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Killing the Kingfish

The Huey Long Assassination

by Jack B. McGuire ...

On September 8, 1935, Huey Long, a United States senator and former Louisiana governor, was fatally shot in a back corridor of the Louisiana state capitol. Although the most widely accepted theory holds that Dr. Carl Weiss, son-in-law of Long’s political opponent Judge Benjamin Henry Pavy, was responsible, the assassination remains one of the most debated events in American political history. In ... Read more

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On September 8, 1935, Huey Long, a United States senator and former Louisiana governor, was fatally shot in a back corridor of the Louisiana state capitol. Although the most widely accepted theory holds that Dr. Carl Weiss, son-in-law of Long’s political opponent Judge Benjamin Henry Pavy, was responsible, the assassination remains one of the most debated events in American political history. In
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Robots through the Ages

A Science Fiction Anthology

by Robert Silverberg, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Seanan McGuire, Ambrose Bierce, Jack Williamson, Clifford D. Simak, Lester del Rey, Fritz Leiber0, Philip K. Dick1, Avram Davidson2, Roger Zelazny3, Connie Willis4, Brenda Cooper5, Karen Haber6, Suzanne Palmer7, Paul Levinson8, Ken Scholes9, Martin L. Shoemaker0 ...

Narrated by Neil Hellegers1, Matt Godfrey2, Jim Meskimen3, Tim Campbell4, James Anderson Foster5, Stefan Rudnicki6, Leonard Nimoy7, Steven Jay Cohen8, Natasha Soudek9, Jesse Vilinsky0, Bronson Pinchot1, Peter Ganim2, various narrators3, Noah Michael Levine4, Dan Bittner5, Scott Aiello6, John Pirhalla7 ...

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14 hours 33 min

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea ... Read more

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A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea
... Read more

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Killing the Kingfish

The Huey Long Assassination

by Jack B. McGuire ...

On September 8, 1935, Huey Long, a United States senator and former Louisiana governor, was fatally shot in a back corridor of the Louisiana state capitol. Although the most widely accepted theory holds that Dr. Carl Weiss, son-in-law of Long’s political opponent Judge Benjamin Henry Pavy, was responsible, the assassination remains one of the most debated events in American political history. In ... Read more

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On September 8, 1935, Huey Long, a United States senator and former Louisiana governor, was fatally shot in a back corridor of the Louisiana state capitol. Although the most widely accepted theory holds that Dr. Carl Weiss, son-in-law of Long’s political opponent Judge Benjamin Henry Pavy, was responsible, the assassination remains one of the most debated events in American political history. In
... Read more
Win the Race or Die Trying

Uncle Earl's Last Hurrah

by Jack B. McGuire ...

Earl Kemp Long (1895–1960) was the political heir to his brother Huey in Louisiana politics. A country boy who never lost his common touch, he ran for office in every state election between 1933 and 1959. He was the best campaigning politician Louisiana ever produced. In his final term as governor, he suffered a breakdown on live television while addressing members of the legislature. He was ... Read more

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Earl Kemp Long (1895–1960) was the political heir to his brother Huey in Louisiana politics. A country boy who never lost his common touch, he ran for office in every state election between 1933 and 1959. He was the best campaigning politician Louisiana ever produced. In his final term as governor, he suffered a breakdown on live television while addressing members of the legislature. He was
... Read more
Beyond the Gate: Stories from the World of the Dream Engine

Engine World

by E.W. Pierce, Monica Leonelle, A.T. Schubert, Jamie Maltman, Jack Worr, Stacy Claflin, John McGuire, Lisa Harvey, Blaine Moore, Jay Rosenkrantz, Rob Laman, Thomas Dattoli, Missy Morgan, Michael Hustleborn, Hal Leonard, Paul Jenny, Joseph Mello, Karl J. Leis, Cathy Pelham, Abe Cedarian, Hector Manuel Elias Oliver, Ephraim Mallery, Kayla Halleur ...

Series series Engine World
Waldron's Gate, capital of Alterra. A land powered by steam, but inspired by the power of dreams, and surrounded by the mysterious Fog.The Dream Engine explored this city. Now you are invited to go Beyond The Gate.Twenty-three authors will take you over, under, into, and beyond the Fog in this cross-genre compilation of short stories.From time travel to romance, young adult to horror, science ... Read more

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Waldron's Gate, capital of Alterra. A land powered by steam, but inspired by the power of dreams, and surrounded by the mysterious Fog.The Dream Engine explored this city. Now you are invited to go Beyond The Gate.Twenty-three authors will take you over, under, into, and beyond the Fog in this cross-genre compilation of short stories.From time travel to romance, young adult to horror, science
... Read more
Robots through the Ages

A Science Fiction Anthology

by Robert Silverberg, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Seanan McGuire, Ambrose Bierce, Jack Williamson, Clifford D. Simak, Lester del Rey, Fritz Leiber0, Philip K. Dick1, Avram Davidson2, Roger Zelazny3, Connie Willis4, Brenda Cooper5, Karen Haber6, Suzanne Palmer7, Paul Levinson8, Ken Scholes9, Martin L. Shoemaker0 ...

