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The Great Empires of the Ancient World

by Thomas Harrison ...

A compelling history of the world’s greatest ancient powers.In this highly appealing collection, a distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars survey the great empires from 1600 BCE to 500 CE. In ten comprehensive chapters, from the ancient Mediterranean to China, these experts guide readers through the empires of New Kingdom Egypt, the Hittites, Assyria and Babylonia, Achaemenid ... Read more

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A compelling history of the world’s greatest ancient powers.In this highly appealing collection, a distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars survey the great empires from 1600 BCE to 500 CE. In ten comprehensive chapters, from the ancient Mediterranean to China, these experts guide readers through the empires of New Kingdom Egypt, the Hittites, Assyria and Babylonia, Achaemenid
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Barbara of the House of Grebe

by Thomas Hardy ...

Narrated by B.J. Harrison ...

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1 hour 17 min

Barbara, a young and impetuous heiress, rejects the stern Lord Uplandtowers to elope with a poor but handsome man, Edmund Willowes. When Barbara’s parents send Edmund to Europe, they hope to change him into a more suitable match for their daughter. But after disaster strikes, Edmund returns in a way nobody could have imagined. ... Read more

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Barbara, a young and impetuous heiress, rejects the stern Lord Uplandtowers to elope with a poor but handsome man, Edmund Willowes. When Barbara’s parents send Edmund to Europe, they hope to change him into a more suitable match for their daughter. But after disaster strikes, Edmund returns in a way nobody could have imagined.
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Chicago Catholic Churches

A Sketchbook

by Harrison Fillmore ...

Series series Landmarks
It began as the hobby of a lifelong Chicagoan. Twenty-five years and more than three hundred freehand church sketches later, it acts as an archive for centuries of architectural and religious history. The pen-and-ink drawings meticulously capture the details of each individual church down to the bullet holes Al Capone's hit men put in the façade of Holy Name Cathedral. The comprehensive collection ... Read more

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It began as the hobby of a lifelong Chicagoan. Twenty-five years and more than three hundred freehand church sketches later, it acts as an archive for centuries of architectural and religious history. The pen-and-ink drawings meticulously capture the details of each individual church down to the bullet holes Al Capone's hit men put in the façade of Holy Name Cathedral. The comprehensive collection
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Beach Town: Apocalypse

by Thomas Maxwell-Harrison ...

A mysterious disease has struck a hit and run victim.After Officer Dean begins the investigation it becomes clear the disease is the beginning of an epidemic.Harry and his family live a modest suburban life in Beach Town, on an island Southwest of the UK. He is dissatisfied with his marriage when he agrees to take his best friend Sheila to a job interview.Stuck in traffic on the motorway, strange ... Read more

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A mysterious disease has struck a hit and run victim.After Officer Dean begins the investigation it becomes clear the disease is the beginning of an epidemic.Harry and his family live a modest suburban life in Beach Town, on an island Southwest of the UK. He is dissatisfied with his marriage when he agrees to take his best friend Sheila to a job interview.Stuck in traffic on the motorway, strange
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The Complete Family Guide to Addiction

Everything You Need to Know Now to Help Your Loved One and Yourself

by Thomas F. Harrison, Hilary S. Connery, MD, PhD ...

If you are struggling to help a loved one recover from addiction--and to cope with the devastating impact on the whole family--you are not alone. But until now, there has been no single book that gives the millions of families like yours the comprehensive, unbiased information you need. This expertly written guide addresses the painful questions that spouses, parents, and grown children face every ... Read more

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If you are struggling to help a loved one recover from addiction--and to cope with the devastating impact on the whole family--you are not alone. But until now, there has been no single book that gives the millions of families like yours the comprehensive, unbiased information you need. This expertly written guide addresses the painful questions that spouses, parents, and grown children face every
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Of Bridges

A Poetic and Philosophical Account

by Thomas Harrison ...

"A fascinating and profound meditation on . . . bridges, and the myriad connections to . . . our creativity and the conundrums of the human condition." ―Sting, musician"Always," wrote Philip Larkin, "it is by bridges that we live." Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the unfinished business of these aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights, ... Read more

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"A fascinating and profound meditation on . . . bridges, and the myriad connections to . . . our creativity and the conundrums of the human condition." ―Sting, musician"Always," wrote Philip Larkin, "it is by bridges that we live." Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the unfinished business of these aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights,
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Let's Quit Smoking Quick

by Thomas Harrison ...

