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Mr. Smith has rescued from obscurity all references to individuals as can be found in the early statutes of Kentucky, producing, in effect, the Kentucky equivalent of Personal Names in Hening's Statutes at Large of Virginia. For each of the 5, 000 persons named in this index, there is provided an identifying piece of information, such as occupation, legal status, relationship, etc., as well as the volume and page number in "Littell's Laws" whe...

Two pioneer balloonists, Tom Gatch in 1974 and Larry Newman in the early 1990s, led widely reported stratospheric expeditions that nearly earned them a place in aviation history. They both used pressurized balloons, a dangerous and sophisticated type of aircraft, and sought the swift wind of the jet stream to carry them forward.In the first story, a determined, self-financed and self-reliant Tom Gatch in his Light Heart tries to become the fir...

This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, and in particular the origins of syntax. The authors argue that manual and vocal communication developed in parallel, and that the basic elements of syntax are intrinsic to gesture.

Index for the Francis of Assisi: Early Documents set.

Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.

The classic guide for the college-bound student on how to acquire and maintain good study skills. Originally published in 1956, but just as useful and relevant today, this book covers everything from developing a vocabulary to taking tests and using libraries. Acquiring and maintaining good study skills is, as the author says, hard work. But it is also the only way to succeed. William H. Armstrong was himself a teacher (as well as author of th...

Third volume of Francis of Assisi Early Documents

Volume 2 in this monumental series presents new translations of texts about Francis in the early Franciscan tradition, some available in English for the first time.

Warrior in Two Camps is the biography of Ely S. Parker, the first native American to serve as commissioner of Indian Affairs. The name Ely Samuel Parker is seldom found among famous Indian chiefs. Indeed, the name seems somehow out of place in the company of men called Black Hawk or Crazy Horse or Geronimo. But the prosaic name is part of the story of an American Indian who chose to live his life in the white man's world. It is a story in whic...