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Anime and Memory: Aesthetic, Cultural and Thematic Perspectives מאת Dani Cavallaro The theme of memory has played a significant role in anime throughout its evolution as an art form and as popular entertainment. Anime's handling of memory is multifaceted, weaving it into diverse symbolic motifs, narratives and aesthetic issues. This study aims to provide a detailed analysis of a r...

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The Millstone Industry: A Summary of Research on Quarries and Producers in the United States, Europe and Elsewhere מאת Charles D. Hockensmith Since prehistoric times, the process of cutting rock to make millstones has been one of the most important industries in the world. The earliest rotary millstones, known as querns, were turned by human power. Later, larger millstones were manufactured that required animal, water, or wind power to tu...

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Crash of the Titans: The Early Years of the New York Jets and the AFL, rev. ed. מאת William J. Ryczek Before Namath, before the Heidi Game, before the guaranteed Super Bowl victory, there were the Titans. Remember the Titans? Not many a casual football fan of today would. The New York Titans played to meager crowds and mediocre results in the decrepit Polo Grounds. The organization, one of the chart...

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Ballparks of North America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia of Baseball Grounds, Yards and Stadiums, 1845 to 1988 מאת Michael Benson What grandstand collapsed during a game, killing twelve? How high is the Green monster in Fenway? In what park was the outfield fence only 187 feet from home plate? Ballparks of North America is a comprehensive encyclopedia of the grounds, yards and stadiums used for organized baseball from...

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New Deal Art in Virginia: The Oils, Murals, Reliefs and Frescoes and Their Creators מאת Anita Price Davis This book is the only record of federally-funded art projects in Virginia during the Great Depression. It provides an historical overview of each city or town that is home to the artwork, information on federal structures housing the artwork, a photograph and description of the artwork itself, and a...

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Mr. Mob: The Life and Crimes of Moe Dalitz מאת Michael Newton Morris "Moe" Dalitz was America's most secretive and most successful mobster. As a major architect of the United States' national crime syndicate, Dalitz was active in various fields of organized crime from 1918 until his death, all while spinning a web of myth and mock-respectability around himself...

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American Military Vehicles of World War I: An Illustrated History of Armored Cars, Staff Cars, Motorcycles, Ambulances, Trucks, Tractors and Tanks מאת Albert Mroz In World War I the American motor vehicle industry was tested by the sudden appearance of vast transport challenges. The nation's immense manufacturing capabilities and abundant natural resources combined with increased standardization and mass production to enable the industry to meet the military'...

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The Baseball Necrology: The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More Than 7,600 Major League Players and Others מאת Bill Lee During his playing career, a baseball player's every action on the field is documented--every at bat, every hit, every pitch. But what becomes of a player after he leaves the game? This exhaustive reference work briefly details the post-baseball lives of some 7,600 major leaguers, owners, man...

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American Women Leaders מאת Carol Hooks Hawkins This reference work contains entries on 1,560 women who have excelled in their careers to become well-known leaders in politics, business, education and culture. From Justice Cynthia Aaron to business executive Andrea Zoop, it includes women of many races, nations of origin, economic backgrounds, an...

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Cash and Carry: The Spectacular Rise and Hard Fall of C.C. Pyle, America's First Sports Agent מאת Jim Reisler C.C.Cash and Carry Pyle made several fortunes representing professional football and tennis players--before losing everything and disappearing into history's dustbin. This work reevaluates Pyle's fast life and times while analyzing his extraordinary and enduring legacy. In 1925, Pyle rocked the spor...

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Pucker Factor 10: Memoir of a U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam [LARGE PRINT] James Joyce

Pucker Factor 10: Memoir of a U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam [LARGE PRINT] מאת James Joyce "In 1963 … there was no way I could have known, sitting in a classroom on that beautiful campus in Ohio, that by raising my hand I would be going to war in Vietnam and that I would see things, hear things and do things that most people cannot imagine."--James Joyce. The author entered the Un...

