Ouimette, David S.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry 2005

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Davis, Daniel S.

Summary: Discusses the forced internment of Japanese Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor, their way of life there, and their eventual assimilation into society following the war.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1982

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Reynolds, David S.

Summary: "ABE is a cultural biography of Abraham Lincoln, following Lincoln's monumental life from cradle to grave while weaving a narrative that includes Lincoln's cultural influences and the nation-wide and regional cultural trends and moods and happenings of his day, and how Lincoln both shaped and was shaped by his America. The music, humor, literature, and fashions of the time and their impact on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020

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Reynolds, David S.

Summary: America experienced unprecedented expansion and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. Historian David S. Reynolds illuminates the period's political story as well as the social and cultural movements that influenced it. He casts fresh light on Andrew Jackson, who redefined the presidency, along with John Quincy Adams and James K. Polk, who expanded the nation's territory and strengthened...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008

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Wyman, David S.

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 1998

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Brown, David S. (David Scott)

Summary: The fierce polarization of contemporary politics has encouraged Americans to read back into their nation's past a perpetual ideological struggle between liberals and conservatives. However, in this timely book, David S. Brown advances an original interpretation that stresses the critical role of moderate statesmen, ideas, and alliances in making our political system work. Beginning with John...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2016

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Brown, David S. (David Scott)

Summary: "Henry Adams is perhaps the most eclectic, accomplished, and important American writer of his time. His autobiography and modern classic The Education of Henry Adams was widely considered one of the best English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. The last member of his distinguished family--after great-grandfather John Adams, and grandfather John Quincy Adams--to gain national...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020

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Abraham, David S.

Summary: Our future hinges on a set of rare metals that few of us have even heard of. In this eye-opening book, a natural resource strategist reveals the critical importance of these transformative elements to our technological lifestyle and the consequences of our reliance upon them, including geopolitical instability and environmental degradation. To see our growing dependency, you need only look at...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2015

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David, Anthony S.

Summary: We cannot know how to fix a problem until we understand its causes. But even for some of the most common mental health problems, specialists argue over whether the answers lie in the persons biology, their psychology or their circumstances. As a cognitive neuropsychiatrist, Anthony David brings together many fields of enquiry, from social and cognitive psychology to neurology. The key for each...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld 2020

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Reynolds, David S.

Summary: John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery, single-handedly changed the course of American history. This biography by critic and cultural biographer Reynolds brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the throat and triggered the Civil War. When does principled resistance become anarchic brutality? How can a murderer be viewed as a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2005

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Black, David S.

Summary: This clever how-to handbook is the first step to living off the grid.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2008

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MacKenzie, David S.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2006

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Summary: "An anthology of essays and illustrations that illuminate mental health topics in a straightforward way"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2018

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Otele, Olivette

Summary: Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in African Europeans, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a long history of Europeans of African descent. From the third century, when the Egyptian Saint Maurice became the leader of a Roman legion, all the way up to the present, Otele explores encounters between those defined as "Africans"...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021

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Davids, Kenneth

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2001

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Yeoman, R. S. (Richard S.)

Summary: Shows and lists current prices for antique American coins.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Whitman Publishing, LLC 2016

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Dalin, David G.

Summary: In 1921, the beneficiary of an appointment the British would live to regret, Haj Amin al-Husseini became the mufti of Jerusalem, the most eminent and influential Islamic leader in the Middle East. For years, al-Husseini fomented violence in the region against the Jews he loathed and wished to destroy. Forced out in 1937, he eventually found his way to the country whose legions he desperately...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008

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Wiedemer, David (John David)

Summary: "Aftershock warns of a very different economic future from what most people think. The full impact of the recent bubble pop will create far more problems than we have now, especially for the dollar, and will push home prices and stocks even lower. Unlike most books that try to explain our economic troubles, Aftershock goes beyond the outdated notion of "market cycles" to help readers clearly...

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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2011

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