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| Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature
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Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
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| Publisher: Touchstone. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780743202497. Daedalus Item Code: 23226 |
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| To Felipe Fernández-Armesto, a society is civilized in direct proportion to its development of the natural environment, achieved by its taming and warping of climate, geography, and ecology. Each ... (Read More)
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| Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth
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Susan Walker & Peter Higgs, eds.
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| Publisher: Princeton. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780691088358. Daedalus Item Code: 21452 |
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| Fabled for her sexual allure and cunning intelligence, Cleopatra VII of Egypt has fascinated generations of admirers and detractors since her tumultuous life ended in suicide in 30 BC. This lavishly ... (Read More)
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| Closing the Books: Jewish Insurance Claims from the Holocaust
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Charles Weiss.
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| Publisher: Enigma. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781929631834. Daedalus Item Code: 22066 |
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| First the Swiss banks were accused of hoarding millions of dollars that belonged to Jews who had perished in Nazi extermination camps; the banks agreed to pay, handing more than a billion dollars to ... (Read More)
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| Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century
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Michael Hiltzik.
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| Publisher: Free Press. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781416532163. Daedalus Item Code: 23210 |
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| As breathtaking today as when it was completed, Hoover Dam ranks among America's most awe-inspiring, if dubious, achievements. In this unexpectedly gripping history, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist ... (Read More)
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| The Columbia Documentary History of the Asian American Experience
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Franklin Odo, ed.
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| Publisher: Columbia Univ. Press. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780231110303. Daedalus Item Code: 93176 |
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| This collection explores the wide range of Asian American heritage through primary sources—speeches, diary entries, editorials, advertisements, court opinions, legislation, songs, and poems—along ... (Read More)
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| Command at Sea: Fifth Edition
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James Stavridis & William P. Mack.
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| Publisher: Naval Institute. Format: no jacket.
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| ISBN: 9781557508416. Daedalus Item Code: 23693 |
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| Long considered the bible of commanding officers at sea, this classic guide covers virtually every subject of relevance to the command of a U.S. Navy ship. The first revision in 15 years, the fifth ... (Read More)
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| Conspirator: Lenin in Exile
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Helen Rappaport.
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| Publisher: Basic Books. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780465013951. Daedalus Item Code: 20224 |
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| The father of Communist Russia, Vladimir Ilych Lenin seems in many histories to have emerged fully formed from the turbulent wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. But Lenin's character was ... (Read More)
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| The Cowboys: How The West Was Won
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Bruce Wexler.
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| Publisher: Skyhorse. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781616085735. Daedalus Item Code: 30830 |
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| The glory days of the Old West cowboy lasted for only a couple of decades, but as this companion volume to The Gunslingers explains, during this short time the cowboy's reputation became a ... (Read More)
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