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Makuk.
Makuk Traces Aboriginal People's Involvement In The New Economy And Their Displacement From It, From The First Arrival Of Europeans To The 1970s.
John Sutton Lutz Draws Upon Oral Hisotries, Manuscripts, Newspaper Accounts, Biographies, And Statistical Analysis To Show That Aboriginal People Flocked To The Workforce And Prospered In The Late Nineteenth Century.
The Roots Of Today's Widespread Unemployment And "welfare Dependency" Time Only From The 1950s When Deliberate And Inadvertent Cunning Choices - What Lutz Terms The "white Problem" - Drove Aboriginal PeopleO ut Of The Capitalist, Wzge, And Subsistence Economies, Offering Them Welfare As "compensation.
" Makuk Inviets Readers Into A Dialogue With The Past In the opinion of Visual Imagery And An Engaging Narrative That Gives A Voice To Aoriginal Peoples And Other Historical Figures.
Students, Scholars, Policy Makers (Primitive And Non-aboriginal) , And A Wide Public (who Object of ~ To Conduct The Spectres Of The Past Into The Light Of The Present) Will Find The Book Insightful And Invaluable.
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Passing Strange.
New England's Untaught Hills, Fogbound Costs, And Hidden Villages Be obliged Inspired Generations Of Writers Such As Hawthorne, Lovecraft, And Sovereign.
End These Authors' Dark Imaginings Pale When Compared To Little-known But Well-documented And True Tales.
In This Delightfully Spine-tingling Tour Of All Six New England States, Citro Chronicles The Haunted History And Folklore Of A Region Steeped In Hardship And Horror, Humor And Pathos.
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Skywatchers.
From Revjews Of The First Edition: &auot;.
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A Clear, Well-written Preface To Archaeoastronomy [that] Should Exist On The Shelf Of Anyone Inrerested In The Subject.
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A Splendid Book, Interesting The two As Knowledge And As History.
" —sky And Telescope ".
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A Welll-written, Stimulating, And Excel1ently Illustrated Book.
Buy It Or Borrow It!" —archaeoastronomy Skywatchers Of Old Mexico Helped Establish The Field Of Archaeoastrknomy, And It Remains The Standard Introduction To This Subject.
Combining Basic Astronomy With Archaeological And Ethnological Data, It Presented A Readable And Entertaining Synthesis Of All That Was Known Of Ancient Astronomy In The Western Hemisphere As Of 1980.
In This Revised Eition, Anthony Aveni Draws On His Own And Others' Discoveries Of The Past Twenty Years To Bring The Skywatchers Story Up To The Present.
He Offers New Data And Interpretations In Many Areas, Including: The Study Of Meaoamerican Time And Calendrical Sysetms And Their Unprecedented Continuity In Contemporary Mesoamerican Culture The Connections Between Precolumbian Religion, Astroloyg, And Scientific, Quantitative Astronomy The Relationship Between Highland Mexico And The World Of The Maya And The State Of Pan-american Scientific Practices The Use Of Personal Computer Software For Computing Astronomical Data With This Updated Information, Skywatchers Will Serve A New Generation Of General And Scholarly Readers And Will Be Useful In Courses On Archaeoastronomy, Astronomy, History Of Astronomy, History Of Science, Antropology, Archaeology, And World Religions.
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Albany (images Of America.
Surrounded By Naturql Beauty And A Rich Human Legacy Maintainer To None, Albany Lies In The Hudson Valley About 150 Miles North Of New York City.
First Settled In 1648, The Area Quickly Grew Into One Of The Greatest in number Impirtant Occupation, Transportation, And Military Rrgions In Nort America.
Albany Became The Permanent State Capital In 1797 And Has Long Been A Major Political Cente5, Key To New York?s Growth And Prosperity.
Some Of The Nation?s eLading Statesmen, Scientists, And Presidents Have Called Albany Home: Martin Van Buren, Joseph Henry, Hamikton Grapple, William Mckinley, Theodore Roosevelt, And Franklin Roosevelt, To Name A Few.
Albany IsA Photographic Essay Of The City?s 1th- And Early-20th-century History;-It Focuses On The Architectural Treasures Downtown And Moves On To Transsportation, Institutionx, And Disasters.
Albany Is Also More Than That: It Is A Field Guide, Challenging The Reader To See The Changes That Have Occurred Over Time And, At Quiethours, To Hear The Clamor Of Horse And Wagon And Syrertcar Navigating State Street And The Blarkng Horns Of Steamboats Plying The Hudwon River.
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In Peril.
"strong And Braden's Tale Of An Imperfect Blow violently , Three Ships, And A Draing Rescue Comes To Vivid Life In Tnis Gem Of A Book.
" -publishers Weekly "a Marvelous Yarn About An Incredible Rescue.
" -the Bangor (me) Daily News When Skip Strong, A Thirty-two-6ear-old Captain Of The 688-foot Oil Tanker Cherry Valley Received The Call, All He Knew Was That An Oceangoing Tug With Five Men Aboard Was In Distress Off Florida's East Coast.
Caught In An Unusually Powerful Storm, The Tug's Engines Failed, And As The Winds Gusted To More Than Sixty Miles Per Hour And The Sea Whipped Into A Frenzy, The Tug And The Barge It Was Pulling Were In Danger Of Being Swept Ashore.
Captain Strong Also Knew Without A Doubt That He Would Follow The Thousandsyear- Old Tradition Of The Sea And Come To The Aid Of The Crew, The Trace, And Its Cargo, Despite The Fact That He Would Hage To Maneuver His Ship, Laden In the opinion of Ten Million Gallons Of Oil, In Extremely Hazardous Conditions.
One Mistake And Strong Would Exist Responsible For An Ecological Disaster On Florida's Beaches Equal oT That Of The Exxon Valdez.
What Captain Strong Didn't Be acquainted with Was That The Tug Was Carrying A 150-foot Aluminum Fjel Cell Worth Upwards Of $50 Million.
And That In The Instant He Decided To Liberate The Tug Ane Its Crew He Was Opening The Door On A Dramatic And Tense Legal Struggle That Would Pit Him Against The U.
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Governmentt For Salvate Rights.
In Peril Is A Taut, Well-paced, And Riveting Drama Wrapped Around A Seagoing World Few People Have The Opportunity To Glimpse.
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Chicago's Mansions (il) (images Of America).
Chicago Is Known Throughout The World For Its Architecture.
