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Slipstream: On Memory and MigrationCatherine Cole's Slipstream is a beautifully-woven memoir that captures the essence of growing up as the child of 'Ten Pound Poms' in Australia. Born to migrant parents who left their close-knit Yorkshire community to start afresh in Australia, Catherine's childhood was filled with the...
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Slavery and Sacred TextsAn analysis of the development of historical consciousness in antebellum America, using the debate over slavery as a case study.Author: Jordan T. WatkinsPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 03/09/2023Pages: 398Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89dISBN: 9781108746892This title is not returnable
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Slavery and Dependence in Ancient Egypt: Sources in TranslationAuthor: Jane L. RowlandsonPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 03/21/2024Pages: 535Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.15lbsSize: 9.58h x 6.79w x 1.01dISBN: 9781107681491
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Sir Charles Grandison 4 Volume SetThe History of Sir Charles Grandison was the most important English courtship novel before Austen, hugely influencing the comedy of manners genre. This edition of Richardson's final novel provides comprehensive general and textual introductions, indispensable for literary scholars of the period, along with extensive...
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Sins of the Shovel: Looting, Murder, and the Evolution of American ArchaeologyAmerican archaeology was forever scarred by an 1893 business proposition between cowboy-turned-excavator Richard Wetherill and socialites-turned-antiquarians Fred and Talbot Hyde. Wetherill had stumbled upon Mesa Verde's spectacular cliff dwellings and started selling artifacts, but with the Hydes' money behind him, well--there's no telling what...
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Sikorsky LegacyThis book traces the history of Sikorsky aviation and its founder, Igor I. Sikorsky, one of the most talented and versatile aeronautical pioneers in history. Sikorsky's aviation career spanned over 60 years and was highlighted by three major achievements: the creation of the world's...
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Shanghai Tai Chi: The Art of Being Ruled in Mao's ChinaShanghai Tai Chi offers a masterful portrait of daily urban life under socialism in a rich social and political history of one of the world's most complex cities. Hanchao Lu explores the lives of people from all areas of society - from capitalists and...
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Seeds of Genius: Twenty-Five Years of the Arkansas Black Hall of FameThe Arkansas Black Hall of Fame was founded in 1992 by Charles O. Stewart and Patricia Y. Goodwin as a means of recognizing the best and brightest African Americans with Arkansas roots. Each year, six individuals from diverse fields of endeavor are singled out...
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Scientific hat Finishing and Renovating; a Complete and Profusely Illustrated Course of Instruction, Enabling the Novice to Acquire the art of FinishiThis 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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Schtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the CrazyFor years, acclaimed artist Drew Friedman has chronicled an oddball, alternate history of American pop culture, where forgotten character actors, old Jewish comedians, comic book artists, and liver-spotted elevator operators are afforded the spotlight over Hollywood starlets and heartthrobs. This latest collection showcases a...
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Saving Nature Under SocialismTraces the evolution of environmental policy and protest in East Germany and central Europe during the Cold War.Author: Julia E. AultPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 03/02/2023Pages: 276Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58dISBN: 9781009001656This title is not returnable
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Sargent Claude JohnsonA rich reappraisal of a key Black American modernist through a lens of cross-cultural engagementAuthor: Dennis CarrPublisher: Huntington Library, Art Museum, and BotanicalPublished: 01/30/2024Pages: 132Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 11.20h x 9.70w x 0.70dISBN: 9780300271997About the AuthorDennis Carr is the Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator...
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Salvation Is from the Jews: The Image of Jews and Judaism in Biblical Interpretation, from Anti-Jewish Exegesis to Eliminationist Antisemitism"Unheil," curse, disaster: according to German scholar Gerhard Kittel, this is the Jewish destiny attested to in scripture. Such interpretations of biblical texts provided Adolf Hitler with the theological legitimatization necessary to realizing his "final solution." But theological antisemitism did not begin with the...
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Ruined and Rebuilt: The Story of Coventry Cathedral 1939-1962On the night of 14 November 1940, Reverend Richard Howard, Provost of Coventry Cathedral, was one of four firefighters who climbed onto the roof to smother with sand the incendiary bombs that were landing not just on the Cathedral but starting a firestorm across...
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Rosie's Daughters: The First Woman to Generation Tells Its Story, Second EditionMeet Rosie's Daughters in this collective memoir of American women born during World War II, precursors of the Baby Boom generation. Their stories will inform, entertain, and surprise you. In these in-depth interviews, they are declaring their place in history. In this Second Edition...
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Rome in Crisis: Nine Lives in Plutarch: Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Lucullus, Younger Cato, Brutus, Antony, Galba, OBringing together nine biographies from Plutarch's Parallel Lives series, this edition examines the lives of major figures in Roman history, from Lucullus (118-57 BC), an aristocratic politician and conqueror of Eastern kingdoms, to Otho (32-69 AD), a reckless young noble who consorted with the...
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Rochester Adolescent Medicine: The Journey Has Just BegunRochester Adolescent Medicine has a long history as one of the earliest programs in the country. Spanning over six decades, the program has grown from a weekly ambulatory session to a fully functioning division of the Department of Pediatrics with an array of complex...
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Robots Fighting WarsWithin the armed forces, robots are on the rise! From fighting on the battlefield to carrying out espionage, robots are making it possible for us to defend ourselves like never before. In this exciting high-tech series, readers will discover how robots are revolutionizing how...
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Revolutionary State-Making in Dar Es Salaam: African Liberation and the Global Cold War, 1961-1974Tracing Dar es Salaam's rise and fall as an epicentre of Third World revolution, George Roberts explores the connections between the global Cold War, African liberation struggles, and Tanzania's efforts to build a socialist state. Roberts introduces a vibrant cast of politicians, guerrilla leaders,...
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Revealed SciencesAuthor: Justin K. StearnsPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 03/09/2023Pages: 330Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781107638709This title is not returnable
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