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Todd's Yugo: A Politically Incorrect Political Satire

by Sven R Larson ...

Warning! Political satire. Do not read if you are offended by humor, including but not limited to satire.Between college parties, chasing girls and pretending to care about their classes, a group of students at the local state college try to make sense out of politics. It doesn't go too well. By pure accident, they bring an end to the governor's presidential campaign.This is a work of fiction. ... Read more

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Warning! Political satire. Do not read if you are offended by humor, including but not limited to satire.Between college parties, chasing girls and pretending to care about their classes, a group of students at the local state college try to make sense out of politics. It doesn't go too well. By pure accident, they bring an end to the governor's presidential campaign.This is a work of fiction.
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Splendidly Victorian

Essays in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British History in Honour of Walter L. Arnstein

Edited by Michael H. Shirley, Todd E. A. Larson ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Victorian World
First published in 2001. The eminent historian of Victorian Britain, Walter L. Arnstein has, over the course of a career spanning more than 40 years, arguably introduced more students to British history than any other American historian. This collection of essays by some of his former students celebrates Arnstein’s inspirational teaching and writing with surveys and analyses of various aspects of ... Read more

$71.44 CAD

First published in 2001. The eminent historian of Victorian Britain, Walter L. Arnstein has, over the course of a career spanning more than 40 years, arguably introduced more students to British history than any other American historian. This collection of essays by some of his former students celebrates Arnstein’s inspirational teaching and writing with surveys and analyses of various aspects of
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The History Highway

A 21st-century Guide to Internet Resources

by Dennis A. Trinkle, Dorothy Auchter, Scott A. Merriman, Todd E. Larson ...

Save yourself and your students hours of research time. Now extensively revised and expanded, "The History Highway" is widely recognized as the one essential tool for students, teachers and researchers seeking a reliable guide to history sites on the web. "The History Highway" offers the broadest, most current coverage of the astonishing amount of historical information available on the Internet: ... Read more

$96.18 CAD

Save yourself and your students hours of research time. Now extensively revised and expanded, "The History Highway" is widely recognized as the one essential tool for students, teachers and researchers seeking a reliable guide to history sites on the web. "The History Highway" offers the broadest, most current coverage of the astonishing amount of historical information available on the Internet:
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Wood, Wire, Wings

Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

by Kirsten W. Larson ...

Illustrated by Tracy Subisak ...

This riveting nonfiction picture book biography explores both the failures and successes of self-taught engineer Emma Lilian Todd as she tackles one of the greatest challenges of the early 1900s: designing an airplane.Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she ... Read more

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This riveting nonfiction picture book biography explores both the failures and successes of self-taught engineer Emma Lilian Todd as she tackles one of the greatest challenges of the early 1900s: designing an airplane.Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she
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Performance on Behalf of the Environment

by Alison Bodkin, Julia Handschuh, Jess Larson, Theresa May, Leila Nadir, Cary Peppermint, Courtney Ryan, Ray Schultz, David Terry, Anne Marie Todd, Barbara Willard, Jason Del Gandio ...

Human degradation of the environment has been documented by scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water and foods linger. In the shadow of these material conditions, concerned citizens have reacted by issuing critiques against careless ... Read more

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Human degradation of the environment has been documented by scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water and foods linger. In the shadow of these material conditions, concerned citizens have reacted by issuing critiques against careless
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Protecting Heritage in the Caribbean

by Peter E. Siegel, Richard T. Callaghan, Michael P. Pateman, Daniel Torres Etayo, Bruce J. Larson, Reg Murphy, Benoit Berard, Christian Stouvenot, Milton Eric Branford, Paul E. Lewis0, Jay B. Haviser1, R. Grant Gilmore III2, Dr. Ainsley Henriques, Ph.D.3, Ms. Elizabeth Righter4, Dr. Basil A. Reid6, Dr. Winston F. Phulgence, Ph.D.7, Ms. Todd M. Ahlman8, Dr. Esteban Prieto Vicioso, Ph.D.9, Ms. Kelley Scudder-Temple0, Dr. Vel Lewis1, Dr. Peter E. Siegel, Ph.D.2, Dr. Andrea Richards, Ph.D.3, Ms. Peter E. Siegel4, Dr. Kevin Farmer5, Dr. William F. Keegan, Ph.D.6 ...

Series series Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Heritage preservation is a broad term that can include the protection of a wide range of human-mediated material and cultural processes ranging from specific artifacts, ancient rock art, and features of the built environment and modified landscapes. As a region of multiple independent nations and colonial territories, the Caribbean shares a common heritage at some levels, yet at the same time ... Read more

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Heritage preservation is a broad term that can include the protection of a wide range of human-mediated material and cultural processes ranging from specific artifacts, ancient rock art, and features of the built environment and modified landscapes. As a region of multiple independent nations and colonial territories, the Caribbean shares a common heritage at some levels, yet at the same time
... Read more
Splendidly Victorian

Essays in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British History in Honour of Walter L. Arnstein

by Michael Shirley, Todd Larson ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
This title was first published in 2001. The eminent historian of Victorian Britain, Walter L. Arnstein has, over the course of a career spanning more than 40 years, arguably introduced more students to British history than any other American historian. This collection of essays by some of his former students celebrates Arnstein's inspirational teaching and writing with surveys and analyses of ... Read more

$50.83 CAD

This title was first published in 2001. The eminent historian of Victorian Britain, Walter L. Arnstein has, over the course of a career spanning more than 40 years, arguably introduced more students to British history than any other American historian. This collection of essays by some of his former students celebrates Arnstein's inspirational teaching and writing with surveys and analyses of
... Read more
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Wood, Wire, Wings

Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

by Kirsten W. Larson ...

Narrated by Libby McKnight ...

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20 min

Problems always set Emma “Lilian” Todd’s mind soaring—even as a girl. Growing up during the golden age of invention and from a family of innovators, Lilian couldn’t hold strips of wire or bits of tin without tinkering. She turned toys and trash into useful inventions.But when Lilian grew up and learned that inventing wasn’t considered women’s work, she decided on the next best thing. She got a job ... Read more

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Problems always set Emma “Lilian” Todd’s mind soaring—even as a girl. Growing up during the golden age of invention and from a family of innovators, Lilian couldn’t hold strips of wire or bits of tin without tinkering. She turned toys and trash into useful inventions.But when Lilian grew up and learned that inventing wasn’t considered women’s work, she decided on the next best thing. She got a job
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A Concise History of the Caribbean

by B. W. Higman ...

Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great
... Read more
Dominion

The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

by Peter Ackroyd ...

Series Book 5 - The History of England
"Ackroyd, as always, is well worth the read." —Kirkus, starred reviewDominion, the fifth volume of Peter Ackroyd’s masterful History of England, begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to a post-war depression and ends with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.Spanning the end of the Regency, Ackroyd takes readers from the accession of the profligate ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

"Ackroyd, as always, is well worth the read." —Kirkus, starred reviewDominion, the fifth volume of Peter Ackroyd’s masterful History of England, begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to a post-war depression and ends with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.Spanning the end of the Regency, Ackroyd takes readers from the accession of the profligate
... Read more
Planning the Megacity

Jakarta in the Twentieth Century

by Christopher Silver ...

Series series Planning, History and Environment Series
In this book, the first on the planning history of Jarkarta, able expert Christopher Silver describes how planning has shaped urban development in Southeast Asia, and in particular how its largest city, Jakarta, Indonesia, was transformed from a colonial capital of approximately 150,000 in 1900 to a megacity of 12–13 million inhabitants in 2000.Placing the city's planning history within local, ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

In this book, the first on the planning history of Jarkarta, able expert Christopher Silver describes how planning has shaped urban development in Southeast Asia, and in particular how its largest city, Jakarta, Indonesia, was transformed from a colonial capital of approximately 150,000 in 1900 to a megacity of 12–13 million inhabitants in 2000.Placing the city's planning history within local,
... Read more
The Victorians

by A.N. Wilson ...

People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our own day. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our own day. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary
... Read more

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