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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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"From Freddie Bitsoie, the former executive chef at Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and James Beard Award-winning author James O. Fraioli, New Native Kitchen is a celebration of Indigenous cuisine. Accompanied by original artwork by Gabriella Trujillo and offering delicious dishes like Cherrystone Clam Soup from the Northeastern Wampanoag and Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin from the Pueblo peoples,...
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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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#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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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 In the fall of 1979, the Portland Trail Blazers were a team of rookies and free agents. The veterans, who had made the team before, had guaranteed money in their contracts. The rookies and free agents were at the brink of their dreams, which was to play under contract in the NBA.
#2 Greg Bunch, a black player, had the same psychological tests done on him as Steve...
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#1 The Alaska Range is a cordillera that arcs across Alaska, dividing the coastal lowlands around Cook Inlet from the Yukon lowlands of interior Alaska. The range is about 60 miles wide near Denali and home to twenty peaks taller than 10,000 feet.
#2 When prospector Frank Densmore visited Lake Minchumina in 1889, the big mountain rising to the south so enthralled him...
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#1 MacDill Air Force Base is the center of America's twenty-first-century wars. The forces are the central instrument of America's military campaign, but they are often peripheral in national security decision-making.
#2 We were at MacDill for a series of briefings on the 9/11 wars. We would visit the two combatant commands co-located there: U. S. Special Operations...
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#1 Lincoln had chosen William Seward, his closest rival for the Republican nomination, for the State Department. He wanted to appoint Chase to be the next Treasury secretary. The country was suffering a financial crisis, and investors were losing faith in government securities.
#2 Financial pressure was being applied to the South to keep them in the Union. The North...
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#1 To understand the history of the United States, you must understand the lives and cultures of the people who were here before the European colonists arrived. The Europeans came to the Americas with a rigorous sense of how gender and sexuality should be organized, and they attempted to eradicate non-European gender-normative customs through violence.
#2 The European...
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#1 President Franklin Roosevelt was enjoying a late lunch in his White House study on December 7, 1941. The situation in the Pacific had become stressful, and he decided to pass on a luncheon hosted by his wife, Eleanor, for 31 people. Instead, he chose to dine in his study with his longtime friend and aide Harry Hopkins.
#2 Roosevelt had long struggled to prepare...
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Sweet and Sour examines the history of Chinese family restaurants in the U. S. and Canada. Why did many Chinese immigrants enter this business around the end of the 19th century? What conditions made it possible for Chinese to open and succeed in operating restaurants after they immigrated to North America? How did Chinese restaurants manage to attract non-Chinese customers, given that they had little or no acquaintance with the Chinese style of food...
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#1 The Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers were a fascinating mix of men, and they were not the most successful team in baseball. They were incredibly good, but they lost the World Series twice to the New York Yankees.
#2 The Brooklyn Dodgers were a baseball team that was owned by the Brooklyn Trust Company. It took a succession of winning teams to rescue the franchise...
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Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first known European expedition to La Florida, which he named, during his first voyage to the area in 1513.
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#1 The material in the first part of Dr. Radin's book demands serious attention, along with a thorough revision of current beliefs about the background and origin of moral and social theories.
#2 The second part of the book is devoted to the higher aspects of primitive thought. It is clear that objects and nature were conceived dynamically, and that change, transition,...
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#1 On February 24, 2006, the U. S. Marine Corps Forces, Marine Special Operations Command, was officially activated at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The new special operations component began modestly with a small staff that had been known as the Marine Special Operations Advisory Group.
#2 The history of the Marine Corps dates back to colonial times. The first American...
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#1 Before the crisis, there were three or four operators watching the computer screens in the central control room in Caracas that monitored the electrical grid for all of Venezuela. But on March 7, 2019, there was just one man watching the computer screens: Darwin Briceño.
#2 The control room where the operators worked was a low-budget movie set. The six operators...
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