They Saw It Happen

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They Saw It Happen
Here are more than 60 eyewitness accounts from history. Many are notable events: the Battle of Thermopylae, The Black Death in 1348, the Great Fire of London, the execution of Louis XVI, the death of Nelson, the American Civil War and the bombing of Hiroshima. But there are also snapshots of more ordinary life - no less memorable for all that - including working conditions during the Industrial Revolution, views of slave owners and slaves, Paul Gaugin choosing a bride on Tahiti and the arrest of Dr Crippen. It is a fascinating and absorbing collection, bringing the past alive as only direct memories like these can do.
Publisher: Select Music & Distribution
Author: Various
Narrator: Various
ISBN: 9 62634 293 5
Download Price: $19.25

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Question of Blood, A

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Question of Blood, A

When a former soldier and recluse murders two 17-year-old students at a posh Edinburgh boarding school, Rebus immediately suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye.

Army investigators show up to snoop around the scene of the crime, and links between the killer and a local group of "Goths" (a morbid clique of black-clad teens who listen to heavy metal music) begin to surface. But just as Rebus finds himself in the thick of the murder inquiry, he’s threatened with suspension from the police force: a man who had been menacing his partner and friend, Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke, dies in the same house fire that has left Rebus with horrible, painful burns.

Rebus is immediately suspected of foul play. Now Rebus is faced with two harrowing missions: He must get to the root of the boarding school killing even as he tries to clear his own name.

Publisher: Brilliance Audio Inc
Author: Ian Rankin
Narrator: Michael Page
ISBN: 1597106208
Download Price: $24.95

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Daniel Deronda

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"Daniel Deronda is a startling and unexpected novel it is a cosmic myth, a world
history, and a morality play."–A. S. Byatt

"Nadia May meets the strenuous demands of Eliot’s narration with easy assurance."–Library Journal

One of the masterpieces of English fiction, Daniel Deronda tells the intertwined stories of two different
characters as they each come to discover of the truth of their natures. Gwendolen Harleth is the high-spirited
beauty of an impoverished upper-class family. In order to restore their fortunes, she unwittingly traps herself
in an oppressive marriage. Humbled, she turns for solace and guidance to the high-minded Daniel Deronda, an
adopted son of an aristocratic Englishman who is searching for his path in life. But when Deronda rescues a poor
Jewish girl from drowning, he discovers a world of Jewish experience previously unknown to himor to the
Victorian novel. Dismayed by the anti-Semitism around him, the tragedy of the lovely Gwendolen begins
to fade for Deronda. When he finally uncovers the long-hidden secret of his own parentage, he must confront his
true identity and destiny.

Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Author: George Eliot
Narrator: Nadia May
ISBN: 0-7861-1327-8
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'40 Years of Champions' books are here - MLive.com

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'40 Years of Champions' books are here - MLive.com

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'40 Years of Champions' books are here MLive.com, MI - 33 minutes ago by Jeff Bleiler | Jackson Citizen Patriot The long wait is over, and I can tell you, it was worth it. What started as an idea several months ago and took …

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Books on food crisis a hit with MPs - NDTV.com

Books on food crisis a hit with MPs NDTV.com, India - 13 hours ago PTI With food crisis and rising prices at the centre of global attention, books on the burning issue are suddenly arousing interest in Members of Parliament …

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Books On Electronics For the Lay Programmer? - Slashdot

Books On Electronics For the Lay Programmer? Slashdot - 10 hours ago leoboiko writes "I'm a computer scientist and programmer with no training whatsoever in hardware or electronics. Sure, we designed a simple CPU (at a purely …

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Children of Jihad: A Young American’s Travels among the Youth of the Middle East (TK)

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"This young gutsy writer knows that the East-West struggle is being fought over the caf tables of the Near and Middle East."Chris Matthews, host of NBC’s The Chris Matthews Show.

Classrooms were never sufficient for Jared Cohen; he wanted to learn about global affairs by witnessing them firsthand.

While studying on a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, he took a crash course in Arabic, read voraciously on the history and culture of the Middle East, and in 2004 he embarked on the first of a series of incredible journeys to the Middle East. In an effort to try to understand the spread of radical Islamist violence, he focused his research on Muslim youth.

The result is Children of Jihad, a portrait of paradox that probes much deeper than any journalist or pundit ever could. Written with candor and featuring dozens of eye-opening anecdotes, Cohen’s account begins in Lebanon, where he interviews Hezbollah members at, of all places, a McDonald’s. In Iran, he defies government threats and sneaks into underground parties, where bootleg liquor, Western music, and the Internet are all easy to access. His risky itinerary also takes him to a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, borderlands in Syria, the insurgency hotbed of Mosul, and other frontline locales.

At each turn, he observes a culture at an uncanny crossroads: Bedouin shepherds with satellite dishes to provide Western TV shows, young women wearing garish makeup despite religious mandates, teenagers sending secret text messages and arranging illicit trysts. Gripping and daring, Children of Jihad shows us the future through the eyes of those who are shaping it.

Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Author: Jared Cohen
Narrator: Jason Collins
ISBN: 978-1-4332-0375-6
Normal Price: $39.95
Download Price: $19.95 Discover this audio book

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