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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 850

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Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 0786748990
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143

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A fitting tribute to John B. Keane, for decades Ireland's favorite storyteller, this winning short story collection typifies the late author's folkloric imagination and storytelling arts. These are congenial tales, too, as this literary legend views the foibles and fallibilities of Irish country folk with abundant compassion as well as a shrewd, sometimes sardonic eye. Add to that Keane's glorious sense of fun and roguery that will make readers relish all the more how and why, in "Fred Rimble," Jim Conlon kills the best friend he ever had. Or how Willie Ramley determines that his future wife will be "Guaranteed Pure." Or how, to tragic as well as comic effect, a gasp, garlic, and gossip undo Denny Bruder in "The Hanging." In all, Keane uncovers the folly in the romantic pangs, exalted aspirations, misguided mischief, and everyday shortcomings of the characters in the village of his storyteller's mind-and beyond the folly finds their humanity.

Author: Heather Gladney
Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN: 9780441800834
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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A desert warrior joins forces with the Liege Lord of Tan in hopes of starting a war to regain control of their homeland

Author: Williamson Murray
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400889375
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 617

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How the Civil War changed the face of war The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before seen with an unprecedented mass mobilization of peoples. Yet despite the revolutionizing aspects of the Civil War, its leaders faced the same uncertainties and vagaries of chance that have vexed combatants since the days of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. A Savage War sheds critical new light on this defining chapter in military history. In a masterful narrative that propels readers from the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox, Williamson Murray and Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh bring every aspect of the battlefield vividly to life. They show how this new way of waging war was made possible by the powerful historical forces unleashed by the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution, yet how the war was far from being simply a story of the triumph of superior machines. Despite the Union’s material superiority, a Union victory remained in doubt for most of the war. Murray and Hsieh paint indelible portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and other major figures whose leadership, judgment, and personal character played such decisive roles in the fate of a nation. They also examine how the Army of the Potomac, the Army of Northern Virginia, and the other major armies developed entirely different cultures that influenced the war’s outcome. A military history of breathtaking sweep and scope, A Savage War reveals how the Civil War ushered in the age of modern warfare.

Author: Charles Rearick
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300064339
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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Describes developments in French popular culture between 1914 and 1945, and argues that the harsh times led to the emergence of images glorifying the common Frenchman in songs, film, and popular literature

Author: Barbara Ford
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766064867
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Renowned for his silversmithing, his ride from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn that the British were attacking made Paul Revere famous. However, Paul Revere was also involved with other events that led to the American Revolution.

Author: Norman Hunter
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448158923
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Full of fantastical places like Kumdown Upwardz, Gadzooks and Urgburg-under-Ug, eccentric kings and queens, lessons in kindness, peace and even royal thriftiness, wrapped up in more than a smattering of nonsense, The Dribblesome Teapots brings together ten modern fairy tales to be enjoyed by generation after generation of young readers. Including original illustrations by Fritz Wegner, this is a charming classic of the future.

Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. Library
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 708

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Author: Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott
Publisher: Lark Books
ISBN: 9781579903411
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Contains color photographs and brief descriptions of five hundred contemporary teapots, each including the title of the work and the name of its creator.

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Category : Consular reports
Languages : en
Pages : 1454

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