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They Ask If We Eat Frogs

Garo Ethnicity in Bangladesh

By: Ellen Bal

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Garo Ethnicity in Bangladesh

By: Ellen Bal

An investigation into the category of tribes in South Asia. It focuses on one so-called tribal community, the Garos of Bangladesh. It deals with the evolution of Garo identity/ethnicity and with the progressive making of cultural characteristics that support a sense of Garo-ness, in the context of the complex historical developments.

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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9812304460

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9789812304469

A Theater of Diplomacy

International Relations and the Performing Arts in Early Modern France

By: Ellen R. Welch

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A Theater of Diplomacy

International Relations and the Performing Arts in Early Modern France

By: Ellen R. Welch

The seventeenth-century French diplomat François de Callières once wrote that "an ambassador resembles in some way an actor exposed on the stage to the eyes of the public in order to play great roles." The comparison of the diplomat to an actor became commonplace as the practice of diplomacy took hold in early modern Europe. More than an abstract metaphor, it reflected the rich culture of spectacular entertainment that was a backdrop to emissaries' day-to-day lives. Royal courts routinely honored visiting diplomats or celebrated treaty negotiations by staging grandiose performances incorporating dance, music, theater, poetry, and pageantry. These entertainments—allegorical ballets, masquerade balls, chivalric tournaments, operas, and comedies—often addressed pertinent themes such as war, peace, and international unity in their subject matter. In both practice and content, the extravagant exhibitions were fully intertwined with the culture of diplomacy. But exactly what kind of diplomatic work did these spectacles perform? Ellen R. Welch contends that the theatrical and performing arts had a profound influence on the development of modern diplomatic practices in early modern Europe. Using France as a case study, Welch explores the interconnected histories of international relations and the theatrical and performing arts. Her book argues that theater served not merely as a decorative accompaniment to negotiations, but rather underpinned the practices of embodied representation, performance, and spectatorship that constituted the culture of diplomacy in this period. Through its examination of the early modern precursors to today's cultural diplomacy initiatives, her book investigates the various ways in which performance structures international politics still.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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081229386X

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9780812293869

Thinking with Type

A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students (3rd Edition, Revised and Expanded)

By: Ellen Lupton

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Thinking with Type

A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students (3rd Edition, Revised and Expanded)

By: Ellen Lupton

The essential and bestselling guide to typography from beloved design educator Ellen Lupton—revised and expanded to include new and additional voices, examples, and principles, and a wider array of typefaces. "Thinking with Type is to typography what Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is to physics."—I Love Typography The bestselling Thinking with Type in a revised and expanded third edition: This is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication. Covering the essentials of typography, this book explores everything from typefaces and type families to kerning and tracking to grids and layout principles. Ellen Lupton provides clear and focused guidance on how letters, words, and paragraphs should be aligned, spaced, ordered, and shaped. Historical and contemporary examples of graphic design show how to learn the rules and how to break them. Critical essays, eye-opening diagrams, helpful exercises, and dozens of examples and illustrations show readers how to be inventive within systems that inform and communicate. Featuring 32 pages of new content, the third edition is revised and refined from cover to cover: More fonts: old fonts, new fonts, weird fonts, libre fonts, Google fonts, Adobe fonts, fonts from independent foundries, and fonts and lettering by women and BIPOC designers Introductions to diverse writing systems, contributed by expert typographers from around the world Demonstrations of basic design principles, such as visual balance, Gestalt grouping, and responsive layout Current approaches to typeface design, including Variable fonts and optical sizes Tips for readability, legibility, and accessibility Stunning reproductions from the Letterform Archive Thinking with Type is the typography book for everyone: designers, writers, editors, students, anyone who works with words on page or screen, and enthusiasts of type and lettering. Readers will also love Ellen Lupton's book Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers.

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Chronicle Books

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1797229621

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9781797229621

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784

By: Benjamin Franklin,Ellen R. Cohn

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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784

By: Benjamin Franklin,Ellen R. Cohn

After the signing of the definitive peace treaty on September 3, 1783, Franklin’s official duties as minister plenipotentiary diminished. Great Britain refused to negotiate a commercial agreement, and Congress failed to act on the draft treaties of commerce with Denmark and Portugal that Franklin had sent them the previous summer. In the six months after the peace was settled, Franklin’s sole diplomatic achievement was a draft consular convention with France. With his welcome leisure time, however, Franklin eagerly followed scientific developments (witnessing the first balloon ascensions in Paris), advised the French government on schemes for civic improvement, and wrote three of his most remarkable pieces about what it meant to be American.

