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Cambridge History of China The Cambridge History of China: Volume 12 Republican China 1912 1949 Part 1 Book 12 (Hardcover)

This is the first of two volumes of this authoritative Cambridge history which review the Republican period between the demise of imperial China and the establishment of the People s Republic. These years from 1912 to 1949 were marked by civil war... more

Hart Studies in Private Law: Fault Lines in Equity (Hardcover)

Equity the body of law developed in the English Court of Chancery has a long and distinguished history. In the twenty-first century it continues to be an important regulator of both commercial and personal dealings as well as informing statutory... more

Barnum s Bones : How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World (Hardcover)

Barnum Brown s (1873-1963) parents named him after the circus icon P.T. Barnum hoping that he would do something extraordinary--and he did! As a paleontologist for the American Museum of Natural History he discovered the first documented skeleton of... more

Killing Hitler: The Plots the Assassins and the Dictator Who Cheated Death (Paperback)

For the first time in one enthralling book here is the incredible true story of the numerous attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler and change the course of history. Disraeli once declared that assassination never changed anything and yet the idea... more

History of War: The Minute Men : The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution (Paperback)

The concept of the farmer and shopkeeper pulling rifles off pegs on the wall to fight the British has been the typical image of the American minuteman. The fact that he may have had military training and drilled--and that April 19 1775 was not his... more

Picture Book Biography: A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson (Paperback)

A moving illustrated account of the first African American baseball player in the major leagues. In April 1947 Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and forever changed the history of sports. But it took more than talent for Jackie to reach... more

Midnight at the Barrelhouse : The Johnny Otis Story (Paperback)

In this first biography of Johnny Otis George Lipsitz tells the largely unknown story of a towering figure in the history of African American music and culture who was by his own description “black by persuasion.� This chronicle of a life rich... more

Checkmate! : My First Chess Book (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

In Checkmate! readers are invited to learn chess with Garry Kasparov the World number one and the most famous figure in chess history as their teacher. In this book chess players can discover all the various pieces and how they move how to attack... more

History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium (Hardcover)

The Catholic Church is the longest-enduring institution in the world. Beginning with the first Christians and continuing in our present day the Church has been planted in every nation on earth. The Catholic Church claims Jesus Christ himself as her... more

Shakespeare First Folio The Shakespeare First Folio: The History of the Bookvolume II: A New World Census of First Folios (Hardcover)

This major reference book for Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers is in the second part of the story of the greatest book in the English language. Listing 228 copies of the First Folio the Census gives concise descriptions of each covering... more

International Library of Twentieth Century History: World War I in Africa: The Forgotten Conflict Among the European Powers (Hardcover)

The First World War in German Southern and East Africa was fought in extremely different circumstances to the war on the Western Front. Very little has been written on the South West Africa campaign whilst conversely much attention has been granted... more

Studies in North American Indian History The American Revolution in Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities (Paperback)

This study presents the first broad coverage of Indian experiences in the American Revolution rather than Indian participation as allies or enemies of contending parties. Colin Calloway focuses on eight Indian communities as he explores how the... more

The Power of Babel (Paperback)

An essay in origins ... as theoretical as Hawking and Gorst in trying to see into the deep past. McWhorter is a clear and witty writer. -- Harper s In the first book written for the layperson about the natural history of language linguistic... more

The John Hope Franklin African American History and Culture: David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City (Paperback)

David Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in America. Graham Russell Gao Hodges provides the first biography of this African American activist... more

Hot Wheels Prototypes (Paperback)

HOT WHEELS PROTOTYPES is an insightful new book for all ages. Readers will enjoy the narrative history of Hot Wheels prototypes from the moment Mattel founder Elliot Handler first said Why not we try? to the research and development department s... more

History of Middle-Earth The Book of Lost Tales Book 1 (Paperback)

The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien begun in 1916-17 when he was twenty-five years old and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and... more

Economic History The Agricultural Revolution (Paperback)

First Published in 2005. This book argues that the agricultural revolution took place in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and not in the eighteenth andnineteenth. more

Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith and the Rev. Samuel Deane pastors of the First church in Portland: with notes and biographical notices: and a Summary history of Portland 1849 [Leather Bound]

