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Worm farms, pearl-button making, chicken processing, pornography, and beauty pageantry. These quirky cottage industries hold the potential to make fortunes, though its more likely that theyll lead to bankruptcy and shattered dreams. And here, Mark Jude Poirier introduces the mists and visionaries who embody the aspirationsand frequently the lunacyof the North American entrepreneur.

Unsung Hero: The Colonel Young Oak Kim Story isn't just another tale of a war hero. Kim has a special place not only in American and Korean history but also in world history. Col. Kim served in World War II and the Korean War as a minority officer leading the U.S. Army's 100th Infantry Battalion. Kim, a Korean American, led the famous Japanese American battalion and helped bridge the racial and cultural gap between the two ethnicities. His dedication, integrity, spirit and loyalty earned him the respect of white officers in a time when racism was prevalent. A champion of human rights, Kim believed that helping others was the best way to prevent strife and ultimately war. "If I survive this war, I will devote my life to the betterment of the community I belong to," Kim promised himself during World War II. When he retired, Kim helped establish numerous nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles, California. He spent the rest of his retired years serving underprivileged, and minority populations such as orphans, adoptees, women and Asian Americans.

The U.S. Army 7708 War Crimes Group investigated atrocities committed in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. These young Americans--many barely out of their teens--gathered evidence, interviewed witnesses, apprehended suspects and prosecuted defendants at trials held at Dachau. Their work often put them in harm's way--some suspects facing arrest preferred to shoot it out. The WCG successfully prosecuted the perpetrators of the Malmedy Massacre, in which 84 American prisoners of war were shot by their German captors, and Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny, aptly described as "the most dangerous man in Europe." Operation Paperclip, however, placed some war criminals--scientists and engineers recruited by the U.S. government--beyond their reach. From the ruins of the Third Reich arose a Nazi underground that preyed on Americans--especially members of the WCG.

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes bonus CD edition. 2018 release, The pioneers of oriental metal are back with their strongest album ever! Featuring guests: Hansi Krsch (Blind Guardian), Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis), and Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates). Produced by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Symphony X, Arch Enemy, Haken, etc.). Orphaned Land is an Israeli heavy metal band, formed in 1991 under the name Resurrection (changing their name in 1992 to the current name), th

What compels immigrants to seek a new home in America? The motivation is not much different in the twenty-first century than it was in the nineteenth century, which is the era covered in this new book on pioneering life in the unsettled Dakota Territory. Learn why they came. Learn about the perils of the journey across the North Atlantic in vessels that were designed for cargo, but not for human comfort. Live with these pioneers in their sod huts and shanty's as they literally carve a new home from the side of a hill. Experience the horrors of gale-force blizzards, the likes of which are virtually unknown in modern times. Feel the frustration, anxiety and helplessness of seeing your bountiful harvest devoured by grasshopper swarms so thick that they block out the sun and turn the fertile ground into a mass of moving blackness. The pioneers who persevered the devastation and catastrophes of the early days of Dakota Territory paved the way for a better life for us. This book is dedicated to those unnamed, unsung heroes whose indomitable spirit made America great.

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Kevin Fulton is the only double agent to have infiltrated the upper echelons of the Provisional IRA. No known spy has spent longer within the organization or risen higher in its ranks. In order to maintain his cover within one of the world's most feared terrorist groups, Fulton was forced to take part in some of its crimes. So highly was he thought of by the IRA leaders that they made him a member of their feared internal police—ironically, his job became to root out and kill informers. In 1994, Fulton was forced to flee Northern Ireland after one of his operations compromised his safety. He was abandoned by the security forces for whom he was working and now lives like a fugitive. But now he has fought back by doing what his military chiefs thought he would never be brave enough to do: go public with his story.

The Unsung Songwriters is dedicated to a period in the history of American music that author Warren Vaché calls the "Golden Age of Songwriting," and to the men and women who made it great.Contrary to the widely held opinion that most of our hit and standard songs were composed by a handful of top writers―Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rodgers―the fact is that the vast majority of them were written by relatively unknown composers. In this definitive reference work to the "unsung songwriters," you will find Al Neiberg, the author of "It's the Talk of the Town," Maceo Pinkard, the mind behind "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Sugar," Harry Woods for "Try a Little Tenderness," J. Fred Coots for "You Go to My Head," and many more.

Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg 1.4

This updates and expanded edition of the classic text in the field describes hundreds of women musicians -- composers, instrumentalists, orchestra and opera managers, music educators, and music patrons, and their activity from the 18th to 21st centuries. It includes their most important compositions and awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and Gravemeyer Award. It also includes descriptions of women's ensembles, both classical, such as the Women's Philharmonic of Chicago, and popular jazz groups.

Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster was one of the leading soldier-scholars of his time. He stood as a key figure among the dominant American military and political personalities during the Cold War. Goodpaster served Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in establishing the international military component of NATO and then served as Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer in the Eisenhower White House. He achieved the highest international military command assignment possible when, after serving in Vietnam as Deputy Commander, he was appointed NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He was called out of retirement to restore the integrity of West Point after a major ethical crisis. Upon his final retirement and for over a quarter-century thereafter, he was actively involved in both the formal and informal world of Washington policy-making, making his mark repeatedly as a respected participant.

A memoir by a member of the Army Special Training Program sent to the Battle of the Bulge with the 94th Infantry Division reveals the GI relations with foreign soldiers, realities of military hospitals, and the heroes of the war.

This is the story of the remarkable Tom Crean who ran away to sea aged fifteen and played a memorable role in Antarctic exploration. He spent more time in the unexplored Antarctic than Scott or Shackleton, and was one of the few to serve and outlive both. An unforgettable story of triumph over unparalleled hardship and deprivation

Traces the life and career of the American choreographer who trained with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn and designed dance sequences for films and on Broadway

This story reveals the remarkable Tom Crean, who ran away to sea aged 15 and played a memorable role in Antarctic exploration. He spent more time in the unexplored Antarctic than Scott or Shackleton, was one of the few to serve both and outlive both. Among the last to see Scott alive only 150 miles from the South Pole he was in the search party which found the frozen body. Tom joined Shackleton's Endurance expedition as the first shots of World War 1 were fired. In a most extraordinary feat of survival, Crean sailed the violent Southern Ocean in an open boat and made the first crossing of the glaciers of South Georgia to rescue his stranded comrades 800 miles away. Crean returned to Ireland, married and built a pub, the South Pole Inn in Anascaul, Co.

The U.S. Army 7708 War Crimes Group investigated atrocities committed in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. These young Americans--many barely out of their teens--gathered evidence, interviewed witnesses, apprehended suspects and prosecuted defendants at trials held at Dachau. Their work often put them in harm's way--some suspects facing arrest preferred to shoot it out. The WCG successfully prosecuted the perpetrators of the Malmedy Massacre, in which 84 American prisoners of war were shot by their German captors, and Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny, aptly described as "the most dangerous man in Europe." Operation Paperclip, however, placed some war criminals--scientists and engineers recruited by the U.S. government--beyond their reach. From the ruins of the Third Reich arose a Nazi underground that preyed on Americans--especially members of the WCG.

Who "speaks" to us in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in Wagner's operas, in a Mahler symphony? In asking this question, Carolyn Abbate opens nineteenth-century operas and instrumental works to new interpretations as she explores the voices projected by music. The nineteenth-century metaphor of music that "sings" is thus reanimated in a new context, and Abbate proposes interpretive strategies that "de-center" music criticism, that seek the polyphony and dialogism of music, and that celebrate musical gestures often marginalized by conventional music analysis.

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Tom Crean was the indestructible farmer’s son from Kerry who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown Antarctic a century ago. He was among the few men who served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton. He spent longer on the ice than either and outlived them both. Everest conqueror, Sir Edmund Hillary said he was a 'great man of immense strength and endurance and afraid of very little'.Crean was among the last to see Scott alive a few miles from the Pole in 1912. His astonishing 56km trek to save the life of Lt Evans is the finest act of individual heroism in the history of exploration. He returned to the ice months later to bury Scott. Crean was at the heart of historic events on Shackleton’s epic Endurance expedition, which featured the 1,200km open boat journey and the desperate march across the mountains and glaciers of South Georgia to rescue marooned comrades.But Tom Crean returned to Ireland during the War of Independence and would never speak about his exploits, taking his incredible story to the grave – until publication of An Unsung Hero, the biography that unearthed his story and saw him rightfully placed among the annals of the great explorers. This newly illustrated edition of the bestselling classic is a must for anyone with a taste for adventure.