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Arthur and Lilly

The Girl and the Holocaust Survivor

by Lilly Maier ...

What do a 75-year-old Los Angeles based rocket engineer and an eleven-year-old schoolgirl from Austria have in common? Not much at first glance, but Arthur and Lilly influenced each other's lives in a fateful way.In 1939, Arthur's Jewish parents sent their son abroad on a so-called Kindertransport ("children's transport"), hoping to save him from the Holocaust. The separation is a traumatic ... Read more

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What do a 75-year-old Los Angeles based rocket engineer and an eleven-year-old schoolgirl from Austria have in common? Not much at first glance, but Arthur and Lilly influenced each other's lives in a fateful way.In 1939, Arthur's Jewish parents sent their son abroad on a so-called Kindertransport ("children's transport"), hoping to save him from the Holocaust. The separation is a traumatic
... Read more
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All That Glitters

Anna Wintour, Tina Brown, and the Rivalry Inside America's Richest Media Empire

by Thomas Maier ...

Narrated by Linda Henning ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

The riveting account of the 1980s rivalry between superstars Anna Wintour of Vogue and Tina Brown of Vanity FairInside the Condé Nast magazine world, Anna Wintour and Tina Brown were bold and talented British women who fought their way to the top of a male-dominated American industry. Wintour became an icon of fashion and New York's high society, while Brown helped define the intersection between ... Read more

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The riveting account of the 1980s rivalry between superstars Anna Wintour of Vogue and Tina Brown of Vanity FairInside the Condé Nast magazine world, Anna Wintour and Tina Brown were bold and talented British women who fought their way to the top of a male-dominated American industry. Wintour became an icon of fashion and New York's high society, while Brown helped define the intersection between
... Read more

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American Scripture

Making the Declaration of Independence

by Pauline Maier ...

Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself ... Read more

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Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to be -- from the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself
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The Invisible Spy

Churchill's Rockefeller Center Spy Ring and America’s First Secret Agent of World War II

by Thomas Maier ...

The untold WWII story of a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill’s undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the US, and inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond, for fans of Ben Macintyre and Erik Larson.As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in ... Read more

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The untold WWII story of a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill’s undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the US, and inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond, for fans of Ben Macintyre and Erik Larson.As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in
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Mafia Spies

The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro

by Thomas Maier ...

From the Bestselling Author and Television Producer of MASTERS OF SEX, a True Story of Espionage and Mobsters, Based on the Never-Before-Released JFK Files, and Optioned by Warner Bros.Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America’s most remarkable espionage plots ever—with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top ... Read more

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From the Bestselling Author and Television Producer of MASTERS OF SEX, a True Story of Espionage and Mobsters, Based on the Never-Before-Released JFK Files, and Optioned by Warner Bros.Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America’s most remarkable espionage plots ever—with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top
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Masters of Sex

The Life and Times of Williams Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How To Love

by Thomas Maier ...

Narrated by Dorie Barton ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

Beginning in the 1950s, William Masters and Virginia Johnson convinced hundreds of people to shed their clothes and copulate— in the name of science. For more than 40 years, the pair served as the nation's top experts on love, sex, and intimacy. In this eye-opening work, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier presents an unprecedented look at the research team of Masters and Johnson, their ... Read more

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Beginning in the 1950s, William Masters and Virginia Johnson convinced hundreds of people to shed their clothes and copulate— in the name of science. For more than 40 years, the pair served as the nation's top experts on love, sex, and intimacy. In this eye-opening work, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier presents an unprecedented look at the research team of Masters and Johnson, their
... Read more
Energetic Herbalism

A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions Integrating Elements of Vitalism, Ayurveda, and Chinese Medicine

by Kat Maier ...

