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  Our National Parks

  John Muir

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  Reflections from the famed naturalist and “Father of the National Parks” evoking the humbling beauty of the West’s mountains and forests. 
   
  John Muir’s Our National Parks—long an encouragement and inspiration to travelers, campers, and naturalists—is as profound for readers today as it was in 1901. 
   
  Take in Muir’s detailed observations of the sights, scents, sounds, and textures of Yosemite, Yellowstone, and forest reservations of the West. Be reminded that (as Muir sagely puts it), “Wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.” These vivid sketches highlight John Muir’s warmth, humor, and passionate advocacy for these public lands. 
   
  “In a glow of enthusiasm, he pictures the beauties of the Yosemite, the Yellowstone Park, and the region of the great sequoias, and tells of the joys of living in those earthly paradises.” —The New York Times

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  Abbott and Costello: Radio Poll

  Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

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  Costello has inherited moneyt from his Uncle Oscar. Abbott blows his lines and cannot pronounce "toothpaste". Costello buys a radio station with his inheritance. Guest Alan Ladd auditions for a job as an announcer. Ladd then does his version of an all-night disc jockey and joins in a day-time soap opera.

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  The Ironclads of Cambrai

  Bryan Cooper

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  When tanks, the newly invented British weapon, were used for the first time in a mass attack on November 20 1917, they not only achieved one of the most remarkable successes of the First World War but set the pattern for the future of mechanized warfare.  For the first time in three years of bloody trench warfare, epitomized by the slaughter at Passchendaele which was then reaching its climax, tanks brought about a breakthrough of the massive German defense system of the Hindenburg Line, followed up by British infantry and cavalry divisions.  They were supported for the first time by low flying fighter aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps.  The initial victory at Cambrai brought cheering crowds into the streets of London and the ringing of church bells in celebration.  In seemed possible that the success might bring about the final defeat of Germany.  But the British High Command failed to exploit the success.  Generals who still dreamt of massive cavalry charges had not had much faith in this strange new weapon that had been brought to them  funded initially by the Royal Navy at the behest of Winston Churchill who was then First Lord of the Admiralty and did see its value.  The High Command did not really believe the breakthrough was possible and tragically miscalculated the necessary steps to follow it up.  Within days the Germans counterattacked and regained much of the ground that the British had won.  What could have been the final victory was delayed for another year.

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  Mastering Data to Win -...

  Mark Chisnell, Gilberto Pastorella

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  The modern racing yacht is awash with onboard instruments and electronics giving enormous amounts of data. But few people fully understand how to get the most out of all the information at their fingertips, let alone make it useful for the team to enable them to win races. But ace navigators, Mark Chisnell and Gilberto Pastorella, do – both have worked with professional sailing programmes all over the world – from America's Cup to Maxi, ORC / IRC and one-design fleets. In Mastering Data to Win they take the reader through the process: from understanding the concepts, ensuring accuracy, using the data to win races and then post-race analysis to find performance gains. By mastering your instruments you can make the right calls every time and know for certain when to tack, which shift to look out for and how the tide can work with or against you. With colour diagrams and photographs throughout, this instructional guide turns information into excellence.  Accessible to those new to racing, it also has a depth of information that will transform the performance of even professional sailors.

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  Humor Deeper Than A Holler

  Lucius McCray, Gary

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  Enjoy another down-home anthology of humor, misadventure, and common-sense country insight. Travel from the farm to the city and the mountains to the coast. Join Lucius as he crosses paths with cabin loving bears and beer loving motorcycle enthusiasts. Follow his coastal escapades as he ponders tourists, encounters coed minstrels, and outruns a Carolina hurricane. Contemplate with our hillbilly as he experiences a first-hand miracle and tangles with specters and spooks. Carolina laughter and a few thrills await.

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  Travels in West Africa

  Mary H. Kingsley

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  Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an British explorer and writer who greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and its people. Kingsley was an outspoken critic of European colonialism, a champion for indigenous customs, and a dedicated campaigner for a revised British policy which supported traders and merchants over the needs of settlers and missionaries.Her adventures were extraordinary and fascinating. Among other things she fought with crocodiles, fell into native spear traps and was caught in a tornado on the slopes of Mount Cameroon. She traveled in West Africa wearing the same clothes she always wore in England: long, black, trailing skirts, tight waists, high collars and a small fur cap. These same clothes saved her life when she fell into a game pit, the many petticoats protecting her from being impaled on the stakes below.This is her story in her own words of her adventures and the people and culture of West Africa.  (Summary by Kehinde)

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