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De re coquinaria"De re coquinaria" from Marcus Gavius Apicius. Marcus Gavius Apicius is believed to have been a Roman gourmet and lover of luxury, who lived sometime in the 1st century AD, during the reign of Tiberius.Author: The Perfect Library, Marcus Gavius ApiciusPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...
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The Mississippi Governor's Mansion: Memories of the People's HomeWelcoming its first executive in 1842, the Mississippi Governor's Mansion is the second-oldest continuously occupied governor's residence in the United States. The Mansion is both a public building open for tours and the private residence of the governor and his family. In this unique...
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Great Plains WeatherThe weather of the Great Plains is extreme and highly variable, from floods to droughts, blizzards to tornadoes. In Great Plains Weather Kenneth F. Dewey explains what makes this region's climate unique by presenting a historical climatology of extreme weather events. Beginning with tornadoes--perhaps...
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Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball OdysseyMaking My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a college baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and...
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Three Fires Unity: The Anishnaabeg of the Lake Huron BorderlandsThe Lake Huron area of the Upper Great Lakes region, an area spreading across vast parts of the United States and Canada, has been inhabited by the Anishnaabeg for millennia. Since their first contact with Europeans around 1600, the Anishnaabeg have interacted with--and struggled...
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The Spanish Craze: America's Fascination with the Hispanic World, 1779-1939The Spanish Craze is the compelling story of the centuries-long U.S. fascination with the history, literature, art, culture, and architecture of Spain. Richard L. Kagan offers a stunningly revisionist understanding of the origins of hispanidad in America, tracing its origins from the early republic...
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Basket Diplomacy: Leadership, Alliance-Building, and Resilience Among the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, 1884-1984Before the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana became one of the state's top private employers--with its vast landholdings and economic enterprises--they lived well below the poverty line and lacked any clear legal status. After settling near Bayou Blue in 1884, they forged friendships with their...
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Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and ReclamationsThe Carlisle Indian School (1879-1918) was an audacious educational experiment. Capt. Richard Henry Pratt, the school's founder and first superintendent, persuaded the federal government that training Native children to accept the white man's ways and values would be more efficient than fighting deadly battles....
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Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico, Third EditionFeaturing a new preface by the author, this brilliant and eminently readable cultural history looks at Mexican life during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, from 1876 to 1911. At that time the modernization that Mexico underwent produced a fierce struggle between the traditional and...
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The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America's Gilded AgeOn a cold, rainy dawn in late November 1872, Lieutenant Frazier Boutelle and a Modoc Indian nicknamed Scarface Charley leveled firearms at each other. Their duel triggered a war that capped a decades-long genocidal attack that was emblematic of the United States' conquest of...
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and PoliticsIn Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life in Power and Politics Alexandra M. Nickliss offers the first biography of one of the Gilded Age's most prominent and powerful women. A financial manager, businesswoman, and reformer, Phoebe Apperson Hearst was one of the wealthiest and most...
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews With Former Slaves Volume I: Alabama NarrativesThese harrowing accounts and interviews give a painful, realistic view of the atrocity of slavery and the impact it had on the United States; the first volume of this work, this focuses on slaves in the state of Alabama.Author: Work Projects AdministrationPublisher: Createspace Independent...
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Medival Egypt, Ahmed ibn Ali al-MaqriziMaqrizi's delightful book is known to students of Arabic history by one untranslatable word of its lengthy title: al-Khitat, roughly rendered as Sketches. It is the crowning achievement of it's author, Ahmed ibn Ali al-Maqrizi (1364 - 1442) This annotated translation by Dr. Karl...
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The Black Pope: A History of the JesuitsThis book has stood the test of time, and remains a favorite for students of Church history. "Today the Jesuit is to all intents and purposes master of the situation. His favorite pupils decide Protestant causes, and with calm effrontery honor the head of...
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Martin Bormann: Nazi in ExileAnticipating the defeat of the Third Reich, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann set up 750 corporations in neutral countries, primed as vehicles to receive the liquid wealth of Germany in addition to patents and other proprietary industrial information. An organizational genius and the real power behind...
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The Harmony of the WorldThe Harmony of the World, by Johannes Kepler, is not only a seminal work in the history of astronomy, but a case study in the creative process of discovery. By rejecting empiricism and sense certainty, Kepler used his mental instruments, geometry and music, to...
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Little Known Tales in Oklahoma HistoryThe Oklahoma Land Rush was a madhouse scene that brought both smiles and heartache to its participants.There is also the wonderful story about Cherokee Indian Lewis Ross who drilled for water but failed. He wasn't disappointed though, as he struck oil instead.Then there's the...
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Biarritz France HolidayA Rambler's tour of the famous French resort of Biarritz on the Atlantic coast which explores the many reasons behind its growth including the area's historical links with Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Includes diary notes, colour photographs plus Canadian-based research about its shared Basque-Newfoundland...
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Chadds Ford Then and NowFor years, the Chadds Ford Historical Society had a display of old photos from the past depicting buildings as they appeared decades ago along the main streets of Baltimore Pike, Station Way and Creek Roads. One might ask: what is in those locations today?...
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Edwardian England: A Guide to Everyday Life, 1900-1914Second edition of The Pocket Guide to Edwardian England, newly revised and expanded. The Edwardian Era simplified, organized, and easy to reference. Aimed towards writers of historical fiction, though genealogists, Downton Abbey fans, and the curious alike will find this an excellent starting point...
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