The definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the

A tiny clothbound compendium of the overlooked and the incidental in architecture and daily life, from the legendary champion of modernist architecturePhyllis Lambert (born 1927) is an architect, author, conservation activist and critic of architecture and urbanism, and the Founding Director Emeritus of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, which she established in 1979. Alongside

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The journey to 100 friends begins with a single conversation. Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi\'s greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve! Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. The culture festival

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Michelle Obama, the iconic first lady, advocate, lawyer and

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In 1920 Henry Ford bought \"The Dearborn Independent,\" a virile and very independent journal published in his home town. He used it to publish his series of 81 articles (between 1920 and 1922) on \"the Jewish Question in America,\" which he called \"the world\'s foremost problem.\" The Dearborn Independent was distributed nationwide to Ford dealer showrooms and was offered free of charge to the general

Neoliberalism has firmly taken hold in Wales. The \'clear red water\' is darkening. The wounds of poverty, inequality, and disengagement, far from being healed, have worsened. Child poverty has reached epidemic levels: the worst in the UK. Educational attainment remains stubbornly low, particularly in deprived communities. Prison population rates are among the highest in Europe. Unemployment remains

Intends to make sense of 21st Century pop. Pulling together parallel threads from music, fashion, art, and new media, this title confronts a central paradox of our era: from iPods to YouTube, we\'re empowered by mind-blowing technology, but too often it\'s used as a time machine or as a tool to shuffle and rearrange music from

In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic teen attempts to secure a happily-ever-after moment with her forever crush, but finds herself reluctantly drawn to the boy next door. Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he\'s back

The eighth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary\'s series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around

Enjoy a snow day with Clifford the Big Red Dog It\'s a winter wonderland on Birdwell Island After a big snowstorm, Clifford and Emily Elizabeth get their first snow day. The best friends have a blast playing Snow Rescue Squad and helping Fire Chief Franklin take care of snow duties across town.But Clifford catches a cold from his busy day outside The big red dog can\'t stop sneezing and sniffling.

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A man named, Galloway, returns home following an unknown journey. After reentering the vacant cottage of his youth nestled in the midst of a great valley, he sits down to tell the story of his time as only he can: meditating on transformation, loss, the nature of the divine, light and dark, and a soul\'s refusal to surrender; he transports us back to the days of his youth, telling of what caused him

A \"humane, thoughtful, and intelligent\" (The New York Times Book Review) bestselling Biblical scholar reveals why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong--and why that matters. You\'ll find nearly everything the Bible says about the end in the Book of Revelation: a mystifying prophecy filled with bizarre symbolism, violent imagery, mangled syntax, confounding contradictions, and