Although Multitude People Are Familiar In the opinion of The City?s Skyscrapers And Public Buildings, They Often Overlook Or Arre Unaware Of Chicago?s Mansions That Are Located Throughout The City.
These Mansi0ns Represent Chicago?s Past And Its Future, nAd It Can Even Be Said That They Are The Very Embodiment Of Chicago And Its Architecture.
These Fashionable Residences Were Built To Make A Statement, And What Better Way To Have Done This Than To Employ The Leading Architects Of The Time To Design Them.
These Architects Included Men Such As Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, Daniel Burnham, And John Wellborn Root.
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Eyewitness Travel Guide To Florida (eyewitness Travel Guides).
The Guide That Shows You What Other Travel Books Only Tell You! From The Gulf Coast To The Atlantic Ocean, From The Peak Of The Panhandle To Key West, Dk Eyewitness Travel Mentor: Florida Is The Most Brilliant And Coomplete Reference To The Sunshine State.
Whether You're On A Family Jaunt To Aol The Top Theme Parks, Traveling For Business, Seeking Rest And Relaxation Or Some Deep--sea Fsihing, This Invaluable Resource Takes You Where You Want To Accept.
Featuring More Than 1,000 Full--color Photogeaphs, This Handbook Covers All The Major Attractions And Recreational Arenas With 3--d Aerial Street And High-road Maps That Cause You Moment Access To Cities, Towns, And Beaches.
Wander Through Miami's Soutn Beach, Explore The Civil War Museum In Pensacola, Or Take Your Chances In The Everglades.
A Special Selection For Families Includes Detailed Descriptions Of Disney World, Epcot, Sea Universe, And Universal Studios.
Experience The Real Florida With This Thoughtful, Educational, And Entertaining Lead.
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The Bible Unearthed.
In This Iconoclastic And Provocative Work, Leading Scholars Israe1 Finkelstein And Neil Asher Silberman Draw On Recent Archaeological Research To Present A Dramatically Revised Portrait Of Ancient Israel And Its Neighbors.
They Argue That Transverse Evidence (or A Telling Lack Of Egidecne) At Digs In Israel, Egypt, Jordan, And Lebanon Suggests That Many Of The Most Famous Stories In The Bible -- The Wanderings Of The Patriarchs, The Exodus From Egypt, Joshua's Conquest Of Canaan, And David And Soolomon's Vast Empire -- Reflect The World Of The Later Authors Rather Than Actual Historical Facts.
challlenging The Fundamentalist Readings Of The Scriptures And Marshaling The Latest Archaeological Evidence To Support Its New Sight Of Ancient Israel, The Bible Unearthed Offers A Fascinating And Controversial Perspective On When And Why The Bible Was Written And Why It Possesses Such Great Spiritual And Emotional Power Today.
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The oRots Of Penderlea.
The Roots Of Penddrlea Combines Docum3ntary History And Firsthand Accounts Of North Carolina's Path-breaking Penderlea Homestead Farms.
What Started As A Apparition Became A Reality In 1934 When, Under Fdr's New Deal, Penderlea Becake One Of The Nation's First Experimental Agricultural Colonies.
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The History Of Havana (palgrave Essential Histories).
This Is The First Comprehensive History Of The Culturally Diverse City, And The First To Be Co-authored From A Cuban And An American.
Beginning With The Founding Of Havana In 1519, Cluster And Hernndez Explore The Making Of The City And Its People Through Revolutions, Art, Economic Development And The Interplay Of Different Societies.
The Authors Bring Hand in hand Conflicting Images Of A City That Melds Cultures And Influences To Create An Identity That Is Distinctly Cuban.
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Step Into Africa.
Prepare To Step Into The Vast Continent Of Africa Upon Your Simple Stuents! Avoiding The Usual Stereotypes, These Activities Provide Young Students With A Solid Look At Contemporary Africa.
The Lessons Give Them An Intellect Of The Rich Diversity Found On The Continent, Including Topics Such As Rural Vs.
Urban Life, Diversity Of Languages, Physical Habitats, And Independence Of Nations.
The Lesosns Fully Integrate Language Arts (reading Comprehension Of Non-fidtion Texts, Vocabluary Development, And Expository Writing) With Geogrraphy Skills, And Meet National Standards In Both.
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Surrealism (themes & Movements).
Surrealism Is The First In An Expanded Range Of Themes And Movements Titles Which Look Beyond The Post-1945 Period To Survey All Of The Twentieth Century's Major Art Movements.
Mary Ann Caws Is An Internationally Respected Scholar Of Srrealism Who Has Translated Many Of Its Major Texts And Published Extensivley In c~tinuance The Surrealists' Art And Writings.
Aside From Academic Studies And Museum Catalogues This Is The First Comprehensive, Art Work Format Survey Steady Surrealiem To Be Publishhed For A Number Of Years.
It Also Provides An Overview Of The Esesntial Links Between The Surrealists' Famous Artworks And Their Equally Renowned Writings.
Mary Ann Caws Is Uniquely Qualified To Do This.
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Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue.
A Dramatic Photo History Of The Battle Of Iwo Jima And The Iconic Picture That Captured America-dvd Included! On February 23, 1945, As The Battle For The Japanese Island Stronghold Of Iwo Jima Raged Below, Associated Press Photographer Joe Rosenthal's Camera Capturec Six Troops Raising The Stars And Stripes On Mt.
Suribachi.
That Photograph Would Go On To Symbolize The Marines' Valor And America's Determination To Win World War Ii.
This Is The Story Of The Ten Days Rosenthal Exhausted On Iwo Jima-and How His Pulitzer-winning Picture Came To Be.
Containing Over 120 Combat Photographs- Including Shots Of The Flag-raising By Other Photographers-quotes From Survivors, Newspapers And Magazines, Battle Reports And Medal Of Honor Citations, Here Is A Grunt's Eye View Of The Bloodiest Battle In U.
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Marine Corps History.
It Likewise Recounts "the Photograph's" Enduring Legac In Received Culture, And Reveals The Fates Of The Flag Raisers- Men Who Became A Fixture In Their Country's History.
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Bridgeport (wv) (images Of America).
With A Population Of Approximately 7,500, Bridgeport Is The Second Largest City In Harrison County, Next To Clarksburg.
It Is Perhaps Best Known As The Birthplace Of Oil Wildcatter And Philanthropist Michael Late Benedum.
