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21 Aldgate

A Novel
by Patricia Friedburg

When young Clara Simon suddenly quit her steady job in Ernest Maxwell Abbott's law firm over his increasingly shabby treatment of Jewish clients, she soon realized the seriousness of her actions. Givi...       more...

ISBN 9781568251240
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A Brief History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

by Prof. Piero Pierotti


'A Brief History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa' was originally written by Prof. Piero Pierotti , a professor of Art and Architectural history at the University of Pisa, who has spent a good portion...       more...

ISBN 9781427605115
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A Song For The World

by Frank McGee

Few men, and even fewer entertainers, have impacted world events like the Colwell Brothers and Herb Allen. They played to cheering audiences across the globe, from intimate gatherings in the huts of r...       more...

ISBN 9780978794804
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A Star to Steer Her By

by Tommie Spear

Kelly Spear had dreamed all his life of sailing around the world on his beloved 37-foot sloop, Vagabundita. His wife, Tommie, loved him enough to make the dream come true. At an age when most people a...       more...

ISBN 9780978604943
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Attack Bombers We Need You!

by Ralph Conte

A History of the 416th Bombardment Group (L) flying A-20 and A-26 Twin Engine Bombers in the European Theater of Operations. The formation of the group and every one of the 285 combat missions flown i...       more...

ISBN 9780971238701
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Barry Goldwater (Hardcover)

by Marilyn Myrick Watson

Barry Goldwater was known as Mr. Arizona. He served the people of Arizona and the United States as a United States Senator for thirty years. During that time, he served with seven Presidents of the Un...       more...

ISBN 9780978828349
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Barry Goldwater (Paperback)

by Marilyn Myrick Watson

Barry Goldwater was known as Mr. Arizona. He served the people of Arizona and the United States as a United States Senator for thirty years. During that time, he served with seven Presidents of the Un...       more...

ISBN 9780979082603
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Before Departing

by A.H. Krieg

Before Departing a few words, is a compilation of published Essays, letters and articles all stemming from the turn of the 21st century. Written by A. H. Krieg and published in magazines, newspapers, ...       more...

ISBN 9780974850283
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Benjamin Franklin

by EZ comics

EZ Comics presents Benjamin Franklin – a graphical novel showing the life of one of the Greatest Personages in American History in pictures. He was a scientist. He was an inventor. He was an entrepren...       more...

ISBN 9780979588723
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Black Man's Grave

Letters from Sierra Leone
by Gary Stewart and John Amman

Was it really all about diamonds? Sierra Leone was ripe for revolution; the Revolutionary United Front just didn't know how to pull it off. Meet the greedy politicians who hijacked Sierra Leone's fled...       more...

ISBN 9780979080821
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Black Trilogy Plus

A Collection of plays on different eras in African American Life and History
by Dorothy R. Swygert

Black Trilogy Plus, a golden treasure of plays highlighting three major epochs in African American history and culture. Lest We Forget (1860s), slavery portrayed through the lens of the slave master,...       more...

ISBN 9780964873735
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Boldt Castle: In Search of the Lost Story

by Paul Malo

Each summer some quarter-million people visit Boldt Castle and learn its tragic love story. Louise Boldt, forty-one years old and mother of two, died just as her husband was attaining great wealth and...       more...

ISBN 9780966972900
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Chalmette

by Charles Patton

Now you will understand WHY the British attacked us at the Battle of New Orleans. This book shows how the United States nearly lost the Louisiana Territory at the end of the War of 1812. After twenty-...       more...

ISBN 9780970910400
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Chief Joseph - Hardcover

by Diana Yates

Part of the acclaimed "Unsung Americans" series for young adult readers. Chief Joseph called for equal rights for people of all races, and pressed for peace even as his people were being driven from t...       more...

ISBN 9780962338090
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Chief Joseph - Paperback

by Diana Yates

Part of the acclaimed "Unsung Americans" series for young adult readers. Chief Joseph called for equal rights for people of all races, and pressed for peace even as his people were being driven from t...       more...

