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Hell's belles volume 2
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Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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391 pages ; 17 cm.
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A Tempting Thief Raised among London's most notorious criminals, a twist of fate landed Adelaide Frampton in the bright ballrooms of Mayfair, where she masquerades as a quiet wallflower-so plain and unassuming that no one realizes she's the Matchbreaker using her superior skills as a thief to help unwilling brides avoid the altar, all while hiding her own scandalous past. A Powerful Duke Henry Carrington, Duke of Clayborn, has spent a lifetime living...
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Penguin Classics
Pub. Date
2023.
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xvi, 323 pages ; 20 cm
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"An anthology of classic murder mysteries--the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by the most famous practitioners. These are not the usual suspects. When Edgar finalist Michael Sims formed the line-up for The Penguin Book of Murder, he did not include the familiar classics that you can find anywhere. Although he wanted to explore the first century of murder mysteries (from 1827 to 1924), he sought out the unfamiliar, the unjustly...
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The issue of slavery loomed ever larger in American politics as the middle of the Nineteenth Century passed. The Republican Party, birthed to destroy the institution, inaugurated its first candidate in 1856. Four years later Abraham Lincoln gained the nomination. The Democratic Party, committed to preserving and expanding slavery, nominated Stephen A. Douglas. Abraham Lincoln won the presidency, casting the nation into a bloody civil war. Abraham...
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Natures School is both the intriguing story of the rise and fall of a town because of the influence of the Wabash River and a broader observation of the significant role of water in the chronicle of American history.
Peru, Indiana is usually defined by the rich circus heritage in its past, but the most significant history of the town lies in the relationship it has with the Wabash River, a story that has largely been forgotten. Natures School is...
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Grover Cleveland is truly the forgotten conservative: a man of dignity, integrity, and courage often overlooked by the history books. Historian and author John Pafford reveals a president who deserves more attention. Cleveland might not have presided over deeply troubled times, but he set a standard for principled leadership in office that is especially relevant today.
8) Bombshell
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Hell's belles volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
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394 pages ; 18 cm.
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After years of living as London's brightest scandal, Lady Sesily Talbot has embraced the reputation and the freedom that comes with the title. No one looks twice when she lures a gentleman into the dark gardens beyond a Mayfair ballroom, and no one realizes those trysts are not what they seem. No one, that is, but Caleb Calhoun, who has spent years trying not to notice his best friend's beautiful, brash, brilliant sister. If asked, he'd say he's been...
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Step back in time to a pivotal moment at the turn of the 20th century, a brief but intense conflict that reshaped the destiny of nations. This gripping narrative unveils the dramatic battles, political maneuvers, and personal heroism that defined the war, bringing to life the echoes of valor that still resonate today.
Delve deep into the Battle of Manila Bay, where the U.S. Navy, under the command of Commodore George Dewey, delivered a decisive...
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Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony-before even Lizzie Borden-there was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nation's debut media circus.
On Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island, shocked neighbors discovered the burnt remains of twenty-four-year-old mother Emeline Houseman and her infant daughter, Ann Eliza. In a perverse nativity, someone bludgeoned...
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Meet one of Richland County's most colorful citizens.
There are those who thought Phebe Wise was a witch. More thought that the cranky old lady was "tetched," meaning crazy. And she was crazy--like a fox. An eccentric who outwitted violent robbers, a mad stalker, and a society that expected her to marry and raise children, Phebe alternated between dressing up in men's clothes and strutting to town in an antique ball gown, the trail dragging behind...
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Fascinating and detailed memoirs of Carl Schurz whose political and military career spanned seminal events in Germany and the American Civil War.
Carl Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer.... After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform....
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13) Salvador Dalí
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Pintor, diseñador, creador de objetos extraños, autor y cineasta, Dalí se convirtió en el más famoso de los surrealistas. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso y Breton tuvieron una gran influencia en su vida artística. La película de Dalí, Un perro andaluz, que produjo Buñuel, marcó su entrada oficial en el cerrado grupo de los surrealistas parisinos, donde conoció a Gala, la mujer que se convertiría en su compañera de toda la vida y en su fuente...
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Fascinating and detailed memoirs of Carl Schurz whose political and military career spanned seminal events in Germany and the American Civil War.
Carl Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer.... After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform....
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15) Auguste Renoir
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir nació en Limoges, el 25 de febrero de 1841. En 1854, sus padres lo sacaron de la escuela y le consiguieron un sitio en el taller de los hermanos Lévy, donde aprendió a pintar porcelana. El hermano menor de Renoir, Edmond, opinó al respecto: "A partir de lo que pintaba al carbón en las paredes concluyeron que tenía habilidad para las artes. Así fue como nuestros padres lo pusieron a aprender el oficio de pintor de porcelana"....
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Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper New-York Tribune until 1862. During the American Civil War, he served as Assistant Secretary of War, playing especially the role of the liaison between the War Department and General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1868 he became the editor...
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Fascinating and detailed memoirs of Carl Schurz whose political and military career spanned seminal events in Germany and the American Civil War.
Carl Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer.... After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform....
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H. Allen Gosnell's Guns on the Western Waters present a full, accurate treatment of the important gunboat operations in the western theater of the Civil War or naval history. Gosnell provides descriptions of the major types of Union and Confederate gunboats with a brief but authoritative essay on the strategy and tactics of river warfare. He shows that the extremely heavy guns mounted on the shallow-draft vessels proved to be both terrible and effective...
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Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack - 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities.
"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it."–Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807-October 12, 1870). With the exception of George Washington, perhaps the most famous general in American history, despite leading the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia against the...
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Authors Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman chart a Gulf Coast odyssey with French adventurers, English colonists, Spanish Dons, American filibusters, Indian warriors, African Maroons, and pirate outlaws .
For centuries, the shoreline between Galveston and Tallahassee was marked by the desperate deeds of men who fought for God, gold, and glory, as well as those who simply wanted to be left alone. Regardless of motive, the Gulf Coast has seen its share...
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