YOUR GUIDE TO HERBAL HEALING: A celebrated herbalist brings to life the elemental relationships among traditional healing practices, ecological stewardship, and essential plant medicines.Features in-depth studies of 25 essential medicinal herbs!By honoring ancient wisdom and presenting it in an innovative way, Energetic Herbalism is a profound and practical guide to family and community care for ... Read more

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YOUR GUIDE TO HERBAL HEALING: A celebrated herbalist brings to life the elemental relationships among traditional healing practices, ecological stewardship, and essential plant medicines.Features in-depth studies of 25 essential medicinal herbs!By honoring ancient wisdom and presenting it in an innovative way, Energetic Herbalism is a profound and practical guide to family and community care for
... Read more
When Lions Roar

The Churchills and the Kennedys

by Thomas Maier ...

The first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys and what their “special relationship” meant for Great Britain and the United StatesWhen Lions Roar begins in the mid-1930s at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's country estate, with new revelations surrounding a secret business deal orchestrated by Joseph P. Kennedy, the soon-to-be ... Read more

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The first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys and what their “special relationship” meant for Great Britain and the United StatesWhen Lions Roar begins in the mid-1930s at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's country estate, with new revelations surrounding a secret business deal orchestrated by Joseph P. Kennedy, the soon-to-be
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All That Glitters

Anna Wintour, Tina Brown, and the Rivalry Inside America's Richest Media Empire

by Thomas Maier ...

From the Bestselling Author and Television Producer of Masters of Sex, a True Story of****the Intrigue and Infighting of Condé Nast, Anna Wintour, S. I. Newhouse Jr., and Tina Brown, and Optioned by Sony Television ProductionsInside the Condé Nast magazine world run by billionaire S. I. Newhouse Jr., Anna Wintour and Tina Brown were bold and talented British women who fought their way to the top ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

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From the Bestselling Author and Television Producer of Masters of Sex, a True Story of****the Intrigue and Infighting of Condé Nast, Anna Wintour, S. I. Newhouse Jr., and Tina Brown, and Optioned by Sony Television ProductionsInside the Condé Nast magazine world run by billionaire S. I. Newhouse Jr., Anna Wintour and Tina Brown were bold and talented British women who fought their way to the top
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13 Weeks

A Nurse's Story from the Epicenter of COVID

by Jodi Maiers ...

What happens when the one holding everyone else begins to unravel-and no one stops to ask if he's okay?Scott was the steady one-an ICU nurse, a husband, a father. He walked into the epicenter of COVID determined to help as many people as he could. But the emotional toll didn't stay behind hospital doors. It came home in silence, in sleepless nights, in a weight too heavy to carry on his own.This ... Read more

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What happens when the one holding everyone else begins to unravel-and no one stops to ask if he's okay?Scott was the steady one-an ICU nurse, a husband, a father. He walked into the epicenter of COVID determined to help as many people as he could. But the emotional toll didn't stay behind hospital doors. It came home in silence, in sleepless nights, in a weight too heavy to carry on his own.This
... Read more
13 Weeks

A Nurse's Story from the Epicenter of COVID

by Jodi Maiers ...

What happens when the one holding everyone else begins to unravel-and no one stops to ask if he's okay?-Scott was the steady one-an ICU nurse, a husband, a father. He walked into the epicenter of COVID determined to help as many people as he could. But the emotional toll didn't stay behind hospital doors. It came home in silence, in sleepless nights, in a weight too heavy to carry on his own.This ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

What happens when the one holding everyone else begins to unravel-and no one stops to ask if he's okay?-Scott was the steady one-an ICU nurse, a husband, a father. He walked into the epicenter of COVID determined to help as many people as he could. But the emotional toll didn't stay behind hospital doors. It came home in silence, in sleepless nights, in a weight too heavy to carry on his own.This
... Read more
From Resistance to Revolution

by Pauline Maier ...

Maintaining that the outbreak of revolution in 1775 was not the result of secret planning by radicals but rather the end product of years of painful evolution, Pauline Maier brilliantly traces the American colonists’ road to independence from 1765 to 1776 and examines the role of popular violence as political allegiances corroded and once-loyal subjects were gradually transformed into ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Maintaining that the outbreak of revolution in 1775 was not the result of secret planning by radicals but rather the end product of years of painful evolution, Pauline Maier brilliantly traces the American colonists’ road to independence from 1765 to 1776 and examines the role of popular violence as political allegiances corroded and once-loyal subjects were gradually transformed into
... Read more

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