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When the Railroad Leaves Town: Western United States - Joseph P. Schwieterman - Google Books
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This book tells the story of closing rail lines from historic junctions, aging industrial centers, agricultural villages, and familiar tourist destinations throughout the eastern half of the United States. Joseph Schwieterman takes a look at events that…
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Language in Time of Revolution - Benjamin Harshav - Google Books
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This book deals with two remarkable events--the worldwide transformations of the Jews in the modern age and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language. It is a book about social and cultural history addressed not only to the professional historian, and a…
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Common Cold - Google Books
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The common cold is unlike any other human disease because of two f- tors: firstly, it is arguably the most common human disease and, secondly, it is one of the most complex diseases because of the number of viruses that cause the familiar syndrome of…
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Modern Geometries: Non-Euclidean, Projective, and Discrete - Michael Henle - Google Books
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Engaging, accessible, and extensively illustrated, this brief, but solid introduction to modern geometry describes geometry as it is understood and used by contemporary mathematicians and theoretical scientists. Basically non-Euclidean in approach, it…
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The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia - Google Books
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This is the fifth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series. The series is devoted to major regions of the world, each presenting a detailed and up-to-date body of scientific knowledge concerning a particular region. Fennoscandia is composed of…
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Breverton's Phantasmagoria: A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and Legends - Terry Breverton - Google Books
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From dragons and wyverns to vampires, werewolves and mischievous gremlins, pixies and fairies, Breverton's Phantasmagoria is a unique compendium of over 250 mythical animals. Prepare to revisit familiar myths, such as vampires, werewolves and the Loch Ness…
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Beyond the Terror: Essays in French Regional and Social History 1794-1815 - Google Books
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Richard Cobb is one of the most active and influential English historians of France. During a long career of research and writing, his interest has ranged from the Revolution to Vichy. He is especially renowned for his seminal work on the popular movement…
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The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the ... - Karma Waltonen, Denise Du Vernay - Google Books
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The object of much debate, attention, and scholarship since it first aired more than 20 years ago, The Simpsons provides excellent, if unexpected, fodder for high school and college lesson plans. After all, laughing students are hardly sleeping students!…
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Hitomaro: Poet As God - Anne Commons - Google Books
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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (fl. ca. 690) is generally regarded as one of the pre-eminent poets of premodern Japan. While most existing scholarship on Hitomaro is concerned with his poetry, this study foregrounds the process of his reception and canonization as…
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Hitomaro: Poet As God - Anne Commons - Google Books
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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (fl. ca. 690) is generally regarded as one of the pre-eminent poets of premodern Japan. While most existing scholarship on Hitomaro is concerned with his poetry, this study foregrounds the process of his reception and canonization as…