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A Travel Guide to the Middle AgesEuropeans of the Middle Ages were the first to use travel guides to orient their wanderings, as they moved through a world punctuated with miraculous wonders and beguiling encounters. In this vivid and alluring history, medievalist Anthony Bale invites listeners on an odyssey across...
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At His Side: The Story of the American Red Cross Overseas in World War IIAt His Side: The Story of the American Red Cross Overseas in World War II, first published in 1945, is the authoritative work on the many important overseas activities of the Red Cross during the Second World War. From field hospitals, nursing, blood collection,...
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Architectures of the Technopolis: Archigram and the British High TechAuthor: Annette FierroPublisher: Lund Humphries Publishers LtdPublished: 03/21/2024Pages: 224Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 9.70h x 7.40w x 0.90dISBN: 9781848226319About the AuthorAnnette Fierro is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
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Ancient Rome for KidsJourney back to Ancient Rome with 6 interactive fold-out maps in this enthralling illustrated book for kids, exploring bygone culture, history, gods, gladiators, and more.This immersive book takes kids on a deep exploration of one of history's most significant civilizations. Six interactive fold-out maps...
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Ancient GreeceA retelling of Greek mythology and ancient history as recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Class 5-6 (age 10-12). This welcome new addition to Charles Kovacs' work contains legendary stories of mythical heroes and historic figures from the dawn of western civilization. Through the fearless deeds...
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An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking with Machines from Descartes to the Digital AgeA new history of human intelligence that argues that humans know themselves by knowing their machines. We imagine that we are both in control of and controlled by our bodies--autonomous and yet automatic. This entanglement, according to David W. Bates, emerged in the seventeenth...
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A Monastery on the Move: Art and Politics in Later Buddhist MongoliaIn 1639, while the G luk School of the Fifth Dalai Lama and Qing emperors vied for supreme authority in Inner Asia, Zanabazar (1635-1723), a young descendent of Chinggis Khaan, was proclaimed the new Jebtsundampa ruler of the Khalkha Mongols. Over the next three...
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All about the EvergladesAuthor: Eberl KarunaPublisher: Blue River PressPublished: 04/15/2024Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781681571225Audience: Ages 9-12About the AuthorWe are a couple of goofy kids cleverly disguised as 40-something adults. We're also hopeless romantics. Good eaters. Seasoned sea captains, as long as it's our 15-foot skiff. Intrepid explorers,...
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Alice: The Biggest Untold Story in the History of MoneyIn the 1980s and 90s, amid an explosion in international money flows, a handful of people saw a new financial future and staked claims in it, triggering a battle to control the world's money markets. With phenomenal profits at stake, the conflict would go...
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Albert Frey: Inventive ModernistA comprehensive volume on Swiss-American architect Albert Frey (1903-1998), Inventive Modernist tracks the scope and significance of Frey's career, from his early days in Paris working with Le Corbusier to his rise as the iconic architect of Palm Springs. His unique "simple but severe"...
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A Laughing Witch: Hanging Susannah MartinIn 1692, it did not pay to be a nonconformist in Salem Village, Massachusetts. This was especially true if the nonconformist just happened to be an elderly, improvised widow. Susannah Martin found this out the hard way. Susannah Martin stood trial, received a conviction,...
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A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean: A Collection of Stories Curated by Leïla Sebbar Volume 2A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean brings together the fascinating personal stories of Jewish writers, scholars, and intellectuals who...
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Aircraft, Tanks & Artillery of the Ukraine WarIllustrated with accurate artworks of aircraft, armored fighting vehicles, artillery and missiles, Aircraft, Tanks & Artillery of the Ukraine War is a detailed guide to all the weaponry currently being deployed in the War in Ukraine. The War in Ukraine is being fought using...
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A History of the Talley Family on the Delaware, and Their Descendants; Including a Genealogical Register, Modern Biography and Miscellany. Early HistoThis 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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A History of MysticismA history of the world's mystical traditions.Author: Richard H. JonesPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 04/01/2024Pages: 524Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31dISBN: 9781438497150This title is not returnable
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A Higher Form of Killing: A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret History of Chemical and Biological WarfareA Higher Form of Killing opens with the first devastating battlefield use of lethal gas in World War I, and then investigates the stockpiling of biological weapons during World War II and in the decades afterward as well as the inhuman experiments con-ducted to...
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African American Workers and the Appalachian Coal IndustryEssays by the foremost labor historian of the Black experience in the Appalachian coalfields.This collection brings together nearly three decades of research on the African American experience, class, and race relations in the Appalachian coal industry. It shows how, with deep roots in the...
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Adding the Lone Star: John Tyler, Sam Houston, and the Annexation of TexasThe annexation of Texas was one of the most momentous actions the United States government took in the antebellum period. Apart from adding what was the largest state in the Union at that time, it expedited further avenues for westward expansion, exacerbated tensions with...
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Adding the Lone Star: John Tyler, Sam Houston, and the Annexation of TexasThe annexation of Texas was one of the most momentous actions the United States government took in the antebellum period. Apart from adding what was the largest state in the Union at that time, it expedited further avenues for westward expansion, exacerbated tensions with...
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A Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War-Era Gulf SouthFrom 1845 to 1865 the Gulf of Mexico was at the center of American expansion and southern imperialism. A Continuous State of War tells the story of several communities, such as Galveston, New Orleans, and Pensacola as well as countries such as Mexico and...
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