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1968: The Year That Rocked the World - Paperback

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by Mark Kurlansky (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world."--Dan Rather To some, 1968 was the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Yet it was also the year of the Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy assassinations; the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Prague Spring; the antiwar movement and the Tet Offensive; Black P...

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician - Paperback

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by Anthony Everitt (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "An excellent introduction to a critical period in the history of Rome. Cicero comes across much as he must have lived: reflective, charming and rather vain."--The Wall Street Journal "All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined."--John Adams He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his botched transition from military hero to politician. He lam...

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by Alison Weir (Author)Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the English throne. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched on London. Old noble names were ruined while rising dynasties seized power and lands. The war between the royal houses of Lancaster and York, the most complex in English history, profoundly altered the course of the monarchy. Alison Weir, one of the foremost authorities on British history, brin...

21 Lessons for the 21st Century - Hardcover

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by Yuval Noah Harari (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues. “A highly instructive exploration of ‘current affairs and . . . the immediate future of human societies.’ Having produced an international bestseller about human origins and avoided the sophomore ...

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by John Sellars (Author)To counter the daily anxieties, stress, and emotional swings caused by the barrage of stimuli that plagues modern life, many people have been finding unexpected solace in a philosophy from a very different and distant time: Stoicism. Today, more than 100,000 people are members of online communities for modern Stoics, and there are annual conferences, meet-ups, and workshops for those aspiring to walk the Stoic path. But what is Stoicism, and what makes it resonate so p...

Algorithms, Monks, and Merchants: Computing in Everyday Life in the Middle Ages

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Report copyright infringementby Giorgio Ausiello (Author)This book explores the tight relationship that existed between application needs and computational problem-solving methods during the Middle Ages, particularly the period between the 9th and 15th centuries. It was a time of great cultural and economic evolution, starting with the blooming phase of Arab science and continuing with the acquisition of Hindu-Arabic computation methods (based on the decimal positional number system) in Weste...

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Report copyright infringementby Docia Schultz Williams (Author)Back JacketA collection of strange occurences, this book brings to light tangible evidence and first-hand testimony to validate a wide range of ghostly tales. Whether they haunt the place of their death or a place they loved in their lives, these spirits are found up and down the Texas coast. Author Docia Williams brings us the best of these stories, where they happen, and provides some of the history surrounding these spooky spot...

New England UFOs: Sightings, Abductions, and Other Strange Phenomena

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Report copyright infringementby Taryn Plumb (Author)Centuries before the U.S. Air Force launched Project Blue Book or mysteries swirled around the enigmatic Area 51, the Puritans in 1639 witnessed a great light in the sky over Massachusetts. It was the first recorded sighting of an unidentified flying object. Now, sightings are so common they're not even front-page news, and the Air Force just released all the records from Project Bluebook.Despite all this, there remain sightings that cannot ...

Haunted U.S. Battlefields: Ghosts, Hauntings, and Eerie Events from America's Fields of Honor

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Beth Crain (Author), Troy Taylor (With)Summing up the eerie essence of wartime scenes across America--many of which today host popular ghost tours--Haunted U.S. Battlefields is a must for students of the paranormal, Civil War buffs, and all others interested in a spine-chilling realm of military history that the history books don't dare tell.Back JacketDo scenes of wartime horror conjure up images that haunt the living for generations to come? You can fina...

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Report copyright infringementby Sam Baltrusis (Author)The American Revolution is stained with blood and its ghosts are still lurking in the shadows seeking postmortem revenge. Come explore the haunts associated with the colonial rebels' fight for independence, from an aura of disaster lingering from the "shot heard round the world" in Concord, Massachusetts, to the battle cries of our forefathers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Using a paranormal lens, Baltrusis breathes new life into the ghos...

Unexpected Bravery: Women and Children of the Civil War

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Report copyright infringementby A. J. Schenkman (Author)The American Civil War divided the United States from 1861-1865. During those years, over two million soldiers served in both the Union and Confederate Armies. What is little known is that not only the numerous children, some as young 12, enlisted on both sides, but also women who disguised themselves as men in an attempt to make a difference in the epic struggle to determine the future of the United States of America.Author BiographyA.J...

Maine's Hail to the Chief: A History of Presidential Visits to the Pine Tree State

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Report copyright infringementby Mac Smith (Author)A visit from the President of the United States always brings with it excitement. In Maine, perhaps part of that excitement stems from the fact that presidents rarely visit the state-only 18 of the 45 presidents have visited Maine in the nation's 244-year history. Many of these visits came at significant points in a presidency; and some visits had controversy, conflict, and ironic twists. For example: * During George Washington's visit, Maine ...

