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Captain America Shield - Marvel Legends Series (80th Anniversary) - Hasbro Multi-Colored

This premium role play item features design based on Captain America’s iconic shield. This Marvel Legends Gear features detailed comic-inspired design and is a great addition to any fan’s collection.

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Grand Theft Auto IV PC Hard copy Brand new & Sealed PC Gaming

Grand Theft Auto IVis a third-person perspective action-adventure game, developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. The game takes place in fan-favorite Liberty City, updated to closely resemble New York City. The player takes control of Eastern European immigrant Niko Bellic, a former soldier, who arrives in Liberty to finish some old business. Upon arrival, he is greeted by his cousin Roman, who introduces the protagonist to the harsh realities of the city. The game has the player carry out a series of missions for different characters, participate in side-quests and optional activities, as well as fulfilling challenges, like hunting seagulls. The game received critical acclaim for its story, tons of gameplay content and state-of-the-art graphics.Next Generation GameplayGTA IVintroduces the player to completely new gameplay mechanics. Similarly to Grand Theft Auto III and San Andreas, the action is observed from the third-person perspective. The camera movement has been improved, offering more maneuverability, especially while shooting and driving. The player can now take cover during firefights and shoot from behind it avoiding damage.GTA IVprovides the player with various types of melee weapons and firearms, from knives and baseball bats to pistols and rocket launchers. The player can also take the wheel of various vehicles: motorcycles, cars, trucks, helicopters, and speedboats.Big City LifeLiberty Cityhas been updated to the HD era of gaming. The bustling metropolis is bursting at its seams with activity, streets are populated by different kinds of people, from small-time crooks to big-time businesspeople. Liberty City offers the player a multitude of activities to participate in, often accompanied by one of the secondary characters – the friends of the main character. Niko can go bowling, see a comedy show (starring a very real British comedian, Ricky Gervais), go drinking with a pal or solo and more.The city also offers some car-specific side-missions. After commandeering a taxi, Niko can take unsuspecting pedestrians on crazy rides across the streets of Liberty. Stealing a police car turns the protagonist into a bounty hunter, chasing notorious criminals. Borrowing a fire truck from the depot lets the player channel their inner Fireman Sam, extinguishing burning vehicles within the time limit.Story of revenge and redemptionNiko Bellic’s life was not easy. Enlisted in the army at an early age, he knew very little than the fire of war. After a betrayal that cost the lives of almost every member of his squad, Niko decides to track down the traitor, who has fled to Liberty City, one of America’s largest metropolis. There, he reunites with his cousin, Roman, and begins an arduous climb up the ladder of Liberty’s underworld, making friends and enemies along the way, on a quest for revenge for the deaths of his squadmates and redemption for the sins of his own past. ReceptionGTA 4 for PCreceived nearly universal acclaim from critics and players alike. The game was praised for the detail put into the creation of Liberty City, inspired by real-life locations in New York City, filled with things to see optional activities to do. The gameplay improvements over the previous installments were also received positively, especially the driving and shooting mechanics.The game’s story and characters were highly praised as one of the most complex and intriguing in the history of the series. GTA IV was considered a milestone in open-world games and received awards from several outlets including the Game of the Year 2008 from IGN, GameSpot and KotakuKey featuresWelcome to America!As Niko Bellic, an immigrant from Eastern Europe, you enter Liberty City looking for revenge and redemption.Gangster’s Paradise.Build your career in the LC underworld: from a fresh-off-the-boat nobody to full-fledged criminal.You are wanted!Evade police in a breakneck chase in the tight streets of Liberty City.Cousin, let have some fun!Participate in various types of optional activities, from bowling to bar-crawling.I <3 LC!Explore the bustling streets of Liberty, on foot or in a vehicle, and interact with the populace of America’s favorite city.

