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The most complete and current history of the largest American Indian nation in the U.S., based on extensive new archival research, traditional histories, interviews, and personal observation.

Not so long ago, the Rock Island Railroad was a household name, the Great Depression was a recent memory, and family farms dotted the landscape. Today, the great railroads have nearly disappeared, the Depression is a chapter in history books, and family farms are hard to come by. Yet this time is not forgotten. In Central Standard: A Time, a Place, a Family, Patrick Irelan vividly recaptures a remarkable era in midwestern history in twenty-fou...

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Americans still build millions of dream houses in neighborhoods that sustain Victorian stereotypes of the home as 'woman's place' and the city as 'man's world.' Urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs of an American 'architecture of gender' for the two-earner family, the single-parent family, and single people. Many societies have struggled with the architectural and urban consequences of women's paid...

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Who is allowed to speak? What is it to see? These are some of the questions filtering through Nick Flynn's extraordinary new collection. Loosely based on the life of Francois Huber, the eighteenth-century beekeeper and blind savant, who is alleged to have sat before a series of hives for fifty years, thereby unlocking, and entering deeply into, an unknown world. In these poems, Burnens, his assistant throughout, becomes Huber's eyes and hands,...

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Designed for use with "How People Grow", the "How People Grow Workbook" will help you translate biblical principles into a practical path of growth in all the vital areas of your life - your relationship with God, your marriage and family life, your friendships, your sticking points, your personal development, and everything that life is about. Suitable for personal or small group use, this fascinating, hands-on volume is filled with true-life...

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Honeytown is where the action is! So journey to Lily Pad Pond, where colorful, unforgettable characters await you. Join Brady Beaver and Mrs. Turtle as they struggle against the evil forces of Abnoc P. Gator and his obnoxious henchmen, and see the triumph of good over evil. A book that promises a roller-coaster ride, leaping from one adventure to another.

Mr. Badger's notably successful history is not simply another narrative of the New Deal, nor does the figure of Franklin Roosevelt loom as large in his account as in some others. What he does is to consider important aspects of New Deal activity in industry, organized labor, agriculture, welfare, and politics and explores the major problems in interpreting the history of each. "The finest survey since William Leuchtenburg's Franklin D. Rooseve...

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Evocative of luxury ocean liners and steamer trunks packed with elegant evening clothes, this treasury of antique luggage labels reveals a glamorous bygone age. Fifty-three colorful, stylish stickers recall the grand hotels of Rome, Cairo, London, Amsterdam, Zurich, and other cities, as well as Air France, Matson Steamship Line, and other carriers.

Drawn from an extraordinary project in which over 500 women from all walks of life kept "day diaries" on a single day, the collective voices in THIS DAY reach across experiential, cultural, geographical, and socioeconomic boundaries. While the deliciously intimate details satisfy even the most shameless curiosity, most importantly, THIS DAY reveals the extraordinary in the ordinary - those moments that occur throughout any given day, and illum...

Reilly refashions the wedding vow so every woman can make a lifelong commitment to herself, reclaim a sense of authenticity, and value her own self-worth. She offers a step-by-step process for composing a personal vow, offering stories of woman of all ages and walks of life.