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The World Trade Center (Classics of American Architecture)Originally published in 1987 while the Twin Towers still stood - brash and controversial, a new symbol of the city and the country - this book offered the first serious consideration of the planning and design of the World Trade Center. It benefited from...
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Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees: Volume One: Early Contact and the Establishment of the First Mission, 1752-1802In the mid-eighteenth century, members of the Moravian Church, which had its origins in Central Europe, began conducting mission work among the Cherokee people. Their archives, now housed in North Carolina, include valuable records of their contact with the Cherokees. Drawing from these archives,...
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The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (Hardcover): 1862: A New Hampshire Teacher Goes to WarMarek Bennett's comics adaptation of this actual Civil War memoir brings to life the dry humor and grim conviction of teacher-turned-soldier Freeman Colby. Fiercely proud of his Granite State heritage, Freeman Colby bows to no one - not the rowdy students of his rural...
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Black Arabia & the African Origin of IslamIs Islam a Religion of the Black Man as suggested by Elijah Muhammad? Or is it a slave religion originated by white Arabs and imposed on Black People? Finally, this question is addressed with scholarship rather than with rhetoric. Internationally known scholar of Islam...
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Shaft Tombs and Figures in West Mexican Society: A ReassessmentThis volume brings together an international team of contributors to reconnect field research on the shaft tombs of western Mexico (ca. 300 B.C.-A.D. 500) with museum-based research on the distinctive human figures for which the region is known. These finely made figures and dioramas...
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Bechamp or Pasteur?: A Lost Chapter in the history of biologyThis volume contains new editions of two books. R. Pearson's Pasteur, Plagiarist, Imposter, originally published in 1942, serves as the introduction. It details some of the reasons for the rancorous relationship between Louis Pasteur and Antoine Béchamp. Pearson points out many of the problems...
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The Tennessee and Virginia Cookbook: 2018 Mabry-Hazen EditionOriginally published in 1911 by the women of First Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee and Central Presbyterian Church of Bristol, Virginia, this heritage cookbook was rediscovered during conservation efforts at the Mabry-Hazen House following a fire in the museum's collection room.Filled with nearly a...
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Fight On, My SoulA Virginia man's fight against poverty, disease, and discrimination forms the background of Fight On, My Soul. Set largely in rural Lancaster County, Virginia, Fight On, My Soul tells the story of Morgan E. Norris, one of Virginia's first black physicians, who believed in...
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Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions: 180 Spiritual Truths Drawn from the Great Game of BaseballIf you enjoy America's pastime, you'll love Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions--180 Spiritual Truths Drawn from the Great Game of Baseball. This devotional provides a reading a day for an entire season (or off-season!) highlighting intriguing players, both famous and less well known; important...
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Acres of Aspiration: The All-Black Towns of OklahomaBeulah Land. Paradise. Shangri-la. Oklahoma seemed to be all of these in the hostile, racist, post-Civil War South. Seeking both refuge and respect, pioneers such as Edward P. McCabe championed the idea of Oklahoma as an all-Black state. And all-Black towns proliferated there. Some...
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What Every American Needs to Know about the Qur'an: A History of Islam & the United StatesWHAT EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE QUR'AN - A HISTORY OF ISLAM & THE UNITED STATES You will be fascinated by this fast-paced, objective history of the world from a perspective you have never imagined. Current events will come into focus in...
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US Army: Infantry, Armor/Cavalry, Artillery Battalions 1957-2011Every infantry, cavalry, armor, field artillery, and air defense artillery battalion in the US Army 1957-2011 is listed, together with its station/s throughout the period.Author: Tim AumillerPublisher: General Data LLCPublished: 03/20/2008Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.34dISBN: 9780977607235This title is not...
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Maxims of Christian ChivalryBorn in Ireland in 1800 of English Stock and raised in a strongly Protestant surrounding, Kenelm Henry Digby entered the Roman Catholic Church while writing his first great masterpiece; The Broadstone of Honour, first published in 1822. The Broadstone treats of the origin, spirit...
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Tai Chi Sword: The 32 Simplified FormsTai Chi Sword is a weaponry form of Tai Chi practice, in which the sword is viewed as an extension of body. With the balance of body and sword, you will achieve a greater level of Tai Chi spirit, integrating your body movements with...
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Ripper Notes: The Hunt for Jack the Ripper"Ripper Notes: The Hunt for Jack the Ripper" is a collection of essays about that famous unidentified serial killer and related topics. Tom Wescott's "Jack and the Grapestalk" starts things out by examining claims that victim Elizabeth Stride was holding grapes when her body...
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Uncle Ed SaidOntonagon Michigan was a community of immigrants in Michigan's upper peninsula.Like many families there, our Finnish family lived a humble life. The Great Depression put even more strain on the local economy, but families worked hard, survived and even prospers. Uncle Ed has recounted...
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The Text Book of Boxing: The Deluxe Edition"The Text Book of Boxing" is one of the most important boxing books of all time. First published in 1914 and written by England's finest fighter, "The Text Book of Boxing" is a master class in the manly art of pugilism. This boxing manual...
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Ty Cobb Unleashed: The Definitive Counter-Biography of the Chastened RacistHoward W. Rosenberg's Ty Cobb Unleashed: The Definitive Counter-Biography of the Chastened Racist (Tile Books) seeks to be the go-to first source on Cobb's persona, including racially. Transparency about "what's new" is the organizing theme.While the historiography of Babe Ruth, the player closest to...
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The British Army in Germany: An Organizational History 1947-2004The BAOR of 1945 - like its largely forgotten 1919 namesake-began as an army of occupation in a defeated Germany. However, with the Cold War and NATO it evolved into something quite different: a major military force permanently stationed on the continent. This work...
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Shoeless Summer: The summer of 1923 when Shoeless Joe Jackson played baseball in Americus, GeorgiaIn the summer of 1923, Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was banned from organized baseball in 1921 for his alleged participation in the 1919 Chicago Black Sox World Series scandal, was signed on to play baseball for the Americus, Georgia semi-pro team of the independent...
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