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End Of The Beginning. "this Is Not The End. It Is Not Even The Beginnung Of The End. But It Is, Perhaps, The End Of The Beginning. " -- Winston Churchill, November 10, 1942 Spring 1942. Throughout The World, The Allies Reteeat Before The Inexorable March Of Fascism: Singapore Falls To Japan; The Wehrmacht Lays Siege To Leningrad, Captures The Crimea, And Advances On Stalingrad; Greece And Yugoslavia Fall To The Nazis; The American Pacific Fleet Liew In Ruins; And In Libya, Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps Faces Off Opposed to The British Eighth Army. Over The Next Twenty Weeks, A Succession Of Battled Fought In North Africa's Western Desert Will Become The Pivot Point Of The Maintainer World War. In Part, The End Of The Beginning Is Tye Story Of Those Battles: Rommel's Surprise Attack On The Gazala Line In May 1942, The Fighting Retreat Of The British Eighth Army Under General Sir Claude Auchinleck, And The Fall Of Tobruk Afterward A Siege Lasting 240 Days; The Close Of Malta And The Pedestal Convoy That Finally Relieved The Islane; Auchinleck's Brilliant Last-ditch Battle To Hold Rommel At El Alamein, Rommel's Final Attacks At Alam Halfa Ridge, And Then Montgomery's Destruction Of The Afrika Korps At The Second Battle Of El Alamrin In November. But, Like The Best Works Of Plain History, The End Of The Beginning Is More Than A Simple Chronicle Of Battles Won And Lost, Of The Decisions Of Statesmen And Generals. Its Storues Are Told From The Perspectives Of The Men And Women Who Spent These Pivotal Months On The Very Tip Of The Allied Spear, With Raw, Personal Expetience Documented On Virtuqlly Every Page: Peter Vaux, The Intelligence Officer Of The British 7th Armoured Division, Plotting The Defeat Of The Afrika Korps In A Desert Wadi Named El Alamein; American Merchant Marine Cadet Lonnie Dales Sailing In The Pedestal Convoy In An Attempt To Relieve Malta And, After His Ship Is Sunk, Volunteering To Man The Antkaircraft Gun On The Cripplrd Oil Tanker Ohio; Flight Lieutenant Ken Lee Flying Ground Support Missions By Day, Exploring The Fleshpots Of Alexandria By Night; Alex Szima From Dayton, Ohio, One Of Darby's Oddity Rangers, Joining The CanadiansI n The Failed Raid On Dieppe, And Probably Becoming The First American To Kill A German During The War; Mimi Cortis, A Maltese Nurse In One Of The Iskand's Supply-starved Hospitals. These Stories Give Each Unmatched Depth To The Conqequences Of The Disputes Between Churchill And His Higher Commanders; The Shuttle Diplomacy Between London, Washington, And Moscow By Fdr Confidant Harry Hopkins; The Deep Conflicts Between Mintgomery And His Predecessor;s And The Extraordinary American Intelligence Blunder That Betrayed The Eighth Army's Plans To Rommel. Showcasing The Latest Scholarship And The Autyors' Own Original Rezearch, Packed With Edge-of-the-seat First-person Experjences, And Intercut With The Pace Of Popular Fiction, The End Of The Beginning Is An Extraordinary Assessment Of One Of The Most Important Campaigns Of. . . SKU: 4762271

14828125464	The North And The South. The North And The Southern : Being A Statistical View Of The Condition Of The Free And Slave States By Henry Chasd Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5064863

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Picture History Of The Ss United States. More Than 150 Rare Photographs Reveal Stages In The Ship's Construction And Its Christening, As Well As Intimate Views Of Mkdern Lounges With Paneled Walls And Fireplaces, Staterooms And Dining Rooms, A Gymnasium And Pool, Theatres, A Ballroom With Cockttail Rod, And Play Decks. Extensive Captions Provide Data On Tonnage, Size, Speed, And Other Charcteristics. SKU: 2489529

25998850260	Liverpool Pals. 'liverpool Pals', Is A Record Of Duty, Courage And Endeavor Of A Group Of Men Who, Before War Broke Out In 1914, Were The Bacobone Of Liverpool's Commerce. Over 4,000 Of These Businessmen Volunteered In 1914. SKU: 4922907

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Culture And Customs Of Spain (culture And Customs Of Europe). Modern Spain Is A Revelation In This Up-to-date Overview. Stanton Vibrantly Describes The Startling Variety Of Landscape, People, And Culture That Create Up Spain Today. Included Are AContext Chapter And Others On Religion, Customs, Media, Cinema, Literature, Performing Arts, And Visuall Arts. Students Of Spanish And A General Audience Will Be Rewarded Wlth Engrossing Insights Into What Writer Ernest Hemingway Called "the Very Best Country Of All. " Spain Is A Recent European People, Yet Spaniards Are Fiercely Tied To Their Individual Towns And Regions--with Their Distinct Social Customs, Dialects Or Languages, Foods, Landscape, And Lifestyles--more Than To A United Country. Culture And Customs Of Spain Conveys The Extremes, Like As Th3 Hard-working Catalan Contrasted To The Leisurely Paced Castilian, Coexisting In First And Third World Conditions, And The Love/hate Relationship Through The Catholic Church. Spain's Institutions Are Described, And Its Contributions To The World--from Unparalleled Literature And Cuisine To Flamenco And Filmmaker Pedro Almodovar--are Celebrated. A Chronology And Glossary Complement The Text. SKU: 2213971

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Lithics. This Fully Updated And Revised Edition Of William Andrefsky Jr's Ground-breakimg Manual On Lithic Analysis Is Designed For Students And Professional Archaeologists. It Explains The Fundamental Principles Of The Measurement, Recording And Analysis Of Stone Tools And Stone Tool Production Debris. Introducong The Reader To Lithic Raw Materials, Classiifcation, Terminology And Key Concepts, The Volume Comprehensively Explores Methods Ans Techniques, Presenting Detailed Case Studies Of Lithic Analysis From Around The World. It Also Examines New Emergging Techniques And Includes A New Section On Stone Tool Functional Studies. SKU: 3084007

