David Reynolds
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Travel across the United States with David Reynolds as he explores US Route 50, one of the few remaining two-lane highways running from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Driving as slowly as safety permits, stopping frequently and often going backwards to have a second look at something glimpsed in passing, Reynolds talks to people on the streets, in bars and cafes, motels and gas stations. They talk about everything from slavery and the traditional Indian...
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On a map redrawn by the rampant sea-level rise of the twenty-second century, survivors war over the ruins of high-ground whilst pirates and slavers plague the vast new seas that surround them.
But amidst the ashes of the world there remains a place for the young and the brave to call home: The Archon - a ship crewed by orphan thieves, escaped prisoners, and heretic runaways.
They are the Archonauts, and this is their tale.
A post-apocalyptic pirate...
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The years from 1815 to 1848 were arguably the richest period in American life. In Waking Giant, award-winning historian David S. Reynolds illuminates the era's exciting political story alongside the fascinating social and cultural movements that influenced it. He casts fresh light on Andrew Jackson, who redefined the presidency, as well as John Quincy Adams and James K. Polk, who expanded the nation's territory and strengthened its position internationally.Waking...
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In his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age.
Combing through the full range of Whitman's writing, David Reynolds shows how Whitman gathered inspiration from every stratum...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
445 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"A new biography of Winston Churchill, revealing how his relationships with the other great figures of his age shaped his own triumphs and failures as a leader. Winston Churchill remains one of the most revered figures of the twentieth century, his name a byword for courageous leadership. But the Churchill we know today is a mixture of history and myth, authored by the man himself. In Mirrors of Greatness, prizewinning historian David Reynolds reevaluates...
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Pub. Date
1999
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64 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
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Text and illustrations present characters from episode I of "Star Wars" and the technology they use, including Qui-Gon Jinn and his wrist hologram projector, the space freighters of the Nemoidians, and the lightsabers of the Jedi Knights.
Pub. Date
c2006
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1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Detective Jack Frost is called to investigate when a couple return from holiday to find the body of a complete stranger in their bed. He also becomes involved in a murder inquiry and uncovers a crime ring involved in the importing of endangered species and illegal animal goods.
Pub. Date
[2005]
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2 videodiscs (ca. 400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Award-winning British actor, David Jason, is Jack Frost, a no-nonsense detective whose unorthodox methods fuel the tension between him and his superiors. Includes: Appendix Man, One Man's Meat, Private Lives, and Keys to the Car.
Pub. Date
Ã2013
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1 Blu-ray videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 videodisc (78, 75 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
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When the young and spoiled Emperor Kuzco is transformed into a llama by his sinister advisor Yzma, it takes a thoughtful peasant to restore the kingdom and show Kuzco just how much fun it is to be true to yourself. Then laugh along with Yzma's hilarious henchman Kronk as he cooks up big trouble in the hilarious sequel.
Pub. Date
c2009
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1 videodisc (ca. 280 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Episode 1. DI Frost must deal with a desperate mother and solve a 20 year old missing persons case following the discovery of a teenage girl's remains. Episode 2. The Heal family are appalled to see the man whose lorry killed three of their members some years earlier is driving a bus. Because the lorry 's mechanism was faulty he was acquitted of dangerous driving but the Heals are not happy and Andy Heal goes to the bus depot for a confrontation....