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  The Second Estate - How the Tax...

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  A revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America’s most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government gave them. 
   
  Amid conflicting narratives about the drivers of wealth and inequality in the United States, one constant hovers in the background: the US tax code. No political force has been more consequential—or more utterly opaque—than the 7,000-page document that details who pays what in American society and government. Most of us have a sense that it’s an unfair system. But does anyone know exactly how it’s unfair? 
   
  Legal scholar Ray D. Madoff knows. In The Second Estate, she offers an unprecedented look behind the scenes of America’s byzantine system of taxation, laying bare not only its capacity to consolidate wealth but also the mechanisms by which it has created two fundamentally separate American societies: the working Americans who pay and the ultra-rich who benefit. 
   
  This is not a story of offshore accounts or secret tax havens. In The Second Estate, Madoff shows that the US system itself has, over time, been stripped and reconstituted such that it now offers a series of secret paths, hidden in plain sight, for wealthy people in the know to avoid taxation altogether. Through the strategic avoidance of traditional income, leveraging of investments and debt, and exploitation of rules designed to promote charitable giving, America’s wealthy do more than just pay less than their share; they remove themselves from the tax system entirely. Wealth becomes its own sovereign state, and the living is surprisingly—and maddeningly—cheap.

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  Belgian Fairy Tales - Tales from...

  William Elliot Griffis

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  Flemish and Walloon tales - Lyderic the orphan, the Long Wappers and their tricks, the Blue-Beard of Flanders - retold for English readers by a man who had done the same for Japan and Korea. Griffis wrote the book in the wake of the First World War, when the country was in every newspaper. This edition binds sixty plates of painting with the tales, among them village feasts, markets and cottage interiors by David Teniers the Younger, Pieter Brueghel the Elder and Eduard Karsen.

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  The Battle of North Cape - The...

  Angus Konstam

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  On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. 
   
   
   
  One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun.

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  The Hidden Code of Your Blood Type

  Miss Smilla, Holly von Bonin

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  Uncover the mysterious connection between blood types and extraterrestrial origins. Explore intriguing theories and insights that could change your perception of humanity. Dive into the unknown today!

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  Religions of Ancient China

  Herbert A. Giles

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  A classic introduction to China's ancient religious traditions, Religions of Ancient China by Herbert A. Giles explores Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and early spiritual beliefs. Clear, scholarly, and insightful, this work remains a key reference for understanding Chinese religious history.

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  Suleiman the Magnificent: An...

  Billy Wellman

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  Suleiman the Magnificent is regarded as the greatest ruler of the Ottoman Empire. 
  Suleiman the Magnificent certainly earned his name. He not only had a huge impact on the history of Turkey and the Middle East but also on the European politics of his day, allying himself with France against the Habsburgs of Spain. He is also known for his life-long love affair with Roxelana, a slave girl who became his wife and, some say, co-ruler of the empire. 
  The exploits of this legendary ruler come to life in this audiobook. Enjoy a thrilling story of a man who changed history and brought the Ottoman Empire to new heights. 
  In this audiobook, you will find out:Why Suleiman was a master goldsmith as well as a sultanHow he became a major patron of the arts, employing the famous architect Sinan and changing the skyline of IstanbulWhy he is known to the Turks as “Suleiman the Law Maker (Kanuni)”How close he came to taking Vienna—twice!—and why he failedHow the Ottoman Empire was run almost exclusively by former Christian slavesHow Suleiman’s faithful slave Ibrahim rose to be Grand Vizier—and how he fell from favorHow Suleiman was responsible for the execution of two of his sonsWhy Egypt was so important to the Ottoman EmpireAnd how Suleiman may have been ultimately responsible for the creation of the croissant! 
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