• You are a 20+ year's smoker?• You already tried to quit but it didn't worked• You want to quit smoking without feeling pain?• You need an easy and quick plan to achieve your goals?• You don't want to deals with complicated things such as nicotine patches, cravings and urges?• You want to enjoy a better health, feel younger and prettier?If your answer to those questions is a yes, you are at the ... Read more

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• You are a 20+ year's smoker?• You already tried to quit but it didn't worked• You want to quit smoking without feeling pain?• You need an easy and quick plan to achieve your goals?• You don't want to deals with complicated things such as nicotine patches, cravings and urges?• You want to enjoy a better health, feel younger and prettier?If your answer to those questions is a yes, you are at the
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The Ultimate Halloween Treat

by Wilhelm Hauff, Theodor Storm, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Adelbert von Chamisso, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu0, John Buchan1, George MacDonald2, Louis Tracy3, Percy Bysshe Shelley4, Bram Stoker5, Anatole France6, Charlotte Brontë7, Emily Brontë8, Jack London9, Henry James0, Théophile Gautier1, Arthur Conan Doyle2, Richard Le Gallienne3, Guy Boothby4, Jane Austen5, Algernon Blackwood6, Ralph Adams Cram7, Thomas De Quincey8, John Meade Falkner9, Guy de Maupassant0, Thomas Hardy1, William Archer2, William Harrison Ainsworth3, Daniel Defoe4, John Kendrick Bangs5, Cleveland Moffett6, Brander Matthews7, Marie Belloc Lowndes8, Sax Rohmer9, Horace Walpole0, Rudyard Kipling1, Lafcadio Hearn2, Ambrose Bierce4, Frederick Marryat5, Thomas Love Peacock6, Ellis Parker Butler7, Washington Irving8, David Lindsay9, Nathaniel Hawthorne0, Gaston Leroux1, Grant Allen2, Arthur Machen3, Wilkie Collins4, William Makepeace Thackeray5, Thomas Peckett Prest6, James Malcolm Rymer7, Fergus Hume8, Edward Bellamy9, Walter Hubbell0, S. Mukerji1, George Sylvester Viereck2, Marie Corelli3, Charles Brockden Brown4, Charlotte Perkins Gilman5, Leopold Kompert6, Richard Marsh7, Chester Bailey Fernald8, Florence Marryat9, Catherine Crowe0, Marjorie Bowen1, John William Polidori2, Vincent O'Sullivan3, H. G. Wells4, John R. Musick5, Robert W. Chambers6, W. W. Jacobs7, M. P. Shiel8, E. F. Benson9, Jerome K. Jerome0, M. R. James1, E. T. A. Hoffmann2, Eleanor M. Ingram3, George W. M. Reynolds4, Fred M. White5, H. P. Lovecraft6, Robert E. Howard7, Edith Nesbit8, Sabine Baring-Gould9, William Thomas Beckford0, Francis Marion Crawford1, Mary Elizabeth Braddon2, Mary Louisa Molesworth3, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman4, Nikolai Gogol5, J. Meade Falkner6, Mary Shelley7, Elizabeth Gaskell8, Gertrude Atherton9, Edward Bulwer-Lytton00, Frank R. Stockton01, A. T. Quiller-Couch02, Olivia Howard Dunbar03, Ann Radcliffe04, Louisa M. Alcott05, Thomas Mayne Reid06, Amelia B. Edwards07, Leonard Kip08, Matthew Gregory Lewis09, Charles Maturin10, Fitz-James O'Brien11, Katherine Rickford12, Bithia Mary Croker13, Catherine L. Pirkis14, Émile Erckmann15, Alexandre Chatrian16, Pedro De Alarçon17, J. K. Huysmans18, Pliny the Younger19, Helena Blavatsky20, Villiers de l'Isle Adam21, William F. Harvey22, Fiona Macleod23, William T. Stead24, Gambier Bolton25, Andrew Jackson Davis26, Nizida27, Walter F. Prince28, H. H. Munro29, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant30 ...

Translated by Lafcadio Hearn3, C. J. Hogarth31, J. T. Bealby32, Samuel Henley33, Isabel F. Hapgood34, Keene Wallace35, Margarete Münsterberg36 ...

The Ultimate Halloween Treat is a mesmerizing anthology that weaves together the fantastical, the eerie, and the mysterious from an impressive array of literary talents from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. This collection encapsulates the full spectrum of dark and imaginative storytelling—from the Gothic horror of pore-thrilling tales to the whimsical fantasies that traverse the boundaries ... Read more

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The Ultimate Halloween Treat is a mesmerizing anthology that weaves together the fantastical, the eerie, and the mysterious from an impressive array of literary talents from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. This collection encapsulates the full spectrum of dark and imaginative storytelling—from the Gothic horror of pore-thrilling tales to the whimsical fantasies that traverse the boundaries
... Read more
The Complete Family Guide to Dementia

Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Parent and Yourself

by Thomas F. Harrison, Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc ...

If you are facing the unique challenges of caring for a parent with dementia, you are not alone. What do you do when your loved one so plainly needs assistance, but is confused, angry, or resistant to your help? Where can you find the vital information you need, when you need it? Journalist Thomas Harrison and leading geriatric psychiatrist Brent Forester show that you don’t have to be a medical ... Read more

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If you are facing the unique challenges of caring for a parent with dementia, you are not alone. What do you do when your loved one so plainly needs assistance, but is confused, angry, or resistant to your help? Where can you find the vital information you need, when you need it? Journalist Thomas Harrison and leading geriatric psychiatrist Brent Forester show that you don’t have to be a medical
... Read more

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With the World's Great Travellers I

by Charles Morris, Oliver H. G. Leigh, Harriet Martineau, Henry Latham, Edward A. Pollard, William Howard Russell, S.C. Clarke, Thérès Yelverton, Thomas L. Nichols, Frederick Law Olmsted, G. W. Featherstonhaugh, J. S. Campion, Alfred Terry Bacon, Louis C. Bradford, Washington Irving, Meriwether Lewis, William Clarke, B. A. Watson, Henry G. Bryant, William Edward Parry, Elisha Kent Kane, W. S. Schley, Septima M. Collins, James A. Harrison, Jonathan Carver, Thomas M. Hutchinson, Charles Darwin, Benjamin F. Bourne ...

This book contains multiple stories about travelling from the world's greatest travellers: New Dependencies of the United States (OLIVER H. G. LEIGH) Winter and Summer in New England (HARRIET MARTINEAU) Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands (CHARLES MORRIS) From New York to Washington in 1866 (HENRY LATHAM) The Natural Bridge and Tunnel of Virginia (EDWARD A. POLLARD) Plantation Life in War Times ... Read more

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This book contains multiple stories about travelling from the world's greatest travellers: New Dependencies of the United States (OLIVER H. G. LEIGH) Winter and Summer in New England (HARRIET MARTINEAU) Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands (CHARLES MORRIS) From New York to Washington in 1866 (HENRY LATHAM) The Natural Bridge and Tunnel of Virginia (EDWARD A. POLLARD) Plantation Life in War Times
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Pop Goes the Decade

The Eighties

by Thomas Harrison ...

Series series Pop Goes the Decade
This fascinating overview of popular culture in the 1980s describes the decade of excess that resulted from the social, political, and economic conditions of the time, documenting why so many milestones in entertainment, arts, and technology occurred the 80s.Popular culture in the United States in the 1980s—as reflected in film, television, music, technology, and art—serves to illustrate the ... Read more

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This fascinating overview of popular culture in the 1980s describes the decade of excess that resulted from the social, political, and economic conditions of the time, documenting why so many milestones in entertainment, arts, and technology occurred the 80s.Popular culture in the United States in the 1980s—as reflected in film, television, music, technology, and art—serves to illustrate the
... Read more
Harvard Classics Volume XXXV: The Chronicles of Jean Froissart, The Holy Grail, and A Description of Elizabethan England (Illustrated Edition)

by Jean Froissart, Sir Thomas Malory, & William Harrison ...

The Harvard Classics series is an incredible collection of the most important literary works, compiled by Charles Eliot (1834 1926), then president of Harvard University. Eliot stated that a liberal arts education could be supplemented by reading 15 minutes a day from classic works stored on a five foot shelf. For this reason, the series is also known as the Five Foot Shelf. Volume 35 contains ... Read more

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The Harvard Classics series is an incredible collection of the most important literary works, compiled by Charles Eliot (1834 1926), then president of Harvard University. Eliot stated that a liberal arts education could be supplemented by reading 15 minutes a day from classic works stored on a five foot shelf. For this reason, the series is also known as the Five Foot Shelf. Volume 35 contains
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