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First Scalp for Custer: The Skirmish at Warbonnet Creek, Nebraska, July 17, 1876 - Paperback

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by Paul L. Hedren (Author) Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions: 0.3 x 8.6 x 9.5 IN Publication Date: January 01, 2005

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by Beth Waters (Author), Beth Waters (Illustrator)Norman John Gillies was one of the last children ever born on St Kilda, five years before the whole population was evacuated forever to the British mainland. People had lived on these islands for over four thousand years, developing a thriving, tightly-knit society that knew nothing of crime or money, and took care of its weakest members without hesitation. At the mercy of the seasons and the elements, a unique lifestyle evolved, based around ...

The Metaphysics of Christology in the Late Middle Ages: William of Ockham to Gabriel Biel - Hardcover

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by Richard Cross (Author)The late middle ages was a period of great speculative innovation in Christology, within the framework of a standard Christological opinion established by the Franciscan John Duns Scotus and the Dominican Hervaeus Natalis. According to this view, the Incarnation consists in some kind of dependence relationship between an individual human nature and a divine person. The Metaphysics of Christology in the Late Middle Ages: William of Ockham to Gabriel Biel explores ways ...

The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance - Hardcover

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by Rebecca Clarren (Author)Finalist for The Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeShortlisted for The William Saroyan International PrizeA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year "Sharply insightful . . . A monumental piece of work."--The Boston Globe An award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors' land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States government Growing up, Rebecca Clarren only knew the major plot ...

JFK: The Cia, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy - Paperback

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by L. Fletcher Prouty (Author), Oliver Stone (Introduction by), Jesse Ventura (Foreword by)With an Introduction by Oliver Stone, the director of the hit movie JFK and a Foreword by Jesse Ventura, author of the New York Times Bestseller, They Killed our President, here is an insider's view of JFK, the CIA, Vietnam and the plot that led to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty, the former CIA operative known as "X," offers a history-shaking perspective on th...

Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen - Hardcover

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by Yasmin Khan (Author)Yasmin Khan unlocks the flavors and fragrances of modern Palestine, from the sun-kissed pomegranate stalls of Akka, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, through evergreen oases of date plantations in the Jordan Valley, to the fading fish markets of Gaza City.Palestinian food is winningly fresh and bright, centered around colorful mezze dishes that feature the region's bountiful eggplants, peppers, artichokes, and green beans; slow-cooked stews of chicken and lamb flav...

National Geographic: The National Parks: An Illustrated History - Hardcover

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by Kim Heacox (Author)An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, this volume is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Showcasing the very best of National Geographic's photographs, combined with an expertly told history: from the multi-hued layers of the Grand Canyon to the verdigris flame of the Statue of Liberty, this book presents a breathtaking panorama of the National Parks. With the s...

Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting - Paperback

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by Foxfire Fund Inc (Author), Eliot Wigginton (Author)First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions. The fifth Foxfire volume includes rain-making, blacksmithing, b...

El Diario de Anne Frank (Novela Gráfica) / Anne Frank's Dairy: The Graphic Adaptation - Hardcover

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by Anne Frank (Author), David Polonsky (Illustrator), Ari Folman (Illustrator)"12 de junio de 1942. Espero poder confi rtelo todo como a n no lo he podido hacer con nadie, y espero que seas para m un gran apoyo". Tras la invasi n de Holanda, la familia Frank se ocult de la Gestapo en una buhardilla anexa al edificio donde el padre de Anne ten a sus oficinas. All permaneci recluida desde junio de 1942 hasta agosto de 1944, fecha en que sus miembros fueron detenidos y enviados a campos de c...

The Men With the Pink Triangle: The True, Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps - Paperback

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by Heinz Heger (Author), Sarah Schulman (Preface by), Klaus Müller (Introduction by)Finally back in print, the classic, powerful first-hand account of Nazi persecution of gay people.Author BiographyHeinz Heger was the pen name of Hans Neumann, a writer who recorded the experiences of Josef Kohout, an Austrian survivor of the Holocaust who died in 1994.Sarah Schulman is the author of more than twenty works of fiction, nonfiction, and theater, and the producer and screenwriter of several featur...

