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  History of Friedrich II of...

  Thomas Carlyle

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  libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. 
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  Modern Scholar The: The Life and...

  H. W. Brands

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  A study of the life of Benjamin Franklin and his influence on both American and world history. From his early days as a printer's apprentice to very nearly his last days, Benjamin Franklin's thirst for knowledge and his desire to share what he knew brought him into the forefront of a changing world.

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  Wax Night in Montana - When...

  Katie Dawn

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  As far-reaching as the Big Sky, and yet as intimate as a conversation by a glimmering campfire, this book holds within its calloused hands the comradery women long for. The hilarity of situations in which these six women find themselves - whether it be waxing, setting the dance floor on fire, or a weekend at the hot springs - will have you laughing ‘til your cheeks ache. Set against a panorama of vivid and enduring depictions of Montana character, the Wax Night women strip away pleasantries to bare themselves and their souls. Friendship takes the heroine role, displaying power to shine light upon the abyss of trauma and dissipate despair. Written with equal measures of hilarity, haunting, and healing, the characters within will resonate long after the last page is savored.

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  True Crime Chronicles Volume Two...

  Mike Rothmiller

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  Newspaper reports of Jack the Ripper, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and others compiled by the New York Times–bestselling author.   Former detective and bestselling author Mike Rothmiller has brought together classic works of journalism that will take the reader on a fascinating journey back in time to when these horrific tales mesmerized a nation. Some may find these articles and their descriptions of people and crimes shocking by today’s standards, but they are representative of the most colorful true crime stories of the dayTrue Crime Chronicles, Volume Two includes stories about Billy the Kid, Jesse James, the legendary “Jack the Ripper,” Lizzie Halliday, Anna Maria Zwanziger, Jack the Haircutter, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Nebraska Murderer, and many more shocking stories. Follow along as these reporters from another century visit the crime scenes, interview witnesses, and pen the stories of murder, evil, and swift frontier justice.

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  Your Fifteen Minutes Are Up

  Catherine O'Sullivan Shorr

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  The conclusion of the uncensored oral history that sheds light on the infamous final years of Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory. The late 1960s brought seismic shifts to Andy Warhol and life at the Silver Factory. The hub of his avant-garde scene shifted from the Factory on Manhattan’s 47th Street to the downtown bar Max’s Kansas City; new stars like drag queens Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn, and Candy Darling began to replace Warhol’s old favorites; and a shocking act of violence left him paranoid and mistrusting of even his closest friends. Told by the actors, artists, writers, and hangers-on who populated and defined the Factory, Your Fifteen Minutes Are Up is an unprecedented exposé of these tumultuous times.   By 1967, it seemed to many that the Factory had outlived its fifteen minutes of fame. Superstars like Edie Sedgwick, who had reached the height of stardom only the year before, were now running out of money and falling victim to drug addiction. Some Factory dwellers had falling-outs with Warhol, while others, like Lou Reed and John Cale of the Velvet Underground, got caught up in disputes of their own. When radical feminist Valerie Solanas shot and nearly killed Warhol, the artist had already relocated to the White Factory in Union Square, leading to further rifts within the group. Intimate interviews with scene insiders and candid photos from Billy Name portray the true stories behind the legends and mystique of the Silver Factory.

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  The Masterworks of Orson Welles

  Joseph Conrad, H. G. Wells,...

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  Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of the twentieth century, legendary director, producer, and screenwriter Orson Welles was also an acclaimed actor, whose distinctive voice commanded attention. In this recording, Welles offers historic interpretations of excerpts from classic literature. This collection features time-honored works by several distinguished contributors, including American authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde. Narrated as only Orson Welles can, the stories collected here include:“             By the Old Moulmein Pagoda”              by Rudyard Kipling•              “             The Happy Prince”              by Oscar Wilde•              “             Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde”              by Robert Louis Stevenson•              “             The Red Room”              by H.G. Wells•              “             Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”              by Rudyard Kipling•              “             The Secret Sharer”              by Joseph Conrad•              “             Shredni Vashtar”              by Saki•              “             The Tell-Tale Heart”              by Edgar Allan Poe•              “             Wakefield”              by Nathaniel Hawthorne•              “             The Way Through the Woods”              by Rudyard Kipling

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