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The Worlds Fair at Chicago in 1893 was the place to be. These are four reports from the fair that were published contemporaneously. These give a good flavor to the excitement that the nation felt about the achievement.

Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schools. The obsession has become widely known as athleticism. When it appeared in 1981, this book was the first major study of the games ethos which dominated the lives of many Victorian and Edwardian public schoolboys. Written with Professor Mangan's...

Slices of life beyond the tourist's view. By turns funny, tough, and somber, the twenty-one helpings of New York attitude in Fresh Slices reveal neighborhoods both rich and poor, where oldtimers desperately protect their secrets and brand new arrivals indulge dangerous appetites. There is as much...

100 great sports debates for each city-from who was the best coach to what was the best play of all time. The perfect gift for sports fans-the series that's sweeping the nation, and is already a hit in Boston, Chicago and New York. The best debates for rabid fans The Best Sports...

The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire is an expansive overview of Prussian history. A table of contents is included.

The History of the Waldenses is a history of the early Protestant group, founded by Waldo. It is the sixteenth book of Wylie's History of Protestantism.

This book has been qualified by experts and journalists as The Bible of Real Estate. Carefully organized, the book deals with the purchase, sale, rent, administration, finances, insurance, taxes, associations of owners, legal aspects and topics of varied nature, including a deep and detailed analysis of investments in real estate.

Do you have a great idea for the next big thing, an eye-catching new corporate logo, or an exciting new business concept? Understand how to safeguard your ideas and creations with this expert guide to the fundamentals of intellectual property. Walking you step-by-step through the processes involved...

The first book to systematically discuss the skills and literacies needed to use digital media, particularly the Internet, van Dijk and van Deursen's clear and accessible work distinguishes digital skills, analyzes their roles and prevalence, and offers solutions from individual, educational, sociological, and policy perspectives.

Beat the Bad Guys. Take their powers. Save the world. When Mickey stepped into that bar, he never expected to find out he was the most powerful superhero the world had ever seen. But when footage of him beating up the strongest hero, and biggest bully, in the tristate area goes viral,...

Strange things happen in the Briggs Triangle... Low-ranked crew member Riya Cobley gets the lovely privilege of joining the team to investigate the drifting space-freighter "Mary Celeste." The mystery mounts when they find prepared food still sitting on the tables, intact systems,...

Most people have no idea that successful young businessman Conrad Browning is the son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan. And that's one secret he plans to keep--until his beautiful wife, Rebel, was kidnapped by a group of deadly bandits. Like Father--Deadly Like Son--Deadlier When...

My name is Mac Brennan and if you haven’t guessed, I got myself trapped in Hell because I couldn’t bring myself to kill my Ex. It was a split second decision that left me trapped in Mammon’s domain with no way out. Now, if I want to get out of Hell alive, I’ll have to rely on the girl who...

How do you teach your thirteen-year-old to stop misbehaving? Lock her in a house filled with vampires half an hour before sundown.