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Conflicts and controversies at home and abroad have led Americans to focus on Islam more than ever before. In addition, more and more of their neighbors, colleagues, and friends are Muslims. While much has been written about contemporary American Islam and pioneering studies have appeared on Muslim slaves in the antebellum period, comparatively little is known about Islam in Victorian America. This biography of Alexander Russell Webb, one of the earliest American Muslims to achieve public renown, seeks to fill this gap.
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A Muslim in Victorian America: The Life of Alexander Russell Webb
Posted 19 Jun 2010
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Healing America: The Life of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and the Issues that Shape Our Times
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When Bill Frist was elected to the United States Senate, he quickly became the poster-boy for compassionate conservative values. An enigma in D.C. politics, Frist is admired across party lines and has steadily risen in Senate leadership. In 2002, he was unanimously elected the United States Senate Majority Leader-a position of unique honor. From this seat, where he counsels the President and makes major decisions affecting Americans, he frequently turns to his faith when grappling with issues like bioterrorism, AIDS, and abortion rights. In this biography of the Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist will discuss issues that are close to his heart and his desk in Washington. His sometimes controversial position… More >>
Healing America: The Life of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and the Issues that Shape Our Times
Guardian of America: The Life of James Martin Gillis, CSP
Posted 19 Jun 2010
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A biography of James Martin Gillis, C.S.P. (1876-1957), preacher, editor, and opinion-shaper, who was one of the best known Catholic priests in America in the mid-twentieth century…. More >>
Guardian of America: The Life of James Martin Gillis, CSP
Wildlife Responses to Climate Change : North American Case Studies
Posted 19 Jun 2010
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Wildlife Responses to Climate Change is the culmination of a three-year project to research and study the impacts of global climate change on ecosystems and individual wildlife species in North America. In 1997, the National Wildlife Federation provided fellowships to eight outstanding graduate students to conduct research on global climate change, and engaged leading climate change experts Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root to advise and guide the project. This book presents the results, with chapters describing groundbreaking original research by some of the brightest young scientists in America. The book presents case studies that examine: ways in which local and regional climate variables affect butter… More >>
Wildlife Responses to Climate Change : North American Case Studies
Ethnobotany of the California Indians
Posted 19 Jun 2010
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The Ethnobotany of the California Indians is a compilation of 1,100 plants listed in alphabetic order by the scientific name. For each listing, depending upon the available literature, are sub-headings that note by tribe, how the plant was utilized: Food; Material; Medicine; and Miscellaneous. In addition, if available, there are sections listing the native terminology as well as Notes covering such things as food value, hazardous properties, etc. For each section there is a list of publications cited. In addition there is a Reference section and four appendices: Tribal Listing by Plant; Ornithography; Synonyms (of plants); and a Glossary…. More >>
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Neotropical Ceratopogonidae, Diptera, Insecta
Posted 19 Jun 2010
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This book brings together, for the first time, all known information on the 51 genera and 1095 described Neotropical species of biting midges. An overview of the group includes a discussion of bionomics, adaptations of the various life stages, habitats, their ecological roles (including disease transmission), collecting and preparation techniques, zoogeography and classification.
A key to adults (including males) provides the first key to all the genera of this region. Limited keys to eggs and larvae are presented. Keys are written in both English and Spanish. A table of all previous descriptions of immatures and a catalog of all Neotropical species is included.
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Neotropical Ceratopogonidae, Diptera, Insecta
HCAA Frederick Mayer Currency Collection, Auction Catalog #448
Posted 19 Jun 2010
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This profusely illustrated auction catalog for the HCAA Frederick Mayer Currency Collection, Auction Catalog #448 conducted on September 27, 2007 in Long Beach, CA is accompanied by a complete list of the prices realized for each item sold. A valuable reference, which makes interesting reading for hobbyists and researchers. Heritage Auction Galleries is the world’s largest collectibles auction house (over $450 million in annual sales), and the third largest public auctioneer in the United States. Heritage specializes in live and online auctions in venues throughout the United States of rare coins and currency, vintage sports collectibles, comic books and comic art, illustration art, Americana, celebrity and mus… More >>
HCAA Frederick Mayer Currency Collection, Auction Catalog #448
Evidence As To Man’s Place In Nature
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!… More >>
Evidence As To Man’s Place In Nature
Status of Pollinators in North America
Posted 19 Jun 2010
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Pollinators – insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction – are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems throughout North America. For example, most fruit, vegetable, and seed crops and some crops that provide fiber, drugs, and fuel depend on animals for pollination.This book provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America’s most important managed pollinator, the honeybee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. For most managed and wild pollinator species, however, population trends have not been assessed because populations have not been monitored over… More >>
Status of Pollinators in North America
LIFE Hidden America
Posted 19 Jun 2010
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- ISBN13: 9781603200646
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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In Hidden America, LIFE’s editors explain the subtleties of our countrys history–and of its present day–with stunning, often beautiful and constantly surprising photography as well as evocative text. America is filled with tantalizing riddles both natural and unnatural, and LIFE’s editors solve those that can be solved in this fascinating–and beautiful–illustrated tour of our sometimes odd country.
Among the destinations visited are:
Mystery Hill, New HampshireThe chamber in Washington D.C. holding the Constitution The Anasazi ruinsThe Great Serpent Mound in OhioThe summit of Mount McKinleyThe ship graveyard off the Florida Keys
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