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Gainesville: University Press of Florida. Hardcover. 0813013437 Dust jacket condition: VG. For almost a century, the largest concentration of Jewish farmers outside of Russia or Israel survived as a community in upstate New York, prospering on land that others in the area essentially had abandoned. Using archival records that date to the nineteenth century and extensive interviews with the farm families and others, Abe Lavender and Clarence Steinberg tell the story of immigrants from Eastern Europe and New... more information

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Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Hardcover. 0252016807 Dust jacket condition: VG. In this history of German immigrants in the United States and Brazil, Frederick Luebke ranges from institutional and state history to broadly comparative studies on an intercontinental scale. He also examines recent historiographical trends in immigration and German-American history. Germans in the New World is at once a valuable record of an individual odyssey within immigration history and a strong statement about t... more information

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Seattle: University of Washington Press. Small chips to cover edges. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Anyone who has ever scooped up a handful of snow and looked closely at the individual crystals of which it is composed will want to own this book, the first field guide designed to explain to snow rangers, serious students, skiers, mountaineers, and nature lovers what can actually be seen with the naked eye or a small hand lens. The book begins with a clear description of the types... more information

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Yale University Press. Textbook Paperback. 0300044119 Unread store shelf copy with a touch of wear to covers. In this book, the foremost expert on the Italian political system takes a lively look at the apparent chaos-and surprising success- of Italian democracy. 'This is a spirited, penetrating, and sorely needed book." -The Italian Journal ''Journalists and diplomats should read this book. So should the tourists who flock to Italy each summer."-Claudio Segre, London Review of Bo... more information

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Rotovision. Hardcover. 288046823X Dust jacket condition: VG. The nude is one of the most revered and inspiring subjects in photography, and yet for some it remains one of the most controversial and challenging. A nude is not just a study of the body without the camouflage of clothes, but also a flashpoint for debate about body image, culture, sexuality, and very personal interpretations of beauty. For some photographers, the nude means elegant and sculptural studies of curves, light, and shadows; for other... more information

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Artabras Publishers. Hardcover. 0896600440 Dust jacket condition: VG. Oversized. The words "genius" and "classic" may be overused, A but if they can genuinely be said to apply anywhere it is to the successive generations of the Porsche family and to the cars they built-outstanding individuals and outstanding creations even in the world of supercars. For Porsches are supercars, if not conventional ones. Ferdinand Porsche began it all in 1930 in Stuttgart where, following experience a... more information

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Austin [Published by the Humanities Research: Austin. Hardcover. Dust jacket condition: VG. Solid retired library book with usual library markings; else VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Portuguese and English. ALBERTO DE LACERDA was born in the island of Mozambique. He lives in London, and has been teaching Portuguese, French and English courses at the University of Texas at Austin since the fall of 1967. His first book, 77 Poems, was published in England in 1955, in a bi-lingua... more information

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Gill & Macmillan. Hardcover. 0717106306 Dust jacket condition: Good. Solid retired library book with usual library markings; else VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. This is the first English translation of Professor Ladriere's highly successful study L'Articulation du Sens: Discours Scientifique et Parole de la Foi. The theme of the book is the problem of faith. The author brings to it a linguistic approach as he sets out to show how propositions of faith, and scientifi... more information

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Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. Paperback. 0752409999 Unread store shelf copy. Through carefully selected images, Stratham tells the story of a rural town prior to suburban development. Surrounded by Greenland, North Hampton, Exeter, and Newfields, Stratham has some of the finest farmland in New Hampshire, longtime thriving river commerce on the Swampscott, and road access from early Colonial times. Discover an earlier Stratham in this unique and engaging pictorial collection. Since the 17th centu... more information

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DK CHILDREN. Hardcover. 0789448823 Force and motion have changed our view of the universe - and Eyewitness Force & Motion is the perfect way to learn more about them! Discover how Archimedes made water run uphill; why a perpetual motion machine cannot be built; why a spinning top stays upright. Superb full-color photographs of original equipment, 3-D models, and ground-breaking experiments make this a compelling look at force and motion. 64 pages. Your order will be on its way by the next business day... more information