Fear of the Family: Guest Workers and Family Migration in the Federal Republic of Germany - Hardcover

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by Lauren Stokes (Author)Beginning in 1955, West Germany recruited millions of people as guest workers from Yugoslavia, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and especially Turkey. This labor force was essential to creating the postwar German economic miracle. Employers fantasized that foreign guest workers would providelabor power in their prime productive years without having to pay for their education, pensions, or medical care. They especially hoped that the workers would leave behind their spo...

Reinterpreting Russian History: Readings, 860-1860s - Paperback

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by Daniel H. Kaiser (Compiled by), Gary Marker (Compiled by)The first comprehensive reader in Russian history in almost two decades, this collection includes primary and secondary material, much of which has never before been published in English, reflecting the latest scholarship on the subject. Supplemented by over 70 illustrations, selections are introduced by placing them in the context of the work's major themes: state structure, the economy, society, and culture and everyday life. From ...

Pow! Right in the Eye!: Thirty Years Behind the Scenes of Modern French Painting - Hardcover

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by Berthe Weill (Author), Lynn Gumpert (Editor), William Rodarmor (Translator)Memoir of a provocative Parisian art dealer at the heart of the 20th-century art world, available in English for the first time. Berthe Weill, a formidable Parisian dealer, was born into a Jewish family of very modest means. One of the first female gallerists in the business, she first opened the Galerie B. Weill in the heart of Paris's art gallery district in 1901, holding innumerable exhibitions over nearly forty...

You Say You Want a Revolution?: Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences - Paperback

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by Daniel Chirot (Author)Author BiographyDaniel Chirot is the Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Henry Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He is the author of many books, most recently, The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World (with Scott L. Montgomery) (Princeton), which was named one of the New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books of the Year. Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.6 x 9 x...

Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader - Hardcover

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by Victor H. Mair (Editor), Zhenjun Zhang (Editor)With commentary and annotations throughout, Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China's Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on this significant period in Chinese literary history, these tales bring Ming era China vividly to life, from its chaotic beginnings to its imperial heyday.As well as bearing witness to social change across the 100-year life of the Ming Dynasty from 1260 to 1368,...

Eyewitness American Revolution - Hardcover

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by DK (Author)Become an eyewitness to the American struggle for independence, from the events that sparked the war through to the signing of the Constitution.Discover how American soldiers won battles against the great British Empire, plus see the muskets and cannons of the armies, learn how soldiers were drilled, and find out why Yorktown was not the end of the Revolution. Eyewitness American Revolution will bring you face-to-face with American revolutionaries including George Washington, Th...

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by M. Wylie Blanchet (Author), Edith Iglauer (Foreword by)A beloved and bestselling Pacific Northwest adventure classic, now available in paperback! Widowed at the age of thirty-five, Muriel Wylie Blanchet packed up her five children in the summers that followed and set out aboard the twenty-five-foot Caprice. For fifteen summers, in the 1920s and 1930s, the family explored the coves and islands of the West Coast, encountering settlers and hermits, hungry bears and dangerous tides, and fallin...

A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration - Hardcover

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by H. Walter Lack (Author)In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scientific understanding. This new edition of a TASCHEN classic celebrates the botanical tradition and talents with a selection of outstanding works from the National Library of Vienna, including many new images. From Byzantine manuscripts right through to 19th-century masterpieces, through peonies, callas, and chrysa...

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Report copyright infringementby Till-Holger Borchert (Author)Often imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist painters. With its unprecedented precision and masterful use of color, Arnolfini Double Portrait, depicting the wedding of a young couple, is testament to the mastery of the Flemish painter and leader of the Early Netherlandish school. Van Eyck painted both secular and religious subject m...

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by Barbara Lamprecht (Author), Peter Gössel (Editor)In the architecture of Richard Neutra (1892-1970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Californian sun glints off sleek building surfaces, vast glass panel walls allow panoramic views over mountains, gardens, palm trees, and pools. Neutra moved to the United States from his native Vienna in 1923 and settled in Los Angeles. He displayed his affinity with architectural settings early on with the Lovell House, set on...

