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A Bag Worth a Pony: The Art of the Ojibwe Bandolier Bag
Marcia G Anderson · Minnesota Historical Society Press Pages: 272 Format: Paperback
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Bandolier bags, or gashkibidaaganag - the large, heavily beaded shoulder bags made and worn by several North American Indian tribes around the Great Lakes - are prized cultural icons here and around the world. From the 1870s to the present day, Ojibwe bead artists of Minnesota have been... |
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Archaeology: The Essential Guide to Our Human Past
Paul G Bahn · Smithsonian Books Pages: 576 Format: Hardcover
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Epic in scope, yet filled with detail, this illustrated guide takes readers through the whole of our human past. Spanning the dawn of human civilization through the present, it provides a tour of every site of key archaeological importance. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux... |
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The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: Fear and Love in the Modern Middle East
Adam Valen Levinson · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Chronically questioning, funny, and bold, a young American explores the majority-Muslim lands that scare him most.Armed only with college Arabic and restless curiosity, Adam Valen Levinson sets out to "learn about the world 9/11 made us fear." From a base in globalized and sterilized... |
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Bethlehem: Biography of a Town
Nicholas Blincoe · Nation Books Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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An unforgettable history of the beloved little town published in time for the holidays Bethlehem is so suffused with history and myth that it feels like an unreal city even to those who call it home. For many, Bethlehem remains the little town at the edge of the desert described in Biblical... |
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The Bowery: The Strange History of New York's Oldest Street
Stephen Paul DeVillo · Skyhorse Publishing Pages: 280 Format: eBook
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From peglegged Peter Stuyvesant to CBGB's, the story of the Bowery reflects the history of the city that grew up around it. It was the street your mother warned you about - even if you lived in San Francisco. Long associated with skid row, saloons, freak shows, violence, and vice, the Bowery... |
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Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner · Hachette Books Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations--an effort that became the blueprint for U.S. efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels. ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015, yet for too long... |
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The Great Halifax Explosion
JOHN U BACON · William Morrow Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author John U. Bacon, a gripping narrative history of the largest manmade detonation prior to Hiroshima: in 1917 a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped... |
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Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom
RUSSELL SHORTO · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 512 Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the acclaimed history The Island at the Center of the World, an intimate new epic of the American Revolution that reinforces its meaning for today.With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which... |
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