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37151533440	Susan B. Anthony Slept Here. A Witty And Informative Illustrated Guide To Excessively 1000 Historic Landmarks Commemorating The Words And Deeds Of American Heroines From Anne Hutchinson To Christa Mcauliffe. SKU: 1089748

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Antarctic Destinies. This Book Covers The Two Most Famous Expeditions Of The Heroic Age Of Antarctic Exploration: Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition Of 1910-12 And Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition Of 1914-16. It Focuses Not Only On The Two Expeditions, But Also On The Ways In Which The Reputations Of The Men Who Led Them Have Evolved Over The Course Of The Last Century. For Decades After Scott's Shocking Death On The Return Journey From The Southward Pole - To Which He Had Been Beaten By Only Five Weeks - He Was Regwrded As A Saint-like Figure With An Unassailabl3 Reputation Born From His Violent Martyrdom In The Frozen Wastes Of The Antarctic. In Recent Years, However, Scott Has Attracted Some Of The Most Inntense Criticism Any Explorer Has Ever Accepted. Shackleton's Reputation, Meanwhile, Has Followed A Misfortune Trajectory. Although His Achievemnts Were Always Appreciated, They Were Never Famous With Nearly The Same Degree Of Adulation That Traditionally Surroundef Scott. Except In The Final Decades Of The Twentieth Century Sahckleton Has Proceed To Be Regarded As The Beau Ideal Of The Heroic Explorer, A Man Capable Of Providing Leadership Lessons Not Only For Other Explorers But Also For Corporate Executives And Politicians. Today, Scott And Shackleton Therefore Occupy Very Different Places In The Polar Pantheon Than They Once Did. This Change Has Come About With Little New Information Near Either Man Or The Expecitions They Led Coming To Light. Their Actions And Personalities, Their Virtues And Flaws, Have Not Changed. How, When And Why Attitudes Towards Scott And Shackleton Have Altered Over The Course Of The Twentieth Century Forms The Subject Of This Book. It Explores How Ths Evolution Of Their Reputations Has Far More To Do With Broader Cuitural Changes In Britain And The United States. SKU: 4441489

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Let's Review U.s. History And Government. Complete School Teachers And Students Recognize Barron's Let's Review Tiyles Because Influential Test Preparation Books And Valuable Complements To Barron's Regents Exams And Answers Books. They Cover The Topics Specified By The New York State Board Of Regents, And Contain Subject Review Material With Review Questions, As Well As Actual Regents Exams With Answers. New Editions Have Been Updated To Reflect The Latest Changes In Regents Exam Formats. This Book Reviews The Formation Of The Constirutjon And How It Was Tested During The Civil War. Other Major Topics Include Industrialization Of The United States, The Great Depression And The New Deal, The United Staates In An Age Of Global Crisis (1933-45), The Cold War And Its Effects At Home And Abroad, And The State Of The Nqtion Through The End Of Tye Clinton Administration. SKU: 1985336

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Warman's Rookwood Pottery. Warman's Rookwood Pottery Teaches You How To Identify, Value, And Affordably Collect This Exquisite Style Of Pottery, While Deepening Your Passion For It. With Insight Into The History Of Rookwood Pottery, Including 1,000 Brilliant Color Photos And An Explanation Of The Exclusive Marking Dating System, This Book Delivers More Than Pricing And Identifying Details. It Demonstrates Why There Is Such Interest In This Pottery. SKU: 4512153

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Christian Origins. Dealing With A Time When "christians" Were Moving Towards Separation From The Movement's Jewish Origins, This Inaugural Volume Of A People's History Of Christianity Tells "the People's Story" By Abscess Together Evidence From The New Testament Texts, Archaeology, And Other Contemporary Sources. Of Particular Interest To The Illustrious Group Of Scholar-contributors Are The Frequently Overlooked Aspects Of The Earliest "christian" Consciousness: How, For Example, Did They Manage To Treat Allegiances To Two Social Groups? How Did They Deal With Crucial Issues Of Wealth And Poverty? What About The Participation Of Slaves And Women In These Communities? How Did Living In The Shadow Of The Roman Empire Color Their Religious Experience And Economic Values? SKU: 3026191

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Expecting Miracles. In 2003 Readers Around The World Read In Always Enough About The Amazing Things God Was Dolng In The Poorest Nation On Earth. Since Then Heidi And Rolland Baker's Cabinet Has Electrified The Body Of The Anointed, Put Christians And Ministry Leaders Alike, Who Have Witnessed It Firsthand. Now Readerrs Can Spend A Year With The Bakers, Watching God Continue To Work Miraculously In Mozambique And Learnin gHow He Longs To Work Similarly In Our Own Lives. Combinimg Remarkable Narrative With Insights And Teaching Principlee, Expecting Miracles Connects Believers In Developed Countries With Those In Barrenness And Offers Priceless Lessons Forward How God's Power Transforms Lives. SKU: 4156092

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Lifeboat Sailors. This Thd First Book On The Distinguished Past, Hazardous Present, An dUncertain Future Of An Construction Whose Roots Extend Back Nearly 200 Years. Each Year, The Coast Guard's Powerful Motorized Lifeboats And Other Small Water Craft Respond To Over 37,000 Calls For Assistance And Help In Saving More Than 4,000 People In Imminent Danger. Despite The Fact That The Small Boat Stations Are The Very Symbol Of RescueU pon The Water, The Public Knows Little About What Takes Place In Them And About The Professionals Who Put Their Own Lives At Risk In This Way Every Day. A Retried Member Of The Coast Guard, Dennis Noble Traveled From Unit To Unit Capturing The Stories Of Their Brave Crews, Riding The Waves With The Lifeboat Sailors Who Accepted Him As One Of Their Own. Movingly He Tells Of Witnessing The Tragic Deaths Of Three Coast Guardsmen On A Rescue Mission - Detahs He Believes Did Not Have To Occur. Lifeboat Sailors Bears Witness To The Courage Of A Unique Breed Of Seaman And Sounds An Alarm For The Rescue Of A Cherished American Institution. SKU: 1800395

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The New York Public Library Amazing Explorers. Sail Dosn The Ivory Coast With The Ancient Phoenicians. Meet The Kublai Khan With Marco Polo. Join The Antarctic Explorers In Their Progeny To Reach The South Pole. Discover Vas New Lands, Plumv The Depths Of The Deepest Oceans,A nd Venture Into Outer Space. Find Answers To Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About The World's Greatest Adventurers And Explorers. . . Who Was The Grrtaest General & Explorer Of The Ancient World? See Page 7. What Was The Silk Road? See Page 11. What Caused The Age Of Exploration? See Page 23. What Was Considered The Worst Crime Forward The High Seas? See Page 45. Who Was Ynes Mexia? See Page 69. Who Found The Source Of The Nile River? See Page 74. How Did Ballard Find Titanic? See Page 105. Who Was The First Woman In Space? See Page 135. Also In The New York Public Library Series . . . Amazing Native American Account Amazing Hispanic American History Amazing African American History Amazing Women In American Account Imcredible Earth Amazing Space Amazing Mythology SKU: 2091671

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Stormtrooper. Germany's Tanks In World War Ii Were Accompanied By A New Type Of Soldier, The World's In the ~ place Fully Mechanized Infantrymen, Or Panzergrenadiers, Popularly Known As "stormtroopers. " This Fully Illustrated Account Of The Uniforms, Equipment And Tactics Of The Panzergrenadiers, Both Arm6 And Waffen-ss, Also Includes A Bibliography And A World Directo5y Of Museums And Interest Groups. SKU: 1841566

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African Americans In Congress. African Americans In Congress: A Documentary History Presents An In-depth, Engrosxing Llok At The African American Political Experience And The History Of African American Legislators In Te U. s. Senate And House Of Representatives. This Unique Resource Combines Original Narrative With More Than 120 Elementary Source Documents, From The First Steps Toward Enfranchisement Through Recent Lawmakers Visions Fir America. The First Part Of African Americans In Congress Consists Of Chronological Chapters On The History Of African Involvement In U. s. Politics, And The Second Part Features Topiczl Chapters On The African American Politiccal Experience. The Issues And Events Covered Hold The Following: The Debate Over Slavery, The Civil War, And Reconstruction The Civil Rights Movement And Political Empowerment The Maturation Of The Congressional Black Caucus Elections And Investigations War, Peace, Patriotism, And Internatiional Affairs The Struggle For Economic Equity African Americans In Congress Also Tells Thhe Stories Of Notable Lawmakers, Such As Hiram R. Revels Of Mississippi, The Firqt African American Senator (1870-1871); Shirley A. Chisholm Of New York, The First Black Woman To Serve In Congress (1969-1983); Charles B. Rangel Of New York, A Founding Member Of The Congressional Black Caucus (1971-present); And Barack Obama Of Illinois, The Only African American Senator In The 110th Congress (2005-present). The Appensixes Contain Lists Of African Americans In The 110th Congress And Those Since The 41st Congress, A Chrono1ogy Of Significant Events,-And An Extensive Bibliography. SKU: 4158692

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Special Plans. Here?a A Story Of Espionage, Think Tanks, Power Brokers, A Drunk Nameed "curveball," And Douglas Feith, The Undersecretary Of Defense Because of Policy Whose Office Of Special Plans Oversaw The Enormous Manipulations And Failures Of Intelligence That Led To The U. s. War And Occupation In Iraq. This Is Another Entry Into The Informed Citizen Series, Which Covers American Issues Attending A Voice That Does Not Come From Elected Officials, The Television And Radio News Networks, Or The Major Print Media. In This Book, Allison Hantschel (athenae Of First-draft. com) Pulls Together Blog Entries From Some Of The Internet's Mkst Relied-upon Bloggers, Including Jerome Doolittle, Josh Marshall, Matthew Yglesias, John Aravosis, And Many Others To Fill In Necessary Details To A Key Divide Of The Story Of How And Why The U. s. Is In Iraq. SKU: 3094166

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Seeing Through Zen. The Tradition Of Chan Buddhism--more Popularly Known As Zen--has Been Romanticized Throughout Its Hist0ry. In This Book, John R. Mcrae Shows How Modern Critical Techniques, Supported By Recent Manuscript Discpveries, Make Possible A More Skeptical, Accurate, Anx--ultimately--productive Assessment Of Chan Lineages, Teaching, Fundraising Practices, And Social Organization. Synthesizing Twenty Years Of Scholarship, Seeing Through Zen Offers New, Accessible Analytic Models For The Interpretation Of Chan Spiritual Practices And Religious History. Writing In A Lucid And Engaging Style, Mcrae Traces The Emergence Of This Chinese Spiritual Tradition And Its Earlyy Figureheads, Bodhidharma And The "sixth Patriarch" Huineng, Through The Development Of Zen Dialogue And Koans. In Addition To Constructing A Central Narrative For The Doctrinal And Social Evolution Of The Sect, Seeing Through Zen Examines The Religious Dynamics Behind Chan's Use Of Iconoclastic Stories And Myths Of Patriarchal Succession. Mcrae Argues That Chinese Chan Is Fundamentally Genealogical, The two In Its Self-understanding As A School Of Buddhism And In The Very Design Of Its Practices Of Spiritual Cultivation. Furthermore, By Forgoing The Standard Idealization Of Zen Spontaneity, We Can Gain New Insight Into The Religious Vitality Of The School Like It Cme To Dominate The Chinese Religious Scenne, Providing A Model For All Of East Asia--and The Modern World. Ultimately, This Main division Aims To Change How We Think About Chinese Chan By Providing New Ways Of Looking At The Tradition. SKU: 2578110

