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by Elspeth Leacock (Author), Deborah Park (Author), Karen Edwards (Author)The teaching guides developed for Middle/High schools were created to support 8th grade American history content standards and learning frameworks. They present concise menus of ideas for teachers working with developing critical thinkers. Where the Elementary level teaching guides focus on comprehension, the Middle/High School level teaching guides emphasize critical thinking and drawing connections. The core of each c...

Long Reach of the Sixties: Lbj, Nixon, and the Making of the Contemporary Supreme Court - Paperback

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by Laura Kalman (Author)The Warren Court of the 1950s and 1960s was the most liberal in American history. Yet within a few short years, new appointments redirected the Court in a more conservative direction, a trend that continued for decades. However, even after Warren retired and the makeup of the court changed, his Court cast a shadow that extends to our own era. In The Long Reach of the Sixties, Laura Kalman focuses on the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Presidents Johnson and Nixon atte...

Poisoned Well: Empire and Its Legacy in the Middle East - Paperback

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by Roger Hardy (Author)The conflicts and crises of today's Middle East are rooted in the colonial era. To better understand them, we need to acknowledge how Western imperialism negatively shaped the region and its destiny in the half-century between World War I and the happenings of the Cold War. That is the challenging argument of The Poisoned Well, which provides a vivid account of the struggle against European colonial rule in ten states stretching from North Africa to south Arabia. Drawin...

The Realness of Things Past: Ancient Greece and Ontological History - Paperback

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by Greg Anderson (Author)The Realness of Things Past proposes a new paradigm of historical practice. It questions the way we conventionally historicize the experiences of non-modern peoples, western and non-western, and makes the case for an alternative. It shows how our standard analytical devices impose modern, dualist metaphysical conditions upon all non-modern realities, thereby authorizing us to align those realities with our own modern ontological commitments, fundamentally altering the...

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by Deudney (Author)Space is again in the headlines. E-billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are planning to colonize Mars. President Trump wants a "Space Force" to achieve "space dominance" with expensive high-tech weapons. The space and nuclear arms control regimes are threadbare and disintegrating. Would-be asteroid collision diverters, space solar energy collectors, asteroid miners, and space geo-engineers insistently promote their Earth-changing mega-projects. Given our many looming plane...

Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use - Paperback

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by Toshio Odate (Author)The classic work on the tools and spirit of the Japanese master craftsman.In Japan, a woodworker spends years learning to use his tools with great speed and skill. Only after he has proved his mastery can he proudly call himself a shokunin, a master craftsman.Japanese Woodworking Tools brings the traditions and training of the shokunin to the Western world. Calling on his own apprenticeship as a tategu-shi (sliding-door maker), and on 40 years of woodworking experience...

Reading Bible with Founding Fathers C - Hardcover

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by Dreisbach (Author)No book was more accessible or familiar to the American founders than the Bible, and no book was more frequently alluded to or quoted from in the political discourse of the age. How and for what purposes did the founding generation use the Bible? How did the Bible influence their political culture? Shedding new light on some of the most familiar rhetoric of the founding era, Daniel Dreisbach analyzes the founders' diverse use of scripture, ranging from the literary to the...

Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson - Paperback

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by Christina Snyder (Author)In Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson, prize-winning historian Christina Snyder reinterprets the history of Jacksonian America. Most often, this drama focuses on whites who turned west to conquer a continent, extending "liberty" as they went. Great Crossings also includes Native Americans from across the continent seeking new ways to assert anciently-held rights and people of African descent who challenged the United States to live...

Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America - Paperback

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by Virginia DeJohn Anderson (Author)When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestockplayed a vitally important role in the settling of the New World. Livestock, Anderson writes, were a central factor in the cultural clash between colonists and Indians as...

Turban for the Crown: The Islamic Revolution in Iran - Paperback

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by Said Amir Arjomand (Author)The Iranian revolution still baffles most Western observers. Few considered the rise of theocracy in a modernized state possible, and fewer thought it might result from a popular revolution. Said Amir Arjomand's The Turban for the Crown provides a thoughtful, painstakingly researched, and intelligible account of the turmoil in Iran which reveals the importance of this singular event for our understanding of revolutions. Providing crucial historical background, Ar...

Warfare State: World War II Americans and the Age of Big Government - Paperback

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by James T. Sparrow (Author)Although common wisdom and much scholarship assume that "big government" gained its foothold in the United States under the auspices of the New Deal during the Great Depression, in fact it was the Second World War that accomplished this feat. Indeed, as the federal government mobilized for war it grew tenfold, quickly dwarfing the New Deal's welfare programs. Warfare State shows how the federal government vastly expanded its influence over American society during W...

Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers - Paperback

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by David Wright (Author), David Zoby (Author)Fire on the Beach recovers the heroic, long-forgotten story of the only all-black crew in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1871 the Life-Saving Service, the precursor to the Coast Guard, was created by Congress to assure the safe passage of American and international shipping and to save lives and salvage cargo. Although it was decommissioned in 1915, a century ago the LSS boasted some two hundred stations, and the adventures of the now forg...

The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology - Paperback

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by Roger S. Bagnall (Author)Thousands of texts, written over a period of three thousand years on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Persian, and other languages, have transformed our knowledge of many aspects of life in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology provides an introduction to the world of these ancient documents and literary texts, ranging from the raw materials of writing to the languages used, from the hi...

Who Belongs?: Race, Resources, and Tribal Citizenship in the Native South - Paperback

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by Mikaëla M. Adams (Author)Who can lay claim to a legally-recognized Indian identity? Who decides whether or not an individual qualifies? The right to determine tribal citizenship is fundamental to tribal sovereignty, but deciding who belongs has a complicated history, especially in the South. Indians who remained in the South following removal became a marginalized and anomalous people in an emerging biracial world. Despite the economic hardships and assimilationist pressures they faced, th...

Your Name Is Renée: Ruth Kapp Hartz's Story as a Hidden Child in Nazi-Occupied France - Paperback

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by Stacy Cretzmeyer (Author), Beate Klarsfeld (Foreword by)In Nazi-occupied France in 1941, four-year-old Ruth Kapp learns that it is dangerous to use her own name. "Remember," her older cousin Jeannette warns her, "your name is Renee and you are French!"A deeply personal book, this true story recounts the chilling experiences of a young Jewish girl during the Holocaust. The Kapp family flees one home after another, helped by simple, ordinary people from the French countryside who risk their ...

Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition - Paperback

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by James K. Hoffmeier (Author)Scholars of the Hebrew Bible have in the last decade begun to question the historical accuracy of the Israelite sojourn in Egypt, as described in the book of Exodus. The reason for the rejection of the exodus tradition is said to be the lack of historical and archaeological evidence in Egypt. Those advancing these claims, however, are not specialists in the study of Egyptian history, culture, and archaeology. In this pioneering book, James Hoffmeier examines the ...

Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain - Paperback

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by Edith Sheffer (Author)The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 shocked the world. Ever since, the image of this impenetrable barrier between East and West, imposed by communism, has been a central symbol of the Cold War. Based on vast research in untapped archival, oral, and private sources, Burned Bridge reveals the hidden origins of the Iron Curtain, presenting it in a startling new light. Historian Edith Sheffer's unprecedented, in-depth account focuses on Burned Bridge-the intersection ...

Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War - Paperback

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by James M. McPherson (Author)James M. McPherson is acclaimed as one of the finest historians writing today and a preeminent commentator on the Civil War. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of that conflict, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." Now, in Drawn With the Sword, McPherson offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on some of the most enduring questions of the Civil War, writt...

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler - Paperback

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by Rebecca Donner (Author)The INSTANT New York Times Bestseller Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award Winner of the Chautauqua Prize Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award Finalist for the Plutarch Award A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 A New York Times BookReview Editors' Choice A New York Times Critics' Top Pick of 2021 Wall Street Journal 10 Best Books of 2021 Time Magazine 100 Must-Read Books of 2021 ...

The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil - Paperback

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by Al Ridenour (Author), Sean Tejaratchi (Designed by)With the appearance of the demonic Christmas character Krampus in contemporary Hollywood movies, television shows, advertisements, and greeting cards, medieval folklore has now been revisited in American culture. Krampus-related events and parades occur both in North America and Europe, and they are an ever-growing phenomenon.Though the Krampus figure has once again become iconic, not much can be found about its history and meaning, thus c...

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by True Kelley (Author), Who Hq (Author), True Kelley (Illustrator)Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world and translating it into art. A restless genius, he went through a blue period, a rose period, and a Cubist phase. He made collages, sculptures out of everyday objects, and beautiful ceramic plates. True Kelley's engaging biography is a wonderful introduction to modern art.Author BiographyTrue Kelley lives in Warner, New Hampshire. Nancy H...

