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Muir was a preservationist and naturalist. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States.In early March 1867, Muir was injured while working as a sawyer in a factory that made wagon wheels: a tool he was using slipped and struck him in the eye. This accident changed the course of his life. He was confined to a darkened room for six weeks, worried whether he’d ever regain his sight. When he did, "he saw the world—and his...

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor: 'An Inscrutable Masquerade', 'The Conundrum of Coach 13', 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny' and 'The 10.59 Assassin'. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence...

This illuminating study explores the ways in which the shattering defeat of the Japanese in World War II, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society. The author describes the countless ways in which the Japanese met the challenge of "starting over", from top-level manipulations concerning the fate of Emperor Hirohito to the hopes, fears, and activities of ordinary men and women in every walk of life.

Cuando el proyecto de murales llega a la ciudad, Kiki transforma las paredes vacías de su barrio en un lienzo colorido que le permite expresarse a través de su vibrante arte. Al mismo tiempo, muestra al mundo el superpoder de su comunidad cultural y celebra lo que realmente significa ser un héroe. John Leguizamo, actor nominado al Globo de Oro y ganador del Premio Tony e historiador cultural, colabora con su amigo de la infancia, el artista de grafiti de renombre internacional John "Crash" Matos, para plasmar sus entrañables vivencias infantiles en esta carta de amor a la expresión creativa.

When the citywide mural project comes to town, Kiki finds a spray can of paint, and turns the blank walls of his neighborhood into a colorful canvas that lets him express himself through his vibrant artistry. At the same time, he shows the world the superpower of his cultural community and celebrates what it truly means to be a hero.

THE COACH CAST is a podcast for leaders, experts, and professionals who carry real responsibility—and understand that authority is not granted by title alone, but earned through judgment, competence, and trust. In an era that rewards performance over preparation and confidence over credibility, The Coach Cast explores what it actually takes to lead, decide, and influence when the stakes are high. Hosted by John Morrey Collins—author, forensic scientist, leadership coach, and advisor to professionals in authoritative roles—The Coach Cast examines authority as a serious social function, ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. War made him a hero. The Fringe will make him a legend — or cost him everything. Exiled to the far fringe, Captain William Owen Reed seeks glory and redemption to win his way home to his true love. Instead, he faces disaster. Ambushed, and captured...

Since I was a boy, a feeling followed me. The first time I tried to name it I was eight. I told my mother I had felt like crying for a week. She asked why, and I gave her the truest answer I have ever given anyone: I have no idea. Nothing had happened. Nothing was missing. For most of my life I...

In the heart of a steampunk dystopia is Nirvana, a heaven in the world of Terra Firma. Arlo finds a new purpose after communing with God, an entity known in Nirvana as the Watcher. To serve this deity, he joins up with some old pirate companions on a mission, along with a preacher and friend named Cooper. In bringing back a stolen religious relic, Arlo must act fast, working with his pirate mates and the chosen people of The Book of Souls to save countless lives.

Steeple City is set in Cork City, Ireland and is a humorous story of how selfishness and loneliness can consume a family whose mother dies giving birth. We get to see life through the eyes of the main character Fin, a funny, lying, stealing fourteen-year-old bastard who despises his older gay brother and womanising father.

Cities don't happen by accident. Building Places goes behind the scenes with the people actually shaping the future of American cities, real estate professionals who are building more than buildings, they're building places. Hosted by John Renne, professor at Tulane University and director of its real estate program, the show is rooted in the Tulane real estate community: alumni, faculty, and students who are actively involved in shaping the industry, not just studying it. Each episode goes beyond the deal to focus on the place: walkable, resilient places people actually want to be in. That ...

Two Mates. One Great Game. Come and talk all things NRL...and stand Offside with JC and Noz

One essay (1909) lays out tactics for mountain fighting, focused on British Army experience on the Indian frontier (Afghanistan), penned by a British officer who fought in that conflict, Wilkinson Dent Bird. The other essay (1917) focuses on the British navy in World War I written by an author who specialized in British naval strategy and history, John Leyland. - Summary by david wales

The [15 June 1944] campaign on Saipan…brought many American casualties, and it also heralded the kind of fighting which would be experienced in subsequent operations in the Central and Western Pacific in the days that lay ahead in the Pacific War. Holland Smith declared it “the decisive battle of the Pacific offensive” for it “opened the way to the home islands.” Japanese General Saito had written that “the fate of the Empire will be decided in this one action.” It had truly been a “strategic strike” for the United States. - Summary by John C. Chapin

This monograph tells the story of thousands of U.S. Marines who supported Operations Sharp Edge, Assured Response, Quick Response, Noble Obelisk, and Joint Task Force Liberia, the noncombatant evacuation operations in 1990, 1991, 1996, and 2003 from Liberia, in 1996 from the Central African Republic, and in 1997 from Sierra Leone. - Summary by John W. Ripley

Unfluffy, honest and occasionally challenging conversation about Qigong in the Western World.

The objectives assigned on Bougainville were to seize a substantial beachhead and build airstrips. Then American planes could assure final neutralization of the Japanese airfields at Kahili, Buka, and Bonis airfields at the north and south ends of Bougainville. Facing the invading Marines was a formidable enemy force dispersed on the island. At Buin, for instance, there were 21,800 Japanese. Responsible for the defense was an old adversary, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Hyakutake, commander of the Seventeenth Army, and the man the Marines had defeated at Guadalcanal. His main force was the 6th ...

By the beginning of 1944, United States Marine forces had already made a dramatic start on the conquest of areas overrun by the Japanese early in World War II. Successful American assaults in the Southwest Pacific, beginning with Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in August 1942, and in the Central Pacific at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943, were crucial campaigns to mark the turn of the Japanese floodtide of conquest. The time had now come to take one more decisive step: assault of the islands held by Japan before 1941. These strategic islands, mandated to the Japanese by the ...

Victor Tornell gave up everything to protect his family. Once a revered dragoes (a human chosen by the goddess Celestia and gifted volatile magic). He left the Order of the Dragons for a peaceful life with the woman he loved. They faked their deaths to disappear from enemies. For four peaceful years, it worked. Then came Koh (a child born as a gift from the gods), whose very existence shattered their secret.