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  Twitch or Treat

  Gina Meyers

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  "Indulge your sweet tooth with four quick and easy delightful treats for trick or treating or year round fun. Red Velvet Cake, Oh Cousin Henry Bars, Werewolf Chow, and I Scream You Scream We all Screen For Ice Cream Witch. Perfect recipes for an upcoming Wicked, Bewitched, Harry Potter, or Halloween themed party. Full color photographs help the reader to imagine a magical good time."

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  Latin American Development -...

  Anya Solace

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  Latin American Development offers a sweeping, multi-country perspective on the forces shaping growth, prosperity, and crisis across the region. This 5-in-1 collection dives into the economic trajectories of El Salvador, Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela, highlighting how political decisions, social movements, and external pressures have molded each nation’s path. Whether examining rapid development or dramatic decline, the book sheds light on both shared patterns and unique challenges. 
  In El Salvador, we explore the post-conflict economy and its reliance on remittances, exports, and dollarization. Colombia’s chapters focus on two lenses: its long-term economic history and more recent transformation toward stability and global integration. Brazil’s rise and fall showcases how major industries once symbolized growth, only to falter amid corruption and policy missteps. Finally, Venezuela’s boom and bust narrative reveals how oil wealth led to short-term prosperity followed by severe collapse, hyperinflation, and social unrest. 
  This volume is perfect for readers seeking to understand how Latin America’s economic landscapes have been built—and broken—by power, policy, and persistence.

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  Architecture For Cars - How cars...

  Christopher Beanland

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  A smooth ride through the golden age of car travel, looking at both its cultural and architectural impact on the world.
  The culture of road travel and the road trip is arguably best reflected in the stationary spots found along the way. Christopher Beanland journeys through these built environments the world over, whose sole purpose is to cater to cars and those who drive them, and examines what makes them so alluring.
  Illustrated with 65 stunning photographs, Architecture For Cars explores everything from the brutalist fashions of listed UK petrol stations to the quirky and colourful drive-thrus found across the US. If you're interested in the autobahn churches of Germany, why Ed Ruscha felt drawn to painting gas stations, or you just enjoy the aesthetics of car-centric architecture across the globe, this book is for you.
  Also included are essays on wider topics such as roadside signs, drive-in malls and retail parks, cars on film, and roads that never were. This latest architectural deep-dive from Christopher Beanland focuses mainly on the 20th century, with an additional optimistic look towards the future: hopefully an electric vehicle-led existence will herald a new, greener 'golden age' for cars.

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  A Connecticut Yankee in King...

  Mark Twain

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  "What happens when a 19th-century mechanic becomes the most powerful man in Camelot?"
  
  Meet Hank Morgan, a savvy superintendent at a Hartford carriage factory. After a blow to the head, he wakes up not in a hospital, but in 6th-century England. Armed with the knowledge of gunpowder, electricity, and the printing press, Hank—now known as "The Boss"—decides to modernize King Arthur's kingdom. From using a solar eclipse to "magic" his way out of an execution to introducing bicycles to knights in shining armor, Hank's adventures are riotously funny. But beneath the comedy lies a sharp examination of power, technology, and the stubbornness of human nature.
  
  Satire at Its Sharpest: Twain uses Hank's journey to lampoon the "romantic" view of the Middle Ages popular in his time. He exposes the brutal reality of the feudal system and the church's grip on the peasantry, while simultaneously questioning whether "progress" and technology truly make men better.
  
  A Pioneering Time Travel Tale: One of the first major works to explore the "Connecticut Yankee" trope, this novel sets the stage for the entire time-travel genre. Watch as the magic of Merlin is challenged by the "magic" of science, leading to a climax that is as shocking as it is unforgettable.
  
  Experience the wit that defined American literature. Purchase "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" today.

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  Fifty Percent of Mountaineering...

  Susanna Pfisterer

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  Winner of the Alberta Readers' Choice Award! 
   
  Fifty Percent of Mountaineering Is Uphill is the enthralling true story of Jasper's Willi Pfisterer, a legend in the field of mountaineering and safety in the Rocky Mountains. For more than thirty years, Willi was an integral part of Jasper's alpine landscape, guiding climbers up to the highest peaks, and rescuing them from perilous situations. 
   
  Originally from Austria, this mountain man came to Canada in the 1950s to assail the Rockies, and stayed to become an integral part of mountain safety in Western Canada and the Yukon. His daughter, Susanna Pfisterer, has shaped his stories and lectures as an engaging and educational adventure story. Accompanied by the humorous wisdom of the "Sidehillgouger," listeners will traverse an historical and spectacular terrain.

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  The New Kingdom of Egypt -...

  Omar Khalil

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  The rise of the New Kingdom marks one of the most pivotal periods in Egyptian history, signaling the transformation of Egypt from a regional power to an expansive empire. This era began with the fall of the Middle Kingdom, a time of political instability and foreign invasions. As Egypt struggled with weak leadership and incursions from Asiatic and Nubian forces, the foundations were laid for the emergence of a new, more robust regime. 
  The decisive moment came with the reign of Ahmose I, who is credited with founding the 18th Dynasty and expelling the Hyksos invaders from the Delta region. Ahmose's victory over these foreign rulers was symbolic not only of military prowess but also of a reassertion of Egyptian identity and unity. This victory allowed the pharaohs of the New Kingdom to solidify their power and embark on territorial expansion that would characterize much of their rule. 
  Ahmose's successors built upon his military success. They began to push Egypt's borders further into Nubia to the south and the Levant to the north, extending Egypt’s reach and influence. The New Kingdom was thus defined by an ambitious policy of imperial expansion, which required a well-organized military and a stable central government. The initial successes of the 18th Dynasty laid the groundwork for the period's most famous rulers, such as Thutmose III, whose campaigns in Syria and Palestine created an empire that stretched far beyond Egypt’s traditional borders.

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