Reference works

Step into a colorful pageantry of the powerful people who once ruled and still influence the great state of Texas.

Conflicts over homosexuality and gay rights threaten to break apart denominations, if not North American society.

The classic book that exposed the scandal of the dispossession of native land by American settlersAnd Still the Waters Run tells the tragic story of the liquidation of the independent Indian republics of the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks, and Seminoles, known as the Five Civilized Tribes.

Across the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions, ants are one of the most conspicuous and ecologically dominant animal groups.

The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years.

Education without ethics, without sentiments, without heart, is simply soulless, factual academics and nothing more.

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy the pieces collected here.

Trends prevailing in the media suggest a seemingly disintegrating concept of media ethics.

Based on 40 years of experience, author, Raymond Lemley, provokes thinking in this guide that addresses the ground level, mundane issues that confound principals daily.

Johnny Salda-a outlines the basic elements of longitudinal qualitative data, focusing on micro-levels of change observed within individual cases and groups of participants.

The free exercise of conscience is under threat in the United States.

During its struggle for survival from 1954 to 1975, the region known as the Central Highlands was the strategically vital high ground for the South Vietnamese state.

The entrance of Native Americans into the world of cultural resource management is forcing a change in the traditional paradigms that have guided archaeologists, anthropologists, and other CRM professionals.

In the first modern biography of Red jacket, Christopher Densmore sheds light on the achievements of this formidable Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson.

When confronted with a persistent foreign policy problem that threatens U.

In a culture where people easily and hastily cancel relationships rather than cultivate them, discover what the Bible has to say about how we need to keep showing up for one anothereven when we feel like walking away.

Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League - the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras - to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America.

Mauritania is bordered by Senegal in the south, Mali in the east, Algeria in the far northeast, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the north.

For more than 200 years the United States and Russia have shared a multi-faceted relationship.

Librarian Jim Hahn has carefully culled the over 500,000 available apps down to the 100 that are the absolute best for day-in, day-out library services.

Located at the very heart of the Balkans, the Republic of Macedonia has a rich and turbulent history, which reflects all the complexities of the region's past and present-day politics.

With a focus on safety and the integrity of the outdoors, The Complete Book of Fire: Building Campfires for Cooking, Warmth, Light, and Survival initiates the novice as well as informs the experienced.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949.

Skiing is one of the oldest modes of transportation known, predating the wheel with dated artifacts to prove its pedigree.

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For foodies, wordsmiths, and anyone who loves to eat, an illustrated guide to authentic American fare, from the beloved Roadfood teamIn linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions.

Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands, examining the ways in which Mexico's North overlapped with the U.

Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests presents essential content for elementary and middle school teachers who want to improve their science content background, enhance their classroom instruction, or pass the state science proficiency tests.

The defection of Igor Gouzenko in September 1945, more so than any other single event, alerted the West to the nature and scale of the Soviet espionage offensive being waged by the Kremlin.

Henry Roe Cloud was the first Native American to graduate from Yale.

It is absolutely essential that today's law librarians are digitally literate in addition to possessing an understanding and awareness of recent advancements and trends in information technology as they pertain to the library field.

The Etruscans were the creators of one of the most highly developed cultures of the pre-Roman Era.

The Life Within provides a social and cultural history of the indigenous people of a region of central Mexico in the later colonial period-as told through documents in Nahuatl and Spanish.

Entries from thousands of publications whether in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and German on all aspects of Jewish education from pre-school through secondary education.

The challenging teen years can be even more difficult for adopted teenagers, many of whom have unanswered questions that may result in fear, anger, and low self-esteem.

This book shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals, and imaginary concepts as one of their most important literary techniques.

This book teaches card players to remember every card in the deck and in what order they were played.

Sierra Leone was founded, albeit under British control, with the highest hopes of being a refuge for liberated Africans and freed slaves.

Environmental Science: Principles and Practices provides the scientific principles, concepts, applications, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and manmade, evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and examine alternative solutions (such as renewable energy sources) for resolving and even preventing them.

What Americans call the Vietnam War actually began in December 1946 with a struggle between the communists and the French for possession of the country--but Vietnam's strategic position in southeast Asia inevitably led to the involvement of other countries.

For a relatively short war, the Crimean War holds an important place in history.

Few countries boast as long and often proud a history as Iraq.

This book recounts four tours of Air Force duty in Vietnam, 1965-1968, and reports firsthand how tactics and the war effort changed each time.

The author of this Vietnam War memoir was drafted in November 1966 just before completion of his Ph.

A prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction and winner of the National Book Award for Europe Central, William T.

The Gilded Age was an important three-decade period in American history.

Growing out of the teachings of the B_b, who introduced the idea of the coming of a great prophet (the one promised in the scriptures of all the world's major religions), the Bah_' Faith was founded by Bah_'u'll_h, when in 1866 he publicly declared that he was the One the B_b prophesized.

Originating from a small group of Bible students led by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s, the Watch Tower Society grew into an international society.

Canadian Geography: A Scholarly Bibliography is a compendium of published works on geographical studies of Canada and its various provinces.

George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel evoked passionate discipleship, as well as equally passionate opposition.