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Old Fort Niagara guards the mouth of the Niagara River as it empties into Lake Ontario, and was built in 1725 to protect the trade route for France's North American empire. Besieged by British troops in July, 1759, after reinforcements were defeated, Captain Pierre Pouchot surrendered. A legend of the fort concerns the French military chest, in which Pouchot's officers buried their valuables, never to return. In 1789, a Loyalist Quaker, Jeremi...

New Lamps has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

A child discovers his distinguished heritage through the achievements of Black leaders from sports, entertainment, law, and leadership.

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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse . . . The scene is set for a magical Christmas Eve and one of the best-loved Christmas stories of all time. Clement C. Moore first read this timeless poem to his young children on Christmas Eve in 1822. It was published anonymously in a New York newspaper the following year and quickly spread around the world, becoming a cherished Christmas...

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Hidden among the rolling farmland of south-central Wisconsin are the remnants of an experiment in conservation, dating back to the Great Depression of the 1930's. Mount Horeb, WI and the Civilian Conservation Corps camp just south of town became part of an unlikely partnership that saved critical farmland, uplifted a small town, and at the same time provided desperately-needed employment to hundreds of eager young men. It is told here largely ...

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England, zu Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Der geniale Mathematiker Alan Turing wird vom britischen Geheimdienst engagiert, um den als unentschlüsselbar geltenden Enigma-Code der deutschen Wehrmacht zu knacken. Mit seiner arrogant wirkenden Art macht sich Turing jedoch keine Freunde. Nur die junge Mathematikerin Joan Clarke hält zu ihm. Während Turing fieberhaft an einer Rechenmaschine arbeitet, die Enigma entschlüsseln soll, kommen sich die b...

Have you ever felt lost, lonely, and became your own worst enemy? I had never thought I would become the person I did. Alcohol and drugs had been the highlight of my life. I would do pretty much anything for them, including lying, stealing, and robbing others to feed my own addictions. I became a very angry man over the years and did a lot of jail time because of my associations and behaviour. After almost 36 convictions, over years of drinkin...

Drugs--they are all around us, so easily available. Marijuana, heroin, meth, ice, etc.--these are just a few that I've used in my lifetime. As a teenager, it was an unfortunate trial of alcohol that led to marijuana, and that led me down my path as a drug addict.

Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse...' This picture book edition brings together the classic verse with illustrations by Robert Ingpen that capture the magic of Christmas.

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