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In this fascinating journey through the natural and cultural history of the palmetto, Jono Miller offers surprising facts and dispels common myths about an important native plant that remains largely misunderstood.Author: Jono MillerPublisher: University Press of FloridaPublished: 03/28/2023Pages: 310Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.21h x...

Riveting, first-person accounts that put the reader in the cockpitDozens of photographs of the planes and the pilots that flew and fought in the skies from Tokyo to BerlinFind out what it was like to fly some of the all-time classic aircraft of World...

The author, a wordsmith of the English language, will demonstrate how these classical entities are actually steeped in the Greek or Latin languages. Armed with that knowledge, the reader will learn derivatives for English words in an easy and relateable fashion: learning vocabulary minus...

Judaism and Its Bible explores the profoundly deep and complex relationship between Jews, Judaism, and the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew Bible has been ubiquitous in Jewish life and thought: Jews read it, interpret it, and debate it. They translate the Bible even as they...

The Boxcar children are attending an Invention Convention at the home of an eccentric artist known for her whimsical, wonderful, one-of-a-kind clocks. The clocks sound loudly at every hour, especially at midnight, when the children are treated to a hilarious concert of chirping, clanging,...

The Aldens are on a Caribbean cruise. But when the ship's phone lines are disconnected and a false report of "man overboard" is made, the Boxcar Children suspect that someone is trying to cause a delay in the voyage. Who wants to steer them...

The extraction of raw turpentine and tar from the southern longleaf pine--along with the manufacture of derivative products such as spirits of turpentine and rosin--constitutes what was once the largest industry in North Carolina and one of the most important in the South: naval...

Lincoln's original Gettysburg Address speech accompanied by lush mural illustrations with a new introduction.The Gettysburg Address is one of the most influential speeches in our history, written by Abraham Lincoln at a crucial period in his presidency and in United States history. Caldecott Honoree...

Popular images of women during the American Civil War include self-sacrificing nurses, romantic spies, and brave ladies maintaining hearth and home in the absence of their men. However, as DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook show in their remarkable new study, that conventional picture...

Conozca su Biblia, developed in partnership with the Asociacin para la Educacin Teolgica Hispana and the Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission unit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a unique Bible commentary series written in Spanish by leading Hispanic theologians and Bible...

Since its inception in 1870, "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record" has been at the forefront in publishing articles on Long Island families, many of them lengthy, definitive studies spread out over several issues. In a number of these articles the English or...

When Meriwether Lewis began shopping for supplies and firearms to take on the Corps of Discovery's journey west, his first stop was a federal arsenal. For the following twenty-nine months, from the time the Lewis and Clark expedition left Camp Dubois with a cannon...

"Do you think you could teach Rock Hudson to talk like you do?"The question came from famed Hollywood director George Stevens, and an affirmative answer propelled Bob Hinkle into a fifty-year career in Hollywood as a speech coach, actor, producer, director, and friend to...

Examining cultural heritage within the context ofdemocracy Culturalheritage is a powerful tool in society, capable of producing both social harmsas well as social goods and benefits, which can be distributed unevenly via politicalchannels. Reaching across disciplines and national boundaries, this volume examinescultural heritage work...

Straight-talk at work! Grumblings in offices everywhere suggest that we crave more, but don't get often enough of it. Beyond Bullsh*t reveals the dynamics of bullsh*t and why it has become the corporate etiquette of choice. It also explains how telling it straight contributes...

The librarian walks the streets of her beloved Paris. An old lady with a limp and an accent, she is invisible to most. Certainly no one recognizes her as the warrior and revolutionary she was, when again and again she slipped into the Jewish...

Grace is the credential that lets us park close to people's hearts.When Christ calls a pastor He instills a kind of heightened instinct for grace; what we call a shepherd's heart. However, pastors often become disoriented by leadership demands, congregational expectation, and the wounds...

Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on his wits and dazzling charm. For most of her adult life, Keggie was kept at arm's length from her father's personal history, but when she is invited to join...

This landmark study, first published by Cornell University Press in 1966, shows how Hitler's elite army grew from a praetorian guard of barely 28,000 men at the beginning of the Second World War to a combat-hardened army of more than 500,000 in 1945. George...

Author: Valerie Fraser LuessePublisher: Fleming H. Revell CompanyPublished: 08/15/2023Pages: 352Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88dISBN: 9780800742690This title is not returnable