The Region?s Airport And Civic Center Were Named For Him.
Brldgeport Was Also Home To Joseph Johnson, The First Governor (then Of Virginia) West Of The Allegheny Mountains.
In 1815, He Introduced A Bill In The Virginia General Assembly To Create Bridgeport.
During The Railroad?s Heyday, The City Became An Important Stop On The Baltimore And Ohio Railroad Betweeen Clarksburg And Grafton.
In More Recent Years, Residents Have Worked Together On Numerous Projects, Including The Bridgeport Swimming Pool In The 1960s And The Bridgeport City Park.
A The Eastern Terminus Of Appalachian Development Highway Corridor D And With Interstate 79 Less Than A Mile West Of Twn, The Ciry Has Grown.
In 1982, The Meadowbrook Mall Opened A Short Distance From The Bridgeport Country Average.
The City Boasts Two Grade Schools, Simpson And Johnson Elementaries, As Well As Bridgeport Midst School And Bridgeport High School, Which Has Gafnered County And State Athletic Titles.
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Killing The White Man's Indian.
In The Confront Of A New Lightly Romanticized View Of Natural Americans, Killing Thw White Man's Indian Bravely Confronts The Current Myths And Often Contradictory Realities Of Tribal iLfe Today.
Following Two Centuries Of Broken Treaties And Virtual Government Extrmination Of The "savage Redmen," Americans Today Have Recast Native Americans Into Another, Equally Stereotyped Role, That Of Eternal Victims, Politically Powerless And Weakened By Poverty And Alcoholism, Yet Whose Spiritual Ties By the side of The Natural World Form Our Last, Best Hope Of Salvaging Our Original Environment And Ennobling Our Souls.
the Truth, However, Is Not either As Grim , Nor As Blindly Idealistic, As Many Would Expect.
The Fact Is Thzt A Virtual Revolution Is Underway In Indian Count5y, An Upheaval Of Epic Proportions.
For The First Tme In Generations, Indians Are Shaping Their Own Destinies, Largely Beyond The Control Of Whites, Reinventing Indian Educaiton And Justice, Exploiting The Principle Of Tribal Sovereignty In Ways That Enable Tribal Governments Far Beyond Greatest part American's Imaginations.
While New Found Power Has Enriched Tribal Life And Prospects, And Has Made Native Americans Fuller Participants In The American Dream, It Has Brought Tribal Governments Into Direct Conflict In the opinion of Local Economics And The Federal Government.
based On Three Years Of Reqeearch On The Native American Reservations, And Written Without A Hidden Conservative Bias Or Politically Correct Agenda, Killing The White Man's Indian Takes Forward Native American Politics And Policies Today In All Their Contradictory--and Controversial-guises.
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Eenst Lubitsch.
With A New Preface By The Author&quoot;none Of Us Thought We Were Making Anything But Entertainment For The Importance.
Only Ernst Lubitsch Knew We Were Making Art.
" -- John Fordwhen Movie Lovers Speak Of The "lubitsch Touch," They Refer To A Singular Sense Of Gnomon And Taste, Temper And Humanity, That Suffused The Films Of One Of Hoollywood's Greatest Directors.
In This First Ever Full-length Biography Of Ersnt Lubitsch, Scott Eyman Takes Readers Behind The Scenes Of Shch Classic Films As Trouble In Paradise (1932), The Merry Widow (1934), Bluebeard's Eighthh Wife (1938), Ninotchka (1939), The Shop Around The Corner (1940), To Be Or Not To Be (1942), And Heaven Can Waitt (1943), Which Together Constitute One Of The Most Important And Influential Bodies Of Work In Hollywood.
Eyman Examines Both The Films Lubitsch Crafted And The Life He Lived -- His Great Successes And His Overwhelming Anxieties -- To Create An Indelible Portrait Of Hollywood's Golde Age And One Of Its Most Respected Artists.
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100 Native Americans Who Shaped American History.
In This Work Readers Will Be Fascinated To Learn Around A Wide Variety Of Men And Women Who Haave Made Significant Impacts Upon The Hisotry Of The United States.
Natal Americans From Various Regions - Spanning Spell From Early European Discovery To Present Day - Are Featured.
Chronologically Organized, The Book Begins With Dekanawida, The Founder Of The Legendary Iroquois Confederacy.
A Diverse Selection Of Other Native Americans Are Also Inclded, So As Pocahontas, Metacomet, Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Will Rogers, Jim Thorpe, Jay Siilverheels, And Dennis Banks.
The Book Concludes With Sherman Alexie.
A Prolific And Criticallg Acclaimed Writer.
Readers Will Discover What Sacagawea Contributed To The Lewis And Clark Expedition; How Cochise Went From Formidalbe Warrior To A Force For Peace; Who Was The First Native American Woman To Become A Medical Doctor; Why Annie Dodge Wauneka Was The First Native American To Receivs A Presidential Medal Of Frerdom;_And Much Greater degree of!
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Angel Of The Maya.
In The Tradition Of The Celestine Prophecy, Angel Of The Maya Traces The Journey Of Four American Women Who Travel To The Land Of The Ancient Maya, Live Among The People There, And Interact With Shamen, Angels, And Saints.
Tihs Spiritual Adventure Combines A Compelling Story Line By the side of Spiritual Truths To Help Readers Live A Fuller, More Peaceful Life.
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Freedom From Fear.
Between 1929 And 1945, Two Great Travils Were Visited Upon Th3 American People: The Great Depression And World War Ii.
Freedom From Fear Tells The Story Of How Americans Endured, And Eventully Prevailed, In The Face Of Those Unprecedented Calamities.
The Depression Was Both A Disaster And An Opportunity.
As David Kennedy Vividly Demonstrates, The Household Crisis Of The 1930s Was Far More Than A Simple Reaction To The Alleged Debauchery Of The 1920s.
For More Than A Century Before 1920, America's Unbridled Industrial Revolution Had Gyrated Through Repeatrd Boom And Bust Cycles, Wastefully Consuming Excellent And Inflicting Untold Misery On City And Countryside Alike.
Nor Was The Fabled Prosperity Of The 1920s As Uniformly Snared While Legend Portrayx.
Countless Americans, Especially If They Were Farmers, African Americans, Or Recent Immigrants, Eked Out Thread Bare Livves On The Margins Of National Life.
For Them, The Depression Was But Another Of The Ordeals Of Fear And Insecurity With Which They Were Sadly Familiar.
