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The book will serve as the essential reference for collectors of Mid Century modern furniture, curators of museum collections and house museums with 20^th century furniture, and for the hundreds of dealers, gallery owners, auctioneers, and appraisers who specialize in 20^th and 21^st century design.

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This authoritative text explains the evolution of four centuries of American furniture from 1650 to the 21st century. It is the complete story covering the cultural and historical context of pieces and advice on how to authenticate furniture and preserve it for posterity. It is fully illustrated with over 800 photos and a 24 page color signature.

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This fascinating title details the history of America's secretive advanced guided weapons projects of World War II, the combat they saw, and how they influenced postwar missile development.

(Hardback, Fourth Edition)

American Indian Politics and the American Political System remains the definitive source on the structure of indigenous governments and their international relations. The text analyzes the challenges facing Indigenous nations as they develop new and innovative strategies to defend and demand recognition of their national character and rights.

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An exhilarating combat history of the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, the very first pure Tank Destroyer force.

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Offers insight into social movements, trends, fads, and events that propelled the eras and the nation. Chapters in this book trace the evolution of pop culture in 11 key categories: Key Events in American Life; Advertising; Architecture; Fashion; Food; Leisure Activities and Sports; Literature; Music; Performing Arts; Travel; and Visual Arts.

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This title explores the ships and history of the enterprising American patriots who fought the Royal Navy as privateers, and played a major part in winning the Revolutionary War at sea.

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The Taskforce must divert two world powers from engaging in a major conflict.

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(Paperback)

This photographic field guide is a practical, compact and yet exhaustive reference covering all European amphibian species.

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A lively way into the works of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, this book provides fresh understanding of her writing and its legacies via twenty six alphabetically arranged and interlinked essays covering her published work and private writings

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This collection offers insight into the political, religious, and literary themes in Frederick Rolfes Hadrian the Seventh. This includes the Catholic Churchs political role, its doctrines in the early 20th century, the interplay of individualism and conservatism, and offers new perspectives on the novels genre and its place in literary history.

Offers an appraisal of two incompatible visions of religious freedom. One is that of George W. Bush and the Christian conservatives who back his policies, the other is that of the Christian majority, who are deeply worried by what they regard as American geopolitical neo- imperialism.

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(Hardback)

This book provides a foundation in the law to support a risk-management approach for archivists to use in assessing their own collections and institutional circumstances.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

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(Hardback)

Prominent scholar and performer Douglas Yeo provides an accessible reference guide for all instruments in the low brass family and addresses a broad range of relevant topics with ready answers to issues that students, players, and conductors encounter. Extensive illustrations by Lennie Peterson provide clear insight into many of the entries.

The examination of one of the most mysterious episodes in recent British political history by a renowned investigative journalist.

(Hardback)

This introduction reveals its relevance to key contemporary issues, from digitization of work to environmentalism, war and decolonization.

Situates modern Jewish philosophy in the cultural and intellectual context of its day, indicating how currents of British, French and German thought influenced its practitioners. This title addresses the ways in which being Jewish coloured their output.