ISBN 9780962338083
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Civil War, The

The American Civil War 1861-1865 Comics
by EZ comics

EZ Comics presents The Civil War – a graphical novel showing the history of the greatest war fought on the American soil in pictures. The American Civil War was and remains to this day, the bloodiest ...       more...

ISBN 9780979588716
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CORRY: A D-Day Survivor's Stories About the Destroyer that Led the Normandy Invasion

by Kevin McKernon

World War II - June 6, 1944: D-Day - the Allied invasion of occupied Europe. After leading the massive invasion armada to France, off Utah Beach the destroyer USS Corry (DD-463) engaged in a fi...       more...

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Courage After the Crash

by Glenn J. Kashurba, M.D.

Courage After the Crash is the definitive chronicle of the aftermath of the United Flight 93.

On September 11, 2001, the courageous passengers and crew of Flight 93 began the defense of the USA...       more...

ISBN 9780972103169
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Cucumbers Have Thorns and Snakes Love Strawberries

by Jancie E. Sullivan

As a 5 year-old child, Janice could have never known what mayhem and destruction her life would lead her to. Riddled by tragedy and death, she would find herself back in the arms of the man who had ta...       more...

ISBN 9780979682704
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Days of Elijah - Revised

A True Story by Eliza Earsman
by Eliza Earsman

POWERFUL, DISTURBING, AUTHENTICATED NON-FICTION!

Despite failed attempts to silence this author, details emerge of the spiritual contentions and intentions of Britain’s Mountbatten-Windsor Roya...       more...

ISBN 9780955624827
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Enoch Train Pioneers, The

The Trek of the First Two Handcart Companies
by Robert O. Day

Just imagine hundreds of people leaving their homes. Liverpool, England becomes the starting place for those routed to the Americas to join other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sa...       more...

ISBN 9781890905162
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Faded Contrails

by Trey Brandt

This book details the actual accounts of 20 military aircraft crashes that occurred in the remote deserts and rugged highlands of Arizona from 1942-1977. Each story looks into the events leading up to...       more...

ISBN 9780967118765
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Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass, prominent abolitionist, civil rights activist and reform journalist, was raised in the malicious system of slavery. Frederick was brought to the nearby wheat plantation of Colonel ...       more...

ISBN 9780977988327
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Future of the American Negro, The

by Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) was an African American political leader, educator and author. He was one of the dominant figures in African American history in the United States from 1890 to...       more...

ISBN 9780981656137
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Grace Notes: A Story of Music, Trials & Unexpected Blessings

by Sange-Eun Lee Bukaty

A first-generation Korean-American mother’s memoir of her journey from growing up in Korea and earning national fame as a cellist, to adjusting to a new life in a foreign land and raising second-gener...       more...

ISBN 9780578015460
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Greatest Visionary, The

The True Columbus
by William H. Brown

There is scarcely a person alive who has not been possessed of a youthful urge to do something different, to accomplish what has not been done before, a thing about which other only dream, and to make...       more...

ISBN 9780982298510
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It Happened in Woodstock

by Anita M. Smith and Smith/Blelock

Popularized and updated version of Anita M. Smith's classic, Woodstock: History and Hearsay. Completely executed in reverse lithography, with cobalt blue ink. Tells the story of Woodstock, New York fr...       more...

ISBN 9780967926810
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Last Pharaoh, The

Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Obama Age
by Aladdin Elaasar

This book covers Egypt's modern history since 1952 with chronology of Ancient Egyptian history to the present day. It focuses on the Mubarak regime and predicts its downfall and what can unfold in the...       more...

ISBN 9780615300702
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Life of Lincoln

by John Hugh Bowers

A biography of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansio...       more...

ISBN 9780981656106
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Look What Happened While You Were Sleeping

by A friend of Medjugorje

After the French and Indian War (1763), the King of England disallowed an act made by the Colony of Virginia's assembly. In a lawsuit, a young lawyer by the name of Patrick Henry declared that the kin...       more...

