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Kawanishi H6k 'Mavis' and H8k 'Emily' UnitsAn illustrated account of the little-known operations of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force's flying boat units during World War 2. Respectively codenamed the 'Mavis' and 'Emily' by the Allies, Japan's H6K and H8K flying boats outstripped their RAF and US Navy counterparts. The...
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A Robin's Egg Renaissance: Chicago Modernism & the Great WarThe history of modernism in Chicago, as told by the writers who were there. London, Paris, and New York all have their chroniclers, and now Chicago gets her due. A city of enormous contemporary literary vitality, it also was the home of a profoundly...
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Nebraska Ballrooms and Dance HallsBallrooms were at the center of social life in the Midwest for over a century, with some dance halls dating back to the late 1800s. Throughout Nebraska, these iconic structures hosted a number of community events and musical performances, bringing together friends, families, and...
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Within These Walls of Sorrow: A Novel of World War II PolandZosia Lewandowska knows the brutal realities of war all too well. Within weeks of Germany's invasion of her Polish homeland, she lost the man she loves. As ghetto walls rise and the occupiers tighten their grip on the city of Krakow, Zosia joins pharmacist...
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Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural RevolutionAn indelible exploration of the invisible scar that runs through the heart of Chinese society and the souls of its citizens. "It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution," Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966...
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Holocaust Refugees in Oswego: From Nazi Europe to Lake OntarioAmerica's Only Shelter Established for Holocaust Refugees During the height of the second World War, at the order of President Roosevelt, Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York housed 982 refugees, rescued from the horrors of the Holocaust. The community of Oswego answered the call...
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Else's Journey: A Story of ResilienceAuthor: Elizabeth Ritt, Kelley HartmanPublisher: Braughler Books, LLCPublished: 01/10/2024Pages: 194Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53dISBN: 9781955791939
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AuburnAuburn was founded in 1793 and started as an agricultural community that grew sweet corn and potatoes. The city transitioned into an industrial center with factories that produced rope, shoes, and harvesting machinery. Today, Auburn is a tourist destination in the heart of the...
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What About Your Life?This book is a true story about an unknown woman's thoughts about her life as she neared death from a terminal disease. The woman and her friend had written these thoughts from her journal, and placed them inside a bottle, which was released into...
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The Heart of the Family: Italian Immigrant Women in Mining Communities: 1880-1920This book examines the lives of immigrant women from Northern Italy leaving poverty and oppression in their native country. Most readers are unaware that Southern Italians dominate the literature on the Italian American experience. Although Northern Italians were the first to leave Italy around...
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A Historic Tour of Boalsburg and along Boalsburg Pike to Lemont, PennsylvaniaThis book outlines a tour of historical homes, businesses, and historical sites through Boalsburg to Lemont.The tour is divided into two parts. The first part is a tour through Boalsburg.If desired, this tour can be done on foot. The second part is a tour...
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Thomas Edison: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius InventorExplore the Captivating Life of Thomas Edison Thomas Edison was born into a hard-working but attentive family. He struggled in school and became deaf at an early age. Born on February 11, 1847, Edison would become, arguably, the best-known American inventor of all time....
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The Well and the ShallowsAuthor: G. K. ChestertonPublisher: Aziloth BooksPublished: 06/11/2012Pages: 158Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34dISBN: 9781908388827This title is not returnable
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Seeing the Elephant: Voices from the Oregon Trail"The target audience for this book is middle and high school students. However, its information will appeals to a far broader audience. . . . .A useful introduction to trail travel and associated incidents."--Journal of the West "[A] little gem of a book."--Overland Journal...
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Sing for the Lonesome MessengerMaggie Maise, a wandering, bewildered reporter with an elusive past, takes a job at Ore Town's newspaper, The Messenger. What begins as a newspaper job quickly becomes an odyssey into the memories of a vanishing generation raised during the Great Depression and subjected to...
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Big Box USA: The Environmental Impact of America's Biggest Retail StoresBig Box USA presents a new look at how the big box retail store has dramatically reshaped the US economy and its ecosystems in the last half century. From the rural South to the frigid North, from inside stores to ecologies far beyond, this...
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The Mason County "Hoo Doo" War, 1874-1902: Volume 4In 1874 the Hoo Doo War erupted in the Texas Hill Country of Mason County. The feud began with the rise of the mob under Sheriff John Clark, but it was not until the premeditated murder of rancher Timothy Williamson in 1875, a murder...
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The Canary Islanders in Texas: The Story of the Founding of San AntonioThe influential story of early Spanish immigrants to Texas from the Canary IslandsAuthor: Armando Curbelo FuentesPublisher: Maverick BooksPublished: 05/30/2018Pages: 388Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9781595348456About the AuthorArmando Curbelo Fuentes is a lawyer and professor at the Universidad de Las Palmas...
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The Amusement Park at Sloan's Lake: The Lost History of Denver's Manhattan BeachSloan's Lake had a long history of entertaining Denver residents with boating, fishing, swimming, and a steamboat canal built in the 1870s. In 1890, Adam Graff and his partners opened a new park on the shore of Sloan's Lake that would eventually become Manhattan...
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Eisenhower for Our TimeEisenhower for Our Time provides an introduction to the Eisenhower presidency, extracting lessons for today's world. Steven Wagner proposes that the need to maintain balance defines Eisenhower's presidency. Wagner examines a series of defining moments that were among Eisenhower's greatest challenges, some of which...
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