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Genealogy. Records of the Descendant of David Johnson, of Leominster

By: William Wallace Johnson

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Genealogy. Records of the Descendant of David Johnson, of Leominster

By: William Wallace Johnson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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3385500281

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9783385500280

Life of the Marlows

A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days

By: William Rathmell

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Life of the Marlows

A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days

By: William Rathmell

Rathmell's book, biased in favor of the five Marlow brothers, has long been out of print. Robert K. DeArment has sifted through the evidence and presents an objective, annotated edition. Readers can judge for themselves: were the Marlows as law-abiding as Rathmell claims?

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University of North Texas Press

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1574411799

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The American President

From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton

By: William E. Leuchtenburg

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The American President

From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton

By: William E. Leuchtenburg

The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, one of the great presidential historians of the century, portrays each of the presidents in a chronicle sparkling with anecdote and wit. Leuchtenburg offers a nuanced assessment of their conduct in office, preoccupations, and temperament. His book presents countless moments of high drama: FDR hurling defiance at the "economic royalists" who exploited the poor; ratcheting tension for JFK as Soviet vessels approach an American naval blockade; a grievously wounded Reagan joking with nurses while fighting for his life. This book charts the enormous growth of presidential power from its lowly state in the late nineteenth century to the imperial presidency of the twentieth. That striking change was manifested both at home in periods of progressive reform and abroad, notably in two world wars, Vietnam, and the war on terror. Leuchtenburg sheds light on presidents battling with contradictory forces. Caught between maintaining their reputation and executing their goals, many practiced deceits that shape their image today. But he also reveals how the country's leaders pulled off magnificent achievements worthy of the nation's pride.

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903

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Oxford University Press

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0199721106

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Match Play and the Spin of the Ball

By: William T. Tilden

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Match Play and the Spin of the Ball

By: William T. Tilden

“Match Play and the Spin of the Ball” is a vintage guide to tennis by William T. Tilden. William Tatem Tilden II (1893 – 1953), commonly known as "Big Bill", was an American tennis player who is often hailed as one of the greatest tennis players of all time With simple explanations and helpful diagrams, this fantastic guide is highly recommended for both new and experienced players alike, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage sporting literature. Contents include: “Our Greatest Player”, “Chapter I - The Spin Of The Ball”, “Chapter II – Grips”, “Chapter III - Footwork And Timing”, “Chapter IV - Attack And Defence”, “Chapter V - Singles And Doubles”, “Chapter VI - The All-Court Game”, “Chapter VII - The Value Of Intensive Practice”, “Chapter VIII - Youth To The Fore”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

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Read Books Ltd

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1447493877

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The Civil Rights Movement

Struggle and Resistance

By: William Riches

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The Civil Rights Movement

Struggle and Resistance

By: William Riches

An established introductory textbook that provides students with a compelling overview of the growth of the mass movement from its origins after the Second World War to the destruction of segregated society, before charting the movement's path through the twentieth century up to the present day. This is an ideal core text for modules on Civil Rights history or American history since 1945 - or a supplementary text for broader modules on American history, African-American history or Modern US politics - which may be offered at the upper levels of an undergraduate history, politics or American studies degree. In addition it is a crucial resource for students who may be studying the Civil Rights Movement for the first time as part of a taught postgraduate degree in American history, US politics or American studies. New to this Edition: - Revised and updated throughout in light of the latest research - Includes in-depth analysis of Barack Obama's presidency - Provides further exploration of cultural and gender history - Examines contemporary issues, such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the 2016 US election

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334

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137564830

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9781137564832

Lee's Last Retreat

The Flight to Appomattox

By: William Marvel

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Lee's Last Retreat

The Flight to Appomattox

By: William Marvel

Few events in Civil War history have generated such deliberate mythmaking as the retreat that ended at Appomattox. As the popular imagination would have it, Robert E. Lee's tattered, starving, but devoted troops found themselves hopelessly surrounded thro

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807857033

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9780807857038

Human Rights and the End of Empire

Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention

By: Alfred William Brian Simpson

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Human Rights and the End of Empire

Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention

By: Alfred William Brian Simpson

The European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection ever created. This is the first book that gives a comprehensive account of how it came into existence, of the part played in its genesis by the British government, and of its significance for Britain in the period between 1953 and 1966.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199267898

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To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense

Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization

By: William P. Alford

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Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization

By: William P. Alford

This sweeping study examines the law of intellectual property in Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present. It uses materials drawn from law, the arts and other fields as well as extensive interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of "piracy.

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238

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Stanford University Press

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0804729603

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Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

By: William M. Bodiford

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Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

By: William M. Bodiford

Explores how Soto monks between the 13th and 16th centuries developed new forms of monastic organization and Zen instructions and new applications for Zen rituals within lay life; how these innovations helped shape rural society; and how remnants of them remain in the modern Soto school, now the lar

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824814827

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Smell in Eighteenth-Century England

A Social Sense

By: William Tullett

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Smell in Eighteenth-Century England

A Social Sense

By: William Tullett

In England from the 1670s to the 1820s a transformation took place in how smell and the senses were viewed. The role of smell in developing medical and scientific knowledge came under intense scrutiny, and the equation of smell with disease was actively questioned. Yet a new interest in smell's emotive and idiosyncratic dimensions offered odour a new power in the sociable spaces of eighteenth-century England. Using a wide range of sources from diaries, letters, and sanitary records to satirical prints, consumer objects, and magazines, William Tullett traces how individuals and communities perceived the smells around them, from paint and perfume to onions and farts. In doing so, the study challenges a popular, influential, and often cited narrative. Smell in Eighteenth-Century England is not a tale of the medicalization and deodorization of English olfactory culture. Instead, Tullett demonstrates that it was a new recognition of smell's asocial-sociability, and its capacity to create atmospheres of uncomfortable intimacy, that transformed the relationship between the senses and society.

