During the Great Depression of the 1930s thousands of writers were hired by the Works Project Administration to create hundreds of guidebooks on all of the states in the U.S. These volumes that were produced became known as the American Guide Series. This series has been described as the biggest, fastest and most original research job in the history of the world. No library collection in Florida would be complete without a copy of Florida: A Guide To The Southern Most State.
Native American Books Distributor
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9780403021611
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Library Binding
Living in Ancient Rome
By Bombarde, Odile
Describes various aspects of day-to-day life in ancient Rome, including homes, school, clothing, and food
Young Discovery Library
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9780944589083
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Hardcover
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By Hughes, Bettany
An immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our shared history. "This fascinating book is brimming with stories of people and places, all told with Bettany's natural sense of wonder and adventure." - Simon Sebag Montefiore, New York Times bestselling author of The World. For millennia, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been known for their aesthetic sublimity, ingenious engineering, and sheer, audacious magnitude: The Great Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Echoing down time, each of these persists in our imagination as an emblem of the glory of antiquity, but beneath the familiar images is a surprising, revelatory history.
Vintage
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9780593686157
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Paperback
A History of Japanese Literature
By Kateo, Sheuichi
Studies the development of Japanese literature from the folktales and poetry of the Age of the Manyoshu to the dramatic works of the Muromachi period ending in 1568, emphasizing its relation to social, cultural and intellectual developments
Kodansha USA Inc
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9780870114915
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Paperback
The Perfect Fascist
By Grazia, Victoria De
When Attilio Teruzzi, Mussolini's handsome political enforcer, married a rising young American opera star, his good fortune seemed settled. The wedding was a carefully stage-managed affair, capped with a blessing by Mussolini himself. Yet only three years later, after being promoted to commander of the Black Shirts, Teruzzi renounced his wife. In fascist Italy, a Catholic country with no divorce law, he could only dissolve the marriage by filing for an annulment through the medieval procedures of the Church Court. The proceedings took an ominous turn when Mussolini joined Hitler: Lilliana Teruzzi was Jewish, and fascist Italy would soon introduce its first race laws.The Perfect Fascist pivots from the intimate story of a tempestuous seduction and inconvenient marriage -- brilliantly reconstructed through family letters and court records -- to a riveting account of Mussolini's rise and fall.
Belknap Press
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9780674986398
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Hardcover
Pan-African Chronology
By Everett, Jr. Jenkins,
In 1996, the author wrote the first volume of his Pan-African Chronology-"an excellent, useful reference work," according to Library Journal-covering the period from 1400 through the end of the Civil War in the United States. In this continuation volume, Mr. Jenkins chronicles the most significant events in the African diaspora from the end of the Civil War through the pre-World War I years. This was a time of great change for black Americans-Reconstruction, the founding of the NAACP, the judiciary's formation of the separate but equal doctrine, and the migration of hundreds of thousands of blacks from the rural South to the cities of the North. The eradication of slavery as a legalized institution was finally realized in the Americas during the period, while the struggle to end it in Asia was also taking place.
‎McFarland Publishing
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9780786403851
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The Times That Try Men's Souls
By Malcolm, Joyce Lee
A compelling, intimate history of the Revolutionary period through a series of charismatic and ambitious families, revealing how the American Revolution was, in many ways, a civil war.. "Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! - John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 April 1777 All wars are tragic, but the "revolutionary generation" paid an exceptionally personal price. Foreign wars pull men from home to fight and die abroad leaving empty seats at the family table. But the ideological war that forms the foundation of a civil war also severs intimate family relationships and bonds of friendship in addition to the loss of live on the battle fields. In The Times That Try Men's Soul, Joyce Lee Malcolm masterfully traces the origins and experience of that division during the American Revolution - the growing political disagreements, the intransigence of colonial and government officials swelling into a flood of intolerance, intimidation and mob violence.
Pegasus Books
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9781639364756
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Hardcover
Craft
By Adamson, Glenn
At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry, commodities, and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned craft historian Glenn Adamson turns that narrative on its head in this innovative account, revealing how makers have always been central to America's identity. Examine any phase of the nation's struggle to define itself, and artisans are there-from the silversmith Paul Revere and the revolutionary carpenters and blacksmiths who hurled tea into Boston Harbor, to today's "craftivists." From Mother Jones to Rosie the Riveter. From Betsy Ross to the AIDS Quilt. Adamson documents how craft has long been implicated in debates around inequality, education, and class, as well as America's failures to live up to its loftiest ideals.
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9781635574586
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Hardcover
When the News Broke
By Hendershot, Heather
A riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic convention shattered faith in American media. "The whole world is watching!" cried protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention as Chicago police beat them in the streets. When some of that violence was then aired on network television, another kind of hell broke loose. Some viewers were stunned and outraged; others thought the protestors deserved what they got. No one - least of all Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley - was happy with how the networks handled it. In When the News Broke, Heather Hendershot revisits TV coverage of those four chaotic days in 1968 - not only the violence in the streets but also the tumultuous convention itself, where Black citizens and others forcefully challenged southern delegations that had excluded them, anti-Vietnam delegates sought to change the party's policy on the war, and journalists and delegates alike were bullied by both Daley's security forces and party leaders.
University of Chicago Press
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9780226768526
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Hardcover
Never Give Up
By Brokaw, Tom
The New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Generation tells the inspiring, deeply personal story of his own family's greatest generation: his parents, who embodied the can-do spirit that enabled them to survive the Great Depression and World War II, and to help build the American century.. Called "one of our nation's greatest journalists" by President Obama, Tom Brokaw is known as one of the hardest-working, most successful people in broadcast journalism. His success is attributed to his work ethic, his instinct for identifying the significance of the news in the lives of ordinary people, and his reputation for always showing up for others. In this heartfelt family story, Tom shows the values and lessons he absorbed from his ancestors, parents, and others who settled in South Dakota and worked hard to build lives on the prairie.
Florida
By (fla.), Writers' Program
During the Great Depression of the 1930s thousands of writers were hired by the Works Project Administration to create hundreds of guidebooks on all of the states in the U.S. These volumes that were produced became known as the American Guide Series. This series has been described as the biggest, fastest and most original research job in the history of the world. No library collection in Florida would be complete without a copy of Florida: A Guide To The Southern Most State.
Living in Ancient Rome
By Bombarde, Odile
Describes various aspects of day-to-day life in ancient Rome, including homes, school, clothing, and food
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By Hughes, Bettany
An immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our shared history. "This fascinating book is brimming with stories of people and places, all told with Bettany's natural sense of wonder and adventure." - Simon Sebag Montefiore, New York Times bestselling author of The World. For millennia, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been known for their aesthetic sublimity, ingenious engineering, and sheer, audacious magnitude: The Great Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Echoing down time, each of these persists in our imagination as an emblem of the glory of antiquity, but beneath the familiar images is a surprising, revelatory history.
A History of Japanese Literature
By Kateo, Sheuichi
Studies the development of Japanese literature from the folktales and poetry of the Age of the Manyoshu to the dramatic works of the Muromachi period ending in 1568, emphasizing its relation to social, cultural and intellectual developments
The Perfect Fascist
By Grazia, Victoria De
When Attilio Teruzzi, Mussolini's handsome political enforcer, married a rising young American opera star, his good fortune seemed settled. The wedding was a carefully stage-managed affair, capped with a blessing by Mussolini himself. Yet only three years later, after being promoted to commander of the Black Shirts, Teruzzi renounced his wife. In fascist Italy, a Catholic country with no divorce law, he could only dissolve the marriage by filing for an annulment through the medieval procedures of the Church Court. The proceedings took an ominous turn when Mussolini joined Hitler: Lilliana Teruzzi was Jewish, and fascist Italy would soon introduce its first race laws.The Perfect Fascist pivots from the intimate story of a tempestuous seduction and inconvenient marriage -- brilliantly reconstructed through family letters and court records -- to a riveting account of Mussolini's rise and fall.
Pan-African Chronology
By Everett, Jr. Jenkins,
In 1996, the author wrote the first volume of his Pan-African Chronology-"an excellent, useful reference work," according to Library Journal-covering the period from 1400 through the end of the Civil War in the United States. In this continuation volume, Mr. Jenkins chronicles the most significant events in the African diaspora from the end of the Civil War through the pre-World War I years. This was a time of great change for black Americans-Reconstruction, the founding of the NAACP, the judiciary's formation of the separate but equal doctrine, and the migration of hundreds of thousands of blacks from the rural South to the cities of the North. The eradication of slavery as a legalized institution was finally realized in the Americas during the period, while the struggle to end it in Asia was also taking place.
The Times That Try Men's Souls
By Malcolm, Joyce Lee
A compelling, intimate history of the Revolutionary period through a series of charismatic and ambitious families, revealing how the American Revolution was, in many ways, a civil war.. "Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! - John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 April 1777 All wars are tragic, but the "revolutionary generation" paid an exceptionally personal price. Foreign wars pull men from home to fight and die abroad leaving empty seats at the family table. But the ideological war that forms the foundation of a civil war also severs intimate family relationships and bonds of friendship in addition to the loss of live on the battle fields. In The Times That Try Men's Soul, Joyce Lee Malcolm masterfully traces the origins and experience of that division during the American Revolution - the growing political disagreements, the intransigence of colonial and government officials swelling into a flood of intolerance, intimidation and mob violence.
Craft
By Adamson, Glenn
At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry, commodities, and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned craft historian Glenn Adamson turns that narrative on its head in this innovative account, revealing how makers have always been central to America's identity. Examine any phase of the nation's struggle to define itself, and artisans are there-from the silversmith Paul Revere and the revolutionary carpenters and blacksmiths who hurled tea into Boston Harbor, to today's "craftivists." From Mother Jones to Rosie the Riveter. From Betsy Ross to the AIDS Quilt. Adamson documents how craft has long been implicated in debates around inequality, education, and class, as well as America's failures to live up to its loftiest ideals.
When the News Broke
By Hendershot, Heather
A riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic convention shattered faith in American media. "The whole world is watching!" cried protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention as Chicago police beat them in the streets. When some of that violence was then aired on network television, another kind of hell broke loose. Some viewers were stunned and outraged; others thought the protestors deserved what they got. No one - least of all Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley - was happy with how the networks handled it. In When the News Broke, Heather Hendershot revisits TV coverage of those four chaotic days in 1968 - not only the violence in the streets but also the tumultuous convention itself, where Black citizens and others forcefully challenged southern delegations that had excluded them, anti-Vietnam delegates sought to change the party's policy on the war, and journalists and delegates alike were bullied by both Daley's security forces and party leaders.
Never Give Up
By Brokaw, Tom
The New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Generation tells the inspiring, deeply personal story of his own family's greatest generation: his parents, who embodied the can-do spirit that enabled them to survive the Great Depression and World War II, and to help build the American century.. Called "one of our nation's greatest journalists" by President Obama, Tom Brokaw is known as one of the hardest-working, most successful people in broadcast journalism. His success is attributed to his work ethic, his instinct for identifying the significance of the news in the lives of ordinary people, and his reputation for always showing up for others. In this heartfelt family story, Tom shows the values and lessons he absorbed from his ancestors, parents, and others who settled in South Dakota and worked hard to build lives on the prairie.