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“arthur pendelton”

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  • Sparks in the Desert

    The Baghdad Battery and the Myth of Ancient Electrical Engineering

    by Arthur Pendelton ...
    When archaeologists unearthed a small clay jar containing a copper cylinder and an iron rod in Iraq, the world was captivated. Dubbed the "Baghdad Battery," it sparked wild theories that ancient Mesopotamians had discovered electricity thousands of years before Alessandro Volta. These sensational claims of ancient electroplating and lost technological empires make for great television, but they ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Blueprint of a Disaster

    How a Simple Engineering Mistake Birthed California's Deadliest Accidental Sea

    by Arthur Pendelton ...
    At the dawn of the 20th century, developers saw an arid basin in Southern California and dreamed of an agricultural paradise. Instead, a single miscalculation turned the mighty Colorado River inland, flooding the desert for two relentless years. This catastrophic engineering failure birthed the Salton Sea, a massive accidental ocean that transformed into a glamorous mid-century resort destination, ... Read more

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  • Nation of the Stream

    The Bizarre History of the Unrecognized Republic Between America and Canada

    by Arthur Pendelton ...
    In the rugged wilderness between New Hampshire and Quebec, a cartographical error after the American Revolution left a small pocket of land entirely unaccounted for. Both the United States and Great Britain claimed it, yet neither effectively governed it. Frustrated by double taxation and constant threats of arrest from two different countries, the few hundred settlers living there did something ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Entrepreneur's Blueprint

    From Idea to Million-Dollar Business

    by Arthur Pendleton ...
    The Entrepreneur's Blueprint: From Idea to Million-Dollar Business is your ultimate guide to turning your entrepreneurial dreams into reality. Written by Arthur Pendleton, this comprehensive book takes you step-by-step through the entire process of building a successful business, from generating a winning idea to scaling it into a million-dollar enterprise.Packed with practical advice, real-world ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Colonel Weatherford's Young Entry:

    Being An Account Of The South Dorchester Ratters And Other Genteel Diversions Suitable For Children

    by Gordon Grand ...
    Colonel Weatherford's Young Entry by Gordon Grand is a sparkling classic of sporting fiction — a collection of tales that celebrates the world of foxhunting, friendship, and gentlemanly adventure with wit, elegance, and nostalgic charm. First published in the 1930s, this beloved volume introduced readers to the fictional English countryside of Colonel Weatherford, Master of the Hunt, and his ... Read more

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    Pathways to a Resilient Society

    by Andres R. Edwards ...
    Every fifteen seconds on our Earth, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume eighty-five million barrels of oil and pump twenty-three million tons of carbon dioxide into an already warming atmosphere. But against this bleak backdrop, beacons of hope shine from thousands of large and small initiatives taking place everywhere ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • American Covenant

    How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again

    by Yuval Levin ...
    **A top conservative scholar reveals the Constitution’s remarkable power to repair our broken civic culture, rescue our malfunctioning politics, and unify a fractious America“Salient and timely.” —Wall Street Journal**Common ground is hard to find in today’s politics. In a society teeming with clashing political perspectives, many people have grown frustrated under a system of government that ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • Perfect Phrases for the Perfect Interview: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases That Succinctly Demonstrate Your Skills, Your Experience and Your Value in Any Interview Situation

    Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases That Succinctly Demonstrate Your Skills, Your Experience and Your V

    by Carole Martin ...
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    Hundreds of interview-acing words and phrases to land you the jobIn a job interview, every word counts. That's why you need to make sure you'll be prepared with exactly the right answers to any question an interviewer might throw at you. With Perfect Phrases for the Perfect Interview, you will be equipped to handle even the toughest questions. This ready reference supplies you with:The best ... Read more

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  • The Cherokee Trail

    A Novel

    by Louis L'Amour ...
    A woman ahead of her time, Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, Mary must provide for her young daughter by running a stage coach station on the Cherokee Trail. With the help of an Irish maid and a mysterious stranger, Mary faces challenges that ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Exactly How to Sell

    The Sales Guide for Non-Sales Professionals

    by Phil M. Jones ...
    The sales guide for non-sales professionalsExactly How to Sell walks you through a tried and true process that draws on time tested methods that are designed to attract and keep more customers. No matter what you are selling (yourself, your product or your services) this simple read is certain to provide you actionable strategies to deliver you more of the sales results you are looking for.Inside, ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

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  • All God's Dangers (National Book Award Winner)

    by Theodore Rosengarten ...
    Nate Shaw's father was born under slavery. Nate Shaw was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler. At the age of nine, he was picking cotton for thirty-five cents an hour. At the age of forty-seven, he faced down a crowd of white deputies who had come to confiscate a neighbor's crop. His defiance cost him twelve years in prison. This triumphant autobiography, assembled from the eighty ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Spirit of Compromise

    Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It

    by Amy Gutmann, Dennis Thompson ...
    Why compromise is essential for effective government and why it is missing in politics todayTo govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis—dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. In The Spirit of Compromise, eminent political thinkers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson show why compromise is so ... Read more

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