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  Champagne Charlie - The...

  Petie Kladstrup, Don Kladstrup

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  Champagne Charlie tells the story of a dashing young Frenchman, Charles Heidsieck, who introduced hard-drinking Americans to champagne in the mid-nineteenth century and became famously known as Champagne Charlie. Ignoring critics who warned that America was a dangerous place to do business, Heidsieck plunged right in, considering it "the land of opportunity" and succeeding there beyond his wildest dreams. Those dreams, however, became a nightmare when the Civil War erupted and he was imprisoned and nearly executed after being charged with spying for the Confederacy. 
   
   
   
  Only after the Lincoln administration intervened was Heidsieck saved, but his champagne business had gone bankrupt and was virtually dead. Then, miraculously, Heidsieck became owner of nearly half the city of Denver, the fastest-growing city in the West. By selling the land, Heidsieck was eventually able to resurrect his business to its former glory. 
   
   
   
  For all its current-day glamour, effervescence, and association with the high life, champagne had a lackluster start. It was pale red in color, insipid in taste, and completely flat. Champagne's success can be traced back to King Louis XV and his mistress Madame de Pompadour, Napoleon Bonaparte, countless wars and prohibitions, and, most important to the United States, Charles Heidsieck.

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  The Spiritual Enlightenment of...

  Martin K. Ettington

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  I’ve written quite a few books about spirituality and my experiences and beliefs in our abilities to expand our consciousness through spiritual development practices, meditation, and the paranormal.This book includes my experiences with paranormal abilities acquired from the spiritual development process and different enlightenment experiences.Having been raised in a technical family and gone to engineering school my perspective is pretty unique since I developed both traditional technical knowledge of the world while I was also going through the spiritual development and enlightenment process.There are many engineers and scientists who are also religious but I’ve found that technical people who are as deeply into spiritual enlightenment practices and paranormal experiences are pretty rare.What I’ve found is that this dual background has given me more clarity about the world we live in and better objectivity in many cases regarding strange or unusual phenomena.The theme of this book is to review how I went through this dual track system of learning in my life to become both a traditional engineer and to have fairly adept knowledge of spiritual and paranormal experiences.

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  Hoodoo for Beginners - Connect...

  History Brought Alive

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  Journey into the mystical and magical world of Hoodoo—from its African origins to its development in America. 
  Hoodoo was a secret craft created by enslaved Africans in America to protect them from harm with the help of higher beings and their ancestors. 
  It evolved from various traditional African religions and practices, and in the American South, incorporated elements of indigenous botanical knowledge. These practices taught believers how to invoke the blessings of spirits and deities through persuasion powers, herbs, rituals, spells, talismans, roots and nature. 
  In this book you will discover historical facts, real stories and practices that prove the might of Hoodoo. Plus you will learn essential conjurer’s tools for creating a bridge between the elements and spirits to open a doorway into the spiritual world. 
  All of this and much more including:Hoodoo History Uncovered—African Origins & The Transatlantic Slave TradeGetting Started—From Black Magic to Conjuring, Spell Casting and MoreA Practice of Evil? Harmful Intent?—Myths and Facts revealedRootworking, Herbs and Natures Elements to Heal, Manifest and ProtectVoodoo vs How Hoodoo is Different and Common Misconceptions and Truths UncoveredMagical Tools of The Trade Explained—Gris Bags, Talismans, Candles, Powders and MoreAncestral Rituals and Harnessing The Cemetery Powers (communicate with the spirits for success, good fortune and healing)And much, much more 
  If you're interested in the history, spells, rituals and you want to know all about this fascinating craft then join us on a journey into the mystical world of Hoodoo. 
  Begin your journey with this book!

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  Autobiography of Mother Jones

  Mary Harris Jones

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  Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830-1930) was a fierce and tireless advocate of the labor movement. A trade union organizer, a feminist, and a working class hero, Mother Jones spent years fighting for the labor rights of miners, industrial workers, and children.

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  Local Haunts

  Adam Scovell

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  'In this wonderfully eclectic collection of essays Adam Scovell makes a beguiling guide, leading us along numerous haunted byways of British and European literature, television and cinema.'
  – Edward Parnell, author of Ghostland
  'Scovell's incisive essays, distributed across space-time, come together in this volume to form a cohesive travelogue through the hinterlands of our cultural landscape and the imaginal topographies of great artists, writers and filmmakers. It's an enriching journey that takes regular pitstops in those enchanted zones where a place and its stories are one and the same.'
  – Gareth E. Rees, author of Sunken Lands
  For more than a decade, writer and filmmaker Adam Scovell has been preoccupied by the strange connections between place and culture: curious about the graves of writers, determined to find the locations of iconic films, intrigued by the landscapes that inspired novels.
  From obscure British television to European cinema, the poems of playwrights to the psychogeography of Weird Fiction, Local Haunts brings together a collection of essays, photographs, travelogues, and journalism that explores the connections between art and the landscapes that inspire it. With particular focus on several key figures that emphasised place in their work – including W.G. Sebald, Alan Garner, Agnès Varda, M.R. James, and Marguerite Duras – Scovell examines culture that is haunted by locales, rural and urban.
  Taken from a range of print and digital publications, including work published by Sight & Sound, Literary Hub, Caught By The River, and Little White Lies, as well as Scovell's Celluloid Wicker Man site that brought many ideas surrounding Folk Horror and the Urban Wyrd to prominence in the early 2010s, Local Haunts brings together a decade of work treading the ghostways and the corpse roads of film, literature, and art.

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  Beware of the Narcissist - (2...

  Michael Wright, Larry Tate

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  "Beware of the Narcissist: Mastering the Art of Identifying and Counteracting Narcissism in Relationships and in One Self" uniquely merges two insightful books into one indispensable guide, offering a comprehensive understanding of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) from both an interpersonal and personal standpoint. This two-in-one volume, authored by Michael Wright and Larry Tate, becomes an essential tool for navigating the complexities of narcissism. 
  In the first part of this combined edition, "Narcissism Decoded" by Michael Wright, the focus is on the dynamics of NPD in relationships. Wright offers a detailed exploration of how narcissists' self-centered behavior impacts their partners, providing readers with the knowledge to identify narcissistic traits, understand their origins, and tackle the difficulties that arise in such relationships. The book also shares critical advice on coping strategies, recognizing toxic relationship patterns, and explores available treatments for those involved with narcissists. 
  Complementing this, the second part, "Are You a Narcissist?" by Larry Tate, invites readers to reflect inwardly. It serves as an ultimate guide to self-assessment for narcissistic traits, offering a mirror to those who might be sliding towards narcissistic personality disorder. Tate's insightful analysis covers the repercussions of an inflated self-image on personal relationships, the challenges in professional environments, and the darker aspects of narcissism, including rage and contempt. 
  Together, these books provide a dual perspective on narcissism. "Beware of the Narcissist" is more than a guide; it's a deep dive into understanding and mitigating the impacts of narcissistic behaviors in relationships and within oneself.

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