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Words to Measure a War: Nine American Poets of World War II מאת David K. Vaughan This study explores the war poetry of nine American veterans who served during World War II. It compares the efforts of those men who had established themselves as poets prior to or during the war (Karl Shapiro, Randall Jarrell, John Ciardi, and William Meredith) with those whose poetic careers deve...

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The 1906 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary (History of the Early Olympic Games 4) מאת Bill Mallon One of the early concepts of the Olympic Games was to include "intercalated" Games every four years between the normal cycle, and to hold these Games in Athens, the ancestral home of the Olympics. In 1906 the first, and only one, of these games was held. Occurring only two years after the St. Louis ...

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Station Master on the Underground Railroad: The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett, rev. ed. מאת James A. McGowan Thomas Garrett, a Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, had a genial disposition unless provoked to defend his strong anti-slavery beliefs. He believed so strongly in the Underground Railroad and in helping slaves escape that he chafed under the Quaker belief in non-violence. When he died in 1871, Wilmi...

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Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television מאת Fraser A. Sherman In the three decades since the first SF film produced for television--1968's Shadow on the Land--nearly 600 films initially released to television have had science fiction, fantasy, or horror themes. Featuring superheroes, monsters, time travel, and magic, these films range from the phenomena...

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TRAGEDY OF THE VIETNAM WAR: A South Vietnamese Officer's Analysis מאת Van Nguyen Duong The Vietnam War actually began in December 1946 with a struggle between the communists and the French for possession of the country. Vietnam's strategic position in southeast Asia along with veiled economic concerns and a political agenda led to the involvement of other countries, including the Unit...

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The 1912 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary (History of the Early Olympics 6) מאת Bill Mallon The 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, were the most "modern" Olympic Games yet celebrated and the most successful of the Modern Era to that date. Much of the success is credited to the influence of Viktor Balck, who is remembered as "The Father of Swedish Sports." The 1912 Olympics also ...

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Understanding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Causes, Effects, Personal Experiences and Resources מאת Els Valkenburg This personal view of multiple chemical sensitivity and environmental illness is supported by research. In a question-and-answer format, the effects of exposure to perfume, smoke, air fresheners, cleaning products, exhaust, and other air contaminants are examined and linked to symptoms such as heada...

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Grande Dame Guignol Cinema: A History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother מאת Peter Shelley This critically analytical filmography examines 45 movies featuring "grande dames" in horror settings. Following a history of women in horror before 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which launched the "Grande Dame Guignol" subgenre of older women featured as morally ambiguous leading ...

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Survival Artist: A Memoir of the Holocaust מאת Eugene Bergman This vividly detailed memoir describes the experiences of a Holocaust survivor who narrowly escaped death by living a childhood of constant vigil and, along with his family, continuously dodging the ever-present threat of a Nazi capture. After the Nazi invasion of Poland, the Bergman family's home...

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The Illustrators of The Wind in the Willows, 1908-2008 מאת Carolyn Hares-Stryker A beloved children's novel read around the world, Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has been published in dozens of editions since 1908, almost all of which are fondly remembered for their exceptional illustrations. This book presents for the first time all the artists who have ever i...

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A Life for a Life: The American Debate Over the Death Penalty מאת Michael Dow Burkhead Providing a new look at the intense public debate surrounding the death penalty in the United States, this book explores the various trends in public opinion that influence crime prevention efforts, create public policy, and reform criminal law. It examines eight core issues about the use of executi...

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Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster: A Career Summary with 757 Games מאת Peter P. Lahde This work chronicles the chess career and games of Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan, one of the leading United States players of the 1930s (along with such notables as Fine and Reshevsky). The main body of the work examines Kashdan's game play, with diagrams and analysis provided for many hundreds of his t...

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The Maryland 400 In The Battle Of Long Island, 1776 מאת Linda Davis Reno This work chronicles the story of 400 young men who willingly and knowingly sacrificed themselves to save the Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776. Holding back 20,000 British and Hessian soldiers, they allowed their comrades to retreat and may have saved the Revolution f...

