book shows you how to shift from feeling overwhelmed to standing tall with unshakable confidence. You’ll discover how to reframe adversity as an opportunity for growth, master your emotions under pressure, and cultivate a mindset that transforms setbacks into stepping stones. 
  Whether you’re facing personal struggles, career challenges, or emotional fatigue, this book will help you stay grounded, positive, and purpose-driven—no matter what life brings. Elevate your thinking, and you’ll elevate your entire world.

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  NASA and the Long Civil Rights...

  Brian C. Odom, Stephen P. Waring

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  American Astronautical Society Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award 
   
   
   
  As NASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, many African American leaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund "space joyrides" rather than help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination at home. This volume examines such tensions as well as the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration aligned with the cause of racial equality. It provides new insights into the complex relationship between the space program and the civil rights movement in the Jim Crow South and abroad. 
   
   
   
  Essays explore how thousands of jobs created during the space race offered new opportunities for minorities in places like Huntsville, Alabama, while at the same time segregation at NASA's satellite tracking station in South Africa led to that facility's closure. Other topics include black skepticism toward NASA's framing of space exploration as "for the benefit of all mankind," NASA's track record in hiring women and minorities, and the efforts of black activists to increase minority access to education that would lead to greater participation in the space program. The volume also addresses how to best find and preserve archival evidence of African American contributions that are missing from narratives of space exploration.

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  Kickstart Your American Accent -...

  American English Tutoring

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  You're frustrated with not being understood. You're tired of shying away from conversations and presentations that hinder your career progress and social connections.  
  Kickstart Your American Accent has the “mysterious secrets” that non-native speakers seek on their journey to speaking clear, fluent American English. These are secrets even native speakers often overlook!  
  This audiobook offers top-notch, in-depth instruction paired with the easiest-to-follow practice activities ever! We’re talking step-by-step guidance here…because a little extra help never hurt anyone!Structured Learning: Focuses on listening and “feeling” your mouth positions first, ensuring you can confidently correct yourself when speaking.Comprehensive Practice: Includes exhaustive exercises that start at the simplest sound level and gradually progress to syllables, words, phrases, sentences, reading, and ultimately, conversation practice, so you don’t get stuck.Clear Instructions: Provides easy-to-understand guidance without all the confusing jargon. 
  Make today the day you choose to have clear, articulate American pronunciation!

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  Frederic Remington: The Life and...

  Charles River Editors

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  Many of the first artists in the West were assigned to exploration and geological parties, working as archivists and obedient to demands of cold accuracy. However, a few were driven by an imaginative mix of real events and fantastical visions to whet the appetite of Eastern consumers and preserve their own nostalgia on canvas. Among the artists who developed a passionate relationship with the West to one degree or another, two remain iconic in the modern day. Charles Marion Russell, a Missourian drawn to the Montana country, expressed a general empathy for the Native American tribes and the American cowboy. New Yorker Frederic Remington held the advantage in education and talents as a draftsman, but he did not lose himself so entirely to the western American experience. His paintings, sculptures, short stories, and novels are often centered on the military and its wars against the resident tribes. Remington, somewhat more cynical than Russell, was nevertheless a master of depicting violent action in fantastical but credible situations where life hung in the balance. He, too, lamented that the land of his youth’s fascination “had nearly vanished, even though his direct experience with that land and culture was not in the long run successful. 
  Esteemed for his depiction of “swift action and precise accuracy of detail,” Remington’s creative accounts of the 19th century’s last few decades fired the imaginations of Americans thousands of miles away from the frontier.

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