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William Stueck is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia and the author of several books, including The Korean War: An International History (Princeton).
Fought on what to Westerners was a remote peninsula in northeast Asia, the Korean War was a defining moment of the Cold War. It militarized a conflict that previously had been largely political and economic. And it solidified a series of divisions--of Korea into...
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"A practical guide....." contains most of the essential elements for playing guitar in today's music world. Included are: Arpeggios,
every kind of Chord, Finger exercises, Improvising keys, the Greek Modes, patterns for Sequencing, Pentatonic and Blues scales, as well as many other scales. Also, many different Music Theory ideas that glue everything together. This book works very well as a reference guide for playing the guitar on an intermediate
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"Five years after The Final Day, the Republic of New America has all but collapsed into regional powers and the world at large is struggling to remain stable as regional conflicts ravage the post EMP landscape. After several years attempting to lead a quiet life, John Matherson receives the news that the President is dying from a possible assassination attempt, and is asked to step in to negotiate with what appears to be a new military power hidden...
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Castor Oil was recommended by Edgar Cayce for treating many ailments that resist traditional therapies. Dr. McGarey's book recounts case histories in which he succeeded in employing castor oil packs as a healing agent for a variety of disorders from constipation and arthritis to ovarian cysts, urinary problems and more. Includes instructions for use of castor oil packs.
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Devil's Gulch Western volume 1
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"John Holt is a traveling gunslinger. He's been liberating dirty towns west of the Mississippi of murdering outlaw trash ever since the Civil War ended. No questions asked. Payment on demand. The only way out of this town is in a pinewood box. Holt's latest job is in Devil's Gulch in Colorado Territory. But wiping out bands of bank robbers is just the beginning. More disorder is brewing, and the skittish mayor has handpicked Holt as the new sheriff....
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"Just as William Goldman, the ultimate screenwriter, took us inside Hollywood, Simon de Pury, the ultimate art player, will take us inside an even more secretive business, whose staggering prices, famous collectors, and high crimes are front page news almost every day. The former Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, the former owner of Sotheby's rival Phillips de Pury, and currently a London-based dealer and advisor to great collectors around the world,...
7) How to sell at margins higher than your competitors: winning every sale at full price, rate, or fee
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Praise for How to Sell at Margins Higher Than Your Competitor
"This is the complete book for both new and experienced salespeople and business owners to learn and re-learn the essentials for success. How to Sell at Margins Higher Than Your Competitors emphasizes the pricing strategies and tactics to increase the market share and profits of any organization. This is a book that is as important to presidents as it is to salespeople."...
"This is the complete book for both new and experienced salespeople and business owners to learn and re-learn the essentials for success. How to Sell at Margins Higher Than Your Competitors emphasizes the pricing strategies and tactics to increase the market share and profits of any organization. This is a book that is as important to presidents as it is to salespeople."...
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Deadpan rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) stages elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother, but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. Obsessed with the trappings of death, Harold freaks out his blind dates, modifies his new sports car to look like a mini-hearse, and attends funerals, where he meets the spirited Maude (Ruth Gordon). An eccentric to the core, Maude lives exactly as she pleases, with avid collecting and...
10) Abel's Island
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The saga of Abelard, "Abel" Hassan de Chirico Flint, an elegant and romantic mouse, whose determination and resourcefulness enable him to escape from a deserted island and return to his beloved wife.
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Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver and Gregory Hines star as a team of ruthless arms dealers who will do anything to sell second-rate weapons to third world countries... until they get the chance to close a deal between a giant U.S. defense contractor and a Central American dictator in the DEAL OF THE CENTURY.
12) Warhorse one
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While conducting a rescue operation to evacuate desperate missionaries during the 2021 U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, a SEAL team helicopter is shot down and the one remaining member, Master Chief Richard Mirko, continues alone. When he reaches the target of his mission, he finds an ambushed vehicle and only one survivor -- a traumatized little girl. Can he get her to safety through a gauntlet of hostile insurgents and the brutal Afghan...
13) Elbow Grease
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Elbow Grease volume 1
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Elbow Grease, a small, electric truck with a lot of gumption, enters the Monster Truck Grand Prix to prove to his brothers that he is just as capable as they are.
14) Armed
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Chief, a former US Marshall, has fallen on hard times after he led his team on a raid that went horribly wrong. As he struggles to pick up the pieces, he soon learns that there may be a larger conspiracy at hand.
15) Sabrina
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Humphrey Bogart and William Holden play the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie’s all work, Holden’s all playboy. But when Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn), daughter of the family’s chauffeur, returns from Paris, the stage is set for some family fireworks. Nominated for six **Academy Awards**. Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the **Golden Globes.** *"It's a Cinderella story that gets turned on its heard, a satire about breaking down...
16) State and Main
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When a big-budget Hollywood movie crew arrives in a quaint Vermont village--sowing a bumper crop of corruption, vanity and greed--money will change hands, careers will be jeopardized and love will bloom before the first cameras roll. A producer losing money by the day ... a first-time screenwriter trying vainly to maintain his integrity ... a leading lady who does not want to appear nude ... a star with a dangerous predilection for underage girls--in...
17) Project: ALF
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Captured by the Alien Task Force, ALF was rescued by two officers who found out that the project shall be canceled - and also ALF.
18) Krystal
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William H. Macy directs an all-star cast in this comedic drama about Taylor (Nick Robinson), a young, sheltered man with a strange heart condition. When Taylor meets his dream woman, Krystal (Rosario Dawson) — a beguiling ex-addict with a sixteen-year-old son — Taylor pretends to be in AA to try and woo her. Past transgressions collide with young love, causing complications for Taylor, his family, and Krystal, as Taylor learns what it means to...
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Charlie anticipates a happy new life with Josephine, but soon realizes that marriage won’t be quite what he had in mind. After being confronted with countless responsibilities, restrictions, and a bride that is mapping out the rest of his life, Charlie develops an extreme case of wedding day jitters. As the big day dawns, Charlie makes a mad scramble towards freedom as he’s pursued by militant wedding guests and well-wishers in a side-splittingly...
20) Freedomland
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As a housing project cop who's respected for keeping the peace and being fair with the residents, Lorenzo Council stumbles onto the case of an apparent carjacking and child abduction one night that throws the projects into turmoil. But there's something strange in the details Brenda Martin slowly brings to light regarding her abductor and her missing child. The criminal investigation into the alleged kidnapping ignites long-simmering racial tension...