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Memoirs of My Life and Writings
By Edward Gibbon. 1984
Kill the Cowboy: A Battle of Mythology in the New West
By Sharman Apt Russell. 1993
Cixi: Evil Empress of China?
By Sean Price. 2008
The Last Lobster: Boom or Bust for Maine's Greatest Fishery?
By Christopher White. 2018
From the author of Skipjack The Melting World comes a mystery the curious boom in America …
s beloved lobster industry and its probable crashMaine lobstermen have happened upon a bonanza along their rugged picturesque coast For the past five years the lobster population along the coast of Maine has boomed resulting in a lobster harvest six times the size of the record catch from the 1980s an event unheard of in fisheries In a detective story scientists and fishermen explore various theories for the glut Leading contenders are a sudden lack of predators and a recent wedge of warming waters which may disrupt the reproductive cycle a consequence of climate change Christopher White s The Last Lobster follows three lobster captains Frank Jason and Julie one the few female skippers in Maine as they haul and set thousands of traps Unexpectedly boom may turn to bust as the captains must fight a warming ocean volatile prices and rough weather to keep their livelihood afloat The three captains work longer hours trying to make up in volume what they lack in price As a result there are 3 million lobster traps on the bottom of the Gulf of Maine while Frank Jason and others call for a reduction of traps This may in boost prices The Maine lobstering towns are among the first American communities to confront global warming and the survival of the Maine Coast depends upon their efforts It may be an uphill battle to create a sustainable catch as high temperatures are already displacing lobsters northward toward Canadian waters out of reach of American fishermen The last lobster may be just aheadWellington: The Iron Duke
By Richard Holmes. 2003
In this compelling biography, Richard Holmes charts the life of the Duke of Wellington, Britain's greatest soldier. He follows Wellington's…
remarkable career, from the ruins of his family seat in Ireland and the plains of India where he first gained his reputation as a brilliant commander, to the horrors of the Peninsular War and Waterloo. Holmes sees Wellington as a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, War and Waterloo. Holmes sees Wellington as a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, cynical in love, a man of enormous courage and iron duty often sickened by the horrors of war.Founder of the Khalsa: The Life and Times of Guru Gobind Singh
By Amardeep S. Dahiya. 2014
This book encapsulates the exceptionally eventful and vibrant life of the guru that will provoke thought and debate even in…
today s times Guru Gobind Singh Founder of the Khalsa saint warrior par excellence poignant poet philosopher soulful human being was the illustrious Tenth Guru of the Sikhs This extensively researched book goes beyond the established events that broadly include the untimely assassination of Guru Teg Bahadur Guru Gobind Singh s coronation the battles of Bhangani and Nadaun his stay in Paonta and Anandpur and the historic creation of the Khalsa The book talks about other events that sought to widely establish the Khalsa including the battle of Nirmohgarh the siege and evacuation of Anandpur the battles of Chamkaur Khidrana and Muktsar his Zafarnama to Aurangzeb and subsequent meeting with Bahadur Shah Zafar in Agra Most importantly it provides some unknown facts about the anointment of the holy book of the Sikhs the Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal guiding light Guru Gobind Singh s prowess as a warrior of immense distinction is well-recorded besides his understanding of military strategy and execution the book brings to light his love for literature scriptures and languages his philosophical judicious and humane thought and is a tribute to the great saint and seeks to outline the historical life times and events of Guru Gobind Singh in intricate detailsWater: 100 Energy-Saving Tips for the Home
By Jon Clift, Amanda Cuthbert. 2007
An Autobiography or the Story of My Experiments with Truth
By Mahatma Gandhi. 1927
Francisco Pizarro: Destroyer of the Inca Empire
By John Diconsiglio. 2009
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
By James Rumford. 2004
The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary idea-to create a writing system for…
the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers and writers. The task he set for himself was daunting. Sequoyah knew no English and had no idea how to capture speech on paper. But slowly and painstakingly, ignoring the hoots and jibes of his neighbors and friends, he worked out a system that surprised the Cherokee Nation-and the world of the 1820s-with its beauty and simplicity. James Rumford's Sequoyah is a poem to celebrate literacy, a song of a people's struggle to stand tall and proud. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award.Slavery and African Ethnicities in the Americas: Restoring the Links
By Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. 2005
Drawing on a wide range of materials in four languages as well as on a lifetime of study of slave…
groups in the New World, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall explores the persistence of African ethnic identities among the enslaved over four hundred years of the Atlantic slave trade. Hall traces the linguistic, economic, and cultural ties shared by large numbers of enslaved Africans, showing that despite the fragmentation of the diaspora, many ethnic groups retained enough cohesion to communicate and to transmit elements of their shared culture.Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia
By Zu Vincent. 2009
Legendary Locals of Idaho Falls
By Paul Menser. 2015
In 1864, a stage line driver named Matt Taylor and two associates decided Black Rock Canyon was the place for…
a toll bridge to handle traffic to and from Montana. The following year, their bridge opened and a town called Eagle Rock took shape. With the coming of the railroad, trains brought everyone from saloon keeper Dick Chamberlain to temperance crusader Rebecca Mitchell. To project a more genteel air, Eagle Rock became Idaho Falls in 1891. Joseph Clark, the first mayor, and newspaper publisher William Wheeler were just two of the people who helped pave the streets and turn on the lights. After assiduous wooing by boosters such as Bill Holden, D.V. Groberg, and E.F. McDermott, the Atomic Energy Commission in 1949 chose Idaho Falls for the headquarters of its National Reactor Testing Station. Today, Idaho Falls is a vital trading and service center with two hospitals, a professional baseball team, symphony orchestra, and world-class museum. It is also the hometown of some remarkable people who have gone out in the world to make names for themselves.Legendary Locals of Ashland (Legendary Locals)
By Sam Wheeler. 2015
A century and a half of close-knitted community spirit, independent-mindedness, and a strong sense of stewardship have uniquely melded into…
present-day Ashland. Behind that patchwork of local ingenuity, artistry, and infamy are the faces of thousands--too many of whom are not mentioned within the pages of this book. There were hundreds of generations of Shasta Native American families that lived off the hills and creeks where Ashland now sprawls, but their abodes were abandoned and replaced by the lumber and flour mills, cleared streets, and painted homes of Ashland Mills. The sense of spirit and enthusiasm instilled by Ashland's early settlers bred the town's participation in the Chautauqua cultural movement, the remnants of which harbor Ashland's world-renown Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which paved the way for a former mill town's future prosperity. That spirit of ingenuity and artistry continues to shape Ashland and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the quaint town nestled below the mighty crest of Siskiyou Pass along the Oregon-California border.Indians of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coming of the White Man to the Present Day
By Vine Deloria. 1977
Napoleon in Love
By R. F. Delderfield. 1959
Airborne: A Sentimental Journey
By William F. Buckley. 1976
Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary
By Gao Wenqian. 2007
When Gao Wenqian first published this groundbreaking, provocative biography in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the People’s Republic.…
Using classified documents spirited out of the China, he offers an objective human portrait of the real Zhou Enlai, the premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. Often touted as “the last perfect revolutionary,” Zhou is “a modern saint” who offered protection to his people during the Cultural Revolution, and an icon who allows modern Chinese to find an admirable figure in what was a traumatic and bloody era. But his greatest gift was to survive, at almost any price, thanks to his acute understanding of where political power resided at any one time.Re/Uses: 2133 Ways to Recycle and Reuse the Things You Ordinarily Throw Away
By Carolyn Jabs. 1982
The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
By Robert B. Asprey. 2000
Ever since 1821, when he died at age fifty-one on the forlorn and windswept island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte…
has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first volume of a two-volume cradle-to-grave biography, Robert Asprey instead treats him as a human being. Asprey tells this fascinating, tragic tale in lush narrative detail. The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte is an exciting, reckless thrill ride as Asprey charts Napoleon's vertiginous ascent to fame and the height of power. Here is Napoleon as he was-not saint, not sinner, but a man dedicated to and ultimately devoured by his vision of himself, his empire, and his world.