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Good Medicine and Good Music: A Biography of Mrs. Joe Person, Patent Remedy Entrepreneur and Musician, Including the Complete Text of Her 1903 Autobiography מאת David W. Hursh Alice Morgan Person (1840-1913) was a colorful North Carolinian. Born wealthy and married well, she fell into hardship after the Civil War but remarkably overcame it by marketing her own patent medicine and playing and sharing her arrangements of folk tunes. Presented here is her previously unpublis...

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Dying to Please: Anorexia, Treatment and Recovery, 2d ed. מאת Avis Rumney This second edition updates the 1983 work ("a gem"--Booklist/RBB) with a wealth of new information. The author, a therapist and recovered anorexic, draws upon her own experience and extensive research to produce a comprehensive account of the symptoms, causes and treatments of anorexia nervos...

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Politics and Society in Southeast Asia מאת Peter A. Poole The Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 caused severe hardship in Southeast Asia, and many countries tightened their regulation of banks and other financial institutions, adopted more conservative fiscal policies, and made themselves less vulnerable to Western market fluctuations by forming closer t...

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KJLH-FM and the Los Angeles Riots of 1992: Compton's Neighborhood Station in the Aftermath of the Rodney King Verdict מאת Phylis Johnson As the only independently Black-owned radio station in South Central Los Angeles, KJLH-FM was thrust into the national and international media spotlight in the aftermath of the Rodney King trial. During the ensuing riots, KJLH introduced the world to South Central Los Angeles as only those who lived...

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Unseen Upton Sinclair: Nine Unpublished Stories, Essays and Other Works מאת Upton Sinclair Best known for his muckraking expose of the squalor and brutality that pervaded the livestock industry in his book The Jungle, Upton Sinclair's political activism was not limited to issues of workers' rights or workplace safety. These nine short works, never before published, reveal an author...

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Women of Yucatan: Thirty Who Dare to Change Their World מאת George Ann Huck In the strongly patriarchal society of the Mexican state of Yucatan, it's not surprising that few women have dared to 1challenge the gender inequalities set against them at birth. They live in an environment where rape can often be forgotten as a crime if the victim agrees to marry her aggressor and...

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Byron and the Websters: The Letters and Entangled Lives of the Poet, Sir James Webster and Lady Frances Webster מאת John Stewart Arguably the most offensive, despised, and ridiculed dandy of the Regency period, Sir James Webster-Wedderburn would likely be forgotten were it not for an affair between his wife and his close friend, the poet Lord Byron. This unique work lays out the details and provides commentary on rare private...

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The Integration of Major League Baseball: A Team by Team History מאת Rick Swaine This book is a record of the men and events, team by team, during Major League Baseball's integration. It focuses especially on the owners, executives and managers who were the heroes, villains or spectators of integration, and it sheds new light on the unheralded champions of integration and on tho...

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African American World War II Casualties and Decorations in the Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine: A Comprehensive Record מאת Glenn A. Knoblock This book is an account of the 2,445 African American men who were killed or wounded or decorated during World War II in the Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine. Because of the nature of the military's racial policies, most of these men served either in the Steward's Branch or in subordinate posi...

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Savages and Saints: The Changing Image of American Indiands in Westerns מאת Bob Herzberg can be compared to a light shining through a prism. We may have seen bits and pieces of the genuine culture portrayed, but rarely did we see a satisfying and informative whole picture. In films like Cecil B. DeMille's The Plainsman, the Indian was a murderous savage with few, if any, redeemin...

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Soup Through the Ages: A Culinary History with Period Recipes מאת Victoria R. Rumble As cooking advanced from simply placing wild grains, seeds, or meat in or near a fire to following some vague notion of food as a pleasing experience, soup--the world's first prepared dish--became the unpretentious comfort food for all of civilization. This book provides a comprehensive and worldw...

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The B-45 Tornado: An Operational History of the First American Jet Bomber מאת John C. Fredriksen The North American B-45 Tornado was America's first jet bomber and was used in a number of vital missions for nearly a decade. Drawing from declassified secret documents, this history explains the bomber's use in strategic reconnaissance and atomic-weapon strike missions from its 1944 development to...

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Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy) מאת Gary Westfahl Essays in this volume demonstrate how science fiction can serve as a bridge between science and the humanities. Essays are arranged chronologically and form a historical survey of science fiction, showing how early writers like Dante and Mary Shelley revealed a gradual shift toward a genuine underst...

