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Attracted by the fertile soil, ample forests, and abundant water, the first pioneer arrived in the Orchard Park area in 1803, making this one of the earliest settlements in western New York. Prominent among the settlers were the Quakers, who built a picturesque meetinghouse that is still in use today....

The author is convinced that the early Byzantine Church deliberately cut out sections from an historic text to conceal the truth about the crucifixion of a man they were promoting as their Messiah. She solves the mystery by reconstructing the deleted sections. King pieces together what happened in...

Tragedy at Graignes tells the story of Captain Bud Sophian, the only US Army officer who did not flee Graignes, France, as the Waffen SS overran the American positions and stormed the village. Sophian was a surgeon, and he refused to abandon the fourteen wounded paratroopers in his care. He surrendered...

In this wide-ranging account, Robert DuPlessis examines globally sourced textiles that by dramatically altering consumer behaviour, helped create new economies and societies in the early modern world. This deeply researched history of cloth and clothing offers new insights into trade patterns, consumer...

In 1967, the black boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and a young acquaintance, John Artis, were wrongly convicted of triple murder by an all-white jury in Paterson, New Jersey. Over the next decade, Carter gradually amassed convincing evidence of his innocence and the vocal support of celebrities...

"They came and took my kids from me – all three of them – Isadore Jr., Isaac and Ishanti. I know they thought they had good reason to do it, but there is never a good enough reason to steal kids from they momma. That was 72 hours ago and I have been trying to think of a reason to live ever...

Delaney expects it will be difficult to convince her father to leave behind his career as a pro-wrestler and get a normal job; but what she doesnt expect is that hell be accused of murder in the process. Will she be able to sort through a cast of quirky characters to find the real murderer, or will she find herself on the wrong side of the ropes? A short story from our Fingerprints mystery line.

正視現實，我們沒有揮霍重要細節的奢侈！ 「探究事情為何出錯的分析文章，讀來總是比讚美歌舞昇平令人激動……這是有趣且令人信服的災難相關案例研究。」——《金融時報》（Financial Times）「當月商業類選書」 曾幾何時，種種造成人心惶惶的事件已成為每日新聞標題：華盛頓特區地鐵衝撞事件。家庭日常用水造成孩子鉛中毒。夏季毫無預警全市大停電。科技公司遭病毒入侵，廠房全面停擺。醫院給藥給錯病患。倫敦星巴克公關宣傳噱頭卻打錯如意算盤。2017年奧斯卡金像獎弄錯得獎影片。記者憑空寫稿，報社無人發現。飛機操縱桿新型流線設計卻造成飛安問題。 乍看之下，這些災難似乎毫無關聯。但令人意外的是，最新研究顯示，上述新聞報導的意外事件與我們日常生活中遇到的失敗（例如不成功的專案、差勁的用人決定、過年過節大餐一塌糊塗等）往往基於類似原因。藉由了解這些潛在成因，我們可以據以設計出更好的系統、使團隊更具生產力，以及改變我們在工作和家庭中做決定的方式。 本書分為兩大部分。兩位作者克里斯．克利菲爾德及安德拉斯．提爾席克將最新發現的社會科學研究，輔以生動的故事（包括福斯汽車的醜聞、奧斯卡頒獎烏龍，以及發生在深至墨西哥灣深處、高至聖母峰山頂的範例），在第一部分向讀者解釋，何以我們的現代系統日益增加的複雜性會導致失敗發生，以及為何我們的大腦及團隊無法跟上。第二部分則審視你我都能採用、看似反直覺的解決方案，探討人們如何從小錯學習、找出大威脅可能正在醞釀之處，並檢視何以多元化能幫助我們避免鑄下大錯。 雖說如此，本書並不是一本失敗之書，而是試圖幫助身負管理團隊之責或是掌管家裡日常大小瑣事的你，提出解決方案。本書將揭示： ★...

This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of how Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China.

Good friends come in all shapes and sizes! Unlikely Friendships, the runaway New York Times bestseller with a compelling message of hope and friendship and differences overcome, is rewritten just for younger readers. This hardcover chapter book for children ages seven and up collects five heartwarming...

She called herself Mrs Hunter, although that was not her real name. No one on Earth could pronounce that. She had chosen the name Hunter because the word had a meaning all of its own . . . When Mrs Hunter collects William she thinks she has found the perfect prey . . . but she may have met her match....

Classic French erotica by the extremely prolific Louys. Susan Sontag, so recently deceased, described this book as "one of the handful of erotic works that achieve true literary status." The She-Devils is the story of a young man who one day finds himself in the company of a family of whores,...