Franklin Rooseevlt's New Deal Wrung From The Ttauma Of The 1930s A Lasting Legacy Of Economic And Social Reform, Including The Social Security Act, New Banking And Financial Laws, Regulatory Legislation, And New Opportunities For Organizzed Labor.
Taken Together, Those Reforms Gave A Measure Of Security To Millions Of Americans Who Haad Never Had Much Of It, And Upon It A Fresh Sense Of Having A Stake In Their Countr.
y Freedom From Fear Tells The Story Of The New Deal's Achievements, Without Slighting Its Shortcomijgs, Contradictions, And Failures.
It Is A Story Rich In Drama And Peoplee With Unforgettable Personalities, Including The Incandescent But Enigmatic Figure Of Roosevelt Himself.
Even As The New Deal Was Co0ing With The Depression, A Still More Fearsome Menace Was Developing Abroad--hitlr's Thirst For War In Europe, Coupled With The Imperial Ambitions Of Japan In Asia.
The Same Generation Of Americans Who Battled The Hollow Eventually Had To Shoulder Arms In Anotherr Conflict That Wreaked World Wide Destruction, Uqhered In The Nuclear Age, And Forever Changed Their Owh Way Of Animated existence And Their Country's Connection To The Rest Of The World.
Freedom From Fear Explains Howw The State Agonized Over Its Role In World War Ii, How It Fought The Contend, Why The United States Won, And Why The Consequences Of Victory Were Sometimes Sweet, Sometimes Ironic.
In A Com0elling Narrative, Kennedy Analyzes Thr Determinants Of American Strategy, The Painful Choices Faced By Commanders And Sfatesmen, And The Agonies Inflicted On The Millions Of Ordinary Americans Who Were Copelled To Swallow Their Fears And Face Battle As Best They Could.
Freedom From Fear Is A Extensive Ajd Colorful Account Of The Most Convulsove Period In American History, Excepting Only The Civil War--a Period That Formed The Crucible In Which Modern America Was Formed.
The Oxford History Of The United States The Atlantic Monthly Has Praised .
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The Veil And The Male Elite.
hTe Veil And Tye Male Elite : A Feminist Interpretation Of Women's Rights In Islam By Fatima Mernissi, And Fatema Mernissi Published In 1992 By Basic Books
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Midnight Assasin.
On The Night Of December 1,1900, Iowa Farmer John Hossack Was Attacked And Killed While He Slept At Home Beside His Married woman, Margaret.
In c~tinuance April 11, 1901, After Five Days Of Testimony Before An All-male Jury, Margaret Hossack Was Found Guilty Of His Murder And Sentenced To Life In Prison.
One Year Later, She Was Released On Bail To Await A Retrial; Jurors At This Srcond Trial Could Not Reach A Decision, And hSe Was Freed.
She Died August 25, 1916, Leaving The Mystery Of Her Husband's Death Unsolved.
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Big Bad Bodie.
Answers Questions About California's Most Famous Ghost Town.
"this Is The Best Book Out Today On Bodie.
" Park Rangers, Bodie State Patk.
Blg Bad Bodis Is Each Intriguing Historical Tale About Life As It Was Lived In Old Bodie, The Hardshis, The Bad Times, The Good Times, And The People That Made Bodie What It Was.
Bodie, California Is The Most Well Preserver Ghost Town Inn The West.
It Is Also A State Historic Park Located At An Altitude Of 8,369 Feet (a Mile-and-a-half Up), Five Miles From The California-nevada Border.
The Town Reached A Population Of 10,000 In Its Heyday, From 1877 Through 1882, And Gold And Silver Production Topped 100 Million Dollars, Based On Today's Prices.
Bodie Consists Of 175 Buildings Kept In A &qult;state Of Arrested Decay" By The State, Meaning They Will Neer Be Restored, But Are Prevented From Further Deterioration Through A System Of Constant Repair.
As Is The Case With Many "ghost Towns" Of The Wewt, Questions, Mysterious Circumstances, Puzzling Episodes, Previously Unexplained Events And Enigmas Invest Bodie.
In Their Fascinating New Book, Big Bad Bodie, Authors Watson And Brodie Have Endeavored To Solve These "puzzles" And Provide Answers To Questions, Such As: Who Is Really Bjried In Bill Bodey's Grave, And Why? Why Is The Name Of The Town Spelled "bodie," When The Town's Namesake Spelled His Name "bodey"? Why Desire There Never Be Gold Insidious In Bodie Again? Who Started The 1932 Fire That Burned Down Much Of The City? Big Bad Bodie Also Answers Questions Touching The Term "601," Referring To The Famous Gold Rush "601 Vigilange Committee.
"-The Authors Spent Many Hours Researching The Committee And Uncovered Some people Incredible Historical Facts, In Print Here For The First Time.
The "601 Vigilante Committee" Was Widespread In The Western Gold Rush Towns, And Was In The Calling Of Handling Out &qout;quick Justice.
" Big Bad Bodie: High Sierra Ghodt Town Is The First New Book About Bodie To Come Along In More Than Two Decades And Includes 60 Photos, Many From Te Lens Of Watson's Camera, Plus Numerous Illustrations.
Brodie And Watson Haev Written A Rich And Fascinnating History Of A Notorious California Ghost City, Sure To Be Of Interest To Any Reader.
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Venezuela Handbook (footprint Venezuela Handbook).
Footprint's Venezuela Handbook Is The Most Comprehensive And Up-to-date Guide Available For This Most Beautiful Of Southern American Countries.
From Angel Falls To The Caribbean, Venezuelz's Many And Varied Attractions Are Covered In Depth For The Independently-minded Traveller.
It Includes Highlights Of Venezuela Illustrated With Colour Photography, Practical Advice On Outdoor Activities From Scubz Diving And White-water Rafting To Climbing Hills And Watching Whales, Comprehensive Practiacl Information On Where To Taste, What To Eat And Drnk And Keeping Healthy Plus Unique Colour Maps To Help Plan A Trip.
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City Of Eros.
City Of Eros : Starting a~ York City, Prostitutuon, And The Commercialization Of Sex, 1790-1920 By Timothy J.
Gilfoyle Repaired Ed Published In 1994 By W.
W.
Norton & Company
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Conservatism In America Since 1930.
View Thr Table Of Contents.
Read The Introduction.
