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Napoleon's Heavy Cavalry: Uniforms and Equipment of the Cuirassiers and Carabiniers, 1805-1815Created during the Peace of Amiens, the nineteen regiments of cuirassiers that existed during the course of the 1e Empire were, after the Imperial Guard, perhaps the most famous and recognisable soldiers of the epoch. This book explores the long gestation of clothing and...
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Murder in the Lincoln White HouseMarch 4, 1861: On the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, the last thing anyone wants is any sort of hitch in the proceedings--let alone murder Fortunately the president has young Adam Quinn by his side . . . Lincoln's trusted entourage is on their...
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Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s-1980sAuthor: Pavel PyśPublisher: Walker Art CenterPublished: 10/10/2023Pages: 408Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781935963271
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Mr. Buchanan's Administration On the Eve of the RebellionThis 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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Morir de Pie / Die Standing UpPor el autor de los bestsellers Yo D az e Iturbide. «Yo har que se las devuelvan , le prometi Emiliano Zapata a su padre... As iniciar a una lucha agraria que transformar a el destino de un pa s. Emiliano Zapata est dispuesto...
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Military Intelligence BlundersA professional military-intelligence officer's - and controversial insider's - view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. This book includes the serious developments in government misuse of intelligence in the US-led coalition's 2003 war with Iraq, as well as failures of...
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MichalHow do you handle the challenges of life?What do you do when you are mistreated by others but no one notices?Will you self-destruct, or will you bounce back?These are the questions and decisions Michal and Bathsheba had to grapple with, and so do we...
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Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South KoreaMediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea focuses on the relationship between media representation and gender politics in South Korea. Its chapters feature notable voices of South Korea's burgeoning sphere of gender critique enabled by social media, doing what no other academic volume has yet...
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Mediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South KoreaMediating Gender in Post-Authoritarian South Korea focuses on the relationship between media representation and gender politics in South Korea. Its chapters feature notable voices of South Korea's burgeoning sphere of gender critique enabled by social media, doing what no other academic volume has yet...
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Meat Grinder: The Battles for the Rzhev Salient, 1942-43An engrossing history of the desperate battles for the Rzhev Salient, a forgotten story brought to life by the harrowing memoirs of German and Russian soldiers. The fighting between the German and Russian armies in the Rzhev Salient during World War II was so...
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Mathias of Maryland: Remembering a Lincoln Republican in the SenateSenator Charles ""Mac"" Mathias was a lifelong Republican who won every election in a 26-year congressional career in heavily Democratic Maryland. A courageous risk-taker, Mathias led efforts to advance civil rights, voting rights, environmental initiatives to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, and establish the...
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Mao's Hijacked GenerationMao's Hijacked Generation. Sarasota, FL: New Knowledge Press, 2024According to Ai Weiwei, the renowned Chinese artist and human rights activist, "[t]his rare book is a true record of the dark history...of the Zhiqing Movement in China that destroyed rationality, severed people's historical memory and...
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Manette PioneeringThis issue of Manette Pioneering is a reprint of the 1988 gem of local history. Manette is a neighborhood of Bremerton in Kitsap County, Washington-fourteen miles across Puget Sound from Seattle. Its story begins with the local Suquamish tribe and continues with the explorations...
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Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan BuddhismNumerous digital models of the mandala describe it structurally and elucidate this complex form of Tantric practice in understandable terms.Author: Martin BrauenPublisher: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbHPublished: 09/25/2023Pages: 262Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.54lbsSize: 11.43h x 9.54w x 0.68dISBN: 9783897907065
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Magic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists: A History of the Microbiome and MetagenomicsMagic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists Magic Bullets, Miracle Drugs, and Microbiologists: A History of the Microbiome and Metagenomics by William C. Summers is an enlightening journey through the fascinating world of microbiology, exploring its history, challenges, and the revolutionary concept of the microbiome....
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Magical Museum: Ancient EgyptWhen a magical scarab awakens a museum exhibit, a mummified cat leads kids on an enchanting adventure, teaching them about Ancient Egyptian history, life, and culture.Prepare to be transported deep into the mesmerizing heart of Ancient Egypt. As you open the book's pages, you...
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Machine ? Amuser: The Life and Death of the Beistegui Penthouse ApartmentA richly illustrated history of a single building, the celebrated and yet enigmatic penthouse of the wealthy playboy Charles de Beistegui, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in late 1920s Paris. What does it take to build not only a house but a...
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Lost East Chicago and Indiana HarborExplore the city of yesteryear East Chicago, Indiana, was a melting pot. The Indiana Harbor neighborhood drew comparisons to Ellis Island as immigrants flocked from all over the world to work at its steel mills. Once home to more than a hundred nationalities, the...
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Lost Battalion of Tet: The Breakout of 2/12th Cavalry at HuePublished to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, this new paperback edition brings back into print a book that became an essential source for a 2006 study of the battle by the U.S. Army's Center of Military History. It takes a critical...
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Looted Art & Restitution: The Exodus and Partial Return of Dutch Art Property During and After World War IIAuthor: Rudi Ekkart, Eefke MullerPublisher: Uitgeverij Waanders & de KunstPublished: 06/29/2024Pages: 216Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9789462624986This title is only available via back order
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