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A-Z of Modern America
An A-Z of Modern America is a comprehensive cultural dictionary which defines contemporary America through its history and civilization. The book includes entries on:key people from presidents to Babe RuthAmerican life, customs, clothing and educationlegal, religious and governmental practicesmulticulturalism, minorities and civil rightsAn A-Z of Modern America offers accessible and lively definitions of over 3,000 separate items. The book is cross-referenced and thus provides associated links and cultural connections while the appendices contain essential extra information on American institutions, structures and traditions.
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A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities
The ancient Romans have left us far more information about themselves than has any other Western society until much more recent times. This text is a collection of odd facts and opinions, carefully gleaned from the wide body of evidence left to us by the Romans themselves.
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The Middle Ages in 50 objects
\"Complex and varied, vibrant and intense, medieval objects demand to be examined closely, to be thought about deeply, to be approached kinesthetically. Extraordinary in the multiplicity of meanings that it harbors and engenders, the material culture of the Middle Ages offers its beholders a rich experience of looking, often multisensory, always rewarding. It offers, too, a glimpse of an equally rich society, or rather the many societies that were in constant flux and in intermittent conversations (and, at times, screaming matches) with one another. And yet, each object has its own history. So how do we write history through objects?\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself
From reed boats, papyrus, and amulets to pyramids, pharaohs, and mummies, this interactive activity book explores the fascinating lives of ancient Egyptians with more than two dozen hands-on projects. The text covers ancient Egyptian food and housing, games and toys, farming, medicine, clothing and jewelry, as well as gods, pharaohs, hieroglyphs, pyramids, temples, and mummies. Engaging projects that use easily obtainable materials and require little adult supervision build on what is taught in each section and include building a shaduf, making a 1:1,000 scale model of the Great Pyramid, cooking flatbread, recreating papyrus, mixing perfume, designing a cartouche using hieroglyphs, and making sandals in the style worn by King Tut.
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Boston Firsts
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -- BAKER'S CHOCOLATE, 1765 -- READY-MADE SUIT, 1826 -- BANANA SHIPMENT, 1871 -- GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR, 1903 -- FILENE'S AUTOMATIC BARGAIN BASEMENT, 1909 -- MOLASSES FLOOD, 1919 -- COMMUNICATION -- NEWSPAPER , 1690 -- NOVEL, 1789 -- THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND THE ELECTRIC VOTE RECORDER, 1868 -- TELEPHONE, 1876 -- TV FOR THE DEAF, 1972 AND THE BLIND, 1990 -- SCIENCE & ENGINEERING -- SMALLPOX INOCULATION, 1712 -- ETHER, 1846 -- SUBWAY, 1897 -- KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, 1954 -- ART& ARCHITECTURE -- BOSTON LIGHT, 1716 -- TONTINE CRESCENT, 1794 -- USS CONSTITUTION, 1797 -- BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1854, 1858, 1895 -- ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER AND FENWAY COURT, 1903 -- RECREATION & CELEBRATION -- MADAM ALICE, 1672 -- HOTEL, 1829 -- YMCA, 1851 -- WORLD SERIES, 1903 -- FIRST NIGHT, 1976 -- INNOVATION & ADAPTATION -- ICE, 1806 -- BOSTON CREAM PIE, 1856 -- BOSTON TERRIER, 1860s-1870s -- FANNIE FARMER'S BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOKBOOK, 1896 -- DUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE, 1988 -- GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, & LAW -- CHRISTMAS BAN, 1659 -- MASSACHUSETTS STATE CONSTITUTION, 1780 -- GERRYMANDER, 1812 -- SCHOOL INTEGRATION, 1849, 1855, 1954 -- MASSACHUSETTS FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, 1863 -- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, 2003 -- NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT -- BOSTON COMMON, 1634 -- THE PUBLIC GARDEN, 1856 -- METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES, DAWN REDWOOD, 1948 -- BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP, 1990-2000.
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Art, culture, and sports
\"This visually exciting book takes a unique look at our globe from the perspective of art, culture, and sports. Using an innovative design, maps are populated by infographics, graphs, and icons to represent information and statistics about a subject in a very visual way. This aids readers in comparing and contrasting the same subjects in different parts of the world. Each spread explores one subject in-depth, such as what the relationship is between fashion producers and consumers, who the most-read authors are around the world, how a country's education rates compare to their amount of Nobel Prize laureates, and which foods and drinks are most popular in different cultures\"--Provided by publisher.
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Great Ancient Egypt Projects
From reed boats, papyrus, and amulets, to pyramids, pharaohs, and mummies, Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself explores the fascinating lives of ancient Egyptians through more than 25 hands-on building projects and activities. Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers today a chance to experience how the ancient Egyptians lived, cooked, worked, worshipped, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors through building projects that use common household supplies. Detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project are combined with historical facts and anecdotes, biographies, and trivia for the real-life models of each project. Together they give kids a first-hand look at daily life in ancient Egypt.
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