In the 1900s, the San Francisco Bay was inhabited by a motley floating population of oyster pirates. One of these bandits was young Jack London, who at the age of 16, had the good sense to switch sides and join the Fish Patrol. Dedicated to enforcing the many laws that were passed to protect the fish, the Fish Patrol had many deathdefying encounters with the pirates. These 7 short stories, based both on Jack's experiences and those of his fellow deputies, describe these incredible encounters, giving us a record of these outlaw times as only master storyteller London could.
In this fascinating work, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Mark Mazower uncovers the history of the Balkans with detail and clarity....
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Cracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenthcentury Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England....
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The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful 11volume Story of Civilization....
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For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture, a lucid epigrammatic text that reveals....
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Beginning with George Washington's inauguration and continuing into the nineteenth century, The New Nation tells the story of the remarkable challenges that the new country faced....
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For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture, a lucid epigrammatic text that reveals....
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Jacob's Room was the first of Virginia Woolf's novels to be published by the Hogarth Press, founded with her husband, Leonard Woolf, in their home at Hogarth House in Richmond in 1917...
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Timberwolf Press presents an exciting series of writer's workshops and panels, designed to educate, motivate, and enlighten both the novice writer and the experienced author....
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The spectacularly violent Jewish revolt of A.D. 66 is in full swing as Volume 2 opens, and we begin our story with the horrific siege of Jotapata and the capture of Josephus....
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Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, whose crime was nationalizing the country's oil industry....
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In this fascinating work, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Mark Mazower uncovers the history of the Balkans with detail and clarity....
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The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Enter Andrew Ender Wiggin....
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Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul....
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Why I Recommend
Audible by Alan Twigg
Audible (an Amazon.com company) is the world's leading online
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the arrival of the internet and portable digital devices,
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Having tried most of
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All about Audiobooks and how they can make your life more
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Books in audio format are a fantastic alternative to reading.
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