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More True Tales of Old-Time Kansas - Paperback

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by David Dary (Author)"Rollicking, adventurous, touching" is how American West magazine described David Dary's first collection of stories, True Tales of Old-Time Kansas. This sequel, containing forty-one episodes, sagas, and legends from Kansas's vigorous, free-spirited past, shows Dary again at his entertaining best.More True Tales is filled with engaging stories of outlaws and lawmen, trailride adventures, buried treasures, natural catastrophes, the famous and the obscure. Sometimes romant...

Inseparable: The Hess Twins' Holocaust Journey Through Bergen-Belsen to America - Paperback

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by Faris Cassell (Author)See the Holocaust through the Eyes of Children. Stefan and Marion Hess's happy childhood was shattered in 1943. Torn from their home in Amsterdam, the six-year-old twins and their parents were deported to a place their mother called "this dying hell"--the infamous concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Inseparable is the vivid account of one family's struggle to survive the Holocaust. In the camp, the children ran from SS soldiers, making it a game to see who could get ...

Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Jack A. Goldstone (Author)In their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and have at times won miraculous victories, though at other times suffered devastating defeat. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures, and the ways in which revolutions continue to dominate world events ...

The Nicene Creed: An Introduction - Hardcover

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by Phillip Cary (Author)Understand and celebrate what we believeFor centuries, the Nicene Creed has been central to the church's confession. The Nicene Creed: An Introduction by Phillip Cary explores the Creed's riches with simplicity and clarity. Cary explains the history of the Creed and walks through its meaning line by line. Far from being abstract or irrelevant, the words of the Creed carefully express what God has done in Christ and through the Spirit. The Nicene Creed gives us the gosp...

Pistol Packin' Preachers: Circuit Riders of Texas - Paperback

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by Barbara Barton (Author)A writer once denounced the Lone Star State as "where the Godly could battle 'the devil' on his own ground." Circuit riders and other early preachers confronted dangerous outlaws, Indians, wild animals, and Texas' unpredictable weather. Their stories chronicle bringing one element of civilization to early explorers and settlers. Some fought for Texas independence with a Bible in one hand and a rifle in the other; others worked as drovers and preached along the cattle...

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by Rob Sheffield (Author)Shops, churches, pubs, social clubs, libraries, parks, schools, streets, windowsills, gardens, pavements... These public spaces can have an extraordinary effect on well-being in a community. They bring people together and form the bonds that lead to people supporting each other. With vivid descriptions and heartfelt anecdotes, Pieces of Us is a moving tribute to the people who made up this distinct part of Wales. The author, Rob Sheffield, shares first-person accounts...

Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm, Fascism, and the Holocaust - Hardcover

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by Roger Frie (Author)Erich Fromm, the prominent twentieth-century public intellectual and psychoanalyst, was recognized for his courageous stand against fascism, racism, and human destructiveness. Until now, however, little has been known about the extent to which Fromm's personal experience of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust shaped his outlook and work. In Edge of Catastrophe, Roger Frie introduces for the first time the unpublished Holocaust correspondence in Fromm's family. The letters pro...

Eusebius: The Church History - Hardcover

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by Paul L. Maier (Commentator)Next to Josephus, Eusebius is the most widely-consulted reference work on the early church. Much of our knowledge of the first three centuries of Christianity--the terrible persecutions, the courageous martyrs, and the theological controversies--come from the writings of this first century historian. The hardcover edition of this new translation includes more than 150 color photographs, maps, and charts. Number of Pages: 416 Dimensions: 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN Publica...

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by Tessa Allen (Author), Tessa Allen (Illustrator)With a spare, inspiring text and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, this is a timeless and important book for activists of all ages. This hardcover picture book is perfect for sharing and for gifting. Sometimes people march to resist injustice, to stand in solidarity, to inspire hope. Throughout American history, one thing remains true: no matter how or why people march, they are powerful because they march together. Number of Pages: 32 Dim...

