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Muhammad Ali: RingsideAlex Haley, Joyce Carol Oates, Norman Mailerwith an Introduction by James Earl Jones Throughout his remarkable career, Muhammad Ali’s courage, skill, ego, and beauty made him one of the most colorful and well-known of all public figures: someone who truly had to be seen to be believed. Using fight posters, rare memorabilia and classic photographs, Ringside brings Ali’s extraordinary life into focus. Illustrated throughout in color Originally priced $35.00 In stores October 2009 |
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The American Presidency:A Glorious BurdenLonnie Bunch III, et. al.This lavishly illustrated volume recounts the evolution of the American presidency from the tenure of George Wahington until that of Barack Obama. Drawing from the vast collections of the Smithsonian Institution, it provides a revealing glimpse of the duties, responsibilities, rituals, representations and personal effects of the American chief executive. Illustrated throughout Originally priced $50.00 From the Smithsonian Institution In stores september 2009 |
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Conversations with MummiesNew Light on the Ancient EgyptiansRosalie David & Rick ArchboldThanks to modern technology scientists can peer beneath 3,000-year-old linen wrappings to learn about the individuals preserved inside without disturbing their fragile remains. Conversations with Mummies introduces the reader to ancient Egyptians from every walk of life and lets them tell their own stories. Illustrated throughout in color Originally priced $40.00 In stores September 2009
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Thomas KinkadeMasterworks of Light
Wendy Katz With his special artistry and unique spiritual vision, Thomas Kinkade strikes a chord with a large audience who admire and collect reproductions of his work. This generous selection of his finest images is meticulously reproduced—and includes old favorites, as well as new work that has never been published before. 190 color illustrations Originally priced $60.00 In stores September 2009 |
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Space StationsBase Camps to the StarsRoger Launius, former chief historian of NASA and current member of the Space History Division of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, tells the complete story of the vision, technological achievement and political infighting that led to the establishment of the first space stations as base camps for space exploration. Currently in orbit, the International Space Station’s mission continues to expand, with new proposals including the possibility of using it as a way station to beam solar power to meet the earth’s energy needs. The book’s extensive illustrative material draws heavily on NASA archives as well as the collection of the Air and Space Museum. Originally published by the Smithsonian Institution in 2003, Space Stations has been fully updated by the author. Illustrated in color throughout Originally priced $39.95 In stories May 2009 |
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Smithsonian Book of MarsJoseph BoyceFrom 1985 to 2000 Joseph Boyce provided scientific leadership to NASA as its Mars exploration program scientist. He draws his clear explanantions of Mars’s atmosphere, climate, surface and interior from the monumental findings of the different NASA missions. Fully updated to incorporate the most recent scientific findings. With numerous photos, drawings and maps in color and black and white Originally priced $37.95 In stores May 2009
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Voyager’s Grand TourTo the Outer Planets and BeyondHenry C. Dethloff & Ronald SchornVoyager 1 and Voyager 2 have traveled farther than any human object. This book originally published under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution tells the story of their journey through the solar system and beyond. The authors’ unparalleled access to NASA archives and imagery make this the authoritative work on the subject. With 8 pages of color photographs Originally priced $29.95 Now in stores |
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Chronicle Of World HistoryThe Chronicle of World History tells the story of mankind from its earliest beginnings to the present day. It includes over 2000 articles and 1000 illustrations. Written by a team of historians, with extended essays on great civilizations and historical turning points, this one volume provides a sweeping overview and carefully compiled details of the important events unfolding human saga. Numerous maps, highlighted points of interests and detailed chronologies help the reader place the events that have shaped history in the context of their own historical development and that of contemporaneous developments. |
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Smithsonian Book of National Wildlife RefugesEric Jay DolinStretching from the cypress swamps of Okefenokee ot the pristine wilderness of Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge, the refuges now occupy an amazing 95 million acres of the American landscape. This book is the readers guide to these most remarkable natural habitats, home to a vast array of waterfowl, fish and mammals. 100 years after Teddy Roosevelt’s proclamation creating the first National Wildlife Refuge, the refuge system stands as an example of how America’s wildlife can be preserved for generations to come. Photographs by John and Karen Hollingsworth |
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True Ghost StoriesMarchioness Townshend & Maude FfoulkesTrue Ghost Stories is an unusual gathering of the best authentic psychic manifestations. Among the accounts are gentle tales of animal spirits and tales which reach the heights of the most chilling horror novel. With 24 black and white photos In stores August 2009 |
