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Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century
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John F Kasson
Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. "Amusing the Million" examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation as an amusement park and shows how America's changing social and economic conditions formed the basis of a ...
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Christianity Through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church
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Earle Edwin Cairns
Thsi respected, well-known, comprehensive resource has established itself as a classic on church history. Cairns looks for the glory of God in the total process, conveying the issues that have divided the church and also affirming that the church of Jesus Christ is basically one.
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Models of the Church
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Avery Dulles, Cardinal
A definition of the basic functions of the Church, its mission, and its many different roles in the lives of its believers.
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Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
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Thomas E Copeland
A recognized classic, Financial Theory and Corporate Policy provides a concise, unified treatment of finance, combining theory, empirical evidence, and applications. Major contributions in financial literature are discussed and summarized. The book provides MBA and doctoral students with an excellent bridge to prevailing scholarship in finance. ...
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Texas Politics
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Richard H Kraemer, Charldean Newell
This text explicitly and critically compares Texas politics to the ideals of democratic theory. The text's presentation of material engages students in controversial issues and encourages classroom debate, and it includes the 1998 election results.
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Utilization-Focused Evaluation
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Michael Quinn Patton
Both practical and theoretical, the Fourth Edition of the bestseller shows how to conduct program evaluations and why to conduct them in the manner prescribed. This entirely rewritten edition offers readers a full-fledged evaluation text from identifying primary users of an evaluation to focusing the evaluation, making methods decisions, analyzing ...
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China, Its History and Culture
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W Scott Morton
This work presents a concise and thorough history of one of the world's most powerful nations. This brilliantly lucid and concise study traces China's history and culture from Neolithic times to the present, working into an integrated and authoritative narrative that covers centuries of politics, warfare and government, science and technology, ...
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America Religions and Religion
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Ms. Catherine L Albanese
An introduction to religion in the United States. It looks at the "manyness" of American religions, which includes Native American traditions, Christianity and Judaism, as well as the "oneness" of religion - the historical dominance of Protestantism.
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Wars of America
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Robert Leckie
"Leckie's comprehensive account of the battles America has fought since its birth (is) the best" (Dallas Morning News). "It can be enjoyed as well for good, exciting entertainment".--Book World.
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Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons
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L Maltin
Film historian Leonard Maltin recreates a whole era of Hollywood cartoons, from Betty Boop to Spielberg's "An American Tail". It also brings the reader up to date on the modern work of Walt Disney and the Warner Bros studio, plus new developments in animation. The book includes a filmography of cartoons and sources for video rental.
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California, a history
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Andrew F. Rolle
Like its predecessors, this sixth edition recounts California's history from its origin to the present in a format that is engaging and informative. Even in the five years since the last edition of this book appeared, enormous social and material changes have overcome the Golden State. This new edition reflects these developments, considering them ...
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Lone Star: A History of Texas & the Texans
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T R Fehrenbach
From prehistory right up to the present-a classic, comprehensive, and superbly readable guide to the panoramic saga of Texas history.
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Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use
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Elbert Hubbard
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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
In one of the most important books published by King in his lifetime, he tells the story of the successful bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, which was initiated by Rosa Parks's historic refusal, in December, 1955, to give up her seat on a bus for a white person. He tells the behind-the-scenes struggle to build a movement based on the philosophy ...
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The Bronx zoo
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Sparky Lyle, Peter Golenbock
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The curve of time
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M Blanchet
This is a biography and astonishing adventure story of a woman who, left a widow in 1927, packed her five children onto a 25-foot boat and cruised the coastal waters of British Columbia, summer after summer. Muriel Wylie Blanchet acted single-handedly as skipper, navigator, engineer and, of course, mum, as she saw her crew through encounters with ...
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Eerdman's Handbook to the History of Christianity
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Tim Dowley
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Erotic art : a survey of erotic fact and fancy in the fine arts
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Phyllis Kronhausen, Eberhard Kronhausen
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The Lenin Anthology
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Robert C Tucker (Editor)
Here, in a compact yet comprehensive volume, are the essentials of Lenin's writings, each of them introduced with a brief interpretive commentary. Patterned after Professor Tucker's highly successful anthology The Marx-Engels Reader, this book includes those words necessary for an introduction to Lenin's revolutionary thought. Selections, where ...
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The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre
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Professor Tzvetan Todorov
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The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy of Art
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Arthur Coleman Danto
Mr. Danto argues that recent developments in the artworld, in particular the production of works of art that cannot be told from ordinary things, make urgent the need for a new theory of art and make plain the factors such a theory can and cannot involve. In the course of constructing such a theory, he seeks to demonstrate the relationship between ...
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A Most Fortunate Ship: A Narrative History of Old Ironsides
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Tyrone G Martin
A history of the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy. Launched in 1797 in Boston Harbor, she once survived a direct hit during a sea battle, earning her the nickname "Old Ironsides." Martin, a retired naval officer who served in both Korea and Vietnam, was in command of the Constitution in 1974, and he provides a ...
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Contemporary Political Ideologies
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Roy C Macridis, Mark Hulliung
Contemporary Political Ideologies features lucid accounts of the political ideas that define the most important political issues and controversies of our time. This sixth edition offers a more current analysis of fascism, nationalism, Marxism, anarchism, and an historically informed view of multiculturalism and its impact around the world. Also ...
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Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion: Its Dubious Impact on American Society
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Michael Schudson
What does advertising do? Does it create needs and desires? Is it the faith of a secular society? If so, why does it inspire so little devotion? "Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion" is a clear-eyed account of advertising as both a business and social institution. Instead of fuelling the moral indignation surrounding the industry, or feeding ...
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Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values
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Robert Adams (Photographer)
Now in its third printing, Beauty In Photography is updated on the occasion of a major retrospective exhibition. Illustrated.
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