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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
112 Mercer street 112 Mercer street Burton Feldman,Burton Feldman The story of quantum physics in the 20th century, with some outlooks onto mathematics. OL12251391W
LOSS OF THE WAGER: THE NARRATIVES OF JOHN BULKELEY AND THE HON. JOHN BRYON LOSS OF THE WAGER: THE NARRATIVES OF JOHN BULKELEY AND THE HON. JOHN BRYON John Byron,Bulkeley, John.,JOHN BULKELEY xxvi, 240 p. ; 22 cm OL13633342W
Breve historia de los vikingos Breve historia de los vikingos Juan Antonio Cebrián,Manuel Velasco Through this book we discover the changes that the vikings suffered throughout the years in their culture, the magic of their legends, the more relevant persons and events. Their magnificents ships, … OL15174250W
A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England Strong Woman.,Moondancer. See http://www.bauuinstitute.com/Publishing/NewEnglandNative.html OL15297410W
101 Things You Didn't Know about Irish History 101 Things You Didn't Know about Irish History Amy Hackney Blackwell,Ryan Hackney,Garland, Ph.D. Kimmer xi, 244 p. ; 16 cm OL16813557W
The Sistine secrets The Sistine secrets Roy Doliner,Benjamin Blech Five hundred years ago Michelangelo began work on a painting that became one of the most famous pieces of art in the world-the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every year millions of people come to see Michel… OL1950532W
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Andrew Cunningham,Ole Peter Grell,Cunningham, Andrew Dr. Its very good and intresting OL3349461W
The pessimist's guide to history The pessimist's guide to history Stuart Berg Flexner,Doris Flexner The classic irreverent look at the past — now updated with even more appalling facts!Fourteen billion or so years ago, the Big Bang exploded — and it's been downhill from there. For every spectacular… OL3527545W
Afghanistan, The Bear Trap Afghanistan, The Bear Trap Mark Adkin,Mohammad Yousaf This is the story of the defeat of Soviet Russia's forces in Afghanistan by a guerrilla force known as the Mujahideen, heavily backed by Pakistan and the USA. The Mujahideen paved the way for the Tal… OL3888660W
The rise and fall of the Soviet economy The rise and fall of the Soviet economy Phillip Hanson,Philip Hanson xii, 279 p. : 24 cm OL4121792W
In the land of white death In the land of white death Valerian Albanov,Linda Dubosson,Valerian Ivanovich Alʹbanov In 1912, six months after Robert Falcon Scott and four of his men came to grief in Antarctica, a thirty-two-year-old Russian navigator named Valerian Albanov embarked on an expedition that would prov… OL4182186W
Knives and scabbards Knives and scabbards J. Cowgill,M. de Neergaard,Nick Griffiths xiii, 169 p. : 26 cm OL5053232W
The African heritage The African heritage H. Moyana,M. Sibanda,S. D. Gumbo First in a series of African history books, this volume examines the changes in Africa from the earliest people to the development of the slave trade. OL5641708W
Jawbreaker Jawbreaker Gary Berntsen,Ralph Pezzullo In Jawbreaker Gary Berntsen, until recently one of the CIA's most decorated officers, comes out from under cover for the first time to describe his no-holds-barred pursuit of Osama bin Laden and al-Q… OL5827054W
Manitoba Manitoba Gordon D. Laws,Lauren M. Laws Examines the history, geography, climate, industries, people, and culture of one of the most diverse of Canada's provinces. OL5955247W
Conspiracy theories & secret societies for dummies Conspiracy theories & secret societies for dummies Christopher Hodapp,Alice Von Kannon Entering the world of conspiracy theories and secret societies is like stepping into a distant, parallel universe where the laws of physics have completely changed: black means white, up is down, and… OL8513720W