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Winthrop Fleet of 1630This is an authoritative list of the 700 passengers who are believed to have come to New England with John Winthrop in 1630. Based on research undertaken in England and America, it provides as much data as could be verified on each passenger--name, place...
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Winning a Future War: War Gaming and Victory in the Pacific"To win in the Pacific during World War II, the U.S. Navy had to transform itself technically, tactically, and strategically. It had to create a fleet capable of the unprecedented feat of fighting and winning far from home, without existing bases, in the face...
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William Hanson and the Texas-Mexico Border: Violence, Corruption, and the Making of the Gatekeeper StateAn examination of the career of Texas Ranger and immigration official William Hanson illustrating the intersections of corruption, state-building, and racial violence in early twentieth century Texas. At the Texas-Mexico border in the 1910s and 1920s, William Hanson was a witness to, and an...
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Wildsam Field Guides: Telluride, ColoradoWildsam: Telluride, Colorado provides an expert introduction to a legendary Western town, both its wild and wooly frontier past and its creative present. With intel on skiing, music and film festivals, food and drink and town attractions, it leads visitors into the real Telluride--a...
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When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-DayFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most up-to-date and complete account of D-Day--the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World...
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What Jane Knew: Anishinaabe Stories and American Imperialism, 1815-1845The children of an influential Ojibwe-Anglo family, Jane Johnston and her brother George were already accomplished writers when the Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft arrived in Sault Ste. Marie in 1822. Charged by Michigan's territorial governor with collecting information on Anishinaabe people, he soon...
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What Jane Knew: Anishinaabe Stories and American Imperialism, 1815-1845The children of an influential Ojibwe-Anglo family, Jane Johnston and her brother George were already accomplished writers when the Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft arrived in Sault Ste. Marie in 1822. Charged by Michigan's territorial governor with collecting information on Anishinaabe people, he soon...
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Weird But True!: Ripped from the Headlines: Real-Life Stories You Have to Read to BelieveHave you ever heard about about Boston's Great Molasses flood of 1919, in which 21 people drowned in molasses? Or the armless archer who used his feet to set a world record? These are just a few of the bizarre stories from history and...
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Ways of the Six-footedThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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WaukeeIn 1869, Gen. Lewis Addison Grant and Maj. William Ragan purchased the land around the Des Moines Valley Railroad bed owned by Cyrus W. Fisher in Walnut Township. A plat map was drawn, and Waukee began. The Des Moines Valley Railroad was completed in...
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Warrior Woman: The Story of Mo-CHI a Southern CheyenneAuthor: Linda WommackPublisher: Caxton PressPublished: 03/01/2024Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80dISBN: 9780870046520
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Walk With Me: A photographic journey throughout Italy.Author: Harry GiglioPublisher: Harry GiglioPublished: 05/08/2024Pages: 70Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.18dISBN: 9798869365026This title is not returnable
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Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern WorldHow can one European capital be responsible for most of the West's intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission...
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Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar GermanyThe dramatic and consequential history of Germany's short-lived experiment with democracy between the world wars, when vibrant cultural experimentation collided with political and economic turmoil Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launched an unprecedented political project: its first democratic government....
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Us Battle Tanks 1917-1945A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from World War I to the end of World War II. In this, the first of two highly illustrated volumes examining the complete history of US Army and...
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Unreasonable MenAs Michael Wolraich argues in his sharp, streamlined new book, Unreasonable Men, it was 'the greatest period of political change in American history.' -Washington Post, 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction At the turn of the twentieth century, the Republican Party stood at the brink...
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Un Amor Imposible: La Conmovedora Historia Real de Una Joven Jud?a Y Un Poeta de la Resistencia Francesa, En El Par?s Ocupado Por Los Nazis / Star CroVuelve la autora best seller de Las 999 mujeres de Auschwitz. La conmovedora historia real de una joven judía y un poeta de la Resistencia francesa, en el París ocupado por los nazis. París, 1940. En plena ocupación alemana, el arte, la cultura y...
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U-2 'Dragon Lady' Units 1955-90An illustrated account of the early service of the Lockheed U-2, one of the most important and longest-serving intelligence gathering platforms fielded by the US air force. The U-2 is one of the most recognizable aircraft of the Cold War; nicknamed the 'Dragon Lady'...
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Tácticas de combate: Un manual ilustradoEl libro m?s popular sobre t?cticas de infanter?a. M?s de 10.000 libros vendidos!Las t?cticas de combate son el arte de utilizar escuadras y pelotones de soldados en el combate. Estas t?cticas priorizan moverse detr?s de l?neas enemigas dejando pocas o ninguna huella mientras se...
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Turning Points: Forgotten Conflicts That Molded AmericaThis book, the third in a series on forgotten battles, challenges some of the most sacred myths taught in American schools. One is the concept that the US Constitution was conceived by idealists for the public good. New research, however, shows that most of...
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