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The Strangest of Places: Building Castles Made of Sand in Afghanistan

by Gerald N Carozza Jr

"The Strangest of Places" offers an unvarnished look at the U.S. Military's folly and failed effort to build Afghan institutions in the U.S. image. It dives into the complexities and ineptitudes that have transpired during the war in Afghanistan, and the misleading messaging to the American People. The book explores the fundamental problems with understanding the complex Afghan culture and the danger of ignoring the lessons of history, including Winston Churchill's writings ... more

Czech & Slavic Epic History

by G. M. Barlean

To answer the question of what it means to be Slavic, I believe we must step way back to see the bigger picture of what it means to be human. Part of the meaning is that we as humans do what we must to survive, grow, and create. Once you get to know and understand Slavic—specifically Czech—people, you will see they did what deeply felt passions drove them to do. All people who exist today exist because generation after generation fought to stay alive and strived to communicate what they believed... more

Father's Gold Secret: 父親的黃金秘密 - 1949

by Sing-yung Wu

There are few resources more precious than gold, and although some may view its glitter as a symbol of glory, to others it is the promise of a brighter future. The author asserts it is for this latter purpose that his father, Gen. Samuel Song-qing Wu, risked his life to ship millions of troy ounces of gold from Shanghai to Taiwan during the Chinese civil war. The author and his family narrowly escaped the People’s Liberation Army in Shanghai; flown to Taiwan in 1949, the author watched key histo... more

Strychnine & Gold (Part 2): Volume One Part Two of the Untold History of Addiction Treatment in the United States

by Kenneth Anderson

This book tells the story of the huge addiction treatment industry which flourished in the United States between 1890 and the advent of Prohibition in 1920. The story begins in Russia in 1886, where a number of doctors discovered a relatively effective pharmacological treatment for alcoholism. Although this Russian discovery was published in countless major English language medical journals, it was entirely ignored by the US addiction experts of the day, who eschewed pharmacological treatments, ... more

Strychnine & Gold (Part 1): Volume One Part One of the Untold History of Addiction Treatment in the United States

by Kenneth Anderson

This book tells the story of the huge addiction treatment industry which flourished in the United States between 1890 and the advent of Prohibition in 1920. The story begins in Russia in 1886, where a number of doctors discovered a relatively effective pharmacological treatment for alcoholism. Although this Russian discovery was published in countless major English language medical journals, it was entirely ignored by the US addiction experts of the day, who eschewed pharmacological treatments, ... more

Retaliation of The Cursed

by Stephen Arthur Martin Jr

Retaliation of the Cursed brings together history, archaeological finds, ancient religions and mythologies from all over the world to argue for their shared origins. It reveals the influence that rulers and priests had in altering religions throughout history to justify their own positions.

Thomas Jefferson: Family Secrets

by William G. Hyland Jr.

This fascinating biography of Thomas Jefferson written by acclaimed Jefferson expert William G. Hyland Jr. presents an entirely new and provocative look at the final years of Jefferson’s life, as seen through the eyes of his most trusted family confidants. Based on fresh research and unknown documents culled from unpublished memoirs and other special collections, Family Secrets is a riveting family account of Jefferson, a conflicted patriarch to an emotionally distressed family. It is also the... more

Fearless: A Dissection of Jamaican Spirituality

by Bianca Rose

My book, Fearless, is a bold collection highlighting the aspects of lost Jamaican roots. This book explains an individual’s will to turn the world towards a new direction that has already been in brew. Jamaicans are extremely strong in terms of spiritual beliefs, tribes, culture, and values. They do admire and adore their cultural values like none. A reading of this book will unleash how Jamaicans, and admirers alike, can change the world through their strongest wills towards a better end. ... more

Marble, Grass, and Glass

by B. Sham Moteelall

This book delves into the lives of various East Indian indentured servants bound to British sugar plantations in the Caribbean between 1838 and 1917. During that period some 1.2 million Indians embarked into a contractual agreement to work for a specified period at those establishments. Many were lured with false promises that resulted in an atrocious system that undermined human dignity. People came under a servitude process that resulted in a system that replaced, redefined and re-invented sl... more

Claude Coats: Walt Disney's Imagineer: The Making of Disneyland from Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond

by David Bossert

Claude Coats: Walt Disney’s Imagineer—The Making of Disneyland: From Toad Hall to the Haunted Mansion and Beyond is the story of artist and designer Claude Coats who, for more than half a century, was one of the most prolific creative talents at The Walt Disney Company and, arguably, the most accomplished. An unpretentious man of strapping stature, Coats was the artist behind some of the stunning backgrounds produced at the Disney studio during the Golden Age of Animation before being handed... more

REMEMBER: A Father-Daughter WWII Stalag 17-B POW Story About Never Giving Up

by Diane Dean-Epps

One Circa 1987 Tape One Gutsy WWII Stalag 17-B POW One Determined Daughter One All-Important Question Answered Equals One Hell of a Story Through a series of seemingly innocuous small events occurring at the height of World War II, 24-year-old Air Force Staff Sergeant Frank D. Dean found himself flying numerous combat missions in the European Theater as a replacement crew member for the 95th Bomb Group. His last mission was the Black Week Münster run when he was shot down on October 10, 194... more

Boreal Ties: Photographs and Two Diaries of the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition

by Kim Fairley and Silas Hibbard Ayer III

Boreal Ties comprises the annotated diaries and pictures of two participants in the expedition, Clarence Wyckoff and Louis Bement, close friends from Ithaca, New York, who paid $500 each to join the voyage. As Wyckoff and Bement embarked, they looked forward to what twenty-first-century travelers would call adventure tourism. They envisioned themselves hunting wild game, admiring and photographing magnificent scenery, and escaping the stresses of their lives as businessmen. The scenery did... more

The Mills Kept Grinding

by Martin Smallridge

The book tells the story of two young people from Gdansk, parted by the outbreak of war. It is a record of their journey, which saw them on opposite sides of the conflict. Yet, there are many characters in the novel, whose stories are introduced to the reader through the adventures of the book's main characters. It is also, if not primarily, a testimony to the past, told in the language of those who survived the war. Many of the events quoted in the book really happened, and these are the actual... more

The Black Pyramids Mystery... Solved!

by Cornel M. A. van Strijp

Are there pyramids in the Canary Islands? World famous explorer Thor Heyerdahl thought so, and created a tourist park around them. Other investigators have found identical structures in Sicily, Mauritius and the Azores. Step pyramids, made of lava stones, on islands thousands of miles apart... Who built these monuments? When did they build them, and why? To answer these questions, investigative reporter Cornel M.A. van Strijp takes you on a trip along the volcanic islands where the so-called ... more

Honor Through Sacrifice: The Story of One of America's Greatest Military Leaders

by Robert Lofthouse

I take you into the reality of a true soldier. Colossians 3:23 sets the stage for Gordon Lippman’s life, and I capture it well! ‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.’ Throughout WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam, Gordon Lippmann led and cared for his men during war times and peacetime challenges. This recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross was ever present as a warrior/leader and, equally as important, as a follower who carri... more

We the Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century

by Ronald Gruner

We the Presidents is a non-traditional presidential history. Imagine a presidential history spanning Warren G. Harding to Donald Trump that never mentions Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative. Instead Gruner discusses how the issues which affect Americans today from income inequality, to failed wars, to resurgent nativism and many other current issues have their roots in the actions taken by presidential administrations over the past century. We the Presidents also explores how d... more

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