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  John Wesley Hardin - A Life from...

  Hourly History

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  John Wesley Hardin had already become one of the most feared gunmen on the American frontier before his twenty-fifth birthday. A gambler, outlaw, and lightning-fast draw, Hardin left a trail of bodies across Texas that made even hardened lawmen hesitate to pursue him. When he was finally captured, authorities couldn't even agree on his true body count—estimates ranged from twenty to over forty victims. After his arrest, Hardin seemed destined to die behind bars. Yet through a combination of cunning, legal study, and political connections, he secured an unlikely pardon and walked free. His release sparked outrage across the state, but Hardin remained unrepentant to the end, insisting that he never killed anyone who didn't deserve it. 
  This is the complete, unvarnished account of America's most notorious gunslinger. From his first killing at age fifteen to his violent death in an El Paso saloon, discover the true story of the man who embodied the lawless spirit of the Wild West.

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  Animals in Early Buddhism

  PhD Margaret Meloni

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  You are an animal lover! Did you know there are stories about animals that will help to guide you on your spiritual path? 
  What if the Buddha's journey to enlightenment began not as a man, but as a monkey, a fish, a bird, or a king? The ancient Jātaka tales reveal the Buddha's many past lives, weaving timeless stories of wisdom, karma, and compassion. Far more than simple folklore, these captivating narratives uncover profound Buddhist teachings while exploring the unique bond between humans and animals. Discover how these remarkable tales illuminate the path to enlightenment and the vital role animals can play along the way.

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  Sex Stories for Adults: Explicit...

  Paige Harper

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  Unlock your forbidden fantasies and finally bring them to life with these stories! 
  There’s nothing more frustrating than getting ready for a hot night filled with orgasms, but then being held back by a lack of material. 
  Plenty of erotica out there features the same vanilla plot with unexciting characters and disappointing climaxes. 
  Paige Harper knows exactly what you’re feeling, but luckily, she’s a true professional who knows how to get you in the mood by unleashing all of your desires. 
  Skip having to spend hours scrolling for the right story with this collection of short adult stories that are filled with hard sex, exhilarating dirty talk, lustful waxplay, and so much more. 
  Get a collection of 10 unique short stories that turn all of your wet dreams into reality! 
  Go on a hot and dirty journey where there’s no scenario that’s too much (or too kinky). You’ll never have to be denied an orgasm ever again. 
  Whether you’ve had a hard day at work, or you’re just looking to unwind and release all of the pent-up sexual tension in your body, this audiobook has got you covered. 
  It’s time to indulge in all of your sexiest and naughtiest ideas so you can have an unforgettable night filled with countless orgasms!Scroll up, get the audiobook, and start listening!

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  How to Listen - An Ancient Guide...

  Plutarch, Jeffrey Beneker

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  A lively new translation of Plutarch’s charming and timeless essay on how to be a good listener—and why listening is essential to learning and living well
   
  Listening is a skill—even an art—and it’s essential to learning and to life. Indeed, as Plutarch writes in How to Listen, “listening well is the foundation for living well.” In this volume, Jeffrey Beneker presents a vivid and accessible new translation of Plutarch’s classic essay about how to become a skilled listener, complete with an inviting introduction and the original Greek on facing pages.
   
  Plutarch is most famous as the author of Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen. But he was also an expert on teaching and learning and How to Listen is arguably one of his best pedagogical works. A proponent of active listening well before its time, Plutarch explains the skills we need—and the obstacles and distractions we must overcome—to become effective listeners. Good listening requires, above all, an acknowledgement of our own ignorance in certain subjects and a commitment to gaining knowledge. We must set aside pride and envy so we can respect the expertise of others. We must also train ourselves to see through style and focus on substance, to discriminate between weak and strong arguments, and to criticize ideas fairly and accurately.
   
  Filled with shrewd insights and advice, How to Listen shows how to cultivate a skill that everyone who wants to learn and live well must master.

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  Ancient Africa for Kids: A...

  Captivating History

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  Did you know ancient Africa was so powerful that ancient traders flocked to its cities? 
  You’ve probably heard about Egypt and the amazing pyramids they built, but did you know that there is a lot more to ancient African history than just the Egyptians? They were only a small part of Africa’s amazing history. 
  Ancient Africa had powerful armies that fought with each other and with civilizations that weren’t even from Africa. They were also rich in things like gold, ivory, and salt, and the ancient Africans knew how to build a healthy trade network that could even cross the vast Sahara Desert. Their civilizations were wealthy and filled with beautiful art, some of which we can still see today. 
  For years, the history of ancient Africa has been overshadowed by other ancient civilizations. Although Rome, Greece, and Byzantium were essential to ancient history, ancient Africa was also a powerhouse that some historians have overlooked. 
  It’s time to journey into the heart of ancient African history. In this new and captivating history audiobook, you’ll learn what made ancient Africa so special and how they influenced the entire known ancient world. 
  Here are some of the questions you will uncover deep within this audiobook.Where is the Land of the Bow?Why did the Egyptians make mummies?How many war elephants did Hannibal have?What civilization conquered Egypt?Who was the most important god in ancient Egyptian mythology?Why didn’t Carthage get along with Rome?How many different types of pyramids were there?What is the legend of King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and their son?Where exactly was ancient Ghana?And much, much more! 
  Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to learn more about the history of ancient Africa!

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  History of Chess The: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  On the afternoon of May 11, 1997, in a television studio on the 34th floor of a building in midtown Manhattan, one of the strongest chess players in history sat down to play the sixth and final game of a match he had expected to win. Garry Kasparov was 34 and had held the world championship for 12 years, making his name a synonym for the human mind operating at the absolute edge of its power. Across the board from him sat an opponent with no mind at all. 
  The opponent was a black tower of processors built by IBM and named Deep Blue. It did not sit, because it could not sit - it was represented at the board by a quiet engineer who moved the pieces on its behalf. It calculated roughly 200 million positions per second and could not grow tired across a long session.  
  It is tempting to treat that afternoon as the climax of chess history, the moment the game arrived at its final destination. But perhaps it is better understood as a single frame in a far longer film, one that began roughly 15 centuries earlier and half a world away, on the plains of northern India, where the game did not yet carry a name recognizable to modern societies and the pieces stood not for bishops, queens, and rooks, but for elephants, chariots, and foot soldiers. 
  The history of chess is, in a true sense, a history of globalization. No other game has crossed so many borders, come in so many variations, or worn so many costumes. It was carried out of India by merchants and diplomats, adopted by the Persian nobility, reshaped by the scholars of Islam, smuggled into Christian Europe along three separate roads, denounced from the pulpit and then preached from it, transformed in a single Spanish generation into something fast and dangerous, refined into a science by a stubborn theorist in the 19th century, made into a political and propagandist instrument of state by the Soviet Union, and at last carried into the circuitry of a machine that beat the best.

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