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The Life of Mozart, with eBook

by Edward Holmes ...

Narrated by David Case ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

In his timeless biography—written long before the significance of Mozart's work was fully realized—author Edward Holmes reveals the musician's character and genius, his struggles, his influence on art, and the brilliant reputation that surrounded him. Published in 1845 as the first authentic narrative of the life of Mozart to appear in English, it was also the first biography after the composer's ... Read more

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In his timeless biography—written long before the significance of Mozart's work was fully realized—author Edward Holmes reveals the musician's character and genius, his struggles, his influence on art, and the brilliant reputation that surrounded him. Published in 1845 as the first authentic narrative of the life of Mozart to appear in English, it was also the first biography after the composer's
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Sharks: The Ancient Predators That Outlived the Dinosaurs

by Edward Holm ...

Narrated by Edward Holm ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Uncover the ultimate natural history survival story as ancient apex predators outlasted cataclysms to rule our oceans. Perfect for an educational commute, this immersive exploration brings you face-to-face with marine biology's most misunderstood survivors. Trade fear for fascination as you travel four hundred million years into the deep time of our ancient seas.Feel the tension of modern ... Read more

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Uncover the ultimate natural history survival story as ancient apex predators outlasted cataclysms to rule our oceans. Perfect for an educational commute, this immersive exploration brings you face-to-face with marine biology's most misunderstood survivors. Trade fear for fascination as you travel four hundred million years into the deep time of our ancient seas.Feel the tension of modern
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History of the Kensington Runestone: America's Most Debated Artifact

by Edward Holm ...

Narrated by Edward Holm ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Unearth a thrilling historical mystery as an 1898 Minnesota discovery ignites a century of debate over Viking explorers. A single rune-carved slab found by a farmer challenged everything known about North American exploration, pitting rural communities against academic elites. This suspenseful journey through time transforms a local curiosity into a fierce ideological battleground.Perfect for your ... Read more

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Unearth a thrilling historical mystery as an 1898 Minnesota discovery ignites a century of debate over Viking explorers. A single rune-carved slab found by a farmer challenged everything known about North American exploration, pitting rural communities against academic elites. This suspenseful journey through time transforms a local curiosity into a fierce ideological battleground.Perfect for your
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The Chairman

by Bruce Edward Holmes ...

As a Japanese officer in WWII, Chairman Hokkaido was without conscience. Among other atrocities, Chinese prisoners were used for medical experiments and dissected alive. Babies and toddlers were thrust through with long Japanese bayonets and thrown over village walls. Hokkaido promoted officers who obeyed such duties without question. He personally shot any who hesitated.Now decades later Chairman ... Read more

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As a Japanese officer in WWII, Chairman Hokkaido was without conscience. Among other atrocities, Chinese prisoners were used for medical experiments and dissected alive. Babies and toddlers were thrust through with long Japanese bayonets and thrown over village walls. Hokkaido promoted officers who obeyed such duties without question. He personally shot any who hesitated.Now decades later Chairman
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Upside Down and Under Water

by Bruce Edward Holmes ...

You see a new Corvette veer off the road, catch air, flip over and land in a river. Do you stop and go swimming? When you first see her you “consider the clothes you are wearing.” Responding to an “Agent in Distress Call,” the Feds hit 100 MPH on the freeway but the State Patrol is determined to issue a speeding ticket. The Las Vegas Hilton was on fire and I was there. Who shot Bambi? What’s the ... Read more

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You see a new Corvette veer off the road, catch air, flip over and land in a river. Do you stop and go swimming? When you first see her you “consider the clothes you are wearing.” Responding to an “Agent in Distress Call,” the Feds hit 100 MPH on the freeway but the State Patrol is determined to issue a speeding ticket. The Las Vegas Hilton was on fire and I was there. Who shot Bambi? What’s the
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Bravery & Brevity

by Edward L Holmes ...

The storms of life will come to overtake our hearts, but are we brave enough to survive the torrential onslaught of unspoken trials? Bravery & Brevity is our story of security for sinkers in the midst of addiction, affliction and destructive secrets that plunge our hearts into the abyss of self doubt and fear. Through five chapters of poetry, prose, and lyrical praise, author, motivator and ... Read more

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The storms of life will come to overtake our hearts, but are we brave enough to survive the torrential onslaught of unspoken trials? Bravery & Brevity is our story of security for sinkers in the midst of addiction, affliction and destructive secrets that plunge our hearts into the abyss of self doubt and fear. Through five chapters of poetry, prose, and lyrical praise, author, motivator and
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A Handbook of Fungi

by Edward Morell Holmes ...

A compact and practical pocket-book, A Handbook of Fungi introduces readers to the diverse fungal species found across Britain's woodlands, heaths, and meadows.Drawing on his years of fieldwork and botanical observation, E. M. Holmes offers a concise guide to fungal morphology, classification, and habitat. Published at the end of the nineteenth century, this volume expresses a deep appreciation ... Read more

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A compact and practical pocket-book, A Handbook of Fungi introduces readers to the diverse fungal species found across Britain's woodlands, heaths, and meadows.Drawing on his years of fieldwork and botanical observation, E. M. Holmes offers a concise guide to fungal morphology, classification, and habitat. Published at the end of the nineteenth century, this volume expresses a deep appreciation
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Voice of Freedom

Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

by Carole Boston Weatherford ...

Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

33 min

Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom ... Read more

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Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom
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Better Customer Service

Simple Rules You Can Apply Today

by Edward C. Brewer, Terence L. Holmes ...

This readable and concise research-based book discusses seven simple rules that will help businesses and individuals improve their customer satisfaction and workplace environments – and make the world a little better and more pleasant.An author team with extensive cross-sector experience provides a foundation that will help improve customer service no matter the type of organization or situation, ... Read more

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This readable and concise research-based book discusses seven simple rules that will help businesses and individuals improve their customer satisfaction and workplace environments – and make the world a little better and more pleasant.An author team with extensive cross-sector experience provides a foundation that will help improve customer service no matter the type of organization or situation,
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Air Combat

Dogfights of World War II

by Dmitriy Khazanov, Aleksander Medved, Edward M. Young, Tony Holmes ...

This book brings together the best and most iconic fighters of World War II, pitted against one another in desperate aerial combat.The battle for the skies in World War II fuelled a race between rival air forces to develop ever faster and more capable fighter aircraft – and the struggle for air superiority was never over until the war itself ended.This volume explores four clashes of some of the ... Read more

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This book brings together the best and most iconic fighters of World War II, pitted against one another in desperate aerial combat.The battle for the skies in World War II fuelled a race between rival air forces to develop ever faster and more capable fighter aircraft – and the struggle for air superiority was never over until the war itself ended.This volume explores four clashes of some of the
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The Common Law

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ...

Series Book 134 - The John Harvard Library
Much more than an historical examination of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, and contracts, The Common Law articulates the ideas and judicial theory of one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court. G. Edward White reminds us why the book remains essential reading not only for law students but also for anyone interested in American history. The text published is, ... Read more

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Much more than an historical examination of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, and contracts, The Common Law articulates the ideas and judicial theory of one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court. G. Edward White reminds us why the book remains essential reading not only for law students but also for anyone interested in American history. The text published is,
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The Complete Harvard Classics 2024 Edition [newly updated]

by Benjamin Franklin, Plato, William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, John Woolman, William Penn, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne, Robert Burns, Saint Augustine, Thomas á Kempis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Cicero, Adam Smith, Pliny the Younger, Plutarch, Virgil, Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, John Bunyan, Izaak Walton, Anonymous, Aesop, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, Homer, Richard Henry Dana Jr, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Lord Kelvin, Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Immanuel Kant, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Tacitus, Philiip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison, Niccolò Machiavelli, William Roper, Sir Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Hippocrates, Ambroise Paré, William Harvey, Edward Jenner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lyell, Confucius, Christian, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Blaise Pascal, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Juan Valera, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander L. Kielland ...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of ... Read more

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This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of
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