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  • Remembering Sweetwater - The Mansions, the Mills, the People
    William L. McDonald
    Remembering Sweetwater gives an historical account of the Sweetwater area of Florence, Alabama in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mr. McDonald gives detailed accounts of such notable people from the area such as Governor Robert Miller Patton, teacher and writer Maud Lindsay, Judge William B. Woods, as well as many others. He also covers the major industries and business...
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    23,86 €

  • The Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic Periods in the Southern Levant
    Jaimie L. Lovell / Jaimie LLovell
    Teleilat Ghassul (a few kilometres north east of the Dead Sea) is important in the archaeology of the southern Levant, offering as it does a possibility to draw together data from a number of sites that provide primary evidence for the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods (c. 5000 – c. 3500 BC). The Australian excavations at the site in 1967-77 (J.B. Hennessy) and 1994-97 fo...
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    131,04 €

  • The Roman Pottery Production Site at Wickham Barn, Chiltington, East Sussex
    Chris Butler / Malcolm Lyne
    The excavations undertaken at Chiltington in East Sussex revealed two Roman pottery kilns, as well as remains from prehistory and from medieval period.The kilns are well documented, and all the finds were examined and catalogued. Three phases were identified. The pottery produced on the site indicate a strong New Forest influence. ...
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    55,62 €

  • Kurgans, Ritual Sites, and Settlements
    Edited by: Jeannine Davis-Kimball, Eileen M. Murphy, Ludmila Koryakova and Leonid T. YablonskyThis richly illustrated volume adds immensely to the small but growing corpus of Eurasian Archaeology published in the English language. Comprised of thirty articles, the authors have focused on the Bronze Age, continuing to include the first millennium BC Early Iron Age, with a termin...
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    158,26 €

  • Archaeology and Entomology in the Eastern Mediterranean
    Eva Panagiotakopulu
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    74,97 €

  • Exchange, Status and Mobility
    George Nash
    This book is an attempt to reconstruct a Mesolithic framework around a little-known artefacts that express probable social complexity within a so-called functional hunter/gatherer system. Artistic representation in the form of decorated bone, antler and amber portrays a society that not only hunted, fished and gathered, but also believed in totemics. ...
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    101,61 €

  • Migrations and Invasions in Archaeological Explanation
    The contributors to this volume seek to understand migrations and invasion on their own terms, the strengths and weaknesses of migration and invasion models as explanatory models of cultural change. Papers are written by David Anthony, John Chapman, Sally Crawford, Helena Hamerow, James Milroy and Lesley Milroy. ...
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    54,88 €

  • Evidence for Christianity in Roman Southern Pannonia (Northern Croatia)
    Branka Migotti
    This study aims to correct the popular impression that the territory of Southern Pannonia between the fourth and sixth centuries presented an 'archaeological desert'. With a catalogue of over 120 objects and sites found on the territory of Northern Croatia, the author argues that the area was very much incorporated into the newly-emerging world of early Christianity. ...
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    63,74 €

  • Indians’ New South
    James Axtell
    In this concise but sweeping study, James Axtell depicts the complete range of transformations in southeastern Indian cultures as a result of contact, and often conflict, with European explorers and settlers in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Stressing the dynamism and constant change in native cultures while showing no loss of Indian identity, Axtell effe...
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    32,15 €

  • Mary Boykin Chesnut
    Elisabeth Muhlenfeld
    "In her admirable biography of Mary Chesnut, Elisabeth Muhlenfeld has American literature as well as American history in her debt." -- C. Vann WoodwardMary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823--1886) is known today for her excellent firsthand account of life in the Confederate States of America. A Diary from Dixie (republished in 1981 as Mary Chesnut's Civil War)is far more than a s...
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    30,93 €

  • Marble Man
    Thomas Lawrence Connelly
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    30,99 €

  • The Greatest Test of Courage
    Ronda Hassig
    Edward Mack had everything: a wife, a newborn son, and his dream job. But as a West Point graduate stationed in the Philippines, his life changed forever on December 7, 1941. Not long after, he would survive the Bataan Death March, Camps O’Donnell and Cabanatuan. At Cabanatuan, he headed an underground operation to get food and medicine for his fellow prisoners. His final desti...
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    11,87 €

  • Canadians and War Volume 1
    Alexander Fitzgerald-Blac / Maryanne Lewell / W. A. Leavey
    Canadians and War Volume 1 brings together four diverse works of research from four Canadian scholars. Canada’s military history is a living, breathing thing, with endless perspectives and accounts to be heard, and this collection seeks to bring some of those little-known stories to light. See the effects of Canada’s proud military history throughout the world and the century. ...
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    13,41 €

  • Guide to Kemetic Relationships
    Muata Ashby
    'Guide to Kemetic Relationships: Ancient Egyptian Maat Wisdom of Relationships' by Dr. Muata Ashby is a comprehensive exploration of the ancient Egyptian principles of Maat as they apply to personal relationships. Dr. Ashby, a renowned scholar with a doctorate in religion and philosophy, brings his extensive knowledge of African history, religion, and ethics to this profound wo...
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    46,83 €

  • Name Construction in Mediæval Japan
    Solveig Throndardottir
    Name Construction in Mediæval Japan examines Japanese names from earliest records to the close of the medieval period in 1600. Like ancient Greek or Latin names or Arabic names, ancient and medieval Japanese names express the social role of the individual in Japanese society. The main text and accompanying notes provide a guide to the origin and social role of formal names, com...
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    47,55 €