ISBN 9781878909091
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Man Who Fell From the Sky, The

by William Norris

The true story of the gaudy life and bizarre demise of 20's tycoon Alfred Loewenstein -- and the modern-day quest to solve the tantalizing mystery of his death.
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ISBN 9780744303036
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Memories of Times Past

Stories and Photos Recalling Life in the Early 20th Century
by Marta Hiatt

Memories of Times Past is a nostalgic collection of stories and photos recalling life in the 20th century. This is a sentimental journey about radio days, stay-at-home moms, strict rules of etiquett...       more...

ISBN 9780962092947
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Mother's Signature, The

A Journal of Dreams
by Bernard W. Bail, M.D.

"Our unconscious is our universe...." - Bernard W. Bail, M.D. Dr. Bernard Bail used his unique method of dream analysis to allow patients to access all aspects of their mental, emotional, physical and...       more...

ISBN 9780979548581
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Mount Dorans, The

African American History Notes Of A Florida Town
by Vivian Owens

"African American History notes of a Florida Town" brings real people to life. Meet a woman who escaped slaver three times before settling in Mount Dora....       more...

ISBN 9780962383984
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North Africa: Sounds of War

by Richard Todd

Richard Todd unfolds the real story of "North Africa", part of a collection of cassettes that tell the stories of World War II....       more...

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Oldest Europeans, The

Who are we? Where do we come from? What made European women different?
by J. F. del Girogio

What made Europe unique? DNA tests show that only a few hardy, female-structured families survived the coldest episode of the Ice Age. Most Europeans are their descendants. Paleolithic females decided...       more...

ISBN 9789806898004
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Other Side!, The

The Life Journey of a Young Girl through Nazi Germany
by Inge Myrick

Now in its second edition, this memoir captures a young woman's coming of age in Nazi Germany. Inge's family tried to isolate itself from Hitler's destructive policies, but the young girl who presente...       more...

ISBN 9780979253133
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Over the River - Book/DVD Combo

by Constance L. Jackson

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Over the River sweeps the viewer back into the social upheaval of 19th-century America and the tumultuous life of Lydia Maria Child, a popular writer of children's litera...       more...

ISBN 9780981820415
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Over The River - Book/DVD Combo

by Constance L. Jackson

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Over the River sweeps the viewer back into the social upheaval of 19th-century America and the tumultuous life of Lydia Maria Child, ...       more...

ISBN 9780981820415
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Over The River... - DVD

by Narrated by - Diahann Carroll

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Over the River sweeps the viewer back into the social upheaval of 19th-century America and the tumultuous life of Lydia Maria Child, a popular writer of children's litera...       more...

ISBN 9780981820422
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Over the River... - DVD

by Narrated by - Diahann Carroll

UNIVERSITIES/SCHOOLS & FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ORDERS ONLY

Over the River sweeps the viewer back into the social upheaval of 19th-century America and the tumultuous life of Lydia Maria Child, ...       more...

ISBN 9780981820422
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Over The River... Life of Lydia Maria Child

by Constance L. Jackson

Over the River sweeps the viewer back into the social upheaval of 19th-century America and the tumultuous life of Lydia Maria Child, a popular writer of children's literature and domestic advice whose...       more...

ISBN 9780981820408
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Passport To Life

Autobiographical Reflections on the Holocaust
by Emanuel Tanay, M.D.

This is a book about a teenager's struggle to stay alive in a culture of death. It tells the story of a young adult who, after the ordeal of the Holocaust, lived a good life. It ends with an old man w...       more...

ISBN 9780976026303
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Phoenicians

Lebanon's Epic Heritage
by Sanford Holst

This is the most complete history of the Phoenicians assembled to date, and includes new research by leading scholars of the Mediterranean. Since the Phoenicians were involved with the Greeks, Romans ...       more...

ISBN 9781887263306
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Quiet Courage

The Definitive Account of Flight 93 and It's Aftermath
by Glenn J. Kashurba, M.D.

