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Around ClymerLong known for its Dutch heritage associated with windmills, tulip festivals, and distinct surnames, there is more to share about the town of Clymer. Traveling country roads through the rolling hills of southern Chautauqua County, a fertile valley with a village at the center...
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A River of Blood: Two Centuries of Conflict Along the KennebecA River of Blood: Two Centuries of Conflict Along the Kennebec River is a true story of hope, violence, dispossession and settlment. The arrival of English settlers with European guns and goods drastically changed the Abenaki's life style from hunter/gathers to commercial hunters and...
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Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority, and InequalityIn the 21st century, political debates appear to center on fundamental conflicts between "the people" and "elites." Most of these discussions emphasize strategies to protect and empower the oppressed masses against a predatory ruling class. Much of classical political thought, however, was written from...
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A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War MemorialA Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Army Veteran Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam Memorial A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and...
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Appalachian Epidemics: From Smallpox to Covid-19Author: Christopher M. WhitePublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 01/14/2025Pages: 254Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 6.00h x 9.02w x 0.69dISBN: 9781985901414
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Apologetic Works 6: On Universalism and Particular RedemptionThis volume examines two major controversies that captured the theological attention of Andrew Fuller. In the wake of the Enlightenment, traditional Christian doctrine was challenged by various rationalistic and philosophical alternatives. A notable example is the thought of William Vidler, a former Baptist pastor...
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Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New FuturesAuthor: Lizzie WadePublisher: HarperPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780063097308
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Ant?nio Vieira: Six SermonsThis volume is the first English translation and annotation of the sermons of Ant?nio Vieira, a major cultural figure in the Portuguese-speaking world. Born in Lisbon in 1608, Vieira was a Jesuit who lived and worked in both Europe and Brazil in the service...
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An Island Hell: A Soviet Prison in the Far NorthIn "An Island Hell: A Soviet Prison in the Far North," S. A. Malsagoff writes about the horrible and scary life inside a Soviet jail in the harsh Arctic. Mal'sagov's thorough study and striking writing style clearly show the harsh conditions, violence, and hopelessness...
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An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Antiquities of America.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Antiquities of America.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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An Equal Share of Freedom: American Jews, Zionism, and World War IEssays illustrating the American Jewish experience during World War I. An Equal Share of Freedom sheds new light on several important and interrelated dimensions of American, Jewish, and world history in the World War I era. Paying close attention to the Balfour Declaration as...
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Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and TraditionsThe importance of martyrdom for the spread of Christianity in the first centuries of the Common Era is a question of enduring interest. In this innovative new study, Candida Moss offers a radically new history of martyrdom in the first and second centuries that...
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Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn CarterDuring his presidency, Jimmy Carter received a comprehensive analysis of his family's genealogy, dating back 12 generations, from leaders of the Mormon Church. More recently Carter's son Jeff took over the family history, determined to discover all that he could about his ancestors. This...
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Anatomy of a Train Wreck: The Rise and Fall of Priming ResearchA history of "priming" research that analyzes the field's underlying assumptions and experimental protocols to shed new light on a contemporary crisis in social psychology. In 2012, a team of Belgian scientists reported that they had been unable to replicate a canonical experiment in...
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A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture: a native of Africa but resident above sixty years in the United States of America.Title: A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture: a native of Africa but resident above sixty years in the United States of America.Author: Venture SmithPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a...
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An Archaeology of Woodland Transformation: Social Movements, Identities, and Pottery Production on the Gulf CoastExploring a period of transformative change for theWoodland-era societies ofFlorida's Lower Suwannee region In this book, Jessica Jenkins provides adetailed look at the transition from the Middle to Late Woodland periods in theLower Suwannee region of Florida's Gulf Coast. Drawing on ceramic analysistechniques, Jenkins...
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Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi's Last BattleReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever you want. It is easy to carry. It can be an ideal gift to yourself and...
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All the Way to HeavenFrom the Author: ""What I've aimed for... in this book is neither academic analysis nor a history of the Worker movement per se. Rather, my interest has been a theological exploration of the Catholic Worker vision in all its rich and resonating breadth. The...
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All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the PresentSo close geographically, how could France and England be so enormously far apart gastronomically? Not just in different recipes and ways of cooking, but in their underlying attitudes toward the enjoyment of eating and its place in social life. In a new afterword that...
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