  • 50 Afrikans You Must Know, Vol. 2
    Nikala Asante / Samori Camara
    This is Volume 2 of Kamali Academy's Bestselling Reading Comprehension book. This book will grow comprehension skills and knowledge about some of our Greatest Warriors.This Book is for Middle to High School Warrior Scholars 3 ...
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    14,52 €

  • Secrets of Catoctin Mountain
    James Rada Jr.
    Catoctin Mountain runs from northern Frederick County, Md., to northern Loudoun County, Va., crossing the Potomac River as it does. Its natural history dates back to prehistoric times. Its history during the era of man is more recent and more fascinating filled with crimes, secrets, monsters, and drama. Hunt the snallygaster and dwayyo, legendary monsters that roam the mount...
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    14,62 €

  • Ardent Spirit
    J. K. Royce
    Magdelaine Marcotte La Framboise was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in 1984. Two centuries after her birth, she was recognized for her achievements in business. She is a role model, an inspiration and a woman who earned her rightful place in history.Born Magdelaine Marcotte in 1780, she was the daughter of a French fur trader and granddaughter of powerful Odawa...
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    20,26 €

  • New Bern History 101
    Edward Barnes Ellis Jr
    'Entertaining, funny, highly readable' The Essential Facts for the Native, Newcomer or Visitor to the Colonial Capital of North Carolina. Here's what you'll discover in New Bern History 101: -Why New Bern bears stick out their tongues. -Once and for all, what a Palatine is. -Where all the local Indians went. -The Richard Dobbs Spaight autopsy.  -How New Bern and sidebur...
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    13,03 €

  • Descendants of John Flora, Sr. and Sarah Harter, of Flora, Indiana 1802-2016
    Eric E. Flora
    John and Sarah (Harter) Flora moved from Preble County, Ohio to Carroll County, Indiana in 1829. The German-speaking couple bought land, befriended the Indians, raised eight children and had a town named after them. John and Sarah were members of the German Baptist Church (Dunkards). John and Sarah, their children and grandchildren were “builders.” Some physically built homes a...
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    55,18 €

  • Quilombo dos Palmares
    Glenn Alan Cheney
    A comprehensive history of the 17th century maroon nation, Brazil's Quilombo dos Palmares. An additional chapter discusses the myths and values emanating from Palmares. Another chapter explores the history and current problems of Conceição das Crioulas, Pernambuco, a present-day quilombo. ...
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    29,59 €

  • The Shadow Tiger
    Barbara L Evenson / William C. McDonald III
    Born to Fly China’s wide-open skies were perfect… if you didn’t mind typhoons, sand storms,  blizzards, uncharted mountains and  Japanese Zeros hunting you. Billy McDonald of Birmingham, Alabama, had an adventurous and dangerous career as a pilot in the Golden Age of Flight, and into World War II.  He jumped from military cadet to wingman in Chennault’s famed aerobatic flyin...
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    34,81 €

  • Dearest Umeno
    Nancy Tamura Shikashio / Rose Tsunekawa
    Born January 8, 1895, and the third son of Katsusada and Yoshiko Ishii Tamura, Katsuchika was born into a samurai family whose ancestors were vassals of the Kujo family, Imperial court nobles. He traveled to the United States in 1920 to study. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a BA in English Literature. This book details his life and times,which i...
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    24,79 €

  • The Dirty Thirties
    Brinkley Howard / HistoryCaps
    The Dust Bowl was the largest ecological disaster in United States history, coinciding with the nation’s worst economic crisis, the Great Depression of the 1930s. Massive dust storms, combined with nearly a decade of drought, wreaked havoc on parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Arkansas. The storms were a relentless threat to the environment an...
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    6,64 €

  • Latinos of Boulder County, Colorado, 1900-1980
    Marjorie Keniston McIntosh
    The two volumes in this set present stories of struggle, survival, and joy in the Latino community of one Colorado county between 1900 and 1980. It is impossible to read this study without being struck by the parallels with recent events in the U.S, especially as anti-immigrant political rhetoric escalates. The history of Hispanics in Boulder County refutes that rhetoric by dem...
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    12,32 €

  • State Facts for Fun! Florida
    Wyatt Michaels
    State Facts for Fun! Florida is an educational and entertaining experience for the whole family. Kids will love the humor and pictures that are contained within this book; while parents will love that their children are learning (and enjoying every minute of it). Kids will learn fascinating facts from subjects like history and geography, and will remember them well because of t...
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    7,62 €

  • Presidential Facts for Fun! Taylor to Cleveland
    Wyatt Michaels
    In Presidential Facts for Fun! Taylor to Cleveland, you'll find a veritable library of information about numerous American presidents, all of which is presented in a fun, game-like format. The book contains numerous facts, both well-known and lesser known, and is sure to not only provide a fun way to spend time, but a great way to learn and brush up on your knowledge of preside...
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    7,59 €

  • Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of Arkansas
    W.C. Jameson / W.CJameson
    Arkansas has long been a land rich in history and lore, and few of the events associated with The Natural State are more compelling and provocative than those associated with lost mines and buried treasures. Within these pages, award-winning author W.C. Jameson has captured and interpreted the most complete collection of these rich and varied stories of lost treasure. ...
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    16,65 €

  • The Moon Year - A Record of Chinese Customs and Festivals
    Igor Mitrophanow / Juliet Bredon
    The Moon Year is a facinating recording the mysterious and somewhat elusive traditions of the Chinese. Juliet Bredon and Igor Mitrophanow trace their way through the intimate life of Chinese religion, superstitions, philosophies, customs, and society. Only after a year’s residence in China are the authors able to gather an intimate perspective on this age-old civilization that ...
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    22,63 €

  • Mountain Environments in Prehistoric Europe
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    88,08 €


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