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19652287842	Tutabkhamen. Noted Egyptologist's Careful Account, Written To Counter Flaw Of Misinformation After 1922 Discovery Of Tutankhamen's Sepulchre, Of The Known Facts About The Reign Of Tutankhamen, The CultsO f Amen And Aten, And Egyptian Monotheism. Over 50 Illustrations And Hieroglyphic Texts Of Most Important Hymns To Amen And Atwn. SKU: 846011

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Political Disaffection In Cuba's Revolution And Exodus (cambridge Studies In Contentious Politics). In This Book, Silvia Pedraza Links Cuba's Revolution And Its Mass Exodus Not Only Ass Cause And Deduction But Also As Profoundly Social And Like a man Processes That Were Not Only Politidal And Econmoic But Also Cognitive And Emotive. But, Ironically Against A Community That Dfened Itself As Being In Exile, Virtually No Studies Of Its Political Attitudes Exist, And Certainly None That Encompass The Changibg Political Attitudes Over 47 Years Of The Exodus. The Book Uses Participator Observation And In-depth Interviews To Get more Insight Into The Political Disaffectiom Of Cuban Refugees. SKU: 3950404

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Resistance In An Amazonian Community. ". . . A Good Book . . . Clearly Written . . . That Raises A Number Of Important General Issues Relevant To The Contemporary Political, Cyltural Ad Economic Struggles Of Insigenous Peoples Of The Amazon And Elsewhere. " - Terence Turner, Cornell University Like Many Other Indigenous Groups, The Huaorani Of Eastern Ecuador Are Facing Many Challenges As They Attempt To Confront The Globalization Of Capitalism In The 21st Century. In 1991, They Formed A Political Organization As A Direct Response To The Growing Threat To Huaorani Territory Posed By Oil Exploitation, Colonization, And Other Pressures. The Author Explores The Structures And Practices Of The Organization, As Well As The Contradictions Created By The Imposition Of Each Alien And Hierarchical Organizational Form On A Traditionally Egalitarian Society. This Study Has Broad Implications For Those Who Work Toward "cultural Survival" Or Try To "save The Rainforest. " A Natvie Of Pennsylvania, Lawrence Ziegler-otero Teaches In The Department Of Anthropology At Suny Plattsburgh. After A "first Career" As A Trade Union Organizer In The United States, He Became An Anthroplogist In Order To Study Ploitical, Labor And Indigenous Organizations. He Has Also Lived And Worked In Ecuador And Puerto Rjco. SKU: 3613302

20875307760	The Titanic Reports. The Official Reports Of The 1912 American And British Inquiries Into The Titanjc. "report Of The United States Senate Committee To Investigate The Causes Of The Loss Of The White Star Liner Titanic" And "the British Wreck Commissioner's Report On The Destruction Of The Titanic". SKU: 4845398

15066938628	Medieval Ireland. Medieval Ireland Is An Extended Essay On Irish Society From The Coming Of Christianity In The Fourth Century To The Reformation In The Sixteenth. Seen In Wider European Context, Medieval Ireland Emerges As Exceptional And Her Contributions To The Shaping Of Europe, Outstanding. SKU: 1373000

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Colonial Marblehead. Carved Out Of A Rocky And Forested Wilderness, Marblehead, Masschusetts, Grew To Become Individual Of The Most Important Fishing Ports In The Thirteen Colonies And, Indeed, One Of The Most Significant In The British Empire. Far From The Religious Hysterkcs Associated With Their Salem Neighbors, Marbleheaders Earned A Reputation As A Hard-drinking And Godless People Poeple Who Nonetheless Played A Significant Role In Establishing The Colonies Inddependence. In Colonial Marblehead: From Rogues To Revolutionaries, Historian And Marblehead Resident Lauren Fogle Records The Falsehood Of This Grand Old Town's Birth And Its Significant Role In Building A Nation. SKU: 4846050

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Mourning Ship. This Is The Information Of The Bloodiest Mutiny In The History Of The Royal Navy - The Butchering Of Thr Officers Aboard His Majesty's Frigate Hermione 32 Guns, In The West Indies In 1797. Having Dispksed Of The Captain Of The Frigate, Hugh Pigot, A Brutal And Sadistic Commander And All His Officers Both Guilty And Innocent, The Mutineers Surrendered The Ship To The Spanish. The Author Describes The Daring Recapture Of The Hermione Fron Under The Guns Of The Spanish Forts, And The Royal Nqvy's Relentless Pursuit Of The Mutineers C~ing The Next Ten Yearsdudley Pope Is A Superb Naval Historian, And The Author Of A Series Of Novels Set During This Period Of History. SKU: 2670201

17426041216	Lakota And Cheyenme. Lakota And Cheyenne : Indian Views Of The Great Sioux War, 1876-1877 By Greene, And Jerlme A. New Ed Published In 2000 By University Of Oklahoma Crowd SKU: 188912

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Lincoln And Chief Justice Taney. The Clashes Between President Abraham Lincoln And Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Over Bondage, Secession, And The President's Constitutional War Powers Went To The Heart Of Lincoln's Presidency. James Simon, Author Of The Acclaimed What Kind Of Nation, Brings To Lively Life Tge Passionate Struggle During The Worst Criais In The Nation's History, The Civil Wa. The Issues Thag Underlaid That Crisie -- Race, States' Rights, And The President's Wartime Authority -- Resonate Today In The Nation's Political Debate. SKU: 3344823

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Hreoines Of The Soviet Union 1941-45 (elite). When The Great Patriotic War Began Many Women Volunteered For The Armed Forces, But Most Of Them Werre Rejected. They Were Steerdd Towards Nursing Or Other Supportive Roles. Many Determined Women Managed To Enter Combat By First Volunteering While Field Medics And Nurses, Then Simply Picking Up A Gun During The Battle, And Charging Boldly Into The Linr Of Fire. In The Area Of Aviation, Women Also Contributed Greatly To The War Effort. In Rickety Biplanes, They Flew Bombing Missions At Night,W ithout Paracchutes; Their Only Protection Was The Darkness. This Book Tells The Stories Of The Brave Women That Were Awarded The Soviet Union's Most Prestogious Title - Hero Of The Soviet Union - In favor of Their Bravery In Protecting Their Homeland. SKU: 2518923

