From the Japanese word meaning to create value, this book presents a fresh perspective on the ques... more

History comes alive in this engaging and lavishly illustrated chronicle, which spans world events an... more

Foreword by John Allen Father Damien, famous for his missionary work with exiled lepers on the Hawai... more

A swing note is, to the listener of the rhythm, an unexpected note, and it is the spark of life in j... more

When Boone County was officially founded in 1799, a local population was already growing by the day.... more

Oklahoma City’s rich music history traces back to Deep Deuce, the heart of the African American comm... more

Founded in 1908 as New Jersey Law School, Rutgers School of Law, Newark possesses a distinctive spir... more

After a flood, the beautiful, historic home of Mary Richardson and Robert E Kennedy, Jr was ravaged by black mould...... more

Stadium and later at Frontier Field. The many greats who played for the Rochester Red Wings--Stan Musial, Cal Ripken, Jr., Bob...... more

The first to admit that he did not volunteer for military service, Myrrl W. McBride, Sr., was just a... more

This book is the basis for airpower doctrine in the US, and demonstrates how forward looking Gen Mit... more

The relatively unknown Cold War of the American Civil War was a nevertheless crucial aspect of the... more

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President Obama has signaled a sharp break from many Bush Administration policies, but he remains co... more

The Navajo Nation court system is the largest and most established tribal legal system in the world.... more

Interested in aviation as early as 1910, William Boeing waited until 1914 for his first airplane rid... more

Spanning a long career, these poems helped define and sustain a movement that added music and brash ... more

Terror on the High Seas: From Piracy to Strategic Challenge is a provocative look at maritime securi... more

Frank P. Thomas Jr., Donald J. Thomas, and Robert E. Wildman, owners of the General Equipment Company, entered into the...... more

Conceived in 1850, Mount Vernon is a young city, founded as an alternative to overcrowded New York C... more

A self-taught artist in several mediums who became known for stippling, Leonard Chana captured the e... more

With the Royal Navy s offensives in the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812 came devastating raids... more

This dazzling little book explores the role of US media in foreign policy, not only at the present m... more

Away from the game and the players for which it was crafted, the baseball bat is a sleek but humble ... more

The specialized language of seafarers is a complex mixture of the strange and the familiar, incorpor... more

A detailed history of the development of military dentistry in the United States, from beginnings in... more

George W. Bush called it "the best job in the world," yet many would argue that the Texas governorsh... more

The result of work initiated by the Harvard Civil Rights Project, this collection provides an excell... more

The result of work initiated by the Harvard Civil Rights Project, this collection provides an excell... more

This book is dedicated to problems involving colored objects, and to results about the existence of ... more

Since its publication in 1988, Binding the Strong Man has been widely recognized as a landmark in co... more

A lot of people believe that they can set up and operate a cleaning business that will reap big prof... more