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  The Art Heist - The True Story...

  Steve B. Davis

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  Stéphane Breitwieser and the Greatest Art Thief in History
   
  Between 1995 and 2001, a man walked into 239 museums across Europe and walked out with objects that did not belong to him. He stole paintings by Rubens, Brueghel, and Watteau. He took sculptures, manuscripts, and artifacts that had survived wars and centuries. He carried them out beneath his jacket while guards stood at exits and cameras recorded visitors passing through galleries. No one stopped him. For six years, no one even knew it was the same person.
   
  
   
  Stéphane Breitwieser did not steal for money. He never sold a single piece. He kept everything in a locked attic room in his mother's house in Mulhouse, France, where he sat alone for hours, surrounded by beauties.
   
  What seemed like an endless reign of theft would soon be shattered by one mistake that would unravel the whole empire of stolen treasures.

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  For Valerie - The story of my...

  David French

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  In June 2019, Valerie French Kilroy was brutally murdered by her husband at their home near Westport, while her three young sons lay in bed. For her brother David and the rest of her family, it was the beginning of a battle against a system unprepared to protect the three innocent children whose father remains their legal guardian, despite being convicted of their mother's murder.
  From the devastating shock of hearing of his sister's death to the multiple criminal trials before the guilty verdict was delivered, David describes the issues his family faced in the aftermath of Valerie's murder. He provides a deeply personal insight into Valerie's marriage and the hidden struggles she faced in the run-up to her murder.
  This book is both a heartfelt tribute to Valerie's life and legacy and an urgent call to rethink the way our society responds to domestic homicide.

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  27 Servants of Sovereign Joy -...

  John Piper

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  From Bestselling Author John Piper: 27 Biographies of Notable Figures from Church History, including Augustine, John Calvin, and Martin Luther
  Throughout church history, the faithful ministries of Christian leaders—though full of struggle, sin, and weakness—have magnified the worth and majesty of God. Their lives and teachings are still profoundly relevant. Their voices live on in the stories we read and tell today.
  In this book, John Piper celebrates the lives of 27 such leaders from church history, offering a close look at their perseverance amidst opposition, weakness, and suffering. Let the resilience of these faithful but flawed saints inspire you toward a life of Christ-exalting courage, passion, and joy.
  
  - Written by Best-Selling Author John Piper: The author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God; Don't Waste Your Life; Providence; The Supremacy of God in Preaching; Expository Exultation; and Why I Love the Apostle Paul
  - Short Biographies of 27 Inspiring Figures from Church History: Features short biographies of Augustine, John Calvin, John Bunyan, Martin Luther, John Newton, William Wilberforce, and more
  - Updated from 21 Servants of Sovereign Joy: Includes new chapters about Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Jonathan Edwards, Bill Piper, J. C. Ryle, Andrew Fuller, and Robert Murray McCheyne

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  Memoirs of a Kamikaze - A World...

  Kazuo Odachi, Shigeru Ohta,...

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  **Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner**Now Available on Audio. An incredible, untold story of survival and acceptance that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history.This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who—in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old—joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A year later, he was unknowingly assigned to the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps—a group of airmen whose mission was to sacrifice their lives by crashing planes into enemy ships. Their call sign was ""ten dead, zero alive.""As you listen to Memoirs of a Kamikaze, you will experience the hardships of fighter pilot training—dipping and diving and watching as other trainees crash into nearby mountainsides. you will witness the psychological trauma of coming to terms with death before each mission, and breathe a sigh of relief with Odachi when his last mission is cut short by Japan's eventual surrender. You will feel the anger at a government and society that swept so much of the sacrifice under the rug in its desperation to rebuild.Odachi's innate ""samurai spirit"" carried him through childhood, WWII and his eventual life as a kendo instructor, police officer and detective. His attention to detail, unwavering self-discipline and impenetrably strong mind were often the difference between life and death. Odachi, who is now well into his nineties, kept his Kamikaze past a secret for most of his life. Seven decades later, he agreed to sit for nearly seventy hours of interviews with the authors of this book—who know Odachi personally. He felt it was his responsibility to finally reveal the truth about the Kamikaze pilots: that they were unsuspecting teenagers and young men asked to do the bidding of superior officers who were never held to account.This book offers a new perspective on these infamous suicide pilots. It is not a chronicle of war, nor is it a collection of research papers compiled by scholars. It is a transcript of Odachi's words.

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  My Brilliant Career - Unabridged

  Miles Franklin

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  Written while she was still a teenager, My Brilliant Career catapulted young Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (writing as Miles Franklin) into worldwide fame. In fact, the sudden popularity of the book in Australia (and the perceived closeness of the plot to her own family history) caused Franklin to withdraw the book from publication until after her death.    
  The story centers on Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong girl growing up in rural Australia whose family is plunged into debt by their alcoholic father. Young Sybylla's story follows her romance with suitor Harold Beecham, her forced servitude to one of her father's creditors and her attempts to become a famous writer.    
  Long hailed as one of the most popular and celebrated works in Australian literary history, My Brilliant Career is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

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  Bayou Gal - Living The Bayou...

  Nelda Stidham-Woodruff

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  I was born in New Orleans in 1952. Being an Air Force Brat, we traveled all over the United States, Japan & the Philippines. In 1965 dad retired and we moved home to Des Allemands, Louisiana. There I became a real tom-boy. My mom and I became gator hunters, crab fishermen, nutria trappers, crawfishermen, and duck hunters. I've survived numerous hurricanes which taught me there are caring loving ,and tight nit community. Everyone helps each other after these terrifying storms. Good thing mama taught me I how to be tough. I've lived through many horrifying, near death experience that'll be sure to make you quiver. One early morning I heard a voice from above, God had spoken to me. I did what he told me to do, and on a wing and a prayer I did what he told me to do. 10 years after mamas passing, I found a box of mamas things and in it was a hand written letter from my mom about her life story. Thats when i started writing the book. I had to do it for for my mom.

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