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The House of The Fallen Angel

The House of The Fallen Angel

Rosemary Showell

GROSVENOR HOUSE PUBLISHING LTD
2025
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THE 4TH BOOK IN THE LANSHOUD SERIES. A story of love, of mystery, of murder and a missing child. After "Heiligtum." The story continues in Paris where together Katie and Erica, with the help of James, search for my other sister. The gate at Lanshoud that had led to a nether world was closed and I had closed it with help from some incredible people, my friends. All I can tell you is that the one at Lanshoud appeared to be the gate out of Hell. Yes, Hell, The Nether World, the Abyss, a place of evil? A place of punishment? I had no idea if it was open but now, I know it is possible.
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The Housing Boom and Bust

The Housing Boom and Bust

Thomas Sowell

Basic Books
2010
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Scary headlines and scarier statistics tell the story of a financial crisis on a scale not seen in decades,certainly not within the lifetime of most Americans. Moreover, this is a worldwide financial crisis. Financial institutions on both sides of the Atlantic have either collapsed or have been saved from collapse by government bailouts, as a result of buying securities based on American housing values that eroded or evaporated. Now completely revised in paperback, The Housing Boom and Bust is designed to unravel the tangled threads of that story. It also attempts to determine whether what is being done to deal with the problem is more likely to make things better or worse.
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Economic Facts and Fallacies

Economic Facts and Fallacies

Thomas Sowell

Blackstone Publishing
2008
Paperback
Economic Facts and Fallacies is designed for people who want to understand economic issues without getting bogged down in economic jargon, graphs, or political rhetoric. Writing in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, including many that are widely disseminated in the media and by politicians: fallacies about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, academia, race, and Third World countries. Many of these fallacies are not simply crazy ideas. They have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power, making it necessary--and sometimes humorous--to carefully examine their flaws. Sowell holds these beliefs under the microscope and draws conclusions that are sure to inspire rigorous debate.
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A Personal Odyssey

A Personal Odyssey

Thomas Sowell

Blackstone Publishing
2013
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Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas Sowell's life-long education in the school of hard knocks, as the journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place. The vignettes of the people and places that made an impression on Thomas Sowell at various stages of his life range from the poor and powerless to the mighty and the wealthy, from a home for homeless boys to the White House, as well as ranging across the United States and around the world. It also includes Sowell's startling discovery of his own origins during his teenage years. More than a story of the life of Sowell himself, this is also about the people who gave him their help, their support, and their loyalty, as well as those who demonized him and knifed him in the back. It is a study not just of one life but also of life in general, with all its exhilaration and pain of constant striving and deserved success.
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Sarazen

Sarazen

David Sowell

Rowman Littlefield
2017
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Bobby Jones and Tiger Woods won their first majors at the age of 21. Jack Nicklaus and Jordan Spieth claimed their first majors at the age of 22. By the time he was 21, Gene Sarazen had won three. Considered one of the top golfers in the 1920s and ’30s, he is one of only a handful of golfers to win all the major championships—the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Open Championship, and the Masters Tournament. Sarazen: The Story of a Golfing Legend and His Epic Moment details Sarazen’s life and storied career, from his days sweeping floors in a pro shop through his rise in the golfing world to become one of the country’s foremost players. Central to the story is Sarazen’s iconic moment in the sport, a long shot from 235 yards that somehow found the bottom of the cup at Augusta National—perhaps fitting for a man whose golfing career was once considered a long shot itself. It became the greatest shot in golf history and put the Augusta National Golf Club on the map. Sarazen offers an in-depth look at a golfing legend and provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of golf during a time when the game was still rising in prominence. Rich in detail and including many little-known anecdotes, this book will be enjoyed by golfing enthusiasts and historians across generations.
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Mify o neravenstve. Otkuda beretsja diskriminatsija

