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Douglas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Douglas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Douglas Brunt
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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States
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Jaan Liitmäe's review
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The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World:
"Absolutely gem of a books, certain recommendation! "
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Brittany's review
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The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World:
"I loved this book! Such a well done historical account that it feels like a story instead of a history book! I learned so much! Highly recommend!"
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Edens Book Den's review
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The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World:
"History lovers, this one is absolutely worth picking up. It's packed with fascinating historical detail, but never once feels dry or textbook-like. The story unfolds with the momentum of fiction, full of larger-than-life figures, political tension, a"
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Brian Coats's review
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The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World:
"The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel by Douglas Brunt is both thoroughly entertaining and genuinely educational. Brunt delivers masterful storytelling that brings to life the incredible rise of Emanuel Nobel—a titan of the oil industry who rivaled the Ro"
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“I told him how winning never feels as good as losing feels bad and when he asked why, I told him that my wins were for someone else but my losses were all on me.”
― Trophy Son
― Trophy Son
“Our goal should not be to better the future happiness of men through intolerance and externals. Rather we should help our brothers on this earth, improve the situation of mankind, and redress poverty to the best of our ability. This seems to me better understood religion than that which neglects the earthly in favor of an unknown future. Jesus taught neither Protestantism, Catholicism, nor churchgoing and preaching. He taught love of mankind.”
― The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
― The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
“Rudolf had advocated for his engine to be run on coal tar, vegetable or nut oils. And though the Diesel engine could also run on petrol-Diesel, Carels had proved that it could run on the cheapest crude oil from Mexico or other regions.”
― The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
― The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Crazy Challenge C...: * R2: Team Eight - First Editions | 330 | 115 | Nov 16, 2012 05:42PM | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: * *SHELF REPORTING* - Battle of the Bookshelves, R2 | 97 | 127 | Nov 18, 2012 06:03AM | |
| Ultimate Popsugar...: 39 - A book revolving around a puzzle or game | 266 | 5174 | Dec 05, 2019 12:44PM | |
| Hooked on Books : 2022 impossible challenge! | 139 | 234 | Jan 05, 2023 02:42PM | |
Non Fiction Book ...:
Nominations for the June / July 2024 BotMs
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11 | 77 | Apr 06, 2024 12:04PM |
