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For thousands of years, the story of Noah has been one of the
greatest epics ever wrote. This compelling book looks into the
Biblical story from an historical standpoint. It looks at what the
ark would have looked like, what society looked like, and the
several archaeological quests to discover the ark. The book looks
at the story from an unbiased viewpoint; it presents both sides
(those who believe the story was true, and those who do not), and
let's the reader decide what they believe.
Just for a moment try to put every shopping trip you've ever made
out of your head. Imagine a different world. Imagine that all the
goods for sale are locked away in cabinets and to handle them, or
even to examine them closely, you need to ask a shop assistant to
open it up for you. Imagine that within seconds of entering a store
a floorwalker approaches you and asks if you're planning to buy
something - then, when you say "I'm just looking," rudely tells you
to leave. Imagine any attempt to return faulty or unsuitable goods
being met with ridicule, obstruction or a flat refusal to help you.
Until the late 19th century people didn't have to imagine that; it
was reality. For anyone alive today a visit to the average store
back then would convince you that they didn't really want to sell
you anything. The idea of customer service was an alien one. Stores
sold things. If you wanted to buy them, fine. If you didn't they
weren't really interested. Browsing was strongly discouraged and
impulse buys were almost unheard of. Shopping was something you did
when you had to. It certainly wasn't something anyone enjoyed.
Then, in the late 1880s, one man came along and changed all that.
His name was Harry Gordon Selfridge and this is the story of his
life.
In the American Revolution...they were there-there in the Civil
War...the Boer War, The First World War... The Second World
War...The Vietnam War-they were there in every single American
war...in the Shadows; they are the American Sniper. This book goes
way back to the origins-to the very first snipers to ever fight in
an American war, and traces there roots throughout American
history. Along the way it will trace their training and various
weaponry.
On August 21, 1971, Black Panther leader, George Jackson, was shot
dead while trying to escape from California's San Quentin Prison.
Thousands of miles away, inmates of Attica Prison in New York hear
the news and believe the death was a racially charged murder. On
September 9, 1971, the unthinkable happens: prisoners riot and are
able to completely overtake the prison. This is the remarkably true
story-in gripping, page-turning detail
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