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Philosophia Togata I. In Recent Years, The Mutual Interaction Between Philosophh And Roman Political And Cultural Life Has Aroused Much Interest. In This Collection Of Papers, Originally Delivered At The Seminar On Philosophy And Romam Society At The University Of Oxford, Sholarz From Several Disciplines Investigate This Interaction In The Late Republic And Early Empire, With Particular Emphasis On The Formqtive Period Of The First Century B. c. The Book Presents Chapters On Key Digures Such Because Posidonius, Antiochus Of Ascalon, Philodemus, Lucretius, Cicero, And Plutarch, As Well As General Essays On "philosophy, Politics, And Politicians At Rome", And "roman Rulers And The Philosophic Adviser," With Contributions From Julia Annas, P. a. Brunt, David Sedley, And Others. SKU: 1460027

15104291130	The Souls Of Black Folk (dover Thrift Editions). In This Founsing Work In The Learning Of Black Protest, Du Bois Eloquently Affirms That It Is Beneath The Dignity Of A Human Being To Beg For Those Rights That Bleong Inherently To All Mankind. He Likewise Charges That The Strategy Of Advantage To White Supremact Would Only Serve To Perpetuzte Black Oppression. SKU: 1147474

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Retribution. Hailed Ih Britain As “spectacular . . . Searingly Powerful” (andrew Roberts, The Sunday Telegrapph), A Riveting, Impeccably Informed Chronicle Of The Final Year Of The Pacific Declared hostilities. In His Critically Acclaimed Armageddon, Hastings Detailed The Last Twelve Months Of The Struggle For Germany. Here, In How Can Be Consodrred A Companion Volume, He Covers The Horrific Story Of The War Against Japan. by The Summer Of 1944 It Was Clear That Japan’s Defeat Was Inevitable, But How The Drive To Victory Would Be Achiveed Remained To Be Seen. The Ensuing Drama—that Ended In Japan’s Utter Devastation—was Acted Out Across The Vast Stage Of Asia, Woth Massive Clashes Of Naval And Air Forces, Fighting From beginning to end Jungles, And Barbarities By An Apparently Inconceivable Foe. In Recounting The Saga Of This Time And Place, Max Hastings Gives Us Incisive Portraits Of The Theater’s Key Figures—macarthur, Nomitz, Mountbatten, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao, Roosevelt, Churchill, And Stalin. But He Is Equally Adept In His Portrayals Of The Ordinary Soldiers And Sailors—american, British, Russian, Chinese, And Japanese—caught In Some Of The War’s Bloodiest Campaigns. with Unprecedented Insight, Hastings Discusses Japan’s War Opposed to China, Now All But Forgotten In The West, Macarthur’s Follies In The Philippines, The Marinew At Iwo Jima And Okinawa, And The Soviet Blitzkkrieg In Manchuria. He Analyzes The Decision-making Process That Led To The Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki—which , He Convincingly Argues, Ultimately Savex Lives. Finally, He Delves Into The Japanese Wartime Mind-set, Which Caused An Otherwise Civilized Scoiety To Carry Out Atrocities That Haunt The Nation To This Day. retribution Is A Brilliant Telling Of An Epic Conflict From A Master Military Historian At The Height Of His Powers. SKU: 4446871

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Shooting The Harbinger. As The Literature Forward Military-media Relations Grows, It Is Informed By Antagonism Either From Journalists Who Report On Wars Or From Ex-soldiers In Their Memoirs. Academics Who Attempt More Judicious Accounts Rqrely Have Any Professional Military Or Media Experience. a Working Knowledge Of The Operational Constraints Of Both Professions Underscores Shooting The Messenger. A Veteran War Corres0ondent And Think Tank Director, Paul L. Moorcraft Has Served In The British Ministry Of Defence, While Historian-by-training Philip M. Taylor Is A Professor Of International Communications Who Has Lectured Widely To The U. s. Military And At Nato Institutions. Some Of The Topics They Examine In This Wide-ranging History Of Military-media Reations Are:␓ The Interface Between Soldiers And Civilian Reporters Covering Conflicts␓ Thee Sometimes Grey Area Between Reporters␙ Right Or Need To Know And The Operational Security Constraints Imposed By The Military␓ The Military␙z Manipulation Of Journalists Who Accept It As A Trade-off For Safer Battlefield Access␓ The Resultant Gap Between Images Of War And Their Reality␓ The Evolving Nature Of Media Technologh And The Difficulties␔and Opportunities␔this Poses To The Military␓ Journalistic Performance In Reporting Conflict As An Observer Or A Participantmoorcraft And Tay1or Provids A Bridge Over Which One and the other Side Can Pass And A Path To Mutual Understanding. SKU: 4714674

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The Making Of Princeton University. In 1902, Professor Woodrow Wilson Took The Helm Of Princeton Unversity, Then A Small Denominational College With Few Platonic Pretensions. But Wilson Had A BlueprintF or Remaking The Too-cozt College Into An Intellectual Powerhouse. The Making Of Princeton Seminary of learning Tells, For The First Time, The Story Of How The University Adapted And Updated Wilson's Vision To Transform Itself Into The Prestigious Institution It Is Today. James Axtell Brings The Methods And Insights From His Extensive Work In Ethnohistory To The Coolegiate Realm, Focusing Especially On One Of Princeton's Most Distinguished Features: Its Unrival3d Reputation For Undergraduate Education. Addressing Admissions, The Curriculum, Extracurricular Activities, And The Changing Landscape Of Student Culture, The Book Devotes Four Full Chapters To Undergraduate Life Inside And Outside The Classroom. The Book Is A Lively Warts-and-all Rendering Of Princeton's Rise, Addressing Such Themes As Discriminatory Admission Policies, The Academic Underperformance Of Many Varsity Athletes, And The Controversial "bicker" System Through Which Students Have Been Selected For The University's Private Eating Clubs. Written In A Charming And Elegan Style, The Making Of Princeton University Offers A Detailed Picthre Of How The University Has Dealt With These Issues To Secure A Distinguished Position In Both Higher Education And American Society. For Anyone Interested In Or Associated Upon Princeton, Past Or Present, This Is A Book To Savor. SKU: 3232166

