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  The Battle of Kings Mountain -...

  Robert M. Dunkerly

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  A pivotal moment in American history, as told by our forefathers 
   
   
   
  On October 7, 1780, American Patriot and Loyalist soldiers battled each other at Kings Mountain, near the border of North and South Carolina. With over one hundred eyewitness accounts, this collection of participant statements from men of both sides includes letters and statements in their original form—the soldiers' own words—unedited and unabridged. Rife with previously unpublished details of this historic turning point in the American Revolution, described as the war's "largest all-American fight," these accounts expose the dramatic happenings of the battle, including new perspectives on the debate over Patriot Colonel William Campbell's bravery during the fight. Robert M. Dunkerley's work is an invaluable resource to historians studying the flow of combat, genealogists tracing their ancestors, and anyone interested in Kings Mountain and the Southern Campaign.

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  Damn This War! - Between the...

  Julie Hankey

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  The love story of Zippa and Tony is nothing without the context of the Second World War. 
   
  The war introduced them - they met as blackout wardens in London. It gave them darkened streets to wander in, hand in hand, then, by sending Tony away to officer training camps, it sharpened their hunger for each other, casting a glow over his comings and goings. It turned them into schemers and wanglers against fate and army regulations. It pressed them into marriage, and when the war decided to deploy him to North Africa, it whispered the urgent question of a baby. To which Tony, thinking of the war, replied maybe not; and Zippa, thinking of the war, said yes. 
   
  In spite of themselves, the war experience was changing them both, and yet both were hanging on, looking back, suspended in memory and time, and living from letter to letter. 
   
  Decades later, their daughter Julie discovered their letters, and piecing them together began to create a portrait of her parents and their relationship that was completely unfamiliar to her. Vivid, honest and completely absorbing, Damn This War! is a true insight into a wartime love story.

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  Neo-Assyrians The: The History...

  Charles River Editors

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  When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremely brutal consequences (at least by modern standards) often stand out. Forced removal of entire populations, sieges that decimated entire cities, and wanton destruction of property were all tactics used by the various peoples of the ancient Near East against each other, but the Assyrians were the first people to make war a science. When the Neo-Assyrians are mentioned, images of war and brutality are among the first that come to mind, despite the fact that their culture prospered for nearly 2,000 years. Like a number of ancient individuals and empires in that region, the negative perception of ancient Assyrian culture was passed down through Biblical accounts, and regardless of the accuracy of the Bible’s depiction of certain events, the Neo-Assyrians clearly played the role of adversary for the Israelites.  
  Although the Biblical accounts of the Assyrians are among the most interesting and are often corroborated with other historical sources, the Neo-Assyrians were much more than just the enemies of the Israelites and brutal thugs. A historical survey of their culture reveals that although they were the supreme warriors of their time, they were also excellent merchants, diplomats, and highly literate people who recorded their history and religious rituals and ideology in great detail. Like their other neighbors in Mesopotamia, they were literate and developed their own dialect of the Akkadian language that they used to write tens of thousands of documents in the cuneiform script (Kuhrt 2010, 1:84). The Assyrians themselves viewed their history as a long succession of rulers from an archaic period until the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 7th century B.C., and the current divisions have been made by modern scholars based on linguistic changes, not on political dynasties (van de Mieroop 2007, 179). 

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  Truth Empowered Relationships -...

  Marshall Zweig, Heather Masson

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  IT'S A WHOLE NEW WAY OF BEING IN LOVE—A MINDFUL COMMUNICATION METHOD THAT'S A REVOLUTION IN INTIMACY. 
  Are you ready to break free from miscommunication and create a relationship built on trust, love and truth? Transform your love relationship—by making intimacy safe, healing and fun. 
  Most relationships in crisis lack a structure that makes intimacy feel psychologically safe. Truth Empowered Relationships™ is a game-changer for couples, because it doesn't just make love safe—it makes it fun. 
  Through seven levels of information and inspiration, filled with dozens of thoughtful prompts and engaging interactive games, Truth Empowered Relationships brings mindfulness to conversations. Perfect for couples healing from past conflicts, or ready to cultivate a healthier, more intimate bond, Truth Empowered Relationships turns love into the most interesting game on earth: understanding your partner—and yourself—fully.  
  Written by Marshall Zweig and Heather Masson, both certified master relationship coaches who transformed their own love bond, this simple, powerful method lets couples heal old wounds, nurture each other’s growth, and keep your hearts safe as you both become your most fully realized selves. 
  Simply put, love can be fun—when it’s by the book.  
  "I spent over two decades and more than $200,000 learning how to make deep intimacy bloom and thrive. This workbook is designed to give you that intimacy…but save you that time, money and suffering." —Marshall Zweig 
  “And I know what it means to be on the other side of that suffering. I grew up in abuse, and I started hurting the one I loved most. Choosing to change—learning to love without lashing out—transformed not only me, but us. That transformation is what we now offer you.” —Heather Masson

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  Italian Made Easy - Beginner -...

  Lingo Wave

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  We broke our new series on learning Italian down into different learning stages. Start with the "Lower Beginner" books followed by the "Beginner" and "Upper Beginner" books. Next, progress to the "Intermediate" series, then test and reinforce your knowledge with the "Conversations" series. 
  This audiobook is divided into units.While it provides different learning patterns and accommodates various needs, this audiobook focuses on helping you improve your ability to understand, speak, and memorise Italian.  
  In Unit 1 you will hear Italian decoded with each syllable spoken very slowly and clearly with repetition. Immediately before each sentence is spoken, you will hear the translation, so you will always understand what is being said. 
  Unit 2 focuses solely on increasing your listening ability, which will improve your abilities to engage in dialogue with a native Italian speaker. This chapter requires you to listen very carefully to nuances in the language. 
  By Unit 3 you will already notice progress in your abilities to speak and understand Italian. The spoken translation is followed by two repetitions in Italian at a completely natural speed. While you are learning to process naturally spoken Italian, Units 3 and 4 will help you memorise new vocabulary and full sentences. 
  In Unit 5 you can test yourself on how much you have learned. If you are having difficulties, we suggest you revisit the listening, speaking, or memorisation section of Units 1, 2 3 or 4, according to what you need more help with. 
  Topics covered in this book: 
  1. Asking about family 
  2. Asking about relationship status 
  3. Expressing frequency 
  4. Talking about spare time activities and hobbies 
  5. Using quantifiers/determiners 
  6. Talking about preference 
  7. Talking about abilities 
  8. Talking about location of places 
  9. Describing appearance 
  10. Talking about personality 
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  Stone Breaker - The Poet James...

  Kathleen L. Housley

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  Stone Breaker is an in-depth, accessible biography of a true American polymath, James Gates Percival. A poet, linguist, and unstable savant Percival was also a brilliant geologist who walked thousands of miles crisscrossing first Connecticut and then Wisconsin to lay the foundation for the work of generations of Earth scientists. Exploring the confluences of literature, art, and geology, Kathleen L. Housley reveals how one of most famous poets of the 1820's became a renowned geologist with his groundbreaking 1843 work Report on the Geology of the State of Connecticut. The book includes historic photographs and paintings of the Connecticut landscape.Publication of this book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

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