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The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada

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Report copyright infringementby John Ibbitson (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLERA GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The brilliant, critically-acclaimed story of two legendary leaders who fought each other relentlessly, but between them created today's Canada. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major reforms in public health care, law reform and immigration. On his watch, First Nations on reserve obtained the r...

A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs - Paperback

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by David W. Bercot (Editor)Interest in the ways of the early church has never been more intense. What did early Christians believe about the divinity of Christ? What did they think about resurrection? How did they regard John the Baptist? What were the beliefs of those who sat at the feet of Jesus' disciples? Now, for the first time, a unique dictionary has been developed to furnish ready answers to these questions and others like them. David W. Bercot has painstakingly combed the writings of...

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Report copyright infringementby Violet Jessop (Author), John Maxtone-Graham (Editor), John Maxtone-Graham (Preface by)Violet Jessop survived the sinking of both the Titanic and Britannic, and her lively and well-rounded memoir including her first-hand account of the two disasters offers the reader a unique vantage on both the catastrophes and the socioeconomic climate of the time.Author BiographyViolet Jessop (1887-1971) was a maritime stewardess and nurse who survived the sinking of both the...

Day of Infamy, 60th Anniversary: The Classic Account of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor - Paperback

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by Walter Lord (Author)A special 60th anniversary edition of the bestselling re-creation of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, by the author of A Night to Remember. Sunday, December 7, 1941, was, as President Roosevelt said, "a date which will live in infamy." Day of Infamy is a fascinating account of that unforgettable day's events. In brilliant detail Walter Lord traces the human drama of the great attack: the spies behind it; the Japanese pilots; the crews on the stricken warships; the m...

Playing the Middle Ages: Pitfalls and Potential in Modern Games

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Houghton (Editor)The Middle Ages have provided rich source material for physical and digital games from Dungeons and Dragons to Assassin's Creed. This volume addresses the many ways in which different formats and genre of games represent the period. It considers the restrictions placed on these representations by the mechanical and gameplay requirements of the medium and by audience expectations of these products and the period, highlighting innovative a...

War Without Oversight: Why We Need Humans on the Battlefield

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Report copyright infringementby Paddy Walker (Author)Amid the fanfare around AI and autonomous weapons, decision-makers - both military and political - are imagining an augmented future for warfare that minimises human influence and connection. But in their rush for speed and lethality, leaders have failed to understand the behavioural and technical challenges that accompany these new weapon types, as well as the detail of their operation and the practicalities involved in deploying these ass...

The Seymour Cray Era of Supercomputers: From Fast Machines to Fast Codes

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Report copyright infringementby Boelie Elzen (Author), Donald MacKenzie (Author)This book describes the development and use of supercomputers in the period 1960-1996, a time that can be called the Seymour Cray Era. For more than three decades, Cray's computer designs were seen as the yardstick against which all other efforts were measured. Initially, this yardstick was sheer computing speed. However, the supercomputer world gradually became more complex and other factors became equally import...

Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism - Paperback

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by Alain Brossat (Author), Sylvie Klingberg (Author), David Fernbach (Translator)Recovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish tradition Jewish radicals manned the barricades on the avenues of Petrograd and the alleys of the Warsaw ghetto; they were in the vanguard of those resisting Franco and the Nazis. They originated in Yiddishland, a vast expanse of Eastern Europe that, before the Holocaust, ran from the Baltic Sea to the western edge of Russia and incorporated hundreds of Jewish co...

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Report copyright infringementby Kelly Vero (Author)Breaking Through Bytes: Women Shaping the Digital World celebrates the indomitable spirit of women who redefined technology. Divided into 9 iconic chapters, the book provides vivid portraits of 18 female pioneers who cracked the digital code, women who dared to question, create and conquer, describing the evolution of technology through an inspiring lens.The book spans millennia, tracing the impact of trailblazing women in technology. In earl...

The Palm Springs School: Desert Modernism 1934-1975 - Hardcover

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by Alan Hess (Author), Christine Madrid French (Contribution by), Eddie Jones (Contribution by)Palm Springs is at the center of a unique tradition in architecture marked by invention and a sensitivity to local conditions that has resulted in design that exerts an influence far greater than the town's small size. The book is the first to fully explore the wide ranging forms this architecture has taken, from houses to gas stations, hotels to airports, banks to restaurants and spas. Much more th...