The Annotated Mona Lisa, Third Edition: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to the Present - Paperback

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by Carol Strickland (Author)An illustrated tutorial of prehistoric to contemporary world art, from cave paintings to video art installations to digital and Internet media in an easy-to-understand format. This heavily illustrated crash course in art history is revised and updated from the second edition published in 2007, including a new chapter about recent artists and movements. Featuring succinct page-length essays, instructive sidebars, and more than 300 photographs, The Annotated Mona Lis...

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation - Paperback

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by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Author) Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism--or in the words of one modern chaplain, with "a spiritual badass."As acclaimed scholar Kristin Du Mez explains, the key to understanding this transformation is to recognize the centrality of popular culture in conte...

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water - Hardcover

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by Nikole Hannah-Jones (Author), Renée Watson (Author), Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator)The 1619 Project's lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson. A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family...

Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America - Paperback

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by Lynne Cheney (Author), Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator)Lynne Cheney and Robin Preiss Glasser, creators of the bestselling America: A Patriotic Primer and A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, take you on an unforgettable tour of America--from the Everglades of Florida to the grasslands of Kentucky to the Sierra Mountains of California. Come along on a summer vacation from state to amazing state, and learn about interesting regional and historic facts along the way with ...

Revolt Against the Modern World: Politics, Religion, and Social Order in the Kali Yuga - Hardcover

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by Julius Evola (Author)With unflinching gaze and uncompromising intensity Julius Evola analyzes the spiritual and cultural malaise at the heart of Western civilization and all that passes for progress in the modern world. As a gadfly, Evola spares no one and nothing in his survey of what we have lost and where we are headed. At turns prophetic and provocative, Revolt against the Modern World outlines a profound metaphysics of history and demonstrates how and why we have lost contact with the...

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by Athol Fugard (Author), John Kani (Author), Winston Ntshona (Author)Developed in workshops with award-winning actors, these are the works in Fugard's canon that most directly confront the dehumanizing brutality of apartheid. Includes: Sizwe Bansi is Dead, The Island, and Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act.Author BiographyThe New Yorker has said of Athol Fugard, A rare playwright, who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace P...

The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths - Paperback

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by William Hansen (Editor), William Hansen (Translator), William Hansen (Introduction by)The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories--from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh--these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Toget...

Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692 - Paperback

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by Richard Godbeer (Author)The Salem witch hunt of 1692 is among the most infamous events in early American history; however, it was not the only such episode to occur in New England that year. Escaping Salem reconstructs the "other witch hunt" of 1692 that took place in Stamford, Connecticut. Concise and accessible, the book takes students on a revealing journey into the mental world of early America, shattering the stereotype of early New Englanders as quick to accuse and condemn. Drawing ...

Hunting the Jackal: A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism - Paperback

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by Billy Waugh (Author), Tim Keown (Author)Spanning more than five decades, here is a riveting true account of fighting America's enemies around the world--told by the soldier/operative who was there I am not a hero. Billy Waugh has lurked in the shadows and on the periphery of many of the most significant events of the past half-century on active duty with U.S. Army Special Forces and the CIA fighting enemies of the United States. In Hunting the Jackal, this legendary warrior reveals the ext...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Allumbaugh (Author)A Biography of a woman who has a history of being the first of Dallas, Texas. It is a great read: One family's take on Texas history and poetry, both old and new.In Granny's Poetry, Charles Allumbaugh invites readers into a unique blend of personal storytelling, historical documentation, and heartfelt poetry. This one-of-a-kind book traces the early days of Dallas, Texas, through the Civil War and beyond-told through the eyes and expe...

Big Boys Don't Cry: Memoir of a Mid-Century Farm Boy

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Report copyright infringementby Robert W. Phillips (Author)This heartfelt memoir captures the joys and hardships of a boyhood shaped by love, labor, and the unyielding land. Childhood isn't always easy. With two older sisters at home-spoiling him one moment and teasing him the next-Robert learns to navigate the joys and sorrows of growing up. His mother's words, "Big boys don't cry," echo in his ears as he strives to be as strong and resilient as his hardworking father. Caught between childho...