Pretty Evil New York: True Stories of Mobster Molls, Violent Vixens, and Murderous Matriarchs

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (Author)Female criminals are often portrayed as caricatures: Black Widows, Queenpins, Mob Molls, or Femme Fatales. But the real stories are much more fascinating and complex. In Pretty Evil New York author Elizabeth Kerri Mahon takes you on a journey through a rogue's gallery of some of New York's most notable female criminals. Drawing on newspaper coverage and other primary sources, this collection of historical true crime stories chronic...

The Outlaw Youngers: A Confederate Brotherhood

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Report copyright infringementby Marley Brant (Author)A character study of the men, the myths and the legends of the Outlaw Youngers, one of the most notorious gangs in the Wild West.Author BiographyMarley Brant is the author of ten books, both fiction and nonfiction. Her books have been featured in People Magazine; the New York Times and numerous other newspapers; have been the basis for television programs on A&E and VH1; and have served as the primary research for hours of television pr...

Shortened Seasons: The Untimely Deaths of Major League Baseball's Stars and Journeymen

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Report copyright infringementby Fran Zimniuch (Author)Shortened Seasons recounts the stories of some of the baseball players who never made it back for the next game, who died with the suddenness of a walk-off homerun. For them, there was no next year. From Hall of Fame caliber players such as Roberto Clemente, Thurman Munson, and Ed Delahanty to players who were still finding their niche in the game like Ken Hubbs, Lyman Bostoc, and Darryl Kile, this book explores the lives and deaths of bal...

The Promise of the West: Young Pioneers on the Overland Trails

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Barmeyer O'Brien (Author)Driven by the promise of prosperity and opportunity on the frontier, thousands of men and women traveled west in the mid-1800s to forge a new life. Accompanying them were their children, wide-eyed and excited about the adventures that awaited them as they headed toward the setting sun. Little did they know how treacherous and grueling the trip would be.Author BiographyMary Barmeyer O'Brien's books on the pioneer experience include ...

Pretty Evil Pennsylvania: True Stories of Mobster Molls, Violent Vixens, and Murderous Matriarchs

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Report copyright infringementby Stephanie Hoover (Author)Pennsylvania may have been founded by peaceful Quakers, but the sect's pacifist ways didn't dampen the state's enthusiasm for violent scandals-or capital punishment. In Pretty Evil Pennsylvania, historical true crime author Stephanie Hoover recounts the crimes of some of the Keystone State's most violent female criminals from the 1850s through the 1930s. The stories of these law-breaking ladies are complex and nuanced. On occasion you m...

Royal Sisters: Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Edwards (Author)In Royal Sisters, Anne Edwards, author of the best-selling Vivien Leigh: A Biography and Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor, has written the first dual biography of Elizabeth, the princess who was to become Queen, and her younger sister, Margaret, who was to be her subject. From birth to maturity, they were the stuff of which dreams are made. "I'm three and you're four," the future Queen, then a child, imperiously informed her s...

Never Don't Pay Attention: The Life of Rodeo Photographer Louise L. Serpa

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Report copyright infringementby Jan Cleere (Author)Louise Larocque Serpa often said she was born "in the wrong place, to the wrong woman, at the wrong time." Born in 1925 and growing up in New York society with a mother who was never satisfied with her rather lanky, unpolished daughter, teenager Louise eventually found happiness when she spent a summer on a Wyoming dude ranch scrubbing toilets, waiting tables and wrangling cattle. Later in life, she settled in Tucson, Arizona, where her intro...

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas V. Meed (Author)Captain Klevenhagen was one of the best officers Texas ever had. He combined the qualities of the frontier Ranger and his modern day counterpart . . . a peerless horseman and deadly shot, he was also versed in ballistics, fingerprints, and other facets.Back JacketCaptain Klevenhagen was one of the best officers Texas ever had. He combined the qualities of the frontier Ranger and his modern day counterpart . . . a peerless horseman and de...

Brave Hearts: Indian Women of the Plains

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Agonito (Author)The lives of Plains Indian women are revealed through this series of fascinating vignettes. Some of these women never knew anything but the old, nomadic way of life, while others lived on to suffer through the reservation years. Others were born on the reservation but did their to keep to the old ways. Some never left the reservation while others ventured out into the larger world.Author BiographyJoseph Agonito, PhD, an award-winning auth...

