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The Polish Saber

Polish Saber - The use of the Polish Saber on foot in the 17th century covers the history, anecdotes and use of Poland's iconic weapon. In matters of honor and...

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Ocean Steamships - A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliancesSlow Growth of the Idea of Steam PropulsionModels Shown at the Liverpool Exhibition in 1886Claims of Precedence in...

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Lilibet: An Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth II

In Lilibet, master biographer Carolly Erickson turns her skill at writing un-put-downable narrative to telling the remarkable story of Elizabeth II, Queen of England. With her customary psychological insight, historian...

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Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken...

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Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India

In less that one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred, leaving behind the independent nations of India and Pakistan when they...

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Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey

The beautifully written travel memoir of a Western woman's journey in Iran. With a love of travel, Alison Wearing invites us to journey with her to Iran--a country that few...

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The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe is a lucid and authoritative guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a...

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Nights of Ice: True Stories of Disaster and Survival on Alaska's High Seas

Nights of Ice is a critically acclaimed account of the dangerous and harrowing job of fishing off of the treacherous, subzero Alaskan coastline.Spike Walker has spent more than a decade...

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America's Religious History: Faith, Politics, and the Shaping of a Nation

Religion, race, and American history.America's Religious History is an up-to-date, narrative-based introduction to the unique role of faith in American history. Moving beyond present-day polemics to understand the challenges and...

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Gender Roles and the People of God: Rethinking What We Were Taught about Men and Women in the Church

Most women in the church don't aspire to "lord it" over men, nor do they want to scramble for position. Instead, they want to be accepted as full participants in...

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Grace from the Rubble: Two Fathers' Road to Reconciliation After the Oklahoma City Bombing

How do you find the strength to forgive in the midst of unthinkable grief? With compassion for all who have been touched by tragedy, Grace from the Rubble tells the...

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The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life

Broaden your spiritual horizons. How has spirituality changed in the last 500, 1,000, or even 2,000 years? How can ancient approaches to faith help my relationship with God today? In...

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He That Is Spiritual: A Classic Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Spirituality

Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer's broadly-received classic defines true Christian living and unfolds the biblical teaching concerning spirituality -- what it is, and how it is secured.Author: Lewis Sperry ChaferPublisher: ZondervanPublished:...

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Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss

From the bestselling authors of Black Mass comes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone. Drawing on a trove of sealed...

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Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession

An exploration of the world's most famous and challenging song cycle, Schubert's Winter Journey (Winterreise), by a leading interpreter of the work, who teases out the themes--literary, historical, psychological--that weave...

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From the Holy Mountain

In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across the entire Byzantine world, traveling from the shores of Bosphorus...

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Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization

If you could live forever, would you want to? Both a fascinating look at the history of our strive for immortality and an investigation into whether living forever is really...

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Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens

A "thrilling adventure story" (San Francisco Chronicle) that brings to life the astronomers who in the 1700s embarked upon a quest to calculate the size of the solar system, and...

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Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne a high-stakes drama full of murder, madness, tyranny, perversion, with the sweep of history on the grand scale. At the...

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The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War--a fascinating portrait of one of the most compelling politicians in American history--a Revolutionary War hero,...

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40 Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering

Chez Panisse opened its doors in 1971. Founded by Alice Waters, the restaurant is rooted in her conviction that the best-tasting food is organic, locally grown, and harvested in ecologically...

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London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets

In this vividly descriptive short study, Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness and excavating the lore and mythology beneath...

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And the Show Went on: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris

On June 14, 1940, German tanks rolled into a silent and deserted Paris. Eight days later, a humbled France accepted defeat along with foreign occupation. While the swastika now flew...

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