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DecaturDecatur, Illinois has long had a proud tradition of workers and craftsmen who produced coal, water pumps, gloves, automobiles, clothing, corn meal, and many other products. Though it is home to Caterpillar's second largest plant and serves as world headquarters for Archer Daniels Midland,...
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Death in Mount Rainier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northwest's Most Iconic PeakEach year almost two million visitors come to Mount Rainier National Park. If they don't follow safety warnings, they may find themselves victims of a climbing accident, or face-to-face with a mountain lion, or stuck in the fog and snow on the Muir Snowfield,...
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Death in Life: Survivors of HiroshimaIn Japan, "hibakusha" means "the people affected by the explosion--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors....
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Days of Reckoning: Players Punching Their Ticket Out of Pittsburgh during the Barney Dreyfuss EraSince the dawn of baseball disputes between players and management have always existed.A glorious period of diamond success and pennant glory occurred when Barney Dreyfuss owned the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900 through 1932. During that time, the Pirates claimed six National League flags, appeared...
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Darwin's Falling Sparrow: Victorian Evolutionists and the Meaning of SufferingThe "Darwin Story" has been told in many different ways and from a wide range of perspectives. Some focus on the detailed development of evolution theory. Others examine the ways in which evolution was used to justify different ideologies. But no one has told...
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Daniel Smith Donelson: Soldier, Politician, TennesseanDaniel Smith Donelson was the grandson of two of early Middle Tennessee's most famous founders--John Donelson and Daniel Smith--and nephew of Tennessee's perhaps most famous soldier statesman, Andrew Jackson. And while Civil War historians are familiar with Donelson because he led a Confederate brigade,...
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Damien Hirst: On the Way to Work"I want it to be revealing. I'll talk about anything you like. I want it to be truthful. Let's do it. There is no off-limits. I'm afraid of nothing." Immediately recognised as a young artist with a brilliant, sordid and uncompromising imagination, Damien Hirst...
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Cultures of the West: A History, Volume 2: Since 1350Cultures of the West: A History, Fourth Edition, focuses on the ways in which the major ideas and passions of Western culture developed, internally, and how they interacted with the broader world--for good and for ill. The development of such key ideas as religion,...
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Creating Economic OrderThis volume is a new edition of the 2004 title that is no longer available. It addresses the extent to witch accounting practices actively shaped economic life. This volume traces the aims and functions of accounting practices from early Uruk down to the Neo-Babylonian...
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Corpus Christi Handbook and Murphy Givens IndexCorpus Christi Handbook & Murphy Givens Index includes interesting and hard to find information on the history of Corpus Christi and Nueces County. It traces the evolution of Nueces County and contains timelines of both Corpus Christi and the Port of Corpus Christi. Mayors...
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Cookery And Dining In Imperial Rome: A Bibliography, Critical Review and Translation of Apicius De Re Coquinaria2012 Reprint of 1936 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is an English translation of the oldest known cookbook in existence. The book was originally written for professional cooks working in Ancient Rome, and contains actual...
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Contracting Colonialism: Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society Under Early Spanish RuleIn an innovative mix of history, anthropology, and post-colonial theory, Vicente L. Rafael examines the role of language in the religious conversion of the Tagalogs to Catholicism and their subsequent colonization during the early period (1580-1705) of Spanish rule in the Philippines. By tracing...
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Colorful Characters of PittsburghBeyond the world famous artists, singers, actors and more from Pittsburgh are the city's celebrities known locally for their quirky style, unique mannerisms, and outlandish behavior.From Joe Barker, the violent "street preacher" who was elected mayor in 1850--while in prison!--to Curt Wootton, the comedian...
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Cold Case IndianaHaunting mysteries from America's Heartland Indiana rightly prides itself as a safe place to live. Nevertheless, the Hoosier State has experienced its share of unexplained deaths and unsolved disappearances. The state's oldest missing child case, the disappearance of four-year-old Richmond Byers from Seelyville in...
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Clifford Case and the Challenge of Liberal RepublicanismClifford P. Case was an exemplary "liberal Republican" during his 33 years in Congress, including 4 terms in the U.S. Senate. A strong advocate of civil and human rights, environmental protection, high ethical standards for public officials, and U.S. global leadership, Case was a...
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Channel TunnelThis book describes the features, construction, and history of the Channel Tunnel. Short paragraphs provide easy-to-read text, while colorful photos make the book engaging and accessible. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, sidebars, comprehension questions, a glossary, an index, and...
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Carrier Strike: A Photo History of Aircraft Carriers in World War IIAmong many other developments, World War II saw naval warfare shift from the battleship to the aircraft carrier, which remains one of the iconic weapons of the war and the core of modern battle fleets. Developed in the 1920s and 1930s, the aircraft carrier...
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California Gold Rush Puzzle BookIn 1848, James Marshall discovered a nugget of gold while excavating a ditch for a sawmill; by the end of 1849 over 100,000 people had migrated to California in hopes of striking it rich. Learn about the events, people, places, and life during the...
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Caliban's Reason: Introducing Afro-Caribbean PhilosophyPaget introduces the general reader to Afro-Caribbean philosophy in this ground-breaking work. Since Afro-Caribbean thought is inherently hybrid in nature, he traces the roots of this discourse in traditional African thought and in the Christian and Enlightenment traditions of Western Europe.Author: Paget HenryPublisher: RoutledgePublished:...
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Calendar:: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate YearThe adventure spans the world from Stonehenge to astronomically aligned pyramids at Giza, from Mayan observatories at Chichen Itza to the atomic clock in Washington, the world's official timekeeper since the 1960s. We visit cultures from Vedic India and Cleopatra's Egypt to Byzantium and...
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