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  • Nelson's Battles

    by Oliver Warner ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war. As well as being a brilliant study of those naval battles which played such an important role in Napoleon's defeat, it also makes a ... Read more

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  • Captain Cook

    by Oliver Warner ...
    In his three extraordinary voyages, Captain James Cook made history. He was the first to discover Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and the first to circumnavigate New Zealand. By the 1700s, England, eager to expand its realm of trade, promoted exploration of all the unclaimed regions of the world. The eighteenth century, the age of reason and enlightenment, required a new kind of explorer: not a ... Read more

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  • The Crusaders' Great Battle

    by Oliver Warner ...
    Threatened by advancing Muslim power, Christian Europe struck back in a last Crusade. For four hours, historian Oliver Warner writes in this essay, the mightiest fleets hitherto known were locked in desperate battle, and history reached a turning point. For the Catholic West, it was the beginning of a brilliant new era; for the Ottoman Turks, it was the beginning of the end. ... Read more

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  • Trafalgar

    by Oliver Warner ...
    First published in 1959, this is an enthralling account of the Battle of Trafalgar viewed in perspective of Lord Nelson's personal career, and of the struggle for naval supremacy in the Napoleonic Wars.The Battle of Trafalgar of 21 October 1805 was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition ... Read more

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  • The Battle of the Nile

    by Oliver Warner ...
    First published in 1960, this is a gripping account of the decisive sea battle between the forces of Napoleon and the British under Nelson in 1798.The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay‎‎) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt from 1-3 August ... Read more

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  • The Glorious First of June

    by Oliver Warner ...
    First published in 1961, this is a fascinating account of the battle between the fleets of the England's Lord Howe and France's Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse during the French Revolutionary Wars.Known as the Glorious First of June (also known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de Prairial), the action on 1 June 1794 was the culmination of a campaign that had criss-crossed the Bay ... Read more

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  • The Faith Club

    A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding

    "Welcome to the Faith Club. We're three mothers from three faiths—Islam, Christianity, and Judaism—who got together to write a picture book for our children that would highlight the connections between our religions. But no sooner had we started talking about our beliefs and how to explain them to our children than our differences led to misunderstandings. Our project nearly fell apart."After ... Read more

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  • The Humour of America

    Selected, with an Introduction and Index of American Humorists

    The Humour of America is an articulate assemblage of wit and satire tracing the contours of American literary humor across various eras and styles. This anthology highlights the diversity in humor, from the biting satire of social commentary to the whimsical playfulness of anecdotal charm. The collection traverses the grand tapestry of Americana, intertwining insightful tales, reflective essays, ... Read more

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    The Faith Club

    A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew---Three Women Search for Understanding

    Unabridged

    11 hours 30 min

    A groundbreaking book about Americans searching for faith and mutual respect, The Faith Club weaves the story of three women, their three religions, and their urgent quest to understand one another.After September 11, Ranya Idliby, an American Muslim of Palestinian descent, faced constant questions about Islam, God, and death from her children, the only Muslims in their classrooms. Inspired by a ... Read more

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    Have you ever felt like you’ve had more questions than answers? Have you ever been troubled by the hard truth that life is equal parts disappointment and hope?New York Times bestselling author Barbara Brown Taylor in Leaving Church shares, “This is not the life I planned, or the life I recommend to others. But it is the life that has turned out to be mine, and the central revelation in it for me ... Read more

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    Pastrix

    The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

    Narrated by Nadia Bolz-Weber ...

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    New York Times bestselling author Nadia Bolz-Weber takes no prisoners as she reclaims the term "pastrix" (a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional life of faith.?"I've given away a dozen copies of Pastrix over the years. I adore Bolz-Weber's spiritual brilliance and tender hu... ... Read more

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  • Edison

    by Quincy Shaw ...
    We remember Thomas Alva Edison as the craggy, rumpled inventor of the light bulb and the phonograph - a prodigy, the affable "Wizard of Menlo Park." But he also was a visionary entrepreneur who changed the world. What Edison invented was the modern age. Here is his unforgettable story. ... Read more

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