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Hollywood's Most Influential Directors: The Lives and Legacies of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, and Stanley Kubrick
*Includes pictures *Includes the directors' quotes about their careers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the opening pages of his seminal book-length study of Alfred Hitchcock, Hitchcock’s Films (1965), Robin Wood famously asked, “Why Should We...
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Hollywood's Most Famous Silent Film Actresses: The Lives and Careers of Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, and Mary Pickford
*Includes pictures *Includes the actresses' quotes about their lives and films *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading At the end of the 20th century, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the 25 greatest actors and...
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Hollywood's Star-Crossed Blonde Bombshells: The Lives of Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Marilyn Monroe, and Jayne Mansfield
*Includes pictures *Includes the actresses' quotes about their lives and careers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents When the American Film Institute ranked its top 50 screen legends of the 20th century,...
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Hollywood's Odd Couple: The Lives of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
*Includes pictures*Includes the actors' quotes*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality...'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed....
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Homo erectus: A história dos seres humanos arcaicos que deixaram a África e formaram as primeiras sociedades de caçadores coletores
A maioria dos cientistas acredita que a evolução dos seres humanos tem uma história enquanto a própria vida.Os humanos anatomicamente modernos e todas as outras formas de vida que existiram no planeta surgiram primeiro dos micro-organismos unicelulares que surgiram aproximadamente...
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The Holy Grail: The History and Legend of the Famous Relic
*Includes pictures depicting important people and events.*Explains the literary evolution of the legend of the Holy Grail.*Discusses the scholarship over the historicity of the Grail and theories about the origins of the legend.*Includes a table of contents.*Includes a bibliography for...
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Homo erectus: The History of the Archaic Humans Who Left Africa and Formed the First Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Most scientists believe the evolution of humans has a history as long as life itself. Anatomically modern humans and all other life that has existed on the planet first came about from the single-celled microorganisms that emerged approximately 4 billion...
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Hood's Brigade: The History and Legacy of the Legendary Texas Brigade during the Civil War
"It could scarcely be said that any [of the officers in Longstreet's corps]...save one had by this date displayed qualities that would dispose anyone to expect a career of eminence. The exception was Hood. Anyone who had followed the operations...
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Hong Kong: The History and Legacy of Asia's Leading Financial Center
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Hong Kong has always been a dynamic and exciting and high-energy city, and it has that New York thing going on, and people here care about how they look.” – Mickey...
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Hoplitas: La historia y el legado de los antiguos soldados griegos que revolucionaron la guerra de infantería
Aunque los ejércitos de las antiguas ciudades-estado griegas o "helénicas" (poleis, singular polis) incluían tanto la caballería (hippeis) como la infantería ligera (psiloi, peltastes, gymnetes), su base era sin duda la infantería pesada conocida hoy en día como hoplitas. Armados...
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The Hoover Dam: The History and Construction of America's Most Famous Engineering Project
"This morning I came, I saw, and I was conquered, as everyone would be who sees for the first time this great feat of mankind.... Ten years ago the place where we gathered was an unpeopled, forbidding desert. In the...
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Horace Greeley: The Life and Legacy of 19th Century America's Most Influential Editor
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.” – Horace Greeley "That poor white hat! If, alas, it covered many...
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Hoplites: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Greek Soldiers Who Revolutionized Infantry Warfare
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Hoplites: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Greek Soldiers Who Revolutionized Infantry Warfare
Aunque los ejércitos de las antiguas ciudades-estado griegas o "helénicas" (poleis, singular polis) incluían tanto la caballería (hippeis) como la infantería ligera (psiloi, peltastes, gymnetes), su base era sin duda la infantería pesada conocida hoy en día como hoplitas. Armados...
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The House Un-American Activities Committee: The History and Legacy of Congress' Most Notorious Investigative Committee
*Includes pictures*Profiles the Alger Hiss case before Committee*Includes testimony from various Hollywood actors before the Committee*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“I’ve said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in...
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Horus: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Egyptian God Who Was the Son of Isis and Osiris
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe...
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The Hudson's Bay Company: The History and Legacy of the Famous English Trading Company in Colonial America
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the company and its expeditions *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading When Queen Elizabeth arrived in Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba in 1970, she was, like many foreign leaders, greeted with a...
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Houston, We've Had a Problem: The History of the Apollo 13 Mission
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the mission written by the astronauts and members of Mission Control*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The only experiment we completed on Apollo 13 was not on the original mission...
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Huitzilopochtli: The History of the Aztec God of War and Human Sacrifice
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingGilgamesh, Hercules, Aeneas, and Lancelot are instantly recognized as mythological heroes in the West, evoking visions of Persian monsters, ghastly labors, and the founding and glorification of cities, but the names of Mesoamerican gods...
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The Huguenots: The History and Legacy of the French Protestants and Their Religious Conflicts with the Catholics
In the 16th century, corruption, debauchery, and the general perversion of ethics were running rampant within the Roman Catholic Church. The public began to grow leery of the crooked church, and soon, they could no longer bite their tongues. Among...
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The Hundred Days Offensive: The History of the Final Campaign of World War I
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “No compromise on the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong -- that is the Declaration of July 4th, 1918.”...
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Human Evolution: The History of the Evolution and Natural Selection Processes that Gave Rise to Modern Humans
Ever since the human mind developed the capacity for thought, people have pondered not just the meaning of life, but the genesis of the world, the universe, and all the natural marvels and precious forms of life within it. To...
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Hurricane Katrina: The Story of the Most Destructive Hurricane in American History
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the hurricane written by survivors*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The big lesson I learned from Hurricane Katrina is that we have to be thinking about the unthinkable because sometimes the unthinkable happens.”...
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The Hundred Years War: The History of Europe's Most Famous War of the Middle Ages
*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts of some of the battles and leaders *Explains the weapons, armor, and tactics used during the war *Includes a bibliography for further reading “King of England, if you do not do these things, I am...
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The Hyksos: The History of the Foreign Invaders Who Conquered Ancient Egypt and Established the Fifteenth Dynasty
From approximately 3100 BCE until around 1075 BCE, ancient Egypt was ruled by 20 different dynasties. The length of the dynasties varied: some, such as those during the First and Second Intermediate periods could be quite short, while the 13th...
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The Icons of the Wild West: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James, Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy
Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. Discusses the legendary deaths of Wild Bill, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, and Butch Cassidy. Discusses the myths and legends surrounding their lives and legacies. Includes a Table of Contents. Space may...
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Hórus: A História e o Legado do Antigo Deus Egípcio, Filho de Ísis e Osíris
A África pode ter dado origem os primeiros humanos, enquanto o Egito, provavelmente, deu origem às primeiras grandes civilizações, que continuam a fascinar sociedades modernas por todo o mundo, mesmo depois de quase cinco mil anos. Da Biblioteca e do...
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The Illuminati: The History of One of the World's Most Notorious Secret Societies
*Includes pictures *Includes Adam Weishaupt's quotes about the Illuminati *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.” - Adam Weishaupt...
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The Illinois Railroads: The History of the Rails that Connect the Heart of the Midwest
When people think of trains, many conjure up visions of Amtrak, with dining cars and sleeper cars. Some think of the song "The Train They Call the City of New Orleans". Plenty remember counting railcars as children, and some probably...
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The Illustrated Guide to Understanding Astrophysics and the Universe
“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” - Stephen Hawking From the dawn of time, man has sought to understand the universe and...
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The Illustrated Guide to the Universe
*Includes pictures.Science has always been a daunting topic, but one field has never failed to fascinate people. From the moment life on Earth began, it has slept beneath the gaze of hundreds of little balls of light in the night...
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