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  The Age of Jackson - The Rise of...

  Harry Montgomery

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  Andrew Jackson's rise to prominence began in the backwoods of the Carolinas, where he was born in 1767 to Irish immigrant parents. Orphaned at a young age and shaped by the violence of the Revolutionary War, Jackson's early years were filled with hardship and struggle. These formative experiences instilled in him a fierce independence and an unwavering sense of personal honor, traits that would define his character for the rest of his life. Largely self-taught and known for his fiery temper, Jackson developed a reputation for toughness, earning the nickname “Old Hickory” from soldiers who served under him. Despite limited formal education, he pursued a career in law and eventually moved westward to Tennessee, where he would find opportunity and recognition. 
  Jackson's military career was the first major platform that launched him into the national spotlight. During the War of 1812, he was appointed a general in the U.S. Army and quickly demonstrated his capabilities as a leader. His most celebrated moment came at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815. Although the battle technically took place after the war had officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, news had not yet reached American forces. Jackson’s troops, composed of militia, freedmen, Native Americans, and even pirates, faced a professional British army. Against the odds, they achieved a decisive victory, inflicting heavy casualties while suffering minimal losses. This triumph turned Jackson into a national hero and a symbol of American resilience and patriotism. The victory solidified his image as a man of action who could defend the country against foreign threats.

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  Hemingway's Key West

  Stuart B. McIver

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  The only place in the United States that Hemingway could really call home after he started writing was the tropical island of Key West. During his decade here in the 1930s, he acquired his famed macho persona as Papa, the biggest Big Daddy of them all. This vivid portrait of Ernest Hemingway's Key West reveals both Hemingway, the writer, and Hemingway, the macho, hard-drinking sportsman. His Key West years turned out to be his most productive: he finished A Farewell to Arms, started For Whom the Bell Tolls, and wrote several other books, including Green Hills of Africa, Death in the Afternoon, and To Have and Have Not. He also turned out some of his best short stories. There was plenty of time left over for eating, drinking, fighting, fishing, chasing women, and hanging out with his circle of friends (known as "the Mob"). Hemingway spent the last years of his life in Cuba, and it was here he overcame several demons—accidents, failing health, depression—to write The Old Man and the Sea, for which he won both a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize in Literature. 
   
   
   
  This book includes a two-hour walking tour of Key West and a tour of Hemingway's favorite Cuban haunts. It also includes a record of his exploits in Bimini and Cuba. Accompany Hemingway on fishing expeditions in the Gulf Stream aboard his custom-built boat, Pilar. A treat for Hemingway fans!

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  Narendra Modi: From Dust to the...

  Sweet Audible

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Prologue – The Son of the Soil 
  He was born in a small, dusty town called Vadnagar, in the western state of Gujarat. A town of narrow lanes, modest homes, and hardworking families. Among them lived a little boy who spent his early years helping his father sell tea at the local railway station. 
  Few noticed him then. He was one among many — barefoot, curious, and silent. But behind those watchful eyes burned a strange determination. He wanted to know why some lives spark with greatness while others fade unnoticed. 
  That boy was Narendra Damodardas Modi. 
  Content: 
  Prologue – The Son of the Soil 
  Chapter 1 – Childhood in Vadnagar 
  Chapter 2 – The RSS Path 
  Chapter 3 – The Political Step 
  Chapter 4 – The Trial by Fire 
  Chapter 5 – From Godhra to Global Attention 
  Chapter 6 – The Architect of Development 
  Chapter 7 – The Road to Delhi 
  Chapter 8 – The Prime Ministerial Journey Begins 
  Chapter 9 – Consecutive Mandates and National Leadership 
  Chapter 10 – The Global Stage and Legacy 
  Epilogue – The Silent March 
  Title: Narendra Modi: From Dust to the Summit 
  Genre: Audio Biography (Motivational) 
  Language: English 
  Format: Mp3 
  Duration: 1 Hour 43 Min 
  Audiobook Written, Narrated and Published by: Sweet Audible (2025) 
  Download our Audiobooks from: ⁠Sweet Audible

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  You're Not For Everyone - A...

  Jacquelene Henderson, Zinovia...

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  Once we learn the essential lesson that we are not for everyone, we can stop trying to win over others and end the exhausting need to people please. We can begin living our best and most authentic lives. In this unique memoir/self-help book, Jackie Henderson highlights her unique life experiences and shares the wisdom of being an introverted soul in a very extroverted world. She reveals her heartbreaking journey grieving her father’s suicide. She opens up about navigating complicated family relationships. Jackie details her extraordinary mentoring work traveling the world with young hip hop dancers and shares the ups and downs of being a role model. Her story is powerful and inspirational as well as relatable and entertaining. Jackie offers deep insight and wisdom gained from overcoming her own limiting core beliefs. The hope for this book is to inspire and guide you, the reader, on your journey to soulful authenticity and to provide crucial knowledge in finding YOUR tribe and living your best life. You Are Not For Everyone is a must read!

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  Popular Presidents - Learn about...

  Susan Hill

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  Learn about the American presidents and how they lived.

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  Day Dream Believers

  Eileen C Boyle

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  Day Dream Believers 
    On 1st February 1963, Eileen and her family migrated from England to Australia. Leaving behind a close knit family and many treasured memories. They sailed on a ship to a land of blue skies, sunshine and vast horizons. 
  In `Day Dream Believers’ we follow Eileen and her families journey from the migrant town of Elizabeth West to the top end of Australia. Eileen comes from an Irish, Catholic background. Their family life in Elizabeth West in Adelaide is described in loving detail. It’s the era of the hoola hoop, the yo-yo, skipping ropes, marbles, and go-karts. 
  Her Dad would say,  
  ‘The Irish are all born to wonder, they are poets and dreamers……..’ 
  Forever searching for a better life and a place to belong, they leave Elizabeth West to live in Darwin. 
  ‘The breeze made its way through the louvres, but inside the house the air was still and warm. I could hear the clicking sound of a gecko and watched as it scurried up along the wall. The streetlight made patterns on the louvres. I could hear a few voices, the stragglers, keeping their beers company as the night drifted by.’ 
  We see the family surrounded by the culture of the time, pop songs, fashions, TV shows, and eventually Germaine Greer who ‘invited me to “taste my own menstrual blood.” It took guts, but when I did, I tasted power. It was not a burden.  
  And now, with blood dripping from my fingers, I smear the words: 
  “You cannot defeat me.” ’ 
  The 1970`s was the dawning of a new era, where the collective voices of many stood in defiance against the social norms of the day. 
  Eileen`s thoughtfully crafted memoir with it`s poignant insights of family life, simmering in the background of these ever changing turbulent times.

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