Andrew Jackson
1) Free My Son
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Obama's political of intelligence agencies for criminal activities against Republicans (I am a Republican). Obama also politicized the IRS with audits of many Republicans.
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Andrew Jackson's new history tells the story of the Great War as it was experienced by the men of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals), the 158th (Accrington and Burnley) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Howitzers) and their families. Using information gathered from years of painstaking research in national and local archives and in private collections, he reconstructs, in vivid detail, the role played by these men on the...
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In The Fire and the Ashes, long-time union economist and policy analyst Andrew Jackson looks back on a fascinating career in the labor movement, the NDP, and left politics, combining keen historical analysis with a political manifesto for today.
As one of the few trade union economists in Canada, Jackson brings a unique insider perspective and decades of experience to bear on his critical reflections on the history and changing fortunes of the NDP,...
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Why would anyone in the sunset of life attempt not one but two published books? In two words, strong motivation. Free My Son was published in 2020, the title reveals the first very strong motivation! The second, God Bless America, reveals one of the similar motivations. The title could have the subtitle Save the American Republic!
This old author encourages young and old alike with motivation to tell your story and just give it a go, as our UK friends...
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"A fascinating account of the music and epic social change of 1973, a defining year for David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Eagles, Elvis Presley, and the former members of The Beatles. 1973 was the year rock hit its peak while splintering-just like the rest of the world. Ziggy Stardust travelled to America in David Bowie's Aladdin Sane. The Dark Side of the Moon began its epic run on the Billboard charts, inspired...
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Everyone Deals with stress at different levels at some point in their lives. Youth and adults alike. In this book, one will learn how two different people who can be going through the same kind of stressor and experiencing anxiety or depression can be going through the same circumstances yet have very different attitudes while going through the same thing. One has peace yet still endures the stressor and another person experiences the same situation...
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Pastoral ministry is a stressful job. Pastors face an enormous amount of pressure to perform and at times it can certainly feel overwhelming. Because of this, one out of every four pastors will leave ministry because of chronic stress or complete burnout.
"Enduring Ministry: Wisdom from Veteran Pastors for Managing Stress & Avoiding Burnout" addresses this problem by providing practical solutions for dealing with stress in ministry. It will help...
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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[2015]
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"An exploration of the year in which the Beatles played Shea Stadium and made their first major artistic statement with Rubber Soul, the Rolling Stones topped the American charts for the first time with the sexually aggressive (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, ... the Who staked out their territory with the classic My Generation, Bob Dylan released his six-minute opus Like a Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited and sent shock waves through the music...
10) Brave new world
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Towering classic of dystopian satire, BRAVE NEW WORLD is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless society--and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity. Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs and...
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Ardustry Home Entertainment
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[2004]
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Paroled after having spent six years in prison for the murder of her husband, socialite Molly Lasch vows to prove her innocence and track down the real killer - at any cost. With the help of a high school friend, investigative reporter Fran Simmons, Molly slowly begins to remember the events of that terrible night. But as they inch closer to uncovering the truth, Fran and Molly are drawn deeper into a web of lies, obsession, conspiracy and murder...
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"How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day" is part of a larger work entitled "How to Live." In this self-help volume, Bennett offers practical advice on how one might "live" as opposed to just "existing" within the limits of twenty-four hours a day. This quaint, but appealing book gives us a view into how to live one's life long before the advent of technology.
13) Africa
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National Geographic Television
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[2001]
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An unprecedented look at the continent of Africa, as seen through the eyes of the African people. Experience the skills needed to survive, not only the climate, but the social and economic conditions as well.
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"Your diamonds are not in far-away mountains or in distant seas," assures the author of this self-help classic, "they are in your own backyard if you will but dig for them." Profound, yet easy to read, Acres of Diamonds addresses the relationship between spiritual and material desires, providing practical guidance on finding riches in your own backyard by opening your mind and making the most of your circumstances. Russell H. Conwell, the founder...
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"Yes, what is Dionysian? - This book provides an answer - "a man who knows" speaks in it, the initiate and disciple of his god.' The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a book about the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. For Nietzsche, Greek tragedy is the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos andsuffering which underlies all existence and...
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"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."
Purity of mind leads inevitably to purity of life, to the precious love and understanding that should control our everyday acts and attitudes towards friends and foes.
But where must one look for guidance? How does one achieve purity of mind that alone brings happiness and confidence?
The author offers his clear answers in this book As A Man Thinketh.
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To the reader who knows Nietzsche, who has studied his Zarathustra and understood it, and who, in addition, has digested the works entitled Beyond Good and Evil, The Genealogy of Morals, The Twilight of the Idols, and The Antichrist, - to such a reader everything in this volume will be perfectly clear and comprehensible. In the attack on Strauss he will immediately detect the germ of the whole of Nietzsche's subsequent attitude towards too hasty contentment...
19) Laugh and Live
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In his bestselling book, silent film actor Douglas Fairbanks recounts his years as a superstar in early twentieth century Hollywood, and uses the lessons he drew from these experiences to encourage readers to live better lives through laughter, optimism, and opportunism.
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This influential 1921 scholarly work sounded a call for intellectual freedom, which the author believed to be under attack by authoritarian tendencies in the United States. The centuries-long gains in scientific knowledge needed to be brought to bear in overcoming growing social ills and the forces of repression. The book considers Plato and Aristotle's influence on thinking, science, revolution, repression, the power of creative thought to transform...