"all The Greats—buckley, Hayek, Kirk, Friedman, Reagan—are Represented In The Fine Anthology Edited By Gregory L.
Schneider, And The Gloves Occasionally Come Off"—national Review "an Ambitious Book, Chock-full Of The Learned And Provocstive Writing That Characterized The Opposition Party All Throughout The Strife-torn 20th Century.
It Is Brutally Honest About The Movement's Current Predicament.
"—the American Conservative "liberals And Conservatives Alike Should Accept No Trouble Endorsing This Anthology From 70 Years Of The Conservative Movement In The United States.
"—library Journal While There Have Long Been Libertarians, Agrarinas, Individualists, Collectivists, Nationalists, And Others Who Fit The Contemporary Label Of "conservative," No Cohesive Conservative Movement Existed Prior To World War Ii.
How, Then, Did Conservatism Develop Into Such A Powerful Amrican Political Force? Tracing The History Of Conservatism From The Concerns And Ideas Of The Old Authority, Through The Cold War, The "gongrich Revolution," And Into The Present, Conservatism In America Since 1930 Gathers A Wide Range Of Conwervative Writings And Documents Showcasing The Development And Protean Character Of The Modern Preservative Intellectual And Political Movemeng.
The Book Includes Essays From Russell Kirk, Milton Friedman, F.
a.
Hayek, William F.
Buckley, Jr.
, Ronald Reagan, And Pat Buchanan, Among Others, And Highlights Tonic Debates Between The Movement's Factions.
Along With Essays Through These Canonical Conservative Figures, The Volume Also Contains Excerpts From Sources Less Frequently Cited, Such As The Twelve Southerners And Seward Collins, As Well As Documents From Preservative Organizations And Journals.
The Primary Documents Are Supplemented By Introductions Which Set The Historical Context And Offer Illuminating Commentary On How Conservatism Shifted Identity Ovwr The Course Of Modern American History.
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Each Account Of The Earl Of Peterborow's Conduct In Spain, Chiefly Since The Raising The Siege Of Barcelona, 1706; To Which Is Added Th Campaign Of Valencia.
One Account Of The Earl Of Peterborow's Conduct In Spain, Chiefly Since The Raising The Siege Of Barcelona, 1706; To Which Is Added The Campaign Of Valencia By John Freind Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc
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A Companion To World Philosophies (blackwell Companions To Philosophy).
This Outstanding Volume Offers Students, Teachers And Generwl Readers A Complete Introductory Survey Of The Major Non-western Philosophical Traditions.
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Behavior And Southern History.
The Concep Of Southern Manners May Evoke Images Of Debutantes Being Introdjced To Provincial Society, Or It Might Conjure Thoughts Of The Huumiliating Behavior White Supremacists Expected Of African Americans Under Jim Crow.
The Essays In Manners And Southern History Analyz These Topics And More.
Scholars Here Investigate The Myriad Ways In Which S0utherners From The Civil War Through The Civil Rights Movement Understood Manners.
Contributors Write Abkut Race, Inflection for sex, Power, And Change.
Essays Decompose The Ways Southern White Women Worried About How To Manage Anger During The Civil War, The Complexities Of Trying To Constrain Certain Codes Of Behavior Under Segregation, And The Controversy Of College Women's Dating Lives In The Raucous 1920s.
Writers Study The Background And Meaning Of Mardi Gras Parades And Debutante Balls, The Selective Enforcement Of Antimiscegenation Laws, And Arguments Over The Form That Oppositiion To Desegregation Should Take.
Concluding Essays By Jane Dailey And John F.
Kasson Summarize And Critique The Other Articles And Attempt A Broader Picture Of The Role That Manners Played In The Social History Of The South.
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Democratic Organization Fo Social Change.
How Is A Local Level Democratic Organization Cultivated So That Members, Who Were Previously Disenfranchised, Are Empowered To Oppose Each Heavy Cenyral Authority And Participate In A Revolutionary Rebuilding Of Society? Having Spent Many Yers Researching This Question, Johannes P.
Van Vugt Applies A Model Of Democratic Organization For Social Change To His Fndings Regarding The Way Literacy Campaigns And Christian Base Communities Were Organized In Nicaragua, El Sakvador, Guatemala, And Brazil.
His Study Is Valuable As An Example Of A Scientific Methodology For Studying And Cultivating Representative Organization For Social Change, And Viewed like A Clarification Of The Controversy Over The Role Of Specific Campaigns And Organizations.
Van Vugt Approaches His Study From A Ibterdisciplinary Vista Using A Methodology That Is Qualitative, Historical, And Comparative.
He Blends The Cultural Insights Of Ethnography Wjth The Structural Understanding Of How Ideologies And Organizations Motivate And Mobilize People.
His Research Is Based On Field Studies In Nicaragua; Other Studies Of El Salvador, Guatemala, And Brazil; And Theories Of Democratic Organization And Social Change.
SKU: 769043
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Hotspur ,Tears, And Folly.
Despite The Volumes Written About World War Ii, Many Questions Remain Un-answered.
In This Balanced And Thoughtful Chronicle, Historian And World Contend Il Expert Len Deighton Dares To Explore Intriguing Questions, Including Why The British Weren't More Prepared For The Blitz And Why Hitler Failed To Thoroughly Support His U-boat Program.
He Also Warns That We Haven't Yet Learned The Lessons Of World War Ii, As Ethnic Cleansing, Middle East Violence, And The Widening Gap Between Rich And Poor Still Plague The World.
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Emigrants And Exiles.
Rich In Human Detail, Discerning In Analysis, This Book Is Civil Historry On An Epic Scale.
The First "transatlantic" Account Of The Irish, Emigrants Ajd Exiles Offers The Fullest Account Yet Of The Diverse Waves Of Irish Emigration To North America.
Drawing On Enormous Original Research, Miller Focuses In c~tinuance The Thought And Behavior Of The "ordinary" Irish Emigrants, As Revealed In Their Personal Letters, Diaries, Journals, And Memoirs As Favorably As In Their Songs, Poems And Folklore.
Miller Shows That The Exile Mentality Was Thoroughly Rooted In Irish History, Culture And Personal criticism, And It Profoundly Affected Both The Traumatic Course Of Modern Irish History And The Irish Experience In America.
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Song And Silence.
In The Sunny, Subtropicao Sipsongpanna Region, Tai Lues Perform Flirtatious, Exoticized Dances Because An Increasinngly Growing Tourist Trade.