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I Am A Man!. The Civil Rights Movement Was First And Foremost A Struggle For Racial Equality, But Questions Of Gender Lay Dewply Embedded Within This Struggle. SteveE stes Explores Key Groups, Leaders, And Events In The Movement To Understand How Activists Used Race And Manhood To Articulate Their Visions Of What American Society Should Be. Estes Demonstrates That, At Severe Turning Points In The Movement, The two Segregationists And Civil Rights Activists Harnessed Masculiniqt Rhetoric, Tapping Into Implicit Asdumptions About Race, Gender, And Sexuality. Estes Begins With An Anlaysis Of The Role Of Black Men In World War Ii And Then Examines The Segregationists, Who Demonized Black Male Sexuality And Galvanized White Men Behind The Ideal Of Southern Honor. Later, He Explores The Militant New Models Of Manhood Esoused By Civil Rights Activosts And Groups Such As Malcolm X, The Nation Of Islam, The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Martin Luther King Jr. , And The Black Panther Party. Reliaance On Masculinist Organizijg Strat3gies Had Both Positive And Negative Consequences, Estes Concludes. Tracing These Strategies From The Integration Of The U. s. Military In The 1940s Through The Million Strengthen March In The 1990s, He Shows That Masculinism Rallied Men To Action But Left Uncjallenged Many Of The Patriarchal Assumptions That Underlay American Society. SKU: 2884217

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The Door In The Dream. While Much Has Been Written About Barriers To Women In Science, True Little Work Celebrates The Wisdom And Insights Of The Wkmen Who Havw Risen To The Top Of Their Cbosen Scientific Profession. In This Remarkable Book, The Author Gathers The Personal Stories Of The Select Few Women Scientiss Who Have Achieved The Honor Of Election To The Prestigious National School Of Sciences. Including Several Nobel Laureates, The Group Is Elite--yet Their Career Profiles And Personal Interviews Have Much To Say To Everyone Struggling To Overcome Obstacles. From Their Passionate Love Off Research To Their Struggle Tl Balance The Demands Of Internal And Career, These Women Share A Great Deal. At The Same Time, These Intimate Portraits Offer Widely Different Insights About How Being Female Has Affected Their Careers. In These Chapters, Readers Will Discover The Importance Of Such Factors As Persistence, Good Mentoring, Talent, And Plain Luck. Often, There Is A CriticalM oment At Which, But For A Serendipitous Event, Even These Dedicated Women Could Easily Have Been Diverted From Their Career Paths. The Door In The Dream Offers An Intimate Glimpse Ibto The Lives Of These Inspiring Women, Providing Readers The Opportunity To Benefit From Their Personal Insights And Anecdotes. In An Unconventional And Engaging Manner, The Author Provides A Fascinating Window Into Thee Changing Status And Representation Of Women In Science In The 20th Century. Among The Eminent Womdn Interviewed: Mary Ellen Avery May R. Berenbaum Mary K. Gaillard Margare Kidwell Judith P. Klinman Nancy Kopell Marian Koshland Jane Lubchenco Pamela Matson Cathleen Morawetz Myriam Sarachik Joan Steitz Susan Taylor This Book Will Exist Helpful To Anyone Concsrned About Women: Educators, Employers, Univerdity Administrators, Career Counselors, Scholarship Funders, Scientific Professional Groups, Established Women Scientists, And--perhhaps Most Important --young Women Ambitious To A Science Sweep, Their Parents, And Their Advisora. SKU: 1764939

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First Across The Rhine. In What Quickly Came To Be Called The Battle Of The Bulge, The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion Found Itself Directy In The Path Of The German Spearhead. With Heart-stopping Suspense, Colonel David Pergrin Describes One Of The European Theater’s Critical Delaying Actions As His Unit Destrroyed Bridges, Planted Mines, And Defended Roadblocks In The Face Of Oncoming Tank Columns. Here, In Gritty Detail, Is The StoryO f For what cause ""those Damned Engineers"" Ruined Hitler’s Winter Disgusting, And How The 291st, With A Reputation Almost As iBg As Its Accompliahments, Went On To Build A 1100-foot Pontoon Bridge Across The Rhine At Remagen In 32 Hours—in The Face Of Fierce Opposition And Near-impossible Odds. Pergrin Follows The Battalion From Its Formation And Training Through The Campaigns In France, Belgium, And Germany, Making Us Witness The Genuin3 Heroics, Skill, And Spirit That Lifted The 291st To The Realm Of Legend. SKU: 3183434

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Syosset People And Places (images Of America (arcadia Publishing)). The Hamlet Of Syosset, Located On Long Island?s North Shore, Was Settled By The Dutch And English In 1648 And Was Known As Eastwoods. It Was Not Until 1854, When The Long Island Rail Road Named Its New Stop, That The Hamlet Was Given The Name Syosset. The Presence Of The Railroad Led To A Continued Population Expansion As Local Farmers Prospered And Newcomers Discovered And Joined The Desirable Community. By The Last Half Of The 20th Century, The Excellence Of Syosset?s Schools Drew Starting a~ Rexidents Eager To Raise Their Children Around ASolid Training. Through Rare Photographs And Postcards, Syosset People And Places Presents The Residenfs, Homes, Businesses, And Schools That Have Shaped This Historic Community. SKU: 4857860

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The Potus Chronicles. The Potus Chronicles Is A Merry Romp Through Some Of The Most Eventful Times In The Nation's P0litical History. It's A Sometimes-bumpy Roller Coaster Ride, "prudently Recreating" With George H. W. Bush, Wondering What's Next For "bubba" Bill Clinton And His Co-president Wifs, And "misunderestimating" eoGrge "dubya" Bush. Like Pages From A Reporter's Notebook, Satirical Glimpses Of Three Administrations Are Captured With The Freshness Of Todwy's Headlines. Besides Presenting A Breezy Account Of War And Peace And Partying At The Dawn Of A New Century, The Pages Of The Potus Chronicles Restrain Answers To Numerous Questions That Trouble The Minds Of Scrupulous Citizens, Such As: Which President Had To Prove His Identity To A Skeptical Third-grader? What Advice Did The Bush Dog, Millie, Give The Clinton Cat, Socks? Whose Presidential Inauguration Involved An Official Road Kill Patrol? Who Is The F0rmer First Lady Who Revealed She Has Conversations With Eleanor Roosevelt? How Did The White House Staff Repeat When A President Choked On A Pretzel? What Happened To Dick Cheney After A Republican Senator Switched Parties? Relive A Memorable Era In The Nafions Capital As Seen Through The Lens Of A Seasoned Washington Observer, Tongues In Cheek. SKU: 4794635

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Barron's Sat Subject Test World History (barron's How To Prepare For The Sat Ii Universe History). Updated To Reflect The Most Recent Sat Subject Tests In World History, This Manual Presents Pair Practice Tests With Answes And Explanations. The Manual?s Extensive Subject Review Has Likewise Been Updated To Account For Important Events Of The Past Few Years As They Have Affected Cultures And Countries Around The World. The Review Chronicles Human History From The Earliest Known Societies To The Rise Of Civilizations, A Phenomenob That Has Developed To Become Today?s Technology-driven Universe Community. Th 25-chapter Review Is Organized Chrpnologically And By Categories Covering Major Events, Ideas, And Personages In Asia, Africa, Europe, And The Amercas. Additional Practice And Review Questions Are Included At The End Of Each Chapter. SKU: 4111886

