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"The Coldest Merchant - The man who taught the world to buy frozen water" tells the improbable story of Frederic Tudor, the "Ice King." In the early 1800s, ice was something New England farmers cursed in winter. Tudor saw it as a product. He had the insane idea to cut ice from Massachusetts ponds, pack it in sawdust, and ship it to the tropical heat of the Caribbean and India.Historian Samuel Frost chronicles Tudor's decades of failure. People laughed at him, his ice melted, and he went to debtors' prison. But he persisted, eventually creating the ice industry. He didn't just sell ice; he had...

The Heath-Hill Empire is on the brink of war, and its fate rests on the actions of two brilliant young battle commanders: Commander Jack Smith and Commander Sam Warner. When their imperial armies march into the Kingdom of Light, the loyalties of every officer will be tested more than anyone could have anticipated, and the fate of both the Kingdom of Light and the Heath-Hill Empire will be decided by the decisions of such officers. In this test of armies and principles, the gigantic Heath-Hill Empire seems poised to destroy the tiny Kingdom of Light. However, one cannot underestimate the will...