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Powells Partner Bookshelf | History, Kansas, Old West, BeatsReturn to http://www.vlib.us/
History books by friends -- on Kansas, the Old West, ecology, Beats, spies, gunfighters, google, web; authors I like to read. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (sad, scary, your concerns were correct)- a must read. Compare it with RFK's version.
Books 1 - 10 of 16 next » check for availability by Jay M. Price
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On September 16, 1893, over 100,000 people converged on the edges of six million acres just south of the Kansas border, a parcel officially designated the Cherokee Outlet but more commonly called the Cherokee Strip. This was the largest of the rushes... (read more) New - Trade Paper 
by Andrew C Isenberg
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An environmental History of California during the Gold Rush Between 1849 and 1874 almost $1 billion in gold was mined in California. With little available capital or labor, heres how: high-pressure water cannons washed hillsides into sluices that used... (read more) Sale - Trade Paper
by David S. Reynolds
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Few historical figures are as intriguing as John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery and single-handedly changed the course of American history. This brilliant biography of Brown (18001859) by the prize... (read more) Used - Hardcover
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In February 1945, 350 American POWs captured earlier at the Battle of the Bulge or elsewhere in Europe were singled out by the Nazis because they were Jews or were thought to resemble Jews. They were transported in cattle cars to Berga, a concentration... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by Oliver Harris
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William Burroughs is both an object of widespread cultural fascination and one of Americas great original writers. The two mysteries that Oliver Harris explores are how Burroughs became that writer and what fascination itself means. His book is both a... (read more) New - Hardcover 
by Tim Weiner
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In the wake of the news that the 9/11 hijackers had lived in Europe, journalist Ian Johnson wondered how such a radical group could sink roots into Western soil. Most accounts reached back twenty years, to U.S. support of Islamist fighters in... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by Karen Holliday Tanner
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John H. Holliday, D. D. S., better known as Doc Holliday, has become a legendary figure in the history of the American West. In Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, Karen Holliday Tanner reveals the real man behind the legend. Shedding light on Hollidays... (read more) New - Trade Paper
by Tim Berners-lee
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Chapter One Enquire Within upon Everything When I first began tinkering with a software program that even-tually gave rise to the idea of the World Wide Web, I named it Enquire, short for "Enquire Within upon Everything," a musty old book of Victorian... (read more) Your Price $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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