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Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith and the Rev. Samuel Deane pastors of the First church in Portland: with notes and biographical notices: and a Summary history of Portland 1849 [

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Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith and the Rev. Samuel Deane pastors of the First church in Portland: with notes and biographical notices: and a Summary history of Portland 1849 [

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Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith and the Rev. Samuel Deane : pastors of the First church in Portland : with notes and biographical notices : and a Summary history of Portland 184

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A concise history of foreign Baptists : taken from the New Testament the first fathers early writers and historians of all ages; chronologically arranged: exhibiting their disti

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A general ecclesiastical history from the nativity of our blessed saviour to the first establishment of Christianity by human laws Volume 1 1722 [Leather Bound]

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Inktastic My 1st Black History Month with Mermaid and Starfish Girls Baby Dress

It s My First Black History Month Infant Dress. Makes an inspirational 1st Black History Month gift for your new granddaughter or niece! more

Inktastic My 1st Black History Month Girls Baby Dress

My First Black History Month Infant Dress perfect baby shower gift for friends and family. more

The Rhine legends traditions history from Cologne to Mainz Volume 1st 1839 [Leather Bound]

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Elgar / Septura - Music for Brass Septet 6 - Music & Performance - CD

Septura head homeward with a recording of British music from the first half of the twentieth century- a golden age in England s otherwise checkered compositional history and a period in which brass instruments in the form of the brass band... more

Brian Jackson - Brian Jackson Jid008 - Music & Performance - CD

Brian Jackson JID008 is the first full album released by the great man in 20 years and it s a testament to his multifaceted talents that while there are moments throughout that hint at his game-changing history and track record for the most part it... more

Magic Music - Magic Music - Music & Performance - Vinyl

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing including digital download. Colorado-based legends Magic Music - dubbed the state s first jam band - have a storied history beginning as a merry troop of ‘70s renegades whose brotherhood was eternally forged in the... more

g. henle verlag piano quartet c minor op. 60 by brahms

Brahms Third Piano Quartet stands out for the extremely involved and complex history of its genesis. A very first version of certain sections - still in C# minor - had been written in 1855/56 but neither the composer nor his friends were genuinely... more

G. Henle Verlag String Quartet E Flat Major Op. 127 Henle Study Scores Series Softcover Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

The E-flat Major String Quartet Op. 127 is a key work not only in Beethoven s Oeuvre but in the entire history of the genre. The first of the late quartets it transfers the formal and symbolic aspects of his two major works for chorus and orchestra... more

An epitome of the history of the Christian Church during the first three centuries; and of the ... 1857 [Leather Bound]

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Magic Music - Magic Music - Music & Performance - CD

Colorado-based legends Magic Music - dubbed the state s first jam band - have a storied history beginning as a merry troop of ‘70s renegades whose brotherhood was eternally forged in the music they made. Time passed and band s members sought their... more

Trick Pony - On a Mission - Music & Performance - CD

Trick Pony returns with on a Mission. The rowdy and fun trio s self-titled album scored more first week sales than any new country group in Soundscan history and went gold. Now on a Mission produced Chuck Howard who helmed the first album sets Trick... more

Various Artists - And the Angels Sing: Divas of the Big Band Era - Easy Listening - CD

Before the Rock Era the music played at dance venues was played by Big Bands. Largely instrumental at first singers began to front the Big Bands and these became the most heralded voices in the history of recording. This 3 CD collection contains... more

Cavalli / Flores / Reinhold / Pustilnik / Bournisi - Heroines of the Venetian Baroque - Music & Performance - CD

The opening of Venice s first opera house the Teatro di San Cassiano in 1637 was one of the major events in the history of opera. The protagonists of these new operas henceforth represented all the social categories making up this public and who in... more

Jin - The Rest Is History - Music & Performance - CD

His highly anticipated album THE REST IS HISTORY Features production by Rap s elite producers which include Swizz Beats Havoc from Mobb Deep Mark the 45 King Mahogany and Wyclef Jean. The first smash single is Learn Chinese. more

Hal Leonard Inventing The American Guitar: The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin And His Contemporaries

Inventing the American Guitar is the first book to describe the early history of American guitar design in detail. It tells the story of how a European instrument was transformed into one with all of the design and construction features that define... more