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From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War IThe Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a Continental conflict into a world war, which it then badly mishandled, necessitating American involvement. The war was not inevitable, Ferguson argues, but rather was the result of the mistaken decisions of individuals who would later claim to have been in the grip of huge impersonal forces.That the war was wicked, horrific, and inhuman is memorialized in part by the poetry of men like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, but also by cold statistics. Indeed, more British soldiers were killed in the first day of the Battle of the Somme than Americans in the Vietnam War. And yet, as Ferguson writes, while the war itself was a disastrous folly, the great majority of men who fought it did so with little reluctance and with some enthusiasm. For anyone wanting to understand why wars are fought, why men are willing to fight them and why the world is as it is today, there is no sharper or more stimulating guide than Niall Ferguson's The Pity of War.

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--What kid armed only with a bag of stage-magic tricks wouldn't like to believe that he could fight a powerful wizard . . . and win?The Princess, the Knight, & the KnaveWhen fourteen-year-old budding stage illusionist, Matt Collins vanishes in a vortex of purple smoke, the live audience is astonished. So is Matt. The purple vortex is not his magic trick gone astray; it is the wicked wizard Crius swapping bodies with Matt. Trapped in the wizard's aged body and marooned in a medieval world of real magic, Matt seeks to return to his own body and time.The price of magic is accelerated aging. To permanently secure Matt's youth as his own, Crius spins a web of intrigue to set his enemies against Matt, but Matt has none of the wizard's magical abilities with which to defend himself. While Matt lives in this strange world, his body grows younger to reflect his soul. Meanwhile, Crius' stolen body--Matt's previous body--rapidly ages to reflect its occupant.Aided by the drunken wizard Alaric and the untrained apprentice Basil, Matt must thwart the knave Harold, avoid the wrath of the knight Sir Michael, and free the kidnapped Princess Ileana. If Matt fails, then Crius keeps a young body, and Matt will not live to celebrate his fifteenth birthday.Matt's only weapons in his quest are the magic tricks and illusions he practiced for the stage. Perhaps if he masters his presentation, these will be enough.The Princess, the Knight, & the Knave is a warm and humorous, young-adult fantasy.Cover Design & Layout by Pat R. Steiner Read Book 2 of Possible Magic, The Tunnel at the End of the Dark, available on Amazon.comComing Soon: The Stark and Dormy Knight, book 3 of Possible Magic.

"Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?" ~Stephen HawkingWhen author Kitty Ferguson approached British physicist Stephen Hawking with the idea of writing a book about him and his theories, he agreed to help her "in any way I can." She also interviewed numerous other eminent physicists about the next frontier of physics. Now you hold in your hands the splendid result of this endeavor.You may only know of Stephen Hawking as a scientist confined to a wheelchair. He has actually led a life of astounding mobility, in which he has ranged about the universe. This is not a biography per se. It is rather the story of one man's quest to find, in physics parlance, the "Theory of Everything." The "Theory of Everything" would be nothing short of an explanation of the universe and everything that happens in it. Stephen Hawking was born in 1942 in Oxford, England, the son of Isobel and Frank Hawking, a medical researcher. Hawking describes himself as having been an ordinary English schoolboy. He attended Oxford University and went on to pursue his graduate studies in physics at Cambridge University.It was during his college years that Hawking first began to show the symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the degenerative neurological disorder known in the United States as "Lou Gehrig's disease." Despite this ailment, he went on to marry, have three children, and all the while build his reputation as a physicist.In these pages you will encounter a multitude of amazing paradoxes: Beginnings may be endings…. Two great scientific theories taken together seem to give us nonsense…. Empty space isn’t empty…. Black holes aren't black…. Cruel circumstances can lead to happiness, although fame and success may not….and a man whose appearance inspires shock and pity takes us laughing to where the boundaries of space and time ought to be--but are not.

Alistair Dreams chronicles the nightly dream sequence of Alistair Fleming through a collection of short stories. As Alistair lays in bed each night replaying the vivid adventures of his day, his thoughts transform into fantastic, colorful, thrilling and bizarre dreams. Full of action and intrigue, Alistair Dreams provides a glimpse into the life and dreams of a young boy and his friends. From roller coasters to riding bulls, snowball fights to velociraptors - and everything in between - the stories of Alistair Fleming are sure to be enjoyed by everyone!

Cameryn?s ex-boyfriend is back . . . and ready to kill! Cameryn had thought she was in love with him. He was smart, strong, and would do anything for her?even kill. Kyle O?Neil disappeared after his first attempt on Cameryn?s life at the end of The Angel of Death. Now he is back for his second. He?s leaving macabre love notes for her everywhere?on her computer, on her cell phone, and on the body of a dead man. And while everyone is determined to keep Cameryn safe, only she knows that it?s up to her to keep Kyle from killing again?and again. Alane Ferguson delivers her most gripping Forensic Mystery yet!

A powerful children's book about a cloud who is dealt trials and turmoil but overcomes all of it's fears when it is embraced by it's parents. As parents, we all want our children to feel protected at all times but, the hard truth is that, as much as we want to always protect them, they do experience hardship. The message within this book is that, while we can't always shield them, we can and will always be there to lean on. Through good times, through bad times, through both heartbreak and first loves, through both happiness and sadness... We are always with our children.

When Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932, Atlanta had the South's largest population of college-educated African Americans. The dictates of Jim Crow meant that these men and women were almost entirely excluded from public life, but as Karen Ferguson demonstrates, Roosevelt's New Deal opened unprecedented opportunities for black Atlantans struggling to achieve full citizenship. Black reformers, often working within federal agencies as social workers and administrators, saw the inclusion of African Americans in New Deal social welfare programs as a chance to prepare black Atlantans to take their rightful place in the political and social mainstream. They also worked to build a constituency they could mobilize for civil rights, in the process facilitating a shift from elite reform to the mass mobilization that marked the postwar black freedom struggle. Although these reformers' efforts were an essential prelude to civil rights activism, Ferguson argues that they also had lasting negative repercussions, embedded as they were in the politics of respectability. By attempting to impose bourgeois behavioral standards on the black community, elite reformers stratified it into those they determined deserving to participate in federal social welfare programs and those they consigned to remain at the margins of civic life.

Klora was a beautiful curious little girl who lived in the Gullah Islands, home of unique culture, rich history and a touch of magic. Klora's life changes when in a whirlwind she meets her new best friend, Utica the unicorn. Although the two hit it off amazing, Utica is really homesick and longs to be reunited with her blessing. Being a good friend, Klora comes up with a plan to help her friend return home. Find out what happens... This children's book is especially great for traveling, waiting rooms, and reading aloud at home. ~Excellent for intermediate readers ~Great for reading aloud with friends and family ~Illustrated storybook great for bedtime reading ~Excellent introduction to a unique culture