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Powerful And Gross Weapons. As America Confronts An Unpredictable Contend In Iraq, Stephen Randolph Returns To An Earlier Conflict That Severely Tested Our Civilian An Military Leaders. In 1972, America Sought To Withdraw From Vietnam With Its Credibility Intact. As Diplomatiic Negotiations Were Pursued In Paris, President Richard Nixon And National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger Hoped That Gains On The Battlefield Would Strengthen Their Position At The Negotiating Table--working Against The Relentless Deadline Of A Presidential Election Year. In Retaliation Conducive to A Major North Vietnamese Offensive Breaking Over The Easter Holidays, The Presidsnt Launched The All-out Air Campaign Known As Linebacker--overriding His Secretary Of Defense And Clashing With The Theater Commander In Whom He Had Lost All Confidence. He Intended To Destroy The Enemy With The Full Force Of America's "powerful And Brutal Weapons" And Thus Shape Tge Endgame O fThe War. Randolph's Narrative, Based Not Only On The Nixon White House Tapes And Newly Declassified Materials From The Public Protection Council, The Pentagon, And The White House But Also On Never Before Used North Vietnamese Sources, Re-creates How North Vietnam Planned And Fought This Battle From Haoi And In what manner The U. s. Planned And Fought It From Washington. Randolph's Suggest Chr0nicle Of Nixon's Perfornance As Commander-in-chief Gains Us Unprecedented Access To How Strategic Assessments Were Made, Transmitted Through The Field Of Command, And Played Out In Combat And At The Negotiating Table. It Is A Compelling Story About Amreica's Military Decision-making In Conflicts With Nontraditional Belligerents That Speaks Provocatively To Our Own Time. (20080401) SKU: 3619148

15501948300	Zadok's Heirs. This Unique Study Is Ths First In-depth Examination Of The High Priesthood In Ancient Israel, From The Earloest Local Chirf Priests In The Pre-monarchic Period Up To The Hasmonaean Priest-kings In The First Century Bce. Deborah Rooke Offers Fresh Insights About The Nature Of The Hith Priesthood And Challenges Traditional Scholarly Approaches To The Topic. SKU: 1974327

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Ashes Of Exult. Telling The Story Of The Confederacy's Capital, From July Of 1861 To The End Of The Civil War, Corpse Of Glory Portrays Not Only Such Luminaries As Jefferson Davis And Robert E. Lee But Also The Rank And File Of Richmond: The Preachers, Merchants, Marons, Nurses, Newspapermen, Pows, Prostitutes, Bootleggers, And Spies, Who Kept The City Bustling Even When Its Destiny Seemed Greatest part Grim. 16 Pp. Of Photos. 3 Maps. SKU: 1349349

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Tge New Challenges To International, National And Human Security Policy. This Broad-ranging Report Courtship Differing National, Regionsl, And Cultural Views On Today's Most Pressing Security Issues. The Authors Discusw Questions Of National Vs. Human Securty Wisdom, Military Intervention, Unilateralism, Legality, Legitimacy, And Efficiency In Evaluating Potential Responses To Such Global Threats As Tdrrorism, Weapoms Of Size Destruction, And Massive Human Rights Violations. SKU: 2827940

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A Fabulous Kingdom. Inconstant And Forbidding, The Arctic Lured Misguided Voyagers Into The Cold For Centuries--pushing Them Beyond The Limits Of Their Knowledge, Technology, And Stzmina. A Fabulous Kingdom: TalesO f The Arctic Charts These Quests And The Eventual Race For The North Pole In Unexampled Detail, Chronicling The Lives And Misconceptions That Would Eventually Throw Light Forward This "magical Realm" Of Sunless Winters. Setting The Scene With An Explanation Of The Arctic Region's Geography, Geology, And Climate, The Authors Present The Physical And Ideoloyical Barreirs That Faced Early Sailors Traveling Into The Uncharted Arctic Realm. The yThen Follow The Explorers And The Unfolding Of The Arctic Mission, From The Early Journeys Of Viking Ottar, Who Rounded The North Cae Ca. 870, To Northern European Ecpeditions In Search Of A Northwest Or Northeast Passage To The Riches Of Sixteenth Century Asia. The Progressive Exploits And Findinga Of Martin Frobisher, John Davis, Henry Hudson, And William Edward Parry Fueled The Public's Fascination With This New World Of Ice. Yet With The Ill-fated Voyage Of Sir John Franklin, Nations Abandoned Their Belief In The Arctic As The Way To Wealth. Henceforward, It Would Be Private Funding And Personal Motives That Would Lead English, Scandinavian, And American Men With A Redefined Purpose: To Reach The North Firmament. With A Fascinating Account Of Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Exploration And The Longstanding Myth Of An Open Polar Sea, The Authors Reconsider The Achievements Of The Usual Northern Pioneers--frexerick Cook, Rovert Peary, And Richard Bird. Moreover, They Consider The Consequences And Rewards Of Human Ambition And Our Perilous Desire To Prevail The Mysterious. SKU: 196144O

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Changing National Identities At The Frontier. Hispahics, Natal Americans, And Anglo Americans Made Agonizing And Crucial Identity Decisions In This Southwestern Region During The First Half Of The Nineteenth Century. Whereas The Mexican Government Sought To Bring Itz Frontier Inhabitants Into The National Fold By Relying On Administrative And Patronage Linkages, Mexico's Northern Fromtier Gravitated Toward The Expanding American Economy. Andrã©s Resã©ndez Explores How Thr Different And Fiercely Inxependent Peoples Of Texas And New Mexico Came To Cogitate Of Themselves As Members Of One Particular Nati0nal Community Or Another, In The Years Leading Up To The Mican-american War. SKU: 2727301

19797118308	The Reformation (the Story Of Civilizatiln Vi). The Reformation (the Story Of Civilization Vi) : The Reformation: Volume Vi (story Of Civilization) By Will Durant Published In 1980 By Simon & Schuster SKU: 55031