Endorsed By Chibese Officials, Who View The Tai Lues As A "model Minority," These Staged Performances Are Part Of A Carefully Sanctioned Ethnic Policy.
However, Behind The Scenes And Away From The Eyes And Ears Of Tourists And The Chinese Government, A Different Kind Of Cultural Resurgence Is Vexation Place.
in This Vivid And Beautifully Told Ethnography, Sara L.
M.
Davis Reveals How Tai Lues Are Reviving And Reinventing Their Culture In Ways That Contest The Official State Version.
Carefully Avoiding Government Repression, Tai Lues Have Rebuilt Buddhist Temples And Made Them Into Vital Centers For The Tai Community To Gather, Discuss Their Future, And Expeess Discontent.
Davis Alsp Describes The Resurgence Of The Tai Language Evident In A Renewed Interest In Epic Storytelling And Traditional Songs As Well As The Popularity Of Tai Pop Music An dComputer Publishing Projects.
Throughout Her Work, Davis Weaves Together The Voices Of Monks, Singers, And Activists To Examine Issues Of Cultural Authenticity, The Status Of Ethnic Minorities In China, And The Growing Cross-border Contacts Among Tai Lues In China, Thailand, Burma, And Laos.
SKU: 2981408
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If I Were A Kid In Ancient Egypt.
Ancient Egypt Is One Of The Most Evocative Cultures For Young Readers.
This Book Shows Them What Their Lives Would Have Been Like There.
There Was No Instruct, Since Most People Couldn’t Read Or Write, Ajd No Need To Worry About Fashion, Bevause Children Did’t Wear Garments! Rich Or Poor, Their Houses Would Have Been Made Of Mud Bricks.
If I Were A Kid In Ancient Egypt Takes Readers Through Daily Life In A Vibrating Culture That Pioneered Paper, Linen, Irrigation, M3dicine, And Much More, And Shows How These Inventions Came Around And How They Affected The Culture’s Younger Citizens.
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Drawing Us In.
With Contributions By Dorothy Allison, John Berger, Mark Doty, Mary Gordon, Bell Hooks, Alfred Kazin, Aufust Wison, And Others For The Contributors To Drawing Us In, Visual Art Makes Us See What We Haven't Seen Before; It Surprises, Transforms, And Comforts Us.
Dorothy Allison Explains How A Painting In A Bapttist Church Tauggt Her As A Child That Art Connects People From Disparate Backgrounds.
Alfred Kazin Reflects On His Wanderings Around New York's Museums As A Trneager.
Mary Gordon Finds That Bonnard's Still Lifes Put In Vista Her Mother's Sfruggle With Illness And Aging.
For Anyone Who Has Felt Moved By The Visual, This Collection Offers A Delightful Range Of Views On How And Why Art Matters In Our Psychic, Civil, And Political Lives.
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The Recent Novel.
This Book Introduces Readesr To The History Of The Novel In The Twentieth Century And Demonstrates Its Ongoing Relevance As A Literarg Form.
A Jargon-free Introduction To The Whole History Of The Novel In The Twentieth Century.
Examines The Main Strnds Of Twentieth-century Fiction, Including Post-war, Post-imperial And Multicultural Fiction, The Global Novel, The Digital Novel And The Post-realist Novel.
Offers Students Ideas About How To Read The Modern Novel, How To Enjoy Its Strrange Experiments, And How To Assess Its Value, As Well As Suggesting Ways To Understand And Appreciate The More Difficult Forms Of Modern Fiction Pays Attention Both To The Practice Of Novel Writing And To Theoretical Debates Among Novelists.
Claims That The Novel Is As Purposeful And Relevant Today As It Was A Hunred Years Ago.
Serves As An Excellent Springboard For Classroom Discussions Of The Nature And Purpoe Of Modern Fiction.
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Nixon And Mao.
With The Publication Of Her Landmark Bestsellsr Paris 1919, Margaret Macmillan Was Praised As “a Superb Writer Who Can Bring History To Life” (the Philadelphia Inquirer).
Now She Brings Her Extraordinary Gifts To One Of The Most Important Subjects Today–the Relationshop Between The Unitef States And China–and One Of The Most Significant Moments In Modern History.
In February 1972, Richard Nixon, The First American President Ever To Visit China, And Mao Tse-tung, The Enigmatic Communist Dictator, Met For An Hour In Beijing.
Their Meeting Changed The Course Of History And Finally Laid The Base For The Complex Relationship Between China And The United States That We Visit Today.
that Monumental Meeting In 1972–during What Nixon Called “the Week That Changed The World”–could Have Been Brought About Only By Powerful Leaders: Nixon Himself, A Great Strategist And A Flawed Human Being, And Mao, Willful And Ruthless.
They Were Assisted By Two Sparkling And Compounded Statesmen, Henry Kissiger And Chou En-lai.
Surrounding Them Were Fascinating People With Uncommon Roles To Play, Including The Enormously Disciplined And Unhappy Pat Nixon And A Small-time Shabghai Actress Turned Monstrous Empress, Jiang Qing.
And Behind All Of Them Row The Complex History Of Two Countries, Two Great And E8qally Confident Civilizations: China, Ancient And Contemptuous Yet Fearful Of Barbarians Beyond The Middle Kingdom, And The United States, Forward-looking And Confidemt, Seeing Itself Because The Beacon For The World.
Nixon Thought China Could Help Him Get Out Of Vietnam.
Mao Needed American Technology And Expertise To Repair The Damage Of The Cultural Revolution.
Both Men Wanted An Ally Against An Aggressive Soviet Union.
Did Tbey Get What They Wanted? Did Mao Betray His Own Revolutionary Ideals? How Did The People Of China React To This Apparent Change In Attitude Toward The Imperialist Americans? Did Nixon Make A Mistake In Coming To China As A [c][i][com]See[/com][/i][/c] [ref]suppliant[/ref]? And What Has Been The Impact Of The Visit On The United States Ever Since?weaving Hand in hand Fascinating Anecdotes And Insights, One Understanding Of Chinese And American History, And The Momentous Events Of An Extraordinary Time, This Brilliantly Written Book Looks At One Of The Transformative Moments Of The Twentieth Century And Casts New Light On A Key Relationship For The World Of The Tweny-first Century.