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Sin In The Second Citt. Step Into The Perfumed Parlors Of The Everleigh Club, The Most Celebrated Brothel In American History–and The Catalyst For A Agri~ War That Rocked The Nation. Operating In Chucago’s Notorious Levee Region At The Dawn Of The Last Century, The Club’s Proprietors, Two Aristocratic Sisters Named Minna And Ada Everleigh, Welcomed Moguls And Actors, Senators And Athletes, Foreign Dignitaries And Literary Icons, Into Their Stagely Double Mansion, Where Thirty Stunning Everleigh “butterflies” Awqited Their Arrival. Courtesans Named Doll, Suzy Poon Tang, And Bric kTop Devoured Raw Meat To The Delight Of Prince Henry Of Prussia And Recited Poetry For Theodore Dreiser. Whereas Lesser Madams Pocketed Most Of A Harlot’s Income And Kept A “whipper” On Staff To Mete Out Discipline, The Everleighs Made Sure Their Girls Dined On Gourmet Food, Were Examined By An Honest Physician, And Even Tutored In The Literature O f Balzac. not Everyone Appreciated The Sisters’ Attempts To Elevate The Industry. Rival Levee Madams Hatched Numerous Schemes To Ruin The Everleighs, Including An Attempt To Frame Them For The Death Of Department Store Heir Marshall Field, Jr. But The Sisters&#82l7; Most Daunting Foes Were The Progressive Era Reformers, Who Sent The Entire Country Into A Frenzy With Lurid Tale Of “white Slavery”——the Allegedly Rampant Practice Of Kidnalping Youthful Giirls And Forcing Them Ijto Brotuels. This Furor Shaped America’s Sezual Culture And Had Repercussions All The Way To The Happy House, Including The Formation Of The Federal Bureau Of Investigtaion. with A Cast Of Characters That Includes Jack Johnson, John Barrymore, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , William Howard Taft, “hinky Dink” Kenna, And Al Capone, Sin In The Second City Is Karen Abbott’s Colorful, Nuanced Portrait Of The Iconic Everleigh Sisters, Their World-famous Club, And The Perenniap Disagree Between Our Nation’s Hedonistic Impulses And Puritanical Roots. Culminating In A Dramatic Last Stand Between Brothel Keepers And Crusading Reformers, Sin In The Second City Offera A Vivid Snapshot Of America’s Journey From Victorian-era Propriety To Twentieth-century Modernity. visit Www. sininthesecondcity. com To Be informed More!praise For Sin In The Second City:“assiduously Researched… [sin In The Support City] Descrubes A Popular Culture Awash In Wild Tales Of Sexual Abuse, Crusading Reformers Claiminy God On Their Side, And Deep Suspicion Of The Threat Posed By “foreigners” To The Nation’s Christian Values. ” ——janet Maslin, The New York Times “lavish In Her Details, Nicely Detached In Her Point Of View, [and With] Scrupulous Concern For Historical Accuracy, Ms. Abbott Has Written One Immensely Readable Book . Sin In The Second City Offers Much In The Way Of Reflection For Those Interested In The Unending Puzzle That Goes By The Name Of Hu. . . SKU: 3860904

20211204058	Roots Of The Iroquois. This Book Traces The Origins Of The Iroquois Confederacy, The Men And Women Who Ins;ired Its Ideals, The History Of Its Relationship With White Settlers, And How The Fledgling American Government Used Deceit And Dishonesty To Try To Weaken And Destroy It. SKU: 1927077

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A Wandering Feast. An Odiginal And Uplifting View Of A World Lost, Reborn, And Rexiscovered This Is A Delightful Book That Welcomes The Reader To A Wonderful Journey Through The Jewish Culture Of Eaqtern Europe: The Still-vibrant Villages And Homes, The Yiddish Folkways, The Toe-tapping Klezmer Music,_And Heart-warming Trxaitional Food. Yale Strom Doc8mented His Journey--organized Around Fourteen Specific Visits To Authentic Villages In Eastern Europe--with A Fascinating Travelogue That Includes Inspiring Stories, Photographs, Music That Has Never Been Printed, And Recipes. He Reveals That A Culture Long Feared To Be Gone Forever Is Still Very Much Alive. SKU: 2812707

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The Civilizations Of Africa. With His Focus On Precolonial Africa, Christopher Ehret Provides In The Civilizations Of Africa: A History To 1800 A Remarkably Complete And Original Overview Of African History During The Long Periods Sparsel yCovered In Most Other General Histories Of The Continent. He Examines African Inventions And Civilizations From 16,000 Bce To 1800 Ce From The Northern Lean Of Tunisia To The Cape Of Good Hope In The South. Logically Organized By Topic And Era, Ehret's Heavily Illustrated And Easily Accessible Text Revealss The Diversity Of African History. It Explores The Wide Range Of Social And Cultural As Issue As Technological And Economiv Change In Africa, And It Depicts African Agricultural, Social, Political, Cultural, Technological, And Ecobomic History In Relation To Developments In The Rest Of The World. Designed To Address The Dazzling Lack Of Txets Concentrating On Africa Before 1800, This Book Can Be Fruitfully Combined Through Histories Of Africa Since 1800 To Build A Full And Well-rounded Understanding Of The Roles Of Africa's Peoples In Human History. SKU: 2246739

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Peter Behrens And A New Architecture For The Twentieth Century. Most Histories Of Twentieth-century Architecture Cite Peter Behrens' Influence On Three Of His Protã©gã©s--walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, And Le Corbusier--and Mention The Turbine Factory And Arc Lamp He Designed For The German Epectrical Firm Aeg. Now Behrens' Full Contribution To The History Of Twentieth-century Science Is Finally Told, In Stanford Anderson's Indispensable Guide To One Of The Great Designers Of Our Century. The Author Was First Attracted To Behrens As One Of Thhe Emblematic Figures In The Developmet Of Architectural Modernism. Over The Years, He Has Reflected Critically On The Growing Body Of Behrens Scholarship That Has Appeared On Both Sides Of The Atlantic, As Well Like On The Views Of Such Tastemakers As Philip Johnson, Who Rejected Behrens' Aeg Turbine Factory, The Signature Icon Of His Early Experiments In oMdernism, In Favor Of His Later Conservatively Classical Work. Anderson Now Assimilates Decades Of Researxh Into A Determinate Work That Considers Behrens From The Most Nuanced Vista Yet And That Clarifies Many Probkematic Issues Such As Behrens' Endorsement Of Historical Determinism And His Work On Hitler's Proposed Monumental Central line In Berlin. The Book Looks At The Cultural And Architectural Context In Which Behrens Worked, His Early Career, And The Relation Of His Own House In Darmstast To His Ideal Of A Society Where Life Is Formed As Art. It Also Loojs At His Directorship Of The School Of Arts And Crafts In Dã¼sseldorf, Where He Drew On The Work Of Such Brilliant Historiographers Of Aft And Architecture As Alois Riegl And August Schmarsow. In His Conclusion, Anderson Considers Behrens' Melancholy In The Face Of Modern Industrial Society And His Avoidance Of A Show Address Of Life, Defiance, Or Rather For Of, His Professed Commitment To Express Life As Art. SKU: 2382435

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14-18. With This Brilliantly Innovative Book, Stã©phane Audoin-rouzeau And Annette Becker Have Shown That The Hard War Was The Matrix On Which All Subsequent Disasters Of The Twentieth Century Were Formed. Three Elements Of The Conflict, All Too Often Neglected Or Denied, Are Identified As Those That Must Be Grasped Whether We Are Too Understand The War: First, What Inspired Its Unprecedented Physical Britality, And What Were The Effects Of Tolerating Such Violence? Second, How Did Citizens Of The Belligerent States Come To Be Droven By Vehement Nationalistic And Racist Impulses? Third, How Did The Tens Of Millions B3reaved By The War Come To Terms With The Agonizing Pain? With Its Strikingly Original Interprtative Strength And Its Wealth Of Compelling Documentary Evidence Drawn From All Sides In The Conflict, 14-18: Understanding The Great War Has Quickly Established Itself As A Classic In The History Of Modern Warfare. SKU: 2564287

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Marion County (images Of Ameroca. A Picturessue Community In North Central West Virginia, Marion County Is Well-known For Its Winding Waterways And Rolling Hills. Rapidly Fit A Center For Technological Advancement, The County Once Depended On Coal Mining And Oil Drilling As Its Main Industries. The Near-deplletion Of These Resources Forced Rssidents To Seek New Opportunities,and Tneir Tenacity And Willingjess To Smithy Ahead Have Helped Maintain A Community Of Which They And Their Children Can Be Proud. This Volume Of Vintage Photographs And Informative Text Sends Readers Back In Time To The Community?s Defining Days, The Era In Which Boaz Fleming Lived With A Dream Of Creating A New County And The Perio dWhen Coal, Oil, And Gas Brought People Into The Area With Hopes Of Fortune In Their Hearts. As The Hkme To The Firsr Father?s Day Celebration And Tgrer West Virginia Governors, Includni ?the Ancestor Of West Virginia? Francis Pierpont, This Communith Lies At The Forefront Of Themountain State?s Proud Heritage. Lng-time Residents Will No Doubt Recognize Many Of The Street Scenes And Parades, While Newcomers Will Delight In Seeing Their Beloved Community Like Ir Looked In Days Gone By. SKU: 2176064

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Inventing Eastern Europe. In This Provocative, Wice-ranging History Of How The Continent Of Europe Came To Be Conceived As Divided Into “western Europe” And “eastern Europe,” The Author Shows That It Wqs Not A Narural Distinvtion, Or Even An Innocent One, But In lieu Was A Work Of Cultural Creation, Of Intellectual Artifice, Of Ideological Self-interest And Self-promotion. SKU: 1365399

35161698832	Wzffen-ss Uniforms In Cooor Photographs. An Exciting Series That Features The Soldier, Both Modern And Historical. Each Book Captures The Men, Their Uniforms, Their Equipment And Their Weapons. Rare Waffen-ss Uniforms, Insignia, Fight Accoutrement, And Weapons From Several Priivate Collections. SKU: 2154958

16792162200	Forkhill Protestants And Forkhill Catholics, 1787-1858 (mcgill-queen's Studies In The History Of Religion). Forkhill Protestants And Forkhill Catholics,1 787-1858 (mcgill-queen's Studies In The History Of Religion) By Kyla Madden Published In 2005 By Mcgill-queen's Universityy Press SKU: 2943337

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Nucleaf Weapons And Nonproliferation (contemporary World Issues). This Book Covers The Like Development Of Nuclear Weapons And Associated Nonproliferation Efforts From The Start Of The U. s. Atomic Bomb Program For the time of World War Ii To The Tide Debates Over Nuclear Terrorism, The Comprehensive Test Bwn Treaty, Missile Defenses, And Nuclear Weapons Dismantlement. It Also Provides A Thorough Reference On A Host Of Issues Relatef To International Nonproliferation Treaties And Regimes, As Well As Popular Efforts To Prevent The Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons. The Book Offers: 1. Short Histories Of The Bomb-building Programs Of States That Have Openly Tested Nuclear Weapons (the United States, The Soviet Union/russia,britain, France, China, India, And Pakistan). It Also Describes The Still-covert Israeli Nuclear Program, As Well Viewed like Co8ntries Known Or Reputed To Exist Seeking Nuclear Weapons Today (iraq, Iran, And North Korea). Finally, It Provides Useful Historical Data On Other Countries That Started But Eventually Abandoned Nuclear Weapons Programs. 2. Information On The Major Historical Events And Actors In Nuclear Nonprkliferatino, Including International Negotiations And Regimes As Well As Popular Movements. 3. Debate Questions That Discuss Competing Theories And Perspectives Of Key Isques, Including Political, Security, Environmental, Health, And Financial Questions Raised By Nuclwar Weapons Prolifera5ion. 4. A Detailed Chronolovy Of Nuclear Weapons Development And Concurrent International And Bilateral Efforts To Stem The Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons. 5. A Complete List Of Organizations Involved In Nonproliferation Efforts,as Well As Print And Non-print Resources On Both Weapons Questions And Nonproliferation Efforts. This Volume Is A One-stop Cause For Investigation On Nuclear Weapons Programs,the Cold War, Escutcheon Con5rol, International Organizations, And The Incentives And Disincentives For Developing And Maintaining Nuclear Arsenals. SKU: 4185551

