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  • The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West

    by Robert J. Willoughby ...
    Written in a unique biographical format, Robert Willoughby interweaves the stories of six brothers who shaped the American trans-Mississippi West during the first five decades of the nineteenth century. After migrating from French Canada to St. Louis, the brothers Robidoux—Joseph, Francois, Antoine, Louis, Michel, and Isadore—and their father, Joseph, became significant members in the business, ... Read more

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    Since the voyage of Columbus in search of the New World, and of Raleigh in quest of El Dorado, no visit to America has excited so much interest and conjecture as that of the author of "Oliver Twist." . . . In the mean time the book, however disconcerting to those persons who had looked for something quite different, will bring no disappointment to such as can be luxuriously content with good sense ... Read more

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  • Shackleton's Way

    Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer

    by Margot Morrell, Stephanie Capparell, Alexandra Shackleton ...
    Lead your business to survival and success by following the example of legendary explorer Ernest ShackletonSir Ernest Shackleton has been called "the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none" for saving the lives of the twenty-seven men stranded with him in the Antarctic for almost two years. Because of his courageous actions, he remains to this day a model for great leadership and ... Read more

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  • Hurricane of Independence

    The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the Deciding Moment of the American Revolution

    by Tony Williams ...
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  • Drive Around the World

    One Family, One Car, One Year, One Planet

    by Danny Rosner Blay, Sandra Khazam ...
    We've driven around Australia, how about we drive around the world?'And with this one fanciful remark, the seeds were sown for what would become a worldwide adventure for one Melbourne family.Fuelled by itchy feet and a profound desire to expand their family's horizons, after five years of meticulous planning and seemingly endless vaccinations, Danny and Sandra packed their two kids, Maddy and ... Read more

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  • The Adventures of Buffalo Bill

    by Buffalo Bill ...
    In the early settlement of Kansas common-school advantages were denied us, and to provide a means for educating the few boys and girls in the neighborhood of my home, a subscription school was started in a small log cabin that was built on the bank of a creek that ran near our house. My mother took great interest in this school, and at her persuasion I returned home and became enrolled as a pupil, ... Read more

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    Answering the Call to Freedom

    by Rick Santorum ...
    The United States of America was founded and established by ordinary citizens just like you and me. In their struggle for independence, these heroic men and women willingly shed their blood, sweat, and tears—often sacrificing their own lives and fortunes in order to hand down the precious legacy of freedom we all enjoy today. Now is the time for a new generation of American patriots to rise up and ... Read more

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  • Cape Town to Kruger: Backpacker Adventures in South Africa and Swaziland

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    by John Dwyer ...
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  • Freshwater Passages

    The Trade and Travels of Peter Pond

    by David Chapin ...
    A fur trader and explorer, Peter Pond (1740–1807) became one of the first English-speaking men to see much of North America, traveling its rivers and lakes from Long Island Sound to Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories.At sixteen Pond joined the provincial army to fight in the Seven Years’ War. He tried his hand at seafaring, before turning his attention to the Great Lakes fur trade, ... Read more

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  • Forced Founders

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    by Woody Holton ...
    Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
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  • The History of American Higher Education

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    by Roger L. Geiger ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
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  • The Salt Of Broken Tears: A Novel

    by Michael Meehan ...
    On the edge of the remote salt flats of Australia, a young woman blows in from nowhere and disturbs the precarious equilibrium of a family farm. The boy is fascinated by her, his mother despises her, and the brutish farmhand wants to possess her. When the woman mysteriously disappears, the only trace of her a bloodied dress, the boy sets out in search of an Indian hawker who may or may not have ... Read more

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