Mify o neravenstve. Otkuda beretsja diskriminatsija

Thomas Sowell

Bombora
2025
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Vas vsegda budut uschemljat v pravakh. Pochemu? Potomu chto vy zhenschina ili muzhchina, vy iz drugoj strany, u vas drugaja i kultura, drugie tsennosti i printsipy. A esche vy mozhete byt slishkom polnym, vysokim, molodym ili starym. Vse potomu chto vy - chelovek. Ostanovit bezzhalostnyj mekhanizm predrassudkov mozhno, tolko izuchiv ego iznutri. Eta kniga rasskazyvaet o tom: * Kakimi preimuschestvami obladajut perventsy v semjakh. * Vlijaet li vash IQ na vysokij zarabotok. * Chto vazhnee - vospitanie ili geny. * Pochemu sotsialnoj statistike nelzja verit. * I mozhno li otlichit stereotip ot realnosti. Prochitav etu knigu, vy uznaete ob istoricheskikh kornjakh diskriminatsii, o faktorakh, kotorye sposobstvovali vozniknoveniju predrassudkov, i o prichinakh zakreplenija neravenstva v obschestve. Ob avtore: Tomas Souel, izvestnyj amerikanskij ekonomist, sotsialnyj teoretik i istorik, v svoem trude prizyvaet k bolee glubokomu ponimaniju diskriminatsii, predlagaja podkhody, kotorye sposobstvujut spravedlivosti i ravenstvu. On issleduet fenomen neravenstva, predlagaja detalnyj analiz ee prirody i razlichnykh form. OTZYV "Pochemu pri odinakovykh usilijakh odni ljudi, sotsialnye gruppy ili dazhe strany uspeshnee drugikh? V chem raznitsa ponjatij neravenstva i diskriminatsii? Pravilno li my ponimaem diskriminatsiju voobsche? Chasto v obschestve obosnovaniem kak uspekha, tak i neudach stanovitsja diskriminatsija - sformirovannoe na opredelennykh priznakakh predvzjatoe otnoshenie, kotoroe jakoby i prepjatstvuet dostizheniju blagopoluchija. Tak li eto vsegda? Avtor knigi podvergaet kriticheskomu analizu takoe rasprostranennoe objasnenie. On utverzhdaet, chto ljudi sklonny putat ponjatija neravenstva i diskriminatsii. Chitaja primery oproverzhenija populjarnykh mifov o prichinakh neravenstva, volej-nevolej ponimaesh, naskolko obschestvo sklonno k uproscheniju slozhnykh sotsialnykh protsessov, osoznaesh, chto neravenstvo samo po sebe ne javljaetsja priznakom nespravedlivosti i chto ravnye vozmozhnosti ne dajut garantij uspekha. Delo ne v tom, chto avtor khochet pereubedit nas, chto v obschestve otsutstvuet diskriminatsija - net, on predlagaet zadumatsja o slozhnom ustrojstve mira i samostojatelno sformirovat svoj vzgljad na problemu neravenstva". - Olga Bochkova, osnovatel i rukovoditel Akademii bezopasnosti Olgi Bochkovoj, psikholog
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Intellectuals and Society

Intellectuals and Society

Thomas Sowell

Blackstone Publishing
2010
Paperback
This title offers a withering and clear-eyed critique about--but not for--intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion, policy, and society at large. The thesis ofIntellectuals and Societystates that the influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers.It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events but by shaping public opinion in ways that affect the actions of power holders in democratic societies, whether or not those power holders accept the general vision or the particular policies favored by intellectuals.Even government leaders with disdain or contempt for intellectuals have had to bend to the climate of opinion shaped by them. Intellectuals and Societynot only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated, but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged.One of the most surprising aspects of this study is how often intellectuals have been proven not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of society--and how little their views have changed in response to empirical evidence of the disasters entailed by those views.
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Honour

Honour

Noah Beaton-Stokell

Tellwell Talent
2020
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At the turn of the 16th century, Japan is caught in a harsh civil war with Shogun Tokugawa vying to take control of the war-torn country. Nine years after tragedy befalls the small village of Ikebe, Kenji is travelling the Japanese wilderness with his uncle and protector, Ichiro, who has steadfastly kept Kenji away from the terrible realities of war. After being found by soldiers fighting for the unification of Japan, Kenji is forced to pick a side in a war he has never fully understood.After finding himself on the fields of Sekigahara fighting for the men who captured him, Kenji discovers there are consequences to every war, and realizes the people he is fighting may not be the true enemy. Losing someone close to him during the battle forces Kenji to go on the run. He ends up the reluctant leader of a band of people fleeing the city he just helped conquer. Trying to put his past behind him, Kenji must find a way to get the refugees out from under the heavy heel of Shogun Tokugawa.Honour is an adventure tale grounded in historical reality about a young man who is forced to learn the harsh realities of war and what it means to become a leader to those he has harmed.
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Honour

