Marc Vietor
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An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
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The typical military history presents a chronicle of battles and wars and the commanders and troops who fought them. This book takes a different approach. It presents battles and wars and people aplenty, but they are not its ultimate subjects. This book is about the turning points that not only make military history dynamic but crucial to the story of humanity and civilization. This book is about the decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes,...
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"Protect your retirement from the next big crash with a New Twist on the Old Investment Strategy. For years, advisors have recommended that investors take a "buy and hold" approach to the market, but people over fifty can't afford to rely on this strategy. Buy, Hold, & SELL! uncovers the myth of the "buy and hold" investment philosophy, and explains why it's dangerously incomplete. Written by Ken Moraif, one of Barron's top 100 Financial Advisors...
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The Lost Stars volume 4
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English
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"The New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Fleet series returns to the "strong saga"* of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, and the determination of two people to create a better future in the farthest reaches of the colonized galaxy... The Syndicate Worlds continues to splinter as more star systems pledge allegiance to President Gwen Iceni, General Artur Drakon, and the new government they're establishing at Midway. But the toxic...
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The stellar spin-off to the New York Times bestselling The Lost Fleet series continues as the Syndicate's civil war threatens to spread even farther into the final frontier …
President Gwen Iceni and General Artur Drakon have successfully liberated the Midway Star System-but the dictatorial former rulers of the Syndicate Worlds won't surrender the region without a fight.
Outnumbered and led by junior officers hastily promoted in the wake of the...
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This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and after two millennia the arithmetical astronomy of the Babylonians merged with the Greek geometrical approach to culminate in the Almagest of Ptolemy. This legacy was transmitted to the Latin West via Islam, and led to Copernicus's claim...
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The book is a new approach to leadership development, based on ground-breaking scientific research, field-tested under the most brutal conditions on the most difficult summits, and successfully applied in the training of executives, management teams and entrepreneurs throughout the world. Each chapter takes one core lesson and approaches it from three points of view. First, the authors introduce a key leadership principle learned from expeditions...
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When Lt. Commander Bobby Thompson surfaced in Tampa in 1998, it was as if he had fallen from the sky, providing no hint of his past life. Eleven years later, St. Petersburg Times investigative reporter Jeff Testerman visited the rundown duplex Thompson used as his home and the epicenter of his sixty-thousand-member charity, the US Navy Veterans Association. But something was amiss. Thompson's charity's addresses were just maildrops, his members nonexistent,...
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Brilliance Audio
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[2019]
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English
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"The wait is over. After a two-year investigation, the results of The Mueller Report have been released to the public. Now listen to an audio version of one of the most talked about government in history. these are the redacted findings of Special Councel Robert Mueller and his team, which was tasked with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, including exploring any lins of coordination between President Donald J....
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Brilliance Audio
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2014.
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English
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"From the depths of the oceans to the far reaches of space, across the land they rise. Be they mankind's ultimate defenders or final punishment, Kaiju roam free, trailing naught but destructio in their wake. Contained within this anthology (just barely) are 23 larger-than-life stories from New York Times bestselling authors and indie rock stars, exploring and celebrating strange creatures in the tradition of Godzilla, Gamera, King Kong, and Cloverfield....