Jack Kelly
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2023.
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English
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"A gripping exploration of the intense psychology and character of Benedict Arnold, arguing that he was essential to victory before he was a traitor Benedict Arnold committed treason- for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have knownabout him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat-his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most successful soldier of the era. GOD SAVE BENEDICT ARNOLD...
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Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the Revolutionary War. Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin are known to all; men like Morgan, Greene, and Wayne are less familiar. Yet the dreams of the politicians and theorists only became real because fighting men were willing to take on the grim, risky, brutal work of war. We know Fort Knox, but what about Henry Knox, the burly Boston bookseller who took over the American...
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2016.
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English
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"The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The Erie Canal made New York the financial capital of America...
4) Gunpowder: alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive that changed the world
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English
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When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather than fuel guns or bombs-neither of which had been thought of yet-their simple mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal went on to make the modern world possible. As word of its explosive properties spread from Asia to Europe, from pyrotechnics to battleships,...
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This essay, the second in Jack Kelly's series of modern treatments of Hawaiian history, frames a historic alliance that would shape the future of Hawaii – between the famed British explorer Captain George Vancouver, and King Kamehameha of the Big Island. Arriving in Kealakekua Bay 15 years after Captain Cook's bloody death, Vancouver was intent on the mission of the British Empire, to foster order and trade. But in dismissing the Hawaiians as uneducated...
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Native Hawaiians have long been confused by the history they learn at school, which doesn't match up with the family stories they have heard so often from their elders. Drawing on oral histories and personal interviews with elderly Hawaiians, author Jack Kelly presents this first essay in a series of modern treatments of Hawaiian history, reflecting the truth as it was lived, told and retold by the people of the Islands. This grassroots history of...
7) You Will Get That Great New Job: Interviewing Tips From A Top Recruiter That Will Help You Succeed
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English
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Jack Kelly will help you get that great new job!
Jack provides insightful interviewing and job search advice learned from his 22-plus years of hands-on recruiting experience placing thousands of people in great jobs with top-tier companies. He brings a refreshing and real world, behind-the-scenes understanding of how the hiring process actually works.
The book's goal is to effectively communicate, motivate, coach and provide the tools and knowledge...
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"A Great American Love Story" tells the tale of how the young enterprising poor American Boy became a man through hard work, ingenuity, perseverance and luck. How a boy with no capital from a small Western New York town joined the military, went to Cornell on scholarships, survived a marine calamity, came to Wall Street, starting as a "board boy", started a company, survived 6 mergers, married a beautiful German immigrant girl and built a beautiful...
11) The edge of anarchy: the railroad barons, the Gilded Age, and the greatest labor uprising in America
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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The Edge of Anarchy by Jack Kelly offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill across much of the country. Famine threatened, riots broke out along the rail lines. Soon the U.S. Army was on the march and gunfire rang from the streets of major cities. This epochal...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The wild and suspenseful story of one of the most crucial and least known campaigns of the Revolutionary War when America's scrappy navy took on the full might of Britain's sea power. "Few know of the valor and courage of Benedict Arnold... With such a dramatic main character, the story of the Battle of Valcour is finally seen as one of the most exciting and important of the American Revolution." ?Tom Clavin author of Dodge City and co-author of...
13) Dracula
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 25
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English
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'I am Dracula. And I bid you welcome to my house.' He is deathly pale. His fingernails are cut to sharp points. His teeth protrude menacingly from his mouth in clouds of rancid breath. Yet even Count Dracula's unnerving appearance and the frightened reaction of the local peasants fail to warn Jonathan Harker, a young man from England, about his host. Little does Jonathan know that this is a land where babies are snatched for their blood and wolves...
14) Sanctuaries: the complete United States, a guide to lodgings in monasteries, abbeys, and retreats
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Bell Tower
Pub. Date
c1996
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English
19) Maverick
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Two brothers travel across America's Old West trying to make a living playing poker.