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Toronto ; Niagara Falls, N.Y.: Dundurn Press. Paperback. 1550022776 Fog, hidden reefs, rocks, and sandbars have made the waters of the river and gulf among the most treacherous in the world. In the earliest days of lightkeeping in this region, the safety of the mariners had to be weighed against the problem of giving aid to enemy ships. With peace between the French and English, safety became the overriding factor and the number of lighthouses, then light pillars and lightships, increased dramatically. i... more information

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New York: Duell, Sloan. Hardcover. Dust jacket condition: Good. Tears and edge wear to jacket. Abraham Lincoln loved many different kinds of music. From his childhood in Kentucky and Illinois, through the fateful years he spent in the White House, music always had a profound effect on his mind and heart. During his life minstrel songs provided him with relaxation, hymns lent him strength and inspiration, and the popular ballads of the day gave him welcome release from the burdens of his office. This ent... more information

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New York: Collier Books. Paperback. 0020633408 100 cacti of the world in full color * How to grow and care for an exotic but inexpensive collection in your own home Popular Exotic Cacti in Color lavishly illustrates a wide array of cacti and succulents from around the world, including China, Africa, Arabia, Siberia, the Swiss Alps, Mexico, and Central America, as well as our own Southwest. This magnificent visual treasury is sure to delight the eye of any plant lover. Moreover, the book's beauty is ... more information

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Garden City, NY, USA: Doubleday. Dust jacket condition: Good. Retired library book with usual library markings. HAROLD LAMB'S superb story-telling and clear, sharp scholarship are focused on Peter the Great, his gigantic labors to raise Russia in one generation to cultural equality with Europe, and his efforts to mold and shape a sprawling empire. At the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648 the city of Moscow had extended its sway eastward through the Asiatic continent, and people asked: Would ... more information

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Palos Verdes, Calif.: Continental Publications. Hardcover. 0916096238 Dust jacket condition: None. Oversized. Corners bumped and worn; else VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Published Expressly for the Progressive Baker - Confectioner - Pastry Cook - and Cake Decorator When professionals speak of the "Lambeth Method" they use words like masterful and inspirational. In fact, this unique international method of cake decoration and pastry arts is so revered that instruct... more information

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North Pomfret, Vermont USA: Trafalgar Square Publishing. Hardcover. 0715383868 Dust jacket condition: Good. Solid retired library book with usual library markings; else VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. A magnificent all-round guide to understanding, assessing and then carefully restoring old houses, cottages or conversions - for the amateur or the non-specialist professional. The author, himself a dedicated conservationist and consultant on the treatment of old buildings, lays mu... more information

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Paris, France: International Theatre Institute. Paperback. Covers a bit worn. Text in French and English. Illustrated with numerous black and white photos. Contents: EDITORIAL I. THE LAUGHTER OF NILS HALERIUS by Marcel Landowski, (Introduction by Marie-Francoise Christout.) II THE MIME 1. - THAT MAGNIFICENT MUTE... by Marian Hannah Winter. 2. - THE ART OF MIME by Marcel Marceau. 3. - DRAMATIC ART AND THE MIME by Jean-Louis Barrault. 4. - THE MIME AND THE DANCER by Serge Lifar. III. PANTO... more information

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Noank Historical Society. Paperback. The Log of The Downit is here faithfully reproduced from the original handwritten account Adrian K. Lane kepi in a pocket-size, five-and-ten cent store memorandum booklet. Only where it is necessary for clarity are insertions made and these are set off in brackets. All parentheses belong to the original. The boy's spelling in the Log (e.g., "muscles" for mussels, "steak" for stake, and "toed" for towed, etc.) is retained to preserve t... more information

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London, UK: HMSO. Dust jacket condition: VG. Second edition. Prior owner's name clipped from front endpaper. Decorative tilework for use in architecture has been a specialised branch of the potter's art since the early Middle Ages. It developed with peculiar splendour in the Islamic civilization of Persia, Syria and Turkey, where climate, together- with the wide use of brick architecture, made it an agreeable and convenient embellishment for the inner and outer walls of mosques and secular build... more information

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Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Paperback. 0674043707 With a new Preface by the author In the spring of 1933, the Nazi government began its campaign to eliminate "modern" tendencies in German art-with particular emphasis on architecture-and to eradicate what it chose to call "art bolshevism." The Bauhaus, by then an internationally famous center of avant garde design, was shut down. In a close analysis of intellectual, political, social, and economic developments, Lane show... more information

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