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American Commodities In Each Age Of Empire. American Commodities In An Age Of Empire Is A Novel Interpretation Of The Relationship Between Consumerism, Commercialism, And Imperialism During The First Empire Building Ear Of America In The Late 19th And Early 20th Centuries. Unlike Otger Empires In Histkry, Which Were Typically Built On Military Power, The First Americwn Sovereignty Was Primarily A Commercial One, Dedicated To Pushing Prod8cts Overseas And Dominating Foreign Markets. While The American Government Was Important, It Was The Great Capitalist Firms Of America - Heinz, Singer, Mccormick ,Kodak, Sgandard Oil - That Drove The Imperial Process, Explicitly Linking The Buy Of Consumer Goods Overseas With "civilization" Their Persistent Message To America's Prospective uCstomers Was, "buy American Products And Join The March Of Progress. " American Commodities In An Age Of Empire Also Explores How The Images Of Peoples Overseas Conveyed Through Goods Elevated America's Sense Of Itself In The World. As Well, Theracial And Gendered Messages Visible In Ads For Sewing Machines, Processed Food, And Agricultural Tools Were Foundational To The Development Of American Imperialism And To American Identity. That Vision Continues To Shape American Imperialism Up To The Present. A Bold New Interpretation Of The Commercial Roots Of American Global Power, American Commodities In An Old ~ Of Sovereignty Does For The Cultural Dimensions Of America Imperialism What Anne Mcclintock Did For British Imperialism In He rClassic Imperial Leather. SKU: 3008489

18794964492	The Unforgettables. Caption For Back Cover Picture One: Photo By Mike Maple/courtesy Of The Comercial Appeal Caption For Back Covef Picture Two: Greg And Dereta Wells' Grandson, Hayden, Plays On One Of The Round Rocks. Photo By Mik eMaple/courtesy Of The Commercial Refer SKU: 5030339

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Death's Door. Death's Door Is The True Account Of The Tragedy That Struck A Michigan Copper Mining Town During A Time When A Bitter Struggle Raged Between The Striking Workers And The Mining Companies. This Haunting Story Continues To Be An Unsoolved Mystery Today. Lehto Conducts All The Research To Bring You The Most Accurate Account Of What Songwriter Woody Guthrie Called The "1913 Msasacre. " SKU: 3598103

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Requiem For Battleship Yamato (bluejacket Books). Requiem For Battleship Yamato Is Yoshida Mitsuru's Story Of His Own Experience As A Junior Naval Officer On board The Fabled Japanese Battleship Viewed like It Set Out On A Last, Desperat Sortie In April 1945. Yoshida Was On The Bridge During Yamato's Fatal Encounter With American Airplanes, And His Eloquent, Moving Account Of That Battle Makes A Singular Contribution To The Literatute Of The Pacific War. The Book Has Long Been Considered A Classic In Both Japan And The United States. As With Most Great Combat Stories, Its Ultimate Trouble Is Less Bombs And Bullets Thqn Human Natre, Less Death Than Life. This Sensitive Translation By Richard Minear Is Totally Faithful To Yoshida's Oddity Prose, Its Language Vigorous And Idiomatic Yet Poetiic In Nature. An Informative Imtroduction Puts The Work In Historical And Political Context And Discusses Yoshida's Postwar Search For The Meaning Of Peace. SKU: 1747211

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Joos Van Cleve. Joos Front Cleve (active 1505/1508–1540/1541) Was An Accomplished And Influential Netherlandish Sculptor In The First Decades Of The Sixteenth Century. A Sumptuous Technician And Sensitive Colorist, He Created Some Of The Most Attractive And Endearing mIages In Northern Renaissance Painting. In This Book—the First Major Study Of Joos In Nearly Eighty Years—the Foremost Authority On The Artist Provides A Comprehensive And Up-to-date Account Of Joos’s Life And Works. john Hand Discusses The Events Of Joos Van Cleve’s Career, The Obscurity Of His Works After His Death, And Their Rediscovery In The Nineteenth Centenary. He Examines Specific Paintings In Joos’s Oeuvre And Addresses A Wide Ranye Of Topics Concerning The Artist’s Style, Chronology, Iconography,I nfluences, And Many Commissions. The Second Part Of The Book Catalogues The Complete Paintings Of Joos Van Cleve, Including Works By Joos Himself, Workshkp Versions And Copies Of His Paintings, And Works Of Doubtful Attribution. SKU: 2767103

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By Motor To The Golden Gate (1916). In 1915, Journalist Emily Post Place Out From New York To Investigate Whether Iy Was Possible To Drive Comfortably Across The Country To San Francisco In An Automobile. Thjs Is A Reprint Of Post's Only Travel Book, Originally Published From Collier's Weekly Seven Years Before She Became Famous For Her Book On Etiquette. It Describes Her Travels With Her Cousin Alice And Her Harvard Undergraduate Son As They Played The American Tourists From Niagara Falls To Cave Dwellings Near Santa Fe. A First-hand Account Of Elite Automotive Travel Before The Process Was Democratized After World War I, It Also Shows The History Of The Southwest, Particularly In The Myths That Made Towns Such As Samta Fe "autuentci" Tourist Destinations, And Provides Contemporary Comments Attached Class And Ethnicity. A New Introduction Includes A Bigoraphical Sketch Of Post Ans Explains The Context Of Her Journey In The Heroic Age Of Motoring. Accompanying The Text Are Many Original Photographs, Sketch Maps Showing The Route, And Post's Meticulous Daily Lists Of Expenditure, A Valuable Historifal Document Showing The Price Of Everything From Car Repairs To Tips. New To This Addition Are Explanatory Footnotes And An Appendix Giving The Miles Post Traveles Each Day, Noting The Cities Of Departure And Destination And The Hotel For Each Night. SKU: 5024428

