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Light-Horse Harry A Biography of Washington’s Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee [Audiobook]


Free Download Noel B. Gerson, Walter Dixon (Narrator), "Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington’s Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee"
English | ASIN: B0D38CKHTC | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~09:26:00 | 259 MB
Henry Lee learnt to ride before he was five, joined Washington’s Army at nineteen, and was appointed Captain of the Fifth Troop of Virginia Dragoons at twenty. At twenty-two, Colonel Lee took command of a mixed cavalry and infantry unit known as "Lee’s Legion"-the finest offensive team in the Continental Army. Nicknamed "Light-Horse Harry" for his raids on British supply wagons, the young Virginian quickly earned a reputation for horsemanship and distinguished himself as one of the most skilled and courageous cavalry officers of the American Revolution.

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Transforming Harry The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age


Free Download John Alberti, "Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age "
English | ISBN: 0814344917 | 2018 | 202 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age is an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation. The movie version of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, premiered in 2001, in between publication of the fourth and fifth books of this global literary phenomenon. As a result, the production and reception of both novel and movie series became intertwined with one another, creating a fanbase who accessed the series first through the books, first through the movies, and in various other combinations. John Alberti and P. Andrew Miller have gathered scholars to explore and examine the cultural, political, aesthetic, and pedagogical dimensions of this pop culture phenomenon and how it has changed the reception of both the films and books.

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The magical worlds of Harry Potter a treasury of myths, legends and fascinating facts


Free Download The magical worlds of Harry Potter : a treasury of myths, legends and fascinating facts By Potter, Harry; Rowling, J. K.; Rowling, J. K.; Colbert, David; Potter, Harry
2008 | 335 Pages | ISBN: 0425223183 | EPUB | 8 MB
This is the indispensable source guide to J.K. Rowling?s Harry Potter novels?revised and updated with information relating to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Meghan and Harry The Real Story Persecutors or Victims, Updated Edition


Free Download Meghan and Harry: The Real Story: Persecutors or Victims, Updated Edition by Lady Colin Campbell
English | April 16th, 2024 | ISBN: 9781639367948 | 498 pages | True EPUB | 15.32 MB
An updated edition of this blockbuster narrative provides the first behind-the-scenes, authoritative account of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s marriage, by the New York Times bestselling author of Diana in Private.

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Open at the Close Literary Essays on Harry Potter


Free Download Cecilia Konchar Farr, "Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter"
English | ISBN: 1496839323 | 2022 | 270 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 5 MB
Contributions by Lauren R. Carmacci, Keridiana Chez, Kate Glassman, John Granger, Marie Schilling Grogan, Beatrice Groves, Tolonda Henderson, Nusaiba Imady, Cecilia Konchar Farr, Juliana Valadão Lopes, Amy Mars, Christina Phillips-Mattson, Patrick McCauley, Jennifer M. Reeher, Jonathan A. Rose, and Emily Strand

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Dear Bess The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959


Free Download Dear Bess: The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959 By Robert H. Ferrell
1998 | 608 Pages | ISBN: 0826212034 | PDF | 25 MB
Once again available is the critically acclaimedDear Bess,a collection of more than 600 letters that Harry S. Truman wrote to his beloved wife, Bess, from 1910 to 1959. Selected from 1,268 letters discovered in Bess’s house after her death in 1982, this extraordinary collection provides an inside look at Truman’s life, his thoughts, and his dreams.

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The Harry’s Bar Cookbook Recipes and Reminiscences from the World-Famous Venice Bar and Restaurant


Free Download The Harry’s Bar Cookbook: Recipes and Reminiscences from the World-Famous Venice Bar and Restaurant by Harry Cipriani
English | 1991 | ISBN: 0553070304 | 304 Pages | EPUB | 2.1 MB
There is only one Harry’s Bar. Located on Venice’s Calle Vallaresso, near the Piazza San Marco, this restaurant has been the meeting place for artists, writers, royalty, maestros, divas, celebrities, the very rich, and lots of ordinary-but very wise-Americans and Europeans for over five decades. In The Harry’s Bar Cookbook, Arrigo Cipriani shares his favorite stories about Harry’s Bar-and reveals treasured recipes for the restaurant’s most popular dishes.

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Man of the People A Life of Harry S. Truman


Free Download Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman by Alonzo L. Hamby
English | 1995 | ISBN: 0195045467 | 800 Pages | PDF | 13.2 MB
Harry S. Truman is remembered today as an icon-the plain-speaking president, "Give ’em Hell Harry," the chief executive who put "The Buck Stops Here" on his desk.

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