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Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination
Greg Garrett · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
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Nowadays references to the afterlife-angels strumming harps, demons brandishing pitchforks, God enthroned on heavenly clouds-are more often encountered in New Yorker cartoons than in serious Christian theological reflection. Speculation about death and its sequel seems to embarrass many... |
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Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty
Anthony Galvin · Carrel Books
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover |
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In early 2013, Robert Gleason became the latest victim of the electric chair, a peculiarly American execution method. Shouting Pog mo thin ("Kiss my ass" in Gaelic) he grinned electricity shot through his system. When the current was switched off his body slumped against the leather... |
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Signatures of Life: Science Searches the Universe
Edward Ashpole · Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover |
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An intriguing overview of the ways in which science could find evidence for extraterrestrial life Are we alone in the universe, or is life a universal phenomenon? For fifty years, astronomers in SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)... |
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Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings
Craig L. Symonds · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Seventy years ago, more than six thousand Allied ships carried more than a million soldiers across the English Channel to a fifty-mile-wide strip of the Normandy coast in German-occupied France. It was the greatest sea-borne assault in human history. The code names given to the beaches... |
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How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
Ruth Goodman · Liveright; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A delightful tour through the intimate details of life in Victorian England, told by a historian who has cheerfully endured them all. Ruth Goodman believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling... |
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Pumpkin Cinema: The Best Movies for Halloween
Nathaniel Tolle · Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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People celebrate the magical holiday of Halloween in a wide variety of ways, but most will, at some point, turn off the lights and allow a movie to take the excitement to the next level. Pumpkin Cinema recommends over 100 titles that are guaranteed to make your Halloween fun and frightening!... |
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33 Artists in 3 Acts
Sarah Thornton · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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This compelling narrative goes behind the scenes with the world's most important living artists to humanize and demystify contemporary art.The best-selling author of Seven Days in the Art World now tells the story of the artists themselves -- how they move through the world, command... |
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Joy Ride: Show People and Their Shows
John Lahr · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover |
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A collection of John Lahr's New Yorker profiles and reviews that are "the nearest we get to modern theatre history" (The Spectator) .Joy Ride throws open the stage door and introduces readers to such makers of contemporary drama as Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, Wallace Shawn,... |
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A Lifetime of Fiction: The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102
William Patrick Martin · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover |
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A Lifetime of Fiction The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102 is the most authoritative set of fiction book recommendations in the United States because it is a composite of the most noteworthy book award lists, best book publications, and recommended reading lists from leading... |
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What Is an American Muslim?: Embracing Faith and Citizenship
Ê»Abd AllaÃŒ?h AhÌ£mad NaÊ»iÃŒ?m · Oxford Scholarship Online
Pages: 217
Format: Print book |
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Since 2001, there has been a tremendous backlash against the very idea that it is possible to be both American and Muslim-the controversy over the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" and the attempts to ban shari'a law are examples. Even within the Muslim community many leaders... |
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The Wastewater Gardener: Preserving the Planet One Flush at a Time
Mark Nelson PhD · Synergetic Press
Format: Print book |
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Mark Nelson, PhD, takes us on a global expedition to learn how we are wasting the world's dwindling supply of fresh water by flushing away a very valuable resource, our own human wastes! The author is founding director of the Institute of Ecotechnics and has worked for several decades... |
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Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories, 1967 to the Present
Ahron Bregman · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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An authoritative and impassioned history of the aftermath of the Six Day War -- by a former Israeli soldier -- and a cogent argument for an end to the occupation. In a move that would forever alter the map of the Middle East, Israel captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and Sinai... |
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