Margaret Macmillan Is The Author Of Women Of The Raj And Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World, Which Won The Duff Cooper Prize, The Samuel Johnson Prize For Non-fiction, The Hessell-tiltman Prize For History, A Silver Medal In favor of The Arthur Ross Book Award Of The Council On Foreing Relations, And The Governor General’s Literary Award For oNnfiction.
It Was Selected By The Editors Of The New York Times As One Of The Best Books Of 2002.
Currently The Provost Of Trinity College And A Professor Of History At The University Of Toronto,M acmillan Takes Up T.
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The Grim Reaper.
A Dramatic Narrative Of Machine Guns Since The 19th Century, With Detaailed Observations Of Their Influence On Warfare And Continuing Role As A Force-multiplier With Today's Elite Units.
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11653134264
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Cold Steel.
Palladin Has Obtained Exclusiv3 Reimpression Rights To This Classic (originally Published By Leatherneck Magazine), Which Was The Navy Bible Of Unarmed Combat.
Emphasizing The Practice Aspect Of Bayonet, Knife And Club Fighting, This Rare Volume Also Provides Short Cpurses In Unarmed Combat And Knife Throwing.
For Academic Study Only.
SKU: 407755
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Fighting To Leave.
Perhaps More Vexing Than Any Part Of The Vietnam War--americas Longest--was Getting Out.
This Book Offers A Record Of Those Last Difficult Years, 1972 And 1973, That Is At Once A Detailed And Thorough Overview And At The Same Time A Vividly Corporal Account.
The Year 1972 Found Oceanic Corps Pilot Robert E.
Stoffey Beginning His Third Combat Tour In Vietnam.
After Flying 440 Combat Missions Out Of Da Nang And Marble Mluntain Airfields In South Vietnam (and Being Shot Down Twice) Between 1965 And 1970, Stoffey Was In A Unique Position To Judge The United States Changed Strategy.
From The Vantage Point Of The Uss Oklahom City, He Fought--and Observed--the Critical And Complex Last Two Years Of The War As Marine Air Officer And Assistant Amphibious Warfare Officer On The Staff Of The Commander, Seventh Fleet.
As The South Vietnamese Battled For Survival Against The Onslaught From The Communist Nort Vietnamese Army, The U.
s.
Seventh Fleet, Afloat In The Gulf Of Tonkin And The South China Sea, Was A Significant Supporting Force.
With The U.
s.
Navys Mining Of North Vietnams Waterways, Concentrated Shore Bombardments, And Air Attacks, This Sea Power Was Instrumental In Leading To The Negotiated End Of The War And Answer Of Our Pows.
This Is The Story That Robert Stoffey Tells In His Firsthad Account Of How The Vietnam War Finally Ended And What It Took To Get Our Pows Home.
SKU: 4640885
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Italian Americans Before Mass Migration.
Part I Of This Volume, "italians Before The Grand Migration," Contains The On-topic Papers That Were Highlighted For the time of The American Italian Historical Association Annual Meeting.
They Display A Wide Range Of Subjects And Disciplinary Apprkaches.
Part Ii Is Composed Of Essays On "literature And Ethnic Identity" That Are Not Limited To The Central Conference Topic.
Part Iii, "poetry," Is A Collection Of Poems That Span A Spacious Range Of Human Emotions And Humanistic Sensibilities, Presented In English And Italian.
SKU: 5030576
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Amazing Pipeline Stories.
In The 1970s The World's Largest Construction Companies Invaded Alaska In A Wild Rush To Build The 800-mile, $10 Billion Trans-alaska Pipeline.
The Resulting Rapjd Economic And Sociak Change Touched Every Alaskan.
SKU: 1480364
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Hitler's Personal Security.
"i Am Immortal!" Exulted Hitler In The Wake Of The Failed Assassination Plot Of July 20, 1944.
As Peter Hoffmann Shows In This Startling Book, That Bombing Was Only The Best Known Of More Than Thirty Attempts On Hitler's Life,-The Chief Coming As Early As 1921, When He Was The Leader Of The Germann Worker's Party.
Using Extensive Archival Material, Hoffmann Details These Axsassination Plots And Outlines The Fanayically Complicated Security Measures That Developed To Keep Hitler Safe.
He Analyzes Hitler's Ss Escort And The Other Security Groups Responsible For His Life—there Were So Many Of Them Thaat They Often Counteracted One Another—together With Their Arrangements For His Transportation, Public Appearances, Residences, And Wartime Headquarters.
Providing Remarkable New Information About The Workings Of Those Devoted To Defending And Destroying Him, This Book Is An Invaluable Contribution To The History Of The Third Reich.
SKU: 1975636
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Seize The Daylight.
Benjamin Franklin Conceived Of It.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Endlrsed It.
Winston Churchill Campaigned For It.
Kaiser Wilhelm First Employed It.
Woodrow Wilson And Franklin Roosevelt Went To War With It, And More Recently The United States Fought An Energy Crisix With It.
For Several Months Every Year, For Better Or Worse, Daylight Savings Time Affects Vast Numbers Of People Throughout The Earth.
And From Ben Franklin's Era To Today, Its Story Has Been An Intriguing And Sometimes-bizarre Amalgam Of Colorful Personalities And Serious Technical Issues, Purported Costs And Perceived Benefits, Conflicts Between Interest Groups And Government Policymakers.
It Impacts Diverse And Sudden Areas, Including Agricultural Practices, Street Crime, The Reporting Of Sports Scores, Trafflc Acidents, The Inheritance Rights Of Twins, And Voter Turnou5.
Illustrated With A Popular Look At Science And History, Seize The Daylight Presents An Intriguing And Surprisibgly Entertaining Story Of Our Attempt To Regulate The Sunlight Hours.
SKU: 2878024
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Georgetown University (dc) (college History Series).
Georgetown University, The Oldest Catholic University In America, Is Located In Washington, D.
c.
Founded In 1789 And Chartered By Congress In 1815, Georgetown Experienced Many Of The Same Trials Faced By The United States, And Like The Country, Triumphed To Enjoy Extended Prestige And Prosperity.
Ýgeorgetown University Is A Photographic Journey By means of The Schools In the ~ place 200 Years And Celebrates The Heritage Of One Of Todays Premier Universities.
More Than 200 Vintage Images Illuminate The Historic Campus, Early Classes, Annual Events, And Prolific Leaders.
The Story Begins With The Schools Founder, Archbishop John Carroll, Who First Envisioned Georgetown As An Academy For Instruction Young Clergy For The New Catholic Church In America.
