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Dearest Anna: A Love Story"Before my grandmother, there was Anna."So begins the true story of a family secret, a trunkful of hidden letters, and a love story buried for almost a century.In 1894 Roy and Anna graduated from high school and began writing hundreds of love letters to...
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The Lyncher in Me: A Search for Redemption in the Face of HistoryIn June 1920, in Duluth, Minnesota, a mob of over 10,000 convened upon the police station, inflamed by the rumor that black circus workers had raped a white teenage girl--charges that would later be proven false. Three men were dragged from their cells and...
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Comanche BondageNo homeseekers were ever plagued with more bad luck than those who followed the Englishman John Charles Beales to southern Texas late in 1834. On the banks of Las Moras Creek, not far from the Rio Grande, they established the colony of Dolores. Among...
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Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903The Iroquois Theater in Chicago, boasting every modern convenience, advertised itself proudly as "absolutely fireproof" when it opened in November, 1903. Mr. Bluebeard, a fairy tale musical imported from the Drury Lane Theatre in London was the opening production. And leading the troupe of...
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Spirits of the Border: School SpiritsIn the series Spirits of the Border, the authors have discussed lost treasures, unsolved mysteries and hauntings along the southern border of the United States. In this newest installment, attention is concentrated on one of the most haunted parts of the country, the southwest...
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Famous Men of the 16th & 17th Century28 biographies from Queen Elizabeth I (who came to the throne in 1560) through King Louis XIV who died in 1715. The 17th century was an age of religious wars and revolutions. The French had seven civil wars of religion from 1570-1590. The German...
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Incrollabile: Amore e Resistenza in un periodo di tensioni e conflitti politiciDall'ispirazione allo struggimento.. la speranza è fugace come la libertà che diventa velocemente un lontano ricordo...Il piano di Wilhelm Quedlin di cambiare le sorti della guerra viene mandato all'aria quando viene arrestato. E, a peggiorare le cose, con l'arresto della moglie, Hilde, il destino...
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The History of the Brotherhood or Guild of the Holy Ghost, in the Chapel of the Holy Ghost Near Basingstoke in Hampshire; ...The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...
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The Faith and Practice of the QuakersIn the 17th century, a young man named George Fox was dissatisfied with the Church of England and its Nonconformists. The Church was dictatorial and considered anyone who went against it a heretic. It often followed that with punishment that sometimes involved getting burnt...
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Habla Malcolm XMost extensive Spanish-language edition of Malcolm X's works to date.Author: Malcolm X.Publisher: PathfinderPublished: 01/01/1993Pages: 257Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.28w x 0.62dISBN: 9780873487337Language: Spanish
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Stories of Eastern Montana's PioneersIn 1964, during Montana's territorial centennial year, Mrs. Morris (Gladys Mullet) Kauffman of Glendive, Montana noticed the dwindling number of pioneers who had settled Eastern Montana. Too many of them were taking their stories to the grave. Surely someone should record those stories Of...
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Lst 920: Charlie Botula's Long, Slow Target!: A Ship That Made History in Ww2!In his newly-enhanced, second edition story, LST 920: Charlie Botula's Long, Slow Target author Mike Botula gives an historical account of the role of the LST's or Landing Ship, Tanks, the amphibious landing ships, which were so instrumental in the Allied victory in World...
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Louis D. Brandeis: American ProphetA riveting new examination of the leading progressive justice of his era, published in the centennial year of his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court According to Jeffrey Rosen, Louis D. Brandeis was "the Jewish Jefferson," the greatest critic of what he called "the...
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To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal AccountNobel laureate Saul Bellow's revealing interviews and meditations, steeped in history and literature, on the unique spirit and challenges of Israel A Penguin Classic A powerful, stimulating testament, To Jerusalem and Back is a rigorous attempt to come to grips with Israel's history and...
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The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish PlaysThe plays that helped make modern Ireland Riots greeted the first performance of The Playboy of the Western World at Dublin's Abbey Theatre on 26 January 1907. Eggs, potatoes and even a slice of fruit cake were hurled at the actors during subsequent performances,...
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The Big Spenders: The Epic Story of the Rich Rich, the Grandees of America and the Magnificoes, and How They Spent Their FortunesDescribes the consumption of the Gilded Age.Author: Lucius BeebePublisher: Axios PressPublished: 02/16/2009Pages: 510Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.40dISBN: 9781604190069Review Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 57This title is only available via back order
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The Totally Sweet 90s: From Clear Cola to Furby, and Grunge to Whatever, the Toys, Tastes, and Trends That Defined a DecadeIf you can tell the difference between the Petes in Pete & Pete, know every step to the Macarena by heart, and remember when The Real World was about more than just drunken hookups, The Totally Sweet '90s will be a welcome trip down...
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The Trumpet of ConscienceIn November and December 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered five lectures for the renowned Massey Lecture Series of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Immediately released under the title Conscience for Change after King's assassination, it was republished as The Trumpet of Conscience. Each...
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Lincoln SpeechesThe defining rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln - politician, president, and emancipator Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution, draws...
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On Being Different: What It Means to Be a HomosexualThe groundbreaking work on being homosexual in America--available again only from Penguin Classics and with a new foreword by Dan Savage Originally published in 1971, Merle Miller's On Being Different is a pioneering and thought-provoking book about being homosexual in the United States. Just...
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