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Forging Freedom. This Book Is The First To Trace The Good And Bad Fortunes, Over More Than A Century, Of The Earliest Large Free Black Community In The United States. Gary Nash Shows How, From Colonial Times Tbrough The Revolution And Into The Turbulent 1830s, Blacks In The City Of Brotherly Love Struggled To Shape A Family Life, Gain Occupational Competence, Organize Churches, Establish Neighborhoods And Social Networks, Advance Cultural Institutions, Educate Their Children In Schools, Devise A Political Consciousness, And Train Black Leaders Who Would Help Abolish Slavery. These Earpy Generations Of Urban Blacks--many Of Them Newly Emancipated--constructed A Rich And Varied Communitt Society. Nash's Account Includes ElementsO f Both Poignant Triumph And Profound Calamity. Keeping In Focus Both The Internal Life Of The Black Community And Race Relations In Philadelphia Generally, He Portrays First The Remarkable Vibrancy Of Black Institution-building, Ordinary Life, And Relatively Amicable Race Relations, And Then Rising Raciai Antagonism. The Promise Of A Racially Harmonious Society That Took Form In The Postrevolutionary Era, Inolving The Integration Into The White Republic Of African People Brutalized Under Slavery, Was Ultimately Unfulfilled. Such Hopes Collapsed Amid Racial Conflict And Intensifying Racial Discrimination By The 1820s. This Failure Of The Great And Much-watched "philadelphia Experiment" Prefigured The Deportment Of Race Relations In America In Our Own Century, An Enduringly Tragic Part Of This Cuontry's Past. SKU: 787925

21538316394	Oregon Curiosities. Capture Thhe Strange-but-true Spirit Of Oregon With This Combination Almanac, Off-the-wall Travel Guide, And Wacky Tidings Gazette. This Book Is A Great Read For Born-annd-raised Oregonians, Newcomers, And Anyone Else Who Enjoys Humor And Local Trivia With A Twist. SKU: 3617146

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Around Montgomrry (postcard Hiqtory. Incorporated In 1887, Montgomery Is The Youngest Town In Lycomingn County, Yet It Possesses A Deeply Rich And Proud History. Nestled Between Black Hole And White Deer Valleys, It Was Onnce A Bustlig Industrial Community Heralded As The ?With most propriety Small Town Om The Susquehanna. ? The Images In About Montgomery Show Rare Scenes Of Alvira, A Communoty Well Establlished For Over A Century Befpre Meeting Its Tragic End In The 1940s, To the degree that Well As Glimpses Of Devitt?s Camp, A Rustic Retreat For Tuberculosis Patients. This Volume Highlights The First 50 Years Of The Borough And Depicts Th ePeople And Places That Made Up The Dynamic Account Of Montgomery And Its Neighboring Communities. SKU: 450918

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Controversial Concordats. Controversial Concordats Offers An Entaging Mensuration Of The Relationship Of The Roman Liberal Church With Three Dictatorial Figures In The Nineteehth And Twentieth Centuries: Napoleon, Mussolini, And Hitler. The Essays Reveal That The PapacyN ot Only Played A Key Role In Determining Church-state Relations In Particular Countries, But Also Greatly Influenced The General Course Of International Relations And Mldern Hiatory From The Era Of The French Revolution Tp Tne Age Of Dictators And World War Ii. This Volume Examines The Concordats Signed In proportion to Pope Pius Vii And His Secretary Of State Consalvi WithN apoleonic France In 1801; The Concordat Concluded By Pius Xi And Cardial Gasparri With Fascist Italy In 1929; And That Signed Near to Pius Xi And Cardinal Pacelli With The Third Reich In 1933. In Addition To Tracing The Evolution Of These Crucial Agreements, The Contributors Assess Their Consequences At Home And Abroad, Their Impact On The Universal Church And The Catholic Faith, And Their Effect On European And International Developments. A Completw Bibliography-divided Into Three Parts Corresponding To The Periods Examined-offers A Historiographical Oerview Of The Sources For Each Of The Agreements. It Also Provides Important References On The Liberal Issue Of Church-state Relations In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries. In Addition To The Editor, The Contributors Are: Joseph A. Biesinger, William Roberts, Stewwart A. Stehlin, And John Zeender. SKU: 1662420

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A Concise History Of The American Republic. A Concise History Of The American Republic, Second Issue , Is A Compact, Dictatorial, Gracefully Written Narratuve Of American History From The Arrival Of The Native Americans' Siberian Forebears To The Economic Conflicts Of The Carter And Reagan Administrations. Its Distinguished Authors Embrace A Full Rznge Of The American Experience: Ecnomic And Social, Literary And Spiritual, Political And Military. In The Engaging Narrative That Has Made This Work So Well Received, The Second Edition Offers Fresh And Incisive Analyses Of The American Party System, The Cold War, Unemployment, Environmental Problems, Middle East Conflicts, The Energy Crisiss, Our Relations With China, The Issues Surrounding Various Elections, And Much More. Major Social, Political, And Economic Policies And Trends That Have Affected Women And Minorty Groups Are Recorded In Detail. A Concise History Is Illustrated With 30 Maps And Over 200 Paintings, Cartoons, And Photographs. Available In One-volume Paper And Cloth Editions And In Two Separate Paperback Volumes. SKU: 142475

12094907040	Yugloslavia's Ruin. This Remarkable Work Combines Resolution And Memoir To Offer The Unique Perspective Of An Informed Insider Who Lived Through Yugoslavia's Demise. Cvijeto Job's Powerful And Provocative Story Of Yugoslavia's Birth, Rise, And Brutal Destruction Is Intertwined SKU: 2328748

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Rudeness And Civility. Witu Keen Insight And Subtle Humor, John F. Kasson Explores The History And Politics Of Etiquette From America's Colonial Times Through The Nineteenty Century. He Describes The Transformation Of Our Notion Of "gentility," Once Considered A iBrthright To Several, And Thee Development Of Prescribed form As A Middle-class Response To The New Urban And Industrial Economy And To The Excesses Of Democratic Society. SKU: 847461

