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Battle of Tarawa - World War II

Battle of Tarawa - World War II

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2019
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Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of Tarawa..."It's hell out there" was how one Marine described the assault on Tarawa, the U.S. Navy's first amphibious landing in World War II's arduous Pacific Campaign to bring the Empire of Japan to its knees. In 76 hours of fighting, the Marines lost nearly as many men as had died during the six months of the Guadalcanal campaign. Military intelligence had failed to take into account the reefs around Betio, the target of the assault, or the low tides which prevented transport vehicles from bringing the Marines safely to shore. As Marines were forced to wade 700 yards from the stranded vehicles to the shore, many of them were shot by enemy fire or drowned from the weight of their packs. When Americans back home saw the photographs of the bodies in the waters around Tarawa, they were horrified to realize that the route to Japan and victory would be strewn with the bodies of their young soldiers. Discover a plethora of topics such as The Road to Tarawa Preparing Tarawa's Defenses The First Day of the Battle Eyewitness Account of the Betio Landing The Lessons and Legacy of Tarawa And much more So if you want a concise and informative book on the Battle of Tarawa, simply scroll up and click the "Buy now" button for instant access
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Wars of Scottish Independence

Wars of Scottish Independence

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2019
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Discover the remarkable history of the Wars of Scottish Independence...The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of conflicts between Scotland and England that spanned more than sixty years during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. These wars led directly to the establishment of Scotland as an independent, sovereign country and to the emergence of two of Scotland's best-known national heroes, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Yet these wars are much more than a simple struggle on the part of Scotland to free itself from English incursions. Some of the men who became kings of Scotland during this period were not just opposed to Scottish independence-they were directly sponsored by the English king. These wars are not only a story of Scotland versus England; they had complex causes and a large cast of characters with motives that were not always clear and who sometimes changed sides more than once. These wars also have a close connection with the wars being fought by England against France at the same time which gave rise to the Auld Alliance, a friendly connection between France and Scotland that persists to the present day.This is the complex, complicated, and occasionally tragic story of sixty of the most turbulent years in British history. This is the story of the Wars of Scottish Independence. Discover a plethora of topics such as The Succession Crisis William Wallace's War Robert the Bruce An Uneasy Peace The Pretender to the Throne Return of the King And much more So if you want a concise and informative book on the Wars of Scottish Independence, simply scroll up and click the "Buy now" button for instant access
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John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

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2018
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John WycliffeJohn Wycliffe was known as the "Morning Star" of the Reformation. His doctrines of strict adherence to the Bible and his attacks on the wealth and corruption of the Catholic Church would be the spark that would later ignite the fires of the Protestant Reformation. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Years✓ Accused of Heresy✓ Conflict with the Church✓ Translating the Bible✓ Transubstantiation and Exile from Oxford✓ Later Life and DeathAnd much more John Wycliffe was a man of the people who believed that all should be allowed a personal relationship with God, and his Scriptures gave the world the first English translation of the Bible. He is remembered as a brilliant scholar, philosopher and theologian, and a compelling preacher who touched the hearts and minds of noble and commoner alike.
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Joseph Bazalgette

Joseph Bazalgette

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2018
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Joseph BazalgetteOne man has probably done more good and saved more lives than any single public official of the Victorian era. The man being described was an engineer, city planner, bridge builder, and landscape architect; his name was Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Probably best remembered as the man who designed the London sewer network, he almost single-handedly eliminated virulent epidemics and changed the River Thames from an open sewer into one of the cleanest urban rivers in the world. He also transformed the face of London forever. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Years✓ The Big Stink✓ Bazalgette's Plan✓ The Embankments✓ Bridges across the ThamesAnd much more
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Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

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2018
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Spanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil War is sometimes seen as merely a precursor to World War II, and it's easy to understand why. The troops of the extreme right fought against those of the extreme left, and the soldiers and military hardware of Germany, Italy, and Russia faced off on Spanish battlefields many years before they fought each other on the Russian steppes. For the first time, the world would see bombings of civilians to create terror. There were secret police forces on both sides and large numbers of arbitrary executions, and the use of imprisonment without trial and torture as a means of establishing state power became almost routine.But the Spanish Civil War was much more than just an overture to World War II. It was a war born out of schisms in Spanish society between rich and poor, monarchists and Republicans, the right and the left, and between those who supported the church and those who saw it as an instrument of oppression. For all its brutality and horror, the Spanish Civil War was a conflict between ideals often fought by volunteers on each side who truly believed that they were helping to build a better world. Inside you will read about...✓ Taking Positions✓ Outside Intervention✓ The Terror✓ Nationalists Triumphant in the North✓ The Republicans Fight Back✓ The End of the WarAnd much more This book provides an overview of the causes which led to the war, the significance of outside intervention, and the main events which took place between July 1936 and April 1939. This is not an exhaustive history of the war, but it's rather a succinct introduction for anyone interested in an overview of this confusing but important European war.
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George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

