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Exploring the History of Childhood and Play through 50 Historic Treasures
Susan A. Fletcher - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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A full-color trip through the treasures of American Childhood from 1650 to today.Remember the toys you played with when you were growing up? Each of those objects has a story to tell about the history of American childhood and play. Construction toys like Lincoln Logs and Erector Set offer... |
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Exploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures
Julie L. Holcomb - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Exploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures brings together historic objects, documents, artwork, and the natural and built environments to tell the full story of this important event in American history. The American Civil War still matters. It matters because the war - its causes... |
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Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures
Tegan Kehoe - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Healthcare history is more than leeches and drilling holes in skulls. It is stories of scientific failures and triumphs. Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures presents a visual and narrative history of health and medicine in the United States, tracing paradigm shifts... |
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Once More to the Sky: The Rebuilding of the World Trade Center
Scott Raab - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In late 2014, One World Trade Center - or the Freedom Tower - opened for business. It took nearly ten years, cost roughly four billion dollars, and required the sweat, strength, and stamina of hundreds of construction workers, digging deep below the earth's surface and dangling high... |
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Abandoned Eastern Pennsylvania: Remnants of History
Cindy Vasko - America Through Time
Format: Paperback
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Have you ever peered through a crack in a shuttered window or door and wondered what is hidden from view and what happened to this place? Take a journey through some of Eastern Pennsylvania's ruins and discover an evocative new way to look at history and long-neglected sites. A crumbling... |
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Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
Jeff Yang - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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"Hip, entertaining...imaginative." - Kirkus, starred review *"Essential." - Min Jin Lee * "A Herculean effort." - Lisa Ling * "A must-read." - Ijeoma Oluo * "Get two copies." - Shea Serrano * "A book we've needed for ages." ... |
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The Fly Tyer's Art: 33 World-Famous Tyers Tie Their Realistic Flies
Anthony Lolli - Skyhorse; Ebook Original edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Fly As An Art Form The purpose of this book is twofold: to trace the evolution of realistic fly tying and to feature the creations of the world's most-skilled practitioners of this art form. Some of these contemporary artisans concentrate on imitations of aquatic insects most likely... |
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Becoming My Sister
V. C. Andrews - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Two sisters face love, rivalry, and a shocking disappearance amidst the luxury of Palm Springs from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series and Landry series - now popular Lifetime movies.Like everyone else in Palm Springs, Gish idolizes her smart, beautiful,... |
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