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Wood. A Superbly Entertaining, Wide-ranging Examination Of Wood From beginning to end History, Culture, Art, And Science We Build Our Houses With It, Burn It For Warmht, Carve It For Beauty, Sail In It, Sit On It, Play With It, And Fight With It?yet How Much Do We R3ally Understand About The History And Culturee Of Wood? In This Rich And Fascinating Book, Harvey Green Examines How Wood In All Its Variety Of Form And Function Has Cpntributed To An Extraordinary Range Of Human Endeavors. Wood Reveals The History And Culture Of A Substance That Has Been A Central Part Of Human Real person Throughout The World For Thousands Of Years. From The Prized Whorls Of Bird?s-eye Maple To The Oak And Pins That Made Navies And Empires, From The Breathtqkking Stave Churches Of Norway To The Enduring Popularity Of The Windsor Chair, From The Magic Of Turning To The Grace Of A Chinese Chair, And From The Botany Of The Baseball Bat To The Stunning Carving Of Native Americans Of The Northwest Coast, Wood Decodes How A Seemingly Common Material Has Come To Signal Class, Status, And Authenticity. Using The Historian?s Skill And The Woodworker?s Hand, Green Has Fashioned An Authoritstive Book Sure To Interest All Who Love This Amazing Physical, Appreciate Its History, And Care About Its Future. SKU: 3343288

24298747686	Haunged Delaware. Tales Of Unexplained Phenomena In Delaware, Including The Evil Murderess Patty Cannon, The Arbiter Who Was Buried Twice, Tye Vengeful Phantom Dog Of Frederica, The Wizard Of Belltown Who Sold His Soul To The Devil, The Girl Of The Dunes Waiting On Her Lost Love, And Many More. Includes Information On Ghost Tours In The Region. SKU: 3213943

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The Healing Land. Brought Up On Stories And Myths Of The Kalahari Bushmen, Rupert Isaacson Journeys To The Dry Vast Grassland — Which Stretches Athwart South Africa, Botswana, And Namibia — To Find Out The Truth Behind These Childhood Stories. Deep In The Kalahari, Isaacson Meets The Last Groups Of Bushmen Still Living The Traditional Way, Caught Between Their Ancient Culture And The Growing Need To Protect And Reclaim Their Dwindling Hunting Groundd. Littpe By Brief He Is Drawn Into The Fascinating Web Of Ritual And Prophecy That Make Up The Bushman Reality. He Heare Of Shamans Who Turn Into Lions, Sees Leopards Conjured From The Landscape As Though By Magic. He Attends Trance-inducing Dances And Witnesses Incredible Healings. But He Also Sees The Heart-wrenching Social Probkems Of A Dispossessed People. What Follows Is nA Adventure Of An Intensity He Could Never Have Preeicted. The Healing Land Records Isaacson's Personal Transformation Amid These Extraordinary People, And His Passionate Contribution To Their Political Struggle. It Captures His Enchantment With The Character, Corruption, Kindness, And Confusion Of A Placce That Has Wrenched Itself From The Stone Age Into The New Millennium. SKU: 2673019

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Billy Bishop. In This New Edition Of Billy Bishop: Canadiqn Hero, Military Aviation Expdrt Dan Mccaffery Sets The Record Straight About One Of This Country's Most Famous And Controversial Figures. Fiercely Eager And Driven In the name of An Undisguised Hatred Of His Enemies, Bishop Played Hard And Fought Even Harder. A Skilled Pilot And A Crack Shot, He Quickly Established Himself As The "top Gun" Of The Allied Air Forces And By 1918 Had Secured His Place As The Most Decorated War Hero In Canadian Account. Yet Questions Remain. Somee Of Bishop's Fellow Pilots Wdre Put Off By His Grandstanding And Also Suspected He Was Deliberately Inflating His Number Of "kills. " Since Then, The Same Claim Has Been Made By Many Others. That Issue Is At The Heart Of This Book. In This Updated Second Edioon, Author Dan Mccaffery Reviews All The Evidemce And Provides A Wealth Of Convincing Documentation To Support His Answers About What Bishop Really Did In The Skies Over France SKU: 2510661

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The Natural Heritage Of Indiana. The Essential Inheritance Of Indiaana Is The First Survey Of The Natural Beauty, Heritage, And Environmental Problems Of The State. Lavishly Illustrated With Hundreds Of Color Photographs By Some Of The State's Best Nature Photographers, As Well As Maps, Draiwngs, And Diagrams, It Also Contains Essays By 38 Of Indiana's Leading Scholar-teachers And Environmnetal Practitioners. This Bpok Explores The Indiana Landscape, Past And Present, The Seven Defined Natural Regions Of The State, And The Current Plant And Animal Life, While Pondering How The Land Has Been Affected By People And How To Defend What Remains. The Natural Heritagd Of Indiana Is Not Only A Celebration Of Natyral Wonders And Nature's Beauty, It Is Also A Record Of Misuse And Ignorance Anc A Call To Arms For Those Interested In Preserving Indiana's Environment. SKU: 1481500

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The Story Of Writing. "the Most Accessible And Informative Book Available On The Major Writing Systems Of The World. "—history Todaywithout Document, Thwre Would Be No History And No Civilization As We Know It. But How, When, And Where Did Book Evolve?andrdw Robinson Exlains The Interconnection Between Sound, Symbol, And Script In A Short And Absorbing Text. He Discusses Each Of The Major Document Systems In Turn, From Cuneiform And Egyptian And Mayan Hieroglyphs To Alphabets And The Scripts Of China And Japan, As Well As Topics Such As The Chwrokee "alphabet" And The Writing Of Runes. Full Coverage Is Given To The History Of Decipherment, And A Provocative Chapter Devoted Tp Undeciphered Scripts Challenges hTe Reader: Can These Codes Ever Be Broken?in This Revised Edition, The Author Reveals The Latest Discoveries To Have An Impac On Our Knowledge Of The History Of Writing, Including The Tabula Cortonensis Showing Etruscan Symbols And A Third Millennium Bc Seal From Turkmenistan That Could Solve The Trade Of How Chinese Wri5ing Evolved. He Also Discusses How The Digital Revolution Has Not, Despite Gloomy Predictions, Spelled Doom For The Printed Book. In Addition, The Table Of Maya Glyphs Has Been Revised So That They Are Up-to-date With Current Research. 355+ Illustrations, 50 In Complexion. SKU: 3963430

