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A historian examines what really happened when the British World War II battleship was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Orkney.
Sinking the battleship HMS Royal Oak in the Royal Navy's home anchorage, with the loss of more than 800 of her crew, was Germany's first shattering blow against Britain during World War II. Within six weeks, the Germans achieved their goal of breaching the defenses of Scapa Flow. Germany claimed the sinking...
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Near the end of the eleventh century, Western Europe was in turmoil, beset by invasions from both north and south, by the breakdown of law and order, and by the laxity and ignorance of the clergy. Searching for a way out of the increasing anarchy, Pope Urban II launched an army of knights and peasants in 1095 to fight the Turks, who had seized the Holy Land.
Michael Foss tells the stories of these men and women of the First Crusade, often in their...
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This book guides the reader through the variety of stages and steps one takes to make a professional music career into a legal business. It covers important topics that every musician should fully understand before signing a contract, making a recording, or fully pursuing a career. With a straightforward, plain-English approach, this book is written by an attorney who has been on both sides of the desk in the music business. With the advent of modern...
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The Truth Revealed
Freemasons have been connected to the all-seeing eye on the dollar bill, the French Revolution, the Knights Templar, and the pyramids of Egypt. They have been rumored to be everything from a cabal of elite power brokers ruling the world to a covert network of occultists and pagans intent on creating a new world order, to a millennia-old brotherhood perpetuating ancient wisdom through esoteric teachings. Their secret symbols, rituals,...
66) Who Killed The President? The Truth About The JFK Assassination Between Theories And Conspiracies
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John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, as well as the country's youngest and first Catholic leader. His singularity foreshadowed a sort of challenge to his presidency from the start. Many people were taken aback by his assassination. It was the height of the Cold War and the United States' involvement in Vietnam. John F. Kennedy was elected President on January 20, 1961, by a razor-thin margin of 113,000 votes out of 69 million...
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A burned-out former pastor is done with ministry. He has been wounded and betrayed by the people he once loved and served. He has been scarred by the battle for his wife's life and sanity, and exhausted by the fight to hold his family together during years of turmoil. And now, working construction on high- rises in Las Vegas, he is burning with questions. Is God really good? How could a loving God allow such things to happen to his children? As he...
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When war was declared in September 1939, everyday life for British citizens changed almost overnight. At the time, Winifred Graville of Sheffield, a gardener, writer and speaker well known in her local area, wrote a series of letters to her American cousin in Penn Yan, New York, describing the hardships and typical daily struggles her city experienced during the Blitz. At a time when American public opinion was strictly isolationist, Winifred's cousin...
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Two high-ranking officers defied the British Admiralty to tell the tale of World War I's first naval battle against Germany.
The Royal Navy had ruled the sea unchallenged for one hundred years since Nelson triumphed at Trafalgar. Yet when the Grand Fleet faced the German High Seas Fleet across the grey waters of the North Sea near Jutland, the British battleships and cruisers were battered into a draw, losing far more men and ships than the enemy.
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"An engaging journey into the wild and wonderful world of drumming."-CLEM BURKE, Blondie
To have a great band you need a great drummer. For the first time, Tony Barrell shines a long-overdue spotlight on these musicians, offering an exciting look into their world, their art, and their personalities. In Born to Drum, he interviews some of the most famous, revered, and influential drummers of our time-including Chad Smith, Ginger Baker, Clem Burke,...
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Take a dive into the history and story of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
In The Story of Chernobyl, an international tragedy is examined after three decades of study and investigation. Michael Robinson provides an educated lens on the background and context of the Chernobyl explosion through exposition, analysis, and testimony. Each chapter addresses the what, where, when, who, how, and why of a significant stage in the emergency. Through thorough...
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In The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby takes readers back to the roots of sustained racism and injustice in the American church. Filled with powerful stories and examples of American Christianity's racial past, Tisby's historical narrative highlights the obvious ways people of faith have actively worked against racial justice, as well as the complicit silence of racial moderates. The Color of Compromise Study Guide, used together with The Color of...
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Growing up as the son of prominent pastor and gospel artist, Bishop Paul S Morton, PJ has often been judged and questioned about his choice of a non-gospel music career. After years of trying to explain himself in his own words, he sought refuge in God's Word. Through his studies, it was confirmed that he was doing exactly what God had called him to do. "Why Can't I Sing About Love?" deals with the age-old argument of sacred vs. non-sacred music....
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Is privacy in a digital world still possible? Are you feeling watched every time you go online? In this digital era, privacy has become a luxury. If we are not careful someday we will end up having to fight for our privacy.
The Dark Web carries many controversies regarding anonymity in today's era. Still, with that many information out there, it is hard to know which side is right. But what if you were given the chance to form your own opinion?
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In Storms of My Grandchildren, James Hansen, the nation's leading scientist on climate issues, speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: the planet is hurtling even more rapidly than previously acknowledged to a climatic point of no return. Here, Hansen sounds the alarm, revealing for the first time that humanity's last chance to get off the path to a catastrophic global meltdown is coming ever closer.
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On March 10, 2019, eight of my colleagues and 149 passengers were killed instantly, when their Nairobi-bound flight from Addis Ababa crashed six minutes after takeoff. Such a loss was staggering, incomprehensible. Relatives and loved were overcome with grief. The nation of Ethiopia came to a standstill, stunned with sadness and disbelief. The world mourned. We all wondered, "How could such a catastrophe have happened? "Why?" As a commercial pilot...
79) The Color of Compromise: Audio Lectures: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism
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These audio lectures are a unique learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, The Color of Compromise: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
The Color of Compromise: Audio Lectures feature the author's expert teaching through every chapter in the textbook and are an...
80) From Poverty to Prosperity, The Truth About the Wealth of God's Love: Living This Thing Called Life
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In his first self-published book, Nikia shares personal stories about the struggle of growing up in extreme poverty in order to help others find joy, happiness, and love. In the times that we are in, mental health is at the forefront of humanity. It is more important than ever that we address this concern in a way that allows us to become the blooming flower we were intended to blossom into when we were planted. "Some of the biggest challenges in...
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