James Thomas
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Ann Arbor is known as a center of culture and education, but that hasn't prevented various tyrants and scoundrels from sullying the sophistication with base and murderous deeds. Revisit the case of "Jacke the Hugger," a turn-of-the-century deviant who routinely accosted and squeezed the women of Ann Arbor. In an effort to lure him from hiding, young men dressed as women and walked city streets. In 1903, UM student Albert Patterson disappeared in what...
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Washtenaw County has a dark and sordid history, filled with unexplained murders and vicious crimes. Venture into the dead of night with medical students from the University of Michigan as they snatch bodies from fresh graves. Discover how Irene Walling Smith, born and raised in Ypsilanti, became known as the "Bandit Queen" of the despicable Kozak Gang. Head back to Ann Arbor in 1878, when Howard Williams was found dead in his home with an empty bottle...
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From 1900 through 1975, the city of Ypsilanti underwent a multitude of changes as it developed from a small farming community into a center of education and business. The rise of the automobile and the insurgence of auto manufacturing, the progress of local arts and theater, the opening of the Bomber Plant at Willow Run, and the transformation of a teachers' college into Eastern Michigan University are just a few of these historic developments. This...
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James Thomas Flexner's masterful four-volume biography of America's first president, which received a special Pulitzer Prize citation and a National Book Award for its concluding installment, is the definitive chronicle of Washington's life and a classic work of American history. In graceful and dramatic prose, Flexner peels back the myths surrounding Washington to reveal the true complexity of his character. The only founding father from Virginia...
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In the latter half of the 19th century, the city of Ypsilanti went through a rapid transition from a small farming community to a center of education and business. By 1900, Ypsilanti was nationally known for three things: the Michigan Central Gardens, the mineral wells, and underwear. The gardens were designed by famed landscape gardener John Laidlaw, who studied gardening in his native Scotland before coming to the United States. Beginning in the...
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Washtenaw County has enjoyed low crime rates, but extraordinary criminal acts occasionally pierced its calm and quiet.
A strange bank robbery at Dexter in 1894 and the 1897 murder of James Richards raised concerns. In 1937, the McHenry family suffered a terrible tragedy but found room in their hearts to forgive. After the murder of Eleanor Farver in 1970, detectives searching for suspect John Edward Burns probed his background, seeking clues to where...
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Illustrated Edition – contains 30 photos The highest scoring British Air Ace reveals his daily life at the front, in the air and in combat with the Germans above the Western Front. In the muddy trenches of the Western front few rankers would have considered that they would achieve field rank of major and international celebrity. In the skies above the shell-torn landscape, any man with enough talent, daring and skill could hope to become a 'Flying...
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Modern loneliness and the absence of intimacy amongst London's millions are the ills suffered by the quirky yet deeply melancholic 30-something, Joseph Bogart.
Weighed down with emotional baggage and feeling lost amidst a mass of failed relationships, Joseph uses his sharp wit and tragicomedy to fight the hopelessness gnawing at him.
Through his trials, we discover if Joseph is able to find a successful way out of his life of 'quiet desperation'....
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"Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that an airplane hits the Twin Towers. For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship. Fay is prickly, aloof, and obsessed with gay men; Nell is shy,...
11) Sweet Redemption
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Redemption comes to those who may refuse to accept the hand you are dealt as a child. I refused to accept and carry all the bad things that were in my life as child. It took about forty years of standing on the promises of God. Even though I was not perfect, he came through. My past speaks loudly to people that a person can overcome. This is my redemption story, and Jesus has stuck closer than any brother. I have learned that God will use a rejected...
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Multi-cultural military kid's picture book. For reading ages 3-7 years.Kids! We Have PCS Orders! is fifth in the Deployment Series of books by author James R. Thomas. This story was written specifically for military families with kids preparing to go through a PCS (Permanent Change of Station) move. Illustrated in color, the picture book tells the story of how a military family prepares the kids mentally for the move. The author, through his own experiences,...
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Meet Me in Sleepy Town is a heart-warming story that celebrates the relationship between young Victoria and her grandmother, RiRi. The relationship between a grandparent and a grandchild is so important and special. Victoria doesn't want to be away from her grandmother, who tells Victoria about a place where they can always be together. Sleepy Town is that place. This book explores Victoria and RiRi's first experiences in Sleepy Town and depicts...
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British English For Kids volume 11
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English
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In Unit 11, children will learn adjectives, look, fit, people, objects, places, asking for information, comparatives, following instructions, verbal, written, responding, outdoors, transportation.
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British English For Kids volume 3
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English
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In Unit 3, children will learn likes, dislikes, saying how you feel, giving advice, where things are, expressing ability, parts of the body, positions.
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British English For Kids volume 5
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English
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In Unit 5, children will learn months, seasons, explaining what we do, questions and negatives, there is, there are, places, positions, house, home, weather.
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British English For Kids volume 12
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English
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In Unit 12, children will learn to describe objects, homes, animals, pets, expressions, blame, certainty, fear, happiness, quiet, calm, goodbye, big numbers, ordinals, days, dates, week, months, year, calendar, seasons.
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British English For Kids volume 6
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English
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In Unit 6, children will learn yes, no, short answers, big, bigger, biggest, comparatives, asking how many, why, shapes, colors, musical instruments, toys, games.
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British English For Kids volume 4
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English
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In Unit 4, children will learn what is happening, asking where people are going, illness, parts of the body, this, that, these, those, in the garden, sports, morning to night.
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British English For Kids volume 1
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English
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In Unit 1, children will learn counting 1 to 10, Fruits, Vegetables, Greetings, Animals, verb "to be", adjectives big and small.