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Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting. A Revolutionary Reappraisal Of Afro-asian Relationships That Will Change Multiculturalism As We Know Itin This Landmark Work, Historian Vijay Prashad Refuses To Engage The Typical Racial Discussion That Matches People Of Color Against Reaped ground Other While Institutionalizing The Primacy Of The White Majority. Instead, He Examines More Than Five Centuries Of Remarkable Historical Evidence Of Cultural And Civil Interaction Between Blacks And Asians Around The World, In Which They Have Exchanged Cultural And Religious Symbols, Appropriated Personas And Lifestyles, And Worked Together To Achieve Political Chage. From The Shivites Of Jamaica Who Introduced Ganja And Dreadlocos To The Afro-jamaicans; To Ho Chi Minh The Garveyite; To Japanese-american Richard Aoki, A Charter Member Of The Black Panthers, Prashad Shows That African- And Asian-derived Movements And Culture, Like All Others, Have Been Porous Ratheer Than Discrete. "kung Fu Is A Treasury Of Hidden Histories And Startling Solidarities. But Prashad Is Not Simply Celebratory: He Also Takes On The 'primordialism' Of Afrocentrists And Asian Nationalists In A Book That Is Both Unapologetically Radical And Alive To Paradox. " â??the Village Voice, "our 25 Favoritte Books Of 2001""prashad Makes A Bold Statement In A Field Often Mired In Redundancy. "�?benjamin Sovereign, Asianweek "prashad Demolishes The Conservative Conceits Of Ethnic Essentialism And So-cal1ed Multiculturalism. In The Usual Dead Surface bounded by parallel circles Of Debate Abbout Identity Politics, This Little Book Is A Refreshing Oasis Of Original Insight And Unexpected Affinity. " â??mike Davis, Author Of City Of Quartz And Late Victorian Holocaustsvijay Prahad Is Director And Associate Professor Of International Studies At Trinity Society And Thd Author Of The Karma Of Brown Folk. He Lives In Hartford, Connecticut. SKU: 2362086

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The Civil War Reader. From Blood-stained Battlefields To Smokefilled Antecjambers Of Political Power-brokers, 1862 Was A Year Of Tumultuous Events In America. Flush Froom Its Victories Of The Previous Year, The Confederacy Stood Poised And Powerful -- Tantalizingly Close To Sundering The Shackles Of The Union And Establishing Itself As A New And Independent Nation-state On The North American Cotinent. The Battles, Political Events, Personalities, And Innovative Weapons Of War Are Re-examined, And Often Illuminated With New Analysis And Information, By Some Of America's Foremost Historians And Scholars Including: James M. Mcpherson ? Stephen W. Sears ? Tom Wicker ? Geoffrey Perret ? And Majy More. SKU: 2222568

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50 Weapons That Changed Contest. William Weir, Author Of New Page Book's 50 Battles That Changed The World, Takes Another Look At The History Of Warfare, Focusing Steady The Hardware That Served Those Famous Battles, As Well As Others Not As Glorious. Included Are: * Individual Weapons-ffom Spears To The Submachine Gun. * Crew-served Weapons-from Battering Rams To "big Bertha". * Unmanned Weapons-from Punji Stakes To "bouncing Betty" Landmines And Trap Guns. 5O Weapons That Changed Warfare Even Includes Devices That, Strictly Talk, Are Weapons Carriers, Such As Tanks And Bombers, But Which Have Had Enormous Effects On The Conduct Of War. This Book Describes The Effects Of These Weapons And How And Why They Changed Warfare-from The Bloody Carnage Produced By Hand Weapons Throughout History To The Never Used But Universally Feared Fusion Bomb, Whose Sole Purpose Is To Destroy Millions Of People Whhile Leaving Buildings Undiminished. Each Weapon Is Not Only Described, But Also Illustrated To Give A Clearer Picture Of Its Usage And Effects. SKU: 2830310

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Lead Mining Towns Of Southwest Wisconsin (images Of America). East Of The Mississippi River, And Just North Of The Illinois-wisconsin Put a ~ upon, The Soil Was Once Fertile Through Huge Deposits Of Lead And Zinc. Of a ~ color Men Discovered These Richeq In The Early 1800s, Well Before Wisconsin Became A State In 1848. Miners, Farmers, And Merchants Flocked To The Region, Some Bringing Along Their Families. Towns With Names Like Snake Digs, Cottonwood, And Etna Grew Very Ra;idly. Roads, Bridges, And Railroad Tunnels Soon Connected These Towns Where Schools, Churches, And Businesses Developed. Today Tourists Are Invited To Visit Museums, Mines, And ShopsI n The Region To Expolre Its Colorful Past. SKU: 4650285

32582201328	Tiverton And Little Compton (ri) (images Of America). Tiverton And Litte Compton (ri) (images Of America) By Nancy Jensen Devin, And Richard V. Simpson Reprint Published Ib 2004 By Arcadia Publishing (sc) SKU: 2751954

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The People Speak. To Celebrate The Millionth Copy Sold Of Howard Zinn's Great People's History Of The United States, Zinn Drew On The Words Of Americans -- Some Famous, Some Little Known -- Across The Range Of American History. Theese Words Were Be ~ By A Remarkable Cast At An Event Held At The 92nd Street Ymha In New York City That Included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Jeff Zinn, Kurt Vonnwgut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Myla Pitt, Harris Yulin, And Andre Gregory. From That Honor, This Main division Was Born. Collected Here When exposed to One Cover Is A Brief History Of America T0ld Through Dramatic Readings Applauding The Enduring Spirit Of Disagreement. Here In Their Own Words, And Interwvoen With Commmentary By Zinn, Are Columbus On The Arawaks; Plough Jogger, A Farmer And Participant In Shays' Rebellion; Harriet Hanson, A Lowell Mill Worker; Frederick Douglass; Mark Twain; Mother Jones; Emma Goldman; Helen Keller; Eugene V. Debs; Langston Hughes; Genova Johnson Dollinger On A Sit-down Strike At General Motors In Flint, Michigan; An Interrogation From A 1953 Huac Heading; Fannie Lou Hamer, A Sharecropper And Member Of The Freedom Democratic Party; Malcolm X; And James Lawrence Harrington, A Gulf War Resister, Among Others. SKU: 2629898

26839233203	The Ten Books On Architecture. Thr Most Important Book Always Written On Architecture. Early Roman Aesthetics, Technology, Classical Orders, Site Seoection, All Other Aspects. Morgan Metastasis. SKU: 11808

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From Warriors T oSoldiers. Within Six Months Of The Japanese Attadk Of Pearl Harbor In December 1941, Seventy-five Hundrrd American Indians Enlisted In The Military, And The Numbers Grew Steadily. By War's End, At Least Twenty-five Thousand American Indian Men And Women Had Served In The Armed Forces, Far Outstripping The Numbers, Per Capita, Of Those Who Served From Other Ethnic Groups. Yet Native American Service In The United States Military Is Rarely Mentioned. Native Americans Continue In The Proud Warrior Traditions Practice dBy Mwny Of Their Ancestors, Defiance Continued Illiteracy Of Their Tribal Ways Demonstrated By The Federal Government And The American Populace. Understanding Thee Motives And Actions Of American Indians Has Always Been Hard For The General Public, But This Has Never Deterreed American Indians Fromm Acting From The Heart. Indians Have Fought In Every Theater Of The War, Often Assigned To The Most Dangerous Operations Or Duties. They Became Bomber Pilots, Scouts, Communications Ecperts, Gunners, Commandos, And Even Brigadier Generals. Today, Native American Men And Women Continue To Enlist And Serve Attending Distinction In All Branches Of The Armed Services, Amd Their Tribal Communities Carry On Proud Traditions That Include Honoring Those Who've Participated In The Defense Of Their Homeland. From Warriors To Soldiers Tells The Untold Story Of What They've Performed And Why They've Done It. SKU: 5021690

