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Warhol on Basquiat. the Iconic Relationship Told in Andy Warhol's Words and Pictures - Hardcover

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by Michael Dayton Hermann (Editor)Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat's complex relationship captivated the art world then and now. At a time when Warhol was already world famous and the elder statesman of New York cool, Basquiat was a downtown talent rising rapidly from the graffiti scene. Together, they forged an electrifying personal and professional partnership. As a prolific documentarian of his own world, Warhol extensively photographed and wrote of his friendship with Basquiat, all pl...

Henry Knox's Noble Train: The Story of a Boston Bookseller's Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution - Hardcover

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by William Hazelgrove (Author)The inspiring story of a little-known hero's pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War During the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling sixty tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border. He and his men journeyed some three hundred miles south and east over frozen, often-treacherous terrain to supply George Washington for his attack of British troops...

Our Daily Bread: Wages, Workers, and the Political Economy of the American West

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Report copyright infringementby Geoff Mann (Author)A wage is more than a simple fee in exchange for labor, argues Geoff Mann. Beyond being a quantitative reflection of productivity or bargaining power, a wage is a political arena in which working people's identity, culture, and politics are negotiated and developed. In Our Daily Bread, Mann examines struggles over wages to reveal ways in which the wage becomes a critical component in the making of social hierarchies of race, gender, and citiz...

For Social Peace in Brazil: Industrialists and the Remaking of the Working Class in São Paulo, 1920-1964

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Weinstein (Author)This book is the first major study of industrialists and social policy in Latin America. Barbara Weinstein examines the vast array of programs sponsored by a new generation of Brazilian industrialists who sought to impose on the nation their vision of a rational, hierarchical, and efficient society. She explores in detail two national agencies founded in the 1940s (SENAI and SESI) that placed vocational training and social welfare prog...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan R. Zatlin (Author)There is perhaps nothing so commonplace and yet so mystifying as money. But to European communists, money was clearly an instrument of economic exploitation and spiritual alienation. In this groundbreaking study, Jonathan R. Zatlin explores the East German attempt to create a perfect society by eliminating money and explains the reasons for its failure. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including unpublished communist reports, secre...

Playing with Reality: How Games Have Shaped Our World - Hardcover

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by Kelly Clancy (Author)A wide-ranging intellectual history that reveals how important games have been to human progress, and what's at stake when we forget what games we're really playing. We play games to learn about the world, to understand our minds and the minds of others, and to make predictions about the future. Games are an essential aspect of humanity and a powerful tool for modeling reality. They're also a lot of fun. But games can be dangerous, especially when we mistake the model ...

There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the Ira, and Two Minutes That Changed History - Hardcover

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by Rory Carroll (Author)A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA's attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed. A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime Minister Margaret Thatche...

We Just Keep Running the Line: Black Southern Women and the Poultry Processing Industry - Hardcover

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by Laguana Gray (Author)The poultry processing industry in El Dorado, Arkansas, was an economic powerhouse in the latter half of the twentieth century. It was the largest employer in the interconnected region of South Arkansas and North Louisiana surrounding El Dorado, and the fates of many related companies and farms depended on its continued financial success. We Just Keep Running the Line is the story of the rise of the poultry processing industry in El Dorado and the labor force -- compos...

Exploring the White House: Inside America's Most Famous Home - Paperback

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by Kate Andersen Brower (Author)#1 New York Times bestselling author Kate Andersen Brower shares a special inside look into the most famous home in America--and the lives of hardworking staff members and first ladies who've maintained it. Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Sure, the president of the United States works and resides there, but do you know who helps keep this historic house running?It's no simple task, especially when there are important...

The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology - Paperback

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by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Translator)Crossley-Holland--the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts--introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving poems printed in their entirety. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most a...

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman - Paperback

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by Robert K. Massie (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An "absorbing" (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs "[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman."--Newsweek ONE OF ESQUIRE'S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Was...

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 - Hardcover

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by Patrick Robinson (With), Marcus Luttrell (Author)Follow along a Navy SEAL's firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afghanistan in this true story of survival and difficult choices. On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heav...

Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States - Paperback

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by James C. Scott (Author)An Economist Best History Book 2017 "History as it should be written."--Barry Cunliffe, Guardian "Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order."--Walter Scheidel, Financial Times Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domes...

Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III - Paperback

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by Robert A. Caro (Author)Master of the Senate, Book 3 of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his 12 years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. It was during these years that all Joh...

Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour - Paperback

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by Lynne Olson (Author)The acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, the handsome, chain-smoking head of CBS News in Europe; Averell Harriman, the hard-driving millionaire who ran FDR's Lend-Lease program in London; and John Gilbert Winant, the shy, idealistic U.S. ambassador to Britain. Each man formed clos...

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity - Hardcover

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by David Graeber (Author), David Wengrow (Author)INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution--from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality--and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlik...

