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The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary

The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary

James Stuart Olson

A unique reference guide to the thousands of individual ethnic groups that make up the social and cultural landscape of contemporary Africa.
Native Americans in the twentieth century

Native Americans in the twentieth century

James Stuart Olson

For anyone wanting a better understanding of the crucial issues and events that have led to the contemporary "Indian problem, " this is the best place to start.
Historical Dictionary of the 1950s

Historical Dictionary of the 1950s

James Stuart Olson

Presents essays dealing with the issues, people, movements, foreign affairs, politics, literature and intellectual life, popular culture, and events of the decade, and includes a chronology of events.
Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in America

Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in America

James Stuart Olson

Highlights of the work include numerous entries on developments in water and rail transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, mass production, the labor movement, big government, and the key inventions that changed the American economy.
Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism

Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism

James Stuart Olson

This unique reference work on the history of European imperialism is designed to provide a ready reference tool for students and scholars.
Historical Dictionary of the Great Depression, 1929-1940

Historical Dictionary of the Great Depression, 1929-1940

James Stuart Olson

Today when most Americans think of the Great Depression, they imagine desperate men standing in bread lines, bootleggers hustling illegal booze to secrecy-shrouded speakeasies, FDR smiling, or Judy Garland skipping along the yellow brick ...
Historical dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975

Historical dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975

James Stuart Olson

"This encyclopedic A-Z volume for all level readers is an excellent source of documentation on the glory and plummeting fate of the Spanish empire. . . . Highly recommended for college and large public libraries." Library Journal
An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China

An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China

James Stuart Olson

East and Southeast Asia, 1991; Ma Yin, ed., China's National Minorities: A Survey, 1989; S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, 1987; Xie Jun, " Celebrating with the Yi Nationality," China Today 42 (April 1993), 10-12, and " Costumes Fit ...
James Ewell Brown Stuart

James Ewell Brown Stuart

Meg Greene

Examines the life and military career of Confederate general James Ewell Brown Stuart, discussing his early life on a small Virginia plantation, and his role in gathering information about Union troops for the Confederacy.
So Say the Fallen

So Say the Fallen

Stuart Neville

PRAISE FOR STUART NEVILLE: 'Stuart Neville...never forgets the human heart that beats inside the bleakest darkness' Val McDermid 'In the world of modern crime fiction, Stuart Neville is a supernova.
Young Runaways

Young Runaways

Keith West

MARK: STUART: MARK: STUART: MARK: STUART: MARK: STUART: MARK: ( Bursting in) Didn't you hear the commotion? (Yawning and stretching) What? ( peeved) The ambulance, everything! Gran's had another stroke. She's in hospital.
"Old Father, Old Artificer": Charles Olson Memorial Lecture

"Old Father, Old Artificer": Charles Olson Memorial Lecture

Diane Di Prima

The text is from Di Prima’s lecture (March 19 or 26, 1985), in the Charles Olson Memorial Lectures in Buffalo, NY. The Charles Olson Memorial Lectures were established by Robert Creeley at the English Department of the State University of ...
The Graying of the World: Who Will Care for the Frail Elderly?

The Graying of the World: Who Will Care for the Frail Elderly?

Laura Katz Olson

Who Will Care for the Frail Elderly? Laura Katz Olson. #. : - - - --- Edited by Laura Katz Olson Laura Katz Olson, PhD Editor The Graying of the World: Front Cover.
America First - The Battle Against Intervention 1940-1941

America First - The Battle Against Intervention 1940-1941

Wayne Cole

Ken Lee to Stuart, n.d., S. B. Pettingill to Stuart, March 27, 1941, W. R. Castle to Stuart, March 29, 1941, Ruth Sarles to Stuart, June 13, 1941, H. C. Schnibbe to Wood, June 14, 1941, Hufty to Stuart, June 24, 1941, and Sarles to R. A. Moore, ...
Jeb Stuart Speaks: An Interview with Lee's Cavalryman

Jeb Stuart Speaks: An Interview with Lee's Cavalryman

Bernice-Marie Yates

The reader is present as Stuart explains how he felt and what he did to the anonymous interviewer. This book empowers Stuart to be himself with all his strengths and weaknesses.
Pilgrim-memories: Or, Travel and Discussion in the ...

Pilgrim-memories: Or, Travel and Discussion in the ...

