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Rube Foster, Cool Papa Bell, Monte Irvin, Buck Leonard...they are some of the greatest players to ever play the game. So, why have so few people heard of them? Because they never played in the MLB; they were the heroes of a baseball league often forgotten: the Negro League. This book traces the history of the league from the early days of professional Black baseball and the formation of leagues to post-integration decline.

No one has come from a perfect family where all our feelings were honored and revered. Each of us, in order to learn, grow, and sometimes survive, had to develop a false self. Sometimes this false self can greatly stifle our progress and happiness. We become pleasers, rebels, or caretakers, leaving us afraid, angry, confused, depressed, and unhappy. Since 1964, Dr. Sterling G. Ellsworth has helped thousands of people identify and receive their missing "love supplies".

War has found Andalon unprepared. Robert Esterling faces a dire choice in his war against his brother - trust the dastardly Braen Braston and his band of pirates and outlaws, or continue to wait on defectors to join his cause. Finally controlling his power, he faces an imminent threat from a new foe, one who has joined forces with the Falconers and changed the battlefield forever. Braen and Eusari have delivered a new era to Pirate’s Cove, ushering in a time of peace and promised prosperity.

Having experienced some business events, my opinion of the financial and legal profession totally deteriorated. This caused me to study constitutional law, starting with the Magna Court of England, the United States Constitution, the Canadian Constitution and Bill of Rights, and lastly the Alberta Rules of Court. I had the notion that my personal character might be lacking, so I listed all the laws of the scriptures since "sin is the transgression of the law". 

Dr. Ray C. Smith, DVM, was born in Kansas in 1930 during the Great Depression. In this audiobook, we follow his journey as he moves to Indiana, fights in the Korean War, graduates with Purdue University's first class of veterinarians, and finally makes his home in Wyoming. 

As we are busy juggling life as a spouse, parent, or overall citizen, it is easy to get lost along the way in pursuit of a more fulfilling life. In Born to Conquer, Donna Henry provides insight on how to tap into the benefits of one's faith and to use it to live life to the fullest. 

Finally! A study guide to help real hardworking cops get promoted. It's no secret that promotional processes in law enforcement are designed to help the "hookup" people. You know, the ones who can't fight their way out of a wet paper bag but can tell you what knee pads are the best. Enough! It's time for us to take back law enforcement and get new leadership. This audiobook will help you with practicals and get you thinking differently. 

Thrill to the tales of the Norse gods retold for young listeners and adults alike. Foster and Cummings have shared the legacy of Thor, Odin, and the other figures of these timeless tales. From the beginning of all things to Thor receiving Mjölnir, the history of the Norse gods awaits.

A cat eats so much that its owners decide to put her outside, but when they offer her a bit to eat, she gobbles it up, and runs to find her next meal. Then she eats everything in sight. Nothing's safe from the cat in this classic Danish fairy tale for all ages.

A princess gets a surprise when she expects a prince in this clever Romanian fairy tale. When a king forbids his daughters to enter a certain room in the castle, they disobey. The room contains a book with a shocking secret: The youngest will marry a pig from the North, while her sisters will marry princes!

There were once three bears living together in a little house in the woods. Each had their own bowl of porridge, their own bed, and their own chair. But one day, they went out for a walk, and a little girl named Goldenlocks stepped into their house! Then this unwelcome guest begins to eat the bears' porridge and makes herself at home. What happens when the bears come back?

In this German fairytale, a father leaves his children a house and three sheep to split among them, and the son chooses the sheep. He's approached by a stranger who asks him to trade three dogs for the sheep. These aren't any ordinary dogs though - they have special powers, and they're going to help the boy defeat a dragon!

Simpleton, the youngest of three brothers, may not be the smartest, but he has the biggest heart. His kindness is rewarded with a golden goose with feathers of fine gold. His new feathered friend has the attention of everyone in the village, and when they try to snatch a feather, they get stuck! Now Simpleton has a crowd following him everywhere he and the goose go!

March 12, 1985, Columbia, Mississippi, Police Station Dispatch Office, 8:58 pm. "This is James Jackson at Red Carpet Motors. We've been robbed. My wife is hurt bad. I need an ambulance." Thus began, a year-long investigation and prosecution into Mary Nell Jackson's killer....

The Dark Side of the Blue Line is the voice of every line officer in law enforcement that can't speak out. Nicholas Ruggiero follow's his best-selling first book Police Mental Barricade: A Survivor's Guide to Poor Law Enforcement Leadership with a hard hitting book into what retaliation was taken against him by his former police agency, The City of Alexandria Police Department in Virginia.

Spies! Treason! Conspiracy! The American Civil War? Civil War spying had all the ingredients of a modern spy movie - just replaces gadgets with Saber's and Colt's. This audiobook looks at the incredible history of espionage in the Civil War. With a gripping narrative, this audiobook will sund more like a John le Carré spy novel than a history audiobook.

In 1835, at the age of 13, a young boy walked nearly 300 miles to Paris; he worked odd jobs, and did whatever it took to survive. He eventually learned a craft: box making. Before long, the young boy had earned enough to open his own box-making store.

In today's world, we are surrounded by many distractions and tribulations, which are trying to steer us away from God's path. These distractions and hardships are there as a test of our faith, and it's only natural to start asking questions. Why am I being tested? Is this what God wants from me? How can I find my purpose in all of this?

Hundreds of movies and thousands of books have been written about the heroes of World War II. For dozens of years, however, few people knew about one of the greatest heroes of the war - a mild-mannered, eccentric mathematician from the University of Cambridge. This man, an undeniable genius whose later life was plagued by controversy and tragedy, probably played a greater role in the eventual Allied victory than anyone else. Until quite recently his contribution to the war effort was barely recognized. This is his incredible story.

Discover the young life that shaped a great man. Few famous humans came into the world under such humble circumstances as Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809. But it may very well be that the humble and unassuming life he lived actually served to shape him into the solid, moral, honest, decent, hard-working adult that he became. What were those circumstances, the formula so to speak, that molded this future president? This biography looks at the childhood and young adulthood of Abraham Lincoln.