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  Sir Walter Raleigh

  Raleigh Trevelyan

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  An enthralling new biography of the most exciting and charismatic adventurer in the history of the English-speaking worldTall, dark, handsome, and damnably proud, Sir Walter Raleigh was one of history's most romantic characters. An explorer, soldier, courtier, pirate, and poet, Raleigh risked his life by trifling with the Virgin Queen's affections. To his enemies—and there were many—he was an arrogant liar and traitor, deserving of every one of his thirteen years in the Tower of London.Regardless of means, his accomplishments are legion: he founded the first American colony, gave the Irish the potato, and defeated Spain. He was also a brilliant operator in the shark pool of Elizabethan court politics, until he married a court beauty, without Elizabeth's permission, and later challenged her capricious successor, James I. Raleigh Trevelyan has traveled to each of the principal places where Raleigh adventured—Ireland, the Azores, Roanoke Islands, and the legendary El Dorado (Orinoco)—and uncovered new insights into Raleigh's extraordinary life. New information from the Spanish archives give a freshness and immediacy to this detailed and convincing portrait of one of the most compelling figures of the Elizabethan era.

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  The Boy Who Loved Batman - A Memoir

  Michael E. Uslan

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  The Batman movie producer reveals how his childhood love of comic books became a lifelong passion and dream job in this illustrated memoir. 
   
  Is any superhero cooler than Batman? He’s a crime-fighting vigilante with a tragic past, a lawless attitude, and a seemingly endless supply of high-tech gadgetry. In this fully illustrated memoir, author Michael Uslan recalls his journey from early childhood fandom through to the decades he spent on a caped crusade of his own: to bring Batman to the silver screen as the dark, serious character he was at heart.  
   
  Uslan’s story traces his path from the wilds of New Jersey to the limelight of Hollywood, following his work as Executive Producer on every Batman film from Tim Burton’s 1989 re-envisioning to 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. Through it all, he helped to create one of the most successful pop culture franchises of all time. 
   
  “Don’t miss this spellbinding tale of one man who saw what Batman was—and realized what he could become.” —Stan Lee

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  Calamity at Chancellorsville -...

  Mathew W. Lively

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  “The definitive book on the last days of Stonewall Jackson” (Frank A. O’Reilly, author of The Fredericksburg Campaign).   On May 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson led his Second Corps around the unsuspecting Army of the Potomac on one of the most daring flank marches in history. His surprise flank attack—launched with the five simple words “You can go forward, then”—collapsed a Union corps in one of the most stunning accomplishments of the war.   Flushed with victory, Jackson decided to continue attacking into the night. He and members of his staff rode beyond the lines to scout the ground while his units reorganized. However, Southern soldiers mistook the riders for Union cavalry and opened fire, mortally wounding Jackson at the apogee of his military career. One of the rounds broke Jackson’s left arm, which required amputation. A week later Old Jack was dead.   This is the first full-length examination of Jackson’s final days. Contrary to popular belief, eyewitnesses often disagreed regarding key facts of the events. Where was Jackson fatally wounded, and what road was he on when struck? If he wasn’t wounded where history has recorded, then who delivered the fatal volley? How many times did he fall from the stretcher? What medical treatment did he receive? What type of amputation did Dr. Hunter McGuire perform? Did Jackson really utter his famous last words, “Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees?” What was the cause of his death?   Author and physician Mathew W. Lively utilizes extensive primary source material and a firm understanding of the area to re-examine the gripping story of the final days of one of the Confederacy’s greatest generals.

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  The Big Picture MBA - What Every...

  Peter Navarro

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  This course is designed to give listeners an overview of the MBA degree-one of the most valuable graduate degrees available. The focus is on the major courses taught in the core curriculum at any one of the top fifty business schools in the United States. We begin with an overview of the MBA core curriculum then proceed systematically through each of the major courses taught at America's top business schools-from accounting, finance, and marketing to economics, organizational behavior, and strategy. The course concludes with two lectures that will help you select, apply to, and prepare for your business schools of choice. However, you don't have to be a prospective student to benefit from this course. Any business executive wishing to further hone his or her management skills will find this course to be extremely valuable.

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  Explorers of the Nile - The...

  Tim Jeal

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  A “highly enjoyable” account of six men, and one woman, who journeyed into uncharted and treacherous African terrain to find the source of the White Nile (The Washington Post).Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet’s most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge.Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in the fierce competition. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped “Dark Continent,” its jungle deprivations, and the courage—as well as malicious tactics—of the explorers.On multiple forays launched into east and central Africa, the travelers passed through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail—and examines the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan.“A fabulous story…old-fashioned epic adventure.”—The Sunday Times"Superb narrative…a must-read for anyone hoping to understand the internal dynamics of modern state-building in central Africa.”—Booklist

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  Silver Horses Ran Down Moon...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  “Jack was a great musician and composer and a tremendous inspiration to me." ERIC CLAPTONThroughout the decades Geoffrey Giuliano has worked as a rock biographer and became an intimate to many of those of his generation who made the music. The band he knew however, was the groundbreaking band Cream. As the author of Ginger Baker’s yet unpublished first autobiography, a close friend and confidant to the often troubled Jack Bruce and a casual acquaintance of Eric Clapton, Giuliano had unique access to the complex relationships which knitted together formed this unexpected, unforgettable trio of musical titans. In this one of a kind audio treasure for the committed Cream fan, popular music historian, casual listener, curious commuter and all school and university systems, you will find the real men and meaning behind, what was arguably, the greatest musical powerhouse trio of the 20th century. Ladies and gentlemen we hope you will enjoy this very special evening of the words behind the endless myth and legend of Cream as seen through the eyes of the late great Jack Bruce.

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