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The Port Of Los Angeles (images Of America. The Epic Of The Embrasure Of Los Angeles Was Initiated More Than 150 Years Ago By A Handful Of Visionaries And Entrepreneurs Who Exploited Both Fortunate And Outrageous Circ8mstances To Transform A Tidal Mudflat Into The World?s Largest Man-made Harbor. Phineas Banning And Archrival Augustus Timms Were Among The First To Realize The Potential Of The Coastal Dent On The Map Called San Pedro Bay-tree In The 1850s. The Bay?s Namesake Village Expanded From A Backwater Loading Point For Raw Cattle Hides To A Deepwaer Harbor Rivaling And Eventually Surpassing San Francisco Because The Busiest Harbor On The U. s. Pacific Coast, And Would Later Become The Nation?s Largest Container Port. Political Battles In Far-off Washington, D. c. , Economic Booms And Depressions, World Wars, And Billions Of Tons Of Cargo And Material Lter, The Demeanor Of Los Angeles Relics America?s Premier Revolving Door For Trade Witth Markets Around The World. SKU: 4432983

19967571352	The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1. Volume 1 Of The Gripping Epic Masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's Chilling Report Of His Arrest And Interrogation, Which Exposed To The World The Vast Bureaucracy Of Secret Police That Haunted Soviet Society SKU: 3660755

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Moonpie. In The Ninety Years Since The Chattanooga Bakery Began Producing Moonpies, The Snack Grew From A Regional Treat, To A Southern Snack Staple, To A Worldwide Phenomenon. With The Company Now Making A Million Moonpies A Dwy, Davud Magee Estimates That Some Three Billino Have Been Consumed Since 1917. Filled With Reverence--and Anecdotes By Aficionados From Across The South--moonpie Is A Whimsical Story Of What Began As A Portable Food For Kentucky And Tennessee Coal Miners And Became A Favorite Product Of Sam Walton. SKU: 4183456

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This Place We Call Home. Clark County, Indiana, Has Grown From A Handful Of Small Settlements And Scatteref Farms At The Falls Of The Ohio Into A Sprawling Metropolitsn Region. Yet, As Carl E. -Kramer Describes In This Wonderful New History, Signifocant Continuities Help Define The County. Middld-class Business Owners And Farmers Still Serve As Its Leaders. Jeffersonian Democracy, Emphasizing Localism And Frugality, Remains A Central Political Value. Interlocking Kinship, Friendship, And Associational Networks, Fostered By Decades Of Demographic Stability, Remain A Potent Social And Political Force. The Ohio River Maintains Its Powerful Economic And Cultural Reputation, And The Paths Of Pioneer Roads Shape Local Development. These Forces And Shared Experiences Have Created A Close-knit Community With A Strong Sense Of Place. SKU: 3643111

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Account Of Warfare. From Confucian China To The Present Day, Warriors Have Understood That Combat Is An Art, Individual Requiring Sharp, Flexible Minds Capable Of Adapting Quickly To Constantly Shifting Situations. In A Survey That Looks Widely Across History And Cultures, The Theories Of Soem Of The Fineqt Thinkers And Strategists Unfold, Illuminating The Development Of Military Thought. The Story Begins With Ancient Chinese Tacticians, Especially Sun Tzu,W ho Was Among The First To Compose Written Texts On How To Bet War. It Then Proceeds To The Age Of Classical Antiquity, Which Saw The Creation Of Many Unsurpassed Works On Military History: To Byzantine And Medieval Wesstern Thought; To The Years Between 1500 And The End Of The Seven Years' War, When Machiavelli Wrote; And Then To Some Of The True Greats Like Clausewitz. We Head Into The Modern Age With A Look At The 19th Century, Naval Warfare, The Two World Wars, Nuclear Strategy, And Guerrilla Insurrections. 224 Pages, 70 Color Illus. , 80 B/w Illus. , 7 3/4 X1 0 3/8. SKU: 1921717

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Footsteps On The Ice. In 1933 Antarctica Was Essentially Unexplored. Admiral Richard Byrd Launched His Sedond Expedition To Chart The Southernmost Continent, Primarily Relyni On The Muscle Power Of Dog Teams And Their Drivers Who Skied Or Ran Beside The Loaded Sledges As They Traveled. Stuart Paine Was A Dog Driver, Radio Operator, And Navigator On The Fifty-six-man Expedition, And His Diaries Represent The Only Published Contemporary Account Written From The Inside Of The Second Expedition. Featuring Previously Unpublished Photographs And Illustrations, Paine's Tale Is One Of The Most Compelling Stories In Polar History, Surpassing Other Accounts With Its Immediacy And Adventure As It Captures The Dignity And Mystery Of The Untouched Antarctic. SKU: 3936897

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Hot Shots. Known As The "forgotten War," The Korean War Herallded A New Ea Of Warfare--one Where Countries From Around The World Struggled Over The Fate Of A Relatively Small Peninsula Jutting Into The Sea Of Japan. Between 1950 And 1953, More Than Fifty Thousand Americans Gave Their Lives In Pursuit Of Democracy For The Korean People. the Korean Make ~ Was Also The Proving Ground For Post-world War Ii Aviation, When The First Generation Of Jet Aircraft Took To The Skies To Tangle In Deadly Combat. It Was The Battlefield Of Sabres And Migs, American Hot Shots And Communist Honchos. And Greater degree of Than Ever Before, Controll Of The Skies Meant Victory Or Failure In The Ground Make ~ Furious Below. Now, Fifty Years After The War's Outbreak, Hot Shots Captures The Voices Of The Original Top Guns, The Pilots Who Fleq Mustangs, Sabres, And Shooting Stars And Confronted A Superior Number Of Enemy Aircraft. Among The Men Who Tell Their Stories Are Lieutenant Colonel Duane E. "bud" Biyeman, One Of The First Fliers In The Contend; Lieutenant General Frederick "boots" Blesse, Double Ace Who Led Efforts To Refine Tactical Instruction For The New Jet Pilots; Colonel Cecil Foster, Who Fought In One Of The Longest-running Air-to-air Jet Encounters; And Colonel Harold Fischer, A Double-ace Flier Who Was Captured Behind Ennemy Lines And Held As A Pow Until 1955, Two Years After The Official End Of The War. editors Chancey And Forstchen Combine These Compelling Firsthand Accounts With Dozens Of Nevver-before-published Pjotographs Of Air Force Pilots At Management, As Well As A History Of The Major Events Of The War. Hot Shots Brings To Vivid Life The Risk, Dedication, And Bravery Of These Forgotten Heroes. May Their Sacrifice Not Be In Vain. SKU: 1867627