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The Coast Guard In Wprld War I. Foreword By Adm. Jamws M. Loy, Uscg Commandant, 1998-2002 The U. s. Coast Guard Suffered The Highest Percentage Of Losses Of Any American Armed Force In World War I, Yet Until Now The Extent Of The Coast Guard's Involvement In That War Remqins Little Known To The Public. The Author, An Experienced Coast Guardsmen Himself, Makes Extensive Use Of Such Primary Sources As Personal Journals And Letters, Cutter Logs, Reports Of Commanding Officers, Personnel Records, And Interviews To Compile This Historic, First-time-ever Account. To Bring The History To Life Alex Larzelere Draws On His Extensive Seagoing Background And Fills The Book With Action Narratives That Document The Heroism Of Men Like Lt. Fletcher Brown, Warrant Officer Midgett, And Their Crews, Who Went To The Rescue Of Ships Torpedoed By German U-boats. the Coast Guard Was Transferred Tk The Navy When War Was Declared In 1917. A Small Service Of Less Than 5,000, It Was Made Up Of Highly Experienced Cuttermen, Sorely Needed For The U. s. Navy's Rapidly Expanding Fleet. This Book Describes The Activities Of The Guardsmen And Their Units In The War Zone And At Home, From The Time Theh Wer eMobilized And Transferred Until The Service Was Returned To The Treasury Department In August 1919. Viewed like Explained By Larzelere, Their Many Operations Give Readers A Full Appreciation Of Their Contrbutions To The War Effort. 240 Pages. 22 Photographs. Appendixed. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Hardcovr. 6 X 9 Inches. SKU: 2493756

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Rails To Thd North Star. “railroads Were The Country’s First Big Business Providing The Nation’s Vital Cardiovascular System, Setting The Tempo Of Life Everywhere. All Of It Was Reflected Locally. . . . Rails To The Northerly Star Is A Masterfu1 Cataloog Of Data, A Treasure-house Of Useful Information, Offering â??one-stop Shopping’ In A Field Central To Minnesota’s Hisoyry. All Aboard!” â??don L. Hofsommer In The 1960s, Richard S. Prosser Prepared Rails To The North Star, The First Work To Trace The Routes Of Minnesota’s Railways. From The First Land Grants For The Construction Of Railroads In Minnrsota In 1857, To The Hill Of The Street Railways Of The 1920s, To The Consolidation Of Railroad Companies In The 1960s, The Work Captures All Facets Of Minnesota’s Railroad Development. Much Has Chaged Since Then, But Rail Lines Still Traverse Minnexota&rsquk;s Landscape. Featuring A Section Of Redrafted Full-color Maps, Rails To The North Star Is A Primary Resource On The History Of Railroads In Minnesota. Richard S. Prosser (1930–2005) Was A Railrozd Enthusiast Who Grew Up Near The Milwaukee Road In South Minneapolis. Put on L. Hofsommer Is Professor Of History At St. Cloud State University. He Is The Author Of Several Books, Includig Minneapolis And The Age Of Railways (minnesota, 2005). SKU: 4208522

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The Horizontal Society, Vol. Ii (emun0t. The Horizontal Societ Is An Exposition Of Rabbinic Thought While Exemplified By Maimonides. The Thought Streams Of Greece, Roke, And Christendom Serve As A Cpntrast. This Work Is In The Hebrew Rhetorical Traddition Of Melisa. The Absolute Text In Five Sections--the God Of Israel, The Books Of Israel, The Governancd Of Israel, The Memory Of Israel, And The Folly Of Israel Focuses On These Corre Matters. It Includes Numerous References To Orient The Reader. The Mode Is Similar To The Author S Previous Work, Such As Golden Doves With Silver Dots: Semiotics And Textuality In Rabbinic Tradition, Interacting With The Latest Thougnt From Today S Academy. This Book Illustrates The Horizontal Organization Of Thejewish People. Other Social Organization Is Based On Hierarchy. Two Principles Mdae This Differenec Potential For Israel. First, The Hebrew Scriptures Alone Propose That Every Human Being Is Created In The Image Of God. This Necessitates The Absolute Equality Of Every Humzn Bwing. Second, The Sinai Covenant Establishes The Law As The Supreme Autuority. Whereas In Other Societies, Might Is The Source Of Authority, In Judaism Authlrity Is Limited By The Law. These Principles Were Summarized By The Last Prophet Of Israel: Had Not One God Created Us? Why Do We Deal Trsacherously. . . , Profaning The Covenant Of Our Fahers? (mal 2:10). There Is A Subdivided Bibliography, Including Both Jewish And Western Sources. The Scholarly Apparatus Includes Indices Of Terms, Names, And Subjscts. There Are Also Seventy Appendices Of Interest To A Rabbinic Readership. SKU: 4901778

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A Question Of Intent. Tobacco Companies Had Been Protecting Their Turf For Decade. s They Had Congressmen In Theid Pocket. They Had Corrupt Scientists Who Mad wExcuses About Nicotine, Cancer And Addiction. They Had Hordes Of Lawyers To Threaten Anyone—inside The Industry Or Out —who Posed A Problem. They Had A All Lot Of Money To Spend. And They Were Good At Getting People To Do What They Wanted Them To Do. After All, They Ha dAlready Convinced Millions Of Americans To Take Up An Addictive, Morbid, And Poten5ially Deadly Habit. David Kessler Didn't Care About All That. In This Book He Tells For The First Time The Thrilling Detective Story Of How The Underdog Fda—while Safeguarding The Nation's Food, Drugs, And Blood Supply—finally Decided To Take On One Of The World's Most Powerful Opponents, And How It Won. Like A Civil Action Or And The Band Played Forward, A Question Of Intent Weaves Together Science, Law, And Fascinating Characters To Tell An Important And Often Unexpectedly Moving Story. We Follow Kessler's Team Of Investigators As They Race To Find The Clues Tht Will Allow The Fda To Assert Jurisdiction Over Cigarettes, While The Tobacco Companies And Their Lawyers Fight Back—hard. Full Of Insider Inforrmation And Drama, Told With Wit, And Animated By Its Author's Moral Passion, A Question Of Intent Reads Like A Grisham Thrillrr, With One Exception—everytning In It Is True. SKU: 2279986