"Dr. Kashurba, in Courage After the Crash, used first-person accounts to help us understand how a rural county in Western Pennsylvania responded to a disaster that, literally, fell out of the sky.
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ISBN 9780972103190
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River is Mine, The

John Powell's 1869 Exploration of the Green and Colorado Rivers and The Grand Canyon
by Ardian Gill

Ardian Gill's novel tells the story of John Wesley Powell's 1869 exploration of the Green and Colorado Rivers and the Grand Canyon. It is the adventure of ten men shooting rapids and painstakingly car...       more...

ISBN 9780971660700
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Roots of the 1969 Woodstock Festival

The Backstory to "Woodstock"
by Weston Blelock and Julia Blelock; Foreword by Bob Fass

On August 9, 2008, a panel symposium and contemporary Sound-Out took place in Woodstock, New York. The wide-ranging discussion chronicled the events leading up to the world-famous Woodstock Music and ...       more...

ISBN 9780967926858
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San Diego Padres Complete History 1969-2002, The

by Nelson Papucci

Stories, pictures, stats, quotes… It's all here! The complete history of your San Diego Padres. See rare photos of the 'Washington' uniforms, which the Padres designed for their move in 1974! How wa...       more...

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Schooldays at Milner-Rosenwald Academy

"Remember the time..."
by Sarah Luther

A Photo Story of life in a segregated southern town....       more...

ISBN 9781929221004
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Short Side of the Triangle

A Family Saga Set In The Pre-Civil Rights South
by Ingrid Landis-Davis

In the 1940s pre-civil rights south, this novel tells the struggles of a young WWII hero and local star athlete's attempt to pursue his baseball career and the love of his life, amid interference from...       more...

ISBN 9781419641541
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Strange Disappearance of Jim Thompson, The

and Stories of Other Expats in Southeast Asia
by Harold Stephens

The disappearance of Jim Thompson is one of the most baffling mysteries that has come out of the Far East. The story told here is even more interesting because the author met Jim Thompson, and a few d...       more...

ISBN 9780964252172
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Struggle for Survival, The

an historical, political, and socioeconomic perspective of St. Lucia
by Dr. Anderson Reynolds

Dr. Anderson Reynolds long awaited book, The Struggle For Survival: an historical, political, and socioeconomic perspective of St. Lucia, eloquently retells the story of the tragic 1993 banana strike ...       more...

ISBN 9780970443229
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Touchdown

The Story of the Cornell Bear
by John H. Foote

Most Cornellians believe that a bear has been the mascot of the Big Redathletic teams and a symbol of Cornell since the University’s earliestdays. The fact is a bear, and a real live bear at that, mad...       more...

ISBN 9780615195162
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Under Wraps

One Soldier's Hidden Diary of WWII
by Jay Coffman, Edited by Tom Fulks

Under Wraps: the wartime diary of foot soldier Jay Coffman, who served in the South Pacific throughout World War II. The diary is a compelling story of war, intermingled with moving vignettes of fami...       more...

ISBN 9781890905521
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Voices Of The Land - Video Tape

55 minute VHS-Video
by Debra Natyzak

The Great Northwest of New Jersey is presented in geological and historical perspective from 1.5 billion years ago to the present.

Just in case you missed a part of that time span...local hist...       more...

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Ways We Choose, The

by Dave Carey

Retired Navy pilot Dave Carey tells the story of how he and his fellow POWs survived more than five years in the prisons of North Vietnam. He analyzes the strengths and strategies that made their surv...       more...

ISBN 9781581510423
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Woodstock: History and Hearsay

by Anita M. Smith

This first official history of the town documents the run-up of events that culminated in the iconic Woodstock Festival of 1969, and serves as a reminder of the values and artistic impulses that under...       more...

ISBN 9780967926841
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Woody Guthrie: American Balladeer

by Janelle Yates

Part of the acclaimed "Unsung Americans" series for young adult readers Besides composing American classics such as "This Land Is Your Land," Woody Guthrie crisscrossed the nation, living and singing ...       more...

ISBN 9780962338052
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