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The Entertainer

Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century

By: Margaret Talbot

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The Entertainer

Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century

By: Margaret Talbot

Using the life and career of her father, writer Margaret Talbot tells the story of the rise of popular culture through a personal lens. The arc of Lyle Talbot's career is in fact the story of American entertainment. Born in 1902, Lyle left small-town Nebraska in 1918 to join a traveling carnival. From there he became a magician's assistant, an actor in a traveling theater troupe, a romantic lead in early talkies, then an actor in major Warner Bros. pictures, then an actor in cult B movies, and finally a part of the advent of television, with regular roles on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and Leave It to Beaver. In her impeccably researched narrative--a combination of Hollywood history, social history, and family memoir--Margaret Talbot conjures warmth and nostalgia for those earlier eras of '10s and '20s small-town America, '30s and '40s Hollywood.--From publisher description.

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Penguin

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1594631883

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9781594631887

Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products

Self-help Suggestions for Rural Entrepreneurs

By: Margaret G. Thomas,David R. Schumann

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Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products

Self-help Suggestions for Rural Entrepreneurs

By: Margaret G. Thomas,David R. Schumann

Describes special forest products that represent opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to supplement their incomes. Includes: aromatics, berries & wild fruits, cones & seeds, forest botanicals, honey, mushrooms, nuts, syrup, & weaving & dying materials. Each chapter describes market & competition considerations, distribution & packaging, equipment needs, & resource conservation considerations, & also presents a profile of a rural business marketing the products. Products suitable for small or part-time operators are described. 50 photos.

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DIANE Publishing

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0788112368

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9780788112362

Upland Britain

A Natural History

By: Margaret Atherden

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Upland Britain

A Natural History

By: Margaret Atherden

A plea for the conservation of areas in Great Britain: not only those that preserve ecologies going back to the end of the Ice Age, but also some that, while resulting from human intervention, have become traditional. Explains the evolution and the current state of the landscape and the flora and fauna. Well illustrated. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Manchester University Press

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0719034930

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Small Books and Pleasant Histories

Popular Fiction and Its Readership in Seventeenth-Century England

By: Margaret Spufford

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Small Books and Pleasant Histories

Popular Fiction and Its Readership in Seventeenth-Century England

By: Margaret Spufford

Dr Spufford's book examines the profits made by these publishers, the scale of their operations, and the way the 'small books' were distributed throughout the country. It also examines their content, and compares the English chapbooks with their French counterparts.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521312183

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9780521312189

Reveille in Washington

1860-1865

By: Margaret Leech

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Reveille in Washington

1860-1865

By: Margaret Leech

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Featuring a foreword by Battle Cry of Freedom author James McPherson A vibrant portrait of Civil War-era Washington, D.C. that is “packed and running over with the anecdotes, scandals, personalities, and tragi-comedies of the day”—from the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for History (The New Yorker) 1860: The American capital is sprawling, fractured, squalid, colored by patriotism and treason, and deeply divided along the political lines that will soon embroil the nation in bloody conflict. Chaotic and corrupt, the young city is populated by bellicose congressmen, Confederate conspirators, and enterprising prostitutes. Soldiers of a volunteer army swing from the dome of the Capitol, assassins stalk the avenues, and Abraham Lincoln struggles to justify his presidency as the Union heads to war. Reveille in Washington focuses on the everyday politics and preoccupations of Washington during the Civil War. From the stench of corpse-littered streets to the plunging lace on Mary Lincoln’s evening gowns, Margaret Leech illuminates the city and its familiar figures—among them Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, William Seward, and Mary Surratt—in intimate and fascinating detail. Leech’s book remains widely recognized as both an impressive feat of scholarship and an uncommonly engrossing work of history. “The best single popular account of Washington during the great convulsion of the Civil War.” —The Washington Post

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New York Review of Books

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1590174674

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Cooler Smarter

Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living

By: The Union of Concerned Scientists,Seth Shulman,Jeff Deyette,Brenda Ekwurzel,David Friedman,Margaret Mellon,John Rogers,Suzanne Shaw

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Cooler Smarter

Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living

By: The Union of Concerned Scientists,Seth Shulman,Jeff Deyette,Brenda Ekwurzel,David Friedman,Margaret Mellon,John Rogers,Suzanne Shaw

How can each of us live Cooler Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days—what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work—may seem small, collectively they have a big effect on global warming. But which changes in our lifestyles might make the biggest difference to the climate? This science-based guide shows you the most effective ways to cut your own global warming emissions by twenty percent or more, and explains why your individual contribution is so vital to addressing this global problem. Cooler Smarter is based on an in-depth, two-year study by the experts at The Union of Concerned Scientists. While other green guides suggest an array of tips, Cooler Smarter offers proven strategies to cut carbon, with chapters on transportation, home energy use, diet, personal consumption, as well as how best to influence your workplace, your community, and elected officials. The book explains how to make the biggest impact and when not to sweat the small stuff. It also turns many eco-myths on their head, like the importance of locally produced food or the superiority of all hybrid cars. The advice in Cooler Smarter can help save you money and live healthier. But its central purpose is to empower you, through low carbon-living, to confront one of society’s greatest threats.

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336

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Island Press

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1610912349

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9781610912341

The Birdhouse Book

Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds

By: Margaret A. Barker,Elissa Ruth Wolfson,National Audubon Society

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The Birdhouse Book

Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds

By: Margaret A. Barker,Elissa Ruth Wolfson,National Audubon Society

The Birdhouse Book explains how to build and place functional bird homes that are safe and appropriate for more than 20 species.

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Voyageur Press

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0760368627

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9780760368626

Accounts of the Feoffees of the Town Lands of Bury St Edmunds, 1569-1622

By: Margaret Statham

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Accounts of the Feoffees of the Town Lands of Bury St Edmunds, 1569-1622

By: Margaret Statham

In the absence of borough status and after the winding up of the guilds, the townsmen of Bury St Emunds experiment with town government. In 1569, thirty years after its abbey had been dissolved, the large town of Bury St Edmunds remained unincorporated. These accounts show how the feoffees (still essentially the medieval Candlemas guild) experimented with town government. The pre-Reformation landed endowments were increased throughout the period. This enabled the feoffees to address many aspects of town life. In addition to payments for housing and clothing the poor, and the provision of medical care, they also contributed to the cost of providing clergy (whose theology was akin to their own) for the two town churches. To encourage trade, they built the town's first covered Market Cross, while the acquisition of theShire House enabled the assizes and quarter sessions to move into the town. After the turn of the century, the Charitable Uses Act of 1601 was used to recover land which had long ago been alienated. At the same time some of the up and coming men successfully petitioned for a charter of incorporation for Bury St Edmunds, so that in 1606 the town acquired the borough status which had eluded it for centuries. Unless new sources are discovered, these accounts, though inevitably slanted to the feoffees' activities, are the most revealing source for the work of the new corporation in its early years.

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Boydell Press

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0851159214

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9780851159218

New Men in Trollope's Novels

Rewriting the Victorian Male

By: Margaret Markwick

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New Men in Trollope's Novels

Rewriting the Victorian Male

By: Margaret Markwick

New Men in Trollope's Novels challenges the popular construction of Victorian men as patriarchal despots and suggests that hands-on fatherhood may have been a nineteenth-century norm. Beginning with an evaluation of the evidence for cultural determinations of masculinity during Trollope's times, the author sets the stage with a discussion of the religious, philosophical, and educational influences that informed the evolution of Trollope's personal views of masculinity as he grew from boyhood into later manhood. Her treatment of his novels, drawing on a wide selection from across the oevre, shows that sensitive examination of Trollope's texts discovers him advancing a startlingly modern model of manhood under a veneer of conformity. Trollope's independent views on child-rearing, education, courtship, marriage, parenthood, and gay men are also discussed within the context of Victorian culture in this witty, original, and immensely knowledgeable study of Victorian masculinity.

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236

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Routledge

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1351152548

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9781351152549

Mademoiselle Mori. A Tale of Modern Rome

By: Margaret Roberts

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Mademoiselle Mori. A Tale of Modern Rome

By: Margaret Roberts

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385366682

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9783385366688

Forging the Darksword

By: Margaret Weis,Tracy Hickman

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Forging the Darksword

By: Margaret Weis,Tracy Hickman

From the bestselling authors of The Rose of the Prophet and The Death Gate Cycle, the first in a majestic saga of magic, fantasy, and adventure In the enchanted realm of Merilon, magic is life. Born without magical abilities and denied his birthright, Joram is left for dead. Yet he grows to manhood in a remote country village, hiding his lack of powers only through constant vigilance and ever more skillful sleight-of-hand. Forced to kill a man in self-defense, Joram can keep his secret from the townspeople no longer: he has no magic, no life. Fleeing to the Outlands, Joram joins the outlawed Technologists, who practice the long forbidden arts of science. Here he meets the scholarly catalyst Saryon, who has been sent on a special mission to hunt down a mysterious “dead man” and instead finds himself in a battle of wits and power with a renegade warlock of the dark Duuk-tsarith caste. Together, Joram and Saryon begin their quest toward a greater destiny—a destiny that begins with the discovery of the secret books that will enable them to overthrow the evil usurper Blachloch . . . and forge the powerful magic-absorbing Darksword.

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Spectra

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0307434079

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9780307434074

The Back Settlement

By: Margaret A. Westlie

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The Back Settlement

By: Margaret A. Westlie

Beth must stop her father. Can she act in time? Beth is 32 years old and a drudge in her father’s house. She once turned down a proposal from James because of her father. Now she has a second chance if she goes with him to the Back Settlement—today. But Beth’s past clouds their marriage. The day her father shows up uninvited, Beth knows she must act to protect her fragile happiness. The Back Settlement is a historical novel set on Prince Edward Island, home of Anne of Green Gables. If you love books about women with strong characters and happy endings, The Back Settlement is for you. ReadThe Back Settlement today and discover what Beth must do.

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140

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Selkirk Stories

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1926494261

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9781926494265

Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids

Activities and Ideas for Watching, Feeding, and Housing Our Feathered Friends

By: Elissa Wolfson,Margaret Barker

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Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids

Activities and Ideas for Watching, Feeding, and Housing Our Feathered Friends

By: Elissa Wolfson,Margaret Barker

Produced in association with the National Audubon Society, Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids introduces you and your children to the love of all things birding. Whether exploring the forest, the backyard, or the city, you and your kids will learn about the habits of North America’s most popular songbirds, how to create safe and welcoming environments for them, how to observe them, and how to construct easy and safe species-appropriate birdhouses and feeders for common birds. The bird ID section includes descriptions of species and range maps. Kids will find exciting activities and games, as well, including how to form birding groups, scavenger hunts, and a birdsong listening game. In addition to practical, field-tested knowledge and fascinating information about the species covered, this guide is packed with beautiful color photography. Since all the information presented is the product of years of National Audubon Society expertise, both you and your kids can be sure you're getting the best advice before setting about your birding adventures.

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Cool Springs Press

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076036608X

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9780760366080

Flora of Louisiana

By: Margaret Stones

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Flora of Louisiana

By: Margaret Stones

Many years ago, during a long, confining illness in her native Australia, Margaret Stones whiled away the hours drawing the wildflowers friends placed at her bedside. Today she is acclaimed as one of the world's most distinguished botanical artists. Stones served for twenty-five years as the principal illustrator for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, contributing more than 400 drawings. She has also completed a six-volume illustrated work, The Endemic Flora of Tasmania, and has worked under commission for the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, England, the Royal Horticultural Society of England, and similar institutions the world over.In 1976, as part of the United States' bicentennial celebration, Louisiana State University commissioned Stones to execute six watercolor renderings of Louisiana flora. This initial project was so successful that Stones was asked to draw a much larger number of the state's native plants. Today Stones has completed more than 200 watercolors, all of which are maintained in the LSU Libraries' E. A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection. The drawings represent not only a collection of exquisite botanical art but an accurate scientific record of Louisiana's lush, varied, and beautiful flora.Flora of Louisiana reproduces the great bulk of Stones's collection. The volume contains more than 200 pages of full-color and black-and-white illustrations. Each drawing is accompanied by a short text that gives information about the plant, including a physical description and details about habitat and growing conditions.The publications of Flora of Louisiana is set to coincide with the first of several international exhibitions of Stones's drawings, beginning in April, 1991.

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LSU Press

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0807116645

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9780807116647

A Modern Herbal, Vol. II

By: Margaret Grieve

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A Modern Herbal, Vol. II

By: Margaret Grieve

Volume 2 of the fullest, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, more. 161 illustrations.

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Courier Corporation

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0486317315

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9780486317311

100 More Little Reading Comprehension Lessons

By: Margaret Brinton

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100 More Little Reading Comprehension Lessons

By: Margaret Brinton

Entertain and educate students with this versatile resource! 100 short stories introduce readers to an incredible variety of topics and provide essential reading and vocabulary practice. Each story is followed by comprehension questions that reinforce language arts concepts and encourage critical thinking and expression of opinion and thought. Ideal for lead-in, skill-building, or homework activities, these simple and effective lessons will prepare students for the next step in reading comprehension.

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108

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Teaching and Learning Company

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142911830X

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9781429118309

Buying, Owning and Selling a Home in Canada

By: Margaret Kerr,JoAnn Kurtz

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Buying, Owning and Selling a Home in Canada

By: Margaret Kerr,JoAnn Kurtz

If you've ever bought, owned, or sold a home--or are about to--you know how exciting and how daunting it can be. Buying, Owning and Selling a Home in Canada, Second Edition, completely revised and updated, tells you absolutely everything you need to know about the joys and headaches of owning a home. Complete on-volume reference on every stage of owning a home. Covers shopping for a mortgage; negotiating your agreement of purchase and sale; signing contracts with renovators, movers, and others; understanding those mpenetrable insurance policies; dealing with problem neighbours and much more. Your "operating manual" for legal issues as well as the everyday problems of home ownership. Written in plain English that's easy to understand. Includes helpful, practical checklists and forms. Tells you what you need to know to prevent and solve many problems on your own. What you need to ask lawyers and other professionals--it may even help to reduce the fees you'll have to pay. Completely revised and updated including: how to look for a home on the Internet and how you can use your home to save, or get more money. Expand information on such topics as: condominium ownership, making offers on a home, and homeowner's insurance, to name just a few.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470739673

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9780470739679

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