Eye of the North

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael J. JarvisIn an exploration of the oceanic connections of the Atlantic world, Michael J. Jarvis recovers a mariner's...

Hydro-Quebec manages one of the largest power grids in North America. Combining a reporters' style with thought, philosophy and a touch of humour, ...

Reducere. - Presenting more than 200 masterpieces from an extraordinary collection of Asian art, housed in an 18th-century palace in Lisbon- A lavish and inf...

Reducere. Classic North Carolina stoneware pots--with their rich textures, monochromatic glazes, and minimal decoration--belong to one of America's most reve...

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Between 2009 and 2014, as the US contemplated the election of Barack Obama and endured the effects of the Great Recession, Matthew Frye Jacobson se...

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Reducere. Museum exhibitions focusing on Native American history have long been curator controlled. However, a shift is occurring, giving Indigenous people a...

Reducere. Renowned ceramic artist Karen Karnes has created some of the most iconic pottery of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The body o...

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Reducere. A trailblazer for women photographers in the South, North Carolina's Bayard Wootten (1875-1959) overcame economic hardship, gender discrimination, ...

Reducere. Recent scholarship on slavery has explored the lives of enslaved people beyond the watchful eye of their masters. Building on this work and the stu...

Reducere. The first Latin American to receive a Nobel Prize for Literature, the Chilean writer Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) is often characterized as a heali...

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Reducere. Former Dean of the Yale School of Art, Richard Benson has been a photographer for more than four decades, but until now his art often took a back s...

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Reducere. In December 1885, under the watchful eye of Mark Twain, the publishing firm of Charles L. Webster and Company released the first volume of the Pers...

Educated in England, David Adjaye's lifelong dream was to return to Africa as an architect to document the continent's built environment. Over a de...

Reducere. THE LAST DRAGONS IN THE KINGDOM WERE KILLED A HALF CENTURY AGO.At least that's what twelve-year-old Eliana has grown up hearing. Imagine her surpri...

Reducere. Bagels, deli sandwiches and gefilte fish are only a few of the Jewish foods to have crossed into American culture and onto American plates. Rhapsod...

Reducere. Candor, North Carolina. The town barber brandishes a copy of the May 1927 Charlotte Observer-on the front page, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. L...

Reducere. David Thompson is a hero in Canada, yet has remained largely unknown in the United States. Between 1801 and 1812, this fur trader, explorer, and ca...

Reducere. T'ovma Metsobets'i (Thomas of Metsoph)'s History describes events taking place on the Armenian highlands and in Georgia during the Turco-Mongol inv...

Reducere. Ten Days That Shook the World (1919) is a book by the American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917, w...

Reducere. Camões (ca.1524/25-1580) is the national poet of Portugal, with a status in the Lusophone world akin to that of Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes and G...

Reducere. This book reconstructs the way of life of the Taino Indians in 1492. The first half is an ethnohistory of the Taino and other tribes of the West In...

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Reducere. Can their love survive two very different cultures?Lily Walsh has never imagined anything like America. From supermarkets and swimsuits to the way ...

Reducere. The true story of a self-taught Shakespeare sleuth's quest to prove his eye-opening theory about the source of the world's most famous plays, takin...

The Academic Archive: Vol 2; Pretty Purdie: Bernard Purdie; Bob James Calling; Two Brothers With Beats: Mr. Walt and Evil Dee; Old School: First Ph...

Reducere. A thrilling insight into international geopolitics by one of the world's leading experts, examining the past, future, and present meaning of border...

Reducere. These traditional Native American stories along with related activities show parents and teachers how to teach children the importance of wildlife ...

A "highly readable and compelling" account (Science) of brainwashing's pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries "A fascinating ac...

Reducere. "This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. ...

Reducere. 5 Minute Bedtime Story Book with 80 Hand Drawn Illustrations to Color In40 Christmas Themed Bedtime Stories80 Illustrations to Color In (2 for each...

Reducere. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is the orphaned foster son of a failed doctor on the run from his father's debt. In 1849, he travels to Independen...

Reducere. DescriptionBuffalo-Style Gardens is a one-of-a-kind, offbeat garden design book that showcases the wildly inventive gardens and gardeners of Buffal...

