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IntroductionThe book, "The King's Path: The Rise of Prince Philip, Father of Alexander the Great" is extremely captivating because it sets the stage for the amazing and near total domination of the Macedonian kingdom and Alexander over their known world. Philip inherited the Macedonian kingdom from his father, King Amyntas who had taken the kingdom from an unrespectable city-state to an up and coming kingdom during the period of 393 BC to 370 BC. Amyntas instil...

In this book, aviation expert Chris Thomas - inspired to research Typhoons by his own father, who flew numerous raids in a Typhoon during World War 2 - extols the great importance of the Typhoon wings in the ultimate Allied victory in Europe.The Typhoon was the RAF's heavyweight fighter-bomber of choice to support the British and Canadian armies during the invasion of northwest Europe. He describes their destruction of German radar in the lead-up to D-Day, the use ...

Reimagining Oceania through the travel narratives that shaped the meaning of authenticity.In Pacific Possessions: The Pursuit of Authenticity in Nineteenth-Century Oceanian Travel Accounts, Chris J. Thomas expands the literary canon on Polynesia and Melanesia beyond the giants, such as Herman Melville and Jack London, to include travel narratives by British and American visitors. These accounts were widely read and reviewed when they first appeare...

The architectural legacy of Albert Kahn established on the global stage.Finalist for Foreword Indies Book Awards in the Biography category!Gold Medalist for IPPY Book Awards in the Best Nonfiction eBook category!State History Award Winner!In this new authoritative biography, author Chris Meister brings a fresh perspective to the legacy of internationally renowned Detroit architect Albert Kahn, utilizing a broad range of newly seen archival res...

A new drug will give you your best—and last—high in this "amazing follow up to Enter the Dark . . . Fast-paced, gruesome and very dark" ( The Book Magnet ).This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling.In a derelict squat, the Smart Man watches as the new narcotic developed by his shadowy organisation...

A new drug will give you your best—and last—high in this "amazing follow up to Enter the Dark . . . Fast-paced, gruesome and very dark" ( The Book Magnet).In a derelict squat, the Smart Man watches as the new narcotic developed by his shadowy organisation wreaks havoc on its unsuspecting victims. The drug is now ready for sale on their exclusive darknet marketplace.Meanwhile, former detective Pete Harris had started a new life away from the ...

"Hurtle[s] full speed into the eye-opening world of the deep/dark web . . . Stomach clenchingly gruesome, Enter the Dark is a modern chiller thriller." — The Book MagnetThis audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling.An anonymous website, a few clicks, and Joe Henderson's life is changed forever.The Red Room is th...

Chris NotesBy: Chris ThomasWhen you’re a Christian, the world should know it. It’s true that actions speak louder than words, especially when it comes to witnessing.And relationships are critical to building bridges of trust between believers and those who don’t know Christ.If we are to be like Jesus, we must follow His example by showing others how much we care for them.A war for our souls is underway. The enemy is Satan.And there’s only one...

A new collection on carnival hokum and magical thinking in post-apocalypse America—brought to you by The Baffler.There's never been a better time to be outside the consensus—and if you don't believe it, then peer into these genre-defining essays from The Baffler, the magazine that's been blunting the cutting edge of American culture and politics for a quarter of a century. Here's Thomas Frank on the upward-falling cult of expertise in Washington, D.C., whe...

"Hurtle[s] full speed into the eye-opening world of the deep/dark web . . . Stomach clenchingly gruesome, Enter the Dark is a modern chiller thriller." — The Book MagnetAn anonymous website, a few clicks, and Joe Henderson's life is changed forever.The Red Room is the only place where the failings of a weak justice system are righted and where the line between good and evil becomes blurred. When the lights go up, viewers bid, criminals are p...

Building on the foundation laid by Moshe Feldenkrais, Thomas Hanna's groundbreaking work completely redefines the body's potential for withstanding decline. His gentle program for the mind and body proves once and for all that so many problems we accept as inevitable over time -- chronic stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and, at times, even high blood pressure -- need never occur if we maintain conscious control of nerve and muscle, replacing Sensory-Motor Amnesia with ...

The crystal skulls are a mystery as profound as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Nazca Lines of Peru, or Stonehenge.Many indigenous people speak of their remarkable magical and healing properties, but nobody really knows where they came from or what they were used for. Were they left behind after the destruction of a previous world, such as Atlantis? Are they simply ingenious modern fakes or can they really enable us to see deeply into the past and predict the future? Searching for the a...