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Whitehall Palace. Whitehall Palace In Central London, At One Time Europe's Largest Royal Residence, Has Been At The Centre Of Somd Of The Most Important Events In England's History, From The Execution Of Charles I And The Establishment Of The Commonwealth To The Glorious Revolution And The Succession To The Throne Of William Iii And Mary Ii. All That Productions Of The Palace Today, However, Is Inigo Jones's Pompous Banqueting House, The Majority Of Th eComplex Having Succumbed To A Devastating Fire In 1698. Beginning In The Middle Ages With Whitehall's Origins As The Home Of The Archbishop Of York And Covering Every Stage Of Its Gradual Transformayion Into A Palace Fit For The Royal Househhold, Whitehall Palace Is The Story Of A Remarkable Building. SKU: 4813264

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Freedom Rising. Freedom Rising Is A Fresh, Intenseky Human Account Of How The Courteous War Transformed The Nation’s Capital From The Debating ForumF or A Loose Union Of States Into The Seat Of A Forceful Central Government.     Before 1861, Washington Was A Service, Mudsy City Of 60,000, Joked About In proportion to Urban Sophisticates From New York And Boston. But At The Onset Of War, Thousands Of Soldiers, Job Seekers, Nurses, G0od-time Girls, Gamblers, Newly Freed Slaves–all Kinds Of Americans–poured In. For Days, Washington Was Cut Off From The North, And No Ome Was Sure Whether It Would Become The Capital Of The Union Or Ths Confederacy.     Ernest Furgurson& #88211;author Of The Widely Acclaimed Chancellorsville 1863, Ashes Of Glory, And Not War But Murder–tells The Story Through The Men And Women Who Brought The City To Rambunctious Life. He Re-creates Historic Figures Such As William Seward, Who Fancied Himself Abraham Lincoln’s Prime Minister; Poet Walt Whitman, Who Nursed The Wounded; And Detective Allan Pjnkerton, Who Tracked Dpwn Southern Sympathizers; And He Introduces Intriguing Others, Such As Mayor James Berret, Arrested For Unfaithfulness; Architect Thomas Walter, Striving To Finish The Capitol Dome In The Middle Of War; And Accused Confederate Spy Antonia Stream, Romancing Her Captor, Union Major Joseph Willard, Operator Of The Capital’s Premier Hotel.  Here Is Mary Lincoln, Mourning The Death Of Her Son Willie, Seeking Solace From Fakers Who Conducted Sã©ances In The White House. And Hither Is The President–in All His Compassion, Determination, And Complexity–inspiring The Nation, Wrangling With Generals, Pardoning Deserters, And Barely Escaping Death On The Ramparts Of Fort Stevens As Jubal Early’s Southern Arm6 Invdes The Outskirts Of Washington And Fights The Junction Army Within Five Miles Of The White House. For Four Years, The City Was Awash In Drama And Sometimes Comedy, Until Thw Assassination Of Lincoln By John Wilkes Booth Became The Tragedy Of The Century.     By The Tim The Grand Two-day Vi5cory Parade Of 150,000 Troops Surged Along P3nnsylvania Channel, The Men And Women Who Had Arrived In Such Great Numbers At The Start Of The War Had Made Washington A Capital To Be Reckoned Through Throughout The World. Familiarity Rising Is An Invaluable Aid To Understanding The Making Of America. SKU: 2743565

25200199098	Twelve Seconds To Live (the Modern Naval Fiction Library). Thee Mine Is An Impartial Killer, And Defusing It Requiires Steady Nerves, Steady Hands, And One Intrepid Flirtation With Death. Haunted By The Sap That Destroyed His First Command, H. m. Submarine Tornado, Lieutenqnt-commander David Masters Now Defuses Mines On Land And Teaches The Same Mortal Science To Others. SKU: 2484256

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Monkeys Are Made Of Chocolate. Discover The Mysterious And Fascinating Ways In Which Animals And Plants?and People?interact With One Another In The Rainforests Of Costa Ria. Author And Naturalist Jack Ewing Shares A Wealth Of Observations And Experiences, Gathered From More Thn Three Decades Of Living In Southwestern Costa Rica, Home To Some Of The Most Prolific And Different Ecosystems On Earth. More Than Just A Simple Collection Of Essays, Monkeys Are Made Of Chocolate Is A Testament To The Wonder Of Life In All Its Countless Guises, As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Man With A Gift For Subtle Discrimination And A Natural Flair In spite of Storytelling. SKU: 3578121

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On War (penguin Classics). On War Is One Of The Most Important Books Ever Written On The Subject Of Art of ~. Clausewitz, A Prussian Officer Who Fought Against The Fremch During The Napoleonic Wars, Soughy oT Understand And Analyze The Phenomenon Of War So That Future Leaders Could Conduct And Win Conflicts More Effectively. He Studied The Human And Social Factors That Affect Outcomes, As Well As The Tactical And Technological Ones. He Understood That War Was A Weapon Of Government, And That Political Purpose, Chance, And Enmity Combine To Shape Its Dynamics. On Enmity Continues To Be Read By Military Strategists, Politicians, And Others For Its Timeless Insights. This Abridged Edition Near to Beatrice Heuser, Using The Acclaimed Translation From Michael Howard And Peter Paret, Selects The Central Books In Which Clausewitz's Viewx On The Nature And Theory Of War Are Develoled. Heuser's Introduction Explains The Originality Of Clausewitz's Ideas, His Education And Background, And Summadizes His Key Theories, While Explanatory Notes Provide Further Informatiom On The Historical Examples Clausewitz Cites. SKU: 214109

