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Big Money, Small Town

A Ryan Tapia Novel

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

Series series A Ryan Tapia Novel
In this gripping and dynamic thriller, former FBI agent Ryan Tapia finds himself ensnared in the complex interplay of power, politics, environmental degradation, and resistance at a cobalt mine in Maine.While building his career as a private investigator in the Maine countryside, Ryan Tapia takes the case of Dr. Ed Healey, a local physician suffering from an acute case of cobalt poisoning. A mine ... Read more

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In this gripping and dynamic thriller, former FBI agent Ryan Tapia finds himself ensnared in the complex interplay of power, politics, environmental degradation, and resistance at a cobalt mine in Maine.While building his career as a private investigator in the Maine countryside, Ryan Tapia takes the case of Dr. Ed Healey, a local physician suffering from an acute case of cobalt poisoning. A mine
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Everyone Knows But You

A Tale of Murder on the Maine Coast

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

Series series A Ryan Tapia Novel
An FBI agent finds himself in the insular world of a fishing village on the Maine coast where the rules are different—sometimes lethally so.After his wife and two children are killed in a car crash, Ryan Tapia starts a new life in Maine. But his first case there is a puzzling oddball—the corpse of a fisherman washes up on federal land, while the man’s boat drifts into waters that are part of an ... Read more

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An FBI agent finds himself in the insular world of a fishing village on the Maine coast where the rules are different—sometimes lethally so.After his wife and two children are killed in a car crash, Ryan Tapia starts a new life in Maine. But his first case there is a puzzling oddball—the corpse of a fisherman washes up on federal land, while the man’s boat drifts into waters that are part of an
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Churchill and Orwell

The Fight for Freedom

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

**A New York Times bestseller!A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike.**Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's—Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by ... Read more

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**A New York Times bestseller!A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike.**Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's—Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by
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Waging a Good War

A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. Ricks offers a new take on the Civil Rights Movement, stressing its unexpected use of military strategy and its lessons for nonviolent resistance around the world.“Ricks does a tremendous job of putting the reader inside the hearts and souls of the young men and women who risked so much to change America . . . Riveting.” ... Read more

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#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. Ricks offers a new take on the Civil Rights Movement, stressing its unexpected use of military strategy and its lessons for nonviolent resistance around the world.“Ricks does a tremendous job of putting the reader inside the hearts and souls of the young men and women who risked so much to change America . . . Riveting.”
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The Generals

American Military Command from World War II to Today

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

**A New York Times bestseller!An epic history of the decline of American military leadership—from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell.**While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—it has been less kind to the generals of the wars that followed, such as Koster, Franks, Sanchez, and Petraeus. In The Generals, ... Read more

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**A New York Times bestseller!An epic history of the decline of American military leadership—from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell.**While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—it has been less kind to the generals of the wars that followed, such as Koster, Franks, Sanchez, and Petraeus. In The Generals,
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First Principles

What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

New York Times BestsellerEditors' Choice —New York Times Book Review"Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country." —James Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) & 26th Secretary of DefenseThe Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling auth... ... Read more

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New York Times BestsellerEditors' Choice —New York Times Book Review"Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country." —James Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) & 26th Secretary of DefenseThe Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling auth...
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Fiasco

The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • One of the Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year • Time's 10 Best Books of the Year • USA Today's Nonfiction Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book"Staggeringly vivid and persuasive . . . absolutely essential reading." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"The best account yet of the entire war." —Vanity Fair</... ... Read more

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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • One of the Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year • Time's 10 Best Books of the Year • USA Today's Nonfiction Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book"Staggeringly vivid and persuasive . . . absolutely essential reading." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"The best account yet of the entire war." —Vanity Fair</...
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Intangible

The Eklyptian Trilogy, #1

by Patricia J Ricks ...

Series Book 1 - The Eklyptian Trilogy
What was it like when dragons ruled the world? For Bull it might as well have been a story to which there was no truth. Being a fog Dragon, Bull is haunted by a past he longs to remember. He is also confronted with a present he wishes he could forget.Bull is a slave, forced to carry out his master's orders - cruel, unforgivable crimes against those whom dragons were once sworn to protect.They are ... Read more

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What was it like when dragons ruled the world? For Bull it might as well have been a story to which there was no truth. Being a fog Dragon, Bull is haunted by a past he longs to remember. He is also confronted with a present he wishes he could forget.Bull is a slave, forced to carry out his master's orders - cruel, unforgivable crimes against those whom dragons were once sworn to protect.They are
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Making the Corps

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

Series series Bestselling Military History
The bestselling, compelling insider’s account of the Marine Corps from the lives of the men of Platoon 3086—their training at Parris Island, their fierce camaraderie, and the unique code of honor that defines them.The United States Marine Corps, with its proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Making ... Read more

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The bestselling, compelling insider’s account of the Marine Corps from the lives of the men of Platoon 3086—their training at Parris Island, their fierce camaraderie, and the unique code of honor that defines them.The United States Marine Corps, with its proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Making
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The Biology of Beating Stress

How Changing Your Environment, Your Body, and Your Brain Can Help You Find Balance and Peace

by Jeanne Ricks ...

An enlightening guide to how stress wears us down—and what we can do to protect ourselves.Stress doesn't discriminate—it can have a negative impact on us regardless of race, creed, socioeconomic status, or political party. But with a health issue that's so universal—and a flood of not-always-accurate information about it—how can we separate fact from fiction and get a grip on harmful stress? The ... Read more

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An enlightening guide to how stress wears us down—and what we can do to protect ourselves.Stress doesn't discriminate—it can have a negative impact on us regardless of race, creed, socioeconomic status, or political party. But with a health issue that's so universal—and a flood of not-always-accurate information about it—how can we separate fact from fiction and get a grip on harmful stress? The
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The Gamble

General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks ...

Fiasco, Thomas E. Ricks’s #1 New York Times bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq—The Gamble is the next news breaking installmentThomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to document the inside story of the Iraq War since late 2005 as only he can, examining the events that took ... Read more

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Fiasco, Thomas E. Ricks’s #1 New York Times bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq—The Gamble is the next news breaking installmentThomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to document the inside story of the Iraq War since late 2005 as only he can, examining the events that took
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Escape on the Pearl

The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad

by Mary Kay Ricks ...

The largest mass escape of fugitive slaves in American history is thrillingly chronicled in this "readable . . . valuable account" ( Kirkus).On the evening of April 15, 1848, nearly eighty enslaved Americans attempted one of history's most audacious escapes. Setting sail from Washington, D.C., on a schooner named the Pearl, the fugitives began a daring 225-mile journey to freedom in the North—and ... Read more

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The largest mass escape of fugitive slaves in American history is thrillingly chronicled in this "readable . . . valuable account" ( Kirkus).On the evening of April 15, 1848, nearly eighty enslaved Americans attempted one of history's most audacious escapes. Setting sail from Washington, D.C., on a schooner named the Pearl, the fugitives began a daring 225-mile journey to freedom in the North—and
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