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In a series of episodes as fantastic as any fiction, a powerful civilization crumbled at the hands of a small band of warriors. Written by one of America's great historians, this gripping chronicle draws upon the firsthand accounts of eminent sixteenth-century captains and statesmen to relate the overthrow of the Inca empire by the Spanish adventurers under Pizarro's command. Author William H. Prescott's immensely readable narrative crackles with...
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Get the Summary of Michael Lewis's Flash Boys in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post—financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they...
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#1 The mood in the helicopter was upbeat, especially from Ronnie Means. He had taken a job building concrete silos before joining the Army, and he looked like he was giddy. I didn't hit it off with him until we spent five hours together on a bus.
#2 I had always known cold and snow in December, but here, the air was so thick and muggy that I struggled to take deep breaths....
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The land of the free and home of the brave. How much do you know of the history of modern-day America? From its discovery by Columbus to its participation in World war 1 and 2 we can see that America has left its mark on the world. It hasn't all been plain sailing and nobody should dare say otherwise, but has it been a success? Jump into this concise retelling of American history and judge for yourself as we attempt to take a neutral approach to the...
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"Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who are thrust into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR's fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry S. Truman--a midwesterner who had no college degree and had never had the money to buy his own home--was the prototypical ordinary man. Until, that is, he found himself...
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"Tom Brokaw is known as one of the hardest-working, most successful people in broadcast journalism. His success is attributed to his work ethic, his instinct for identifying the significance of the news in the lives of ordinary people, and his reputation for always showing up for others. In this heartfelt family story, Tom shows the values and lessons he absorbed from his ancestors, parents, and others who settled in South Dakota and worked hard to...
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#1 The men in the canoes were skilled, but they knew disaster was just a moment away. They were navigating among the islands of wbanakik, a beautiful but dangerous edge of the world.
#2 The Wapánahki were not a unified people. The languages spoken by those living far away were similar but subtly different from those of Ktə̀hαnəto and his relatives. They knew that...
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#1 The American Revolution changed Thomas Brown's life. He had arrived in the colonies in 1775 to start a plantation, and within nine months, he had built a fine house and acquired land. But when the revolution began, he chose to side with the British.
#2 After the attack, Brown was taken to Augusta, where the patriots forced him to sign the association. He then rallied...
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#1 In October 1946, Luciano, who had been deported from the United States just seven months earlier, traveled to Cuba. He was there to meet his childhood friend and longtime criminal associate Meyer Lansky.
#2 Luciano and Lansky visited Cuba, where they had lunch at the Grand Hotel. They were there to celebrate Luciano's early release from prison and his deportation...
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#1 Jones was sent to cover the Yogurt Shop murders, in which two people were already dead. He was to find the killers, and the shirts they left behind would be hung up at police headquarters as evidence.
#2 The Yogurt Shop Murders were the first homicide investigation for Sgt. John W. Jones, who arrived at the scene shortly after midnight. He pulled in. The steel doors...
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#1 The Essex was one of a fleet of more than seventy Nantucket whaleships in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in 1819. With whale-oil prices steadily climbing, the village of Nantucket was on its way to becoming one of the richest towns in America.
#2 The Essex was a ship that had a reputation for being lucky. In July 1819, a comet appeared in the night sky, and islanders...
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#1 On September 19, 1972, police officer Donald Schwerdt was patrolling the streets of suburban Springfield, New Jersey, when he received a call about a woman who had found an arm on the lawn of her apartment complex. He thought the woman was the victim of a prank.
#2 The rear of the Baltusrol Gardens apartment complex. The arm was discovered by the building's...
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#1 The case for the use of fire being the decisive transformation in the fortunes of hominids is clear. Fire was mankind's oldest and greatest tool for reshaping the natural world. It was used to clear old vegetation and encourage a host of quick-colonizing grasses and shrubs, many of which bore desired seeds, berries, fruits, and nuts.
#2 The use of fire to clear land...
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#1 I met Regina Charboneau, a chef and cookbook writer, at the Hot Tamale literary-culinary festival in Mississippi. She had moved back to her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, after selling everything in San Francisco.
#2 I visited the site of the second-largest slave market in the Deep South, known as the Forks of the Road. The markers were informative and disturbing,...
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Thousands of years ago, people settled in the part of the world called Mesoamerica. This region consists of southern Mexico and most of Central America as it stretches between what is now called the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Although many different countries now exist within this space, it was the original home to just one civilisation: the Olmec. As time advanced, other well-known groups became dominant in the area. These were primarily...
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#1 The launch director of the shuttle Columbia was one of the people who would welcome her home when she landed at 9:16 AM. But instead of hearing the customary booms, he heard silence. Something was terribly wrong.
#2 In the midst of a spaceflight contingency, the administrator of NASA made a difficult decision and declared a spaceflight emergency.
#3 I was the eighth...
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Book Preview: #1 Annie had left home during a blizzard, but was returning in mud season. She had been treated for pneumonia, but an X-ray of her lungs had revealed a trouble spot. She was given a prognosis of two to four years to live.
#2 In 1954, a single older woman without family or employment faced few and stark choices. Annie had no bank account, no savings, and no relatives...
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#1 The shark attacks in 1916 were the result of a mystery that has baffled scientists for nearly a century. I have tried to make the individuals who play a role in this story come to life through the use of numerous historical and contemporary sources.
#2 The Engleside Hotel was a grand lodge off the southern coast of New Jersey, at the edge of the vast and desolate...
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En este texto se describen y analizan las circunstancias que provocaron el traslado del Real Hospital de San Lázaro del centro de la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias a una isla cercana llamada Tierra Bomba, en el sitio conocido como Caño de Loro; las gestiones para el desplazamiento se inician en 1759 y terminan, más de treinta años después, en 1790. La reubicación se realizó en el marco de la política hospitalaria propuesta por el reformismo...
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American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called "natural disasters" continue to strike the...
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