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William Penn acquired a large section of American land in a debt settlement and transformed it into a thriving colony. He wrote this tract (and others) to recruit British colonists to Pennsylvania. In it, he praises the quality of the weather, the abundance of agricultural opportunities, and their good relations with the native people. His persuasive words capture a sense of “America the beautiful” that drove thousands to seek a new life in the land of opportunity.

Benjamin Franklin left behind quite a legacy as an inventor, politician, and philosopher. Yet when he first arrived in Philadelphia, his future wife thought he had “a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.” Franklin recalls that this was because at the time he was carrying a large dinner roll under each arm and eating a third as he walked down the street. This delightful excerpt from his memoir shows how Franklin got his start in the printing business and demonstrates his skill as a humorist.

The Jamestown settlers imagined life in the New World would be flowing with abundance, but things were not as they expected. Not only were they agriculturally inexperienced, but they had bad luck negotiating with the natives and faced delays of their food shipments from England. In “The Starving Time”, Captain John Smith recounts the bleak conditions of the winter of 1609-10, including tales of people so desperate they resorted to cannibalism. It was a time of starvation indeed - of the colony’s 500 residents, only 60 lived till spring.

The New York Times bestselling collection from FOX News star Greg Gutfeld features his best and pithiest monologues on the current state of the world, covering everything from pop culture to politics, annotated for the modern day with all new content. “Wherever I go, I am hit repeatedly by the...

In her best-selling book The Beauty Detox Solution, Kimberly Snyder - one of Hollywood's top celebrity nutritionists and beauty experts - shared the groundbreaking program that keeps her A-list clientele in red-carpet shape. Now you can get the star treatment with this guide to the top 50 beauty foods that will make you more beautiful from the inside out. Stop wasting your money on fancy, expensive beauty products and get real results, while spending less at your neighborhood grocery.

In 1919, American headlines proclaimed the fix and cover-up of the World Series as "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America." In this painstaking review, Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the scandal, in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged with the nation’s leading gamblers to throw the series to Cincinnati. Asinof vividly describes the tense meetings, the hitches in the conniving, the actual plays in which the Series was thrown, the Grand Jury indictment, and the famous 1921 trial.

The story of the Incas is a powerful one, and their legacy remains a potent influence in the Andes of South America. In this insightful lecture series, Columbia University professor Terence D'Altroy focuses on Inca life at the height of the empire, the society's origins, its military, religion, ruling structure, and finally, the Inca legacy today.

On February 2, 2002, Stephen King, Pat Conroy, John Grisham, and Peter Straub gathered at New York's Town Hall for a very special evening. These four best selling authors stepped up to the microphone to raise money for one of the most recognizable voices in audiobooks, Frank Muller, an actor who sustained terrible injuries from a motorcycle accident. All profits will be donated to The Wavedancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports artists who fall prey to illness or injury.

Instant New York Times Bestseller! Feel more beautiful, healthy, and energized than you have in years! Now, a revolutionary new way of helping you realize the true beauty that is your birthright! Deepak Chopra, a leading pioneer of integrative medicine and New York Times bestselling author of...

Named to Oprah Magazine's Best Caribbean Books for Your 2021 reading list, imagination and adventure run wild in the most talked about middle grade debut of the year! A small village on a Jamaican island. A girl who doesn't remember the previous summer. A best friend who is no longer acting like...

We all remember. We all forget. What do we remember? What do we forget? Why do we remember? Why do we forget? When do we remember? When do we forget? Inspired by fairytales like Grimm's THE SINGING, SPRINGING LARK and Anderson's THE SNOW QUEEN, FORGET/REMEMBER is the story of two young sweethearts who share their dreams of a future together. When life's circumstances pull them apart, will they remember their words, their feelings and their dreams when they are reunited years later?

After divorce, job loss, or life crisis, many men find themselves lost—drifting through days, numbing pain, wondering how they became strangers in their own lives. REBUILD is the practical guide for men ready to transform wreckage into strength.

Luther is a traditional gay vampire who loves the baths and dance clubs. He's also a romantic. In fact, ask his new boyfriend...he'll tear your heart out. Teamed up with Max, the son of Satan, they manage to murder their way into the beds and dark spaces of every cruising bar in town. When a tattooed demon massacres an entire dance club during a "White party," the Florida police have no other choice but to accept Max and Luther's help to hunt down the paranormal creatures and have some dangerous sex along the way.

Anansi, the timeless trickster, returns to spin a tale that bridges ancient memory and digital futures. In a rebuilt colony where code hums like prayer and neon rivers pulse with forgotten truths, the people drift half-awake, half-erased. Through myth, prophecy, and rebellion, Threads of the Old Sun and the New unravels the tension between heritage and machine, identity and erasure, love and survival. Rooted in Afro-Shemitic wisdom and Afrofuturist imagination, this story asks: what do we risk forgetting, and what must we fight to remember?

What does it take to wear a flight uniform? What's the toll to stay in one? Join three talented flight crews on gritty, fast-paced helicopter rides through chaos and find out.

This comprehensive series of 84 lectures features three award-winning historians sharing their insights into this nation's past-from the European settlement and the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, 19th-century industrialization, two world wars, and the present day. These lectures give you the opportunity to grasp the different aspects of our past that combine to make us distinctly American, and to gain the knowledge so essential to recognizing not only what makes this country such a noteworthy part of world history, but the varying degrees to which it has lived up to its ideals.

This is the story of an East Texas farm boy, the war in the Pacific, and love. Based on true events, Red Smith leaves his farm, experiences the horrors of war, and returns a man, wanting only to go back to work on the farm.

Avec authenticité et simplicité, N'jio Carré, l'écrivain masqué, partage son propre parcours, invitant chaque auditeur à dépasser ses limites et à construire une vie pleine de sens, d’épanouissement et de réussite.

Clandestine methamphetamine labs crept into Texas during the latter half of the 20th century, but certain members of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Narcotics Division were hellbent on stopping the malicious tide. Agents Dan Allen and his rookie partner, Kate Starnes, encountered a multi-layered criminal organization operating meth labs in the East Texas piney woods. Dan, in an undercover capacity, infiltrated to the highest levels of the meth clan, while attempting to balance his home life and family responsibilities.

Julie on kovia kokenut sosiaalitoimen asiakas ja nuoren pojan äiti. Hänen perheneuvojansa Henrik osoittautuu puoleensavetäväksi ja hyödylliseksi tuttavuudeksi, joka tarjoaa auliisti tukeaan. Eräänä yönä mies kuitenkin ilmestyy yökerhoon, jossa Julie työskentelee. Mies alkaa vaatia vastapalveluksia avustaan ja Julien on pakko totella häntä, jottei menettäisi poikaansa. Celine on huoltajuuskiistan uuvuttama ja epätoivoinen. David on siirtynyt Kööpenhaminan murharyhmästä Amagerin paikallistutkintaosastolle. Linda on menettänyt työnsä henkivartijana.