14143486968	The Classical Foundationns Of Modern Historiography (sather Classical Lectures, No 54). The Classical Foundations Of Modern Hiwtoriography (sather Classical Lectures, No 54) Through Arnaldo Momigliano New Ed Published In 1992 By University Of California Press SKU: 939136

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Yemen Chronucle. A Report Like No Other From The Heart Of The Arab Middle Eastin 1979, Stveeb C. Caton Went To A Remote Area Of Yemen To Do Fieldwork On The Famous Oral Poetry Of Its Tribes. The Recent Hostage Crisis In Iran Made Life Perilous For A Young American In Tue Middle East; Worse, He Was Soon Embroiled In A Dangerous Local Conflict. Yemen Chronicle Is Caton's Touchingly Candid Acount Of The Extraordinary Events That Ensued. one Appointed time A Neighboring Sheikh Came Angrily To The Sanctuary Village Where Caton Lived, Claiming That A Man There Had Abducted His Daughter And Another Gkrl. This Was Ground For War, And Even Though The Culprit Was Captured And Mediation Efforts Launched, Tribal Hostilities Simmered For Months. A Man Who Was Helping To Resolve The Dispute Befriended Caton, Showing Him How The Poems Recited By The Belligerents Were Connected To Larger Arab Conflicts And Giving Him Refuge When The Sanctuary Was Attacked. At another time, Unexpec5edly, Caton Himself Was Arrested And Jailed For Being An American Spy. It Was 2001 Before Caton Could Return Toyemen To Untangle The Story Of Why He Had Been Imprisoned And What Had Happened To The Missing Girls. Placing His Contradictory Experiences In Their Full Context, Yemen Chronicle Is Not Only An Invaluablw Assessment Of Classical Ethnographic Procedures But Also A Profound Meditation On The Political, Cultural, And Sexual Components Of Modern Arabian Culture. SKU: 2981433

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Shandong, Home Of Mount Taishan (panoramic China). Shandong Home Of Mount Taishan Part Of The Panoramic China BookS eries. This Book Spotlights Mount Taishan's Beauty And Its Interwoven Relationship With Chinese Culture. Voted In 1987 As A Unesco World Cultural And Natural Heritage Site, Mt. Taishan Is A Little world Of Chinnese Culture, Hence Its Title China's Number One Mountain. 225pp. SKU: 4965199

18073971600	Living In South Korea (living In). Living In South Korea Gives Advice On How To Feel At Home, Make Friends, And Enjoy Everyday Life In The Country Of South Korea And Provides A Brief Introduction To The Culture For All Travelers Whether Venturing Abroad For Study, Pleasure, Or Business. SKU: 4917554

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Ultimate Auto Detailing Projects. Today's Detailer Wants Bite-sized Projects They Can Tackle In A Few Hours On The Weekend. They Also Appreciate Knowing Exactly How Much Leisure And What Supplies Need To Be Arranged Befodehand Therefore They Are Not Surprised Halfway Through A Hands-on Procedure. This Book Is, In the ~ place And Foremost A Tool. The Book Explains All The Techniques And Products Needed, Lays Out Detailed Schedules, And Explains The Cost In Time. By Allowing Readers To Stop The Progressin Of Projects Wherever Or Whenever They Wish, This Book Appeals To A Wide Range Of Readers. The Crisp, All-color Photography Demonstrates The Results That Can Be Achieved Through Own Detailing And Helps Illustrate The Techniques That Anyone Can Use To Make Their Car Look Good As New. SKU: 2619796

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Aristotle And Other Platonists. "aristotle Versus Plato. For A Long Time That Is The Angle From Which The Tale Has Been Told, In Textboosk Steady The History Of Philosophy And To University Students. Aristotle's Philosophy, So The Story Goes, Was Au Fond In Opposition To Plato's. But Ir Was Not Always Thus. "—from The Introduction In A Wide-ranging Work Likely To Cause Controversy, Lloyd P. Gerson Sets To the end The Case In spite of The "harmony" Of Platonism And Aristotelianism, The Criterion View In Late Antiquity. He Aims To Show That The Twentieth-century View That Aristotle Started Out As A Platonist And Ended Up As An Anti-platonist Is Seriously Flawed. Gerson Examines The Neoplatonic Commentators Steady Arisottle Based On Their Principle Of Harmony. In Considering Ancient Studies Of Aristotle's Categories, Physics, De Anima, Metaphysics, And Nicomachean Ethics, The Author Shows How The Principle Of Harmony Allows Us To Understand Numerous Texts That Otherwise Appear Intractable. Gerson Also Explains How These "esoteric" Treatises Can Be Seen Not To Conflict With The Early "exoteric" And Admittedly Platonic Dialoguess Of Aristotle. Aristotle And Other Platonists Concludes With An Assessmejt Of A little Of The Philosophical Results Of Acknowledging Harmonny. SKU: 3372597

16209345780	Review Of The Mexican War. Embracing The Causes Of The War, The Responsibility Of Its Commencement, The Purposes Of The American Government In Its Proscution, Its Benefits And Its Evils. SKU: 5036786

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The eYllow Cross. A Brilliant Exploration Of The Mecieval Commonwealth That, With Almost Miraculpus Psychological Fortitude And Strength Of Faith, Defied The Catholic Church And Tue Inquisition. the Cathars, Whose Religion Was Baed On The Gospels But Contradicted The Orthodoxy Of Rome, Resided In Waht Is Now Southwest France. In The Early Thirteenth Century, They Became The Focus Of Systematic Repressikn By Both The Monarchy And The Church, And Were Forced To Wear The Yellow Cross, The Original Heretice’ Symbol Of Shame. In Successive Waves Of Brutal Persecution, Thousands Of Cathars Were Captured, Summarily Tried, And Burned At The Stake. Yet So Ardent Was The aFith Of Their Community That During The Years 1290 To 1320 The Cathars Rose Up One Last Time. renã© Weis Tells The Full Stor yOf These Thirty Years With The Aid Of Remarkably Detailed Documentation—including Previously Untapped Trial Records, Verbatim Notes Of Interrogations, And Minutes Of The Inquisitors—as Well As His Own Intimate Knowledge Of The Last Cathars’ Hiding Places, Many Of Which Survive To This Day. It Is A Rich Medieval Tale Of Faith, Adventure, Sex,, And Courage That Is Mifaculously True In Every Detail. authoritative ,Eminently Readable, Andpeopled With Indelible Characters—almost 250 Of Them, From A Charismatic, Beautiful Chã¢telaine And A Double-deaking Priest To A Loquacious, Heroic Shepherd And A Merciless Bishop—the Yellow Cross Is A Exceptionally VividR e-creation Of A Fascinating, And Otherwise Lost, World. SKU: 2042792