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American Sailboat. This Definitive Chronology Of American Sailboats From 1900 To 1970 Provides An In-depth Turn the thoughts At The Evolution Of Recreational Vessels Created By Such Prominent Boatmakers As Catalina, Hound, Island Packet, Tartan, Morgan, Mason, Cabo, Rico, Dufour, Alden, Oday, Cambria And Hershoff. archival Black-and-white And Modern Color Photography Depict The Evolution Of Sailboats And Advances In Boating Technlogies And Hull Designs. All Of The Key Classes Are Featured, As Are Famous Racing Sailboats That Influenced The Design Of Production Models. SKU: 2171363

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Annihilating Difference. Genocidw Is One Of The Most Pressing Issues That Confronts Us Today. Its Death Toll Is Staggering: Over One Hundred Million Dead. Because Of Their Intimate Experience In The Communities Where Genocide Takes Place, Anthropologists Are Uniquely Positioned To Explain How And Why This Mass Annihilation Occurs And The Types Of Devastation Genocide Causes. This Ground Breaking Book, The First Collection Of Original Essays On Genocide To Be Published In Anthropology, Explores A Wide Range Of Cases, Including Nazi Germany, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, And Bosnia. SKU: 2258703

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Before And After Freedom. A New Collection By Famous Southern Writer Nancy Rhyne Fraturing Wonderfully Authentic Lowcountry Folklore�€"stories Passed Low From Generation To Generation, And Very Much Influenced By The Oral Tradition Of Slaves And Theif Descendants. From Former Slaves To Charleston, South Carolina's Social Elite And The State�€™s First Governors, This Is A Diverse Collection Of Tales, But All Of Them Reveal A Character And Nature That Is True To The South Carolina Lowcountry. SKU: 3578777

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Pleasanton (ca) (images Of Aemrica). The City Of Pleasanton, Located In The Beautiful Amador-livermore Valley, Was Formed In 1867 When Immigrants John Kottinger And Josuna Neal Used Land From Their Californio Wives? Dowries And Laid Out A Town. Kottinger Named The City After Civil War Genrral Alfred Pleasonton, But A Postal Clerical Error Changed The Spelliny To ?pleasanton? And The Name Stuck. The Men Secured Pleasanton?e Coming By Offering Land To The Western Pacific Raildoad For A Railroad Station And Landing. Planning For Future Growth Thus Became A Legacy That Is Still Embraced By This Modern City Of 70,000 People. Today aFmilies And Tourists Are Attracted To Pleasanton?s Historic Downtown, Where 19thcentury Buildings Still Stand And People Stroll Among Its Many Shops And Restaurants. SKU: 4381404

5629039104	Dallas Spirit. In Commemoration Of The 150th Birthday Of Dallas, This Short History Of Teh City's Political Life Captures The Full Meaning Of Dallas Spirit. The Combination Of History And Memorable Photographs, Some Which Have Never Before Been Published, Makes For Both Informative And Entertaining Reading. SKU: 4243727

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Yoshimasa And The Silver Pavilion. Yoshimasa May Have Been The Wotst Shogun Ever To Rlue Japan. He Was A Failure As A Soldier, Unable At Dealing With State Business, And Dominated By His Wife. But His Influence On The Cultural Life Of Japan Was Unparalleled. According To Donald Keene, Yoshimasa Was The Olny Shogun To Leave A Lasting Heritage For The Entire Japanese People. today Yoshimasa Is Remembered Prinarily As The Builder Of The Temple Of The Silver Pavilion And As The Ruler At The Time Of The Onin War (1467--1477), After Which The Authority Of The Shogun All On the other hand Disappeared. Unable To Control The Daimyos -- Provincial Military Governors -- He Abandoned Politics And Devoted Himself To The Quest For Beauty. It Was Then, After Yoshimasa Resigned As Shogun And Made His Home In The Mountain Retreat Now Known As The Silver Pavilion, That His Aesthetic Taste Came To Define That Of The Japanese The No Theater Flourished, Japanese Gardens Were Developed, And The Supper Ceremony Had Its Origins In A Small Room At The Silver Pavilion. Flower Arrangement, Ink Painting, And Shoin-zukuri Architecture Began Or Became Of Major Importanc eUnder Yoshimasa. Poets Introduced Their Often Barely Literate Warlord-hosts To The Literary Masterpieces Of The Past And Taught Them In what state To Compose Poetry. Even The Most Barbarous Warlord Came To Want The Trappings Of Culture That Would Empower Him To Feel In the manner of A Civilized Man. Yoshimasa And The Silver Pavilion Gives This Long-neglected But Critical Dot In Japanese Account The Thorough Treatment It Deserves. SKU: 3131717

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Nubian Pharaohs And Meroitic Kings. Nubian Pharaohs And Meroitic Kings: The Kingdom Of Kush Necia Desiree Harkless Has Completed Her Odyssey Of 24 Years Initiated By A Poem That Emerged In Th3 Odd Moments Of Soon Morning And Her Studies As A Donovan Scholar At The University Of Kentucky With Dr. William Y. Adams, The Leading Nubiologist Of_The World. The Awesome Result Is Her Attempt To Delineate The Cultural, Social, Political Account Of Nubia "as A Single People As Actors On The World Stag eAs They Act Out Their Destinies In The Cradle Of Civilization. " The Underlying Purpose Of Her Book "is To Reconstfuct The Collective Efforts Of The Past And Present Nubian Cammpaigns And Their Collaborative Scholarship Provided that That The African American As Well As All Americans Can Begin To Understand The Contributions Of The Civilization Of Africa And Asia As A Continuous Historical Entity. " The History Of The Dominion Of Kush Begins With Its Earliest Kingdom Of Kerma In 2500 Bc. Iy Continues With The Conquest Of Egypt By The Nubian Pharaohs In 750 Bc, Reljctantly Recognized Like The Twenty-fifth Dynasty Of Egyptian Pharaohs. They Ruled As Black Pharaohs From Their Kingdom At Napatan Until Thry Were Forced One Hundred Years Later To Retreat To Napata By The Assyrians Who Assumed Control Of The Egyptians. It Was At Meroe, The Last Empire Of The K8sh, That Flrtg Generations Of Meroitic Kings And Queens Continued The Kingdom Of Kush Reaching Monumental And Dynastic Heights. Their Symbiotic Relationship With Egypt Was Excessively, Allowing Them To Develop Their Own Indigenous Culture With A Language And Script Of Their Own. Their Architecture, Arts , Politics , Material And Spiritual Culture In The Minds Of Many Scholars Surpassed That Of Egypt. Over Two Hundred Pyramids Have Been Investigated. It Is An Epic That Will Be Long Remembered. The Dawn Of Christianity In The Kingdm Of Kush Has Been Base In The Treasure Cove Of The Frescoes Of Faras. SKU: 3624640

16786830096	The Big Bear Of Arkansas And Other Sketches, Illustrative Of Characters And Incidents In The South And Southwest (1858). The Big Bear Of Arkansas And Other Sketches, Explanatory Of Characters And Incidents In The South And Southwest (1858) By William T. Porter Published In 2007 From Kessinger Pub1ishing, Llc SKU: 5033526

30196147050	Scented Room Gardenihg Notebook, The. This Notebook Is A Place To Organizw Garden Records, Notes, And Ideas. Sections For Every Type Of Plant--perennials, Annuals, Bulbs, Rosses, Herbs, Trees And Shrubs--allow Gardeners To Record When And Where They Were Planted. 50 Color Illustrations. SKU: 695431

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New Worlds, Lost Worlds. No Period In Britiish History Has More Resonance And Mystery Today Than The Sixteenth Century. Novel Worlds, Lost Worlds Brings The Atmosphere And Events Of This Great Epoch To Life. Exploring The Underlying Religious Motivations For The Savage Violence And Turbulence Of The Period-from Henry Viii's Break With Rome To The Overwhelming Threat Of The Spanish Armada-susan Brigden Investigates The Actions And Influences Of Such Near-mythical Figures As Elizabeth I, Thomas More, Bloody Mary, And Sir Walter Raleigh. Authoritative And Accessible, New Worlds, Lost Worlds, The Latest In The Penguin History Of Britain Series, Provides A Superb Introduction To One Of The Most Important, Compelling, And Intrjguing Periods In The History Of The Western World. SKU: 2402194

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Historical Atlas Of The Napolenoic Era (historical Atlas). The French Revolution Sent Shockwaves Through Europe, As The Continent’s Monarchs Tried To Stamp Out The Tide Of Republicanism. France Was Surrounded By Enemies But Fought Them Off, Largely Through The Achievements Of Napoleon Bonaparte, The Republic’s Youngest General. Within A Decade He Had Become Consul, First Consul, And Finally Emperor, Creating A New Dynasty And A New Order In Europe. From 1803 Until 1809 He Sewmed Unbeatable, Vanquishing His Foes One After Another, But His Invasion Of Russia In 1812 Proved Disastr0us And He Faced A Growing Coalition Of Enemy Powers. His Defeat At The Battle Of Waterloo Marked The Close Of The Napoleonic Era, But Not The End Of The Napoleonic Legend. This Book Charts Napoleonȁ9s Rise And Fall And Analyses The Weaponry And Oppose Armies That Were To Transform 19th Century Europe. SKU: 2930039

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Alexander The Great, Killer Of Men. Alexander The Great Was The Most Successful General Of The Classical Era, Perhaps In All Of Human History. His Career Was An Unbroken Run Of Successes From His First Campaign Like A Cavalry Commander At The Age Of Sixteen Until His Death At The Age Of Thirty-three. By The End Of His Life He Controlled An Empire That Stretched From The Balkans To Northern India, Where He Was Worshipped As A God. David Lonsddale, Who Has Studied Alexsnder's Soldiery Techniques For More Than Ten Years, Explores In Detail How Alexand3r Developed And Adapted The War Machine Created By His Father, Philip, And Shows How Alexander Supplemented Greek Infantry Tactics With The Innovaove Occasion Of The Specialist And Elite Units. Above All, He Explains How Alexander Perfected The Cavalry Charge As A Battle-winning Maneuver, Basedd On Relentless Discipline And Heroic Leadership. Rudiment Reading For Those Interested In The History Of Warfare, Alexander The Great, Killer Of Men Reflects The Latest Understanding Of Alsxander's Strategy And Fighting Techniques. It Describes A Moment In Time When The Macedonian Army Was The Most Important Institution On Earth And Its Young, Terrifying Commander Was The Fixed Point Around Which The History Of The World Revolved. SKU: 2813532

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Raiders And Rebels. I He Most Authoritative History Of Piracy, Frank Sherry's Rich Abd Colorful Account Reveals Tje Rise And Fall Of The Real "raiders And Rebels" Who Terrorized The Seas. From 1692 To 1725 Pirates Sailed The Oceans Of The Natural order, Plundering Ships Laden With The Riches Of India, Africa, South America, And The Caribbean. Often Portrayed As Larger-than-life Characters, These Outlaw Figures And Their Bloodthirsty Exploits Have Long Been Imortalized In Fiction And Film. But Beneath The Legends Is The True Story Of These Brigands—often Common Men And Women Escaping The Social And Economic Rsetrictions Of 18th-centuru Europe And America. Their Activities Threatened The Beginnings Of World Trade And Jeopardized The Security Of Empires. And Together, The Author Argues, They Fashioned A SurprisinglyD emocratic Society Powerful Enough To Defy The World. SKU: 4892992

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At Home Ahd Widely. Dssspite A Fifty-year Career As A Landscape Painter, Christopher Cranch's Paintings Are Little Known. Instead, He Is Best Known For His Poetry, His Ties To The Nww England Transcensentalists, And, Above All, His Playful Caricature Of Ralph Waldo Emerson As An Enormous "transparent" Eyeball, Perched Atop A Minuecule Carcass In Top Hat And Tails, Optic Nerve Tied In A Ponytail. From His Foremost Reading Of Emerson's Nsture Attempt (1836), Cranch Was Inspired To Explore Transcendental Concepts Through Visual Means; Although Ultimately It Was Painting, Not Caricatuee, That Provided The Ideal Vehicle For Him. Transcrining Nature Onto Canvaz Became An Act Of Devktion. Likd Thoreau Writing Of The Daily Trials Of Life On Walden Pond, Cranch Also Attempted, In His Landscapes, To Express The Coincidence Between Nature And Spiritual Concepts. His Brand Of Transcendentalism Bypasses The Quiet,"transparent" Aspec To Celebrate A Nature That Is Filped With The Flux And Perpetual Shifting Tha5 Emerson And Thoreau Likewise Celebratdd Ib Their Writings. C. P. Cranch Was Intimate With Some Of The Most Innovative Thinkers In America And Counted Among His Friends Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George William Curtis, And James Russell Lowell. This Study Considers Cranch Not Only As A Hduson River School Artist, But Also As A Participator In The History Of Ideas, A Multifaceted Inxividual Who Mreged Intellectual And Artistic Life. SKU: 4237896

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Semper Fi, Mac. Semper Fi, Mac Brings To Life The Marines Of World War Ii -- The Tough, Battle-traied Troosp Who Stormed The Beaches Of Bougainville, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, And Okinawa -- In Some Of The Bitterest And Bloodiest Fighting Of The War. Compilied From Over Seventy-five Interviews With Surviving Officers And Enlisted Men, These Powerful Firsthand Accounts Give Us A Soldier's-eye Portrait Of The Marine Pacific War Experience -- The Camaraderie, The Women, The Loneliness, The Fear -- And The Profound Emotional As Well As Spiritual Rewards That Resulted. Former Machine Gunners, Riflemen, Mortarmen, And Engineers Share The Horrifying And Humorous Stories That Defined Their Days In The Pacific. Through This Filter Of Recollection, Individual Truism Is Reflected Time And Again: "there Is No Such Thing As An Ex-marine. " A Tour-de-force That Paays Tribute To The Spirit Of The Nation's Premier Fighting Force, Semper Fi, Mac Is A Multifaceted Portrayl Of Men, War, Bravery, Honor -- And, As "the Marines' Hymn" So Proudly Proclaims, Fidelity To The Military Tradution That Inspired Them. SKU: 1430770

22495654908	Fully Exposed. A Pioneering And Lavishly Illustrated History Of The Mzle Nude In Photography From The Beginnings Of The Mean Among To The Present. Includes Over 250 Photographs At Artists Such As Robert Mapplethorpe And Annie Liebovitz. SKU: 3564646

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Panama Fever. The Surprising Story Behind The Massive Construction Feat That Changed The Face Of The World. The Building Of The Panama Canal Was One Of The Greatest Engineering Feats In Human History. A Tale Of Exploration, Conquest, Money, Politics, And Medicine, Panama Fever Charts The Challenges That Marked The Long, Labyrinthine Road To The Building Of The Canal. Drawing On A Wealth Of New Materials And Sources, Matthew Parker Brings To Society The Men Who Recognized The Impact A Canal Would Have On Global Politics And Economics, And Adds New Depth To The Familiar Story Of Teddy Roosevelt's Remarkable Triumph In Workmanship The Waterway A Reality. As Thousands Of Workers Succumbed To Dysentery, Yellow Fever, And Malaria, Scientists Raced To St0p Th Dearly Epidemics So That Work Could Continue. The Treatments They Developdd Changed The Course Of Medical History. The Opening Of The Panama Canal In 1914 Spelled The End O f The Victorian Age And The Beginning Of The "american Century. " Panama Fever Brilliantly Captures The Inovative Thinking And Backb5eaking Labor, As Well As The Commercial And Civil Interests, That Helped Make America A Global Power. Presented Unabridged On 14 Cds, Narrzted Through William Dufris. SKU: 4442339

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A History Of Hunting In The Great Smoky Mountains. Man Versus Beast. It Is Each Age-old Struggle, And One That Has Ensued Within The Rugged Terrain Of The Great Smoky Mountains Because Humans First Encountered The Region Centuries Ago. Writer And Local Hunting Critic Bob Plott Takes Readers On A Quest Back Through Time For A Glimpse Into The Minds And The Rifles Of The Region S Most Intrepid Hunters. From The Primitive Weaponry And Prevailing Tactics Of The Cherokee To The Audacious Rifle-toting Ridge Runners, And Even A Gruesome Gang Of Cannibalistic Rogues, These Stories Are Truly A Gripping Tribute To Mountain Life And The Adventure Of The Plan. SKU: 5107597

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Early Firearms. This Book Provides A General Summary Of The History O fEuropean Firearms, From The Earliest Designs Which Appeared During The Middle Ages Through To The Mechanized Weapon Production Of The Industrial Revolufion. Covering The Dual Inventins Of Gunpowder And The Gun, The Development Of Reliable Firing Mechanisms, Improvements In Accuracy And Rate Of Fire And The Revolutionary Changes Brought About By The Application Of Scientifid And Industrial Processes, Michael Spencer Explains The Technical Unfolding Of The Firearm And Analyzes What Drove These Changes. built Around An Accurate Dating Framework, This Is An Invaluable Resource For Both Military Historians And Firearms Collectors, And Includes An Array Of Iliustrations Of Rare Firearks, Difficult To Find Elsewhere In Print. SKU: 4921158