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2018
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George Washington Carver"Most people search high and wide for the key to success," George Washington Carver pondered. "If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within." True to his philosophy, the key to Dr. Carver's almost legendary success story was to be found within the man himself. From slavery to fame, from errand boy to botanical genius, Carver's accomplishments, popularity, and legacy were all ignited by the vision he carried within. Inside you will read about...✓ The $300 Boy✓ From Slave to College Graduate✓ The Clash of the Two Washingtons✓ The Jesup Wagon✓ Carver's Peanuts✓ Later Life and DeathAnd much more Often, George Washington Carver is remembered only as the man who could make almost anything out of peanuts. That was only part of his story.
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World War II Pearl Harbor

World War II Pearl Harbor

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2018
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World War II Pearl HarborPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt described December 7, 1941, the date when the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the United States while the two countries were still officially at peace, as a day that would live in infamy. The action hurled the United States into the global conflict of World War II, a violent conflagration that the nation, fiercely isolationist, had intended to ignore. But the rising tide of militarism across the globe meant that American neutrality could not last. War was contagious, and sooner or later, no matter how a nation tried to quarantine itself, the infection would find it. To the people of the United States, the attack came as a complete surprise. Perhaps Americans should have expected it. Tensions between the U.S. and Japan had been steadily increasing throughout the year, and American sanctions against Japan were hindering the efforts of the Japanese to become the dominant power in the Pacific. Inside you will read about...✓ America Opens the Door to Japan✓ Pearl Harbor, Home of the Shark Goddess✓ Air Raid Pearl Harbor, This Is No Drill✓ The Commanders✓ The Story of a SurvivorAnd much more Ironically, a mock naval exercise the decade before the Pearl Harbor attack had foreshadowed the penalty of ignoring the base's vulnerability, but the naval higher-ups refused to believe it, setting the stage for the real attack in 1941. The commander of Pearl Harbor, Admiral Kimmel, was convinced that the attack would be made against Wake Island. But Japanese Admiral Yamamoto's shrewd planning was as devastating as he intended it to be, as America's Pacific base lay in ruins-over 2,403 dead, 1,178 wounded, and the fleet devastated. Yet, the day after the attack, while Japan rejoiced, Yamamoto was despondent. Japan, he knew, could not win a long, drawn-out war. The Americans would be out for revenge.
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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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2018
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Mark TwainMark Twain is best known as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His authentic voice, humor, and use of vernacular language undeniably changed American literature-some have called him the Father of American Literature. Inside you will read about...✓ The Mississippi Steamboat Pilot✓ Westward to Fame and Fortune✓ Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn✓ Debts and Bankruptcy✓ Family Travels and Deaths✓ The Last YearsAnd much more Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Clemens, a man whose adventures carried him from his boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri-the memories of which inspired Tom Sawyer-to the American West, and eventually around the world. While his story is a fascinating one in itself, containing happiness and success as well as sorrow and bitterness, it also places the writings of Mark Twain in context, offering greater understanding of works that are still impacting the world today.
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Simón Bolívar: A Life From Beginning to End

Simón Bolívar: A Life From Beginning to End

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2018
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Sim n Bol varSim n Bol var truly earned his nickname "The Liberator" for a large portion of South American people. He was a forward-thinking political figure at a time when Spain was ruling over the region that is now comprised of Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, and Colombia. Inside you will read about...✓ A Difficult Childhood✓ The Independence Movement Takes Off✓ Exile in Jamaica✓ The Impossible Climb✓ Civil War and Assassination AttemptsAnd much more Bol var's revolutionary thoughts and belief system are what gave so many who lived in that part of the continent their independence and the freedom to enact their own governments with their own laws. Few people in history have achievements that can rival the ones made by this hero of the Latin American people. The world was forever changed by the perseverance of one man, S mon Bol var.
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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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2018
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Oscar WildeWho was Oscar Wilde? Was he just an author of witty but meaningless plays, only out to get a laugh or two? The answer is a resounding no. Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright in the late nineteenth century. His controversial plays were riddled with mockery of social status, cleverly covered by the use of comedy. Inside you will read about...✓ Blue China and Long Hair✓ Marriage and Men✓ The Picture of Dorian Gray✓ The Sodomy Trials✓ Life After Prison✓ Death and Posthumous PardonAnd much more Wilde may have paved the way for people living a little off the center line. He was full of flash and flare, and he wrote some of those colorful traits into his literature. Take a journey into the world of Oscar Wilde and find out just how individualistic he was.
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Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

