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Little Visits with Great Americans

Intimate Portraits of Progressive Era Leaders in Industry, Reform, Science, Arts, and Public Service

by Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Alva Edison, Hiram Stevens Maxim, Hazen S. Pingree, Marshall Field, John Wanamaker, Sir Thomas Lipton, Darius Ogden Mills, Russell Sage, Lyman Judson Gage, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Robert C. Clowry, Herbert H. Vreeland, Samuel Gompers, Nelson A. Miles, Joseph H. Choate, Chauncey M. Depew, Jonathan P. Dolliver, Thomas C. Platt, Tom L. Johnson, Jacob Gould Schurman, James Whitcomb Riley, Edwin Markham, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, William Dean Howells, General Lew Wallace, Edwin Austin Abbey, Alice Barber Stephens, Frederic Remington, Homer Davenport, Charles Dana Gibson, Frederick Burr Opper, F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, Henry Merwin Shrady, Marshall P. Wilder, John Philip Sousa, Helen Keller, John Burroughs, Helen Miller Gould, Nathan Strauss, Russell H. Conwell, Frank W. Gunsaulus, Robert Collyer, Robert Laird Borden, Goldwin Smith, S. N. Parent, Andrew G. Blair, James Loudon, Sir William C. Van Horne, Samuel Jones, Philip D. Armour, John B. Herreshoff, Lillian Nordica ...

Little Visits with Great Americans assembles a revealing cross-section of public speech, reminiscence, interview, reflection, and visual culture from the United States and Canada at the turn of the twentieth century. Its governing theme is civic eminence: industrial expansion, democratic leadership, artistic achievement, social reform, technological invention, and moral aspiration appear as ... Read more

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Little Visits with Great Americans assembles a revealing cross-section of public speech, reminiscence, interview, reflection, and visual culture from the United States and Canada at the turn of the twentieth century. Its governing theme is civic eminence: industrial expansion, democratic leadership, artistic achievement, social reform, technological invention, and moral aspiration appear as
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Fearless Retirement

Minimize Risk to Maximize Retirement Income

by Tom Jacobs ...

More than 10,000 Americans are retiring everyday in the United States. Many have not saved enough for retirement; and most of those who have been saving for decades to get to this milestone in life have their precious retirement savings in a spot where a crash in the financial markets could change their plans for a comfortable retirement.The lessons in this book come from the painful and personal ... Read more

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More than 10,000 Americans are retiring everyday in the United States. Many have not saved enough for retirement; and most of those who have been saving for decades to get to this milestone in life have their precious retirement savings in a spot where a crash in the financial markets could change their plans for a comfortable retirement.The lessons in this book come from the painful and personal
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Never Say Sell

How the World's Best Consulting and Professional Services Firms Expand Client Relationships

by Tom McMakin, Jacob Parks ...

Learn the secrets of how recurring revenue is driven at expert firms like BCG, KPMG, EY, and moreNever Say Sell: How the World's Best Consulting and Professional Services Firms Expand Client Relationships explains how to scale individual engagements into long-term business relationships. Cowritten by Tom McMakin, the coauthor of How Clients Buy and expert in account development, and colleague ... Read more

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Learn the secrets of how recurring revenue is driven at expert firms like BCG, KPMG, EY, and moreNever Say Sell: How the World's Best Consulting and Professional Services Firms Expand Client Relationships explains how to scale individual engagements into long-term business relationships. Cowritten by Tom McMakin, the coauthor of How Clients Buy and expert in account development, and colleague
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My Sister's Secret

by Jane Corry ...

Narrated by Jaye Jacobs, Tom Stourton ...

Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

Two sisters bound by a secret that could tear them apart . . .Rosy is the responsible one, well-behaved and organized. Amy is the free spirit, never following the rules. But despite their differences, they can never break loose from each other.Because only they know what happened that day years ago. Because only they know that one wrong move could destroy them both.But when Amy's new psychiatrist ... Read more

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Two sisters bound by a secret that could tear them apart . . .Rosy is the responsible one, well-behaved and organized. Amy is the free spirit, never following the rules. But despite their differences, they can never break loose from each other.Because only they know what happened that day years ago. Because only they know that one wrong move could destroy them both.But when Amy's new psychiatrist
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Modern Media Literacy: Generative AI, Social Media, and the News

Edited by Tom Hallaq, Jacob Groshek ...

