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Alabama endured warfare, slave trading, squatting, and speculating on its path to becoming America’s 22nd state, and Daniel S. Dupre brings its captivating frontier history to life in Alabama's Frontiers and the Rise of the Old South. Dupre’s vivid narrative begins when Hernando de Soto first led hundreds of armed Europeans into the region during the fall of 1540. Although this early invasion was defeated, Spain, France, and England would each vie for control over the area’s natural resources.

Blood in the Hills: A History of Violence in Appalachia provides an in-depth historical analysis of hostility in the region from the late 18th to the early 20th century. Editor Bruce E. Stewart discusses aspects of the Appalachian violence culture, examining skirmishes with the native population, conflicts resulting from the region's rapid modernization, and violence as a function of social control. The contributors also address geographical isolation and ethnicity, kinship, gender, class, and race with the purpose of shedding light on an often-stereotyped regional past.

Most histories of Civil War Texas - some starring the fabled Hood’s Brigade, Terry’s Texas Rangers, or one or another military figure - depict the Lone Star State as having joined the Confederacy as a matter of course and as having later emerged from the war relatively unscathed. Yet as the contributors to this volume amply demonstrate, the often neglected stories of Texas Unionists and dissenters paint a far more complicated picture.

There's trouble on the range. In these thrilling tales from yesteryear, Coyote Cal and his trusty sidekick Big Yap encounter a wizard able to change his shape at will, a scheming witch, a confused zombie, la chupacabra grande, bloodthirsty vampyres, and other sordid fiends. Our heroes will have to rely on their wits, skills, and loads of hot lead to ensure justice prevails.

The Enlightened Bodybuilding Diet Plan is a guide to show how to completely transform your body so you can reach your fitness goals quicker. You will start off learning the basics of the diet to help grow muscle, and then, you will learn specific diets that will help you build muscle in a relative short time.

You can listen to a whole book. In search of knowledge, you'll be more likely bombarded with a barrage of confusion. Everyone is telling you what to think and how to think. The beauty of quotes is that quotes gives you the space for exploration. Every single wise quote has no meaning, except for the one that you give it. There is no context, except to that of the reader (you). 

Are you thinking about starting a business but are confused by the taxes? Do you already own a business and need to know the tax repercussions of having employees versus outsourcing to contractors? Are you confused on depreciation and how to use it to your tax advantage? Not sure which accounting software to use? Do you need an accountant or can you do your taxes yourself? Find the answers to these questions and more!

Should you invest in real estate? Which properties offer the greatest returns? Can you develop a real estate strategy that's right for you and your family? This book explains what it takes to be successful in this lucrative business. You'll learn which real estate strategies and specialties suit your business style, how to find the best real estate properties, and how to master the real estate investment market.

When a marketing rep comes into your office or someone from the management team and tells you to "sell the value", how often do you find yourself rolling your eyes? As a former agency owner and now a consultant, I often find myself spouting the same slogan. Why? Because, I have done it and done it quite successfully. Whenever a rep came into my office and told me to sell the value of carrier X, I would think that’s something an expensive company would say or an overpriced company, because what else could they say?

A joke doesn’t have to be as long as a story. It doesn’t even have to be a paragraph. A quote itself is powerful enough to tickle you and brighten your day. This quote audiobook is by far one of the most unique quote audiobooks I’ve ever created because of its innocent and fulfilling intention...to bring about more smiles to this world. 

Imagine how different your life would be if you knew a way to hack your daily habits to become a highly self-disciplined and productive person. This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on how to start leading a more successful life through improving self-discipline and confidence.

From prehistoric times to the 1800s, the Plains or Great Plains were settled by people who migrated from Asia. Around 10,000 years ago, the earliest settlers of America were the Stone Flaked people (Lithic). They chipped rocks to make heads for their spears to hunt food or to make scrapers. The scrapers were for cutting wooden spear handles or for cleaning animal hides to make them soft for wearing. Do you think you could have survived as one of the Great Plains People?

Elvis Presley died of a heart attack on August 16, 1977 in the bathroom of his Graceland Mansion. But to many people, Elvis never died. On the other hand, for some people, he did not die of natural causes, that is, of a heart attack. Many people have sighted Elvis since after his death and are convinced that Elvis isn't dead or at least that he did not die in 1977 as the world knows it. There are numerous theories about why and how Elvis disappeared. Why he faked his death.

You're over the age of 50 and intellectually or intuitively you know your age could be a factor in your job search...and you are right. There are age-related biases that exist in the job market that will work against you. According to government statistics, job seekers over 50 encounter more difficulty in getting new jobs and suffer notably longer unemployment than their younger counterparts. But these statistics do not have to apply to you!

Four of the most notorious female serial killers are profiled in these biographical essays. Christa Pike would be the youngest woman sentenced to the death penalty for a torture/murder she committed at the age of 18. Myra Hindley would be the right-hand woman to one of the most hideous serial killers in British history, Ian Brady. Seductress Tausha Morton would bury her husband on his own farm while Clara Harris killed her dentist husband after discovering that he was cheating on her.

I have struggled with addiction to pornography for about five years. I have tried and attempted to break free countless of times to no avail and I know what it's like to want to quit something badly yet still fall back into bad habits! I know the frustration, the hurt and the pain, the feeling of unworthiness and the feeling of having no control whatsoever.

Debt management is just one of a number of options available to you when facing serious debt problems. These options should be looked at and considered so that you can decide which option is right for your circumstances. There are many factors that might have been influential in your debt. Debt management is not a 'quick fix' to stop this happening. Debt management is one of a number of debt solutions available for people struggling to pay off their debts. 

Let’s go back thousands of years to the Ice Age and prehistoric times before written history. We hear music coming from inside the prehistoric hut. What do you think is the oldest musical instrument in human history? Did prehistoric people have other musical instruments? Find the answers to these questions and more.... 

Poker Slam combines the exploits of Utah McCormick as he desperately seeks his reclusive uncle with an authentic poker tournament experience.

From the world's leading experts on geopolitical risk, a guide to the major global issues and policies sure to dominate headlines in the next few years. In the last four years, the world has suffered a financial market meltdown and subsequent global recession. The eurozone crisis looms, the Middle East is in turmoil, and a shifting power balance between emerging markets and developed economies is reordering the global economy as a whole.