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  Roy Lichtenstein: A short...

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  Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and pop art icon: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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  Why the Nineties Matter

  Terry H. Anderson

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  In Why the Nineties Matter, Terry Anderson provides a broad-ranging history of America in that decade. Not simply a chronological account, the book focuses on key trends that either began or gained steam then and which have had lasting effects until this day. Threading together politics, economic transformations, and sociocultural trends, he focuses on what mattered most in retrospect. Violent and extremist white nationalism intensified greatly in that decade, evidenced by the Oklahoma City bombing and the rise of the militia movement. The defection of the white working class from the Democratic Party began then as the Democrats expanded free trade and tried to cultivate professional-class Americans. Racial and gender politics transformed, birthing new movements that would grow in influence in the next century. Social media first emerged in the 1990s too, and its impact on all aspects of life cannot be underestimated. In foreign policy, America's long wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan have roots in US policies in the 1990s. And the current standoff between the US and Russia traces back to disagreements over NATO expansion a quarter century ago. 
   
   
   
  A pithy interpretive history of a decade that matters more than most think, this book will be an essential guide to anyone trying to understand that era.

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  Sophia the Supergirl

  Scarlett Moffatt

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  Help Your Child Fight Dyslexia and Read/Write Her Favorite StoriesI know how difficult it is for a Dyslexic child to excel in studies, having suffered from it in my childhood. But I fought this bravely with the help of my inspiring teacher, who always supported me.I took the opportunity to create a book that could share my stories with other struggling children to inspire them to become brave.Sophia the Supergirl is a story about a princess who was born with a special gift. She was very happy with her power to make things dance and swing in her mind until it became a problem.When she started reading and writing, the letters started dancing, too, so she could not read and write properly. She became very sad and exactly then her angel came to help her.Now she can read and write easily. After all, she took control of her mind's eye with the help of her angel. This book reveals her secret so your princess can become a Supergirl too.Order Now To Give This Special Gift To Your Special Child.

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  Assassinating Adolf Hitler and...

  Editors Charles River

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  Like other totalitarian regimes, the leader of the Nazis kept an iron grip on power in part by making sure nobody else could attain too much of it, leading to purges of high-ranking officials in the Nazi party. Of these purges, the most notorious was the Night of the Long Knives, a purge in the summer of 1934 that came about when Hitler ordered the surprise executions of several dozen leaders of the SA.  
  	Though the concept of tyrannicide remained so foreign to German culture that the word only appeared in the national language after World War II, as the war progressed and Germany's fortunes faltered, more individuals and groups plotted the death of Hitler. Through it all, Hitler eluded many of the attempts on his life, often without ever realizing his risk. Most plotters escaped undetected, baffled by the randomness and secretive nature of Hitler's movements. The Fuhrer frequently canceled prearranged engagements, arrived at other locations with only a few minutes' advance notice, used different trains than originally planned, and generally proved constantly unpredictable. Beyond all his precautions, the Fuhrer sometimes almost appeared protected by incredible luck.  
  	During the early stages of the war, Heydrich often walked the streets of Prague alone or with just one or two escorts, and he also favored an open-topped Mercedes 320-C convertible, which left him fully exposed to snipers, bomb throwers, and the like. That would be all the good fortune a British-trained team of Czech assassins would need on May 27th, 1942. Even though the assassination attempt was mostly botched (to the extent that the assassins initially assumed they had failed), shrapnel from an anti-tank grenade caused the top Nazi official severe injuries, killing him a little over a week later. 

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  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. To Sherlock Holmes, she is always the woman. 
  Among all the tales of Sherlock Holmes, A Scandal in Bohemia stands as one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most beloved and iconic adventures—the story that introduces Irene Adler, the only person ever to outwit the world’s greatest consulting detective. 
  Dr. Watson recounts the case that begins when a mysterious masked nobleman arrives at 221B Baker Street, bearing an urgent, top-secret commission. The visitor is none other than the hereditary King of Bohemia. Years earlier, he formed an intimate connection with the brilliant, captivating opera singer Irene Adler. Now engaged to a Scandinavian princess, the King faces ruin: Irene holds a compromising cabinet photograph of the pair, and she threatens to release it upon the public announcement of his betrothal. 
  Holmes accepts the assignment to retrieve the photograph. Employing masterful disguise, sharp observation, and an ingenious fire trick, he infiltrates Irene Adler’s home and uncovers where she hides the damning image. Yet Holmes underestimates his adversary. Witty, fearless, and endlessly resourceful, Irene sees straight through his scheme. Before Sherlock can claim victory, she vanishes, leaving behind a letter—and a lasting impression that changes Holmes forever. 
  Gone are his usual dismissive jests about the intelligence of women. From this moment onward, Sherlock Holmes speaks of Irene Adler solely with reverence, addressing her as the woman. 
  This timeless opening short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a masterclass in Victorian mystery, wit, and cat-and-mouse intrigue, brought vividly to life for audio listeners.

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  Alice - The Story of Princess...

  Hugo Vickers

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  The remarkable, moving story of Prince Philip's mother by eminent biographer Hugo Vickers, updated in this new edition - for fans of Kingmaker and The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse 
   
  Princess Alice, mother of Prince Phillip, was something of a mystery figure even within her own family. Profoundly deaf, she was born at Windsor Castle in the presence of her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, and brought up in England, Darmstadt, and Malta. 
   
  In 1903 she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and from then on her life was overshadowed by wars, revolutions, enforced periods of exile. Further crisis hit when, at the age of forty-five, she was removed from her family and placed in a sanatorium in Switzerland, where she was pronounced a paranoid schizophrenic. As her stay in the clinic became prolonged, there was a time where it seemed she might never walk free again. 
   
  Yet she recovered. 
   
  Illuminating and enthralling, eminent biographer Hugo Vickers's account of her life is as tumultuous and extraordinary as the times she lived through.

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