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Eleven Days on the Colorado: The Standoff Between the Texian and Mexican Armies and the Pivotal Battle UnfoughtEleven Days on the Colorado: The Standoff Between the Texian and Mexican Armies and the Pivotal Battle Unfought finds high drama between the Battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto. As General Sam Houston arrived in Gonzales on March 11, 1836, to take command...
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Elephants, the Grass and A Teacher: Recollections and Reflections on the Nigeria/Biafra WarThis book is a captivating rendition of Dr. Egbe's personal and family experiences during the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970). The book will equally go down as an audacious contribution to the historiography of the Nigerian civil war. Not to mention a crash program in...
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Einstein in Time and Space: A Life in 99 ParticlesWalter Isaacson's Einstein meets Craig Brown's 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, in this engaging and innovative biography of the famous physicist told in ninety-nine dazzling vignettes. Most of us would agree that Albert Einstein's name is synonymous with "genius" and that his likeness is...
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Edge of Catastrophe: Erich Fromm, Fascism, and the HolocaustErich Fromm, the prominent twentieth-century public intellectual and psychoanalyst, was recognized for his courageous stand against fascism, racism, and human destructiveness. Until now, however, little has been known about the extent to which Fromm's personal experience of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust shaped his...
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Early LivermoreEnglishman Robert Livermore jumped ship in Southern California in 1822, yet just 15 years later became the respected owner of the 40,000-acre Las Positas land grant. Here he built his new Californio wife an adobe house in 1839. The wealth that flowed into California...
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Early Judaism: The Exile to the Time of ChristThis textbook provides an introduction to the Second Temple period (520 BCE-70 CE), the formative era of early Judaism and the milieu of Jesus and of the earliest Christians. By paying close attention to original sources--especially the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
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Early Church Timeline: Spread of Christianity AD 100--300Enjoy seeing 200+ years of early church history at a glance in this illustrated foldout timeline! Covers over 100 key events and people you need to know with summaries and visuals! From the end of the apostles to the 4th century rule of Emperor...
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Drit? dhe hije historike n? New York**Historical Light and Shadow in New York**" delves into a multitude of perspectives, revealing the nationalist and immortal stories of various figures. These include Prek Peter Cali, a sworn nationalist; Xhafer Deva, an anti-communist former Minister of the Interior; Abas Kupi, an undefeated patriot;...
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Drafted: An Illustrated Memoir of a Veteran's Service During the War in VietnamFrom noted cartoonist Rick Parker comes his long-awaited original graphic novel memoir about his time in the United States Army, when he was drafted to serve during the Vietnam War Drafted is a graphic novel memoir by Rick Parker, a shy, inexperienced, and overly...
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Developments in Russian Politics 10The tenth edition of this go-to text offers critical discussion of contemporary Russian politics and its fundamental principles. It covers established topics such as executive leadership, parties, and elections as well as newer issues of national identity, protest, and Russia and Greater Eurasia. Taking...
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Design Monograph: PerriandA design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.French architect and...
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Denver's Washington ParkIn the Rocky Mountain West, Denver is considered the big city. Yet its urban core consists of numerous neighborhoods developed in the late 19th century that act today as virtual small towns. South-central Denver's Washington Park is one of those "small towns," and its...
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Denver's City Park and Whittier NeighborhoodsDenver was barely 10 years old in 1868 when visionary pioneers such as Alfred B. Case and Jacob W. Downing began amassing real estate holdings far from downtown, speculation that paid off when the newly arrived railroad led to a population explosion. With the...
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Demons of the Mind: Psychiatry and Cinema in the Long 1960sIn the 1960s, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals intervened in and influenced cinema culture in unprecedented ways, changing how films were conceived, produced, censored, exhibited and received by audiences. Drawing upon extensive archival research, Demons of the Mind provides the first interdisciplinary account...
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Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of SevenAuthor: Ross KingPublisher: Douglas & McIntyrePublished: 10/11/2011Pages: 492Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50dISBN: 9781553658825Award: Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction - FinalistAward: RBC Taylor Prize - FinalistReview Citation(s): Library Journal 11/01/2011 pg. 77Publishers Weekly 12/12/2011About the AuthorRoss King is the author of...
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D-Day Remembered: From the Invasion to the Liberation of ParisA new edition of the graphic account of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, as well as the campaign which effectively destroyed the German forces in France, opening the way for the Allied advance.Author: Prof Rich HolmesPublisher: Welbeck PublishingPublished: 05/14/2024Pages: 224Binding Type: HardcoverWeight:...
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David Goldblatt: No Ulterior MotiveA panorama of the career of South African photographer David Goldblatt, elucidating his artistic commitments, networks, and influence David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive coincides with a major traveling retrospective of the renowned South African photographer's work. From vintage handprints of the artist's black-and-white photography,...
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Dark is the Harbor: Tales of the U. S. Submarine War Against Japan in World War II; The War Patrols of USS Trout (SS 202)What would motivate men to seek out what may have been the most dangerous branch of the service? By the end of the war over 3,500 submariners, over to 23 percent of the force, never returned from their missions; fifty-two World War II submarines...
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Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography40 years of stunning basketball photography--both on the court and off--from one of the sports' greatest document chroniclers As one of the NBA's premier photographers, Nathaniel S. Butler has shot it all. From iconic moments like Ray Allen's corner three to intimate portraits of...
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Constructing and Contesting Holy Places in Medieval Islam and BeyondThis volume brings together thirteen case studies devoted to the establishment, growth, and demise of holy places in Muslim societies, thereby providing a global look on Muslim engagement with the emplacement of the holy. Combining research by historians, art historians, archaeologists, and historians of...
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