Autobiography of Mother Jones(Polis & Praxis Red Series)(Annotated)

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Harris Jones (Author), Mary Field Parton (Editor), Clarence Darrow (Introduction by)The Autobiography of Mother Jones (Polis & Praxis Red Series)"I am not a humanitarian. I am a hell-raiser." - Mother JonesMary Harris "Mother" Jones (1837-1930) was once branded the most dangerous woman in America-and she wore the name proudly. From the coal mines of West Virginia to the mills of Pennsylvania, she gave voice to the working class, rallied striking labore...

Flight From Prague: The Making of a Refugee, September 1938 - November 1939

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Lewis (Author)A True Story from World War TwoOn the night of 30 September 1938, Harry Lewy must flee for his life.At the stroke of a pen, Czechoslovakia's border region has switched from comfortable home to dangerous place for any Jew. By agreement with the Allied powers of Britain and France, Adolf Hitler's Germany is taking over the Sudetenland and Harry, a Jewish German speaker, must abandon everything in his previously secure world to escape persecu...

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Recollections of the Civil War: The life of a soldier in the Ohio 2nd Volunteer Cavalry - 1861-1865

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Report copyright infringementby William H. H. Polhamus (Author), Frederick E. Leickly (Editor), Doug Showalter (Editor)Did you ever have a hero you never met? After discovering his great-grandfather's recollections and poems about his time in the Civil War, Frederick E. Leickly, MD, MPH, strongly considers William Henry Harrison Polhamus in that category. In this volume, Leickly pays homage to a most unique writer in the style of the late 1800s who shares his courage, escapades and dedication...

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Report copyright infringementby Mabel E. Elliott (Author), Rose Wilder Lane (Author), G. L. Pedersen (Editor)Dr. Mabel E. Elliott, an American physician, served in Turkey, Armenia, and Greece from 1919 to 1923, helping Armenian and Greek refugees and orphans following World War I. She saw unimaginable suffering and hunger while caring for thousands of refugees after the Armenian Genocide. Rose Wilder Lane, journalist and novelist, worked for the American Red Cross and Near East Relief from 19...

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American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History - Paperback

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by Steven Blush (Author), George Petros (Editor)American Hardcore sets the record straight about the last great American subculture--Paper magazineSteven Blush's definitive treatment of Hardcore Punk (Los Angeles Times) changed the way we look at Punk Rock. The Sony Picture Classics-distributed documentary American Hardcore premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. This revised and expanded second edition contains hundreds of new bands, thirty new interviews, flyers, a new chapter (Destro...

Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Michael D. Gordin (Author)Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience," typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella - astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields "pseudo" is a far more complex issue. It has proved impossible to come up with a simple criterion that enables us to ...

Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth - Paperback

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by Frederick Kempe (Author) In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called Berlin "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shaping the Cold War-and more perilous. It was in that hot summer that the Berlin Wall was constructed, which would divide the world for another twenty-eight years. Then two months later, and for the first time in history, American a...

America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

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Report copyright infringementby H. W. Brands (Author)Bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands narrates the fierce debate over America's role in the world in the runup to World War II through its two most important figures: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who advocated intervention, and his isolationist nemesis, aviator and popular hero Charles Lindbergh. "An immersive account of America's fierce debate about joining World War II." -- The Washington Post "Brands's elegan...

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Report copyright infringementby Anis Ahmad (Author)The crisis in thought we witness today, in the name of freedom of speech, did not exist half a century ago when Islam and Pakistan were understood as synonymous. In every stage of Pakistan's liberation movement, the leadership of the Muslim League and the masses, as evidenced by the historic records in the form of archives, speeches, statements, and resolutions, endorsed this reality. Even today, it is an insignificant number of people, but v...