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Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events
Jessie Carney Smith · Visible Ink Press; Third Edition, Third edition edition
Format: Print book
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Achievements, pride, and accomplishments involving people, places, and events in black history are gathered in Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Events. This new edition collects and celebrates the thousands of world-moving people and hard-to-find facts and accomplishments... |
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Rendez-vous with Art
Martin Gayford · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The fruits of a lifetime of experience by a cultural colossus, Philippe de Montebello, the longest-serving director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in its history, distilled in conversations with an acclaimed critic Beginning with a fragment of yellow jasper -- all that is left of the face... |
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The Presidency A to Z
Gerhard D. Peters · CQ Press
Pages: 736
Format: Hardcover
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The Presidency A to Z is an invaluable tool for understanding the presidency, both historically and today and for appraising how it and the executive branch have responded to the challenges facing the nation. It provides readers with quick information and in-depth background on the presidency... |
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How Congress Works
CQ Press · CQ Press
Format: Paperback
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In simple, clear language, the new edition of this classic work presents basic explanations of the procedures and rules that govern the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Highlighted sidebars further detail the impact of congressional action with interesting narrative examples from... |
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The Meaning of the Library: A Cultural History
Alice Crawford · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the imagination. Generously illustrated, The Meaning of the Library examines this key institution of Western culture. Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining... |
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Vikings: Life and Legend
Gareth Williams · Cornell University Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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In the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings created a cultural network that spanned four continents: from the Caspian Sea to the North Atlantic and from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean. The Viking Age was a period of major change as a result of the Vikings’ impact on neighboring... |
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Death's Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living
Brandy Schillace · Pegasus Books, 2016.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Being Mortal, Brandy Schillace looks at what we can learn from the incredibly diverse ways in which humans have dealt with mortality in different times and placesDeath is something we all confront -- it touches our families, our homes, our hearts. And yet we have grown... |
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Getting Away with Murder: Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan
Heraldo MunÌ?oz · W W Norton & Co Inc
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover
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By the lead commissioner of the UN investigation, an authoritative account of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. On December 27, 2007, a suicide bomber killed Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan. Brilliant and charismatic, the head of a political family as important to Pakistani... |
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Lethal But Legal: Corporations, Consumption, and Protecting Public Health
Nicholas Freudenberg · Oxford Univ. Press
Pages: 324
Format: Print book
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Decisions made by the food, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical, gun, and automobile industries have a greater impact on today's health than the decisions of scientists and policymakers. As the collective influence of corporations has grown, governments around the world have stepped back... |
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A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham
Steve Kemper · W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A life of adventure and military daring on violent frontiers across the American West, Africa, Mexico, and the Klondike.Frederick Russell Burnham's (1861-1947) amazing story resembles a newsreel fused with a Saturday matinee thriller. One of the few people who could turn his garrulous... |
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The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan · W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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A th-anniversary edition of the trailblazing book that changed womenxs lives with a new introduction by Gail Collins Landmark groundbreaking classicxthese adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique Published in it gave a pitch-perfect... |
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Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King
Mike Pitts · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the archaeology behind the dig that found Richard III, told through a fascinating array of photographs, diagrams, and firsthand accounts In August 2012 a search began and on February 4, 2013 a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press room,... |
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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
Nicola Tallis · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book
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A significant retelling of the often-misunderstood tale of Lady Jane Grey's journey through her trial and execution -- recalling the dangerous plots and web of deadly intrigue in which she became involuntarily tangled, and which ultimately led to a catastrophic conclusion. "Good people,... |
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GED Test Premier 2017 with 2 Practice Tests: Online Book Videos Mobile
Caren Van Slyke · Kaplan Pub
Pages: 784
Format: Print book
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Comprehensive content review, strategies, and practice for all sections of the GED Tests from a top expert The GED is a high school equivalency test that is recognized by educational institutions and employers throughout the United States and Canada. Every year, hundreds of thousands of individuals... |
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