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When Richmond landowner Washington Faulconer snatches young Nate Starbuck from the grip of a Yankee-hating mob, Nate is both grateful and awed by his idealistic rescuer. To repay his generosity, he enlists in the Faulconer legion to fight against his home, the North, and against his abolitionist father. When the regiment joins up, ready to march into the ferocious battle at Buff Run, the men are prepared to start a war . . . but they aren't re...

The beloved Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck returns to the front lines of the Civil War in this second installment of Bernard Cornwell's acclaimed Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles. It is the summer of 1862, and Nate has been bloodied but victorious at the battles of Ball's Bluff and Seven Pines. But he can't escape his Northern roots, and it is only a matter of time until he's accused of being a Yankee spy, pursued, and brutally interrogated. T...

Your project went off without a hitch--but somebody else got the credit...You averted a crisis brilliantly--but no one noticed...You came to the meeting with a sensational idea--but it was ignored until someone else said the same thing...HOW CAN YOU GET CREDIT & GET AHEAD?In her extraordinary international bestseller, You Just Don't Understand, Deborah Tannen transformed forever the way we look at intimate relationships between women and men. ...

I'm a fabulist by trade, " warns Gabriel Noone, a late-night radio storyteller, as he begins to untangle the skeins of his tumultuous life: his crumbling ten-year love affair, his disaffection from his Southern father, his longtime weakness for ignoring reality. Gabriel's most sympathetic listener is Pete Lomax, a thirteen-year-old fan in Wisconsin whose own horrific past has left him wise and generous beyond his years. But when this virtual f...

Stimulating, authoritative, and often lyrical, "The Mozart Effect" offers dramatic accounts of how music is used to deal with everything from anxiety to cancer, high blood pressure, chronic pain, dyslexia, and even mental illness.

A fascinating account of the Thomas Jefferson vs. John Adams election of 1800, replete with a controversial winner, deadlocked parties hell-bent on success and a nation divided. A timely tale that resonates with events happening today.

This timeless ode to nature invites readers to celebrate the wonders of life, great and small, seen and unseen. Through lush paintings, readers join a little girl's country ramble and share her appreciation of the beauty around her. Full-color illustrations.

Diese Blockflötentechnik richtet sich an fortgeschrittene Alt-Blockflötenspieler, die auf der Suche nach Material für die konsequente Arbeit an den Grundlagen ihrer instrumentalen und musikalischen Fähigkeiten sind. Dieses Technikwerk ist als Fortsetzung der beiden Altflötenbände "Spiel und Spaß mit der Blockflöte" denkbar, da die in der Altflötenschule angesprochenen Elemente einer Basistechnik für die Blockflöte kontinuierlich und im Hinblic...

Diese Blockflötentechnik richtet sich an fortgeschrittene Altblockflötenspieler, die auf der Suche nach Material für die konsequente Arbeit an den Grundlagen ihrer instrumentalen und musikalischen Fähigkeiten sind. Das vorliegende Technikwerk ist als Fortsetzung der beiden Altflötenbände "Spiel und Spaß mit der Blockflöte" denkbar, da die in der Altflötenschule angesprochenen Elemente einer Basistechnik für die Blockflöte kontinuierlich und im...

In the spirit of Halloween, this reign of terror is sure to satisfy even the most insatiable Bart Simpson fan.

Product development, from refining an established product range to developing completely new products, is the lifeblood of the food industry. It is however a process fraught with risk, which often ends in failure. This book explains the means to making product development a success.

One in three girls will be in a controlling, abusive dating relationship before she graduates from high school - from verbal or emotional abuse to sexual abuse or physical battering. Is your daughter in danger? Dr. Jill Murray speaks on the topic of dating violence at high schools around the country, reaching more than 10, 000 students, teachers, and counsellors each year. In every school she visits, she is approached by teenage girls in miser...

The ultimate scholarship toolbox with four essential scholarship resources--an aggressive "how-to" guide that teaches the techniques of top scholarship winners, a directory of scholarship prizes, and a library of winning essays, applications, support letters and other sample materials.

Since childhood, Rosa Fiore--daughter of a Sicilian matriarch and her hapless husband--found solace in her family's kitchen or "La Cucina", the heart of the family's estate. But there are other loves to be found, and hard won, in life.

Mary Call has promised her dying father to keep her brother and sisters together forever on the mountain, and never to take any help from strangers. She is determined to keep her word. No matter what. At first she is sure she can manage. Romey, Ima Dean, and Devola help gather herbs to sell in town, the riches of the mountains will surely keep the family clothed and fed. But then winter comes, fast and furious, and Mary Call has to learn that ...

This collection of merchant documents is essential reading for any student of economic developments in the Middle Ages who wishes to go beyond the level of textbook summaries. Different aspects of economic life in the Mediterranean world are delineated in the light of a rich variety of articles and other contemporary writings, drawn from Muslim and Christian sources. From commercial contracts, promissory notes, and judicial acts to working man...

Covers some of the most recent and significant advances in computer mathematics, including algebraic, symbolic, numeric and geometric computation, automated mathematical reasoning, mathematical software and computer-aided geometric design.

For the first time, a complete version of the autobiography of Xie Bingying (1906-2000) provides a fascinating portrayal of a woman fighting to free herself from the constraints of ancient Chinese tradition amid the dramatic changes that shook China during the 1920s, '30s, and '40s.Xie's attempts to become educated, her struggles to escape from an arranged marriage, and her success in tricking her way into military school reveal her perseverin...

Since its establishment 114 years ago, the Detroit Athletic Club (DAC) has played a crucial role in the amazing history of the City of Detroit. Originally a club for amateur athletes, it was reorganized in 1913 by prominent automobile and industrial leaders. In that year, Albert Kahn, a renowned architect, designed the magnificent six-story clubhouse that still stands in the heart of Detroit's theatre and sports district.Beginning with the bir...

Wach Unks, or High Hills, were the Lenni Lenape words used to describe this area and are the origin of the name Watchung. Approximately six square miles, Watchung comprises parts of the first and second ridges of the Watchung Mountains, a valley of fertile rolling land between them, two lakes, and streams across the valley and through a gorge in the mountains. These natural resources and the beauty of the area attracted the early Dutch, Englis...