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Tim Falconer. Includes Index.Categories: HistoryGeneral

Preface. In Praise Of Prairie People -- 1. The Prairies Are Always With You -- 2. Pioneers -- 3. The Twenties -- 4. The Dirty Thirties -- 5. Pride And Preju...

Will Millions of Christians suddenly vanish someday? A careful investigation of the rapture theory, which forms the basis for the Left Behind fantasy, revea...

In February 1972, Richard Nixon became the first American president to visit China. His historic one-hour meeting with Mao Zedong ended the breach between t...

Based on a thirteen-part television series, records the events and movements contributing to the decline and fall of the Romanov, Hapsburg, and Hohenzollern...

Soul Made Flesh Is The Remarkable Untold Story Of A Dramatic Turning Point In History, The Exciting Discovery Of How The Human Brain Works. In An Unpreceden...

As New Groundbreaking Research Suggests That Climate Change Played A Major Role In The Most Extreme Catastrophes In The Planet's History, Award-winning Scie...

Marek Kohn. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 359-374) And Index.Categories: Science & Math Biological SciencesBiology

“Unpredictable and amusing and informative and original, cavorting between biology, history, travel writing, and memoir.” —Mark Kurlansky The Whale...

A veteran war correspondent journeys to remote mountain communities across the globe-from Albania and Chechnya to Nepal and Colombia-to investigate why so ...

Includes Discussion Of Contemporary Economic And Demographic Forces, In Addition To Standard Physical And Historical Geographic Material, Bone (geography, U...

A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired to sail an 18th-century warship 5,000 miles to Hollywood In the late 1990s, Patrick O'Bria...

Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, And Henry Lincoln. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 497-509) And Index.Categories: Religion & Spirituality Christ...

Describes individual escapes and attempted escapes from Stalin's camps, a disciplined, sustained resistance put down with tanks after forty days, and the fo...

a Noble Rescue Mission Descends Into A Nightmare Of Cruelty, Starvation, And Cannibalism, Bringing To A Close The European Exploration Of Africa. Liebowitz...

unique Among Books Of Maritime Adventure.—new York Times Book Review when tzu Hang, A 46-foot Ketch, Set Sail From Melbourne, Australia, In December 1956 ...

This Is The First Biography Of [hamilton Gualt] Who ... Epitomizes The Unbreakable Bonds Which Link Britain And Canada. Born Into A Wealthy Montreal Family ...

About the Author\Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and the author of the #1 bestselling Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, among other books. He is ...

Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, as revised is the "most definitive guide to heraldic crests ever published.Categories: Hist...

NOTE: The listed prices above are in U.S. currencyCategories: Engineering & TransportationEngineering

What made cities 'modern' in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Cities in Modernity explores connections between culture, economy and built envir...

An account of how a timid and unaggressive young man of 19 in 1939 was transformed by the inexorable pressures of World War II into a competent infantryman....

Satan and his malevolent kingdom have consistently fascinated Western man. In this companion piece to his successful The Natural History of the Vampire, Ant...

Discover John Paul II's radical teaching on sex, love, and the meaning of life By Rev. Anthony Percy —Perfect for beginners, ideal for seekers— Sex mat...

Mahmood Mamdani. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [343]-355) And Index.Categories: Engineering & TransportationEngineering

A clear, engaging description of the six most prevalent models of worship in North American churches, presented by advocates for each position. The contrib...

In this first volume of three, Runciman recounts the capture of Jerusalem by Christian knights.Categories: HistoryGeneral

Napoleon Fenced. So Did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, And President Truman, Who Would Cross Swords With Bess After School. Lincoln Was A Canny Dueler...

THE GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL GOD is the first book in the Apprentice Series, which along with three other titles forms 'a curriculum for Christlikeness'. THE GOOD...

The vast hidden world of sunken treasure. With less than 2% of the world's ocean depths explored to date, a myriad of unimagined mysteries and treasures aw...

This amazing, concise history of Latin America will delight any reader. Fully informed by the latest scholarship, this cleverly written survey spans six cen...

First published in 1945, Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s monumental Phénoménologie de la perception signalled the arrival of a major new philosophical and inte...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "...

Written By Andrea Gutsche, Barbara Chisholm, Russell Floren. Accompanied By A Videocassette. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 290).Categories: Engine...

Explaining Tutankhamun's background and the role of the Pharaoh, "The Treasures of Tutankhamun" shows how Egypt became a source of fascination for those in ...

Born the son of a clergyman on October 18, 1662, Matthew Henry was ordained into the British Presbyterian Church where he held the pastorate in Chester from...

THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE is a history of Western civilization from 8000 B.C. to the present. In addition to the chief political developments, this text offer...

New Paperback!Categories: Religion & Spirituality Worship & DevotionDevotionals

A stunning new edition of this timeless allegory of heaven and hell, repackaged and rebranded as part of the C.S. Lewis Signature Classics range. C.S. Lewis...

365 Daily Promises & Prayers for WomenCategories: Religion & Spirituality Christian Books & Bibles Worship & DevotionDevotionals

Author Bill Bryson writes: "I am immensely grateful [for the book]". Fay Weldon calls the book "Thoughtful, readable, witty, wise ..." Dr John Sentamu, Arch...

Book by Arnott, JohnCategories: HistoryGeneral

Two leading futurists analyze war in the past, offer insight into modern conflicts, and examine the future face of war based on the idea that forms of war a...

A Simon & Schuster book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

Although The Mysterious North is written in the form of a personal narrative of several recent trips made into various parts of the vast northland, it never...

Offers A Concise History Of Globalization, Discussing A Wide Range Of Topics, From The September 11 Terrorist Attacks To The Growth Of The Middle Class In B...

this Handy Guide Provides A Basic Introduction To The Bible For The Seeker Or New Christian. Full Color Artwork And Pictures Illustrate The Text And Help Th...

An urgent call to arms from the Ukrainian leader whose unwavering courage in the face of the Russian invasion has inspired the world and turned him overnigh...