Of Popes and Unicorns: Science, Christianity, and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World - Hardcover

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by David Hutchings (Author), James C. Ungureanu (Author)This is the story of John Draper, Andrew White, and the conflict thesis: a centuries-old misconception that religion and science are at odds with one another. Renowned scientist John William Draper (1811-1882) and celebrated historian-politician Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) were certain that Enlightened Science and Dogmatic Christianity were mortal enemies--and they said as much to anyone who would listen. More than a century later, ...

Atlantic Voyages: The East India Company and the British Route to the East in the Age of Sail - Hardcover

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by John McAleer (Author)As he prepared to embark for India in 1774, Alexander Mackrabie's excitement at the sights to be seen and novelties to be experienced was palpable. Mackrabie's journey was conducted under the auspices of the London-based East India Company and was one of the many thousands of Company voyages that brought Europeans into contact with Asian countries and cultures, as well as numerous people and places along the way. Atlantic Voyages tells the story of travellers like Mack...

The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography - Hardcover

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by Jon Meacham (Author)In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of George H. W. Bush's birth, this visually stunning chronicle features never-before-published photos and memories celebrating the forty-first president's vision of leadership as service to country--curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham. Lavishly illustrated, The Call to Serve is an intimate, illuminating portrait of the forty-first president, a man who was so much more than just his politics. In words and ima...

Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan- 30th Anniversary Edition - Paperback

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by Nancy MacLean (Author)Author BiographyNancy MacLean is the William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. She is the award-winning author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America and Freedom is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace. Number of Pages: 336 Dimensions: 0.79 x 8.13 x 5.55 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 30, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Leonardich (Author)The Information Technology profession has seen massive and dramatic change since the early days of mainframe computers and punch cards. Colleges and trade schools offer a multitude of classes for people desiring to enter the profession. While they do an excellent job of teaching technical skills, there is a lot more to learn to become a successful IT professional.This book identifies several essential tips and strategies to excel in I...

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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...

Frauds, Phones & Fingerprints: Proving Your Identity in the Digital Age

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Report copyright infringementby Almis Ledas (Author)The internet is a happy hunting ground for identity thieves, fraudsters and scammers. Criminal impersonation has evolved leaving established methods for protection against identity theft no longer effective. If you're active online, it's time to learn safe navigation in the digital world.Frauds, Phones and Fingerprints will help you understand what you need to know and what you need to do to stay safe. Entertaining and informative, it uses c...

Cooking in Iran: Regional Recipes and Kitchen Secrets - Hardcover

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by Najmieh Batmanglij (Author)"The Grande Dame of Iranian Cooking" Esteemed American chef. Award-winning cookbook author. Persian cooking instructor. Iranian immigrant. Storyteller. Mother of two acclaimed sons - Zal, a filmmaker; Rostam, a musician. Born in the middle of the 20th century in Tehran, Iran. Lives in Washington, DC and Los Angeles. Consults with restaurants around the world. Member of Les Dames d'Escoffier.Front JacketNajmieh Batmanglij was exiled from Iran 39 years ago. She was...

Four Wheels and a Board: The Smithsonian History of Skateboarding - Hardcover

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by Betsy Gordon (Editor), Jane Rogers (Editor), Rodney Mullen (Foreword by)A bold look at the creative, controversial, and vibrant history of skateboarding, and the amazing skaters who continually reinvent it Skateboarding isn't just a recreational activity, but a professional sport, lifestyle, art form, and cultural phenomenon. The striking book Four Wheels and a Board captures its spirited history, iconic skateboarders, diverse community, and the palpable passion of the people who love it. ...

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 (Pulitzer Prize Winner) - Paperback

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by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (Author)PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, "A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own" (The New York Times Book Review).Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis of that ...

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch - Paperback

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by Sally Bedell Smith (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This "excellent, all-embracing" (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance--and a captivating window into her decades-long reign. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II was the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well did we really know the world's most famous...

Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes - Hardcover

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by Pamela Cameron (Author), Renée Graef (Illustrator)In 1914 crew members of the lighthouse tender Hyacinth rescued a stray puppy from the Milwaukee River and named him Sport. For the next twelve years, this charming Newfoundland-retriever mix lived the life of a ship dog, helping the Hyacinth crew as they carried supplies to lighthouses and maintained the buoys and other safety features around Lake Michigan. Sport quickly became a valued companion to his crew and a recognizable mascot of the...

Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 - Paperback

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by Rick Perlstein (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 From the bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power. Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three definitive works about the emerging dominance of conservatism in modern American politics. With the saga's final installment, he has delivered yet another stunning literary and historical achievement. In late 1976, Ronald ...

Gen X Pittsburgh: The Beehive and the '90s Scene - Paperback

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by David Rullo (Author)Beginning in the early 1990s, Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood began to transform from the post-industrial morass it had been suffering for the last few decades. Artists began to rent empty apartments, what were once shot-and-a-beer bars became hip dive bars and entrepreneurs found inexpensive real estate to follow their visions. It was in this landscape that the Beehive Coffeehouse began to attract a new 90s alternative crowd.East Carson Street was soon home to not...

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by Lee Yaron (Author), Joshua Cohen (Contribution by)The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home.On October 7, 2023--the Sabbath and the final day of the holiday of Sukkot--the Gaza-based terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on the people of Israel. Crashing through the border, attacking from the sea and air, militants indiscriminately massacred civilians in what became one of the worst terror attacks in mo...

Achieving Accuracy: A Legacy of Computers and Missiles

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Report copyright infringementby Marshall William McMurran (Author)"A Legacy of Computers and Missiles "is an intensively researched, photo-enhanced discussion of digital computing and missile development in the Twentieth Century, organized in two sections. (No matter what anyone has been told, virtually all of the digital machines ever designed are binary deep down inside. Number representations may have varied, but the binary logic discussed here prevails.) After a bit of early history, The ...

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Report copyright infringementby William Walker Atkinson (Author)Followers of the New Thought movement of the early 20th century vehemently believed in the concept of "mind over matter," and one of the most influential thinkers of this early "New Age" philosophy promises here, in this 1906 book, to show you how to harness the extraordinary mental powers you already possess. Number of Pages: 98 Dimensions: 0.23 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes ...

Transforming Computer Technology: Information Processing for the Pentagon, 1962-1986

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur L. Norberg (Author), Judy E. O'Neill (Author)Winner of the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award for Computer ScienceOver the course of several decades, the Pentagon's Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) helped transform computing from a cumbersome enterprise based on batch processing to the instantly interactive, graphically rich, highly intelligent computing of today. With the purpose of improving co...

How to Make leather Shoe: The Simple Guide to Learning Best Technique About How to Make leather Shoe

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Report copyright infringementby Shelly Norris (Author)"Dive into the world of bespoke footwear with 'How to Make Leather Shoes, ' an unparalleled guide by master craftsman Shelly Norris . This comprehensive manual unveils the artistry and precision behind crafting exquisite leather shoes. From selecting premium hides to perfecting stitching techniques, each page is a step toward creating your own statement footwear. Ideal for both beginners and seasoned artisans, this book transforms the intr...

Controversy: Downright Despicable Games PB Amazon: Video Games that Triggered Rants, Rage, Dissent, and a Whole Lot of Hullabaloo

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Thomasson (Author)CONTROVERSY: DOWNRIGHT DESPICABLE GAMES chronicles the "worst of the worst" coming of age anecdotes in an otherwise wonderful pastime. The atrocious stories detailed in this book include the violence, sexism, racism, etc. of many games, as well as the political fallout and media scare stories that followed. WARNING: This book may be offensive to some and is definitely not for kids! I kindly ask you not to shoot the messenger! ...

The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse: The Curious Destinies of Queen Victoria's Granddaughters - Hardcover

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by Frances Welch (Author)The fascinating story of the Princesses of Hesse, four sisters at the heart of twentieth-century politics A gripping family saga and a portrait of a world in turmoil The Princesses of Hesse were Queen Victoria's grandchildren. After the death of their mother, Queen Victoria's favorite daughter Alice, the Queen stepped in, taking an almost manic interest in the motherless girl's marriage prospects. Very little went according to plan. Fortunately, Queen Victoria did no...