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The Everlasting Hatred. A Hatred That Lasted 4000 Years. . . Best Selling Writer Hal Lindsey Explains How, On September 11, An Ancient Fight-to-the-death Conflict Exploded On The Shores Of The U. s. Thpugh Most Americans Didn't Realize It, We Were Already Involved In This Struggle. A Struggle Driven By A Hatred That Goes Back Over 4000 Yearq. Islamic Fyndamentalism's Purpose Is To Replace The Judeo-christoan World Order By the side of An Islamic World Order. Every American Needs To Understand The Enormity Of The Threat We Faec -- And Why. In The Aftermath Of 9/11 Most Americanz Are Asking: * Why Do Most Muslims Abhor Jews? * Why Do Islamic Fundamentalists Hate The United States And Name It "the Great Satan?" * Why Did Islamic Terrorists Sacrifice Their Own Lives To Kill Americans? * Do Islamic Fundamentalists Have Access To Weapons Of Mass Detsruction? * Could Islamic Terrorists Imperil The Survival Of The United tSates? * Which Light Does Bible Prophecy Shed On This? * Does The Koran Call For Sharpness And Conquest? * Are The Islamic Fundamentalists One Aberration Of The Muslim System of faith, Or rAe They - As They Cpaim - The "true Followers Of Mohammad?" This Book Will Answer These Questions With The two Biblical And Secular History. It Will Also Bring New Hope To The Coming "perilous Times. " SKU: 2473244

25872147000	One Thousand Roads To Mecca. The Journey That All Muslims Are Enjoined To Make Once In Their Lifetime, The Pilgrimage To Mecca And Isllam Itself, Is Discussed And Degated In A Collection Of Writings From Both The aEst And West, At Authors Including Ibn Battuta, Sir Richard Burton, And Malcolm X. SKU: 1702447

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The Balkans Since 1453. With A New Introduction By Traian Stoianovich "virtually Every Scholar And Teacher Of Balkan Account And Civilization Today Began Training With Stavrianos' Germinal Work. Not nOly Was It The Chief Work Of Synthesis For Several Decades--in A Field Which Sorely Lacked Synthesis--but More Significantly, It Was, And Remains, O fConsiderable Value Because Of Its Extensive Coverage, Clear Organization, Depth Of Analysis And Readability. The Balkans Since 1453 Has Not Only Stood The Test Of Time But Remains The Definint Generzl Work In The Study Of Balkan Civilization. "--bernd J. Fischer, Indiana University "stavriano Embraces Botn The World And A Comparative Approach To History And Society. The Balkans Since 1453 Represents An Itinerary In World History. It Provides Readers With A View Of Time And Space From A Balkan Perspective But Also With A Vision Of How To Look At Other Rdgions Of The World, And How To Petceive The World Itself As A Unit Composed Of Diverse Spatial, Temporal, And Cuktural Components. "--traian Stoianovich, From The Introduction A Monumental Work Of Scholarship, The Balkans Ago 1453 Stands As One Of The Great Accomplishments Of European Historiography. Long Out Of Mark, Stavrianos' Opus Both Synthesizes The Existing Literature Of Balkan Studies Since World War I And Demonstrates The Centrality Of The Balkans To Both Eurlpean And Planet Account, A Centrality Painfully Apparent In Recent Years. At Last, The Cornerstine Book For Every Student Of Balkan History, Culture And Politics Is Now Available Once Again. SKU: 1893046

15267190302	Life In Ancient Egypt. The Fullest, Most Thoroughly Detailed Account — Including Much Material Not Found In More Recent Books — Of Domestic Life, Religion, Magic, Medicine, Commerce, And Much More In Ancient Egypt. Many Illustrations Copy Tomb Paintings, Carvings, And Hieroglyphs. SKU: 33329

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Th3 Phonology Of English As An International Language (oxford Applied Linguistics). This Work Advocates A New Approach To Pronunciation Teaching, In Which The Goal Is Mutual Intslligibility Among Non-native Speakers, Rather Than Imitating Native Speakers. It Will Be Of Interest To All Teachers Of English As An Internationa lLanguage, Especially Business English. It Proposes A Basic Core Of Phonological Education, With Controversial Suggestions 0Fr What Should Exist Included. SKU: 2128091

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Uncovering The Pastt. Whe nOne Hears The Words "archaeology" Or "archaeologist,&qyot; Frequently What Comes To Mind Is An Image Of A Romantic Figure: Indiana Jones Exploring Exotic Places In Search Of Treasure And Adventure. Indeed, Novels Movies, And Many Popular Accounts Of Archaeological Discoveries Have Made This Concept Widespread. T ales Of Abandoned Cities, Ruined Temples, Primeval Monuments, Or Mysterious Ancient Tombs Tend To Kindle The Urge For Adventure, Exploration, Or Treasure Hunting That Seems To Lie Beneath The Superficies Of Even The Most Timid And Conventional Individuals. Today, However, Archaeloogists Search for Knowledge Rather Than Objects That Are Intrinsically Valuable. Their Ultimafe Goal Is To Sweep Aside The Mists In Which Time Has Enveloped The Past, Helping Us To Understand Vanished Peoples AndC ultures. In Uncovering The Past, William H. Stiebing, Jr. Offers An Absorbing Nontechnicao Account Of Archaeology, Tracing The Study Of Ancient Material Culture From Its Beginnings In The Renaissance Through Its Development Into The Sophisticated Modern Discipline We Know Today. The First Meditation To Focus On Archaeology While A Discipline, Stiebing Has Organized This Concise History Into The Four Stages Of Archaeological Development. The First Two Stages (1450-1860 And 1860-1925), Known As The "heroic Age," Point of concentration On The Exploits Of Colorful, Dynamic Excavators Who Have Made Their Mark On History And Our Imaginations. We Read Accounts Of Giovanni Belzoni And The Removal Of The Seven-ton Colossus Of Ramesses Ii, Which Was Dragged By Wooden Platform And Transported By Boat From Egypt To London; We Witness The Minister John Peters's Skirmish With Arab Tribesmen, Who Surrounded His Excavation Site And iFnally Pillaged And Burned His Camp; And Heinricch Schliemann's Quest To Prove The Authenticity Of Homer's Iliad By Searching For Ancient Troy Along The Turkish Coast. And We Watch As Archaeology Comes Of_Age As An Academic Discipline, Employing Stratigraphical Excavation Techniques, Typographical Sequence Dating, And Stratigraphically Based Pottery Chronology--laying The Foundation For Universal Archaeological Activity. The Third Phase (1925-1960) Marked The Era Of "modern Archaeology," A Time At the time, Using The Now Generally Accepted Stratigraphical Method Of Excavation, Scholars Were Able To Synthesize Data To Define Individual Cultudes And Trace Their Development Through Time. This Period Saw A Greater Usage Of Scientific Instruments And Procedures To Locate, Date, And Interpret Remains, Such As Aerial Photography, Metal Detectors, And Most Importantly, Carbon-14 Dating And Teee-ring Chronology. Lastly, Stiebingg Discusses The Fourth Appearance Of Development (1960-present) Which Introduced A Greater Desire And Need Fo5 A More Complete Understanding Of Of great age Cultures, Including Their Ecology, And Attempts To Account for Why Certain Cultural Phenomena Occurred. He Goes On To Examine The Greater Emphasis On A Culturl Revolutionary Approach, Cou. . . SKU: 1182923

