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The Case of the Crossed Wire

By: Charles E. Morgan, III

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In this latest Brains Benton mystery, Jimmy Carson accidently overhears two men discussing a diabolical plot over the telephone. Although he doesn't know exactly what's going on, he knows that it's bad news! He tells Brains and in no time the Benton and Carson International Detective Agency is operating in high gear! Join Operative Three and X in this exciting adventure-mystery as they match wits with a criminal element that has big plans for the upcoming election! The cover art and illustrations are by Shannon Stirweis, who was the original artist for the late 1960s paperback versions of, "The Case of the Missing Message," and "The Case of the Counterfeit Coin.

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220

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Lulu.com

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1365267938

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9781365267932

The Destructive War

William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans

By: Charles Royster

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The Destructive War

William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans

By: Charles Royster

From the moment the Civil War began, partisans on both sides were calling not just for victory but for extermination. And both sides found leaders who would oblige. In this vivid and fearfully persuasive book, Charles Royster looks at William Tecumseh Sherman and Stonewall Jackson, the men who came to embody the apocalyptic passions of North and South, and re-creates their characters, their strategies, and the feelings they inspired in their countrymen. At once an incisive dual biography, hypnotically engrossing military history, and a cautionary examination of the American penchant for patriotic bloodshed, The Destructive War is a work of enormous power.

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561

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Vintage

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0307760596

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9780307760593

Copper for America

The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990s

By: Charles K. Hyde

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Copper for America

The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990s

By: Charles K. Hyde

This comprehensive history of copper mining tells the full story of the industry that produces one of America's most important metals. The first inclusive account of U.S. copper in one volume, Copper for America relates the discovery and development of America's major copper-producing areas—the eastern United States, Tennessee, Michigan, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Alaska—from colonial times to the present. Starting with the predominance of New England and the Middle Atlantic states in the early nineteenth century, Copper for America traces the industry's migration to Michigan in mid-century and to Montana, Arizona, and other western states in the late nineteenth century. The book also examines the U.S. copper industry's decline in the twentieth century, studying the effects of strong competition from foreign copper industries and unforeseen changes in the national and global copper markets. An extensively documented chronicle of the rise and fall of individual mines, companies, and regions, Copper for America will prove an essential resource for economic and business historians, historians of technology and mining, and western historians.

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288

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University of Arizona Press

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0816532796

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9780816532797

Post-War Regimes and State Reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone

By: Amadu Sesay,Charles Ukeje

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Post-War Regimes and State Reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone

By: Amadu Sesay,Charles Ukeje

This original study, by some of West Africa's leading scholars, interrogates post-war reconstruction processes in the twin West African countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, focusing on the effects of regime types on the nature, scope, success or failure of their post-war reconstruction efforts. --

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122

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African Books Collective

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286978256X

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9782869782563

Dictionary of the United States Congress

By: Charles Lanman

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Dictionary of the United States Congress

By: Charles Lanman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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702

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3382307081

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9783382307080

Puzzles and Essays from 'The Exchange'

Tricky Reference Questions

By: Charles R Anderson

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Puzzles and Essays from 'The Exchange'

Tricky Reference Questions

By: Charles R Anderson

Who said that? When did that happen? Where the heck does that thing come from? Was that French, or what? What's that supposed to mean? For 35 years, librarians in the United States and other countries sent puzzles they could not solve locally to “The Exchange,” a column for reference librarians appearing in RQ (and later, RUSQ), the official journal of the Reference and User Services Division of the ALA. Other readers often furnished the answers--sometimes years or even decades later! Puzzles and Essays from “The Exchange” organizes those perplexing questions and answers into a reader-friendly reference format, embellished with essays that appeared in the column over the last fifteen years of its publication. This unique collection of questions and answers that stumped librarians on four continents over a 35-year period comes complete with authoritative bibliographic citations. It also contains an extensive subject, person, and keyword index, providing easy access to the material. Packed with fascinating information, little-known trivia, and hard-to-find facts, Puzzles and Essays from “The Exchange” is a wonderful reference source, answering difficult questions about: the origins of common--and not-so-common-customs, like giving engagement rings, driving on the right or left side of the road, tying yellow ribbons around trees in memory of captives, leg shaving, visits from the “Tooth Fairy,” and much, much more! the origins of words, phrases, and terms that don’t, when taken literally, make much sense the origins of popular sayings--The grass is always greener; The whole nine yards; It ain't over until the fat lady sings; Close but no cigar; Going down the tube; Light at the end of the tunnel; Katy, bar the door; Goodbye, cruel world; etc. the sources of famous quotations--both spurious and real! the sources of poetry fragments and bits of verse that have become part of the popular lexicon hard-to-find biographical information-from George Washington Carver's many uses for the peanut and the sweet potato to the name of Paul Revere's horse to the truth about the “let them eat cake” story attributed to Marie Antoinette trivia and miscellany--how lullabies began; why a yawn is contagious when a sneeze is not; what the names of the monkeys in The Wizard of Oz were; why pigeons bob their heads when they walk; what the vital statistics of the Venus de Milo are; and much more! the history of “The Exchange” itself! Puzzles and Essays from “The Exchange” will also challenge you with a list of so-far unanswered questions, unidentified quotations, and popular sayings whose origins are still generally unknown. Perhaps you’ll be the one to answer the riddles that stumped the editors and readers of “The Exchange!”

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236

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Routledge

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1317956125

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9781317956129

Grant and Sherman

The Friendship That Won the Civil War

By: Charles Bracelen Flood

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Grant and Sherman

The Friendship That Won the Civil War

By: Charles Bracelen Flood

Moving and elegantly written, this study is riveting history: a gripping portrait of two men, whose friendship forged under fire on the Civil War's greatest battlefields, would set the stage for the crucial final year of the war.

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497

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Macmillan

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0061148717

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9780061148712

An American Iliad

The Story of the Civil War

By: Charles Pierce Roland

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An American Iliad

The Story of the Civil War

By: Charles Pierce Roland

An updated edition of this concise yet comprehensive history of the Civil War, written by a distinguished historian of the conflict. Charles Roland skillfully interweaves the story of battles and campaigns with accounts of the major political, diplomatic, social, and cultural events of the epoch and insightful sketches of the leading actors. Of prime interest are the contrasts he draws between the opposing presidents and generals. What traits, he asks, made Lincoln superior to Davis as a war leader? How were Union military leaders able to forge a more effective fighting force, a more comprehensive strategy than their opponents? Roland's thoughtful anwers and his recognition of the contadictions of human nature and the interpaly of intention and chance raise this book above a mere recounting of military events. The story of the Civil War is the epic of the American people. Never has it been told more movingly.

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348

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813123003

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9780813123004

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The Case of the Crossed Wire

The Case of the Crossed Wire

The Destructive War

The Destructive War

Copper for America

Copper for America

Post-War Regimes and State Reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Post-War Regimes and State Reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Dictionary of the United States Congress

Dictionary of the United States Congress

Puzzles and Essays from 'The Exchange'

Puzzles and Essays from 'The Exchange'

Grant and Sherman

Grant and Sherman

An American Iliad

An American Iliad

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