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2015
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The experiment has failed.Four people awaken in a mysterious building in the middle of a forest, a silent white edifice amidst the teeming wildlife. Without any knowledge of their past lives, or even their original names, the four scour the forest for signs of civilization. But as they explore the area, they find that something is monitoring them. A strange weapon left behind by outsiders, a visitor with hidden motives, and more clues await in the dense foliage. Although the buildi...
6,23 kr.
eller Gratis med Kobo PlusA War of Love
2Nd Edition
2019
EN
A War Of Love - 2nd Edition, builds on the work of “A War Of Love – Poems by William T. Elliott”. It has 302 pages compared to the first edition's 128 pages. The book is a book of poems expressing the reflections on love and life of a Vietnam Era Veteran after the Vietnam War. The poems are easy to read and fall into three categories, pretty poems, humorous poems and spiritual poems. Below is a review of the first 6 sections of the book by the National Review of Books. I hope this will giv...
36,25 kr.
Greed in the Gilded Age
The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
2022
EN
Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal.‘Millionaire’ had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Using these newspaper articles, Hazelgrove tells the story of one of the greatest cons in American history.Combining the sexuality and helplessness her gender implied, Chadwick conned at least 2 mil...
Dead Air
The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America
2024
EN
A "granular history" (Wall Street Journal) of the greatest hoax in radio history and the panic that followed, which Publishers Weekly calls "a rollicking portrait of a director on the cusp of greatness" and Booklist**, in a starred review, says, "Hazelgrove’s feverishly focused retelling of the broadcast as well as the fallout makes for a propulsive read as a stu...
184,24 kr.
Evil on the Roof of the World
A Cycling Trip that Ended in Terror
2025
EN
Tilgængelig
On a bleak highway in the mountains of Tajikistan known as "the roof of the world", in July of 2018, Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, along with two other cyclists, were brutally murdered by five ISIS terrorists.They were both Georgetown University graduates who had quit their well-paying Washington, DC, jobs to pursue a bike trip around the world, looking for a different kind of American Dream. Pieced together from Jay and Lauren's Simply Cycling travel blog and so...
77,98 kr.
Student Debt
A Reference Handbook
2017
EN
Offering answers to essential questions about student debt and many connected issues, this book examines student debt in the United States at every stage of the process-from the banks that issue the loans to the colleges and universities that collect the payments.Student lending in the United States is one of the most controversial issues in contemporary American discourse. Are these loans the only option for Americans who want to attend college and university in o...
177,86 kr.
Capone's Vault
The Real Story of the Biggest Disaster in Television History
2026
EN
Tilgængelig
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the broadcast, an inside look at the historic televised reveal of Al Capone's vaults that would define Geraldo Rivera's career and change television forever.In 1986, more people watched The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults than either the Super Bowl or David Frost's interview with Richard Nixon. It was a high-wire, high-reward, high-disaster broadcast that was meant to be a comeback for journalist Geraldo Rivera, who ha...
The Real College Debt Crisis
How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being and Erodes the American Dream
2015
EN
Is it still worth it for low-income students to attend college, given the debt incurred? This book provides a new framework for evaluating the financial aid system in America, positing that aid must not only allow access to higher education, but also help students succeed in college and facilitate their financial health post-college.Higher education plays a critical role in the economy and society of the United States, creating a ladder of economic opportunity for ...
393,91 kr.
Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair
The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago
2017
EN
Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression. The story of Chicago fighting the hold that organized crime had on the city to be able to put on The 1933 World's Fair.William Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who beat ...
108,75 kr.
Capone's Vault
The Real Story of the Biggest Disaster in Television History
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- John Moraitis
Uforkortet
8 timer 27 min
2026
EN
Bloomsbury presents Capone's Vault by William Elliott Hazelgrove, read by John Moraitis.Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the broadcast, an inside look at the historic televised reveal of Al Capone’s vaults that would define Geraldo Rivera’s career and change television forever.In 1986, more people watched The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults than either the Super Bowl or David Frost’s interview with Richard Nixon. It was a high-wire, h...
How Life Works
The Inside Word from a Biochemist
2015
EN
Complete with colour illustrations and written in a conversational style, biochemist William Elliott unravels the mystery of life while revealing its majesty. How do chemical reactions occur? How do genes hold information? Why do our bodies age? What happens when someone gets cancer? How Life Works provides the inside word for those who are curious about the workings of the microscopic world inside us. Biochemistry not only explains what DNA is and how it forms the blueprint for who you ar...
160,11 kr.
Greed in the Gilded Age
The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
Uforkortet
8 timer 4 min
2022
EN
Bloomsbury presents Greed in the Gilded Age by William Elliott Hazelgrove, read by Cindy Piller.Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal.‘Millionaire’ had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Using these newspaper articles, Hazelgrove tells the story of one of the greatest cons in Am...