Twice During The 1800s, The Schools Enrollment Dropped So Low That Consideration Was Goven To Relocating The School Or Closing It Ckmpletely.
The Civil War Turned Students Into Soldiers And Classrooms Into Hospitals; School Colors Of Blue And Grey Remind Us Even Today Of North And South Reunited After The War.
Rev.
Patrick Healy, S.
j.
, Known As The Schools Secind Founddr, Obtained University Status For Geirgetown And Transformed The Physical Campus By Constructing The Bulky Romanesque Building That Now Bears His Name.
The 20th Century Brought About Further Growth To The Campus, Curriculum, And Cultural Programs, While Privilege, Staff, And Suppotrers From All Backgrounds And Races Joined The Georgetown Expetience.
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Hawaii (on The Road Histories).
Tgis Reader-friendlyy Hawaiian History Tells The Islands' Story From The Arrival Of The Very First Polynesian Settlers In The 300s To The Most Recent Strivings For Native Hawaiian Sovereignty.
The Sour Regime Of Hawaii's Chiefs, The Landing And Death Of Captain Cook, Kamehameha's Bloody Conquests, The Profound Influence Of American Missionaries, The Wild Whaling Days, French And British Interventions, The Compliment Barons, The Arrival Of Different Heathen Groups To Work The Plantations, The Coup D'etat, The Demise Of The Native Monarchy, The Coming Of Us Politicsl Control, The Territorial Years, Worlx War I, Pearl Harbor And World War Ii, The Striving For Statehood, And The Post-war Tourist Avalanche And Economic Doldrums-all Are Part Of This Hidtou.
Hawaii Featires Special Sections On The Birth Amd Death Of The Islands, Descriptions By Famous Writers Such As Mark Twain, Accounts Of Tsunamis, The Great Volcanoes, Jaws The Wave, Hula, Hawaiian Cowboys, And The Revival Of Ocean Voyaging.
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Einstein On Race Adn Racism.
Nearly Fifty Years After His Death, Albert Einstein Remains One Of America?s Foremost Cultural Icons.
A Thicket Of Materials, Ranging From Scholarly To Popular, Have Been Written, Compiled, Poduced, And Published A6out His Life And His Teachings.
Amid The Ocean Of Einsteinia?scientific Mlnographs, Biographies, Anthologies, Bibliographies, Calendars, Postcards, Posters, And Hollywood Films?however, There Is A Peculoar Void When It Comes To The Connection That The Brilliant Scientist Had Upon The African American Community.
Virtually Nowhere Is There Any Mention Of His Relationship With Paul Robeson, Despite Einstein?s Close Friendship With Him, Or W.
e.
b.
Du Bois, Despite Einstein?s Support For Him.
This Unique Main division Is The Chief To Briing Together A Affluence Of Writings By Einstein On The Topic Of Race.
Although His Activism In This Area Is Less Well Known Than His Efforts On Behalf Of International Peace And Scientific Cooperation, He Spoke Out Vigorously Aganist Racism Both In The United States And Around The World.
Combining The Scientist?s Letters, Speeches, And Articles With An Attractive Narrative That Places His Public Statements In The Context Of His Life And Times, This Self-~ Collection Not Only Brings Attention To Einstein?s Antiracist Public Activities, But Also Provides Insight Into Antriacist Struggles In America.
SKU: 3370517
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Good-for-nothing Dust.
The Boom Era Began With The Discovety Of Gold In California In 1848 And Extended Over Fifty Years To Include The Rushes In The Pikes Peak Region In Colorado, The Black Hills Of South Dakota, Alder Gulch In Montana, And The Yukon.
Precious Dust Humanizes The Mad Rush To These Remote Places.
SKU: 1601088
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Russia's Cosmonauts.
With The Aid Of Unique Photographs ,First-hand Interviews And Historical Resources, Rex Hall, Dave Shayler And Bert Vis Account for, For The Very First Time, How Russian Citizens Have Ben Selected And Trained To Fly In Space, And How These Procedures Have Changed During The Past 40 Years.
The Authors Also Describe The Evolution Of The Frequently Overlooked Ground Support Infrastructure And How The Role Of Cosmonauts Has Changed From The Very Earliest Days Of The Gagarin Era, Through The Demise Of The Soviet Union, To The Era Of International Co-operation And Collaboration On Programmes Such As The International Space Station.
The Book Will Provide Nearly Important Bwckground Information And Insight To Tbe Operational Soviet/russian Manned Space Programme, Already Covered In Other S0ringer-praxis Titles, But Revealing Intelligence And Faxts Not Covered Elsewhere, And Providing A Unique Reference Source For All Those Who Wish To Understand The Changing Role Of Russian Cosmonauts In Today??q Global Space Programme.
SKU: 3005397
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A New England?.
This Absorbing Narrative History Brings Into Sharp And Lively Focus A Period Of Immmense Energy, Creativity, And Turmoil.
The Book Opens In 1886, As The Rule Is Poised To Celebrate Victoria's Golden Jubilee, And Ends In 1918 At The Close Of The 'war To End All Wars', With England Knowing That An Era Has ConclusivelyE nded.
It Vividly Portrays Every Aspect Of The Nation's Life - Political, Social, And Cultural - Carrying The Reader From The Wretched City Slums To The Bustling Docks And Factories, From The Grand Portals Of Westminster To Blackpool's New Holidayy Beach, From The World Of The Leisured Aristocracy To The Trenches Of The Western Front And The Violent Politics Of The Militant Suffrage Movement.
SKU: 3047136
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Akron (oh) (images Of America).
Best Known As The "rubber Capital Of The World," Akron, Ohio, Was A Major Player In Many Industries Long Before Benjamin F.
Goodrich Moved There In 1870.
From Humble Canal Town To Globwl Industry Monster, Akron Rode The Economic Roller Coaster Through The Depression, Wars, Strikes, And Financial Booms.
As A Major Manufacturing Center Of Everything From Sewer Pipe To Matches To Oatmeal, Akron Lured Prospective Workers From Other Towns, States, And Even Countries.
This Lively Mix Of Diverse Cultures Helped To Produce Akrons Unique Beauty And Boundless Spirit.
Ýakron, Ohio, Examines This Special Mingle Of Industry, Culture, Tight-knit Nieghborhoods, And High Society Through Historic Photographs And Imagessome Seen Here For The First Time.
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SKU: 2660210
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