In an era defined by digital transformation, modern media literacy evolves to address generative AI, social media, and the news. As AI-driven tools shape the creation and dissemination of information, traditional boundaries blur, challenging individuals to critically assess sources, motives, and authenticity. Social media platforms increase these dynamics, accelerating the spread of both credible ... Read more

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In an era defined by digital transformation, modern media literacy evolves to address generative AI, social media, and the news. As AI-driven tools shape the creation and dissemination of information, traditional boundaries blur, challenging individuals to critically assess sources, motives, and authenticity. Social media platforms increase these dynamics, accelerating the spread of both credible
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True Detective and Philosophy

A Deeper Kind of Darkness

by William Irwin ...

Series series The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Investigating the trail of philosophical leads in HBO’s chilling True Detective series, an elite team of philosophers examine far-reaching riddles including human pessimism, Rust’s anti-natalism, the problem of evil, and the ‘flat circle’.The first book dedicated to exploring the far-reaching philosophical questions behind the darkly complex and Emmy-nominated HBO True Detective seriesExplores in ... Read more

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Investigating the trail of philosophical leads in HBO’s chilling True Detective series, an elite team of philosophers examine far-reaching riddles including human pessimism, Rust’s anti-natalism, the problem of evil, and the ‘flat circle’.The first book dedicated to exploring the far-reaching philosophical questions behind the darkly complex and Emmy-nominated HBO True Detective seriesExplores in
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Little Visits with Great Americans: Anecdotes, Life Lessons and Interviews

by Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Alva Edison, Hiram Stevens Maxim, Hazen S. Pingree, Marshall Field, John Wanamaker, Sir Thomas Lipton, Darius Ogden Mills, Russell Sage, Lyman Judson Gage, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Robert C. Clowry, Herbert H. Vreeland, Samuel Gompers, Nelson A. Miles, Joseph H. Choate, Chauncey M. Depew, Jonathan P. Dolliver, Thomas C. Platt, Tom L. Johnson, Jacob Gould Schurman, James Whitcomb Riley, Edwin Markham, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, William Dean Howells, General Lew Wallace, Edwin Austin Abbey, Alice Barber Stephens, Frederic Remington, Homer Davenport, Charles Dana Gibson, Frederick Burr Opper, F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, Henry Merwin Shrady, Marshall P. Wilder, John Philip Sousa, Helen Keller, John Burroughs, Helen Miller Gould, Nathan Strauss, Russell H. Conwell, Frank W. Gunsaulus, Robert Collyer, Robert Laird Borden, Goldwin Smith, S. N. Parent, Andrew G. Blair, James Loudon, Sir William C. Van Horne, Samuel Jones, Philip D. Armour, John B. Herreshoff, Lillian Nordica ...

In 'Little Visits with Great Americans: Anecdotes, Life Lessons and Interviews,' the compilation manifests a scholarly exploration into the lives, ideologies, and accomplishments of some of the late 19th and early 20th century's most influential American figures. The anthology spans a rich array of literary styles, from intimate interviews to reflective essays and lively anecdotes, embodying the ... Read more

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In 'Little Visits with Great Americans: Anecdotes, Life Lessons and Interviews,' the compilation manifests a scholarly exploration into the lives, ideologies, and accomplishments of some of the late 19th and early 20th century's most influential American figures. The anthology spans a rich array of literary styles, from intimate interviews to reflective essays and lively anecdotes, embodying the
... Read more
What's Behind the Numbers?: A Guide to Exposing Financial Chicanery and Avoiding Huge Losses in Your Portfolio

by John Del Vecchio, Tom Jacobs ...

