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The Art of Being Irish in Hell's Kitchen: A Memoir of the Organizing of the Irish Arts Center in New York City 1972-78Amid the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s-an era that included the Black Civil Rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland-young Irish Americans in New York began to question what it meant to be Irish in America. Led by...
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The Air Raid on Halberstadt on 8 April 1945A powerful work by the heralded writer, this collection is a touchstone event in German literature of the post-war era. On April 8, 1945, several American bomber squadrons were informed that their German targets were temporarily unavailable due to cloud cover. As it was...
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The Adept Initiate's Guide to Luxor Temple: Experiencing the Temple of Man Using the Esoteric Symbolist ApproachAuthor: AnyexteePublisher: Adept InitiatesPublished: 07/02/2024Pages: 162Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35dISBN: 9798988568209
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Ten Myths about IsraelThe myths and reality behind the state of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--from "the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history" (New Statesman) The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state...
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Taming the Skies: A Celebration of Canadian FlightIt is a cruel irony of history that as we celebrate the centenary of flight on December 17, 2003, aviation is in a tailspin and airlines are disappearing in Canada. Yet flight itself remains one of humanity's most spectacular triumphs, and Canada especially has...
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Surviving War, Oceans Apart: Two Teenagers in Poland and Japan Destined for Life TogetherThis work takes readers to two countries ravaged by World War II, Poland and Japan, recounting the wartime experiences of teenagers Bogdan and Seiko. Bogdan's family abandoned its home in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and fled to Warsaw, where Bogdan fought for the Polish Home Army...
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Super Destroyers: From the Torpedo Boat Era to the Dominant Surface Warship of TodayFrom the very beginnings of torpedo craft, all naval powers have seen the occasional need for larger, more powerful or in other respects special designs that stand outside the contemporary norms for flotilla craft. The driving forces were often different from country to country...
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Summa (Quaestiones Ordinariae) Art. LXIII-LXVIITheologian and Scholastic philosopher Henry of Ghent (d. 1293) could arguably be considered the most significant thinker of the last quarter of the 13th century. His works remained influential well into the Renaissance.The critical edition of articles 63-67 of Henry's Quaestiones ordinariae (Summa) is...
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Sudden Deaths in Sports: 75 Athletes Lost Without WarningThis work recounts the lives and deaths of athletes who departed the world suddenly and without warning during their playing careers. From slugger Ed Delahanty's fatal plunge into the Niagara River in 1903 to the demise of Dwayne Haskins on a dark Florida highway...
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of BloodIn the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: first in the southeast against the Arabs, then in Bulgaria, and finally in the Georgian and Armenian lands. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most...
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StonehengeAuthor: Matt LilleyPublisher: Creative EducationPublished: 07/15/2024Pages: 24Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9798889891123Language: SpanishAudience: Ages 9-12
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St. CharlesSince the settling of St. Charles as Les Petites Cotes (the little hills) by Louis Blanchette in 1769, the riverfront area has been important to the commercial and social growth of the city. Today it is a vibrant example of historic preservation. Yet, in...
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Stalin's Final Films: Cinema, Socialist Realism, and Soviet Postwar Reality, 1945-1953Stalin's Final Films explores a neglected period in the history of Soviet cinema, breathing new life into a body of films long considered moribund as the pinnacle of Stalinism. While film censorship reached its apogee in this period and fewer films were made, film...
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Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost HoaxesThe latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magicians--including Harry Houdini and his team of investigators--exposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century. After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza...
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Silent Springs the Panther: Historic Accounts of Michigan Big Cat AttacksAuthor: Aaron J. VeselenakPublisher: Mission Point PressPublished: 06/19/2024Pages: 162Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35dISBN: 9781961302471
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Signs and Wonders: Finding Deeper Significance in the Miracles of JesusAuthor: Paul Vincent TurnerPublisher: WestBow PressPublished: 06/03/2024Pages: 158Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9798385020034
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Ships Passenger Lists Port of Galveston, Texas, 1846-1871By: The Galveston County Genealogical Society, Pub. 1984, Reprinted 2021, 172 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-343-7.This is the only early ships' passenger list that has survived for Texas. Information you will find includes name of vessel, name of master, port of departure, name...
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Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of LoveIn this road map to restoring feminine sexual power, Betsy Prioleau introduces and analyzes the stories and stratagems of history's greatest seductresses. These are the women who ravished the world--from such classic figures as Cleopatra and Mae West to such lesser-known women as the...
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SEC Football: How a Regional League Became a National ObsessionA fascinating history of the Southeastern Conference and its rise from a regional league to the most dominant conference in college football.The story of the Southeastern Conference has humble origins. Born in a Knoxville hotel in 1932 after splitting away from another league, the...
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Scientific DiscoveriesThis illuminating volume unveils the thrilling stories behind pivotal breakthroughs that have reshaped our understanding of the world. From the microscopic wonders of cells to the mind-bending revelations of quantum physics, this visually stunning journey explores the brilliant minds and groundbreaking moments that have...
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