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Lost Histories: The Good, the Bad, and the Strange in Early American OrthodoxyYou've probably heard of St. Raphael Hawaweeny, St. Alexander Hotovitsky, liturgical translator Isabel Hapgood, and other righteous men and women who made their mark on the early development of Orthodoxy in America. But what about the notorious itinerant Bulgarian Monk? Or Fr. Raphael Morgan,...
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Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian UniverseA vivid and intimate glimpse of ancient life under the sway of cosmic and spiritual forces that the modern world has forgotten. Life immerses the reader in the cosmic sea of existences that made up the late ancient Mediterranean world. Loosely structured around events...
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Lee Kong Chian: Educationalist Entrepreneur PhilanthropistLee Kong Chian (1893-1967) is one of Singapore's most outstanding figures in the history of Singapore and Southeast Asia. This book is the first complete account of this great person, following him from childhood to his passing. He leaves behind a great legacy which...
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Las DOS Izquierdas: Lo Que Nunca Se Contó Sobre La Izquierda Mexicana / The Two Lefts: What Has Never Been Told about the Mexican LeftLa historia de la izquierda en México es la historia de dos corrientes: la que proviene de la Revolución mexicana y la que ha buscado deslindarse de ella y de los gobiernos que de ella emanaron. En una de las naciones más desiguales del...
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Knox Automobile CompanyThe Knox Automobile Company was a pioneer in the automobile business in New England. The company's founder, Harry Austin Knox, was born in 1875 in the outskirts of Westfield and went to school at the Springfield Industrial Institute. His practical work was done at...
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Kind of a Miracle: The Unlikely Story of the Community College of VermontAuthor: Doug WilhelmPublisher: Long Stride BooksPublished: 03/04/2024Pages: 378Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78dISBN: 9780985783662
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Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.For over fifty years, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., a Baptist minister, activist, and organizer, has worked for civil rights, peace, and the promise of true democracy. From his years in the Civil Rights movement, his work as founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition,...
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Kateryn Parr: Henry VIII's Sixth QueenKateryn Parr is mainly remembered today as being the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, the one who 'survived'. Kateryn was not only a wife but a queen, mother, reformer, and author.Kateryn would face a number of events in her lifetime including being held...
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Kachina and the CrossIn The Kachina and the Cross, Carroll Riley weaves elements of archaeology, anthropology, and history to tell a dramatic story of conflict between the Pueblo Indians and Franciscan missionaries in the seventeenth-century Spanish colony of New Mexico. Until now, histories of the early Southwest...
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Justice in Palestine"A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb." In 1938 Mahatma Gandhi wrote a bracing and, at times, discomfiting essay on the claims of justice and nationhood in Palestine. Profoundly informed by its author's sympathy for the...
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Joseph Karo and Shaping of Modern Jewish Law: The Early Modern Ottoman and Global SettingsThe book provides a global perspective on the history of Jewish law during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing on the codification works of R. Joseph Karo. Author: Roni WeinsteinPublisher: Anthem PressPublished: 04/16/2024Pages: 262Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9781839992537About the...
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Jewish EducationMost writing about Jewish education has been preoccupied with two questions: What ought to be taught? And what is the best way to teach it? Ari Y Kelman upends these conventional approaches by asking a different question: How do people learn to engage in...
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Jamestown 1622: The Anglo-Powhatan WarsA dramatic illustrated exploration of the infamous massacre of 1622, and the events of a pivotal conflict in colonial American history. Since 1607, English settlers of Jamestown maintained a shaky relationship with the Powhatan Confederacy. As the Virginians expanded their profitable tobacco fields, bolstered...
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Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth"This is not your Bubbie's history book." --Bill Maher, host of Real Time with Bill Maher "A fascinating--and very moving--book that should be read by anyone for whom Israel is a mystery." --Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network...
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Islanded: Britain, Sri Lanka, and the Bounds of an Indian Ocean ColonyHow did the British come to conquer South Asia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? Answers to this question usually start in northern India, neglecting the dramatic events that marked Britain's contemporaneous subjugation of the island of Sri Lanka. In Islanded, Sujit...
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Irish ButteSummoned by the call of the copper mines in Butte, Montana, Irish immigrants left a struggling Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century in search of a better life. Around the mines peppering the hills of the mining city, these determined sons and...
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Iran-Iraq Naval War: Volume 2 - Convoy Battles, 1981-1984Well away from major land battlefields of the Iran-Iraq War, and curious eyes of the public, the navies of the two involved parties fought a major naval war. Ironically, the mass of their efforts remain entirely unknown until this very day. If anything was...
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Into Unknown Skies: An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the WorldEqual parts The Right Stuff and The Boys in the Boat, Into Unknown Skies tells the unbelievable history of the 1924 race to circumnavigate the globe for the first time by air, a nail-biting contest that pitted underdog US pilots against their better-funded European...
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In the Shadow of the Sword Lib/E: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab EmpireAuthor: Tom HollandPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 05/12/2015Binding Type: CDISBN: 9798200017010About the AuthorCrossley, Steven: - Steven Crossley, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, has built a career on both sides of the Atlantic as an actor and audiobook narrator, for which...
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Indo-Aryan Deities and Worship - As Contained in the Rig VedaIndo-Aryan Deities and Worship - As Contained in the Rig Veda offers an insightful exploration into the ancient spiritual landscape of the Indo-Aryan civilization, unveiling the mysteries enshrined in the Rig Veda. In Indo-Aryan Deities and Worship - As Contained in the Rig Veda,...
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