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Ancestors, 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Familyby Frank ChingISBN 0449903532 (0-449-90353-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancestors, 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family'Book summary:[via]Frank Ching brings to life 900 years of Chinese history through his own fascinating family tree. Beginning with his search for the grave of his first-recorded ancestor, the 11th-century poet Qin Guan, and ending with a moving account of his relationship with his father, a victim of China's historic upheaval, Frank Ching introduces a colorful cast of characters. His unbroken family line includesamong many othersa lovelorn concubine, a traitor, a military hero, an imperial ghost-writer, a minister of punishments, and a woman noted for her skills in both verse and martial arts. There is scarcely an aspect of Chinese life, from shamanism to violent rebellion, that Ching doesn't touch upon in this fascinating work. Through his vivid and personal portraits of his ancestors, the history of China itself unfolds: from the days of the ancient empire to its radical transformation today.More editions of Ancestors, 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family:
Any Given Day: The Life and Times of Jessie Lee Brown Foveauxby Jessie Lee Brown FoveauxISBN 0446523437 (0-446-52343-7)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Augustusby Arnold Hugh Martin JonesISBN 0393043282 (0-393-04328-2)
Hardcover, Norton
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin Franklin, Raymond Jackson WilsonISBN 0394326695 (0-394-32669-5)
Softcover, Modern Library
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The Background of Swedish Immigration 1840-1930by Florence Edith JansonISBN 0405005563 (0-405-00556-3)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Bean Blossom Dreamsby Sallyann J. MurpheyISBN 0425150186 (0-425-15018-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: An Authoritative Text Backgrounds Criticismby Benjamin FranklinISBN 0393952940 (0-393-95294-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: An Authoritative Text Backgrounds Criticism'Book summary:Franklins Autobiography is the only enduring best-seller written in America before the nineteenth century, as well as the most popular autobiography ever written.
As such it deserves to be offered to twentieth-century readers in the most accurate form possible, and so it is, in this Norton Critical Edition, the first text to be edited directly from the manuscripts, rather than perpetuating the errors of previous editions.
The text is fully annotated, and the reading is assisted by helpful footnotes, biographical sketches, and two maps.
In "Backgrounds", the editors collect Franklins most important reflections on the Autobiographys purpose, some anecdotes, and a number of Franklins statements on wealth, the art of virtue, and perfection. Materials in "Criticism" range from contemporary opinionswhich reveal that readers were divided then as they are now about the art of the Autobiographyto essays written in the twentieth century.
Nineteenth-century opinions include those of John Keats, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells, among others.
The twentieth-century materials include D. H. Lawrences celebrated essay, an excerpt from Max Webers Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, and the perspectives of such recent critics as Charles L. Sanford, Robert Freeman Sayre, John William Ward, and David Devin. [via]More editions of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: An Authoritative Text Backgrounds Criticism:
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The Birth of the Clinicby Michel FoucaultISBN 0415307724 (0-415-30772-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of the Clinic'Book summary:In this remarkable book Michel Foucault, one of the most influential thinkers of recent times, calls us to look critically at specific historical events in order to uncover new layers of significance. In doing so, he challenges our assumptions not only about history, but also about the nature of language and reason, even of truth. The scope of such an undertaking is vast, but by means of his uniquely engaging narrative style, Foucaults penetrating gaze is skilfully able to confront our own. After reading his words our perceptions are never quite the same again.
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The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perceptionby Michel FoucaultISBN 0394710975 (0-394-71097-5)
Hardcover, Vintage Books
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Boston Bay Mysteries and Other Talesby Edward Rowe SnowISBN 0396075053 (0-396-07505-3)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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Bound For Murderby Laura ChildsISBN 0425199231 (0-425-19923-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bound For Murder'Book summary:[via]New Orleans scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand's pre-wedding party is overshadowed when a friend's intended groom is murdered. Asked by the heartbroken bride to look into the case, Carmela must help her friend pick up the pieces while wrapping up a murder that has more than one lethal loose end.
