![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ![]() He is best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler and a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Rising Sun. Slight shadow offset to signature page caused by Krochs & Brentano's "1st Edition Circle" bookmark having once been laid in. John Willard Toland (J January 4, 2004) was an American writer and historian. SIGNED & FINE Condition! Tight, bright, clean copy in bright dust jacket (unclipped) with a few clean & hard-to-see nicks. He is best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Rising Sun. John Willard Toland (1912 - January 4, 2004) was an American writer and historian. + Krochs & Brentano's "1st Edition Circle" bookmark. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's tipped-in front endpaper, thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival polyester-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) lllustrated with 12 pages of glossy B&W photos, Hitler's family tree, table of ranks, plus in-text maps 2 map endpapers: front = Germany Between Wars & rear = Europe Under Hitler, xx, + 1035 pages. ![]()
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Neil Gaiman's Coraline meets Stranger Things in a dark and twisted story about a sleepy town with a dark secret-and the three kids brave enough to uncover it.Įvery thirteen years in the town of Eden Eld, three thirteen-year-olds disappear.Įleanor has just moved to the quiet, prosperous Eden Eld. ![]() ![]() IN THEIR VARIOUS FILM EXCURSIONS, the Beatles appropriated the power of "Beatlemania" and self-consciously established a cultural mythology to ensure their commercial and popular dominion. ![]() The witness video prompted the creation of a number of memorial websites, a Twitter icon, a number of Facebook groups, two Wiki pages, memorial art works, and songs commemorating Neda’s life and death. The image of Neda’s face, covered in blood, was recolored, reconfigured, and reassembled across multiple media forms. The next day, Neda’s dying images were broadcast by major television companies and made worldwide headlines including newspapers in Britain, the US, and Australia. 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After reading and listening to this book, I recalled how much I really loved reading romances set during medieval times. This time, instead of my paperback, I switched between my ebook copy and the audiobook. It has long been one of my favorites, but I confess to not having reread it in awhile. ![]() ![]() ![]() I still have my well-read/well-loved paperback copy of YOU AND NO OTHER. Backstory to Beauvisage Family But Stands Strongly ![]() ![]() ![]() Especially troubling are the stories told by adults who were encouraged to transition as children but later regretted subjecting themselves to those drastic procedures.Īs Anderson shows, the most beneficial therapies focus on helping people accept themselves and live in harmony with their bodies. ![]() It gives a voice to people who tried to “transition” by changing their bodies, and found themselves no better off. This book exposes the contrast between the media’s sunny depiction of gender fluidity and the often sad reality of living with gender dysphoria. Drawing on the best insights from biology, psychology, and philosophy, Ryan Anderson offers a nuanced view of human embodiment, a balanced approach to public policy on gender identity, and a sober assessment of the human costs of getting human nature wrong. When Harry Became Sally provides thoughtful answers to questions arising from our transgender moment. ![]() Can a boy be “trapped” in a girl’s body? Can modern medicine “reassign” sex? Is our sex “assigned” to us in the first place? What is the most loving response to a person experiencing a conflicted sense of gender? What should our law say on matters of “gender identity”? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They created Aria to rule the Nine Realms, but now they fear she’s too dangerous and ruthlessly savage to live. When everyone is pushing her to become the villain they claim her to be, will she be able to become the monster the realms need? Those she thought she could trust have deceived her.Įverything that can be taken from her has been wrenched from her grasp. The land has chosen its hero, but war demands a heavy price-one Aria may not be prepared to pay. War lingers on the horizon, as armies gather deeply within the shadows. Within the Nine Realms, deception runs deep. From USA Today Bestselling Author Amelia Hutchins comes a tale of love, war, and betrayal.Ī king who craves to possess her mind, body, and soul.Ī council who has deemed her too dangerous to live.Īnd a fate she never asked for, but can’t escape. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hell is the same as any hood and certainly the Brooklyn hood she grew up in. Will she blow Winter’s head off? Can Winter dodge the bullets? Or will at least one bullet blast Winter into another world? Either way Winter is fearless. Simone, Winter’s young business partner and friend, is locked and loaded and Winter is her target. But Winter is not the only one with revenge on her mind. She’s eager to pay back her enemies, rebuild her father’s empire, reset his crown, and ultimately to snatch Midnight back into her life no matter which bitch had him while she was locked up. Still stunning, still pretty, still bold, still loves her father more than any man in the world, still got her hustle and high fashion flow. INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER The long-anticipated sequel to Sister Souljah’s million copy New York Times bestseller The Coldest Winter Ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bailyn has substantially and profoundly altered the nature and direction of the inquiry on the American Revolution. ![]() “With this reading of the American Revolutionary Experience, Mr. “The most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation. “Tightly written and politically sophisticated… In the field of American Revolutionary Studies, Bailyn’s book must henceforth occupy a position of first rank. His meticulous scholarship is matched with perceptive analysis. Bailyn writes with the authority and integrity that derive from a thorough mastery of the material. “One cannot claim to understand the Revolution without having read this book. For many, it remains the most persuasive interpretation of the Revolution. His book, which won the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes in 1968, influenced an entire generation of historians. These radical ideas about power and liberty, and deeply rooted fears of conspiracy, had propelled Americans in the 1760s and 1770s into the Revolution, Bailyn said. In The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, the most famous of his works, Bailyn uncovered a set of ideas among the Revolutionary generation that most historians had scarcely known existed. “In every area of Bernard Bailyn’s research-whether Virginia society of the 17th century or the schools of early America-he transformed what historians had hitherto thought about the subject. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Not the Witch You Wed, April Asher brings all the hilarity and sweet, sexy moments you love in a romantic-comedy-plus a fun dose of magic-to this spell-binding new series about being sexy, single, and supernatural in New York City. In Not the Witch You Wed, April Asher brings all the hilarity and sweet, sexy moments you love in a romantic-comedyplus a fun dose of magicto this spell-binding new series about being sexy, single, and openly supernatural in New York City. One thing’s for sure: magic doesn’t make dating and love any easier. In Not the Witch You Wed, April Asher brings all the hilarity and sweet, sexy moments you love in a romantic-comedyplus a fun dose of magicto this spell-binding new series about being sexy, single, and openly supernatural in New York City. But there are old secrets and looming threats that could snatch away their happily ever after, again. When old feelings make a reappearance-along with Violet’s magic-they both realize there’s nothing fake about their feelings. But when the two of them are forced by arcane Supernatural Laws to find mates, Violet and Lincoln agree to fake-date their way to a fake-mating in order to conjure themselves some time. ![]() Magic-less witch Violet Maxwell wants nothing to do with alpha wolf shifter Lincoln Thorne-the man who broke her fragile, teenage heart. ![]() In Not the Witch You Wed, April Asher brings all the hilarity and sweet, sexy moments you. A fake relationship between a magic-less witch and a wolf shifter turns to more in the start of a bewitching new paranormal rom-com series. One things for sure: magic doesnt make dating and love any easier. ![]() |