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The War Underground 1914-18: Tactics and EquipmentThis absorbing illustrated study reveals the evolving tactics and techniques used by all sides in the underground war during 1914-18. Covering the Western Front but also the Gallipoli and Italian theatres, this study explores three aspects of World War I below ground: military mining,...
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The War Path: Hitler's Germany 1933-1939: Hitler's Germany 1933-1939From the third of February 1933, when he told his generals in the secret of his ultimate ambition to invade and conquer the East, to the third of September 1939, when he left the Berlin Chancellery for the Polish front, Adolf Hitler had one...
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The University of Kentucky: A Pictorial HistoryWhen the University of Kentucky was begun in 1865, it was merely an adjunct of a denominational college in Lexington. From that humble beginning has come a proud institution with an enrollment of 56,000 and with students, faculty, and facilities spread across a landscape...
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The United States Unmasked: A Search Into The Causes Of The Rise And Progress Of These States, And An Exposure Of Their Present Material And MoralTake a critical look at the history and current state of the United States with this provocative study. The author analyzes the political, social, and economic factors that shaped American society from its early days to the present, and offers a scathing critique of...
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The True Story of Pistol PeteFrank Eaton, known to all as Pistol Pete, was one of the most colorful characters in the American West. Today, he is mainly remembered as the mascot for Oklahoma State University. Pete led an exciting life during the turbulent times of Oklahoma and Indian...
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The Traitor's Homecoming: Benedict Arnold's Raid on New London, Connecticut, September 4-13, 1781Almost everyone is familiar with the name of at least one Revolutionary War battle. Some, like Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Yorktown are nearly household names. Others are less well known but readily recognized when mentioned. An engagement in Connecticut during the war's...
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The Three Apologies of G.K. Chesterton: Heretics, Orthodoxy & The Everlasting ManHeretics, Orthodoxy, and The Everlasting Man are all three of G. K. Chesterton's Chesterton Apologetics collected in one volume.Heretics - In his defence of God, Chesterton addresses views from his time by H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Kipling, and others.It features wonderful ideas...
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force by Winston S. Churchill, World and Miltary HistoryWhile I was attached to the Malakand Field Force I wrote a series of letters for the London Daily Telegraph. The favorable manner in which these letters were received, encouraged me to attempt a more substantial work. This volume is the result. The original...
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The Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy Is Stolen Egyptian PhilosophyIn this beautifully designed special edition, Professor George G. M. James explains how the ancient Greeks learned a lot from the Egyptian priests and used that knowledge to develop their philosophy. The book features large, easy-to-read fonts for a comfortable reading experience. He talks...
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The Statue of LibertyThis fascinating book gives readers a close-up look at the history and importance of the Statue of Liberty. The book also includes an "That's Amazing!" special feature, several "Did You Know?" facts, a table of contents, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an...
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The Sound of Innovation: Stanford and the Computer Music RevolutionHow a team of musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists developed computer music as an academic field and ushered in the era of digital music. In the 1960s, a team of Stanford musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists used computing in an entirely novel...
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The Soldier's Friend: Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil WarWalt Whitman is celebrated as an iconic American poet, but few know of the crucial and heroic role he played tending to the wounded and dying in Civil War hospitals. This nonfiction picture book highlights Whitman's compassion and teaches an important lesson about empathy,...
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The Silver Snarling Trumpet: The Birth of the Grateful Dead--The Lost Manuscript of Robert HunterDiscovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s--a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of "the scene" in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry...
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The Search: The True Story of a D-Day Survivor, an Unlikely Friendship, and a Lost Shipwreck Off NormandyWhen archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative error he found himself without a hotel room and reliant on the generosity of one of the veterans who had a spare bed. That...
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The Science of Why We Exist: A History of the Universe from the Big Bang to ConsciousnessFrom the Big Bang and the evolution of the genetic code to the birth of consciousness, this is the extraordinary story of the chain of events that led to human life on earth. Have you ever wondered why you exist? What had to happen...
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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (the Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity)The most enduring feature of US history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history...
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The Quest EverlastingThis 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 is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Queen and I: A Story of Dispossessions and Reconnections in Hawai'iIn this exposé Sydney L. Iaukea ties personal memories to newly procured political information about Hawai i's crucial Territorial era. Spurred by questions surrounding intergenerational property disputes in her immediate family, she delves into Hawai i's historical archives. There she discovers the central role...
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The Political and Social Philosophy of Ze'ev Jabotinsky: Selected WritingsZe'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky (1880-1940) made his name as a journalist, novelist, poet, translator, soldier, and linguist. He was also one of the foremost orators of his day, mesmerizing his audiences in any of the seven languages he had mastered. Above all, Jabotinsky was a...
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The Poetic Wonder of Isaac WattsIsaac Watts is known to history as the father of English hymnody. He wrote some 750 hymns, including beloved classics like "Joy to the World" and "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross." Today, however, Watts' work is increasingly forgotten as many churches follow the...
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