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Builders of the Bay Colonyby Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN 0404147410 (0-404-14741-0)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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Chesapeakeby James A. MichenerISBN 0449211584 (0-449-21158-4)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chesapeake'Book summary:Once again James A. Michener brings history to life with this 400-year saga of America's great bay and its Eastern Shore. Following Edmund Steed and his remarkable family, who parallel the settling and forming of the nation, CHESAPEAKE sweeps readers from the unspoiled world of the Native Americans to the voyages of Captain John Smith, the Revolutionary War, and right up to modern times. [via]
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A Circle Of Sisters: Alice Kipling, Georgiana Burne Jones, Agnes Poynter, And Louisa Baldwinby Judith FlandersISBN 0393052109 (0-393-05210-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Coat of Armsby Catherine Daly-Weir, Jeff CrosbyISBN 0448419750 (0-448-41975-0)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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The Cycles of American Historyby Arthur Meier SchlesingerISBN 0395957931 (0-395-95793-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Cycles of American Historyby Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.ISBN 0395378877 (0-395-37887-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Devil in the Shape of a Womanby Carol F. KarlsenISBN 0393317595 (0-393-31759-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Diversity and Unity in Early North Americaby Philip D. MorganISBN 0415087996 (0-415-08799-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Dorr Rebellion: A Study in American Radicalism, 1833-1849by Marvin E. GettlemanISBN 0394464702 (0-394-46470-2)
Hardcover, Random House
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The Dorsai Companionby Gordon DicksonISBN 0441160263 (0-441-16026-3)
Softcover, Ace Books
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Endgame: A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Yearby May SartonISBN 0393033465 (0-393-03346-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The English: A Social History, 1066-1945by Christopher HibbertISBN 0393023710 (0-393-02371-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Finnish Immigrants in America: 1880-1920by Arthur W. HoglundISBN 040511639X (0-405-11639-X)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Forgotten Household Craftsby John SeymourISBN 0394558308 (0-394-55830-8)
Hardcover, Knopf
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From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776by Pauline MaierISBN 0393308251 (0-393-30825-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776'Book summary:Pauline Maier is a historian of the American Revolution, though her work also addresses the late colonial period and the history of the United States after the end of the Revolutionary War. She is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Maier has achieved prominence over a fifty-year career of critically acclaimed scholarly histories and journal articles. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and teaches undergraduates. She authors textbooks and online courses. Her popular career includes series with PBS and the History Channel. She's appeared on Charlie Rose, C-SPAN2's In Depth and written 20 years for the New York Times review pages. Maier was 2011 President of the Society of American Historians. She won the 2011 George Washington Book Prize for her book Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788. [via]
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identityby Judith ButlerISBN 0415389550 (0-415-38955-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gender Trouble: Feminism And the Subversion of Identity'Book summary:In a new introduction to the 10th-anniversary edition of Gender Trouble--among the two or three most influential books (and by far the most popular) in the field of gender studies--Judith Butler explains the complicated critical response to her groundbreaking arguments and the ways her ideas have evolved as a result. Nevertheless, she has resisted the urge to revise what has become a feminist classic (as well as an elegant defense of drag, given Butler's emphasis on the performative nature of gender). The book was produced, according to Butler, "as part of the cultural life of a collective struggle that has had, and will continue to have, some success in increasing the possibilities for a livable life for those who live, or try to live, on the sexual margins." An attack on the essentialism of French feminist theory and its basis in structuralist anthropology, Gender Trouble expands to address the cultural prejudices at play in genetic studies of sex determination, as well as the uses of gender parody, and also provides a critical genealogy of the naturalization of sex. A primer in gender studies--and sexy reading for college cafés. --Regina Marler [via]
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Genograms in Family Assessmentby Monica McGoldrick, Randy GersonISBN 039370002X (0-393-70002-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Going to Americaby Terry ColemanISBN 0394479882 (0-394-47988-2)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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The Holder of the Worldby Bharati MukherjeeISBN 0449909662 (0-449-90966-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Holder of the World'Book summary:"An amazing literary feat and a masterpiece of storytelling. Once again, Bharati Mukherjee prove
she is one of our foremost writers, with the literary muscles to weave both the future and the past into a tale that is singularly intelligent and provocative."
--AMY TAN
This is the remarkable story of Hannah Easton, a unique woman born in the American colonies in 1670, "a person undreamed of in Puritan society." Inquisitive, vital and awake to her own possibilities, Hannah travels to Mughal, India, with her husband, and English trader. There, she sets her own course, "translating" herself into the Salem Bibi, the white lover of a Hindu raja.
It is also the story of Beigh Masters, born in New England in the mid-twentieth century, an "asset hunter" who stumbles on the scattered record of her distant relative's life while tracking a legendary diamond. As Beigh pieces together details of Hannah's journeys, she finds herself drawn into the most intimate and spellbinding fabric of that remote life, confirming her belief that with "sufficient passion and intelligence, we can decontrsuct the barriers of time and geography...." [via] 
The Hornes: An American Familyby Gail Buckley LumetISBN 0451156714 (0-451-15671-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Hornes: An American Familyby Gail Lumet BuckleyISBN 0394513061 (0-394-51306-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Land and People of Norwayby Elvajean HallISBN 0397314086 (0-397-31408-6)
Hardcover, Lippincott
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Line of Successionby Warren Murphy, Richard SapirISBN 0451153960 (0-451-15396-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Madness and Civilizationby M. FOUCAULTISBN 0415253853 (0-415-25385-3)
Softcover, Taylor and Francis
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The Map Catalog: Every Kind of Map and Chart on Earth and Even Some above Itby Joel Makower, Laura BergheimISBN 0394746147 (0-394-74614-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Martin's Hundredby Ivor Noel-HumeISBN 0394507282 (0-394-50728-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Modern Researcher With Infotracby Jacques Barzun, Henry F. GraffISBN 0395644941 (0-395-64494-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Ohio Townby Helen Hooven SantmyerISBN 0425082709 (0-425-08270-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Oliver Twistby Charles Dickens, Fred KaplanISBN 039396292X (0-393-96292-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:This Norton Critical Edition of a Dickens favorite reprints the 1846 text, the last edition of the novel substantially revised by Dickens and the one that most clearly reflects his authorial intentions.
The editor has corrected printers errors and annotated unfamiliar terms and allusions.
Three illustrations by George Cruikshank and a map of Oliver's London accompany the text.
"Backgrounds and Sources" focuses on The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, central both to Dickens and to the characters in Oliver Twist. The acts far-reaching implications are considered in source materials that include parlimentary debates on The Poor Laws, a harrowing account of an 1835 Bedfordshire riot, and "An Appeal to Fallen Women," Dickens 1847 open letter to Londons prostitutes urging them to turn their backs on "debauchery and neglect."
Ten letters on Oliver Twist, written between 1837 and 1864, are reprinted, including those to the novels publisher, the novels illustrator, and John Forster, Dickens close friend and future biographer.
In addition, readers can trace the evolution of the novel by examining Dickens installment and chapter-division plans and enjoy "Sikes and Nancy," the text of a public reading Dickens composed and performed often to large audiences.
"Early Reviews" provides eight witty, insightful, and at times impassioned responses to the novel and to Olivers plight by William Makepeace Thackeray and John Forster (anonymously), among others.
"Criticism" includes twenty of the most significant interpretations of Oliver Twist published in this century. Included are essays by Henry James, George Gissing, Graham Greene, J. Hillis Miller, Harry Stone, Philip Collins, John Bayley, Keith Hollingsworth, Steven Marcus, Monroe Engel, James R. Kincaid, Michael Slater, Dennis Walder, Burton M. Wheeler, Janet Larson, Fred Kaplan, Robert Tracy, David Miller, John O. Jordan, and Gary Wills.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via] 
On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journalby Mary T. SimetiISBN 0394549880 (0-394-54988-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciencesby Michel FoucaultISBN 0415267374 (0-415-26737-4)
Softcover, Brunner-Routledge
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Patriot's Dreamby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0425133559 (0-425-13355-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Peopling of British North America: An Introductionby Bernard BailynISBN 0394757793 (0-394-75779-3)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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The Pillars of the Earthby Ken FollettISBN 0451166892 (0-451-16689-2)
Softcover, Signet
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A Pioneer Samplerby Barbara Greenwood, Heather CollinsISBN 0395883938 (0-395-88393-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Pioneer Sampler: The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840by Barbara Greenwood, Heather CollinsISBN 0395715407 (0-395-71540-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977by Colin Gordon, Michel FoucaultISBN 0394513576 (0-394-51357-6)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977'Book summary:Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies, thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them.
Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling.
For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives"
Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds. [via]More editions of Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977:
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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977by Michel FoucaultISBN 039473954X (0-394-73954-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling.
For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives"
Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds. [via]More editions of Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977:
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The Prairie Traveler: The Classic Handbook for American Pioneersby Randolph P. MarsiISBN 0399518657 (0-399-51865-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prairie Traveler: The Classic Handbook for American Pioneers'Book summary:Reference. In 1859, at the request of the U.S. War Department, Army captain Randolph b. Marcy published a guide for settlers traveling across the American frontier. Because of Marcy's encyclopedic knowledge of the territory and his gift for writing, The Prairie Traveler quickly became the essential handbook for westward-bound pioneers, outlining exactly how to prepare for the trip and what to expect in the open country. [via]
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Puritans, Indians, and Manifest Destinyby David C. Stineback, Charles M. SegalISBN 0399503781 (0-399-50378-1)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Puritans, Indians, and Manifest Destinyby Sandra ScoppettoneISBN 0399119280 (0-399-11928-0)
Hardcover, Putnam
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The Routledge Historical Atlas of Women in Americaby Sandra OpdyckeISBN 0415921384 (0-415-92138-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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Sarum: Curriculum Unitby Edward RutherfurdISBN 0449000729 (0-449-00072-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sarum: Curriculum Unit'Book summary:A masterpiece that is breathtaking in its scope, SARUM is an epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapesty weaves a compelling saga of five families who preserve their own particular characteristics over the centuries, and offer a fascinating glimpse into the future.
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A Scattered People: An American Family Moves Westby Gerald W. McFarlandISBN 0394538412 (0-394-53841-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Search for the Shadowmanby Joan Lowery NixonISBN 0440411289 (0-440-41128-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Songcatcherby Sharyn McCrumbISBN 0451202503 (0-451-20250-3)
Softcover, Signet
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The Stolen Blueby Judith Van GiesonISBN 0451200012 (0-451-20001-2)
Softcover, Signet
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Story of Washington Wilkesby Writers Program GeorgiaISBN 0404579140 (0-404-57914-0)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0396085350 (0-396-08535-0)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Through the Eyes of Your Ancestorsby Maureen A. TaylorISBN 039586982X (0-395-86982-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Uncovering Your Family's Historyby Maureen TaylorISBN 0395869803 (0-395-86980-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790by Rhys L. IsaacISBN 0393956938 (0-393-95693-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A Treasury of Baby Namesby Alan BenjaminISBN 0451169441 (0-451-16944-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Village Walks in Britainby Roger SmithISBN 0393315029 (0-393-31502-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary Americaby Richard Buel, Joy Day BuelISBN 0393312100 (0-393-31210-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal And the Making of a Great Nationby Peter L. BernsteinISBN 0393327957 (0-393-32795-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal And the Making of a Great Nation'Book summary:Begun in 1817 and completed in 1825, the Erie Canal stretches 363 miles across upstate New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie to Albany on the Hudson River. A stunning achievement, the canal was hacked through a densely forested pass in the Appalachian Mountains using only axes, shovels, low-grade explosive power, beasts of burden, and some ingenious devices. The engineers and workers created locks, bypassed rapids and waterfalls, and adjusted to countless changes in elevation. When the canal was completed it became one of the wonders of the world. But the canal was much more than a spectacular construction project; it also served to bind a young United States to itself and the rest of the world in one bold stroke. In this thoroughly absorbing book, Peter Bernstein describes in vivid detail how the Erie Canal helped to shape the United States into a great nation by connecting the eastern seaboard and western expanses of America, as well as propel the Industrial Revolution and stimulate global trade, economics, and immigration. It was so important to the development of the U.S., argues Bernstein, that without the canal the detached western territories "would in all likelihood have broken away" and created another, if not several, separate countries. Manifest Destiny would have been denied.
In telling this gripping tale, the author offers a brief history of canals through the ages, explains the foresight exhibited by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson regarding the need for a waterway to the west, and outlines the political wars, financing challenges, and seemingly endless delays and false starts to the project. He also reveals much about the political landscape of early America through his profiles of the personalities and visionaries who devoted their lives to the project, along with the engineers and surveyors, most of whom had little experience designing or constructing a canal of any kind, much less such a massive undertaking. Wedding of the Waters succeeds brilliantly in bringing this rich story to life. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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The Will to Powerby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, R.J. Hollingdale, Walter Arnold KaufmannISBN 0394704371 (0-394-70437-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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William Cooper's Town : Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republicby Alan TaylorISBN 0394580540 (0-394-58054-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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William Marshal: The Flower of Chivalryby George Duby, Richard HowardISBN 039475154X (0-394-75154-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The WPA Guide to Florida: The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s Floridaby Federal Writers' ProjectISBN 0394722930 (0-394-72293-0)
Softcover, Pantheon Books
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The WPA Guide to Illiniosby Federal Writers' Project StaffISBN 0394721950 (0-394-72195-0)
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A Young Patriotby Jim MurphyISBN 0395900190 (0-395-90019-0)
Softcover, Clarion Books
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Your Family History: How to Use Oral History, Personal Family Archives, and Public Documents to Discover Your Heritageby Allan J. LichtmanISBN 0394723325 (0-394-72332-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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