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Donovan: America’s Master Spy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1501min

The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA. One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America’s Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man. During the dark days of World War II, "Wild Bill" Donovan, more than any other person, was responsible for what William Stevenson, author of A Man Called Intrepid, described as the astonishing success with which the United States entered secret warfare and accomplished in less than four years what it took England many centuries to develop. Drawing upon Donovan’s diaries, letters, and other papers; interviews with hundreds of the men and women who worked with him and spied for him; and declassified and unpublished documents, author Richard Dunlop, himself a former member of Donovan’s OSS, traces the incredible career of the man who almost single-handedly created America’s central intelligence service. The result is the definitive biography that Donovan himself had always expected Dunlop would write. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eric Jason Martin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016562/bk_adbl_016562_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America’s Soul , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1111min

Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa’s moral crusade nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home to half a billion people, the world’s largest reserves of arable land, and 8.5 percent of global oil, is busily transforming its political and economic landscape. This book argues that rather than failing the test, Latin America’s efforts to build fairer and more prosperous societies make it one of the world’s most vigorous laboratories for capitalist democracy. In many countries—including Brazil, Chile, and Mexico—democratic leaders are laying the foundations for faster economic growth and more inclusive politics, as well as tackling deep-rooted problems of poverty, inequality, and social injustice. They face a new challenge from Hugo Chávez’s oil-fuelled populism, and much is at stake. Failure will increase the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants to the United States and Europe, jeopardize stability in a region rich in oil and other strategic commodities, and threaten some of the world’s most majestic natural environments. Drawing on Michael Reid’s many years of reporting from inside Latin America’s cities, presidential palaces, and shantytowns, this book provides a vivid, immediate, and informed account of a dynamic continent and its struggle to compete in a globalized world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gary Dikeos. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004329/bk_blak_004329_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Know Nothing Party: The History and Legacy of America’s Most Notorious Nativist Political Party , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 95min

“Immigration during the first five years of the 1850s reached a level five times greater than a decade earlier. Most of the new arrivals were poor Catholic peasants or laborers from Ireland and Germany who crowded into the tenements of large cities. Crime and welfare costs soared. Cincinnati's crime rate, for example, tripled between 1846 and 1853, and its murder rate increased sevenfold. Boston's expenditures for poor relief rose threefold during the same period.” (James McPherson)It is not uncommon that a failed movement or group from the past might be cited as a “cautionary” example for the world today. In the wake of contemporary debates over immigration, the “Know Nothings” have been regularly cited as an example of how dangerous nativist attitudes can become and, indeed, have proven to be in America’s history.Several columnists, for instance, have striven to make comparisons between the Know Nothings of antebellum America and President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, helping, in part, to generate modern interest in a political party that many Americans have heard of, but tend to know little about.The Know Nothing movement can actually be tied to a number of violent episodes and ethnically charged riots that occurred during the last 1850s. The debate over immigration in the 1850s was more than a clash of worldviews - it touched upon the core of America’s values.While nativists, like the Know Nothings, believed that immigrants who embraced politics from their native lands represented a threat to America’s values, those who opposed them argued that it was precisely America’s values that made immigration a necessity and a valuable component of American life.As the Republicans and Know Nothings spread from the ashes of the Whig Party, the Republicans, led by President Lincoln, rejected nativism and embraced a kind of American exceptionalism. Lincoln did not believe that America was “better” or even more “moral” than other ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kelly McGee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194164/bk_acx0_194164_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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John Muir: The Life and Legacy of America’s Most Famous Conservationist , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 95min

The name of John Muir as one of the earliest conservationists, naturalists, and natural philosophers is forever entwined with California - he is the man behind the creation of the Yosemite National Park and the namesake of the John Muir Trail in Sierra Nevada - but Muir was 30 years old before ever set foot in the state. In fact, Muir was a Scotsman, and despite the fact that he lived in the US for almost his entire life, he never lost his accent, nor did he lose his fundamental identity with the wild East Lothian countryside and the rugged Scottish coast upon which he was born.The US is full of natural wonders, but few remain unspoiled by man as much as Yosemite National Park, a 750,000 square acre park near the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Despite being inhabited by people for nearly 3,000 years, the relatively remote spot helped ensure that even as America expanded west, the Yosemite area avoided being settled or exploited like so many other areas on the frontier. Although it is a World Heritage Site and has been visited by millions of people, nearly the entire park remains wilderness, replete with features like waterfalls, giant sequoia groves, mountains, and some of America’s most impressive granite cliffs. Given its natural wonders, it should come as no surprise that the area attracted some of the 19th century’s most famous conservationists, including Muir and his good friend Theodore Roosevelt. Muir in particular was instrumental in having Yosemite declared a national park, and he would wax eloquently about the area and the fight to preserve it.John Muir: The Life and Legacy of America’s Most Famous Conservationist examines the legendary career of one of the country’s most influential figures. You will learn about John Muir like never before. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim D Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/125742/bk_acx0_125742_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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19th Century America’s Forgotten Wars: The History and Legacy of the Overseas Conflicts That Influenced American Imperialism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 155min

By the second half of the 19th century, still less than a century old, the United States had become a regional power. It had soundly defeated its southern neighbor, Mexico, and greatly enlarged itself in the process. America’s navy and merchant marines were becoming common sights on the high seas, and the country was at the beginning of the end of its drawn-out conquest of the Native Americans. However, it was a country divided deeply along political and economic lines, a tottering edifice many predicted would split apart. Even before the final tremors from the Mexican-American War had stopped disrupting the southern border, the United States found itself in a bloody civil war.For a time, all foreign adventure ceased, but within three decades, US military personnel found themselves in accidental conflict with an isolationist Asian nation, getting drawn into a tribal fight over kingship on a remote set of islands, and inheriting a former empire’s long-running foreign insurgency, an insurgency that eerily foreshadowed America’s most divisive war of the 20th century. These were wars that, while less remembered than the conflicts with Mexico and Spain, nevertheless helped shape foreign policy and prepared the nation to face greater global responsibilities and challenges in the 20th century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/210618/bk_acx0_210618_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America’s Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 727min

The incredible story of a flood of near-Biblical proportions - its destruction, its heroes and victims, and how it shaped America’s natural-disaster policies for the next century. The storm began March 23, 1913, with a series of tornadoes that killed 150 people and injured 400. Then the freezing rains started and the flooding began. It continued for days. Some people drowned in their attics, others on the roads when they tried to flee. It was the nation’s most widespread flood ever - more than 700 people died, hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings were destroyed, and millions were left homeless. The destruction extended far beyond the Ohio valley to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and Vermont. Fourteen states in all, and every major and minor river east of the Mississippi. In the aftermath, flaws in America’s natural disaster response system were exposed, echoing today’s outrage over Katrina. People demanded change. Laws were passed, and dams were built. Teams of experts vowed to develop flood control techniques for the region and stop flooding for good. So far those efforts have succeeded. It is estimated that in the Miami Valley alone, nearly 2,000 floods have been prevented, and the same methods have been used as a model for flood control nationwide and around the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Vann. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/013857/bk_adbl_013857_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Triumph of Injustice

Even as they have become fabulously wealthy, the ultra-rich have seen their taxes collapse to levels last seen in the 1920s. Meanwhile, working-class Americans have been asked to pay more. The Triumph of Injustice presents a forensic investigation into this dramatic transformation, written by two economists who have revolutionized the study of inequality. Blending history and cutting-edge economic analysis, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman offer a comprehensive view of America’s tax system alongside a visionary, democratic, and practical reinvention of taxes.

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Uncover Exciting History: Revealing America’s Christian Heritage in Short, Easy Nuggets , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 259min

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. What is history anyway? It is the story of real people who did real things. For history to be fun for everyone (even those who think they hate history), it must go beyond hard facts and meaningless dates to the real people who made the significant events happen. People like George Washington, who bravely crossed the partly frozen Delaware River to attack the British at Trenton. Stories like that of the bold Americans who bravely fought against the Barbary pirates during the little-known Barbary War show how interesting history is. In this audiobook, Uncover Exciting History: Revealing America’s Christian Heritage in Short, Easy Nuggets, you will discover how the US created the Constitution, experience the miraculous victory at the Battle of New Orleans, explore America's expansion west, and uncover one of America's best weapons used during World War II. This audiobook is great for history buffs, those who want the story behind the event, adults who want a snapshot view of American history, and homeschool families for students 12 and up. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Hodges. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/010632/bk_blak_010632_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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