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History Matters brings together selected essays by beloved historian David McCullough, some published here for the first time, written at different points over the course of his long career but all focused on the subject of his lifelong passion: the importance of history in understanding our present and future. Edited by McCullough’s daughter, Dorie McCullough Lawson, and his longtime researcher, Michael Hill, History Matters is a tribute to a master historian and offers fresh insights into McCullough’s enduring interests and writing life. The book also features a foreword by Jon Meacham.

Aleksander is the oldest son of the Steinfeld family and a child prodigy. Exceptionally gifted at the piano, his father grooms him to become a world-class concert pianist in the family tradition. Making a name for himself in Europe and the US, everything seems to be on track for the Steinfelds' continuing international acclaim. Tragically, during a pogrom in Lwów, Poland, in 1918, the Steinfelds are arrested, and their home burned to the ground.

The Relationship Guide is a practical and easily digestible handbook designed to solve problems and enrich relationships for marriage and long-term partnerships. It explores "Relationship Bruisers" (the selfish gene, anger, criticism, temptation, infidelity, and recovery from affairs) and "Relationship Builders" (the gender difference, romance, communication, sex, and growing older). Combining many practical insights with real-life stories, questions, and exercises, The Relationship Guide illustrates how to build and sustain love in practice.

Charlie, Tom, and Sam, the three young heroes of this story, journey to the land of Deep, Deep Darkness. For thousands of years past, these Darklands were ruled by the powerful and gigantic Winosaurs, with their celebrated passion for the juice of the orange. Many miles from Pixie Land, across the Flurassic Ocean in Flurassic Park, the Winosaurs’ sweet, friendly (and shrunken) descendants are now the main public attraction.

Two hundred years ago the earth was destroyed by the World’s Worst Day Ever. Keeping his head down for the last few centuries, a mutated vampire has taken advantage of the new post-apocalyptic normal. Now, Ryder is provided an opportunity to escape his tyrannical rule...but she won’t stand for simply disappearing; it’s time for justice. Taking one mutated vampire down should be no problem, right? Wrong! Throw in a newly developed herd of zombies, and Ryder is facing a full recipe for disaster. Get ready to enjoy the ride!

Ryder doesn’t know if she can kill Afana and liberate the bunker. One thing she does know is that the Merry Gang will do the impossible to free the hostage - or die trying. Unfortunately for the Gang, there is a fate worse than death: the Madness.

Ryder had gone from the impossible to the highly improbable with Massimo and Leandro. But can she do better? While the vegetarian vampire, werewolf, and bearded mountain man are willing to support her, Ryder needs an army to attack Afana if she wants to do better than throw away the lives of herself and her new friends.

We live in a world which is changing at overwhelming speed. Today, there is not one area of life which is protected from an overflowing sea of troubles. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall, even life on our planet is under threat. Yet it appears an alarm bell is now tolling at the very heart of our human-being. From the evidence of the many who question their received identity, it appears that more than ever before, a profound and unsettling anxiety is eroding our inner world.