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Yale University Press

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0300203748

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9780300203745

Art and Letters, Love and Desires

By: Jack Leissring,Ellen Koment

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Art and Letters, Love and Desires

By: Jack Leissring,Ellen Koment

Ellen Koment first met Jack Leissring in 1969, when he came to her studio in Valley Ford, CA., and bought the first of many of her paintings. Since then they have been mutual inspirations and good friends. Jack was the collector (perhaps patron) that every artist dreams of, Ellen was the artist that every lover of art hopes to find. In 1995 they were in a French Cafe in San Francisco, where Jack suggested that men, in general, and, specifically he, didn't really understand how women thought. Ellen responded that, while she couldn't speak for all women, she would try to share her responses to art, relationships, and love, any and all things that friends share. These letters, by email, were what came from the conversation.

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Lulu.com

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0963008579

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9780963008572

Meditação Permanente - Maranata

By: Ellen G White

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Meditação Permanente - Maranata

By: Ellen G White

O Senhor logo vem! Desde os tempos mais remotos, quando se revelou ao ser humano o plano da salvação, a esperança de retornar ao paraíso perdido tem sido nutrida por todo servo do Senhor. A ocasião em que Deus intervirá na história para interromper o avanço do mal e estabelecer Seu eterno e esplendoroso reino tem sido almejada pelos corações sedentos de mudança. A própria natureza clama e geme aguardando o grande dia da redenção. Quando esteve fisicamente entre nós, Cristo prometeu que voltaria. Pronunciada pelos lábios Daquele que é a própria verdade, essa promessa não pode falhar. O Rei do Universo virá! Virá para resgatar o povo que adquiriu com Seu sangue, para restaurar o planeta que o pecado manchou e instituir a paz de que o mundo tanto necessita. Ele virá, e já podemos ouvir os Seus passos! Este livro reúne os mais belos, inspiradores e incisivos textos de Ellen G. White sobre os acontecimentos relacionados com o retorno de Jesus. A finalidade da obra é preparar seus leitores para "as coisas que em breve devem acontecer" (Apocalipse 1:1). Escritora de outros clássicos sobre profecias bíblicas, como O Grande Conflito e Eventos Finais, a autora deste devocional teve um ministério frutífero também como pregadora e conselheira. Uma das notas tônicas de seu trabalho sempre foi a segunda vinda de Cristo em glória e majestade.

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Casa Publicadora Brasileira

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6589895929

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9786589895923

The Cross and the Ballot

Catholic Political Parties in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands, 1785-1985

By: Ellen Lovell Evans

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The Cross and the Ballot

Catholic Political Parties in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands, 1785-1985

By: Ellen Lovell Evans

This comparative history of the parallel development of Catholic political parties in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and The Netherlands contributes to the debate over Germany's "Sonderweg" or "special path" by showing that this aspects of Germany's history was not unique but similar to that of neighbors.

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BRILL

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0391040952

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9780391040953

Roman Artists, Patrons, and Public Consumption

Familiar Works Reconsidered

By: Brenda Longfellow,Ellen Perry

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Roman Artists, Patrons, and Public Consumption

Familiar Works Reconsidered

By: Brenda Longfellow,Ellen Perry

In recent decades, the study of Roman art has shifted focus dramatically from issues of connoisseurship, typology, and chronology to analyses of objects within their contemporary contexts and local environments. Scholars challenge the notion, formerly taken for granted, that extant historical texts—the writings of Vitruvius, for example—can directly inform the study of architectural remains. Roman-era statues, paintings, and mosaics are no longer dismissed as perfunctory replicas of lost Greek or Hellenistic originals; they are worthy of study in their own right. Further, the scope of what constitutes Roman art has expanded to include the vast spectrum of objects used in civic, religious, funerary, and domestic contexts and from communities across the Roman Empire. The work gathered in Roman Artists, Patrons, and Public Consumption displays the breadth and depth of scholarship in the field made possible by these fundamental changes. The first five essays approach individual objects and artistic tropes, as well as their cultural contexts and functions, from fresh and dynamic angles. The latter essays focus on case studies in Pompeii, demonstrating how close visual analysis firmly rooted in local and temporal contexts not only strengthens understanding of ancient interactions with monuments but also sparks a reconsideration of long-held assumptions reinforced by earlier scholarship. These rigorous essays reflect and honor the groundbreaking scholarship of Elaine K. Gazda. In addition to volume editors Brenda Longfellow and Ellen E. Perry, contributors include Bettina Bergmann, Elise Friedland, Barbara Kellum, Diana Y. Ng, Jessica Powers, Melanie Grunow Sobocinski, Lea M. Stirling, Molly Swetnam-Burland, Elizabeth Wolfram Thill, and Jennifer Trimble.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472123491

