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 "All Labor Has Dignity by Martin Luther
King, Jr. Edited and introduction by Michael K. Honey. A
collection of 15 of King’s speeches (12 previously unpublished)
on workers’ rights. Indexed. 224 pages. More
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Alliss'
19th Hole
Trivial
Delights from the World of Golf
by Peter Alliss with Rab Macwilliam. Collection of golf facts,
anecdotes and history told in the wry voice of the man Golf Digest
called the “best golf commentator ever.” Indexed.
164
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A Pictorial Early History of the Wood River Valley by Sandra Hofferber. A
brief overview of the history of the Wood River Valley in Idaho for
those who are visiting the area or school groups studying it for the
first time. Illustrated with historic photos/ Indexed. 171 pages.. More
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The
Archaeology of Native-Lived Colonialism
Challenging History in the Great Lakes by Neal Ferris. A
reconsideration of Native American adaptation and resistance to
colonial British rule across five centuries of interaction, showing how
Native communities succeeded in retaining cohesiveness through
centuries of foreign influence and material innovations by maintaining
ancient, adaptive social processes that both incorporated European
ideas and reinforced historically understood notions of self and
community. Indexed 226 pages. More
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Chaco
and After in the Northern San Juan
Excavations at the Bluff Great
House by Catherine M. Cameron.
An in-depth archeaological study of Chaco region of Colorado and Utah,
the great Ancestral Pueblo site of the eleventh and twelfth centuries,
clarifying the relationship of “outlying” great
houses to
Chaco Canyon. Indexed. 341 pages. More
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Chanterelle
Dreams, Amanita Nightmares
The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms by Greg A. Marley. Describes
the wonders and mysteries of mushrooms, and our conflicting human
reactions to them. Illustrated with 16 color plates. Indexed. 263
pages. More
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Drinking History Fifteen Turning Points in the Making
of American Beverages by Andrew F. Smith. A companion book to Eating
History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, this
volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporations,
controversies, and myriad events responsible for America's diverse and
complex beverage scene. Indexed. 319 pages.. More
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Food and Faith in Christian Culture by Ken Albala
and Trudy Eden. Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on
Culinary History series title. Anthology of essays on the intersection
of food and faith from the 14th to the 21st century, charting the
complex relationship among religious eating habits and politics,
culture, and social structure. Indexed. 265 pages. More
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Forging
a Fur Empire Expeditions in the
Snake River Country, 1809-1824
by John Phillip Reid. Based on the accounts of Elexander,
history of the earliest Hudson’s Bay Company fur-trapping
expeditions in the Pacific Northwest. Western Frontiersman Series
title. Indexed. 229 pages. More
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God
and Gold
Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World by Walter Russell
Mead. An illuminating account of the birth and rise of the global
political and economic system that, sustained first by Britain and now
by America, created the modern world. More
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History's
Greatest
Conspiracies One
Hundred Plots, Real and Suspected, That have Shocked, Fascinated, and
Sometimes Changed the World by H. Paul Jeffers. A survey of
conspiracies from biblical times to today. 323 pages. More
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Hunter-Gatherer
Archaeology as Historical Process
by Kenneth E. Sassaman and Donald H. Holly Jr. Amerind Studies in
Archaeology series title. Collection of papers on recent
hunter-gatherer research presented at the Amerind Foundation in 2008
demonstrating that hunter-gatherer societies were more complex than
simple remnants of a prehistoric past. Indexed. 341 pages. More
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The Insect and the Image Visualizing Nature in Early
Modern Europe, 1500-1700 by Janice Neri. The author explores the ways
images of insects in manuscripts, still life paintings, the decorative
arts, embroidery, and textile design defined the insect as a proper
subject of study for Europeans of the early modern period. Illustrated
with historic photos and woodcuts. Indexed. 233 pages. More
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It
Happened on the Oregon Trail by
Tricia Martineau Wagner. Describes 30 unusual, remarkable, little known
events that happened along the trail from Independence, Missouri to
Oregon's Willamette Valley. Indexed. 172 pages. More
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Life
of a Solider on the Western
Frontier
by Jeremy Agnew. A history of the Indian Wars in the U.S. from the
perspective of both the military and the Indians and examines all
aspects of the post Civil War army, including its organization, its
weapons, and its personnel. Appendix summaries of significant battles
and selected western forts. Illustrated with B&W photos.
Indexed.
265 pages. More
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Louisiana
Haunted Forts by Elaine
Coleman.
