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Wolfram siemann metternich6/27/2023 Of Britain's liberal constitution, a failing reformer in a fragile multiethnic state, and a man prone to sometimes scandalous We meet him as a tradition-conscious imperial count, an early industrial entrepreneur, an admirer Siemann draws on previously unexamined archives to bring this multilayeredĪnd dazzling man to life. Liberalism and nationalism as much as possible. But short of compromising on his overarching goal Metternich aimed to accommodate Often required him, as the Austrian Empire's foreign minister and chancellor, to back authority. The horrors of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, Siemann shows, committed above all to the preservation of peace. Modern and his career much more forward-looking than we have ever recognized. Siemann paints a fundamentally new image of the man who shaped Europe for over four decades. Suppress national independence, and oppose the dreams of social change that inspired the revolutionaries of 1848. Historians treat him as the archenemy of progress, a ruthlessĪristocrat who used his power as the dominant European statesman of the first half of the nineteenth century to stifle liberalism, Has a reputation as the epitome of reactionary conservatism. A compelling new biography that recasts the most important European statesman of the first half of the nineteenth century,įamous for his alleged archconservatism, as a friend of realpolitik and reform, pursuing international peace.
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Not only am I going to help James launch a successful brewery, but I'm going to find out what makes him tick. Did I mention he doesn't trust me to do my job? Challenge accepted. But only because my boss is the grumpy boss to end all grumpy bosses. WHAT IT'S ABOUT I won't be winning any employee of the year awards. It's the second in a series, but can be listened to as a standalone. You'll find plenty of laughs and sizzling chemistry in this closed door romantic comedy. The Bluff is an enemies to lovers, grumpy boss rom-com set in the fictional small town of Sheet Cake Texas. Except the more time I spend around James Graham, the more I start to lose the one thing I refuse to give to any man: my heart. It's a battle of stubborn wills, and I don't plan to concede anytime soon. The more he pushes me away, the more I'm pulled into his orbit. Or that he lost his mom when he was young, same as me. All this has nothing to do with the fact that the man is unbearably, unfairly, unignorably (is that a word?) attractive. Not only am I going to help James launch a successful brewery, but I'm going to find out what makes him tick.and what makes him go boom. I won't be winning any employee of the year awards, but only because my boss is the grumpy boss to end all grumpy bosses.ĭid I mention he doesn't trust me to do my job? Challenge accepted.
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Curse of the specter queen series order6/26/2023 To stop them, Sam must solve a deviously complex cipher - one that will lead her on a treasure hunt to discover the ancient relic at the heart of the ritual: a bowl carved from the tree of life. Here they discover an ancient order with a dark purpose - to perform an occult ritual that will raise the Specter Queen, the Celtic goddess of vengeance and death, to bring about a war unlike any the world has ever seen. Ruthless men intent on reclaiming the diary are after Sam, setting her and her best friend, along with her childhood crush, on a high-stakes adventure that lands them in the green hills outside Dublin, Ireland. But when a mysterious package arrives with a damaged diary inside, Sam's peaceful life is obliterated. Samantha Knox put away her childish fantasies of archaeological adventure the day her father didn't return home from the Great War, retreating to the safety of the antique bookshop where she works.
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Native son written by richard wright6/26/2023 Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class divisions in America, this powerful novel reflects the forces of poverty, injustice, and hopelessness that continue to shape society. Winner of the Springarn Medal, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Story Magazine Award, Wrights highly-lauded novel Native Son deals with racial inequality in. Omar Tyree, New York Times bestselling and NAACP Image Award winning author of 13 novels They may not all become writers like I have, but at least they will know early on that black men do write, will write, and have written." So the mission now would be to create novels that the black male youth can read, relate to, and be inspired by as early as possible. And I grew up in inner-city Philadelphia where there are thousands of young black men who should be reading black authors much earlier than tenth grade. You see, up until the tenth grade of high school when I was first assigned to read Richard Wright, we had never read a black male author in school before. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas. Books by Richard Wright (Author of Native Son) Books by Richard Wright Richard Wright Average rating 4. "I can't necessarily say that reading the classic novel Native Son by Richard Wright, changed my life, but it did have a major impact on my thoughts about black men, America, and literature. Native Son is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. Richard Wrights 1940 novel, Native Son, was the first book by an African-American writer to enjoy widespread success.