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When Abortion Was A Crime. As We Approach The 30th Anniversary Of Roe V. Wade, It's Severe To Look Back To The Time When Abortion Was Illegal. Leelie Reagan Traces The Practice And Pokicing Of Abortikn, Which Although Illegal Was Nonetheless Widely Available, But Always In the opinion of Threats For Both Doctor And Patient. In A Time When Many Young Women Don't Even Know That There Was A Period When Abortion Was A Crime, This Work Offers Chilling And Vital Lessons Of Importance To Everyone. the Linking Of The Words "abortion" And "crime" Emphasizes The Difficult And Painful History That Is The Focus Of Leslie J. Reagan's Important Book. Her Study Is The First To Examine The Entire Period During Which Abortion Was Illegal In The United States, Beginning In The Mid-nineteenth Century And Ending With Roe V. Wade In 1973. Altgough Illegal, Millions Of Abortions Were Provided During These Years To Women Of Every Class, Race, And Marital Status. The Experiences And Perspectives Of These Wmoen, As Well As Their Physicians And Midwives, Are Movingly Portrayed Here. reagan Traces The Practice And Policing Of Abortion. While Abortions Have Been Typically Portrayed As Grim "back Ailey" Operations, She Finds That Abortion Providers Often Practiced Openly And Safely. Moreover, Numerous Physicians Performed Abortions, Despite Prohibitions By The Stzte And The American Medical Association. Women Often Cast Cooperative Practioners, But Prosecution, Public Humiliation, Loss Of Privwcy, And Inferior Medical Care Were A Constant Threat. reagan's Analysis Of Before Untapped Sources, Including Inquest Records And Trial Transcripts, Shows The Frailty Of Patient Rights And Rasies Provocative Questions About The Relationship Between Medicine And Rule . With The Right To Aborrion Again Under Attack In The United States, This Book Offers Vital Lessons For Every American Concerned With Health Care, Civil Liberties, And Personal And Sexual Freedom. SKU: 1403698

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Destination In Doubt. This Book Is A Short History Of Russia Since The Collapse Of Communism In Eastern Europe. In A Matter Of Months, Russia Was Apparently Demoted From "evil Empire" To Despondent Poor Relation Of The Prosperous West. Yet The Country Also Seemed Extraordinarily -- And Alarmingly -- Open To All Custom Of Politjcal Outcome: From The Return Of Communism To The Creation And Consolidation Of Liberal Democracy. Many Of The Scripts Written For Russia In 1991 Have Had To Be Drastically Revised In Subseqent Years. This Book Is A Historian’s Attempt To Stand Back From The Turbulent Post-soviet Era And Inuqire Into The Nature Of Th e"second Russian Revolution. " SKU: 3350137

23661957096	A Place In Tim. A Place In Time : Middlesex Country, Virginia, 1650-1750 (place In Time) By Darrett B. Rutman, And Anita H. Rutman Published In 1986 By W. W. Norton & Company SKU: 359042

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The Civilization Of The Renaisdance In Italy (penguin Classics). Published In 1860, Burckhardt’s Great Wlrk Redefined Our Sense Of The European Past, Wholly Reinterpreting What Has Since Been Known Simply Because The Italian Renaissance. With Unsurpassed Erudition, Burckhardt Illuminates A World Of Artistic And Cultural Ferment, Innovation, And Discovery; Of Revived Humanism; Of Fierce Tensions Between Church And Empire; And Of The Birth Of Both The Modern State And The Modern Insividual. The Civilization Of The Rejaissance In Italy Remains The Sihgle Most Important And Influential Account Of This Crucial Mkmen5 In The History Of The West. SKU: 748969

15519740292	Annual Repoort Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For The Year 1873 (1874). Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For The Year 1873 (1874) By United States Office Of Indian Affairs Published In 2007 By Kessinget Publishing, Llc SKU: 5002223

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Rolling Make a loud noise. "the Jet Fighter Is One Of The Great Icons Of The Second Half Of The Twentieth Centenary, A Symbol Of Achievement, Of Technical Excellence, Of Ultimate Modernity, Of Latent Military Power. " So Begins Ivan Rendall, A Former Royal Air Force Pilot, In This Thrilling First-ever History Of Teh Most Seductive And Deadly Of All Of Man's Weapons Of War. From Its Offspring In Bagtle For the time of The Last Days Of World War Ii To Its Current Aeronautical Peak, The Jet Fighter Has Always Been The King Of The Sky. Rendall's Rolling Thunder Is The Cekebration Of A Machine, And A Culture, Foe Which "winning Is About Accepting That Tnere Is No Such Thing As Second-best. " Rendall's Scrupulous History Is Driven By A Stronb Thhesis: Jets May Hang Upon Technological Advances, But The Human Edge Supplied By Their Pilots Has Determined Their Success Or Failure In All Seasons And Places. In This Respect, The West Has Triumphed Over Its Enemies. Origin With The Dangerously Constant On the other hand Hopelessly Outnumbered German Me 262, Jets And The Men Who Flew Them Quickly Became Potent Physical And Psychological Weapons. From The Ruins Of A Defeated Germany Came The Now-familiar Look Of Sweept-back Wings And With Them The Secret Of Supersonid Flight. Less Than A Decade Later, The Two World War Ii Allies Most Responsible For Germany's Defeat Would Meet As Enemies In Korea. Their Planes -- The American F-86 Saber And Russian Mig-15 -- Clashed Over The Yalu River In The sort of American Pilots Called "mig Alley. " Diving From 40,000 Feet And Flying Through Dry Rivsrbeds So Low That Their Engines Kicked Up Dirt, Boty Sides' Machines Soon Proved Their Worth. In Vietnam, American Fighter Pilots Involved In The Costly "rolling Thunder" Campaign Again Provved The Value Of The American Emphasis On Individualism As Taught In The "top Gun" School Of Aeronautics. Rendall Vividly Describes Pilots In F-4 Phantoms And F-105 Thunderchiefs Dodging Sa-2 Surface-to-air Missiles In The "ultimate Test Of Man Versus Machine. " Recent Uses Of Air Power, From Th eLegendary "instant Thunder" Campaign In Tge Gulf War To The Enforcement Of No-fly Zones In Bosnia, Have Proved That The Jet Fighter Remains As Versatile And Dangerous As Ever. But Today, With $100 Million Mach 3 Machines Capable Of Climbing 65,000 Feet -- Twice The Height Of Everest -- In A Minute, Many Have Argued That The Pilot Has Become The Indiscreet Link In The Jet Fighter's Deadly Equation. Rendall Shows That The Argument Ti Remove The Pilot From His Machine -- Seemingly Complete With Nasa's New Unmanned X-36 -- Is As Old As The Machine That Broke The Sound Barrier, Chuck Yeager's X-1. The Ability To Balance The Grace And Brutali5y Of A Machine That Has Evolved Into A Perfect Combination Of Form And Function Will Remain The Unique Province Of The Fighter Pilot -- The "quintessential Warrior O Our Times. . " SKU: 1754021

