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  Six Weeks by the Sea - A Novel

  Paula Byrne

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  When Jane Austen hears the news that her family is to leave their beloved country home for the city of Bath, she faints with surprise and horror. But there is one compensation: the promise of a six-week holiday by the sea while their new lodgings are being prepared. She relishes the bracing air and beautiful surroundings, takes pleasure in sea bathing, and shares laughter with her sister Cassandra and best friend Martha Lloyd.To her joy, brother Frank arrives, fresh from naval exploits in the war against Napoleon. His friend Captain Parker seems to be making a play for Jane's affections, but her sharp emotional intelligence tells her that something is not quite right. Meanwhile, she assists the eccentric Reverend Swete in finding a home for his biracial granddaughter who has arrived from the West Indies. Jane initially takes against another visitor to the seaside resort of Sidmouth, the lawyer Samuel Rose, but as she gets to know him, a wholly different feeling begins to blossom . . .Written with a same wit and style that echoes Austen herself, Paula Byrne expertly interweaves her deep knowledge of Austen and her world to imagine and give voice to the most romantic summer of the beloved author's short life.

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  War yourway to success - a...

  Renrick Palmer

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  War Your Way To Success: A Veteran’s Journey From Loading Bombs To The Stage 
  From the desert sands to the stage, achieving dreams takes time, effort, and hard work. 
  Each of us defines success differently. Whether we come from humble beginnings or not, the uphill climb into becoming ourselves is a unique journey. For Renrick Palmer discovered his truths in some of the tensest situations known to man as he worked his way to the place he always knew would be home: performing on stage. 
  War Your Way To Success: A Veteran’s Journey From Loading Bombs To The Stage is Renrick’s journey from childhood in Jamaica to the deserts of Jordan while serving in the United States Air Force and, ultimately, a successful career on the stage performing in front of countless crowds. 
  Renrick details the key points in his life that influenced him and the direction he eventually pursued. It is the tale of passion. Of dedication. Of selflessness while transitioning in his lifestyles and careers. He uses his military experience to expose the core of his dedication that helped him rise through the ranks of budding stage actors. 
  Poignant and insightful, War Your Way To Success shows readers that all of our dreams are achievable. Yes, there will be setbacks. Yes, the way may be hard. Yes, focus, hard work and perseverance will pay off if you are willing to be dedicated to your goals and dreams. 
  Using proven methods and an easy to follow roadmap, Renrick helps you define your goals and develop an action plan to push you over those obstacles holding you back. Sometimes it takes fighting for yourself to find success. 
  Connect with Renrick: 
  www.renrickpalmer.com

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  Women in American History

  Grace Humphrey

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  Discover the untold stories of the women who helped shape a nation. Women in American History by Grace Humphrey offers an inspiring look into the lives of extraordinary women from America’s earliest days through the 19th century. From Pocahontas, who forged an unlikely bond between Native Americans and English settlers, to Sacajawea, whose guidance proved pivotal to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, these accounts highlight courage, vision, and perseverance. 
  You’ll meet Anne Hutchinson, who fought for religious freedom, Betsy Ross, whose needle stitched the first American flag, Molly Pitcher, who took up arms on the battlefield, and Martha Washington, whose strength supported a revolutionary leader. Each chapter celebrates these remarkable women as more than historical footnotes—they are icons of determination who left an enduring impact on the American story. 
  Narrated by Kris Keppeler, this audiobook is a tribute to the often-overlooked women who played vital roles in shaping America’s legacy.

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  Richard Posner

  William Domnarski

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  Judge Richard Posner is one of the great legal minds of our age, on par with such generation-defining judges as Holmes, Hand, and Friendly. A judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the principal exponent of the enormously influential law and economics movement, he writes provocative books as a public intellectual, receives frequent media attention, and has been at the center of some very high-profile legal spats. He is also a member of an increasingly rare breed—judges who write their own opinions rather than delegating the work to clerks. 
   
   
   
  Now, for the first time, this fascinating figure receives a full-length biographical treatment. In Richard Posner, William Domnarski examines the life experience, personality, academic career, jurisprudence, and professional relationships of his subject with depth and clarity. Domnarski has had access to Posner himself and to Posner's extensive archive at the University of Chicago. In addition, Domnarski was able to interview and correspond with more than two hundred people Posner has known, worked with, or gone to school with over the course of his career. 
   
   
   
  Richard Posner is a comprehensive and accessible account of a unique judge who, despite never having sat on the Supreme Court, has nevertheless dominated the way law is understood in contemporary America.

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  Buffalo Bill From Prairie To Palace

  John M. Burke

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  Advance man, press agent, and publicist extraordinaire, John M. Burke (1842–1917) was instrumental in turning William F. Cody into the iconic persona of Buffalo Bill. And with this biography, published in 1893, Burke put the finishing touches on the legend that persists to this day. This new, definitive edition includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke’s original, while providing critical background details on the literary sources, historical characters, and events that figure in the work. 
   
  With “a few plain truths, unadorned,” Burke purported to give a frank account of Buffalo Bill’s life. Hostile Indians, gunfights, cattle stampedes: Cody’s Wild West was fraught with peril at every turn. This “Chevalier Bayard of American Bordermen” exemplified courage and daring while often narrowly escaping certain death and he earned the respect and admiration of not only his fellow frontiersmen but also European royalty. Burke recounts Cody’s duel with Chief Yellow Hand; his role as army scout, buffalo hunter, Pony Express rider, and international celebrity; and his associations with well-known figures like Kit Carson, Sitting Bull, General Phil Sheridan, and Queen Victoria. A brilliant instance of mythmaking by a true believer, Burke’s portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody as frontiersman and hero is a tribute to the romance of the Wild West and a canonical volume in the American story.

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  Corporal Cannon - A Female...

  Savannah Cannon

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  Not even old enough to drink, Corporal Savannah Cannon is a young enlisted United States Marine deployed to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2010. As a tactical data networking specialist, she is sent away from everyone she knows and attached to a Regimental Combat Team where women are not allowed to repair communications. Her experiences over the next few months shed light on the unique and difficult positions women are placed in when supporting combat roles, while offering a raw look at the painful choices women must sometimes make. 
   
   
   
  Cannon finds herself in a combat zone, ostracized from family, friends, and even her fellow Marines as the men are told to avoid her. The connections she makes are born from trauma and desperation and the choices she makes will echo throughout many lives. 
   
   
   
  Corporal Cannon is not the story of a heroine; it is the hard-hitting account of just one of the flawed individuals who make up the United States' fighting forces. Mistakes in the battlefield can have dire consequences, personally and professionally. Reflecting on her time in service, the author weaves a story of past and present, and the healing that can come with admitting our mistakes and moving past them.

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