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by Nico Medina (Author), Who Hq (Author), Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)The Berlin Wall finally came down in 1989. Now readers can find out why it was built in the first place; and what it meant for Berliners living on either side of it. Here's the fascinating story of a city divided. In 1961, overnight a concrete border went up, dividing the city of Berlin into two parts - East and West. . The story of the Berlin Wall holds up a mirror to post-WWII politics and the Cold War Era when the Unit...

The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Daythe Complete Papyrus of Ani Featuring Integrated Text and Full-Color Images - Paperback

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by Raymond Faulkner (Translator), Ogden Goelet (Translator), Carol Andrews (Preface by)For the first time in 3,300 years, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Papyrus of Ani is showcased in its entirety in 74 magnificent color pages. Upon death, it was the practice for some Egyptians to produce a papyrus manuscript called the Book of Going Forth by Day or the Book of the Dead. A Book of the Dead included declarations and spells to help the deceased in the afterli...

212 Soldiers for the Queen: Fijians in the British Army 1961-1997 - Paperback

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by David Tough (Author)In 1961 the British army struggled with volunteer recruitment after the abolition of National Service. Recruiting teams were sent to three remaining colonies and found an excellent source of volunteers in Fiji. Two hundred men and twelve women from across Fiji's racial divide enlisted and subsequently served with distinction throughout 'the fringes of empire', bolstering NATO, in Northern Ireland and the Falklands conflict.About a third of the men served for 22 years or...

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 - Paperback

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by Taylor Branch (Author)In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a "compelling...masterfully told" (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King's early years and rise to greatness. Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American Civil Rights Movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to...

A Child's Introduction to the Orchestra: Listen to 37 Selections While You Learn about the Instruments, the Music, and the Composers Who Wrote the Mus - Hardcover

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by Meredith Hamilton (Illustrator), Robert Levine (Author)This interactive, bestselling introduction to the world of classical music now includes a removable poster and access to downloadable music so elementary-age children (and their parents) can listen as they learn. A Child's Introduction to the Orchestra is a fun and exciting musical journey. With cheery narrator Orchestra Bob as their guide, kids are encouraged to listen, learn, and enjoy as they are introduced to the most powerful work...

212 Soldiers for the Queen: Fijians in the British Army 1961-1997 - Hardcover

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The King James Study Bible, Imitation Leather, Brown, Indexed, Full-Color Edition - Imitation Leather

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by Thomas Nelson (Author)The full text of the classic King James Version with robust study notes, vibrant full-color images, and dozens of study resources to help you grow deeper in your faith. Published in large easy-to-read print type. Standing apart from all other KJV study Bibles on the market, The King James Study Bible, Full Color Edition is the only Bible featuring over half-a-million words of commentary, doctrinal notes, archaeological insights, and time-tested study aids developed ex...

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by Dana Meachen Rau (Author), Who Hq (Author), Jerry Hoare (Illustrator)Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in British-occupied India. Though he studied law in London and spent his early adulthood in South Africa, he remained devoted to his homeland and spent the later part of his life working to make India an independent nation. Calling for non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights around the world. Gandhi is recognized i...

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by Megan Stine (Author), Who Hq (Author), Mark Edward Geyer (Illustrator)Ulysses S. Grant certainly does not have the typical war hero "back story." Although a graduate of West Point, he never wanted to be a soldier and was terrified when he first saw battle. However, during the Civil War, after many Northern generals failed to deliver decisive victories, U.S. Grant rose to what the times required. He took command of Union forces, helped bring the war to an end in 1865, and went on to serve t...

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood - Paperback

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by Alexandra Fuller (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and of her headstrong, unforgettable mother. "This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over."--Newsweek "By turns mischievous and openhearted, earthy and soaring . . . hair-raising, horrific, and thrilling."--The New Yorker Though it is a diary of an unruly life in ...

Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England - Paperback

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by John Putnam Demos (Author)In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and upd...

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by Pekka Hamalainen (Author)From the author of Lakota America, an award-winning history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Comanche empire "Cutting-edge revisionist western history."--Larry McMurtry, New York Review of Books "A landmark study that will make readers see the history of southwestern America in an entirely new way."--David J. Weber, author of Bárbaros In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely conteste...