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Chuckle along with the best 19th-century humorists, who provide you with tall tales, puns, and witty ripostes. No guarantees of political correctness, but they're sure to tickle your 21st-century funny bone! Beginning with the piece that made Mark Twain famous -- "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" -- and ending with his fanciful "How I Edited an Agricultural Paper," this anthology collects several of Twain's own pieces in addition to tall tales, fables, and satires by 14 of Twain's contemporaries.

This recording has both the first fight in Miami February 25, 1964 and the May 25, 1965 rematch. At the time of the first bout, Cassius Clay had not yet changed his name to Muhammad Ali. The heavyweight champion of the world in early 1964 was a seemingly unbeatable behemoth known as Sonny Liston.

Master wit Mark Twain selected these 27 stories himself by 15 of his favorite 19th-century authors. The order follows that which Twain placed them in in the original anthology, published in 1888. He indulged his comic fancy rather than making a textbook in which all themes or authors are placed together, saying that "This way you will have to peruse the whole thing before discovering that one of your favorites is not included." Among others, you'll find: Artemus Ward, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Francis Lee Pratt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Frederick W. Cozzens, and Twain himself.

Introducing the branch of cryptocurrency that is disrupting the global financial intermediaries and helping remove corruption and pointless middle men. Everyone, by now, has heard countless people talk about the problems with central banks and centralization, in general. And, that is exactly why millions of people are so excited about DeFi, which literally means decentralized finance. The DeFi network has risen from zero to about $42 billion in value locked! The decentralized finance (DeFi) movement has been growing steadily since Bitcoin and Ethereum were introduced to the world. 

Interested in investing in decentralized finance? Do you want to a head start on making money with NFTs and in the Metaverse? This book will help you to understand it and make a sound investment. There are so many ways you can get involved in this exciting new economy. And it’s all happening right now.

WE are accustomed to think of Christianity, Judaism, and Mohammedanism as the three monotheistic faiths, and all the rest as polytheistic and pagan. But if we look more closely into things we shall find that the most polytheistic religions are at heart monotheistic, and that even the avowedly monotheistic have a certain kinship with polytheism in certain of their aspects. Monotheism and polytheism are fundamental twin principles representing the one and the many.

“Which Planet are the People that Write Recipes from?” starts with a consensual threesome between the main characters Ashlyn and Adonis, and the triagonist Aubree for the last time before a monogamous marriage. The marital union is a dream come true, and yet, is complicated future implicated?

Unlock the enigmatic world where beauty meets betrayal, where passion for art conceals a sinister underbelly. In this captivating exposé, J.K. Artson unveils the hidden stories that have plagued the art world for centuries. Prepare to be enthralled as you embark on a journey through the shadows of art, crime, and corruption. Discover the rise of illicit acts that threaten our cultural heritage, leaving a trail of stolen masterpieces and shattered legacies in their wake. 

Celestine: A Novel is the tale of two young lovers in the bustling military city of Townsville at the height of the Vietnam War. First there’s the French girl, charming, witty Celestine Benoir, and then there’s Nick Finlay, an ambitious local newspaper reporter. But their idyllic love haven is shattered when the president of the United States, Lyndon Johnson, makes a surprise stopover at the end of his 1966 Australian visit. National security agents close in as dark secrets from Celestine’s past emerge to put the lovers’ lives at risk and threaten to tear them apart.

Liberty is an extraordinary human being that has lived through something remarkable; domestic abuse. While in an abusive relationship for over eight years, not only was she verbally, and mentally abused, but she was also physcially abused. After being shot, beaten, lit on fire, and left for dead, she decided it was time to get out. A male nurse befriended her while she was in the hospital, and because of him, she is here today.

The year, 1973, was a pivotal year for UFO sightings. In 1973: A Time of UFO Sightings, Landings and Abductions, the history of these sightings, and the importance of them, is explored. It was a time of unprecedented landings, with beings from inside the craft seen outside gathering samples of the local flora and fauna. But the most significant differences were the tales of alien abduction, with the best documented of those cases being that reported by Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker.

This book serves as a portal into the otherwise clandestine efforts of the Ministry of Defence and its Unexplained Aerial Phenomena Unit, aimed at comprehending the incomprehensible. Get to know the government's efforts to respond to public inquiries through its UFO Desk while silently working behind the scenes to decode the mystery behind the sightings.

Detective Autumn Rose joined the Mt. Cleary, Missouri, homicide unit just over three years ago, and in those three those short years, she felt like she had been with the department for years. The things she saw and heard daily were nothing from a book she read, this was crazy real life. She knew the types of cases that she could potentially see, but a book, talking about it, or even a movie could not prepare her for the cases she was going to take on.

Did you know Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime, and that during the last three months of his life, he completed an average of one painting every day? Did you know that Michelangelo's David is covered in a dusting of human skin? Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Audio Lectures is an invitation to discover some of the world's most celebrated artists and works, while presenting the Gospel of Christ in a way that speaks to the struggles and longings common to the human experience.

Everyone goes through the wilderness. We all know what it’s like to feel trapped in the most painful seasons of life. To taste the tears, wince under the pain, and watch our best days fade away into the past. You may be in the fight of your life. But you don’t have to die there. Nor do you just have to survive. You can learn how to thrive. In fact, your best days just may be up ahead.

In Whitechapel 1888, death was abound. Jack the Ripper haunted the streets like a specter while mutilating his victims. But who is this man, if even a man at all? The theories given tell of a barber, a doctor, and a prince. Those couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s time to set the record straight, and reveal the origin of Jack—both from his eyes, and those among him. The riveting quest of Jack and his most beloved friend John is now shown to all as the tales of those they damned at the request of the goddess Fate, and those they saved at no one’s behest, comes to light.

The first volume of Daily Motivations: A Journey to Personal Growth and Success invites listeners to embrace the power of change and renewal. As we enter the midpoint of the year, it's the perfect time to reflect, refocus, and realign our goals and aspirations. This edition is a guide to harnessing the energy of the season and taking bold steps towards personal transformation.

This book will help anyone who is facing illness, coping with loss, working in a high-stress job, or suffering from anxiety or depression to build authentic happiness from the inside out.

European tourists travel languidly along the Nile River to Abousir, at the southern frontier of Egypt, aboard “a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler,” the Korosko. But Dervish warriors threaten danger and then attack and kidnap the tourists. In this novel, Doyle explores themes of British Imperialism and a defensive European perspective on North Africa; racial paternalism; and debates on interference with other countries’ politics and religions. This wonderful novel was first published in 1898, long before Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile.

Over the last two decades, a fringe plan to call a convention under the Constitution's amendment mechanism—the nation's first ever—has inched through statehouses. Delegates, like those in Philadelphia two centuries ago, would exercise nearly unlimited authority to draft changes to our fundamental law, potentially altering anything from voting and free speech rights to regulatory and foreign policy powers. Such a watershed moment would present great danger, and for some, great power. In this important book, Feingold and Prindiville examine the grave risks inherent in this effort.