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The dawn prayer (or how to survive in a secret Syrian terrorist prison) : a memoir / by Schrier, Matthew,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Schrier, Matthew.; Jabhat al-Nuṣrah (Organization); Escapes; Political prisoners; Photojournalists;
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Knights & warriors / by Ralby, Aaron.;
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval; Knights and knighthood;
© c2009., Hammond World Press,
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What's the big idea? : inventions that changed life on earth forever / by Becker, Helaine,1961-; Attoe, Steve.;
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Subjects: Inventions; Inventions; Technological innovations; Technology; Technology and civilization;
© c2009., Owlkids Books,
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The American experiment : dialogues on a dream / by Rubenstein, David M.,author.;
Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants explore the grand American experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what America is -- and what it can be.
Subjects: Interviews.; Historians; National characteristics, American;
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Ancient Greece / by Pearson, Anne.; Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.;
© c2007., Dorling Kindersley,
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Greece in spectacular cross-section / by Ross, Stewart; Biesty, Stephen;
Text and cross-section illustrations present a view of a variety of sites in ancient Greece including the silver mines at Laurion, the Acropolis, and more.
© 2006., Oxford University Press,
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Ceridwen of Kilton / by Randolph, Octavia,author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Civilization, Anglo-Saxon; Anglo-Saxons; Vikings;
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The Victorians : English literature in its historical, cultural and social contexts / by Cruttenden, Aidan;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94), Internet addresses and index.
Subjects: English literature; Literature and history; Authors, English;
© c2003., Facts on File,
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Into Iraq / by Palin, Michael,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a sense of what life is like in a region of the world that once formed the cradle of civilisation, but that in recent times has witnessed turmoil and appalling bloodshed. It was a journey of sharp, often brutal contrasts. At one moment he would be exploring the old streets of Baghdad or the ancient ruins of Babylon. At the next he would be visiting the war-torn city of Mosul, or learning about the horrific Speicher massacre in Tikrit. Now he shares the journal he meticulously kept during his trip, in which he describes the very varied places he visited, the people he met and the impressions he formed of a country that few outsiders now venture to see. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs taken on the trip, and permeated with his warmth and humour, this is a vivid and varied portrait of a complex country.
Subjects: Biographies.; Travel writing.; Personal narratives.; Palin, Michael;
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Saving Sam : the true story of an American's disappearance in Syria and his family's extraordinary fight to bring him home / by Goodwin, Sam,1989-author.;
"What would you do if your son suddenly disappeared in Syria, and you had no idea what had happened to him? Would you contact the FBI? The State Department? Pray? Would you Google "What to do if your son disappears in Syria"? When the unthinkable happened, the answer, in the case of Ann Goodwin and her husband Tag, was: all of the above. Their 30-year-old son Sam, who was attempting to become one of the few people in history to travel to every single country on the planet, vanished in a supposed safe-zone run by the Kurds on the Turkish border. At first, they didn't even realize he had been abducted: maybe the phone reception had gone down, they told themselves, as had happened plenty of times before when Sam was in an off-the-beaten-path place. Just wait, he'll call back soon. But Sam never did call back, and over the coming days, the horror of their situation quickly bore down on the Goodwins, a devout Catholic family of seven living a middle-class suburban lifestyle in St. Louis, Missouri. Frustrated and increasingly terrified, the Goodwins came to realize that they couldn't rely on their government to save Sam. They were going to have to do it themselves. This is the extraordinary story of Sam's abduction by the Syrian regime, who threatened to hand him over to ISIS for beheading if he did not confess to being a CIA spy. It's also the story of a Midwestern American family who transformed themselves into their own detective agency, building up a network of journalists, hostage negotiators, Middle East experts, Russian diplomats, Vatican envoys, and shady mercenaries, until eventually -- by nothing short of a miracle -- they found a secret backdoor into the heart of the Syrian intelligence service itself. Through multiple first-person narrators, Saving Sam recounts an inspiring and unforgettable saga that includes a travel journey to every country in the world, famous celebrities, heads of state, high-stakes diplomacy and critical life lessons around curiosity, uncertainty, prayer and what it ultimately means to be free. In a genuine, straightforward and sometimes humorous style, Sam draws on his experience as a hostage to demonstrate how we can all turn our own adversities into assets, whether it be in our personal, professional or spiritual lives"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Goodwin, Sam, 1989-; Goodwin, Sam, 1989-; Prisoners; Prisoners; Travelers;
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