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The General's Children: American Families in Occupied JapanThis is the story of an invasion. Not one of men at arms, but rather an onslaught of women with babes in arms. And, other children, too, from toddlers to teenagers. They came to Japan beginning shortly after the end of World War II,...
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The Frederick Douglass Collection: A Library of America Boxed SetFor the first time in a deluxe collector's boxed set, the definitive edition of the writings of the great African American freedom fighter, including all 3 of his classic memoirs and the best of his impassioned speeches and journalism For more than five decades,...
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The Fear of Conspiracy: Images of Un-American Subversion from the Revolution to the PresentFirst published by Cornell in 1971, The Fear of Conspiracy brings together eighty-five speeches, documents, and writings--the authors of which range from George Washington to Stokely Carmichael--that illustrate the role played in American history by the fear of conspiracy and subversion. This book, documenting...
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The Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps: Progressive Ideals in the Twentieth CenturyAlthough summer camps profoundly impact children, they have received little attention from scholars. The well-known Farm & Wilderness (F&W) camps, founded in 1939 by Ken and Susan Webb, resembled most other private camps of the same period in many ways, but F&W also had...
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The Fall of the House of MurdaughWelcome to The House of Murdaugh: A storied, century-old legal and political dynasty in the South Carolina Lowcountry synonymous with wealth and power and gilded in Southern charm and mystique.Then along came scion Alex Murdaugh, a smooth-talking, pill-popping lawyer-turned-con-man looking to cash in on...
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The Faith of the Early Fathers: Volume 1: Volume 1Volume 1 A source-book of theological and historical passages from the Christian writings of the Pre-Nicene and Nicene eras. Volume 1 ends circa 382. Volume 1: the Pre-Nicene and Nicene eras Volume 2: the Post-Nicene era through St. Jerome; Volume 3: St. Augustine to...
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The Enemy Within: Why We Black Americans Must Confront OurselvesThis book is an internal critique and analysis of the various ways in which Black Americans, historically and contemporarily, have pursued certain behaviors, ideologies and cultural practices that have been self-destructive and counterproductive to the improvement and well-being of the Black American community. As...
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The Dream Big, Little One CollectionAuthor: Vashti HarrisonPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublished: 12/12/2023Pages: 78Binding Type: Board BookWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 7.10h x 7.10w x 1.90dISBN: 9780316573047Audience: Baby-Preschool
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The Devil You Know: A Black Power ManifestoINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA New York Times Editor's Choice A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of the YearThe Inspiration for the HBO Original Documentary South to Black PowerFrom journalist and New York Times bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful manifesto and call to...
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The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of BalancePhosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it's also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. In this major...
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The Dead Will Arise: Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-7"Anyone who thinks that South Africa's problems began with the Afrikaners and apartheid should read this book." --Richard Dowden, The Independent" . . . should remain the last word for the foreseeable future." --Choice"Peires is the premier historian of the Xhosa people. He speaks...
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The Culture of the Teutons: Collected EditionVilhelm Gr nbech was a preeminent professor of the history of religion at the University of Copenhagen in the early twentieth century. His vast breadth of knowledge of world cultures and religions had profound effect on Danish academic thought, and in The Culture of...
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The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and ClarkThe Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark By Eva Emery DyeAuthor: Eva Emery DyePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 08/02/2017Pages: 186Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9781973942313This title is not returnable
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The Commander-In-Chief Test: Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in Us Foreign PolicyIn The Commander-in-Chief Test, Jeffrey A. Friedman offers a fresh explanation for why Americans are often frustrated by the cost and scope of US foreign policy--and how we can fix that for the future.Americans frequently criticize US foreign policy for being overly costly and...
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The Civil War in the United StatesReaders will not find a Marxist interpretation of the American Civil War laid out in this volume. Rather, they will observe Marx and Engels working to define their own approach to history and politics while analyzing the American Civil War as it developed into...
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The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac: Volume 2 - From the Gettysburg Retreat Through the Shenan"Al Ovies combines an impressive array of source material and intricate analysis to craft a historical gem. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Civil War cavalry and later war actions in the Eastern Theater." -- Scott Patchan, author of The Last Battle...
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The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten EraThe Black Fives is a groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazing players, teams, and impresarios who pioneered the sport. "For a game that has meant so much to the world, Claude Johnson somehow...
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The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem RevisitedMorris' earlier work exposed the realities of how 700,000 Palestinians became refugees during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. While the focus of this edition remains the war and exodus, new archival material considers what happened in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, and how these events led...
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The Best Loved Poems of James Whitcomb RileyThis collection contains some of the most beloved poems by James Whitcomb Riley, known as the 'Hoosier Poet.' Riley's poetry captures the essence of rural American life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his works continue to be studied and recited...
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The Ballad of Donald J. Trump: The Story of Our 45th President In Poetic VerseThe Ballad Of Donald J. Trump is the story of our 45th president, written in poetic verse. Destined to be a classic poem, of both political and historical importance, it chronicles the turbulent, cultural events that have swirled around Donald J. Trump ever since...
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