Learn how to detect corporate sleight of hand—and gain the upper hand with smart investing“[An] informative book . . . . Written in lively prose.”—Barron's“At Crazy Eddie, we succeeded in perpetrating our financial fraud for many years because most Wall Street analysts and investors took for granted the integrity of our reported numbers. What’s Behind the Numbers? teaches investors to critically ... Read more

$30.29 USD

Learn how to detect corporate sleight of hand—and gain the upper hand with smart investing“[An] informative book . . . . Written in lively prose.”—Barron's“At Crazy Eddie, we succeeded in perpetrating our financial fraud for many years because most Wall Street analysts and investors took for granted the integrity of our reported numbers. What’s Behind the Numbers? teaches investors to critically
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Literature in our Lives

Talking About Texts from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman

by Richard Jacobs ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

10 hours 21 min

This book recreates in written form seventeen of the most popular, frankly personal and engaging lectures on literature given by the award-winning teacher Richard Jacobs, who has been working with students for over forty years. This is a book written for students, whether starting their studies or more experienced, and also for all lovers of literature. At its heart is the conviction that reading, ... Read more

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This book recreates in written form seventeen of the most popular, frankly personal and engaging lectures on literature given by the award-winning teacher Richard Jacobs, who has been working with students for over forty years. This is a book written for students, whether starting their studies or more experienced, and also for all lovers of literature. At its heart is the conviction that reading,
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Never Give A Baby A Library Card

by Erin Sandberg ...

Narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs ...

Unabridged

5 min

From creative team Erin Sandberg and Tom Booth comes Never Give a Baby a Library Card**, a rhyming, rollicking book read-aloud about the power of books and the perfect introduction to the library for little readers—for fans of** If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!“Never give a baby a library card. They could learn to do anything! Just think, and think hard! Ideas come from ... Read more

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From creative team Erin Sandberg and Tom Booth comes Never Give a Baby a Library Card**, a rhyming, rollicking book read-aloud about the power of books and the perfect introduction to the library for little readers—for fans of** If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!“Never give a baby a library card. They could learn to do anything! Just think, and think hard! Ideas come from
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Grey Stone

by Jean Knight Pace, Jacob Kennedy ...

Narrated by Tom Howery ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Grey
Unabridged

14 hours 5 min

In the land of the great red sun, dogs sing, wolves kill, humans serve, and wolf-shifters rule with magic and menace.Pietre is a human boy who has spent the last thirteen years afraid of the sunset, the Blødguard, and the wolf-shifting masters who rule his world.Wittendon is a werewolf prince who has spent the last nineteen years afraid of his father, his inability to do magic, and the upcoming ... Read more

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In the land of the great red sun, dogs sing, wolves kill, humans serve, and wolf-shifters rule with magic and menace.Pietre is a human boy who has spent the last thirteen years afraid of the sunset, the Blødguard, and the wolf-shifting masters who rule his world.Wittendon is a werewolf prince who has spent the last nineteen years afraid of his father, his inability to do magic, and the upcoming
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The Dummy Meets the Mummy! (Goosebumps SlappyWorld #8)

by R. L. Stine ...

Narrated by Joe Fria, Thom Rivera, Jay Aaseng, Rachel Jacobs ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Goosebumps SlappyWorld
Unabridged

2 hours 49 min

A brand-new Goosebumps arc narrated by the most iconic and evil character of the series, Slappy!After being put back to sleep and abandoned in an old museum, Slappy is brought to life by a curious girl on a school trip. Out for revenge, Slappy uses his powers to raise an army of creatures from the exhibits. But when the museum closes, Slappy and his new friends are locked inside with Arragatis, an ... Read more

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A brand-new Goosebumps arc narrated by the most iconic and evil character of the series, Slappy!After being put back to sleep and abandoned in an old museum, Slappy is brought to life by a curious girl on a school trip. Out for revenge, Slappy uses his powers to raise an army of creatures from the exhibits. But when the museum closes, Slappy and his new friends are locked inside with Arragatis, an
... Read more

Also available as: eBook