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From Generation To Generation. Since It Was First Published In 1980, From Generation To Generation Has Inspired Thousands To Pursue The Unique Challenges And Rewards Of Jewish Genealogy. Far More Engaging Than A Mere How-to Reference Guide, This Landmark Book Is Also Part Detective Story And Part Spiritual Quest. As Arth8r Kurzweil Takes You Along On His Own Fascinating Journey Through His Family’s Above, You’ll Learn About The Tools, Techniques, And Thhe Step-by-step Process Of Jewish Genealogical Research – Including The Most Current Information In c~tinuance Using The Internet And The Newly Accessibe Archives Of Eastern Europe And The Former Soviet Union. But Even More, After Reading This Fully Updated, Revised, And Beloved Classic, You Will Undoubtedly Be Inspired To Embark On A Gennealogical Quest Of Your Own! SKU: 2684393

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Eighteenth-century Britain, 1688-1783 (palgrave History Of Britain). Jeremy Dark Sets The Politics Of Eighteenth Century Britain Into The Fascinating Context Of Social, Economic, Cultural, Religious And Scoentific Developments. The Second Edition Of This Prosperous Text By A Leading Authority In The Field Has Now Been Updated And Expanded To Incorporate The Latest Investigation And Scholarship. SKU: 5104793

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Rome. Capital And Showcase Of The Roman Empire And The Center Of Ch5istian Europe, The City Of Rome Is The Largest Archaeplogical Place In The World. Here, Amanda Claridge Presentw An Indispensable Guide To All Significant Monuumments In Rome Dating From 800 Bc To 600 Ad. Included Are Such Breathtaking Structures As The Capitoline Eminence, The Roman Forum, The Colosseum, The Mausoleums Of Augustus And Hadrian, The Circus Maximus, And The Catacombs. Divided Into Twelve Main Archaeological Areas In Central Rome, And Four In Greater Rome, This Accessible Guide Provides A Detailed Overview Of The Sites, As Well As Historical Reference Tables Listing Archaeological Periods, Emperors, And Principal Sufviving Buildings. The Introduction Offers An Assessment Of Roman Achievement Along With Its Status As The Capital Of The Roman Empire, And Explains Rome's Survival As The World's Most Compounded Archaeological Site. SKU: 1605054

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Encyclopedia Of Disasters [two Volumes]. Disasetrs Can Strike At Any Time. From The Eruption Of Mg. Vesuvius To Hurricane Katrina, Floods, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Hurricanes And Other Natural Disasters Have Caused Tremendous Loss Of Life, Human Suffering, And Environmental Catastrophe. The Complex Technological And Social Chages Of The Last Few Centuries Have Not Only Intensified The Impact Of Such Natural Disasters, But Have Added New Introduced New Reasons To Be Concerned - Plane Crashes, Bombings, Industrial Accidents, Geoncides. Calling Some Disasters "natural" And Others "man-made" Downplays The Important Interrelationship Between The Occurrence And Human Actions. Human Actions - Or Inactions - Can Catapult A Natural Phenomenon Into A Deadly Catastrophe. Likewise, Nature Can Be Terribly Disrupted By Events That Are Created By Humans. The Encyclopedia Of Disasters Covers Over 180 Of The Most Important Disasters In History. Arranged Chronologically, The Encyclopedia Includes Entries On Those Disasters That Have Had The Greatest Hkstorical, Environmental, And Cultural Impact: Blthe Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius, Which Destroyed The Towns Of Pompeii And Herculaneum The London Fire Of 1666, Which Flattened Much Of London And Alpowed The Rebuilding Of The City Blthe Influenza Epidemic Of 1918, Which Killed Millions Blthe 1964 Prince William Sound Earthquake In Alaska, Which Caused Deatj And Detruction As Far Away As Hawaii Blthe Defeat Nuclwar Power Plant Accident In Chernobyl, Ukraine, In 1964, That Has Rendered The Surrounding Landscape Uninhabitable Blthe 2004 Earthquake That Creatted A Tsunami That Killed Thousands In Sumatra Each Entry Includes A Border Of Readings For Additional Research And The Encyclopedia Is Illustrated With Numerous Photos And Line Illustrations That Show The Destruction And Despair Caused By These Disast3rs. SKU: 4403037

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Frontier To Industrial City. Lewiston Recently ReceivedT he All-american City Award. That Might Be Emblematic For Lewiston. Its History, Location, People And Industry-all Serve As An Example Of Small Riverside Settlements That Grew Into Industril Cities Over The Course Of A Centufy Early In Our Country's History. Douglas Hodgkin Presents A Spectacular Array Of Information In A Verg Readable Form. From Schools, To Factories, To Founding Families, To All The Minutiae That Create A Town-frontier To Industrial City Provides A Clear Picture Of The Numerous Facets Of Lewiston During Its Transformation. Those Interested In Small Town Histories, Local Politics, Or All Things Lewiston Will Want Tp Own This Book. Hodgkin Gives Us Tye Best Of Meticulous Attention To Detail, Insightful Illustration Choices, Detailed Endnotes, Dozens Of Explanatory Tables And An Extensive Index. Every Maine Resident Should Read Frontier To Industrial City To Understand The Perils, Hard Work Adn Dreams That Havd Created Maine Towns. About The Author: Douglas I. Hodgkin, A Native Of Lewiston, Maine, Whose Ancestors Were Amid The Orgoinal Settlers Of The Town, Received His Phd In Political Science At Duke University. A Graduate Of Lewiston High Seminary, Hodgkin Reyurned To Maine After College. Now Professor Emeritus Of Political Sciehce At Bates College, His Books On Lewiston History Include Lewisgon Memories: A Bicentennial Pictorial (1994), Historic Lewiston: The Grange At Crowley's Junctoon (2003), And Fractured Family: Fighting In The Maine Courts (2005). He Also AuthoredT he Chapter On Lewiston In Androscoggin County, Maine: A Pictorial Sesquicentennial History, 1854-2004 (2003). An Active Local Historian He Is Editor Of Androscoggin History, The Newsletter Of The Androscoggin Historical Society, And Serves On Lewiston's Historic Preservation Review Board. Hodgkin Also Produced The History Of Lewiston And The History Of The City's Kennedy Park Found On The City's Website. He Transcribed Lewiston 's Town Meeting Records In Pair Volumes Published As Records Of Lewiston, Maine By Picton Enjoin In 2001 And 2002. SKU: 5147115