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The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army
Colin G. Calloway · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In 1791, General Arthur St. Clair led the United States army in a campaign to destroy a complex of Indian villages at the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio. Almost within reach of their objective, St. Clair's 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousand Indians. The U.S. force was decimated,... |
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Raising Children in the Military
Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Military life places unique demands on military families with children including frequent moves, disruptions in schooling, family separation, health care issues, loss of friends, financial hardships, underemployment of military spouses, and the ever present threat of risk of injury or death... |
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Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools
Tom Little · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners.The longtime head of Park Day School, Tom Little embarked on a tour of 43 progressive schools across the country. In this... |
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Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library
Wayne A Wiegand · Oxford University Press, USA
Pages: 331
Format: Hardcover(New Edition)
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Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Although library... |
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Eisenhower's Armies: The American-British Alliance during World War II
Niall Barr · Pegasus Books
Pages: 548
Format: Print book
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An authoritative and dramatic behind-the-scenes history of 'the Atlantic Alliance' during World War II. The Anglo-American relationship from 1941-1945 proved to be the most effective military alliance in history. Yet there were also constant tensions and disagreements that threatened to pull... |
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The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry
Gary Greenberg · Blue Rider Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—the DSM—the American Psychiatric Association’s compendium of mental illnesses... |
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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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Beyond the First Draft: The Art of Fiction
John Casey · W W Norton
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina. National Book Award winner John Casey is a masterful novelist who is also an inspiring and beloved teacher. In Beyond the First Draft he offers essential and original... |
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Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East
Nicolas Berggruen · Polity; 1 edition
Format: Book
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For decades, liberal democracy has been extolled as the best system of governance to have emerged out of the long experience of history. Today, such a confident assertion is far from self-evident. Democracy, in crisis across the West, must prove itself.In the West today, the authors argue,... |
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Queen of Spies: Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War Spy Master
Paddy Hayes · Overlook Duckworth
Pages: 328
Format: Print book
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The true story of Daphne Park, the female British secret intelligence officer who rose through the male-dominated ranks to become the Queen of SpiesFrom living in a tin-roofed shack north of Dar-es-Salaam to becoming Baroness Park of Monmouth, Daphne Park led a most unusual life -- one that... |
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Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams, 9th Edition
Jack P. Friedman Ph.D. · Barron's Educational Series; 9 edition
Format: Paperback
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This study guide and test preparation manual has been updated to provide the latest information in real estate finance, federal law and regulation, and appraisal license requirements. Explains all aspects of real estate law and finance, including contracts, deeds, appraisals, brokerage,... |
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Greening Death: Reclaiming Burial Practices and Restoring Our Tie to the Earth
Suzanne Kelly · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 195
Format: Print book
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We once disposed of our dead in earth-friendly ways - no chemicals, biodegradable containers, dust to dust. But over the last 150 years death care has become a toxic, polluting, and alienating industry in the United States.Today, people are slowly waking up to the possibility of more sustainable... |
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GED Test Prep 2018: 2 Practice Tests Proven Strategies
Caren Van Slyke · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 784
Format: Paperback
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With realistic practice, proven strategies, and expert guidance, Kaplan's GED Test Prep 2018 gives you everything you need to pass the test. Kaplan is the official partner for live online prep for the GED test and our content is 100% aligned with the GED test objectives.While other... |
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