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Maritime Kensington: Shipwright Dynasties of PhiladelphiaDiscover the Shipbuilding Dynasties that Built Philadelphia's Maritime IndustryThe waterfront of Kensington and Fishtown in Philadelphia attracted a host of innovative and hardworking shipwrights from America's earliest days. As fleets transitioned from wooden-hulled ships of sail to iron steamships, the tradesmen of Kensington's shipwright...
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Malabar Costumes: Growing Up With Canada's Most Famous Costume CompanyFor many, costumes represent only one day a year-Halloween. But not for anyone born into the Malabar family! Being a Malabar meant you were an active participant in forming the history of Canada's premier theatrical supplier, one costume at a time. From its humble...
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Luciano Fabro: Reinventing SculptureThe definitive monograph on the work of sculptor, theorist, and Arte Povera pioneer Luciano FabroLuciano Fabro (1936-2007) was an original member of Arte Povera, the materials- and experience-based art movement that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s. He went on to be exhibited...
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Love, Joe: The Selected Letters of Joe BrainardAn artist and writer whose charming and inventive works are at once modest and ambitious, Joe Brainard was one of the most distinctive figures on New York City's vibrant cultural scene in the 1960s and 1970s. Widely known for his influential experimental memoir, I...
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Los Medici y los Borgia: Una gu?a fascinante de la historia de la familia Medici y de la casa Borgia2 manuscritos completos en 1 libro: Casa de M?dici: Una gu?a fascinante de la historia de la familia y la dinast?a de los M?dici Casa de Borja: Una fascinante gu?a sobre los Borja y sus enemistades con la familia M?dicis, la dinast?a Sforza y...
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Los diez libros de arquitecturaLos Diez Libros de Arquitectura de Vitruvio (probablemente concebido entre los a?os 23 y 27 adC) es el primer tratado escrito sobre arquitectura que se conoce. Marco Vitruvio Poli?n (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio) fue un arquitecto, escritor, ingeniero y tratadista romano del siglo I adC.Inspirada...
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Lock Down: Outlaws, Lawmen & Frontier Justice in Jackson County, MissouriThis commemorative souvenir documents the origin and evolution of the oldest structure on the historic Independence Courthouse Square-the 1859 Jackson County Jail and Marshal's Home (and its 19th Century predecessors). "Captured" here is an in-depth study offering "skeleton keys" to "unlocking" history of the...
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Livy: The History of Rome, Books 21-25 (Titi Livi AB Urbe Condita Libri XXI-XXV)Oxford Classical Texts, also known as Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, provide authoritative, clear, and reliable editions of ancient texts, with apparatus criticus on each page. In this volume, Briscoe provides readers with a revised critical edition of the original Latin text of books 21...
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Live to Be Forgotten: Dixon Edward Hoste, China Inland Mission, and the Indigenous Chinese Church in Early Twentieth-Century ChinaIn Chinese historiography and Christian biography, there is a striking contrast between the justifiable attention given to James Hudson Taylor, the founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM), and the relative neglect of his successor, Dixon Edward Hoste. In his landmark study of Hoste,...
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Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks Volume 103Listening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the author's search for the disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Tōhoku Disaster and his attempt to translate those voices for the living. Isomae Jun'ichi considers...
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Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks Volume 103Listening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the author's search for the disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Tōhoku Disaster and his attempt to translate those voices for the living. Isomae Jun'ichi considers...
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Lincoln's Conservative Advisor: Attorney General Edward BatesHow a traditionalist became part of Lincoln's volatile team of rivals Edward Bates, a founding father of Missouri and leader of the Missouri Whig Party, served as Abraham Lincoln's attorney general during the American Civil War. The first full biography of Bates in nearly...
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Liberating Lawrence: Gay Activism in the 1970s at the University of KansasThe early struggle for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and 1970s has typically been told from the perspective of the coasts--in places like New York, San Francisco, and Miami. But the Midwest town of Lawrence, Kansas, home of the University of Kansas (KU) and...
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Lexus - A Symphony Of SophisticationDive into the captivating world of Lexus, where luxury meets innovation in a grand symphony of sophistication. "Lexus: A Symphony of Sophistication" is more than a book; it's a visual and narrative journey exploring one of the world's most revered automotive brands.This exquisite tome...
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Letter from Birmingham JailA beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written...
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Le M?decin Des Pauvres Et Les 2000 Recettes Utiles 39e ?ditionLe médecin des pauvres et les 2000 recettes utiles (39e édition) / Dr BeauvillardDate de l'édition originale: 1911Le présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF.HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent...
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Lecture on Education: The Principles of Universal Public Education, Expressed by its Historic FounderHorace Mann was an early proponent of universal public education in the United States; these writings summarize his views and ideals about making tutoring available to every child in the nation.Born to a farmer of modest circumstances, Mann knew what it was like to...
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Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost FamiliesDrawing from an archive of nearly five thousand letters and advertisements, the riveting, dramatic story of formerly enslaved people who spent years searching for family members stolen away during slavery. Of all the many horrors of slavery, the cruelest was the separation of families...
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Lake Superior Country: 19th Century Travel and TourismWhat attracted 19th century travelers to the rugged landscape of Michigan's Upper Peninsula? Most travelers had to brave the frigid, gigantic, and the often-perilous Lake Superior to gain entrance to the Upper Peninsula. But although the lake and rugged terrain often made it difficult...
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La civilización sumeria: Una apasionante visión general de Sumeria y los antiguos sumeriosCuánto sabe sobre la cuna de la civilización? Explore el legado de los brillantes antiguos mesopotámicos que transformaron el mundo. El legado de la antigua Mesopotamia fue realmente revolucionario. Dibujos infantiles rayados en arcilla húmeda evolucionaron hasta convertirse en el primer lenguaje escrito. Los...
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