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  • 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
  • Around The World in an Overcoat: The World War One Journal of PFC Carl W. Farnsworth

    by Alexandria M. Hunter

    “We are always ready but in the meantime its dig, and work, and being careful, and trust to chance at times” -- Carl Farnsworth, July 18th, 1918.

    This book contains the legacy of First Class Private Carl W. Farnsworth. Experience World War One through the words of a combat engineer: one of the many and sadly forgotten men who helped pave the way for the rest of America to enter the Great War. This is a story about a simple man from Nebraska, as he travels halfway around the ... more

  • Anthology 42

    by Nathan Chan
    I translated and commented upon Spanish, French, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Arabic stories and proverbs into a 190-page English-language anthology to share culturally-diverse wisdom, cross-cultural similarities, and perspectives on human struggles through story-telling.
  • 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.
  • Insufficient Funds: The Financial Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

    by Peter C. Alexander
    Dozens of books have been written about architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture, aesthetic, and various design achievements; however, no on has looked at his business practices… until now. In this book, Peter Alexander focuses on the financial life of this American architectural genius after more than fifteen years of research. Wright was a spendthrift who earned a considerable fortune over his lifetime, but he was a man who never had sufficient funds to meet his expenses. Most ofte... more
  • 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
  • The Little-Known Heroes: Claudette Colvin

    by Kaushay & Spencer Ford
    Claudette Colvin is an intelligent, beautiful, young teenager living in Montgomery, Alabama. While living in the South during the Civil Rights era, she found ways to get involved with local activism through the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Claudette's activism leads her to take stand for her rights but finds herself in trouble. Her actions lead to nationwide change and inspire prominent historical figures.
  • 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
  • Ancient History: A Secular Exploration of the World

    by Stephanie Hanson
    Explore the ancient world on a tour of the most beautiful, vibrant, and fascinating places people have called home. History Unboxed takes you outside the box of a traditional history curriculum, exploring cultures around the globe on a journey across six continents. Get to know the Jomon people of Japan, the African empire of Ghana, and the Olmecs of Mesoamerica, alongside history heavyweights such as the Greeks and Sumerians. Take a look at the past through a secular lens and go beyond dates an... 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
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