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1919, The Year Our World Began
$12.56
Argues that 1919, a year of disillusionment, was a turning point in world history, and recounts the political, social, and cultural events of the year Author: Klingaman, William K. Publisher: St Martins Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0312005563 ISBN-13: 9780312005566..
1929: The Year of the Great Crash
$10.08
Captures the drama of the economic climate of 1929, against a backdrop of the world economic and social picture, from the collectivization of Russian peasants to American millworkers striking for the right to unionize Author: Klingaman, William K. Publisher: Harper & Row Binding: Hardcover Language:..
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A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India
$14.70
This book of oral tales from the south Indian region of Kannada represents the culmination of a lifetime of research by A. K. Ramanujan, one of the most revered scholars and writers of his time. The result of over three decades' labor, this long-awaited collection makes available for the first time ..
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delh...
$10.46
A 2012 New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceAn intimate portrait of an invisible man a powerful story of one man’s life that contains multitudes. Like Dave Eggers’s Zeitoun and Alexander Masters’s Stuart, this is a tour de force of narrative reportage.Mohammed Ashraf studied biology, became a b..
A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction i...
$10.27
"[F]illed with rare encounters with Syria's oldest, most elite families. Critics of anthropology's taste for exoticism and marginality will savor this study of upper-class Damascus, a world that is urbane and cosmopolitan, yet in many ways as remote as the settings in which the best ethnography has ..
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genoci...
$10.37
About this book:In 1993, as a 23-year-old correspondent covering the wars in the Balkans, I was initially comforted by the roar of NATO planes flying overhead. President Clinton and other western leaders had sent the planes to monitor the Bosnian war, which had killed almost 200,000 civilians. But i..
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genoci...
$8.42
Discusses America's political stance during the holocausts of the past fifty years, presenting moral arguments for why the United States should change its non-engagement policies to become involved in conflicts involving genocide. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize & the National Book Critics Circle Award..
ABC (Usborne Baby Board Books)
$8.72
Illustrates words that begin with each letter of the alphabet. On board pages. Author: Barlow, Amanda Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd Binding: board_book Language: English ISBN-10: 0746041004 ISBN-13: 9780746041000..
Alfred's Basic Piano Library Lesson Book, Bk 1A: B...
$9.60
This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book Level 1A begins by teaching basic keyboard topography and fluent recognition of white key names in relation to black keys. It focuses on simple rhythms and prepares students for..
All the Colors of the Earth
$8.43
Celebrate the colors of children and the colors of love-not black or white or yellow or red, but roaring brown, whispering gold, tinkling pink, and more.Sheila Hamanaka's All the Colors of the Earth is a classic to share alongside such favorites as We're Different, We're the Same, All Are Welcome, a..
AN Affair of Honor
$9.07
AN Affair of Honor Author: Scott, Amanda Publisher: Signet Binding: mass_market Language: English ISBN-10: 0451131606 ISBN-13: 9780451131607..
Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum: Cra...
$221.85
The bata is one of the most important and representative percussion traditions of the people in southwest Nigeria, and is now learnt and performed around the world. In Cuba, their own bata tradition derives from the Yoruba bata from Africa yet has had far more research attention than its African pre..
Applied Atmospheric Dynamics
$55.79
The weather can be a cause of disruption, despair and even danger everywhere around the world at one time or another. Even when benign it is a source of constant fascination. Applied Atmospheric Dynamics connects this interest with the theoretical underpinnings of fluid dynamics; linking real physic..
Awaken the Spirit Within: 10 Steps to Ignite Your ...
$8.72
From the star of Lifetime's The Last Goodbye.With a unique and refreshing blend of self-help, wisdom, and spiritual insight, Rebecca Rosen helps us “wake up” and start living our lives with divine intention and purpose.We all want to be happy and fulfilled. We want to understand the very point of ou..
Azadi
$66.38
Nahal's first novel. Author: Chaman Nahal Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0395194016 ISBN-13: 9780395194010..
Before Ever After: A Novel
$9.01
"A smartly written romance, mystery and historical adventure all wrapped up in a page-turner that will have you guessing until the very end." - Adena Halpern, author of The Ten Best Days of My LifeThree years after her husband Max's death, Shelley feels no more adjusted to being a widow than she did..
Before Ever After: A Novel
$10.51
"A smartly written romance, mystery and historical adventure all wrapped up in a page-turner that will have you guessing until the very end." - Adena Halpern, author of The Ten Best Days of My LifeThree years after her husband Max's death, Shelley feels no more adjusted to being a widow than she did..
Best Lessons of a Chess Coach
$11.39
An innovative book on game-winning strategy for players at the intermediate level--from a master chess coach. Every truth about chess must be coached in context, and the book's interactive teacher-student dialogue does just that. Weeramantry teaches how to think during a chess game. 300 diagrams. Au..
Biofabrication (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge ...
$11.46
How engineered materials and machines powered by living biological cells can tackle technological challenges in medicine, agriculture, and global security.You are a biological machine whose movement is powered by skeletal muscle, just as a car is a machine whose movement is powered by an engine. If ..
Block by Block: Neighborhoods and Public Policy on...
$35.66
In the decades following World War II, cities across the United States saw an influx of African American families into otherwise homogeneously white areas. This racial transformation of urban neighborhoods led many whites to migrate to the suburbs, producing the phenomenon commonly known as white fl..
Blu's Hanging
$10.15
On the Hawaiian island of Molokai, life goes on for the three young Ogata children after the death of their mother and subsequent emotional withdrawal of their grief and guilt-stricken "Poppy." The eldest at 13, Ivah is now responsible for the safety and well-being of tiny Maisie, vulnerable and mut..
Blu's Hanging
$8.79
Blu's Hanging is the bittersweet story of a group of ragtag orphans reeling from the death of their mother, trying to stay together in the face of almost insurmountable odds. At once savagely funny and deeply moving, lyrical and wise, this novel confirms Yamanaka's reputation as one of the most vibr..
Building Shapes (Learning Center Emergent Readers)
$12.37
Depicts various shapes that can be found in buildings, including triangles, squares, circles, and rectangles. Author: Berger, Samantha Publisher: Scholastic Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0439045851 ISBN-13: 9780439045858..
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the ...
$10.20
"Buried in the Sky is a compelling account of the men who have literally shouldered the rest of the world’s mountaineers up K2." Norman Ollestad, best-selling author of Crazy for the Storm When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as..
Chaining the Hudson: Fight for the River in the Am...
$18.78
HistoryUS History - Revolution Author: Lincoln Diamant Publisher: Carol Pub. Group Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0818405023 ISBN-13: 9780818405020..