Honour

Noah Beaton-Stokell

Tellwell Talent
2020
pokkari
At the turn of the 16th century, Japan is caught in a harsh civil war with Shogun Tokugawa vying to take control of the war-torn country. Nine years after tragedy befalls the small village of Ikebe, Kenji is travelling the Japanese wilderness with his uncle and protector, Ichiro, who has steadfastly kept Kenji away from the terrible realities of war. After being found by soldiers fighting for the unification of Japan, Kenji is forced to pick a side in a war he has never fully understood.After finding himself on the fields of Sekigahara fighting for the men who captured him, Kenji discovers there are consequences to every war, and realizes the people he is fighting may not be the true enemy. Losing someone close to him during the battle forces Kenji to go on the run. He ends up the reluctant leader of a band of people fleeing the city he just helped conquer. Trying to put his past behind him, Kenji must find a way to get the refugees out from under the heavy heel of Shogun Tokugawa.Honour is an adventure tale grounded in historical reality about a young man who is forced to learn the harsh realities of war and what it means to become a leader to those he has harmed.
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Hitler's U-boat Bases

Hitler's U-boat Bases

Jak P Mallmann Showell

The History Press Ltd
2002
nidottu
This title provides a concise historical background to the rise of the Nazi U-boat fleet, and the part it played in World War II. The author examines in detail how and why each of the bases in France, Germany and Norway were designed and built, and how they were defended against attack.
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Hitler's U-Boat Bunkers

Hitler's U-Boat Bunkers

Jak P Mallmann Showell

The History Press Ltd
2007
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Hitler’s submarines – the dreaded U-boats – played a vital role in Germany’s offensive operations across the world’s oceans during the Second World War and could have brought Britain to the brink of capitulation. To support his deadly undersea fleet, Hitler ordered monolithic bunkers to be constructed at strategically crucial sites, designed to withstand the most aggressive attack from the Allied forces. The author has uncovered previously unpublished accounts and visited many of the sites in France and Germany to detail the exact purpose of each base and reveal important new information about what remains at some of the most closely guarded sites.
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Companion to the German Navy 1939-1945

Companion to the German Navy 1939-1945

Jak P Mallmann Showell

The History Press Ltd
2009
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Synonymous with such infamous battleships as the 'Bismarck', 'Scharnhorst' and 'Tirpitz', the German Navy (or Reichsmarine) was renamed the Kriegsmarine in 1935, shortly after the emergence of the Nazi State, and went through a major re-organization in 1939. During the Second World War, it became a much-feared adversary both on and beneath the high seas, with its marauding U-boat 'wolf packs' coming close to defeating Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic. Jak Showell examines the different roles of the Fleet, and its organization and training activities during the war years. Incidents and operations are described, together with technical data for ships, U-boats and their weaponry. A guide to German Navy uniforms and insignia is included, together with full details of rank structure and specialist trades.
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Desert Ecology

Desert Ecology

John B Sowell

University of Utah Press,U.S.
2001
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Natural History"An energetic start quickly became a trudge; we glanced back frequently towards our point of departure, an air-conditioned vehicle. Not only did the hot air feel like a blast from a smelter’s furnace, but within minutes the reflected sunlight was doing perceptible damage to any exposed skin. I’m sure I was sweating more than I ever had before, yet my skin was dry...We found ourselves blinking rapidly to keep the eyes moist. After a few more minutes, we turned back for the car, leading our youngest child who would no longer open her eyes."- John SowellUnlike books that merely identify what plants and animals live in the desert, Desert Ecology is a comprehensive but accessible introduction to how these organisms live where they do. Beginning with an overview of the Intermountain, Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, Sowell presents the topographic and the meteorologic conditions that created these regions. He continues with a thorough examination of physiologic and behavioral adaptations that enable plants and animals, even humans, to survive and persist in these inhospitable places. While basic scientific principles—such as photosynthesis, trophic levels, thermoregulation, and osmoregulation—are presented in terms that nonspecialists will understand, the real draw is the fascinating life histories of dozens of particular organisms. Explore the life cycle of the yucca and creosote bush, trace the wanderings of the gila monster and tenebrionid beetle, breathe in the rhythms of the desert at night."This book is for the curious," says the author, for all who enter the "wasteland," on foot or through imagination.
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