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Jean Edward Smith

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch“Magisterial.”—The New York Times**In this extraordinary volume, Jean Edward Smith presents a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America’s thirty-fourth president. Here is Eisenhower the young dreamer, charting a course from Abilene, Kansas, to West Point and beyond. Drawing on a wealth ...

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Jean Edward Smith

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A model presidential biography... Now, at last, we have a biography that is right for the man" - Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book WorldOne of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this superlative volume, Jean Edward Smith combines contemporary scholarship and a broad range of primary source material to provide an engrossing na...

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Edward Abel Smith

A series of violent and calculated murders, perpetrated across a six-day period in the heart of wartime London.A city plunged into utter darkness for fourteen hours at a time. An erratic and desperately charming RAF man with an overactive imagination and a penchant for lying. A tense and furious geopolitical background as the world reels from the effects of warfare. This is the world in which Gordon Cummins was hunted down, tried and convicted of the crimes of the ...

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Edward E. "Doc" Smith

No human being had ever landed on the hidden planet of Arisia. A mysterious barrier, hanging unseen in space, turned back all ships. Then the word came to Earth, inexplicably but compellingly: GO TO ARISIA! Virgil Samms, founder of the Galactic Patrol, went - and came back with the Lens, the strange device that gave its wearer powers no man had ever possessed before. Samms knew that the price of this power would be high. But even he had no idea of the ultimate cost - nor of the strange des...

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Edward E. Smith

The story picks up immediately where Gray Lensman left off as Kimball and Clarissa are heading off to get ready for their impending marriage. Mentor of Arisia stops them by commanding Kim to "think" before he acts, and Kim, of course, immediately realizes that the Boskonian organization was probably not destroyed when Jarnevon was cracked between two other planets and still poses a grave threat to Civilization. The wedding is put on hold as Kinnison and the other Lensmen set about coming u...

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Edward E. Smith

Triplanetary' by Edward E. Smith, first published in 1934 as a serial and revised in 1948 for book form, is a foundational work in the genre of space opera science fiction. It serves as a prequel to Smith’s famed Lensman series, setting the stage for one of the earliest and most influential interstellar sagas in science fiction history. The novel spans millennia, beginning with an epic cosmic conflict between two ancient alien races: the benevolent Arisians and the malevolent Eddorians. Th...

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Edward E. Smith

It was beginning to look as if no one could prevent the destruction of the Universe. For a strange intelligence was directing the destruction of all civilization from the icy depths of space. Kim Kinnison of the Patrol was one of the few men who knew how near the end was. And in the last desperate plan to save all life, he knew he had to use his children as bait in a desperate plan to prevent the destruction of the universe.

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Edward Smith

One theme that echoes throughout this book is that God had been preparing me for a personal encounter with Him. I recounted how things were during my childhood years. Through a series of circumstances, He set the stage and laid the foundation so He can in the future, shape me into whatever form He wishes. In almost all of these testimonies, it's clear that He (El Shaddai) wanted me to understand what I can be through Him. He guided me through endless crucibles, all for the purpose of allow...

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Edward Smith

William Cobbett: A Biography in Two Volumes, Vol. 2 by Edward Smith delves into the life and contributions of one of England's most influential political reformers and writers. Cobbett's journey from a humble background to becoming a prominent figure in the early 19th century is meticulously chronicled. The biography highlights his passionate advocacy for agrarian reform, his critiques of industrialization, and his commitment to the working class. Smith's detailed research provides insight...

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Edward C. Smith

"[A] step-by-step approach to container gardening . . . Smith's practical, assuring, timely, and handsomely produced how-to will see brisk traffic." — Booklist (starred review)Harvest tomatoes on a patio, produce a pumpkin in a planter, and grow broccoli on a balcony! Bestselling author Ed Smith shows you everything you need to know to successfully create and care for an edible container garden, from choosing the right pla...

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Edward E. Smith, GP Editors

Triplanetary' by Edward E. Smith, first published in 1934 as a serial and revised in 1948 for book form, is a foundational work in the genre of space opera science fiction. It serves as a prequel to Smith’s famed Lensman series, setting the stage for one of the earliest and most influential interstellar sagas in science fiction history.The novel spans millennia, beginning with an epic cosmic conflict between two ancient alien races: the benevolent Arisians and the malevolent Eddorians. The...

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Edward Abel Smith

When Nicholas Winton canceled his skiing holiday in favor of going to Prague to visit a friend, little did he know this decision would change the course of thousands of lives, including his own. As millions of Jewish families attempted to flee the growing clutches of the brutal Nazi war of terror, this twenty-nine-year-old stockbroker decided to act, pulling off one of the most remarkable rescue missions of the century. The British Oskar Schindler tells the story of this remarkable man's l...