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  • Chevrolet

    1911-1960

    by Michael W. R. Davis ...
    Series series Images of America
    The Chevrolet car and truck business traces its roots back to Michigan�s lumber industry in the middle of the 19th century. Lumber mills gave way to carriage and wagon manufacturing and the claim, before motorcars burst on the scene, that Flint was the �vehicle capital of the world.� This is the story of how those wagon makers quickly converted to producing automobiles, overtaking automotive ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mustang and the Pony Car Revolution

    by Michael W. R. Davis ...
    Series series Images of America
    There have been few cars that ignited the public's interest as much as the Ford Mustang. Introduced at the opening of the New York World's Fair in April 1964, the Mustang was based on mechanicals from the earlier Ford Falcon compact car; it quickly established a new motorcar category which was widely copied by domestic and overseas competitors--the "pony car." From the outset, the Mustang ... Read more

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  • Detroit's Wartime Industry

    Arsenal of Democracy

    by Michael W. R. Davis ...
    Series series Images of America
    Just as Detroit symbolizes the U.S. automobile industry, during World War II it also came to stand for all American industry�s conversion from civilian goods to war material. The label �Arsenal of Democracy� was coined by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a fireside chat radio broadcast on December 29, 1940, nearly a year before the United States formally entered the war. Here is the pictorial story ... Read more

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  • Detroit Area Test Tracks

    by Michael W. R. Davis ...
    Series series Images of America
    Join author Michael W. R. Davis as he retraces the history of what went on behind the scenes of testing automotive tracks in Detroit, Michigan. The catastrophic failure of a new but unproven copper-cooled Chevrolet in 1923 led the General Motors Corporation to buy back the 100 cars it had sold to the public and recall another 400 in company and dealer hands. As a result, in 1924 General Motors ... Read more

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  • Chevrolet

    1960-2012

    by Michael W.R. Davis ...
    Series series Images of America
    Photo by photo, discover the stories of an iconic American company and the cars they made. Images of America: Chevrolet: 1960–2012 is the second of a two-volume photographic history of Chevrolet, one of the world's best-known automotive brands, symbolized by the bow tie emblem. From 1960 to 2012, the US auto industry and Chevrolet experienced fundamental changes in their products and business ... Read more

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  • Willow Run

    by Randy Hotton, Michael W.R. Davis ...
    Series series Images of Aviation
    A pictoral history of Willow Run - a relative unknown location that became the world's most famous bomber factory during World War II. In May 1940, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt called for the production of 50,000 military airplanes. He then drafted the president of General Motors, William Knudsen, to mobilize industry in the United States. The automotive companies were called upon to produce a ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan

    Edited by Michael Davies, W. R. Owens ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan is the most extensive volume of original essays ever published on the seventeenth-century Nonconformist preacher and writer, John Bunyan. Its thirty-eight chapters examine Bunyan's life and works, their religious and historical contexts, and the critical reception of his writings, in particular his allegorical narrative, The Pilgrim's Progress. Interdisciplinary ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

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    Shakespeare's Blind Heroes and Reformation Saints

    by John J Norton ...
    Killing Physicians: Shakespeare's Blind Heroes and Reformation Saints is intended give its reader a street-level perspective of Shakespeare’s great tragedies and late plays.Diving into the social and theological tensions alive in sixteenth-century London neighborhoods, this book uncovers what may have been Shakespeare’s answer to a world fraught with political and religious controversy. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Shakespeare's Common Prayers

    The Book of Common Prayer and the Elizabethan Age

    by Daniel Swift ...
    Societies and entire nations draw their identities from certain founding documents, whether charters, declarations, or manifestos. The Book of Common Prayer figures as one of the most crucial in the history of the English-speaking peoples. First published in 1549 to make accessible the devotional language of the late Henry the VIII's new church, the prayer book was a work of monumental religious, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Milton

    Edited by Dennis Danielson ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    An accessible, helpful guide for any student of Milton, whether undergraduate or graduate, introducing readers to the scope of Milton's work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it. This second edition contains several new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Milton's politics, the social conditions of his authorship and the climate in ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Paradise Lost

    Edited by Louis Schwartz ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Fifteen short, accessible essays exploring the most important topics and themes in John Milton's masterpiece, Paradise Lost. The essays invite readers to begin their own independent exploration of the poem by equipping them with useful background knowledge, introducing them to key passages, and acquainting them with the current state of critical debates. Chapters are arranged to mirror the way the ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Ecclesiastes Through the Centuries

    by Eric S. Christianson ...
    Series Book 37 - Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries
    Ecclesiastes Through the Centuries“A rich tour down many significant streams of Western interpretation of this fascinating biblical book… Heartily recommended, without reservation.”Bible and Critical Theory“A fundamental resource on biblical interpretation, especially in the modern world, this book is a winner.”International Review of Biblical Studies“The introduction and commentary proper cover ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD