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Eaten by the Gods

By: Charles Raymond Dillon

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The sweeping saga of an island torn in half by ancient hostility and outside influences, Eaten by the Gods intertwines the branches of two Irish families facing The Trouble, from the heartless greed of the Potato Famine in the 1800s when a million fled to the Colonies and a million starved at home, to the terrorism between Northern Ireland and the Republic in the twentieth century. Sean Coole, a Protestant pacifist from Belfast, and Kitty Conover, an Irish Republican Army Catholic from Dublin, love their divided land and each other with equal passion. But in this isle of intrigue where brother can fight against brother and be eaten by the gods of religion and politics, they find that the sons and daughters who loved Ireland must also be willing to kill-and die-for it.

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398

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iUniverse

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0595165982

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9780595165988

A Natural History of the Ducks: Plectropterinae, Dendrocygninae, Anatinae (in part) (1 v.)

By: John Charles Phillips

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A Natural History of the Ducks: Plectropterinae, Dendrocygninae, Anatinae (in part) (1 v.)

By: John Charles Phillips

Reproduced from rare original worth $5,000, great nature classic covers 200 species of ducks. Exhaustive, unsurpassed study. Includes illustrations by Fuertes, Brooks, others. 74 full-color plates, 102 black-and-white plates, 117 maps. Clothbound. 4 volumes bound as two.

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1144

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Courier Corporation

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0486251411

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9780486251417

Traces Remain

Essays and Explorations

By: Charles Nicholl

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Traces Remain

Essays and Explorations

By: Charles Nicholl

In these wonderfully stylish and eclectic essays, Charles Nicholl pursues the fugitive traces of the past with the skill and relish that have earned him a reputation as one of the finest literary and historical detectives of our time.His subjects range from a murder-case in Renaissance Rome to the disappearance of Jim Thompson in 1960s Malaya, from the boyhood of Christopher Marlowe to the crimes of Jack the Ripper, from the remnants of a lost Shakespeare play to the last days of the poet-boxer Arthur Cravan in a Mexican fishing port.Full of insights, curiosities and unexpected discoveries, these thirty pieces written over two decades show the author of The Lodger and Leonardo da Vinci at his inquisitive best.

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308

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Penguin UK

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014192229X

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9780141922294

Jazz in New Orleans

The Postwar Years Through 1970

By: Charles Suhor

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Jazz in New Orleans

The Postwar Years Through 1970

By: Charles Suhor

Jazz in New Orleans provides accurate information about, and an insightful interpretation of, jazz in New Orleans from the end of World War II through 1970. Suhor, relying on his experiences as a listener, a working jazz drummer, and writer in New Orleans during this period, has done a great service to lovers of New Orleans music by filling in some gaping holes in postwar jazz history and cutting through many of the myths and misconceptions that have taken hold over the years. Skillfully combining his personal experiences and historical research, the author writes with both authority and immediacy. The text, rich in previously unpublished anecdotes and New Orleans lore, is divided into three sections, each with an overview essay followed by pertinent articles Suhor wrote for national and local journals—including Down Beat and New Orleans Magazine. Section One, "Jazz and the Establishment," focuses on cultural and institutional settings in which jazz was first battered, then nurtured. It deals with the reluctance of power brokers and the custodians of culture in New Orleans to accept jazz as art until the music proved itself elsewhere and was easily recognizable as a marketable commodity. Section Two, "Traditional and Dixieland Jazz," highlights the music and the musicians who were central to early jazz styles in New Orleans between 1947 and 1953. Section Three, "An Invisible Generation," will help dispel the stubborn myth that almost no one was playing be-bop or other modern jazz styles in New Orleans before the current generation of young artists appeared in the 1980s.

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382

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Scarecrow Press

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1461660025

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9781461660026

The History of Pioneer Lexington, 1779-1806

By: Charles R. Staples

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The History of Pioneer Lexington, 1779-1806

By: Charles R. Staples

In this study of Kentucky pioneer life, Charles R. Staples creates a colorful record of Lexington's first twenty-seven years. He writes of the establishment of an urban center in the midst of the frontier expansion, and in the process documents Lexington's vanishing history. Staples begins with the settlement of the town, describing its early struggles and movement toward becoming the "capitol" of Fayette County. He also presents interesting pictures of the early pioneers and their livelihood: food, dress, houses, cooking utensils, "house raisings," religious meetings, horse races, and other types of entertainment. First published in 1939, this reprint provides those interested in the early history of Kentucky with a comprehensive look at Lexington's pioneer period. Staples recreates a time when downtown's busiest streets were still wilderness and a land rich with agricultural potential was developing commercial elements. Because he wrote during a period when much of pioneer Lexington remained, he provides a wealth of primary information that could not be assembled again.

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286

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University Press of Kentucky

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081318777X

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9780813187778

Corning

By: Charles R. Mitchell,Kirk W. House

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Corning

By: Charles R. Mitchell,Kirk W. House

Lenses for railroad lanterns, cut glass for the White House table, Thomas Edison's first light bulb-the glass for all of these was made in Corning, the glass capital of America, the Crystal City. From 1880 to World War I, newfound wealth sparked a spending and building boom that shaped the city. Corning recaptures the city's gilded age, the boom days when tax-free fortunes could be made-and lost-overnight. Vintage photographs show elephants and buffalo parading down Market Street, the Drake family giving recitals on its home pipe organ, churches and public buildings rising, carriages giving way to motorcars, and huge summer homes springing up on the Finger Lakes.

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134

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439612072

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9781439612071

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Eaten by the Gods

Eaten by the Gods

A Natural History of the Ducks: Plectropterinae, Dendrocygninae, Anatinae (in part) (1 v.)

A Natural History of the Ducks: Plectropterinae, Dendrocygninae, Anatinae (in part) (1 v.)

Traces Remain

Traces Remain

Jazz in New Orleans

Jazz in New Orleans

The History of Pioneer Lexington, 1779-1806

The History of Pioneer Lexington, 1779-1806

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