Wassily Kandinsky: The Sketchbooks - Hardcover

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by Larry Warsh (Editor), Dieter Buchhart (Editor), Wassily Kandinsky (Author)A revelatory collection of the artist's sketches and preparatory drawings, featuring many that have never been published before The great Russian modernist painter and theorist Wassily Kandinsky was one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art. Few documents provide more insight into his evolution from figural to abstract art--or into the development of abstraction in the early twentieth century--than the pages ...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Nash (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important en...

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Report copyright infringementby A. Sabin (Author)Delve into the world of wine and spirits with this fascinating book by A. Sabin. This comprehensive guide offers valuable insights into the business side of the wine and spirits industry, including accounting practices and financial management. A must-read for anyone interested in the business of alcohol.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This wo...

Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Master Car-Builders' Association (Created by), American Railway Association Mechani (Created by), Association of American Railroads Me (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (i...

Chemical Recipes: Nearly one Thousand Modern Formulae for Producing all Kinds of Colours and Other Chemical Compositions, With Full Expl

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Report copyright infringementby Atlas Chemical Company (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work ...

The Mining and Metallurgy of Gold and Silver

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Report copyright infringementby John Arthur Phillips (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is imp...

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Report copyright infringementby Hildagonda J. Duckitt (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is im...

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Report copyright infringementby William Ernst Trautmann (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is ...

Dehydrating Foods, Fruits, Vegetables, Fish and Meats: The New Easy, Economical and Superior Method of Preserving All Kinds of Food Materials, With a

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Report copyright infringementby A. Louise Andrea (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is importa...

The Grail-Hunter's Oath: Otto Rahn, the Cathars, and the Search for the True Holy Grail

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Vance Sterling (Author)What if the most dangerous regime in history believed in magic?Step beyond the well-trodden paths of World War II history and into the occult heart of the Third Reich with The Grail-Hunter's Oath. This is not the familiar story of tanks and trenches; it is the true, deeply unsettling biography of Otto Rahn, an eccentric, brilliant historian obsessed with the Holy Grail. Rahn defied Catholic tradition, arguing the Grail was a hidden...

The Classic of Changes in Cultural Context: A Textual Archaeology of the Yi Jing

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Davis (Author)The Classic of Changes (Yi jing) is one of the most ancient texts known to human civilization, always given pride of place in the Chinese classical tradition. And yet the powerful fascination exerted by the Classic of Changes has preserved the archaic text, widely attracting readers with a continuing interest in trying to understand it as a source of reflection and guide to ordinary circumstances of human life. Its monumental influence over ...

Hinduism: Foundations through Logic, Math, and Science

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Report copyright infringementby Anand Joglekar (Author)Discover the Logic Behind the Timeless Wisdom of Hinduism What if the secrets to happiness, purpose, and the universe itself could be explained through the same logic that drives mathematics and science? Hinduism: Foundations through Logic, Math, and Science reveals Hinduism as a profound system of thought - built on reason, evidence, and lived experience, and not as myths or rituals. Inspired by Euclid's method of starting with basic ass...

A History of Japan in Manga: Samurai, Shoguns and World War II - Paperback

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by Kanaya Shunichiro (Author), Zack Davisson (Translator)The entire fascinating story of Japan told in one exciting manga-style volume! A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed saga of Japan from its misty origins up to the present day. Epic battles, noble Samurai and duplicitous leaders are all portrayed in modern manga fashion! The lively stories in this book include: The Dawn of Japan: The Birth of Buddhism and the transition from hunters--gatherers to agricultural societies ...

Man's Search for Meaning: Gift Edition - Hardcover

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by Viktor E. Frankl (Author), Harold S. Kushner (Foreword by), William J. Winslade (Afterword by)The bestselling Holocaust memoir about finding purpose and strength in times of despair--selected as a Library of Congress "10 Most Influential Books in America" This stunning gift edition of "one of the great books of our time" (Harold S. Kushner) features new photos, end papers, and Frankl's never-before-published speeches and letters. Hailed as "an enduring work of survival literature" by the ...

Big Stuff Dozer, Excavator, Mixer & More! - Board Book

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by Joan Holub (Author), The Little Friends of Printmaking (Illustrator)From the author of the bestselling This Little series comes the second board book about the science behind everyday things--this one about big vehicles at the construction site! Join the construction crew and learn how big vehicles work and about the inventors behind them through simple rhyming text and vibrant illustrations. From bulldozers to excavators to concrete mixers and beyond, this engaging board book connects the...

The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race - Paperback

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by Priscilla J. McMillan (Author), Martin J. Sherwin (Foreword by)The true story of the government conspiracy to bring down J. Robert Oppenheimer, America's most famous scientist.On April 12, 1954, the nation was astonished to learn that J. Robert Oppenheimer was facing charges of violating national security. Could the director of the Manhattan Project, the visionary who led the effort to build the atom bomb, really be a traitor? In this riveting book, bestselling author Priscilla J. McMillan...