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#1 The mood in the helicopter was upbeat, especially from Ronnie Means. He had taken a job building concrete silos before joining the Army, and he looked like he was giddy. I didn't hit it off with him until we spent five hours together on a bus.
#2 I had always known cold and snow in December, but here, the air was so thick and muggy that I struggled to take deep breaths....
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In a series of episodes as fantastic as any fiction, a powerful civilization crumbled at the hands of a small band of warriors. Written by one of America's great historians, this gripping chronicle draws upon the firsthand accounts of eminent sixteenth-century captains and statesmen to relate the overthrow of the Inca empire by the Spanish adventurers under Pizarro's command. Author William H. Prescott's immensely readable narrative crackles with...
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Get the Summary of Michael Lewis's Flash Boys in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post—financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they...
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The land of the free and home of the brave. How much do you know of the history of modern-day America? From its discovery by Columbus to its participation in World war 1 and 2 we can see that America has left its mark on the world. It hasn't all been plain sailing and nobody should dare say otherwise, but has it been a success? Jump into this concise retelling of American history and judge for yourself as we attempt to take a neutral approach to the...
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#1 The men in the canoes were skilled, but they knew disaster was just a moment away. They were navigating among the islands of wbanakik, a beautiful but dangerous edge of the world.
#2 The Wapánahki were not a unified people. The languages spoken by those living far away were similar but subtly different from those of Ktə̀hαnəto and his relatives. They knew that...
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#1 Vivian Baxter was the firstborn of the Baxter children. Her father, a Trinidadian with a heavy Caribbean accent, had jumped from a banana boat in Tampa, Florida, and evaded immigration agents successfully all his life. He spoke often and loudly with pride about being an American citizen.
#2 Vivian's father made her brothers tough, and she followed suit. She would...
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While most visitors to Mexico visit one of the great Mayan cities, it is worth visiting some of the lesser-known ruins like Mayapan and Balamku. Mayapan is an ancient Maya city in the northern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The site has a long history, with its first occupation dating back to at least 900 BC and its last occupation dating to around 1450 AD. The word "Mayapan" means "Hill of the Jaguar." The name refers to the shape of one of three hills...
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#1 Tubman's story begins with a complicated set of relationships, black and white, between several generations of families living on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
#2 Tubman's story begins with the history of some of the white families who claimed ownership of her and her family. The detailed records of the lives of the white families who enslaved Tubman and her friends...
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The first edition of this book, published in 1999, was well-received, but interest in it has surged in recent years. It chronicles an early example of "regime change" that was based on a flawed interpretation of intelligence and proclaimed a success even as its mistakes were becoming clear. Since 1999, a number of documents relating to the CIA's activities in Guatemala have been declassified, and a truth and reconciliation process has unearthed other...
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A chance meeting that changed lives...By July of 1780, the American War of Independence under the command of General George Washington had been raging for more than five years. And, at long last, aid from the French arrives in the form of troops led by LeComte de Rochambeau. Rochambeau chooses as his bodyguard an Italian mercenary, Major Jean Canossa, who has volunteered to fight in America so he could rise in rank. This appointment has a profound...
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#1 Snow can be a beautiful thing, but it is also the mayor's mortal enemy. One day's bungled plowing is all that stands between a mayor and political disaster.
#2 The Blizzard of '78 was a major snowstorm that occurred in 1978. It was so severe that it brought the city to a standstill, and it was still being discussed decades later.
#3 By midafternoon on January 6,...
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#1 The town of Ada, Oklahoma, is a mix of small-town southerners and westerners. The people are friendly and welcoming, and the quarter-horse bidness is a source of local pride.
#2 Ada, Mississippi, was a small town with a large county surrounding it. The town was home to many nightclubs and bars, and it was here that Debbie Carter, a local girl, spent much of her time.
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#1 The case for the use of fire being the decisive transformation in the fortunes of hominids is clear. Fire was mankind's oldest and greatest tool for reshaping the natural world. It was used to clear old vegetation and encourage a host of quick-colonizing grasses and shrubs, many of which bore desired seeds, berries, fruits, and nuts.
#2 The use of fire to clear land...
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Hefting a newspaper bag, the paperboy trimmed playtime with his daily routine. But routines rupture. Undeterred by dangers and disasters, rascals guide the reader along paper routes sharing their adventures and misadventures. Their evocative stories arc from hilarious to horrific, and poignant to repugnant, as the children spun between drudgery and exciting rewards. This American icon learned lifetime lessons in just a few years, which impacted his...
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#1 I met Regina Charboneau, a chef and cookbook writer, at the Hot Tamale literary-culinary festival in Mississippi. She had moved back to her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, after selling everything in San Francisco.
#2 I visited the site of the second-largest slave market in the Deep South, known as the Forks of the Road. The markers were informative and disturbing,...
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Book Preview: #1 Annie had left home during a blizzard, but was returning in mud season. She had been treated for pneumonia, but an X-ray of her lungs had revealed a trouble spot. She was given a prognosis of two to four years to live.
#2 In 1954, a single older woman without family or employment faced few and stark choices. Annie had no bank account, no savings, and no relatives...
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#1 On September 19, 1972, police officer Donald Schwerdt was patrolling the streets of suburban Springfield, New Jersey, when he received a call about a woman who had found an arm on the lawn of her apartment complex. He thought the woman was the victim of a prank.
#2 The rear of the Baltusrol Gardens apartment complex. The arm was discovered by the building's...
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#1 On January 7, 1969, the second day of reading period, five anthropology doctoral students were assembled in a lecture hall at the top of the Peabody Museum. If they failed, they risked getting moved off the PhD track into a terminal masters.
#2 I live in a mansion called Apthorp House, which is part of Harvard's Adams House dorms. It is haunted, and the ghost is General...
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#1 I was excited to be heading to Vietnam, where I would be able to find answers to my many questions about war and my role in it. I was surprised at the number of lights below. I had always thought that a war zone would be blacked out, but the jewels of lights spread haphazardly through the dark.
#2 I was waiting with my duffle bag and flight bag at the airport, long...
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With the passing of the Volstead Act, the United States embraced Prohibition as the law of the land. From 1920 to 1933, the well-intentioned ban of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors gave rise to a flourishing culture of bootleggers, gangsters, and corrupt officials. This witty and perceptive history by Herbert Asbury, the bestselling author of The Gangs of New York, offers a wide-ranging survey of the Prohibition era...
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