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Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Champagne Charlie tells the history of champagne and the thrilling tale of how the go-to celebratory drink of our time made its way to the United States, thanks to the controversial figure of Charles "Champagne Charlie" Heidsieck"--
"Champagne Charlie tells the story of a dashing young Frenchman, Charles Heidsieck, who introduced hard-drinking Americans to champagne in the mid-nineteenth century and became famously known as Champagne Charlie. Ignoring...
82) The history
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
x, 699 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
x, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
A narrative history of western architecture offers insight into its reflection of cultural influences and transformations, documenting some of the most dramatic examples of dynamic western architecture from Notre Dame's cathedral to the Berlin Wall.
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The story of the Donner Party is very much the story of James F. Reed's family, not simply because the Reeds were prominent members, but because they left much documentary evidence: diaries, memoirs, correspondence and letters written en route and interviews shortly after the disaster. The adopted daughter of Reed, Virginia Reed Murphy's memoir is a noteworthy recounting of the Donner party disaster and its gruesome end. Her writing is sprightly,...
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
"In The Making of Home, Flanders traces the evolution of the house from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century across northern Europe and America, showing how the homes we know today bear only a faint resemblance to homes though history. What turned a house into a home? Why did northwestern Europe, a politically unimportant, sociologically underdeveloped region of the world, suddenly became the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution, the capitalist...
Publisher
Yosemite Conservancy
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
viii, 405 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
150 personal reminiscences of Yosemite National Park in honor of the park's 150th anniversary.
"On June 30, 1864, amidst the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant Act to protect Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. This act that set aside the first public parkland for future generations was a legacy for our nation and an inspiration to the world. To honor the 150th anniversary of this milestone, a call went...
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Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais, geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan. Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
viii, 658 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition." In The New York Times Book Review, Michael Lind described the book as "a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time." And in The Washington Post, Gerard DeGrott exclaimed...
93) Henry V
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Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxii, 518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Description
For as long as we have looked to the skies, the question of whether life on Earth is the only life to exist has been at the core of the human experience, driving scientific debate and discovery, shaping spiritual belief, and prompting existential thought across borders and generations. And yet, the idea of extraterrestrial intelligence has been largely seen as a joke, banished to the realm of fantasy and conspiracy. Now, for the first time, the full...
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Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Description
"Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial...
99) The Decameron
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A 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story coveriing 100 tales by ten young people. The bawdy tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Includes tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons and also documents life in 14th-century Italy.
Author
Series
Modern Library chronicles volume 23
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
xxv, 370 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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