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9780472123490

Laocoon

An Essay upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry

By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing,Ellen Frothingham

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Laocoon

An Essay upon the Limits of Painting and Poetry

By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing,Ellen Frothingham

According to Greek mythology, Laocoon was a Trojan priest who, along with his two sons, offended the gods. As punishment, the three were strangled by sea serpents. The discovery in 1506 of an ancient Greek sculpture showing the three figures in their death agony not only gave rise to renewed interest in the classical period but also created repercussions in the art world. It was this work of art that German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing used as a point of reference for his essay Laocoon. Originally published in 1766, Lessing's inspired meditation on the distinguishing characteristics of painting and poetry became a turning point in the study of Western art. His essay on the origins, forms, and influences of these art forms aided in framing modern conceptions of the artistic medium and helped establish modernist views of the uniqueness of the individual arts. A breakthrough vision in aesthetics, Laocoon is essential reading for anyone interested in poetry, art history, and the fine arts.

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Courier Corporation

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0486170381

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9780486170381

The Color of Success

Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority

By: Ellen D. Wu

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The Color of Success

Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority

By: Ellen D. Wu

The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values--in the middle decades of the twentieth century. As Ellen Wu shows, liberals argued for the acceptance of these immigrant communities into the national fold, charging that the failure of America to live in accordance with its democratic ideals endangered the country's aspirations to world leadership. Weaving together myriad perspectives, Wu provides an unprecedented view of racial reform and the contradictions of national belonging in the civil rights era. She highlights the contests for power and authority within Japanese and Chinese America alongside the designs of those external to these populations, including government officials, social scientists, journalists, and others. And she demonstrates that the invention of the model minority took place in multiple arenas, such as battles over zoot suiters leaving wartime internment camps, the juvenile delinquency panic of the 1950s, Hawaii statehood, and the African American freedom movement. Together, these illuminate the impact of foreign relations on the domestic racial order and how the nation accepted Asians as legitimate citizens while continuing to perceive them as indelible outsiders. By charting the emergence of the model minority stereotype, The Color of Success reveals that this far-reaching, politically charged process continues to have profound implications for how Americans understand race, opportunity, and nationhood.

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Princeton University Press

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1400848873

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9781400848874

Sunspots and the Sun King

Sovereignty and Mediation in Seventeenth-Century France

By: Ellen McClure

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Sunspots and the Sun King

Sovereignty and Mediation in Seventeenth-Century France

By: Ellen McClure

Mediation, monarchy, and Louis XIV's attempts to legitimize his reign In order to assert his divine right, Louis XIV missed no opportunity to identify himself as God’s representative on earth. However, in Sunspots and the Sun King Ellen McClure explores the contradictions inherent in attempting to reconcile the logical and mystical aspects of divine right monarchy. McClure analyzes texts devoted to definitions of sovereignty, presents a meticulous reading of Louis XIV’s memoirs to the crown prince, and offers a novel analysis of diplomats and ambassadors as the mediators who preserved and transmitted the king’s authority. McClure asserts that these discussions, ranging from treatises to theater, expose incommensurable models of authority and representation permeating almost every aspect of seventeenth-century French culture.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252056930

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9780252056932

New Testament Scholarship: Praphrase on John

By: Desiderius Erasmus,Robert Dick Sider,Jane Ellen Phillips

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New Testament Scholarship: Praphrase on John

By: Desiderius Erasmus,Robert Dick Sider,Jane Ellen Phillips

Erasmus yearned to make the Bible an effective instrument in the reform of society, church, and the life of individuals in the turbulent world the sixteenth century. He therefore composed paraphrases in which the words of Holy Scripture provided the core of a text vastly expanded to embrace the reforming 'philosophy of Christ.' The Paraphrases were successful beyond expectation and were quickly translated from Latin into French, German, English, and other languages. This volume is the third Paraphrase to be published in the New Testament Scholarship series in the CWE. In it Erasmus explores questions that have always been central to Christian self-understanding. Why is the cross folly to the wise of this world? In the Paraphrase on John, Erasmus hints broadly that the cause of human blindness lies in the arrogance of intellectual pretensions, the love of vain-glory, the lust for possessions, the fear of losing the supports that secure a comfortable way of life. Perhaps nothing will please the reader more the portraits of the chief characters in John's Gospels. We enjoy the simplicity of the lowly woman at the well, we understand the complexity of the distinguished Nicodemus. Above all, we are captured by the portrait of Christ himself. Upon the stage Erasmus has here designed, Christ appears first in the humility of a lowly artisan from a despised country; only to the discerning does his glory flash forth from his mortality, a mortality vividly etched in the scene on the cross. But in the last pages of the Paraphrase on John, Erasmus sets before us in sharp dramatic contrast the resurrected Christ glorious with a radiant holiness. Like Augustine in the City of God, Erasmus attempts to define the relationship between the two worlds in which the Christian lives - the heavenly and the spiritual, and the earthly and physical. Volume 46 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802058590

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9780802058591

Encyclopedia of Kitchen History

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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Encyclopedia of Kitchen History

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

A space common to all peoples, the kitchen embodies the cultural history of domestic life: how people around the world acquire, prepare, cook, serve, eat, preserve, and store food; what foods we eat and why and when; what utensils, cutlery, decorations, furnishings, and appliances we create and use; what work, play, chores, services, and celebrations we perform. The history of the kitchen reflects human ingenuity solving problems posed by daily necessity and the human desire for social comfort and continuity. Kitchen history also tells us much about our interaction with others and with other cultures as well. From the history of beer, cooking stones, ergonomics, medieval kitchens, Roman cookery, pasta, and chopsticks to inventors such as Nils Dalén and George Washington Carver and cookbook authors such as Isabella Beeton and Julia Child, this A-Z Encyclopedia presents almost 300 wide-ranging entries that detail the culinary history of each topic. The Encyclopedia of Kitchen History features: *See Alsos which lead the reader to pertinent entries *Useful Sources section at the end of entries that compiles a list of books, CDs, journals, newspapers, and online databases and news sources for further research *An appendix of Common Sources- the most helpful resources on domestic histories *Numerous illustrations that explain and communicate the vibrancy of domestic culture *Thorough, analytic index that directs the reader to the people, writings, recipes, inventions, processes, and foodstuffs that make up kitchen history. From the discovery of fire to the latest space mission, the Encyclopedia of Kitchen History brings together the rich diversity of kitchen history in one accessible volume. Students, researchers, scholars, and culinary aficionados- from beginners to experts- will find this Encyclopedia to be a fascinating look into the history of the kitchen from the foodstuffs prepared to the tools and implements used as well as the innovators who shaped its function and utility.

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Routledge

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1135455716

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9781135455712

The Luminous Image

Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480-1560

By: Timothy Husband,Ellen Konowitz,Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The Luminous Image

Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480-1560

By: Timothy Husband,Ellen Konowitz,Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Published in conjunction with a 1995 exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this catalog features extensive explication of a relatively unknown art, focusing on problems of style, workshop techniques, the dissemination of designs, iconographic variety, the functions of the diversity of drawings, details of specific patrons and commissions, and the leading centers of Lowlands stained-glass production--Ghent, Bruges, and Leiden. Includes 455 bandw and 22 color illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0870997483

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9780870997488

Many are strong among the strangers

Canadian songs of immigration

By: Ellen Karp

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Many are strong among the strangers

Canadian songs of immigration

By: Ellen Karp

A compilation of thirty-four songs of differing ethnicity from the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies folklore collections. The songs are presented in their original language with English translation.

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University of Ottawa Press

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1772823538

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9781772823530

The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library

By: Ellen Luchinsky

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The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library

By: Ellen Luchinsky

The Song Index features over 150,000 citations that lead users to over 2,100 song books spanning more than a century, from the 1880s to the 1990s. The songs cited represent a multitude of musical practices, cultures, and traditions, ranging from ehtnic to regional, from foreign to American, representing every type of song: popular, folk, children's, political, comic, advertising, protest, patriotic, military, and classical, as well as hymns, spirituals, ballads, arias, choral symphonies, and other larger works. This comprehensive volume also includes a bibliography of the books indexed; an index of sources from which the songs originated; and an alphabetical composer index.

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1384

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Routledge

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1135659265

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9781135659264

Honour of Kings Ancient and American History Book 2 FULL COLOR TEXT

By: Ellen Gerwitz

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Honour of Kings Ancient and American History Book 2 FULL COLOR TEXT

By: Ellen Gerwitz

This FULL COLOR textbook is based on the premise that God created the world approximately 6,000 years ago. It takes key events from both the Bible and world history and places them into a single time line. Great care is taken to separate fact from myth so that students can clearly understand how history unfolded from 1,000 B.C. to 1 B.C. Photographs throughout the text enhance the student's learning. After completing the ancient history section, students will embark on a journey through an American history time line beginning with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and ending in 1850. - Multi-level - Non-consumable. - Chronological time line. - Biblical world view. - Integrates both Bible and world history. - American History time line - Hands-on learning activities. - Encourages understanding of overall historical time line. - Covers the history of all continents.

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1312443189

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9781312443181

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