Imagine having the ability to draw any subject with precision, detail and expression. With Claudia's help, you can do it In How to See, How to Draw...

Reducere. This is a book about how medieval weapons were used, according to medieval people who used them. It discusses the use of eight weapons or weapon co...

Reducere. Many people talk about the "bad apples" in policing. Kelly Donovan was an outstanding "good apple" within a Canadian police service, when she blew ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ronald GoodmanEditor: Alan SeegerThroughout the Americas, Native North American groups throughout the hemisphere have been ...

Reducere. A unique divination deck based on the authentic backwoods traditions, folklore, and superstitions of Appalachia. For centuries, people living in Ap...

Reducere. When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuver...

Reducere. Enter the world of myths and legends with this unforgettable compendium that spans the centuries and crosses the continents to share the greatest s...

Reducere. When two Jane Does are killed on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia, detective and behavioral specialist Avery North discovers they share something ...

Reducere. Max Dean, free-lance songwriter and private eye with music business clients, has survived a bout with cancer and a second wife. With a gnawing desi...

Reducere. In this gardening guide for the South, Roxann Ward shows how color provides one of the easiest and most impressive ways to shape a garden with inte...

Reducere. Poised on the precipice of mystery and longing, each character in Now You Know It All also hovers on the brink of discovery--and decision. Set in s...

Reducere. Librarian turned sorcerer. Sorcerer turned hero. Hero turned puppet. The Solaris Empire found victory in the North and, at the cost of her heart an...

DescriptionIn the grey mist of the early morning a body is dumped on the shore of the Thames by a boatman in a metal canoe. The city is soon alive ...

Billy Graham Was the World's Best-Known Evangelist--Loved and Admired by Millions. But Very Few Knew Him Personally. Pastor and bestselling author ...

DescriptionAn enthralling debut perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone set in a North African-inspired fantasy world where two sisters must...

Reducere. More than a high-stakes espionage thriller, "Fallout "painstakingly examines the huge costs of the CIA's errors and the lost opportunities to halt ...

Reducere. Welcome back to Sgt. Windflower Mysteries, where there's always something good cooking and another seat at the table. Sgt. Windflower is on a speci...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Empire Builder in the Texas Panhandle, author Paul H. Carlson tells the story of Chicago-based William Henry Bush and his role in sha...

Reducere. "An utterly absorbing account of one of history's most momentous battles" (Forbes) that not only changed the Civil War but the future of all sea po...

Reducere. Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history--more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written...

Reducere. Ever wonder where sand comes from? Or why shells are colored differently? Or how to estimate the size of a wave? Featuring more than forty fun hand...

Reducere. In a ravaged land, can two wounded souls find love?The North-Eastern Highlands, 1747. In the weeks following Culloden, a victorious Hanoverian army...

Reducere. The first in the Raine Stockton Dog Mystery series... "An exciting, original, and suspense-laden whodunit..." --Midwest Book Review As a native of ...

Reducere. Candor, North Carolina. The town barber brandishes a copy of the May 1927 Charlotte Observer-on the front page, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. L...

Reducere. A singular atlas of 100 infographic maps from thought-provoking to flat-out fun. And don’t miss the next book in the series, North American Maps fo...

Reducere. Come explore the geology of Florida's Gulf Coast beaches, from a bird's-eye view down to a crab's-eye view. You'll journey from Panhandle sugar-san...

Reducere. If you can't get enough of majestic trees, brightly colored flowers, and anything that grows from the ground up, you'll love this guide to 74 outst...

Reducere. DescriptionOdd tales of campus life at Miskatonic University fromBrandon O'Brien - Bennett North - Kristi DeMeester - Elliot Cooper - Liz Schriftst...

Her best book yet, a dazzling hymn to hope, uniting the past and the present with a chorus of voices' Observer'A story of our times... Savour it, b...

Reducere. A smart, sexy YA novel about a boy band star, his first breakup, his first rebound, and what it means to be queer in the public eye, from award-win...

Reducere. Two children half a world away from each other are connected in an unexpected way. Way, way up north in a snow-covered world, a young girl is surpr...