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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...

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...

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 :...

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 Researcher For Human Rights Watch Describes The Refugee Camp In Dadaab, Home To Those Fleeing Civil War In Somalia, And Highlights The Life Of Various Res...

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...

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...

With This Second Memoir, Home Work: A Memoir Of My Hollywood Years, Andrews Picks Up The Story With Her Arrival In Hollywood And Her Phenomenal Rise To Fame...

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...

Supreme Decisions: Great Constitutional Cases and Their Impact, covers twenty-four Supreme Court cases (twelve per volume) that have shaped American constit...

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...

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a "giant leap for mankind." This Ea...

The Discovery Of A Limestone Burial Box With The Inscription, James, Son Of Joseph, Brother Of Jesus Set The World Of Biblical Archaeology Abuzz. Hershel Sh...

this Concise Survey Is Designed To Make The Exciting History Of Europe In The Age Of The Renaissance And Reformation Come Alive To Readers. It Is The Firs...

The Soviet Union was hardly the first large, continuous, land-based, multinational empire to collapse in modern times. The USSR itself was, ironically, the ...

The Long Goodbye: The Contours Of The Election / Christopher Dornan -- Stephen Harper And The 2015 Conservative Campaign: Defeated But Not Devastated / Faro...

Pulitzer Prize–winning conflict journalist C.J. Chivers follows the arcs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through the experiences of those who fought t...