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Dennis Smith
[Paperback 2003]
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This definitive account now has a new Afterword by the author as it captures the "courage of New York City's firefighters and the spirit of the city's firehouses, bloody but unbowed in the wake of that terrible September morning" (Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"). Description: "The definitive account-with a... more
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Mark Twain
[Mass market paperbound 1983]
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It's Time to Rediscover the Wonderful Books We All Cherish. "The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable."-- Mark Twain 0riginally published in 1883, "Life on the Mississippi" is Mark Twain's memoir of his youthful years... more
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V S Naipaul
[Paperback 2011]
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Booker prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul writes of his reflective journey through the American South, during the 1980s, where he encountered a variety of people. "A Turn in the South" is a reflective journey by V. S. Naipaul in the late 1980s through the American South. Naipaul writes of his encounters... more
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Bruce Feiler
[Paperback 2010]
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Hailed as one of the most original works of history in years, "America's Prophet" reveals how generations of Americans have been inspired by the story of Moses. The pilgrims quoted his story. Franklin and Jefferson proposed he appear on the U.S. seal. Washington and Lincoln were called his incarnations. The... more
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Lesley M Rankin Hill
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The First African Baptists Church (FABC) remains were accidentally discovered and eventually excavated during the 1980s in Philadelphia. The history and artifacts of the church and cemetery, active from 1823 to 1850, provide a glimpse into the life of the poorest segment of Philadelphia society. Who these people were and... more
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Ph D Joseph A
[Hardcover 1999]
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The culture wars continue to rage across the United States. Clashes over hate speech regulations, affirmative action, abortion, immigration, art, history, and lifestyle questions suggest that America is more polarized than ever before. This study looks at the rapid changes occurring in cities and suburbs in order to understand these... more
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David Fitzpatrick
[Hardcover 2002]
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The only photographer with unrestricted air and ground clearance shares an unparalleled visual document of the September 11th tragedy and its aftermath. Detective Fitzpatrick's 278 photos--each a powerful image--together form an unforgettable portrait of New York City and its journey from destruction to redemption. All royalties from this book will... more
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Theodore H Mac Donald
[Paperback 1998]
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Christopher N Matthews
[Hardcover 2002]
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Richard J Dent ,
Richard J Dent Jr
[Hardcover 1995]
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Paul A Shackel
[Hardbound 1996]
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Richard Griswold Del Castillo
[Paperback 1982]
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Bertram Wyatt Brown
[Paperback 1983]
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A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award, hailed in The Washington Post as "a work of enormous imagination and enterprise" and in The New York Times as "an important, original book," Southern Honor revolutionized our understanding of the antebellum South, revealing how Southern men adopted an... more
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Francois Weil ,
Frangois Weil ,
Franois Weil
[Paperback 2004]
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New York is not America, Franois Weil writes, "but what America promises, perhaps its greatest promise." It may be hard to believe, then, that the quintessential symbol of American enterprise and energy was once quite low in the political and social hierarchy. Weil takes on the New York of myth... more
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H Paul Jeffers ,
Jeffers
[Hardcover 2002]
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Praise for H. Paul Jeffers Diamond Jim Brady: Prince of the Gilded Age "One of the most entertaining historical business narratives in recent memory. The story of this symbol of America's Gilded Age is filled with such gusto and vigor that even hardcore business readers will be swept away." -Publishers... more
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Randy Testa ,
Susie Riehl ,
Robert Coles
[Paperback 1992]
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A moving first-person account of the struggle between the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding society that threatens to drive them out. "An affecting mourning for the impending destruction of the Amish community. . . ".--Kirkus Reviews.... more
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Helge Ingstad ,
Jeanine K Stenehjem ,
Janine K Stenehjem
[Hardcover 2004]
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Available in English for the first time, "The Apache Indians" tells the story of the Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad's sojourn among the Apaches near the White Mountain Reservation in Arizona and his epic journey to locate the "lost" group of their brethren in the Sierra Madres in the 1930s. Ingstad... more
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Elizabeth Mc Clintock ,
Robert H Peebles ,
Thomas H Kearney
[Hardcover 1961, 2nd Edition]
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Nearly every life form found among North American flowering plants is represented in Arizona. This amazing diversity is partly explained by the fact that the altitudinal range extends from a few feet above sea level to approximately 12,000 feet at the summit of the San Francisco Peaks. The life zone... more
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Claire Jean Kim
[Paperback 2003]
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Conflict between Blacks and Koreans has increased in American cities during the past two decades. In this timely book, Claire Jean Kim investigates the most prolonged episode of such conflict -- the Flatbush Boycott of 1990, when Black nationalist and Haitian activists led a boycott and picketing campaign against two... more
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John C Ewers
[Paperback 2003]
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The Blackfeet were the strongest military power on the northwestern plains in the historic buffalo days. For half a century up to 1805, they were almost constantly at war with the Shoshonis and came very close to exterminating that tribe. They aggressively asserted themselves against the Flatheads and the Kutenais,... more