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261

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Oxford University Press

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0192582445

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9780192582447

Bill Haywood’s Book

The Autobiography of William D. Haywood

By: William D. Haywood

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Bill Haywood’s Book

The Autobiography of William D. Haywood

By: William D. Haywood

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ‘BIG BILL’ HAYWOOD This is William D. Haywood’s own story, written during the last year of his life. An heroic giant of the American labor movement during its most turbulent years, “Big Bill” was a Socialist and a founder and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Born in Salt Lake City, he went into the Nevada metal mines at the age of 15, and joined the Western Federation of Miners in 1896 at 25. At 31, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the WFM, and led its epic struggles against the mining trusts. He became the storm center of many other great labor struggles on the eve of the First World War, including the strikes of textile workers in Lawrence, Mass., and in Paterson, N.J. He also led the militant Wobbly “Free Speech” fights, and was prosecuted for opposing U.S. entry into World War I. His story, a swift moving narrative as absorbing as a novel, should be known to the present generation.

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630

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1789124093

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9781789124095

At Peace with All Their Neighbors

Catholics and Catholicism in the National Capital, 1787-1860

By: William W. Warner

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At Peace with All Their Neighbors

Catholics and Catholicism in the National Capital, 1787-1860

By: William W. Warner

In 1790, two events marked important points in the development of two young American institutions—Congress decided that the new nation's seat of government would be on the banks of the Potomac, and John Carroll of Maryland was consecrated as America's first Catholic bishop. This coincidence of events signalled the unexpectedly important role that Maryland's Catholics, many of them by then fifth- and sixth-generation Americans, were to play in the growth and early government of the national capital. In this book, William W. Warner explores how Maryland's Catholics drew upon their long-standing traditions—advocacy of separation of church and state, a sense of civic duty, and a determination "to live at peace with all their neighbors," in Bishop Carroll's phrase—to take a leading role in the early government, financing, and building of the new capital. Beginning with brief histories of the area's first Catholic churches and the establishment of Georgetown College, At Peace with All Their Neighbors explains the many reasons behind the Protestant majority's acceptance of Catholicism in the national capital in an age often marked by religious intolerance. Shortly after the capital moved from Philadelphia in 1800, Catholics held the principal positions in the city government and were also major landowners, property investors, and bankers. In the decade before the 1844 riots over religious education erupted in Philadelphia, the municipal government of Georgetown gave public funds for a Catholic school and Congress granted land in Washington for a Catholic orphanage. The book closes with a remarkable account of how the Washington community, Protestants and Catholics alike, withstood the concentrated efforts of the virulently anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic American nativists and the Know-Nothing Party in the last two decades before the Civil War. This chronicle of Washington's Catholic community and its major contributions to the growth of the nations's capital will be of value for everyone interested in the history of Washington, D.C., Catholic history, and the history of religious toleration in America.

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Georgetown University Press

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1589012437

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9781589012431

Swedes of Greater Worcester Revisited

By: Eric J. Salomonsson,William O. Hultgren,Philip C. Becker

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Swedes of Greater Worcester Revisited

By: Eric J. Salomonsson,William O. Hultgren,Philip C. Becker

Industrial expansion in New England gave impetus to large-scale Swedish immigration by the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Swedish American communities were established in many areas, including Worcester County in Massachusetts and adjacent northern Windham County in Connecticut. Swedes of Greater Worcester Revisited, a companion to Swedes of Greater Worcester (2002), expands upon the story of the region's Swedish American population. Vintage images capture the immigration experience, family and organizational life, and religious aspects of the community.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073853756X

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9780738537566

Images in Law

By: William Pencak

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Images in Law

By: William Pencak

What does 'the law' look like? While numerous attempts have been made to examine law and legal action in terms of its language, little has yet been written that considers how visual images of the law influence its interpretation and execution in ways not discernible from written texts. This groundbreaking collection focuses on images in law, featuring contributions that show and discuss the perception of the legal universe on a theoretical basis or when dealing with visual semiotics (dress, ceremony, technology, etc.). It also examines 'language in action', analyzing jury instructions, police directives, and how imagery is used in conjunction with contentious social and political issues within a country, such as the image of family in Ireland or the image of racism in France.

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329

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Routledge

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1317118812

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9781317118817

Sources of Chinese Tradition

By: William Theodore De Bary

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Sources of Chinese Tradition

By: William Theodore De Bary

Chronologically presents Chinese civilization, covering antiquity figures such as Confucius, Mencius, and Laozi; the Han dynasty, including readings from the "I Jing"; the development of Buddhism, including Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism; Neo-Confucianism; and thought in late imperial China.

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Columbia University Press

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0231109385

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9780231109383

Book's by William Wallace Johnson

Genealogy. Records of the Descendant of David Johnson, of Leominster

Genealogy. Records of the Descendant of David Johnson, of Leominster

Life of the Marlows

Life of the Marlows

The American President

The American President

Match Play and the Spin of the Ball

Match Play and the Spin of the Ball

The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

Lee's Last Retreat

Lee's Last Retreat

Human Rights and the End of Empire

Human Rights and the End of Empire

To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense

To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense

Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

Smell in Eighteenth-Century England

Smell in Eighteenth-Century England

Bill Haywood’s Book

Bill Haywood’s Book

At Peace with All Their Neighbors

At Peace with All Their Neighbors

Swedes of Greater Worcester Revisited

Swedes of Greater Worcester Revisited

Images in Law

Images in Law

Sources of Chinese Tradition

Sources of Chinese Tradition

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