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Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History מאת Josh Chetwynd Many are aware that baseball's European ancestry stretches back centuries, but few realize just how extensive the modern game's history is on the Continent and British Isles. Baseball as we recognize it has been played there since the 1870s, and in several countries the players and devoted followers...

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This Day in American History מאת Ernie Gross Every day is the anniversary of an event worth remembering, For example, on March 29, among many other events, the Puritans sailed for New England (1630), the Rosenbergs were found guilty of conspiracy (1951), and the House of Representatives completed congressional action on curtailing the farm sub...

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Elizabeth Stride And Jack The Ripper: The Life and Death of the Reputed Third Victim מאת Dave Yost As soon as the newspapers hit the streets on October 1, 1888, Elizabeth Stride became world renowned as the third victim of Jack the Ripper. Reportedly, Stride was killed only an hour before fellow victim Catherine Eddowes, becoming a key player in the legendary "double event" of Jack the Ripper's b...

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Femme Noir: Bad Girls of Film מאת Karen Burroughs Hannsberry Though often thought of as primarily a male vehicle, the film noir offered some of the most complex female roles of any movies of the 1940s and 1950s. Stars such as Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Tierney and Joan Crawford produced some of their finest performances in noir movies, while such lesser known act...

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Roy Rogers: A Biography, Radio History, Television Career Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Merchandising and Advertising History, Collectibles Description, Bibliography and Index מאת Robert W. Phillips This is the definitive work on Roy Rogers, the "King of the Cowboys." The lives and careers of Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans, are thoroughly covered, particularly their work on radio and television. The merchandising history of Roy Rogers reveals that his marketing of character-related prod...

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William Gaddis, "The Last of Something": Critical Essays מאת Crystal Alberts For many years novelist William Gaddis, despite having won two National Book Critics Circle Awards and a MacArthur Foundation's "genius award," suffered from commercial and critical neglect. However, Gaddis has more recently experienced a resurgence in his popularity among both groups and is now con...

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Phantom Variations: The Adaptations of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, 1925 to the Present מאת Ann C. Hall This book examines the themes and variations of Phantom of the Opera, exploring the story's appeal to multiple generations through numerous incarnations. After discussing Gaston Leroux's original 1910 novel, the work turns first to Phantom on film from Lon Chaney's 1925 Phantom ...

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Paul Bern: The Life and Famous Death of the Mgm Director and Husband of Harlow מאת E. J. Fleming Paul Bern, known throughout the movie business as "Hollywood's Father Confessor," earned a reputation for being a loyal and supportive friend and for becoming one of MGM's most respected and creative directors. After his death, though, he was said to have grown so depressed and despondent over his o...

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The French Assault on American Shipping, 1793-1813: A History and Comprehensive Record of Merchant Marine Losses מאת Greg H. Williams During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, France was plagued by war and crop failures and was desperately in need of supplies. Legally and illegally, French privateers and cruisers took cargo from merchant vessels of every nation, perhaps the United States more than any other. At least 6,...

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Cobb's Legion Cavalry: A History and Roster of the Ninth Georgia Volunteers in the Civil War מאת Harriet Bey Mesic "The best regiment of either army, North or South"--this was the description of Cobb's Legion offered by Confederate General Wade Hampton during the Civil War. This large and experienced unit played a crucial role for the South throughout the war. Their actions in more than 130 battles and other eng...

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The Trials of Henry Flipper, First Black Graduate of West Point מאת Don Cusic Born in 1856 in Thomasville, Georgia, Henry Ossian Flipper was nine at the end of the Civil War. His parents, part of a privileged upper class of slaves, were allowed to operate an independent business under the protection of their owner. This placed Henry in an excellent position to take advantage ...

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A James Hilton Companion: A Guide to the Novels, Short Stories, Non-Fiction Writings and Films מאת John R. Hammond The writer and Academy Award-winner James Hilton is best known as the author of Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest as well as the novel Lost Horizon in which he invented Shangri-La--the fictional place and the utopian concept. This reference guide to the entirety of Hilton's ...

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A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses מאת George A. Katchmer Long before sound became an essential part of motion pictures, Westerns were already an established genre. The men and women who brought to life cowboys, cowgirls, villains, sidekicks, distressed damsels and outraged townspeople often continued with their film careers, finding success and fame well ...

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Barings Bank, William Bingham and the Rise of the American Nation: A Transatlantic Relationship from the Revolutionary War through the Louisiana Purchase מאת David Tearle In 1775 John and Francis Baring & Company was just one of many merchant houses in London riding the wave of expanding world trade. By 1803, Baring Brothers Bank and its Dutch associate had financed the Louisiana Purchase, a remarkable achievement due in no small part to the bank's connections in par...

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Patents Handbook: A Guide for Inventors and Researchers to Searching Patent Documents and Preparing and Making an Application מאת Fred K. Carr This work first provides a general overview of the U.S. patent system, covering such issues as the patent document and patent infringement. The requirements of the invention and the conditions for patentability are discussed, with a focus on the patent application and the approval process. Major pat...

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Jack Coombs: A Life in Baseball מאת John P. Tierney Jack Coombs rose to deadball-era stardom as the ace of Connie Mack's Athletics, winners of back-to-back world championships in 1910 and 1911. One of few players of his day to have graduated from college, Coombs debuted for the Athletics in 1906, fresh from Colby College, and found success early. Wit...

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Northrop Frye: Selected Letters, 1934-1991 מאת Northrop Frye Presented here is a selection from the professional and personal correspondence of Northrop Frye, one of the preeminent literary critics of the last century. With frank and accessible appraisals, the letters reveal Frye's attitudes toward scores of topics: the value of James Bond thrillers, the gap ...

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Chess Results, 1747-1900: A Comprehensive Record with 465 Tournament Crosstables and 590 Match Scores מאת Gino Di Felice This comprehensive chronological reference work gives the results of the main men's chess competitions--both tournaments and matches--that took place around the world from 1747 through 1900. Entries note the location and, when available, the sponsor. First and last names of players are given whene...

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Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom מאת Mary Kirby-diaz Buffy the Vampire Slayer transcended its cult-comic roots to achieve television success, spawning the spinoff series Angel and an academic movement along the way. This scholarly treatment takes a multidisciplinary approach to Buffy's fandom, which has expressed itself through fiction,...

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Women of Afghanistan In The Post-Taliban Era: How Lives Have Changed and Where They Stand Today מאת Rosemarie Skaine This book examines the changing roles of Afghani women in the aftermath of the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime in 2001. It describes the success of women in the workforce, and evaluates how their achievements have come about in a nation that struggles to overcome years of poverty, corrupt...

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Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945: An Illustrated Guide מאת Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage One of the most significant innovations in modern warfare has been the appearance and development of air power, a technology which demanded technical and financial investment on a whole new scale and which ultimately changed the fundamental nature of war itself. This book covers the history and deve...

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All-Stars for All Time: A Sabermetric Ranking of the Major League Best, 1876-2007 מאת William F. McNeil This work uses practical measures to scientifically rank major league players, position by position, according to their offensive and defensive skills. The author has adjusted individual statistics for the era in which the player was active and for the home park factor in order to put all eligible p...

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The 1976 Cincinnati Reds: Last Hurrah for the Big Red Machine מאת Doug Feldmann The era of free agency in Major League Baseball ensured that it would be difficult to keep star teams together year after year. The 1976 Cincinnati Reds were one of the last to be considered a "dynasty", and this book documents the season of one of the greatest teams in baseball history. During the ...

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United States and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East During World War II, 4th ed. מאת John D. Alden Here is a comprehensive accounting of all United States and allied submarine attacks on the Japanese for which success was claimed or occurred. The expanded coverage focuses on successes by U.S. and British and Dutch submarines in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Soviet submarines, and losses caused b...

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C.M. Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary מאת Mark Rich Cyril Kornbluth is a legendary figure in science fiction. As a teenager in the years before World War II, he wrote prolifically and brilliantly under multiple pennames. After military service he developed a voice distinctive for its commanding intelligence, passion, and wit, displaying it in a strin...

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American Revolutionary War Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary מאת Bud Hannings This massive reference work is a useful tool for researching and discovering the leaders of the American Revolution. It covers both well-known and obscure figures from a variety of backgrounds including soldiers, politicians, plantation owners, farmers, and more. Information is included for officers...

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Type 2 Diabetes: Social and Scientific Origins, Medical Complications and Implications for Patients and Others מאת Andrew Kagan Type 2 diabetes afflicts 250 million people worldwide, creating life-threatening and debilitating health effects. Written from a surgeon's perspective, this book is designed to provide information on the physical and socioeconomic underpinnings of the disease, as well as causes and complications bas...

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Asphalt and Politics: A History of the American Highway System מאת Thomas L. Karnes From animal paths to superhighways, transportation has been the backbone of American expansion and growth. This examination of the interstate highway system in the United States, and the forces that shaped it, includes the introduction of the automobile, the Good Roads Movement, and the Lincoln High...

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European Cases of the Reincarnation Type מאת Ian Stevenson Many cultures accept that a person may die and then come back to life in another form, but Westerners have traditionally rejected the idea. Recently, however, surveys conducted in Europe indicate a substantial increase in the number of Europeans who believe in reincarnation, and numerous claims of r...

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Kennedy's Kitchen Cabinet and the Pursuit of Peace: The Shaping of American Foreign Policy, 1961-1963 מאת Philip A. Goduti John F. Kennedy's advisors were enormously influential in the shaping of American foreign policy at a crucial time. Through an examination of primary and secondary source material, this study argues that after struggling in his first year as president, Kennedy employed the guidance of several truste...

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The 25th North Carolina Troops in the Civil War: History and Roster of a Mountain-Bred Regiment מאת Carroll C. Jones This historical account covers the 25th Regiment North Carolina Infantry Troops during the Civil War. Farmers and farmers' sons left their mountain homesteads to enlist with the regiment at Asheville in July and August 1861 and to defend their homeland from a Yankee invasion. The book chronicles the...

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The Negro Leagues in New Jersey: A History מאת Alfred M. Martin This work examines the historical significance of the state of New Jersey in the Negro League legacy, especially the black baseball players, teams, owners and managers, and their struggles against not just segregation, and their accomplishments. The book includes photographs, appendices (records of ...

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Women in the Civil War: Extraordinary Stories of Soldiers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, and Others [LARGE PRINT] מאת Larry G. Eggleston When the Civil War erupted, women answered the call for help. They left their traditional roles and served in many capacities, some even disguising themselves as men to enlist in the army. Estimates of these women range from 400 to 700, with records indicating that some 60 women soldiers were killed...

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The Roots of Perestroika: The Soviet Breakdown in Historical Context מאת Sidney Ploss With new information from Russian archives, this work examines the historical roots of Gorbachev's perestroika and the reforms that would eventually lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The controversies among Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev over party role, economic management, resou...

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Making a Monstrous Halloween: Themed Parties, Activities and Events מאת Chris Kullstroem Halloween is one of the most popular holidays, known for its fun and creativity for all ages. This work offers instructions and tips for Halloween-related activities and events for a variety of settings, from school to work to home to the local graveyard. History, crafts, decorations, games, trips, ...

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"Football! Navy! War!" How Military "Lend-Lease" Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II מאת Wilbur D. Jones Jr. Not coincidentally, the sport of football naturally employs terms usually associated with war, such as "aerial attack," "blitz," and "trench warfare." During World War II, the U. S. military and colleges joined forces, fielding competitive teams to prepare men for combat. The book highlights the Dep...

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The Promise Of Low Dose Naltrexone Therapy: Potential Benefits in Cancer, Autoimmune, Neurological and Infectious Disorders מאת Elaine A. Moore Naltrexone is an opiate antagonist drug developed in the 1970s and approved by the FDA in 1984 for opiate and drug abuse treatment. When used at much lower doses in an off-label protocol referred to as low dose naltrexone (LDN), the drug has been shown to halt disease progression in Crohn's disease ...

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Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008 מאת Hal Erickson When media coverage of courtroom trials came under intense fire in the aftermath of the infamous New Jersey v. Hauptmann lawsuit (a.k.a. the Lindbergh kidnapping case,) a new wave of fictionalized courtroom programming arose to satiate the public's appetite for legal drama. This book is an al...

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Roller Coasters: United States and Canada מאת Todd H. Throgmorton This latest edition of the authoritative guide to roller coasters provides a look at the history of coaster evolution, an exhaustive reference guide to coasters, and a peek into the future of roller coaster technology and design. The book is divided into two main sections. The history section covers...

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The Art of Charlie Chaplin: A Film-by-Film Analysis מאת Kyp Harness This thorough critical study of Chaplin's films traces his acting career chronologically, from his initial appearance in 1914's Making a Living to his final starring role in 1957's A King in New York. Emphasizing Chaplin's technique and the steady evolution of his Tramp character, the ...

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Hitler-Youth, 1922 1945 מאת Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage During the Nazi regime's swift rise to power, no single target of nazification took higher priority than Germany's young people. Well aware that the Nazi party could only thrive through the support of future generations, Hitler instituted a youth movement, the Hitler Jugend, which indoctrinated the ...

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Fairy Tales Reimagined: Essays on New Retellings מאת Susan Redington Bobby No mere escapist fantasies, the reimagined fairy tales of the late 20th-early 21st centuries reflect the social, political, and cultural truths of our age with insight, intelligence, and complexity. Sixteen essays consider fairy tales recreated through short stories, novels, poetry, and the graphic ...

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Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games מאת Paul Green From automatons to zombies, many fantastic elements have been cross-pollinated with the western genre. This A-to-Z encyclopedia of the Weird Western covers film, television, animation, dime novels, pulp fiction, comic books, novels, short stories and video and role-playing games....

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Karl Dane: A Biography and Filmography מאת Laura Petersen Balogh Karl Dane's life was a Cinderella story gone horribly wrong. The immigrant from Copenhagen was rapidly transformed from a machinist to a Hollywood star after his turn as the tobacco-chewing Slim in The Big Parade in 1925. After that, Dane appeared in more than 40 films with such luminaries as...

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The Egyptian Strategy for the Yom Kippur War: An Analysis מאת Dani Asher This volume examines the military strategy and issues that Egyptian war planners faced during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Of major interest is the relationship between the political and military leaders and how that affected the buildup and course of the conflict. Taking this as a starting place, the a...

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Finding the Money: The Complete Guide to Financial Aid for Students, Actors, Musicians and Artists מאת Preethi Burkholder This is a one-stop resource for people who want to finance their education or career. Classic, indispensable advice for college students and their parents and also for actors, musicians and other artists! The whole process of applying for loans, scholarships, grants, fellowships, tuition waivers and...

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Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance: Mediums, Spiritualists and Mesmerists in Performance מאת Amy Lehman Spiritualists in the nineteenth century spoke of the "Borderland," a shadowy threshold where the living communed with the dead, and where those in the material realm could receive comfort or advice from another world. The skilled performances of mostly female actors and performers made the "Borderla...

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Lincoln's Assassins: A Complete Account of Their Capture, Trial, and Punishment (2 Volume Set) מאת Roy Z. Chamlee A stunning compilation of research into War Department files, pretrial and trial testimony (the actual words), newspaper accounts and manuscript collections. Powerful Cabinet members, popular generals, forceful politicians and others: This book probes the background and character of everyone invol...

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East Asian Story Finder: A Guide to Tales from China, Japan and Korea, Listing Subjects and Sources מאת Sharon Barcan Elswit A reference guide to 468 stories and folktales from China, Japan, and Korea, this book aims to lead storytellers, folklorists, teachers, and librarians to both popular and lesser-known East Asian stories. Selected for their multicultural appeal to listeners and readers, the stories are divided ...

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The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999, edicion bilingue (Spanish Edition) מאת Steven Olderr The Pan American Games, second only to the Olympics as the biggest international sports competition in the world, are held every four years (during the year prior to the Summer Olympics) under the sponsorship of the International Olympic Committee. This book lists the results of the Pan American Gam...

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The Jewish Story Finder: A Guide to 363 Tales Listing Subjects and Sources מאת Sharon Barcan Elswit A subject guide to hundreds of Jewish stories, this book's purpose is to help teachers, rabbis, librarians, folklorists, parents, and storytellers find the right story to match their need. It also will lead educators to a wealth of Jewish stories on universal themes for use in multicultural programs...

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Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary, 1881-1960 מאת Barry Swanton In an era when black baseball players had limited playing prospects in the United States, they found a more hospitable and level playing field in Canada. The entries in this dictionary contain biographical sketches, career highlights and statistics for hundreds of players, as well as information abo...

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Breaking the Banks in Motor City: The Auto Industry, the 1933 Detroit Banking Crisis and the Start of the New Deal מאת Darwyn H. Lumley This history tells the relatively unknown story of how the Detroit automobile industry played a major role in the 1933 banking crisis and the subsequent New Deal reforms that drastically changed the financial industry. Spurred by failed decision making by automobile industry leaders, Detroit banks e...

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The New England League: A Baseball History 1855-1949 מאת Charlie Bevis This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New England's baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the...

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Teenager on First, Geezer at Bat, 4-F on Deck: Major League Baseball in 1945 מאת James D. Szalontai The Second World War was in the bottom of the ninth inning in Germany and Japan, but back at home the bases were loaded with baseball players, many of them new to the big leagues. While the game's stars traded their stockings and gloves for khaki and rifles, America's leaders believed baseball would...

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Encyclopedia of Capitol Punishment in the United States מאת Louis J. This updated encyclopedia provides ready information on all aspects of capital punishment in America. It details virtually every capital punishment decision rendered by the United States Supreme Court through 2006, including more than 40 cases decided since publication of the first edition. Entries ...

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The Fearless Harry Greb: Biography of a Tragic Hero of Boxing מאת Bill Paxton The legendary Harry Greb stepped into the ring more than 300 times from 1913 to 1926, defeated opponents who outweighed him by more than 30 pounds, held the middleweight and light heavyweight titles and beat every Hall of Fame boxer he ever fought. Dubbed "the Pittsburgh Windmill" because of his man...

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Tinclads in the Civil War: Union light-Draught Gunboat Operations on Western Waters, 1862-1865 מאת Myron J. Smith Once the Union Army gained control of the upper rivers of the Mississippi Valley during the first half of 1862, slow and heavy ironclads proved ineffective in patrolling the waters. Hastily outfitted steamboats were covered with thin armor and pressed into duty. These "tinclads" fought Confederate f...

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Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants מאת John Abbott Before establishing himself as the "master of disaster" with the 1970s films The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen created four of television's most exciting and enduring science-fiction series: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time T...

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The Films of Audie Murphy מאת Bob Larkins This work traces Audie Murphy's life as a film actor, including reviews of each of his films from Beyond Glory (1948) to A Time for Dying (1971). A biography of the actor runs from his birthdate (listed as 1924 so he could get into the army a year early, but really 1925) to his three y...

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Frank Borzage: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Romantic מאת Herve Dumont This work brings to readers of English a comprehensive and engaging treatment of one of America's greatest, if largely forgotten, film directors. Dumont's celebrated 1993 study, translated from the French by Jonathan Kaplansky, offers complete coverage of Borzage's entire career--the more than 100 f...

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Daniel Boone and Others on the Kentucky Frontier: Autobiographies and Narratives, 1769-1795 מאת Darren R. Reid This collection of first-hand accounts illuminates life on America's frontier. The voices included range from the legendary Daniel Boone (here, in its entirety, is Boone's autobiography) to a wide array of ordinary settlers, and many of the stories are published here for the first time. Also include...

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The Sociology of Sports: An Introduction מאת Tim Delaney This volume emphasizes the positive aspects of sports and how they affect and are affected by the mores, values, and general culture of a nation. Ranging widely in its scope, this sociological exploration moves from violence, gender, race, religion and economics, to the role of sports in high school...