Penn Center: A History Preserved, Paperback - Orville Vernon Burton

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This inspirational history of Kennedy SpaceCenter explores man's attempts to conquer the final frontier from Von Braun to the Space Station.Illustr...

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James and Karla Murrays classic tome from their ongoing Store Front series is now available for the first time in its covetable mini format.The Mur...

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History of prominent black people in the UK and elsewherePublisher: i2i PublishingAuthor(s): Sally Penni MBEIllustration(s): Numerous illustrations...

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When Manias, Panics, and Crashes was published (1978), the world was entering a new period of global economic turbulence. Economists based their an...

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This inaugural volume in the Graphic Medicine series establishes the principles of graphic medicine and begins to map the field. The volume combine...

The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more tha...

On Easter Monday 1917 with a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France seized and held the best-defended ...

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Reducere. In The World of William Penn Foster explores the wide sphere of the humble Quaker, William Penn. From the courtyards of the Sun King to the royal c...

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This book details the historical evolution of energy, follwoing the overlapping and slow transition from one regime to another. In doing so it seek...

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DescriptionThe crew of the Orville continue their space explorations, encountering new alien civilizations and confronting old enemies in these sto...

Contributor(s): Author: James VernonThis wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the pres...

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One of the most important industrial landmarks in the nation lies in the heart of historic Richmond. The Tredegar Iron Works was the most prodigiou...

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - EuropeAuthor(s): Orville WalkerNumber of pages: 576Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 202 x 253 x 17Cover type: P...

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Reducere. HOSTAGE ON THE NIGHTHAWK, Introducing William Penn -- After weeks of waiting, thirteen-year-old Theodore Story finally spots the billowing sails of...