Historical adventures and intriguing tales of supernatural happenings
at Louisiana forts. Indexed. 180 pages. More
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Marco Polo From Venice
to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen. Biography
of the legendary traveler, drawing on original writings and walking in
the footsteps of Marco Polo himself. Indexed. 415 pages. More
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Mexico
and the Spanish Conquest by
Ross Hassig. Second Edition. Explores the role indigenous peoples
played in the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Indexed. 259 pages. More
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Nature's
Northwest The North Pacific
Slope in the
Twentieth Century by William G. Robbins and Katrine Barber.
Modern American West series title. A history of the region within a
national and international context. Illustrated with maps and b/w
photos. Indexed. 286 pages. More
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Ocheho
and Ochoco: An Evolutionary History by
Wayne Kee. History of the Ochoco region of central Oregon focusing on
the origins of the word Ochoco. Illustrated with historic maps and
photos. More
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Oratory in Native North America by William M.
Clements. Examines speeches made by Native Americans throughout North
America as recorded by whites, such as observations of treaty
negotiations, accounts by travelers, missionaries' reports, captivity
narratives, and soldiers' memoirs. Indexed. 186 pages. More
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Planning
Paradise Politics and Visioning
of Land Use
in Oregon
by Peter A. Walker and Patrick T. Hurley . Ttell the story of
Oregon’s unique land-use planning system from its rise in the
early 1970s to its near-death experience in the first decade of the
2000s. Indexed. 287 pages. More
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Remembering The Battle of the Crater War as Murder by
Kevin M. Levin. New Directions in Southern History series title. Shared
recollections of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War and the
the United States Colored Troops (USCT) under Union Brigadier General
Edward Ferrero. Indexed. 184 pages. More
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Rocky
Mountain Heartland Colorado,
Montana, and Wyoming in the Twentieth Century by Duane A. Smith. A
history of the major social, political, and economic events of the 20th
century in the Rocky Mountain West. Illustrated with 23 B&W
photos,
1 map. Indexed, 204 pages.. More
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The Romantic Machine Utopian
Science and Technology after Napoleon by John Tresch. hile Previous
scholars have viewed romanticism and industrialization in opposition
during the, this groundbreaking volume reveals how thoroughly entwined
science and the arts were in early 19th century France and how they
worked together to unite a fractured society. Indexed. 449 pages. More
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The Settlers' War The
Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s
by Gregory Michno. History of conflicts between Comamches, Kiowas and
Apaches with homesteaders on the Texas frontier during the bloodiest
years of the Indian Wars. Indexed. 447 pages.. More
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The
Spirit of Cinco de Mayo
by Nathan Muncaster. Historical novel based on the events of the Cinco
de Mayo conflict and the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. 262 pages. More
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Stones
Witness
by Margaret Randall. Essays, poetry and photographs exploring the
author's connections to land and landscape, history and culture,
language and memory, drawing from the events of her own rich history to
create a universal link between place, time, and identity. 177 pages. More
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Ten Tea Parties Patriotic
Protests That History Forgot by Joseph Cummins. History of the
Philadelphia Tea Party (December 1773), the York, Maine, Tea Party
(September 1774), the Wilmington, North Carolina, Tea Party (March
1775) and the more famous Boston Harbor Tea Party. Indexed. 224 pages..
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Texas:
A Historical Atlas by A. Ray
Stephens. Updated and expanded version of the Historical Atlas of
Texas. Eighty-six entries with 175 newly designed maps--more than twice
the number in the original volume--illustrating the most significant
aspects of the state's history, geography, and current affairs.
Indexed. 417 pages. More
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The
Undying West A Chronicle
of Montana's Camas Prairie by Carlene Cross. A moving chronicle of
life, past and present, on western Montana's Camas Prairie. Photos by
the author. Indexed. 226 pages. More
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What
Were They Thinking? Really
Bad Ideas Throughout History
by Bruce Felton. Humorous compendium of some 400 harebrained schemes,
useless products, and misguided obsessions. 304 pages. More
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Year
of the Fires
The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 by Stephen J. Pyne. Tells the
story of the catastrophic fires of 1910 that scorched millions of acres
across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Illustrated with
B&W
photos. Indexed. 322 pages. More
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Raiders
of the Civil
War Untold Stories of
Actions Behind the Lines
by Russ A. Pritchard Jr. Large format. Illustrated with historic photos
and drawings. Accounts of Civil War rescues, escapades and sabotage.
Indexed.
143 pages. More
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1215
The Year of Magna Carta by Danny Danziger and John Gillingham. Trade
paperback,
new. First Touchstone Edition. A portrait of life in Medieval England.
Indexed. 312 pages. More
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