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A Multilayered Story of the Tragedy, Triumph, and Peculiarity of New Orleans Amid the infection of urban decay and fatuous political causes, mischief looms in the New Orleans neighborhood of Gentilly Terrace. A newly elected tax assessor, Jerry Sonthonax, is burdened with gambling debts and childcare payments and in desperate need of cash. After receiving a tip that a family-owned Vietnamese grocery store in his district is running an illega...

It is an interesting and thorough guidebook that caters to the adventurous spirit of RV travelers eager to discover national parks' natural beauty. "Voyages in Vans: A Traveler's Guide to RV Life in National Parks" is a guidebook that is an excellent choice for those individuals. This book is a wonderful resource of knowledge, insights, and recommendations for people who are new to exploring this one-of-a-kind mode of travel as well as those w...

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A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'No one interested in the history of Europe can afford not to read this stupendous book' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph'Endlessly fascinating ... History has returned to Europe, and Iron and Blood is an excellent place to start getting reacquainted with it' The TimesIron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book, encompassing five centuries of political, military, technological and economic c...

Die meiste Zeit war das deutschsprachige Zentrum Europas in zahllose Staaten zersplittert, von denen einige groß waren (wie Österreich oder Preußen) und andere nur aus ein paar Dörfern bestanden. So waren auch die militärischen Erfahrungen der verschiedenen Territorien absolut unterschiedlich. Peter H. Wilson fächert auf faszinierende Weise die gesamte Militärgeschichte des deutschsprachigen Raums in den letzten 5 Jahrhunderten auf und berücks...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Tikorangi is a tranquil rural district in North Taranaki, New Zealand. Drive through and you may notice the school, church, and the local hall, but that would tell you very little of the wealth and richness of the people who lived there and all that has happened during the last century and a half. Effort and Enterprise tells the stories of world leading pioneers and academics, farmers, sports people, and some remarkable women, and their enter...

Sometimes the conceptual depth or aesthetic beauty of a poem can stay in a reader's mind forever and be a constant source of wonderment and pleasure. Therein lies the particular appeal of poetry and the value of furnishing one's mind with such magic. The utility in applying one's close attention to this eclectic and unique collection of poems and images is the realisation of the essence of poetry itself. To be transported into that rarefied...

No music swung as erratically between extremes as his: folk song, march or acoustic apocalypse - anything was possible in the cosmos of Albert Ayler's soundscapes. With his furious instrumental glossolalia and his pathos-laden ballads, the musician from Cleveland, Ohio quickly became the most radical of the Sixties free jazz expressionists. In his hands the saxophone became a different instrument and even John Coltrane's late work was unmistak...

An idiosyncratic guidebook to architectural (and other) wonders of Italy, accompanied by the author's own witty illustrations.In Some Reasons for Traveling to Italy, architect Peter Wilson offers a Grand Tour of Grand Tours, providing an idiosyncratic guidebook to architectural (and other) wonders of Italy, illustrated by his own witty watercolors and sketches. Wilson chronicles the reasons that people throughout history have traveled to Italy...

For most of its existence German-speaking Europe has been splintered into innumerable states - some substantial (such as Austria and Prussia) and some consisting of just a few Alpine meadows. Its military experience has also been extraordinarily varied: threatened and threatening, a mere buffer-zone, and a global threat.Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book. It encompasses five centuries of political, military, technolog...

This inspiring story of a three-legged tiger cub is based on the real-life events of a young Bengal cat who was seriously injured in a near-fatal fall. Exploring themes of friendship, perseverance and acceptance, this story is meant to help children understand life-changing injury, depression and loss through the eyes of a feisty little tiger cub.

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