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2018
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Saddam HusseinFrom his humble beginnings as a farmhand working on tribal Iraqi land to becoming the president of Iraq for more than two decades, Saddam Hussein's life story is nothing short of extraordinary. Transforming Iraq first into a prosperous nation then into a war-ravaged shell of its former self, Hussein is one of the key figures of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Inside you will read about...✓ From Poor Peasant to Revolutionist✓ An Assassin, a Ba'athist, and a Married Man✓ Improving Iraq's Economy, Health Care, and Education✓ The Iran-Iraq War✓ The Gulf War✓ U.S. Invasion and Hussein's ExecutionAnd much more America nicknamed Saddam "The Butcher of Baghdad" for the atrocities he committed during his reign. The exact number of Iraqi dead is unknown, but estimates suggest up to 100,000 Kurds and 100,000 Iraqi civilians and rebels were killed by the Hussein regime. Hussein lost his own life at the hands of his people, executed for his crimes in 2006.
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The Sumerians

The Sumerians

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2018
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Discover the remarkable history of The Sumerians...The Sumerians settled in the area known as Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, around five thousand years ago. They produced many fundamental changes to the way in which human societies developed-these were the first city-builders, the first people to use wheeled vehicles, the first methodical astronomers, and the first people to develop a sophisticated written language. The Sumerians also produced art, music, and literature as well as created some of the first professional soldiers the world had ever seen.But for all that we know about the Sumerians, one central mystery remains: We have no idea where the Sumerians came from when they suddenly arrived in Mesopotamia five thousand years ago. Many people have put forward answers ranging from the plausible to the esoteric to the (literally) out of this world, but none of the solutions suggested to date appears to provide a complete or final answer. When looking at how Homo sapiens have developed from primitive tribes of hunter-gatherers to today's urban dwellers, the Sumerians represent one of the biggest and most dramatic single periods of change ever achieved by the human race. This is the story of the advanced, ingenious, and mysterious Sumerians. Discover a plethora of topics such as The Black Heads Arrive The Conquest of Sumer Sumerian Society and Religion Technology and Writing Music and Art Mysteries of the Sumerians And much more So if you want a concise and informative book on The Sumerians, simply scroll up and click the "Buy now" button for instant access
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Nero

Nero

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2018
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NeroNero. The very name seems to embody the character of a tyrant. The years of his reign come down to us with tales full of self-serving totalitarianism. Wasn't he the one that fiddled while Rome burned after all? Wasn't this the mad monarch who wished to embark upon a building project, so he set the old buildings that were in his way on fire? But besides this power-mad tyranny, what do we know about Nero? Surely even the most despotic dictator has a good side? Come along with us as we explore the multifaceted nature of a man who is often presented as a one-dimensional, dictatorial caricature. Inside you will read about...✓ A Wedding and a Funeral✓ The Great Fire of Rome✓ Killing His Wife and Marrying His Manservant✓ The Jewish-Roman War✓ Nero's Suicide✓ The Year of the Four EmperorsAnd much more
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Augustus Caesar

Augustus Caesar

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2018
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AugustusHe was the first emperor of one of the greatest empires ever known to man. He commanded unmatched authority in the ancient world and was always one step ahead of his opponents. He had an intellect and a sharp wit that could cut down his foes just as easily as the steel of his sword. The life of Octavian-later known as Augustus-is so rich and full, it would take several volumes to cover all of his exploits. Although he lived and died over 2,000 years ago, this founder of the Roman Empire is as intriguing as ever. Inside you will read about...✓ The Adoptive Son of Julius Caesar✓ Defeating Mark Antony✓ The Second Triumvirate✓ The Suicide Pact✓ The First Roman EmperorAnd much more Learn the riveting history and the inspirational life of the most noble Roman of them all-Augustus.
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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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2018
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Martin Luther King Jr.The life of Martin Luther King Jr. was painfully short but joyously valuable. Using non-violent direct action and the principles of Christian love, King became the most influential pioneer of the civil rights movement in the United States of America. A husband, father, pastor, and leader, King preached a message of hope by taking to the streets and changing the world. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Life✓ Montgomery Bus Boycott✓ A Brush with Death✓ March on Washington and Murders in Selma✓ Riots in Watts and War in Vietnam✓ The Poor People's Campaign and the AssassinationAnd much more
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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

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2018
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Ludwig van BeethovenWhat kind of a man could create the dreaming melodies of the Moonlight Sonata? Give birth to the dramatic voice of the Fifth Symphony? Compose the Ode to Joy? Meet Ludwig van Beethoven, the musical genius, the passionate artist, the incorrigible man, the composer from whose soul music breathed. Inside you will read about...✓ Groomed for Greatness✓ Beethoven's Deafness and Depression✓ F r Elise- Guardianship of His Nephew Karl✓ Karl's Suicide Attempt✓ Beethoven's Final NotesAnd much more This will not be an idealistic story of perfection. Just like his music, Beethoven's story will have its fearful lows and its exulting crescendos. It will have its repeated themes. It will have its sudden surprises. And it will speak to the heart.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis

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2018
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Discover the remarkable history of the Cuban Missile Crisis...The Cold War between the United States of America and the Soviet Union lasted for more than 40 years. In general, this was a war of spies and subterfuge, of covert action and espionage. There was always a danger, however, that an error of judgment on either side could suddenly cause the Cold War to turn red-hot with an exchange of nuclear weapons. On many occasions, tensions between the countries increased, but the prospect of all-out nuclear war between America and Russia was never closer than during a two-week period in October of 1962. In response to the placement of American nuclear missiles in Turkey, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev secretly ordered the transport of Russian nuclear missiles to the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. These were capable of reaching and destroying almost all American cities in a matter of minutes. When this was discovered, the U.S. administration under President John F. Kennedy decided that the threat had to be removed, even if this meant risking war with Russia. The Americans set up a blockade of the island and considered air strikes and even a full-scale invasion of Cuba. Forty thousand heavily armed Russian and Cuban troops supported by tanks, aircraft, and even tactical nuclear weapons stood by to do anything required to repel an American attack. It was clear that the United States refused to accept the presence of Russian nuclear missiles less than one hundred miles from the coast of Florida. It was equally clear that Russia was determined not to remove the missiles and desert its Cuban ally. An armed confrontation between the two superpowers appeared inevitable, and there seemed a very strong possibility that the world was on the brink of full-scale nuclear war. Discover a plethora of topics such as From World War to Cold War Mutually Assured Destruction Revolution in Cuba The Missile Gap American Build-up and Provocation Russian Missiles Arrive in Cuba Kennedy Speaks to America And much more So if you want a concise and informative book on the Cuban Missile Crisis, simply scroll up and click the "Buy now" button for instant access
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Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

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2018
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Giacomo CasanovaCasanova. Womanizer. Playboy. It has been more than 200 years, but Giacomo Casanova's name is still a slang word. That name, emblazoned across Europe in the 1700s, is synonymous yet today with a player, someone who seduces a woman, makes a sexual conquest of her, and leaves her. It was once something more than that. Beyond the scams and the scandals, beyond the gambling debts, even beyond the lace ruffles and the powdered wigs, Giacomo Casanova was once something more, someone more. Someone formed by the social customs of the day; molded by the unique experiences of a little boy in Venice; sparked into life by the intelligence, philosophy, adventure, and passion that was Giacomo Casanova. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Years of Abuse✓ Casanova's Career in the Church✓ Broken Promises of Marriage✓ Spying and Dueling, Incest and Imprisonment✓ Later Life and DeathAnd much more
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The Space Race

The Space Race

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2018
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The Space RaceDuring fourteen years, from 1955 to 1969, the Soviet Union and the United States of America were engaged in a dramatic race against each other to conquer space. This period encompassed dramatic victories, humbling defeats, and more than one tragedy. This is a story of human courage and ingenuity at its best and political maneuvering at its worst, of almost unbelievable technological progress undertaken with the object not just of advancing human knowledge but also of proving the superiority of one country over another. Inside you will read about...✓ From Missiles to Rockets✓ Russia Takes the Lead✓ Early American Failures✓ The First Men in Space✓ Fatalities on Both Sides✓ The Moon LandingAnd much more The space race culminated in man setting foot upon the moon, but each milestone on the way to that final goal was bitterly contested. Two powerful nations pledged a substantial part of their national resources to beat the other in a scientific and technological race to be the first to achieve new records. In terms of contests between major powers, there has never been anything quite as dramatic, public, and sustained as the space race; it remains one of the most fascinating and engaging episodes of the Cold War.
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