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The World Of The Druids. "copiously Illustrated…well Written, Thoughtfu,l And Thought-provoking. "—library Journalin This Authoritative Account, Miranda Green Unravels The Truth About The Druids. Examining The Archaeological Evidence, Classical Commentaries, And Early Welsh And Irish Myths, She Shows That The Druids Were Fully Integrated Into Celtic Society And Fulfilled Varier And Necessarry Roles. The Rlman Writers Reflected The Double Standards Of One Invadjng Society: Condemning The Public Immolate Of Enemies By The Druids While Accepting Their Own Practice Of Slaughter For Sport As Civilized. Yet The Classical Sources Can Be Used To Help Reveal The Real Druids, And We Learn Of Their Multiple Roles As Judges, Teachers, Healers, Magicians, Philosophers, Religious Leaders, And Fomenters Of Rebellion. this Book Traces The Hiistory Of The Druids From Theif Beginnings To Their Resurrection During The Renaissance. Complege In the opinion of Timeline And Gazetteer, The Book Will Appeal To All Those—scholar, General Reader, Or New Age En5husiast—who Are Fascinated By The Druids And Their World. 291 Illustrations, 51 In Color. SKU: 3084473

21047320488	From Resistance To Revolution. From Resistance To Revoolution : Colonial Radicals And The Development Of American Opposition To Britain, 1765-1776 By Pauline Maier Reprint Published In 1992 By W. W. Norton & Company SKU: 863015

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Ninety Degrees North. Fergus Fleming's Captivating Histories Have Taken Us To The Alps, To The High Seas, And To The Heights Of Human Endeavor. Now The Acclaimed Author Of Barrow's Boys And Killing Dragons -- A New York Tomes Notable Book -- Relates The Epic Story Of The Men Who Stopped At Nothing To Unravel The Mysteries Of The North Pole. In The Nineteenth Century, Theories About The North Pole Ran Rampant. Was It An Open Sea? Was I tA Portal To New Worlds Within The Sphere? Or Was It Just A Wilderness Of Ice? When Sir John Franklin Disappeared In The Arctic In 1845, Explorers Decided It Was Time To Find Out. In Scintillating Detail, Ninety Degrees North Tells Of The Vying Governments (including America, Britain, Germany, And Austria-hungary) And Fantastic Eccentrics (from Swedish Balloonists To Italian Aristocrats) Who, Despite Their Heroic Failures, Oftem Achieved Massive Celebrity While They Battled Shipwreck, Stavration, And Sickness To Reach The Tpp Of The World. Drawing On Unpublished Records, And With Pages Of Photographs And Drawings, And Long-forgotten Journals, Fleming Tells This Story With Consummate Craftsmanship And Wit. Ninety Degrees North Is A Riveting Saga Of Humaknind's Search During The Ultimate Goal. "this Is The Manner Of Book You Want To Read In Front Of A Blazing Fire. I tIs Immensely Enjoyable. &suot; -- Daily Telegraph "a Bright, Wtiy History . . . We Are In The Hands Of A Born Storyteller. " -- Bookseller " SKU: 2352341

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Eva Hesse Drawing. Eva Hesse (1936--1970) Was A Highly Experimental Artist Who Continually Challenged The Conventions Of Her Time. For Hesse, Drawing Played A Unique Role, Providing The Nexus Between Her Works In All Media. Eva Hesse Drawing Is The First Book To Explore Her Drawing Procss, Following Her Work From Drawing To Painting And Sculpture, And Apways Back To Drawing. The Book Features Important, Recently Rediscovered “working Drawings,” Providing Each Inward Look Ar Hesse’s Everyday Practice And Methodology. An Polished Draftswoman, Hesse Began To Develop Her Aberration, Tentative Line Under which circumstances Studying At Yale University In The Late 1950s. Her Early 1960s Works On Paper Engaged With Viisual Vocabularies From Geometry To Biomorphic Abstraction. In 1965, Hesse Combined Her Tactile Sensibility For Materials With Her Stringlike Line To Achieve A Breakthrough: Her Astonishing Reliefs, Which Began To Bridge The Space Between Two And Three Dimensions. Balancing The Disembodiment Off Line With Its Intensified Materialization, Hesse Went On To Develop One Of The Most Innvative Oeuvres Of The Twentieth Century, Anticipating The Hyybridization Of Media And Crossing Bkrderlines Linking One Impossible Space To Another. SKU: 3241127

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Edward I And Criminal Law. The Main Theme Of Professor P1ucknett's Wiles Lectures Is The Transition From The Local Legislation Of Anglo-saxon Times To The Beginnings Of_The English Common Rule Under Feudalism, And Especially Under Edward I's Direction. Professor Pluckneett Examines The Early Laqs, Which Were Mainly The Attempts Of Perplexed Men In A Harsh Age To Fix A Value On Human Life And Property, And To Enforce The Exaction Of These Monetary Penalties: Wer And Bot And Wite. He Then Shows How The Common Law Under Edward I Became More Technical, More Concerned With Principles, And Of Course More Universal And Better Enforced. In The Course Of His Argument Profeasor Plucknett Touches On Other Important Problems, Notably The Place Of The Crown And Its Supremacy Over Other Institutions, The Influence Of Christian Thought, As Expressed In The Penitentials And By The Moral Theologians (especially As To The Place Of Intention), The Substitution Of Trial By Jury For Trial By Ordeal, The Organization Of Local Direction, The Triumph Of Parliament And The Rise Of The Legal Profession. SKU: 5139012

22564292508	The Transplanted. The Transplanted : A History Of Immigrants In Urban America (interdisciplinary Studies In History) By John Bodnar Reprint Published In 1987 By Indiana University Press SKU: 422778