Princess: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II

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Report copyright infringementby Jane Dismore (Author)In November 2017 the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. As a 13-year-old Princess, she fell in love with Prince Philip of Greece, an ambitious naval cadet, and they married when she was 21; when she suddenly became Queen at 25, their lives changed forever. Philip has been her great support, but fortunately she also had a solid foundation that helped prepare her for a life dedicated to duty. With previ...

Early American Naturalists: Exploring the American West, 1804-1900

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Report copyright infringementby John Moring (Author)This history is the first to detail the lives, adventures, and discoveries of pioneering American naturalists such as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Martha Maxwell, Spencer Baird, Asa Gray, John Torrey, Florence bailey, John Burroughs, and John Muir. From discovering new species to discovering prehistoric fossils, Early American Naturalists celebrates these intrepid trailblazers who boldly navigated and documented the untrammeled, awe-i...

The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told

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Report copyright infringementby Lamar Underwood (Editor)Long the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of the western landscape--in art, books, and film, including 2016's Leonardo DiCaprio hit movie The Revenant--is today shared by the figures called Mountain Men. They were the trappers of the Rocky Mountain fur trade in the years following Lewis a...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Roberts Rinehart (Author), Rick Rinehart (Foreword by)"The lure of the high places is in your blood. The call of the mountains is a real call. The veneer, after all, is so thin. Throw off the impedimenta of civilization, the telephones, the silly conventions, the lies that pass for truth. Go out to the West. Ride slowly, not to startle the wild things. Throw out your chest and breathe; look across green valleys to wild peaks where mountain sheep stand impa...

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah F. Wakefield (Author)Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees is a reprint of the classic narrative of Sarah Wakefield's survival. Told in her own words, this compelling tale was a best seller when it was originally published more than one hundred years ago. Today it offers readers a unique perspective on Sioux culture and what life was like on the Great Plains in mid-nineteenth-century America.Author BiographySarah F. Wakefield penned the story of her six-week capt...

Outlaw Tales of Texas: True Stories of the Lone Star State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Convis (Author)A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the West.Back JacketMeet the Most Notorious Texans Who Ever LivedRide with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, stagecoach and train robbers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. From the tale of the infamous street shoot-out in Uvalde to the stories of the Dalton brother's most despicable escapades, each story ...

La Vida Según Mafalda / Life According to Mafalda - Paperback

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by Quino (Author) La mejor edad de la vida es estar vivo! Descubre la filosofía de vida de Mafalda: una manera rebelde, concienciada, inteligente y sobre todo divertida de estar muy vivo. «Con ustedes, la filósofa con lacito con la que han crecido varias generaciones, [...] la Greta Thunberg de la historieta. [...] Por su espíritu contestatario, humor cuchillero y costumbrismo con guiños progres, Mafalda jamás pasará de moda. [...] Quino se ganó la inmortalidad y los amantes de las viñetas ...

International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s - Paperback

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by Tim Bergfelder (Author) West German cinema of the 1960s is frequently associated with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, collectively known by the 1970s as the "New German Cinema." Yet for domestic and international audiences at the time, German cinema primarily meant popular genres such as exotic adventure films, Gothic crime thrillers, westerns, and sex films, which were dismissed by German filmmakers and critics of the 1970s as "Daddy's Cinema." International Adventures p...

Pollen's Women: The Art of Samson Pollen - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Samson Pollen (Artist), Robert Deis (Editor), Wyatt Doyle (Editor)POLLEN'S WOMEN is a lush visual archive collecting some of artist Samson Pollen's most memorable pieces, selected from the hundreds of jaw-dropping illustrations Pollen provided for men's adventure magazines (MAMs) from the 1950s through the 1970s. Sexy women were a regular component of story illustrations published in the more than 160 MAM titles that flourished from the early 1950s through the ...

S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large - Hardcover

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by Rem Koolhaas (Author), Bruce Mau (Author)S, M, L, XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings.The inventive collaboration between Koolhaas and designer Bruce Mau is a graphic overture that weaves together architectural projects, photos and sketches, diary excerpts, personal ...

The Official U.S. Army Survival Manual Updated - Paperback

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by Department of the Army (Author), Peter T. Underwood (Author)This comprehensive new edition of U.S. Army Survival Manual, issued by the Department of the Army and thoroughly revised by Colonel Peter T. Underwood USMC (Ret), is ideal for military personnel and all outdoors enthusiasts. From the psychology of survival and basic medicine to personal camouflage and signaling techniques, this essential resource provides all the information you need to survive. Included here is a guide to identif...