John Stuart Stuart Glennie

Or, Travel and Discussion in the Birth-countries of Christianity, with the Late Henry Thomas Buckle John Stuart Stuart Glennie. Lately published, in One Volume, 8vo. price 7s. 6d. ARTHURIAN LOCALITIES: AX K9SAY ON THE HISTORICAL ...
Santé: The Magazine of Restaurant Wine & Spirits Management

Santé: The Magazine of Restaurant Wine & Spirits Management

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Evan Goldstein, MS; £: Greg Harrington, MS, Andrew Hunter - Steven £ £ Johnnes; Tom Kirkman, Irvina Lew; Bill Nesto, MW, Marnie Old. - Steven Olson; Christine Piccin; Robert Plotkin Stuart MacLean Ramsay, William Rice, Matthew Rubiner, ...
David Lynch: Beautiful Dark

David Lynch: Beautiful Dark

Greg Olson

To fully delineate the director's life and art, Olson received unprecedented participation from Lynch, his parents, siblings, old school friends, romantic partners, children, and decades of professional colleagues, as well as on-set access ...
My World

My World

Jesse Stuart

In My World, we see Stuart's expanding universe through his eyes. Through the telescoping essays, Stuart slowly extends his vision to encompass more of the world and humanity.
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy

The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy

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2. ZACHARY P. BILES ... thrived in the archaic period and earlier. From this. 1 Olson (2007) 379–91; Millis and Olson (2012). 2 For the evidence and criticism, see Storey (2002). 3 43 The rivals of Aristophanes and Menander zachary p biles .
Prayer Warriors: By Stuart Howell Miller

Prayer Warriors: By Stuart Howell Miller

Stuart Miller

When Stuart Miller came out to his family in 1992, he knew their reaction would be extreme.
Nebraska History

Nebraska History

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Addison Erwin Sheldon, James Lee Sellers, James C. Olson. Nebraska's Heroes: Another Typical Groit Upper (Left to Right): Pvt. Robert Dawes Stabler. Lt. Robert A. Moose. Pfc. Hollis Dorion Stabler. Lower: Lt. Col. Aubrey S. Hurrcn. Don O.
Are We Here Yet?

Are We Here Yet?

Meg Stuart

"How does choreographer Meg Stuart create work? In this book, Stuart reflects on her own practice in dialogue with Jeroen Peeters and several (former) Damaged Goods collaborators"--P. 4 of cover.
Pocket History of Theology

Pocket History of Theology

Roger E. Olson

Based on Roger Olson's widely acclaimed The Story of Christian Theology,this concise and informative guide surveys events, teachings and challenges to the Christian faith from the second to the twenty-first centuries.
Without Guarantees: In Honour of Stuart Hall

Without Guarantees: In Honour of Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall

This collection invites a wide range of academics who have been influenced by Stuart Hall's writing to contribute not a memoir or a eulogy but an engaged piece of social, cultural or historical analysis which continues and develops the ...
Politics in Emotion: The Song of Telangana

Politics in Emotion: The Song of Telangana

Himadeep Muppidi

Joel Olson, Elyse Semerdjian, Sanjay Reddy, Lily Ling, Samarjit Ghosh, Erzsebet Strausz and Rahel Kunz deserve special mention in this regard. Geeta Chowdhry and Joel Olson, who passed away so suddenly, will be missed tremendously.
Pueblo Peoples on the Pajarito Plateau: Archaeology and ...

Pueblo Peoples on the Pajarito Plateau: Archaeology and ...

David E. Stuart

Archaeology and Efficiency David E. Stuart. Pueblo Peoples on the PajaritoPlateau ARCHAEOLOGY AND EFFICIENCY DavidE.Stuart © 2010 by David E. Stuart All rights reserved. Published. University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque in ...
The Best-Loved Short Stories of Jesse Stuart

The Best-Loved Short Stories of Jesse Stuart

Jesse H. Stuart

The thirty-four stories in this collection, selected from Stuart's 460 published stories, reveal the variety and range of his fictional world.
Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and ...

Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and ...

Charles Roger Dod

... Sir Eric Stuart, 2nd Bt. ol Kennington ; cr. 1917 ; O.B.E. B. 1889 ; s. father 1920 ; m. 1st, 1920, Evelyn, d. of the late Lt.-Col. James Calvert (she died 1946) ; m. 2nd , 1949, Lilian, d. of the late E. H. Leeder. Heir, son, Richard Stuart Taylor ...
Taboo: A Novel

Taboo: A Novel

David Stuart Ryan

A Novel David Stuart Ryan. TABOO A novel by David Stuart Ryan Kozmik Press London and Washington DC Copyright © 2010 David Stuart Ryan All rights reserved. ISBN: Taboo.

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