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1. Beginning -- 2. Available Space -- 3. Leaf On The Water -- 4. Frogs And Limies -- 5. Fredericton -- 6. English-english And French-french -- 7. Wars, Hero...

Alfred Stepan. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [147]-160.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government International & World Pol...

Retraces The Journey Of Seabiscuit, A Horse With Crooked Legs And A Pathetic Tail That Made Racing History In 1938, Thanks To The Efforts Of A Trainer, Owne...

The stirring true story of a girl who survived the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia retraces her steps from the forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in...

Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and c...

This volume brings together essays that discuss and contextualise Gandhi's ideas on pluralism, religious identity, non-violence, satyagraha, and modernity...

No one can describe Mr. Langford's book with more understanding than the Captain of the Albatross. "Dick Langford was a tremendous asset on the school voy...

All Quiet On The Western Front : Through The Eyes And Mind Of A German Private, The Reader Shares Life On The Battlefield During World War I.Categories: Ref...

A daring adventure of SAS man, Nigel Ely's journey into war with the United States Marine Corps and his subsequent arrest by British police in 2012. He is t...

Dedicated To The Young Recruits And Seasoned Sailors In Need On Broken Ships And The Women And Men Who Came To Their Rescue. The Book Tells The True Story O...

The Cold War Was Initiated In Canada In 1945 By The Dramatic Defection Of Igor Gouzenko, A Soviet Cipher Clerk. This Event Marked The Start Of Over Four Dec...

'Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.'-New York Times Book ReviewErik Larson has been widely acclaimed as ...

1. Introduction -- 2. History Matters -- 3. Theories Matter Less -- 4. Trying This -- 5. Trying That -- 6. Mulroney : Inflicting Prosperity -- 7. Chretien :...

The Former Deputy Director Of The Fbi Recounts His Career; Discusses How Law Enforcement Battles Terror Threats, Russian Crime, And Attacks By The White Hou...

SACRED SITES OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR examines a number of sacred megalithic sites such as Stonehenge and Rennes-le-Chateau, revealing the astronomical signi...

Roy Armes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [393]-397).Categories: HistoryAfrica

THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU • to appreciate the depth and beauty of the dominant form of Christianity in Greece, Russia and much of Eastern Europe • to u...

A unique volume that offers over 300 lovely designs from Book of Kells, Tara Brooch, and many other authentic Celtic sources. Discover designs featuring tra...

In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the hear...

Book by Liu, GretchenCategories: History AsiaSoutheast Asia

A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staf...

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, Per...

Carmichael's Dog -- The Christimas Tree. David Adams Richards.Categories: Literature & Fiction World LiteratureCanadian

From the Stone Age to the Space Age—an entertaining journey through our own story that asks not just how we got here, but also, where are we going? In thi...

A survey of the past 300 years of theorizing on myth, this book takes into account the work of such prominent thinkers as Albert Camus, Claude Lévi-Strau...

Wind, Waves And Snow: Atlantic Canada Has Experienced More Than Its Share Of Dramatic And Tragic Storms. In This Accessible Narrative, Author Dan Soucoup Ta...

though The 'scythian Period' In The History Of Eastern Europe Lasted Little More Than 400 Years, The Impression These Horsemen Made Upon The History Of Th...

A Gripping, Inspiring, And Eye-opening Memoir Of Fortitude And Survival--of A Twelve-year-old Boy's Traumatic Flight From Afghanistan To The West--that Puts...

New York Times Bestseller - Oprah's Book Club Pick - The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Bestselling Author Of The Warmth Of Other Suns Examines The Unspoken Caste ...

In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him, providing ...

The emergence and evolution of Egyptian feminism is an integral, but previously untold, part of the history of modern Egypt. Drawing upon a wide range of w...

After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin (born 1848) turned to painting only at age twenty-five. After initial successes within the Impressio...

He was the only soldier the Canadians executed in the whole of the Second World War. His own countrymen carried out the orders, forbidden to go home before ...

With The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad has given readers a first-hand look at Afghani life as few outsiders have seen it. In...

"An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." --Kirkus Reviews When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on...

As a priest and a physician, Richard Frechette has known the body, heart, and soul of people in the most anguishing of circumstances. He has carried out hi...

In this interdisciplinary inquiry, John Clifford Holt seeks to uncover how Buddhism was understood and expressed during the waning years of indigenous poli...

A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decadesFor almost two decades, Yale student...

Review “Generously illustrated and beautifully produced, it will be a welcome addition to many collections.” -- Roy Cronin ― Billie Magazine ...

The #1 New York Times Bestseller Freshly Adapted For The Next Generation, Now With Brand New Content Including An Author Q&a And Never-before-seen Photo...

A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatl...

Photographs By Michael Collopy ; Edited By Michael Collopy And Jason Gardner ; Foreword By Walter Cronkite.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politi...

For the past two years Pope Francis has enchanted and bewildered the world in equal measure with his compassion and his contradictions. Expanding greatly o...

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

David Mendell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [388]-406).Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels Graphic NovelsBiographies & History

An oral history of the "New York Intellectuals"--political essayist Irving Kristol, critic Irving Howe, and sociologists Daniel Bell and Nathan Glazer--capt...

Martin Dillon.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentPolitical Science

WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE "A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear." -Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestse...