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Captain Hale's Covenant

By: Thomas E. Crocker

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Captain Hale’s Covenant is a family saga about Adam Hale, an American Revolutionary War blockade runner who, with his sons, builds a fortune in trade with France, England, and Jamaica during the Federal Period (1783–1822). The turbulent backdrop is the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic era, featuring Barbary pirates, press gangs, Regency balls, privateers, a slave uprising, duels, the Peninsular Campaign, and pitched naval battles. Thomas E. Crocker’s narrative explores how the family patriarch struggles to achieve a meaningful, personal commitment of civic duty to his country, all the while trying to reconcile evil in the world with an omniscient and loving God. It tells how Americans ventured into the unknown in ships, never knowing if they would come back or what rewards they might reap. It is a story of how every generation struggles. It is the American Experience based on a true story.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493066617

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9781493066612

The Georgia Peach

Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South

By: Thomas Okie

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The Georgia Peach

Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South

By: Thomas Okie

This book explores the significance of the peach as a cultural icon and viable commodity in the American South.

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321

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Cambridge University Press

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1107071720

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9781107071728

Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection

Designation, Discrimination, and Brutalization

By: Thomas W. Simon

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Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection

Designation, Discrimination, and Brutalization

By: Thomas W. Simon

In Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection: Designation, Discrimination, and Brutalization, Thomas W. Simon examines a new framework for considering ethnic conflicts. In contrast to the more traditional theories of justice, Simon’s theory of injustice shifts focus away from group identity toward group harms, effectively making many problems, such as how to define minorities in international law, dramatically more manageable. Simon argues that instead of promoting legislative devices like proportional representation for minorities, it is more fruitful to seek adjudicative solutions to racial and ethnic-related conflicts. For example, resources could be shifted to quasi-judicial human-rights treaty bodies that have adopted an injustice approach. This injustice approach provides the foundation for Kosovo’s case for remedial secession, and helps to sort out the competing entitlement claims of Malays in different countries. Indeed, the priority of Thomas W. Simon’s Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection is to ensure the tales of designation and discrimination told at the beginning of the work do not become the stories of brutalization told at the end. In short, the challenge tackled in this text is to assure that reason reigns over hate.

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327

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Lexington Books

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0739149822

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9780739149829

Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency

By: W. Thomas Smith

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Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency

By: W. Thomas Smith

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the most fascinating yet least understood intelligence gathering organizations in the world

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289

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Infobase Publishing

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143813018X

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9781438130187

A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

By: Thomas L. Elliott

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A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

By: Thomas L. Elliott

With its initial publication in 1983, A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes profoundly transformed the emphasis and direction of tool collecting. After several years of meticulous research, Thomas L. Elliott has completely redesigned, revised, and expanded this fifth edition to include entries and information accumulated since the fourth edition. The heart of this guide is the alphabetical directory of plane makers and dealers. This fifth edition now includes: 4590 biographical entries; 6160 imprint illustrations; 3030 wedge outlines; and over 3000 individual ratings for judging relative scarcity and value. Also included are sections providing insights helpful in buying and selling planes, an illustrated glossary of plane terms and styles, and an extensive bibliography for further research. This book is useful to both the beginner and the advanced collector, to historians and genealogists, and to all other with an interest in the subject.

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456

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493054015

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9781493054015

Forgotten Pioneers

Irish Leaders in Early California

By: Thomas F. Prendergast

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Forgotten Pioneers

Irish Leaders in Early California

By: Thomas F. Prendergast

This is a comprehensive look at the Irish in Northern California from 1835 to 1900. Filled with anecdotes and insider history - this book is a unique piece of California history. The title, Forgotten Pioneers, embodies only half a truth in its application to the subject --- those early settlers in the wilderness of California, men of Irish birth or ancestry who contributed lavishly toward laying the foundations of a new commonwealth on the Pacific. It is the purpose of this book to reinstate in the rank where they belong, some, at least, of these overlooked men "whose character and achievement entitle them to the highest place in the respect and esteem of the people.

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314

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The Minerva Group, Inc.

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0898753902

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9780898753905

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 13

22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819

By: Thomas Jefferson

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 13

22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819

By: Thomas Jefferson

The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826. During this period Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and sold his extraordinary library to the nation, but his greatest legacy from these years is the astonishing depth and breadth of his correspondence with statesmen, inventors, scientists, philosophers, and ordinary citizens on topics spanning virtually every field of human endeavor.--From publisher description.

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740

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Princeton University Press

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0691172838

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9780691172835

Frank Furness: The Complete Works

By: George E. Thomas,Jeffrey A. Cohen,Michael J. Lewis

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Frank Furness: The Complete Works

By: George E. Thomas,Jeffrey A. Cohen,Michael J. Lewis

This encyclopedic book is the first complete monograph of Furness's work. More than 670 projects are presented through 700 photographs and drawings.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568980949

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9781568980942

Jefferson's Legal Commonplace Book

By: Thomas Jefferson

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Jefferson's Legal Commonplace Book

By: Thomas Jefferson

As a law student and young lawyer in the 1760s, Thomas Jefferson began writing abstracts of English common law reports. Even after abandoning his law practice, he continued to rely on his legal commonplace book to document the legal, historical, and philosophical reading that helped shape his new role as a statesman. Indeed, he made entries in the notebook in preparation for his mission to France, as president of the United States, and near the end of his life. This authoritative volume is the first to contain the complete text of Jefferson’s notebook. With more than 900 entries on such thinkers as Beccaria, Montesquieu, and Lord Kames, Jefferson’s Legal Commonplace Book is a fascinating chronicle of the evolution of Jefferson’s searching mind. Jefferson’s abstracts of common law reports, most published here for the first time, indicate his deepening commitment to whig principles and his incisive understanding of the political underpinnings of the law. As his intellectual interests and political aspirations evolved, so too did the content and composition of his notetaking. Unlike the only previous edition of Jefferson’s notebook, published in 1926, this edition features a verified text of Jefferson’s entries and full annotation, including essential information on the authors and books he documents. In addition, the volume includes a substantial introduction that places Jefferson’s text in legal, historical, and biographical context.

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698

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Princeton University Press

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069119372X

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9780691193724

Raised by the Stars

Interviews with 29 Children of Hollywood Actors

By: Nick Thomas

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Raised by the Stars

Interviews with 29 Children of Hollywood Actors

By: Nick Thomas

This collection of interviews, all conducted by the author, focuses on the children of Hollywood legends. Each child (and, in one case, grandchild) talks about the joys and difficulties of growing up in the shadow of the Hollywood spotlight. While some were significantly influenced by their famous parents and chose a career in entertainment, others felt no attraction toward the glamour of Tinseltown fame. Among the interviewees are the offspring of such major stars as Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell, as well as such prominent supporting players as Jack Elam, Gene Lockhart, Billy Barty and Jesse White. The collection also includes a list of books and/or websites published by the children of the actors featured.

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254

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McFarland

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0786488077

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9780786488070

Civic Myths

A Law-and-Literature Approach to Citizenship

By: Brook Thomas

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Civic Myths

A Law-and-Literature Approach to Citizenship

By: Brook Thomas

As questions of citizenship generate new debates for this generation of Americans, Brook Thomas argues for revitalizing the role of literature in civic education. Thomas defines civic myths as compelling stories about national origin, membership, and values that are generated by conflicts within the concept of citizenship itself. Selected works of literature, he claims, work on these myths by challenging their terms at the same time that they work with them by relying on the power of narrative to produce compelling new stories. Civic Myths consists of four case studies: Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and "the good citizen"; Edward Everett Hale's "The Man without a Country" and "the patriotic citizen"; Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and "the independent citizen"; and Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men and "the immigrant citizen." Thomas also provides analysis of the civic mythology surrounding Abraham Lincoln and the case of Ex parte Milligan. Engaging current debates about civil society, civil liberties, civil rights, and immigration, Thomas draws on the complexities of law and literature to probe the complexities of U.S. citizenship.

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UNC Press Books

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1469606798

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9781469606798

Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics

By: Margaret Thomas

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Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics

By: Margaret Thomas

What was the first language, and where did it come from? Do all languages have properties in common? What is the relationship of language to thought? Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics explores how fifty of the most influential figures in the field have asked and have responded to classic questions about language. Each entry includes a discussion of the person’s life, work and ideas as well as the historical context and an analysis of his or her lasting contributions. Thinkers include: Aristotle Samuel Johnson Friedrich Max Müller Ferdinand de Saussure Joseph H. Greenberg Noam Chomsky Fully cross-referenced and with useful guides to further reading, this is an ideal introduction to the thinkers who have had a significant impact on the subject of Language and Linguistics.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136707492

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9781136707490

Lost Palaces of Hawai'i

Royal Residences of the Kingdom Period

By: Ralph Thomas Kam

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Lost Palaces of Hawai'i

Royal Residences of the Kingdom Period

By: Ralph Thomas Kam

The remains of Kaniakapp--King Kamehameha III's summer residence--bear no traces of the feast that once served ten thousand of his subjects gathered in celebration of Hawaiian sovereignty. Although not all historic Hawaii residences are still standing, the pictures, photographs, and comprehensive maps in this book can provide a wealth of knowledge. Discover the site of Queen Ka'ahumanu's death, Princess Ruth Ke'eliklani's house, which rivaled the splendor of King Kalkaua's official palace, and Lili'uokalani's home, where Robert Wilcox plotted an armed insurrection to overthrow the Constitution of 1887. Using accounts by missionaries, ship captains, early visitors, and reports in English and Hawaiian-language media, this groundbreaking book provides an extensive look into the now-lost residences of the kingdom's elite. Learn about the historic events that took place in the residences of Hawaiian royalty and see how the island chiefs lived their everyday lives.

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McFarland

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1476646341

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9781476646343

The Descendants of George Little, who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640

By: George Thomas Little

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The Descendants of George Little, who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640

By: George Thomas Little

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385482933

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9783385482937

New England's Haunted Route 44

By: Thomas D'Agostino,Arlene Nicholson

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New England's Haunted Route 44

By: Thomas D'Agostino,Arlene Nicholson

U.S. Route 44 stretches across New England from Massachusetts to Connecticut before completing its circuit in New York State, 237 miles later. Along the way, travelers may encounter the infamous Bridgewater Triangle, take a haunted tour of Plymouth, or see the ghosts of Chepachet. Follow in the footsteps of famous science fiction horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft from Providence to Glocester, Rhode Island. Follow the road through small towns and dark forests where sightings of UFOs and cryptids have surprised travelers for years. Join authors Tom D'Agostino and Arlene Nicholson as they explore the dark corners of New England's most haunted highway.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439678499

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9781439678497

Book's by Thomas Hale

Captain Hale's Covenant

Captain Hale's Covenant

The Georgia Peach

The Georgia Peach

Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection

Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection

Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency

Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency

A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes

Forgotten Pioneers

Forgotten Pioneers

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 13

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 13

Frank Furness: The Complete Works

Frank Furness: The Complete Works

Jefferson's Legal Commonplace Book

Jefferson's Legal Commonplace Book

Raised by the Stars

Raised by the Stars

Civic Myths

Civic Myths

Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics

Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics

Lost Palaces of Hawai'i

Lost Palaces of Hawai'i

The Descendants of George Little, who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640

The Descendants of George Little, who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640

New England's Haunted Route 44

New England's Haunted Route 44

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