Double-Play: A Chameleon's Pilgrimage to Belonging and Redemption Part 1: Belonging- From Mighty Cedars to Fruited Plains - Paperback

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by Mihial Dean Ferris (Author)Exploring Cross-Cultural Dynamics: A Journey from Lebanon to America and back again, Shaping International Law, Finance, and Global Politics.This compelling memoir narrates the author's incredible life journey. It takes us from his humble beginnings in Lebanon, through the vibrant tapestry of Lebanese culture, to his impactful contributions at the forefront of international law and finance. As readers, we get an immersive peek into the author's evolution, witness...

Double-Play: A Chameleon's Pilgrimage to Belonging and Redemption Part 1: Belonging- From Mighty Cedars to Fruited Plains - Hardcover

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A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia - Paperback

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by Richard A. Ruth (Author)Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realize. A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at the country's last 250 years--from coups and violent massacres to the invention of Pad Thai in the 1930's. Readers will learn the vibrant story of Thailand's emergence as a prosperous Buddhist state, its transformation from traditional kingdom to democratic constitutional...

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by Mary K. Tilghman (Author)When Union and Confederate soldiers march by eighteen-year-old Maureen's Sharpsburg farm, she must choose where her loyalties lie. Will she stand with family or country?After the Battle of Antietam, Maureen decides to listen to her heart and volunteer as a battlefield nurse. But her father forbids it and demands she stay home to help care for the farm. The young soldier who loves her fears for her safety. Danger and disease follow her every step of the way.Illness ...

How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark - Paperback

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by Rosalyn Schanzer (Author)Appealing art and descriptive text bring Lewis and Clark alive for young adventurers. Carefully chosen text from Lewis and Cark's actual journals opens a fascinating window into this country's exciting history.Author BiographyRosalyn Schanzer is the award-winning author and illustrator of numerous books for young people. An avid photographer and Masters swimmer, she has swam with sharks in Belize, hiked through the jungles of Ecuador and in the rain forests of the ...

They're Off!: The Story of the Pony Express - Paperback

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by Cheryl Harness (Author), Cheryl Harness (Illustrator)In 1860, with North and South about to be divided by war, East and West were united through an extraordinary venture -- the Pony Express. Over the course of ten days in April, eighty riders and five hundred horses delivered mail between California and Missouri -- a mission that took three weeks by stagecoach. Although it existed for only a year and a half, the Pony Express remains a legendary chapter in American history and a symbol of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Lyon Gardiner Tyler (Author)Virginia First is a historical book written by Lyon Gardiner Tyler and published in 1921. The book is a comprehensive account of the early history of Virginia, from its founding in 1607 to the end of the colonial era in 1776. Tyler, who was a professor of history at the College of William and Mary and the son of former U.S. President John Tyler, uses a variety of primary sources to provide a detailed and engaging narrative of Virgini...

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Report copyright infringementby John Wycliffe (Author), Robert Vaughan (Editor), James Henthorn Todd (Editor)The Wycliffe Manuscripts is a collection of writings by John Wycliffe, a prominent English theologian and religious reformer who lived in the 14th century. The book was originally published in 1843 and contains a selection of Wycliffe's works, including his translation of the Bible into English, his commentary on the Gospels, and his treatise on the sacrament of the Eucharist. The manu...

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Report copyright infringementby Jenny Lind (Author)Memoir of Jenny Lind is a book written by the renowned Swedish opera singer, Jenny Lind, and published in 1847. The book is a personal account of her life and career, detailing her rise to fame as one of the most celebrated singers of her time.Lind's memoir begins with her childhood in Sweden, where she first discovered her love for singing. She then goes on to describe her early training and performances, including her debut at the Royal Ope...

History Of The Elyton Land Company And Birmingham, Alabama (1892) - Paperback

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by Henry Martin Caldwell (Author)History Of The Elyton Land Company And Birmingham, Alabama is a book written by Henry Martin Caldwell, first published in 1892. The book provides an in-depth historical account of the founding, growth, and development of the Elyton Land Company, a prominent land development company in Birmingham, Alabama, in the late 19th century. Caldwell's work traces the history of Birmingham from its early days as a small town to its emergence as a major industrial center ...

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Report copyright infringementby Christabel Choi (Author)Christabel Choi enters South Korea as a student in 1989 with a copy of the Communist Manifesto among the books in her bag. She doesn't realize that it could get her-or anyone she might lend it to-arrested or disappeared.She soon finds herself the only woman in the company of men in a Buddhist temple boarding house: as an honorary little brother. At the university over the mountain, she realizes her classmates lead the dangerous fight to ...