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Taking Shots by Toni Aleo6/26/2023 Misadventures with a Lawyer (By:Julie Morgan) Misadventures with a Sexpert (By:Elizabeth Hayley) Misadventures of a Biker (By:Scott Hildreth) Misadventures in the Cage (By:Sarah Robinson) Misadventures with a Firefighter (By:Julie Morgan) Misadventures with a Time Traveler (By:Angel Payne) Misadventures with a Twin (By:Elizabeth Hayley) Misadventures at City Hall (By:Victoria Blue) Misadventures with My Ex (By:Shayla Black) Misadventures in a Threesome (By:Elizabeth Hayley) Misadventures with a Book Boyfriend (By:Victoria Blue) Misadventures of a Curvy Girl (By:Sierra Simone) Misadventures with a Country Boy (By:Elizabeth Hayley) Misadventures on the Rebound (By:Lauren Rowe) Misadventures with a Professor (By:Sierra Simone) Misadventures with a Speed Demon (By:Chelle Bliss) Misadventures with a Rock Star (By:Helen Hardt) Misadventures with the Boss (By:Kendall Ryan) Misadventures with My Roommate (By:Elizabeth Hayley) Misadventures with a Master (By:Meredith Wild,Mia Michelle) Misadventures of a College Girl (By:Lauren Rowe) Misadventures of a Valedictorian (By:Mia Michelle) Misadventures on the Night Shift (By:Lauren Rowe) Misadventures of the First Daughter (By:Meredith Wild,Mia Michelle) Misadventures of a Backup Bride (By:Shayla Black) Misadventures with a Super Hero (By:Angel Payne) Misadventures of a Good Wife (By:Helen Hardt,Meredith Wild) Misadventures of a Virgin (By:Meredith Wild) Misadventures of a City Girl (By:Chelle Bliss,Meredith Wild)
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The double by fyodor dostoyevsky6/26/2023 Students of literature, admirers of Dostoyevsky, and general readers will all be delighted to have this classic work available in this inexpensive, high-quality edition. Characteristic Dostoyevskyan themes of helplessness, victimization, and scandal are beautifully handled here with an artistry that qualifies the story as a small masterpiece. The latter abuses the former with mounting scorn and brutality as the tale proceeds toward its frightening denouement. In The Double, the protagonist, Golyadkin senior, is persecuted by his double, Golyadkin junior, who resembles him closely in almost every detail. It appeared in 1846 (his second published work) and is by far the most significant of his early stories, not least for its successful, straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme. The double by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881, author. It was subsequently revised and republished by Dostoevsky in 1866. It was first published on Januin the Fatherland Notes. The Double is one of the finest of his shorter works. The Double is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot, Dostoyevsky also wrote much superb short fiction.
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The deep novel peter benchley6/25/2023 Coffin is introduced as a kindly old sea dog who is fairly tranquil about working a menial job, happily provides the main trio with information about the Goliath, and says he wants to recover the bodies of his dead shipmates onboard the wreck.When they decline to deal with him, he has them kidnapped, threatens to cut David's tongue out, and subjects Gail to a Shameful Strip.
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The greystone secrets6/25/2023 The coins are messengers, telling the Greystones and their allies that their friends in the alternate world are under attack-and that the cruel, mind-controlling forces are now invading the better world, too.Īfter another spinning, sliding journey across worlds, the Greystone kids must solve mysteries that have haunted them since the beginning: what happened when the Gustanos were kidnapped, what created the alternate world, and how a group of mismatched kids can triumph once and for all against an evil force that seems to have total control. And with the right touch, those symbols transform into words: PLEASE LISTEN. They are inscribed with codes that look just like what the Greystones' father was working on before he died. In the dazzling conclusion to the Greystone Secrets series from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, the Greystones and their doubles. Then mysterious coins begin falling from unexpected places. All secrets are revealed in this page-turning, suspenseful story that shows the importance of teamwork, telling your story, and taking action when it matters most.Īs book three of the Greystone Secrets series opens, the Greystone kids have their mother back from the evil alternate world, and so does their friend Natalie. In the dazzling conclusion to the Greystone Secrets series from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, the Greystones and their doubles, the Gustanos, must team up to save the alternate world-before both worlds are lost.
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The demon haunted world hardcover6/25/2023 Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.Ĭompact Disc. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons and UFOs. How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don't understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions.
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Ray dalio book changing world order6/25/2023 The last time that this confluence occurred was between 19. They included huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the world’s three major reserve currencies big political and social conflicts within countries, especially the US, due to the largest wealth, political, and values disparities in more than 100 years and the rising of a world power (China) to challenge the existing world power (US) and the existing world order. Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to understand today.” -Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Timesįrom legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes-and to offer practical advice on how to navigate them well.Ī few years ago, Ray Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadn’t encountered before. “A provocative read.There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD |