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It is 1835 deep in the Mexican state of Texas, the once peaceful city of Bexar, with its fiestas and fandangos, has come under attack by Mexican General Santa Anna who is determined to bend the Bexarenos to his will. They are determined to do theirs. Already there has been house to house fighting with fatalities. How much more can the citizens of Bexar endure?
Many Bexarenos face a difficult choice: fight to free Texas from Santa Anna's tyrannical...
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From the late 1940s to the mid-1970s, Richard Nixon was a polarizing figure in American politics, admired for his intelligence, savvy, and strategic skill, and reviled for his shady manner and cutthroat tactics. Conrad Black, whose epic biography of FDR was widely acclaimed as a masterpiece, now separates the good in Nixon -- his foreign initiatives, some of his domestic policies, and his firm political hand -- from the sinister, in a book likely...
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From the author of Crying, a witty, wide-ranging cultural history of our attitudes toward work-and getting out of it
Couch potatoes, goof-offs, freeloaders, good-for-nothings, loafers, and loungers: ever since the Industrial Revolution, when the work ethic as we know it was formed, there has been a chorus of slackers ridiculing and lampooning the pretensions of hardworking respectability. Reviled by many, heroes to others, these layabouts stretch...
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The year 2020 was unlike any other year in history. Four new epic crises, which developed simultaneously and unexpectedly, terrorized and isolated us. One, the coronavirus pandemic began early in the year and, with a vaccine only a hopeful dream, it quickly spiraled out of control. Two, state and household budgets melted down as businesses across America failed, some never to reopen, which left us facing an unthinkable choice: save the economy, which...
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My name is Georgia, stage name Ophelia. I'm a well-heeled terrier-hound with a taste for chicken, mozzarella, Chardonnay, and peanut butter-bacon biscotti. I've scaled Rocky Mountains, eaten fresh-caught fish on a Key West Christmas Eve Beach, been chased by Coyote and almost caught, and run over and dragged half a block by a Cadillac Coupe DeVille. I've wandered the New Mexican desert in search of ancient wisdoms, ambled Boston's Freedom Trail asking...
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A surprising and sweeping history that reveals the fur trade to be the driving force behind conquest, colonization, and revolution in early America
Combining the epic saga of Hampton Sides's Blood and Thunder with the natural history of Mark Kurlansky's Cod, popular historian Alan Axelrod reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal-the beaver-played in the creation of our nation. The author masterfully relays a story often neglected by conventional...
8) The Hopi
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Living in the Four Corners region of the Southwest, the Hopi are a Native American nation who still occupy part of their native lands. Many Hopi continue to live as their ancestors did long ago. This title will introduce readers to the Hopi, how they once lived, how they live today, and the challenges they face in the future. Readers will find features that reinforce the main text while also adding valuable additional information, including maps,...
9) The Shawnee
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The Shawnee once lived across the eastern United States. They thrived as a fierce group of warriors, farmers, hunters and gatherers, and traders. Today, the three Shawnee tribes are located in different parts of Oklahoma where they continue to carry on their culture. Inside this fact-filled title about the Shawnee, readers will learn how the Shawnee once lived, how their lives changed when Europeans arrived, and how they thrive today. Fascinating...
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Top Gun was only part of the story. Fly Navy delves beyond the Hollywood image to reveal the true mettle and genuine story of the elite men and women of naval aviation.
For one hundred years, the U.S. Navy's aviators and crews have made the difference on military and peacetime missions around the world. Their unparalleled skill, preparation, and everyday dedication have paid off when it matters most: when lives are on the line. Together, these men...
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Chris Martin ducked through the waiting crowd to peer down into Lockport's Deep Cut, that fateful autumn evening in 1825. Then in the silence came the sound of Lake Erie waters lapping through the cut to fill the last stretch of the Erie Canal! Cannon boomed, people cheered, and Chris grinned with pride. The canal was finished, and he had been a part of it! Chris thought of the boats on which he had worked his way from Albany to Lockport - the packet...
12) Influenza
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Have you ever heard of the Spanish Flu, the greatest tragedy in human history?Have you ever imagined living with a new pandemic on your skin?Before the coronavirus, AIDS, and Ebola, few people knew the true story of the 1918 pandemic, the deadliest virus of all time-even more so than the famous "Black Plague."Knowing the history of one of the worst pandemics of all time can help you better understand the present and future of human diseases, why...
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A quarter-century after its first publication, A Shopkeeper's Millennium remains a landmark work--brilliant both as a new interpretation of the intimate connections among politics, economy, and religion during the Second Great Awakening, and as a surprising portrait of a rapidly growing frontier city. The religious revival that transformed America in the 1820s, making it the most militantly Protestant nation on earth and spawning reform movements...
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West presents a fascinating analysis of the first famous American to erase the boundary between real history and entertainment
Canada, and Europe. Crowds cheered as cowboys and Indians--and Annie Oakley!--galloped past on spirited horses, sharpshooters exploded glass balls tossed high in the air, and cavalry troops arrived just in time to save a stagecoach from Indian attack. Vivid posters on billboards everywhere made William...
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A mind-boggling investigation of the allpervasive, constantly morphing presence of the Pentagon in daily life-a real-world Matrix come alive
Here is the new, hip, high-tech military-industrial complex-an omnipresent, hidden-in-plain-sight system of systems that penetrates all our lives.
From iPods to Starbucks to Oakley sunglasses, historian Nick Turse explores the Pentagon's little-noticed contacts (and contracts) with the products and companies...
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Though united today, America has not always stood together. This hi-lo title looks at the war that split the country apart. Engaging text takes reluctant readers from Fort Sumter to Appomattox and all the major battles in between while discussing the cause of the war, strategies involved, and hardships faced. Features map out which states were on either side, highlight influential leaders, and visually display the costs of war. This look into one...
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Daniel Trezevant was a respected physician of Columbia, South Carolina, in his late eighteen-sixties. In February 1865 he had just delivered the baby of a frail mother, when U.S. soldiers, who had been busy robbing the house, burst into the room declaring that they wanted to see a "Rebel born." Later that evening, he witnessed other heroes in blue torching his and neighbours' houses, while preventing him from rescuing the portrait of his son killed...
18) The History of the Implementation of the Library Computer System (LCS) at the University of Illin
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Originally the author's thesis for a master's degree at Illinois State University, this work examines the history fo library automation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from the earliest beginnings through the implementation of the Library Computer System (LCS) under the leadership of Hugh Atkinson to the creation of the ILLINET Online (IO) system. All of the chainges are studied in teh contest of the Illinois Board of Higher education...
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A haunting historical mystery based on real life events, told in the alternating points of view of a contemporary girl and a 19th century slave accused of a horrible crime.
When Lila and her family visit Laurel Oaks Plantation in Louisiana, her parents and brother scoff at the claim that the house is haunted. But secretly, Lila suspects there are ghostly presences willing to communicate with her, and her alone. One spirit eager to tell her story...
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The Indianapolis Colts have existed as a franchise for more than 70 years! In this hi-lo title, young readers will learn about the long history of this team through leveled text and vibrant images. Special features show off the team's stadium, notable players, and major wins. The book ends with a two-page spread highlighting more facts about the team through a timeline of key events, a list of team records, and more. Young football fans will not want...
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