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Alabama endured warfare, slave trading, squatting, and speculating on its path to becoming America’s 22nd state, and Daniel S. Dupre brings its captivating frontier history to life in Alabama's Frontiers and the Rise of the Old South. Dupre’s vivid narrative begins when Hernando de Soto first led hundreds of armed Europeans into the region during the fall of 1540. Although this early invasion was defeated, Spain, France, and England would each vie for control over the area’s natural resources.

Take your business to the next level. The timing has never been—and will never be—better to take your current business to the next level via franchising. Now more than ever, people are looking for structured business opportunities that they can invest into, have a sense of ownership and pride, and build a better future for themselves and their families. This book is an in-depth look at everything you need to know on how to franchise your business.

When a marketing rep comes into your office or someone from the management team and tells you to "sell the value", how often do you find yourself rolling your eyes? As a former agency owner and now a consultant, I often find myself spouting the same slogan. Why? Because, I have done it and done it quite successfully. Whenever a rep came into my office and told me to sell the value of carrier X, I would think that’s something an expensive company would say or an overpriced company, because what else could they say?

The AI Side Hustle: How to Make Money Using Artificial Intelligence Tools is your step-by-step guide to launching profitable, sustainable income streams using today’s most powerful AI platforms.

You're over the age of 50 and intellectually or intuitively you know your age could be a factor in your job search...and you are right. There are age-related biases that exist in the job market that will work against you. According to government statistics, job seekers over 50 encounter more difficulty in getting new jobs and suffer notably longer unemployment than their younger counterparts. But these statistics do not have to apply to you!

Sam Archer is out of town on a break from his duties in the NYPD when he receives a call from his detective-sergeant back in New York. A former foe of theirs currently serving a life term has repeatedly been getting attacked by other inmates, so the Bureau of Prisons has arranged for him to be transferred from a US Penitentiary in Virginia to another facility seven hours away. Not only was the man responsible for the death of a fellow detective of Archer’s, he’s now saying he has some important information to share.

Are you thinking about starting a business but are confused by the taxes? Do you already own a business and need to know the tax repercussions of having employees versus outsourcing to contractors? Are you confused on depreciation and how to use it to your tax advantage? Not sure which accounting software to use? Do you need an accountant or can you do your taxes yourself? Find the answers to these questions and more!

On the 10th night of co-owning the first restaurant, Cliff thought they would run out of money. Eight days later, there was a line at the front door, and for the next five years, the restaurant hit sales and record profits. Next, Cliff co-founded one of the best wine bars in Atlanta and then one of the best steakhouses in the United States. From there, he opened one of the best seafood restaurants in the county. Over the next 14 years, he helped make the restaurants more profitable than the average independent restaurants.

The Enlightened Bodybuilding Diet Plan is a guide to show how to completely transform your body so you can reach your fitness goals quicker. You will start off learning the basics of the diet to help grow muscle, and then, you will learn specific diets that will help you build muscle in a relative short time.

Elvis Presley died of a heart attack on August 16, 1977 in the bathroom of his Graceland Mansion. But to many people, Elvis never died. On the other hand, for some people, he did not die of natural causes, that is, of a heart attack. Many people have sighted Elvis since after his death and are convinced that Elvis isn't dead or at least that he did not die in 1977 as the world knows it. There are numerous theories about why and how Elvis disappeared. Why he faked his death.

The reporters said it was a sexy story-church, money, greed, adultery, blood, a defenseless child with profound disabilities, and a good man who never saw it coming, all the elements that garnered column inches and high ratings. The main players on the stage included a talented journalist who played the organ at church, a cunning narcissist who hid behind a pretty face and a sweet demeanor, and a respected businessman and father.

Deepwater archaeology uncovers secrets from the ancient maritime past...Thousands of shipwrecks and archaeological sites lie undiscovered in deep water, potentially holding important clues to our maritime past. Ships from the Depths surveys the dramatic advances in technology over the last few years that have made it possible for scientists to locate, study, and catalogue archaeological sites in waters previously inaccessible to humans. Søreide provides an introduction to and survey of the history, development, and potential of this exciting branch of nautical archaeology.

Poker Slam combines the exploits of Utah McCormick as he desperately seeks his reclusive uncle with an authentic poker tournament experience.

There's trouble on the range. In these thrilling tales from yesteryear, Coyote Cal and his trusty sidekick Big Yap encounter a wizard able to change his shape at will, a scheming witch, a confused zombie, la chupacabra grande, bloodthirsty vampyres, and other sordid fiends. Our heroes will have to rely on their wits, skills, and loads of hot lead to ensure justice prevails.

Most histories of Civil War Texas - some starring the fabled Hood’s Brigade, Terry’s Texas Rangers, or one or another military figure - depict the Lone Star State as having joined the Confederacy as a matter of course and as having later emerged from the war relatively unscathed. Yet as the contributors to this volume amply demonstrate, the often neglected stories of Texas Unionists and dissenters paint a far more complicated picture.

The 35th President of the United States was assassinated on a Friday afternoon and the 10-month long investigation into the incident ruled that Oswald acted alone in the crime. In 1979, however, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) ruled that it was possibly a conspiracy. This book is an attempt to look at the assassination and some of the different conspiracy theories about John F. Kennedy's death.

Blood in the Hills: A History of Violence in Appalachia provides an in-depth historical analysis of hostility in the region from the late 18th to the early 20th century. Editor Bruce E. Stewart discusses aspects of the Appalachian violence culture, examining skirmishes with the native population, conflicts resulting from the region's rapid modernization, and violence as a function of social control. The contributors also address geographical isolation and ethnicity, kinship, gender, class, and race with the purpose of shedding light on an often-stereotyped regional past.

I have struggled with addiction to pornography for about five years. I have tried and attempted to break free countless of times to no avail and I know what it's like to want to quit something badly yet still fall back into bad habits! I know the frustration, the hurt and the pain, the feeling of unworthiness and the feeling of having no control whatsoever.

A commercial plane carrying almost two hundred people crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. Eyewitnesses on a yacht say the flight, bound for the United States from Portugal, was on fire as it fell from the sky. The search is on to find the wreckage. Seventy two hours later, another plane goes missing, American Airlines 44, bound for New York from Paris, France; with terrorism now suspected, the NYPD’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau are asked for their assistance. The scale of the case and the distances involved are factors Sergeant Matt Shepherd’s team have never encountered before.

Are you ready to take control of your life and become everything you've ever dreamed of? If so, this book is for you. Your Breakthrough: Seven Principles to Become the Person You Were Meant to Be is a guide to unlocking your full potential and living the life of your dreams.