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Charles Proteus Steinmetz: A BiographyAn unabridged, digitally enlarged printing of Hammond's 1924 classic, to include all photos and comprehensive index - Physics of Electricity - Scientist Biographies - History & Philosophy of Science (Books)Author: J. W. HammondPublisher: Merchant BooksPublished: 08/03/2008Pages: 532Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.99lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x...
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Charged Bodies: People, Power, and Paradoxes That Launched Silicon ValleyAt the heart of Silicon Valley's meteoric rise is a story etched in the lives of those who shaped it and those who were forever transformed by it. Author Tom Mahon provides an insider's perspective on the birth of the semiconductor industry, which sparked...
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Celebrating Palouse Country: A History of the Landscape in Text and ImagesEnhanced with spectacular photographs from John Clement, travel through time among the Palouse Country's beauty and expanse, starting with its First Peoples. Depending on the season, the four Plateau Indian tribes dwelled along its rivers, streams, and bunchgrass hills, maintaining an intimate relationship with...
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Casey Anthony Murder CaseThis title explores the story of Casey Anthony, a young mother accused of murdering her daughter in Florida. It discusses police investigations, the evidence in the case, and Anthony's trial and its societal impacts. Features include a glossary, a timeline, references, websites, source notes,...
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Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion DaviesThe comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as "the captain of my soul." From Marion Davies's humble days in Brooklyn to her rise to fame alongside press baron William Randolph Hearst, the public life story of the...
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Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of ImpressionismFrom the acclaimed biographer and author of Balzac's Omelette, an engaging new work on the life of "the father of Impressionism" and the role his Jewish background played in his artistic creativity. The celebrated painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) occupied a central place in the...
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Cambridge International as Level History the History of the Usa, 1820-1941 CoursebookThis series is for the Cambridge International AS History syllabus (9489) for examination from 2021. Written by an experienced author team that includes examiners, a practising teacher and trainers, this coursebook supports the Cambridge International AS History syllabus. With increased depth of coverage, this...
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Caesar Rules: The Emperor in the Changing Roman World (C. 50 BC - AD 565)Author: Olivier HeksterPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/08/2022Pages: 414Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.05lbsSize: 9.53h x 6.54w x 0.94dISBN: 9781009226790
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Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall StreetA multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa's Greenwood district, known as "Black Wall Street," that in one century survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, urban renewal, and gentrification"Ambitious . . . absorbing . . . By the end of Luckerson's...
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Buffalo: The Electric City.: The New Wonder of the World.The New Wonder of the World. Buffalo: The Electric City. This public domain work is a republishing of A. E. Richmond's 1892 book explaining the evolution of Buffalo - from the Queen City of the Lakes to the Electric City of the World -...
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Buckingham Palace: Official Souvenir-A richly illustrated guide to Buckingham Palace, and its role as a symbol, a royal residence, a working palace and an exceptional art collection Buckingham Palace is instantly recognisable as a symbol of the monarchy, of London and of Britain itself. But what goes...
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Brown Hands, Black Schools HBCUsLearn about Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a fun and engaging way! You're never too young to learn about HBCUs! We have a short film for this book as well!Aria and her brother Walter went on an adventure to visit an HBCU for...
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Born at the Right timeA page-turning memoir covering nearly a century, BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME takes readers on a journey that begins in 1940's Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II and concludes in present-day America. It is the documentation of a life well-lived and broad. Part travelogue,...
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Black World Series: A True Story of Black Life, Struggles and Triumph Through the Game of BaseballWhen his son and other Black youths were denied the opportunity to participate in white little leagues in 1966, Dr. William M.T. Forrester started his youth baseball league, the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League (MJBL). This new publication, written by Forrester's son, William M.T. Forrester...
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Black Reason, White Feeling: The Jeffersonian Enlightenment in the African American TraditionThe vital influence of Black American intellectuals on the legacy of Thomas Jefferson's ideas The lofty Enlightenment principles articulated by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, so central to conceptions of the American founding, did not emerge fully formed as a coherent set...
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Black Legend: The Many Lives of Raúl Grigera and the Power of Racial Storytelling in ArgentinaCelebrities live their lives in constant dialogue with stories about them. But when these stories are shaped by durable racist myths, they wield undue power to ruin lives and obliterate communities. Black Legend is the haunting story of an Afro-Argentine, Raúl Grigera ('el negro...
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Bitterest TruthStep into the soul-stirring world of Dennis Jackson, a post-Vietnam Veteran whose poetry transcends time and trauma. In "Bitterest Truth," Jackson bares his heart and soul, offering readers an intimate glimpse into the tumultuous journey of a soldier who fought on the front lines...
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Biocosmism: Vitality and the Utopian Imagination in Postrevolutionary MexicoMost scholars study postrevolutionary Mexico as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, and other artifacts that registered the changing political and social realities in the wake of the Revolution. In Biocosmism, Jorge Quintana Navarrete shifts the...
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Biocosmism: Vitality and the Utopian Imagination in Postrevolutionary MexicoMost scholars study postrevolutionary Mexico as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, and other artifacts that registered the changing political and social realities in the wake of the Revolution. In Biocosmism, Jorge Quintana Navarrete shifts the...
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Between Dying and Not Dying, I Chose the Guitar: The Pandemic Years in New OrleansAuthor: James NolanPublisher: Univ of Louisiana at LafayettePublished: 05/14/2024Pages: 210Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781959569084
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