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea ... Read more

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A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea
... Read more

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San Francisco Seals

by Martin Jacobs, Jack McGuire ...

Series series Images of Baseball
For more than half a century, San Francisco Seals baseball was a fertile source of future major league players, with a legacy firmly grounded in the annals of Pacific Coast League baseball. Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ping Bodie, Earl Averill, William Kamm, Ferris Fain, Harry Heilmann, Smead Jolley, �Lefty� O�Doul, Frankie Crosetti, the DiMaggio brothers (Joe, Vince, and Dom), Larry Jansen, and others ... Read more

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For more than half a century, San Francisco Seals baseball was a fertile source of future major league players, with a legacy firmly grounded in the annals of Pacific Coast League baseball. Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ping Bodie, Earl Averill, William Kamm, Ferris Fain, Harry Heilmann, Smead Jolley, �Lefty� O�Doul, Frankie Crosetti, the DiMaggio brothers (Joe, Vince, and Dom), Larry Jansen, and others
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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 81 (February 2017)

by John Joseph Adams, Seanan McGuire, A. Merc Rustad, Jack Skillingstead, Ashok Banker, Bruce Sterling, Connie Willis ...

Series Book 81 - Lightspeed Magazine
LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we have original science fiction by A. Merc Rustad ("Later, Let's Tear ... Read more

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LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we have original science fiction by A. Merc Rustad ("Later, Let's Tear
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I’d Really Prefer Not to Be Here with You, and Other Stories

by Julianna Baggott ...

Narrated by Rachel Jacobs, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Cassandra Campbell, Lisa Flanagan, Erin Bennett, Sarah Beth Pfeifer, Xe Sands, Emily Lawrence, Tavia Gilbert, Andi Arndt, January LaVoy, Kelli Tager, various narrators, Natasha Soudek, Emily Woo Zeller, Em Grosland ...

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9 hours 8 min

Bestselling author Julianna Baggott delivers her mind-bending debut short-story collection, featuring an array of genres populated by deeply human characters, and with film rights to the stories already having been sold to Netflix, Paramount, Amblin, Lionsgate, and others!In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman who ... Read more

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Bestselling author Julianna Baggott delivers her mind-bending debut short-story collection, featuring an array of genres populated by deeply human characters, and with film rights to the stories already having been sold to Netflix, Paramount, Amblin, Lionsgate, and others!In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman who
... Read more

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There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science

by Leah Elson MS, MPH ...

Narrated by Leah Elson MS, MPH ...

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5 hours 34 min

Leah Elson draws upon her wildly popular web series, 60 Seconds of Science, in this highly entertaining and visually appealing giftable book of real-world scientific questions and answers.How does DNA work?Does chicken noodle soup actually help with being sick?When cats purr, what is actually making the noise?Does singing to plants really help them grow?Is it possible to clone a woolly mammoth?In ... Read more

$16.99 USD

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Leah Elson draws upon her wildly popular web series, 60 Seconds of Science, in this highly entertaining and visually appealing giftable book of real-world scientific questions and answers.How does DNA work?Does chicken noodle soup actually help with being sick?When cats purr, what is actually making the noise?Does singing to plants really help them grow?Is it possible to clone a woolly mammoth?In
... Read more

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The Cosmic Puppets

by Philip K. Dick ...

Narrated by David Aaron Baker ...

Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

Following an inexplicable urge, Ted Barton returns to his idyllic Virginia hometown for a vacation, but when he gets there, he is shocked to discover that the town has utterly changed. The stores and houses are all different and he doesn’t recognize anybody. The mystery deepens when he checks the town’s historical records … and reads that he died nearly twenty years earlier. As he attempts to ... Read more

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Following an inexplicable urge, Ted Barton returns to his idyllic Virginia hometown for a vacation, but when he gets there, he is shocked to discover that the town has utterly changed. The stores and houses are all different and he doesn’t recognize anybody. The mystery deepens when he checks the town’s historical records … and reads that he died nearly twenty years earlier. As he attempts to
... Read more

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The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

by David Bercovici ...

Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

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5 hours 13 min

Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilizationWith wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and ... Read more

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Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilizationWith wonder, wit, and flair—and in record time and space—geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and
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