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The Civil War

The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series

by Geoffrey C. Ward, Kenneth Burns ...

Series series Vintage Civil War Library
Based on the celebrated PBS television series about the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood—the complete text of the magisterial illustrated work of history that The New York Times hailed as "a treasure for the eye and mind.""The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.... It was the crossroads of our ... Read more

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Based on the celebrated PBS television series about the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood—the complete text of the magisterial illustrated work of history that The New York Times hailed as "a treasure for the eye and mind.""The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.... It was the crossroads of our
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The Syrian Jewelry Box

A Daughter's Journey for Truth

by Carina Sue Burns ...

After she discovers a shocking family secret, Carina takes a journey toward self-acceptance in this "must-read for anyone who is adopted" (Richard Krawczyk).A young American growing up in the Middle East, Carina Rourke enjoys a blissful innocence until, at age fifteen, she is captivated by an obsessive desire to look inside her mother's forbidden jewelry box. There, Carina discovers a shocking ... Read more

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After she discovers a shocking family secret, Carina takes a journey toward self-acceptance in this "must-read for anyone who is adopted" (Richard Krawczyk).A young American growing up in the Middle East, Carina Rourke enjoys a blissful innocence until, at age fifteen, she is captivated by an obsessive desire to look inside her mother's forbidden jewelry box. There, Carina discovers a shocking
... Read more
Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills

by Elizabeth Burns, Kenneth Korn, James Whyte, IV ...

Series series Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine
The Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills is a comprehensive pocket guide for medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner students. It is designed to help students transition from classroom to clinical internships, preceptorships, and clerkships. Providing clear and user-friendly guidance on all aspects of history taking, physical examination, common ... Read more

$64.99 USD

The Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills is a comprehensive pocket guide for medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner students. It is designed to help students transition from classroom to clinical internships, preceptorships, and clerkships. Providing clear and user-friendly guidance on all aspects of history taking, physical examination, common
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Twin to Twin

From High-Risk Pregnancy to Happy Family

by Crystal Duffy ...

Narrated by Kate Mulligan, Traber Burns ...

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9 hours 7 min

Inspiring parenting memoir: Twin-to-Twin is one twenty-nine-year-old mother’s harrowing and inspiring adventure through a high-risk twin pregnancy. But this isn’t only a book about pregnancy. It’s also an inspirational story to which all women can relate, especially when confronting any type of adversity.A crisis when expecting: One minute Crystal was sitting at a candlelight dinner in Paris with ... Read more

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Inspiring parenting memoir: Twin-to-Twin is one twenty-nine-year-old mother’s harrowing and inspiring adventure through a high-risk twin pregnancy. But this isn’t only a book about pregnancy. It’s also an inspirational story to which all women can relate, especially when confronting any type of adversity.A crisis when expecting: One minute Crystal was sitting at a candlelight dinner in Paris with
... Read more
Adoption from Care

International Perspectives on Children’s Rights, Family Preservation and State Intervention

by Sveinung Hellesen Nygård, Conor O’Mahony, Esther Abad Guerra, Ana Cristina Gomez Aparicio, Sagrario Segado, Marit Skivenes, Hege Stein Helland, Ina Bovenschen, Thomas Meysen, Pia Eriksson0, Katrin Križ1, Jenny Krutzinna2, Simone Mccaughren3, Judit Strömpl4, Katre Luhamaa5, Jill Duerr Berrick8, Kenneth Burns9 ...

Series series Research in Social Work
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND.This book explores how children’s rights are practised and weighed against birth and adoptive parents’ rights and examines how governments and professionals balance rights when it is decided that children cannot return to parental care.From different socio-political and legal contexts in Europe and the United States, it provides an in-depth ... Read more

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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND.This book explores how children’s rights are practised and weighed against birth and adoptive parents’ rights and examines how governments and professionals balance rights when it is decided that children cannot return to parental care.From different socio-political and legal contexts in Europe and the United States, it provides an in-depth
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The Everything American Government Book

From the Constitution to Present-Day Elections, All You Need to Understand Our Democratic System

by Nick Ragone ...

Series series Everything® Series
Understand everything you need to know about our democratic system—from the Constitution to present-day elections—with The Everything American Government Book.If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average citizen knows precious little about the democratic system and the laws that affect their daily lives. The Everything American Government Book unravels ... Read more

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Understand everything you need to know about our democratic system—from the Constitution to present-day elections—with The Everything American Government Book.If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average citizen knows precious little about the democratic system and the laws that affect their daily lives. The Everything American Government Book unravels
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The American Civil War

by John Keegan ...

The greatest military historian of our time gives a peerless account of America’s most bloody, wrenching, and eternally fascinating war.In this magesterial history and national bestseller, John Keegan shares his original and perceptive insights into the psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics of the American Civil War. Illuminated by Keegan’s knowledge of military history he provides a ... Read more

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The greatest military historian of our time gives a peerless account of America’s most bloody, wrenching, and eternally fascinating war.In this magesterial history and national bestseller, John Keegan shares his original and perceptive insights into the psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics of the American Civil War. Illuminated by Keegan’s knowledge of military history he provides a
... Read more
Chickamauga

And Other Civil War Stories

Edited by Shelby Foote ...

Shelby Foote's monumental historical trilogy, "The Civil War: A Narrative," is our window into the day-by-day unfolding of our nation's defining event. Now Foote reveals the deeper human truth behind the battles and speeches through the fiction he has chosen for this vivid, moving collection.These ten stories of the Civil War give us the experience of joining a coachload of whores left on a siding ... Read more

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Shelby Foote's monumental historical trilogy, "The Civil War: A Narrative," is our window into the day-by-day unfolding of our nation's defining event. Now Foote reveals the deeper human truth behind the battles and speeches through the fiction he has chosen for this vivid, moving collection.These ten stories of the Civil War give us the experience of joining a coachload of whores left on a siding
... Read more
Shiloh

A Novel

by Shelby Foote ...

This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 is a stunning work of imaginative history, from Shelby Foote, beloved historian of the Civil War. Shiloh conveys not only the bloody choreography of Union and Confederate troops through the woods near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, but the inner movements of the combatants’ hearts and minds. Through the eyes of officers and illiterate ... Read more

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This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 is a stunning work of imaginative history, from Shelby Foote, beloved historian of the Civil War. Shiloh conveys not only the bloody choreography of Union and Confederate troops through the woods near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, but the inner movements of the combatants’ hearts and minds. Through the eyes of officers and illiterate
... Read more

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Gettysburg

A Testing of Courage

by Noah Andre Trudeau ...

This National Bestseller is a "gripping narrative. . . . the best one-volume history of the decisive battle of the Civil War" ( New York Times Book Review ).America's Civil War raged for more than four years, but it is the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 that continues to fascinate, appall, and inspire new generations with its unparalleled saga of sacrifice and ... Read more

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This National Bestseller is a "gripping narrative. . . . the best one-volume history of the decisive battle of the Civil War" ( New York Times Book Review ).America's Civil War raged for more than four years, but it is the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 that continues to fascinate, appall, and inspire new generations with its unparalleled saga of sacrifice and
... Read more
The Glorious Cause:The American Revolution, 1763-1789

The American Revolution, 1763-1789

by Robert Middlekauff ...

Series series Oxford History of the United States
The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first president, Robert Middlekauff offers a panoramic ... Read more

$22.79 USD

The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first president, Robert Middlekauff offers a panoramic
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The Best and the Brightest

by David Halberstam ...

David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain."A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.”—The New York TimesUsing portraits of America’s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain."A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.”—The New York TimesUsing portraits of America’s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our
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