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UFO Crash at RoswellGenesis of a Modern MythBenson Safer, et al.In the summer of 1947 something mysterious crashed in the New Mexican desert near the town of Roswell. Whether it was an alien spacecraft or a scientific research balloon, the US government’s official explanation, has since been the subject of passionate debate. The authors started without preconceived notions to investigate what really happened and the controversy surrounding the real story. Original price: $15.95 After reading this ground breaking book, you can’t look at the Roswell incident the same way, whether you’re a believer, skeptic, or In stores July 2008 |
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The Monuments of EgyptAs commissioned by Napoleon BonaparteDuring his 1801 invasion of Egypt, Napoleon commissioned a survey of the monuments and artifacts discovered there. The result was to significantly change the way scholars and scientists viewed the world and give rise to Egyptology. All of the meticulously drawn plates pertaining to Egyptian antiquities have been reproduced in this extraordinary volume. Temples, monuments, hieroglyphs and plans of sites have been rendered with remarkable detail. It was on this expedition that the Rosetta Stone, which turned out to be the key to decoding hieroglyphics, was discovered. Though the full story and meaning of this distant civilization has been veiled by the passing millennia, its richness and strangeness still live in the pages of this colossal work. Includes over 500 plates, 28 in color In stores August 2008 |
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Voices of ValorD-Day: June 6, 1944Donald J. DrezExperience the history of D-Day through the words of those who were there– the servicemen who risked their lives for the protection of freedom and democracy. Voices of Valor is a stirring tribute to the men who served their country and the world so bravely on that day. Douglas Brinkley is the director fo the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans. Ronald J. Drez is a decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War, a historian, lecturer and research associate at the Eisenhower Center. With over 150 black and white photos. Includes 2 CDs of eyewitness accounts from those who were there. Originally priced $35.00
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Unjust EnrichmentAmerican POWs under the Rising SunLinda Goetz HolmesUse American POWs as slave labor by Japanese companies is the great unresolved issue of the Second World War in the Pacific. Unjust Enrichment provides a forum for American servicemen to tell their own stories, while Linda Holmes gives the reader the historic context to recognize the seriousness of the crimes.
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384 Pages6 x 9ISBN: 1-56852-620-2
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The Boston IrishA Political HistoryThomas O’ConnorFascinating and entertaining, replete with indomitable, shady and altogether unforgettable characters. Publishers Weekly said of The Boston irish: “Viewing the Irish from the coffin ships of the famine years to the lace-curtain attitudes of today, O’Connor has written a scholarly yet colorful account of a breed he convinces us is vanishing.” Includes 30 photographs
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Healing Crystals & GemstonesDr. R. Peschek-BohmerFor thousands of years man has acknowledged the healing properties of precious stones. This handsome volume updates that knowledge for today’s seeker after alternative solutions to health and well-being. Includes hundreds of color photographs |
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A Handbook of Chakra HealingKalashatra GovindaThe age-old wisdom teching of chakras integrates body, mind and spirit.With the gentle and safe techniques in this book you can embark on the healing to change your life for the better. |
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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantOne of the classic works to come out of the Civil War. Grant’s penetrating analyses did not seek to settle old scores, but his grasp of the overall strategy of the war is second to none. |
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Robert E. Lee ReaderStanley HornThe Robert E. Lee Reader brings together extracts from scores of biographies and personal reminiscences that bear on the career of this legendary figure. Use is also made of difficult to find contemporary accounts and sketches from periodicals and newspapers. |
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“The Good Old Days”The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and BystandersErnst Klee, Willi Dressen, et. al.One of the painfully riveting books of our time. A first hand account of the greatest mass murder in history as told by the active and passive participants in genocide. What is different about this book is that it contains carefully compiled letters, journal entries and voluminous correspondence that prove beyond doubt that more members of the German population than ever before admitted to, knew about the Holocaust while it was happening. With over 90 photographs |
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Secrets & LiesA History of CIA Torture and Bio-Weapon ExperimentationGordon ThomasKnow the truth and it shall make you free. This motto is emblazoned in the enterance to CIA headquarters in Langley, virginia. Yet as Gordon Thomas’s revelatory new book that clearly demonstrates from its inception the CIA has engaged in torture, brainwashing, biological and chemical weapons research. The best selling author’s extensive research unearthed never before published government documents and includes affidavits and transcriptions of interviews with the perpetrators and victims of CIA clandestine operations. With 32 pages of photographs and facsimiles of previously unpublished documentation. |
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