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Legalizing Identities: Becoming Black or Indian in Brazil's Northeast
Anthropologists widely agree that identities--even ethnic and racial ones--are socially constructed. Less understood are the processes by which social identities are conceived and developed. Legalizing Identities shows how law can successfully serve as the impetus for the transformation of cultural practices and...
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Legend of Buddy Bush
Celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Shelia P. Moses’s National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King Honoree, The Legend of Buddy Bush, with...
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Legendary Commanders Who Challenged Ancient Rome: The Lives and Legacies of Hannibal, Spartacus, and Attila the Hun
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts of the leaders and battles*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIn the history of war, only a select few men always make the list of greatest generals. Napoleon. Caesar. Alexander....
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Legendary Enemies of Rome: The History of the Carthaginians, Parthians, Goths, and Vandals
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts describing the various civilizations*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsCarthage was one of the great ancient civilizations, and at its peak, the wealthy Carthaginian empire dominated the Mediterranean against the...
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Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Captain John Smith
*Includes pictures.*Includes quotes from Smith's accounts of his adventures.*Explains the controversies and debates over Smith's relationship with Pocahontas.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land... If he have nothing but...
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Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Christopher Columbus
"At two o'clock in the morning the land was discovered.... As I saw that they were very friendly to us, and perceived that they could be much more easily converted to our holy faith by gentle means than by force,...
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Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Ferdinand Magellan
*Includes descriptions of the voyage from crew member Antonio Pigafetta's journal.*Includes maps and pictures of important people and places in Magellan's life.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Most versed in nautical charts, he knew better than any other the true art of...
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Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Francisco Pizarro
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? The Age of Exploration and the explorers who set out on their history-making expeditions...
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Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Hernan Cortes
*Includes Cortés's Second Letter to Charles V, one of the most descriptive firsthand accounts of the Aztecs and Tenochtitlan.*Discusses the Aztec Empire, the city of Tenochtitlan, and the human sacrifice rituals.*Includes pictures of Cortés and important people, places, and events.*Includes...
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Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Marco Polo
*Includes quotes from The Travels of Marco Polo describing Kublai Khan and some of the things Marco Polo saw, including rhinoceros, crocodiles, coal, and more.*Explains how Marco Polo's travels influenced cartographers and subsequent explorers like Columbus.*Includes maps and pictures of...
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Legendary Miss Lena Horne
Celebrate the life of Lena Horne, the pioneering African American actress and civil rights activist, with this inspiring and powerful picture book from...
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Legendary Philosophers: The Life and Philosophy of Aristotle
"All men, by nature, desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight. For not...
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Legendary Philosophers: The Life and Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
"There are no facts, only interpretations." (Nietzsche) A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? Among all the knowledge and pursuits handed...
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Legendary Philosophers: The Life and Philosophy of Plato
*Discusses Plato's philosophy and ideas about knowledge, reason, Forms, political science, rhetoric and more.*Includes busts and other art depicting Plato and important people and events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents"Until philosophers are kings, or the kings...
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Legendary Philosophers: The Life and Philosophy of Socrates
*Discusses the mysteries and controversies surrounding Socrates' life and death.*Examines Socrates' philosophy as portrayed by Plato and Xenophon.*Analyzes the debate over whether Plato portrayed Socrates accurately. *Includes busts and other art depicting Socrates and other important people in his life.*Includes...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Anne Bonny
Includes historic illustrations of Anne Bonny and important people in her life.Includes a profile of Anne Bonny from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".Discusses common legends about Anne Bonny and what is known and unknown...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart)
*Includes historic illustrations of Black Bart and other important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a profile of Black Bart from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Calico Jack
*Includes historic illustrations of Calico Jack and important people in his life.*Includes a profile of Calico Jack from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Discusses common legends about Calico Jack, Anne Bonny and Mary Read.*Includes a...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Captain Henry Morgan
*Includes historic illustrations depicting Morgan and important events in his life.*Includes excerpts from an account of Morgan's piracy written by his ship's surgeon.*Analyzes Morgan's legacy and current efforts to find some of his sunken pirate ships.*Includes a Bibliography for further...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Captain William Kidd
*Includes historic illustrations of Kidd and important people and events in his life.*Includes a profile of Kidd from Captain Charles Johnson's pirate history.*Includes Kidd's own account of the controversial expedition that resulted in his trial. .*Discusses the legends and controversies...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Henry Every
Includes historic illustrations of Every and important people, places, and events in his life.Includes a profile of Every from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".Discusses common legends about Every and his career.*Includes a Bibliography for...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Howell Davis
*Includes historic illustrations of Howell Davis and other important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a profile of Howell Davis from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Mary Read
*Includes historic illustrations of Mary Read and important people in her life.*Includes a profile of Mary Read from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Discusses common legends about Mary Read, separating fact from fiction.*Includes a Bibliography...
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Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Albert Einstein
*Includes pictures of Einstein and important people and places in his life.*Includes a list of Einstein's most colorful quotes and quotes about his life and views.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Nature shows us only the tail...
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Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Alexander Graham Bell
*Includes pictures of Bell and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes pictures of Bell's inventions and some of his designs.*Includes some of Bell's most inspirational quotes and descriptions of his work.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table...
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Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Galileo Galilei
*Includes pictures of Galileo and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes quotes from Galileo's letters and works.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It's the mathematicians you...
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Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Johannes Kepler
*Includes diagrams of Kepler's laws and pictures of important people and places in Kepler's life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created...
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Legendary Scientists: The Life and Legacy of Nikola Tesla
*Includes pictures of Tesla and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a list of some of Tesla's most inspirational and controversial quotes.*Examines the relationship and rivalry between Tesla and Edison.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“Throughout space there is...
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LEGENDBORN
An Instant New York Times Bestseller!Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author AwardFilled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on...
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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle)
An Instant New York Times Bestseller!Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author AwardFilled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and “braids together Southern folk...
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