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Mysteries of the Sea: A Collection of Lost Ships, Supernatural Stories, and Other Odd Tales Underneath the Waves
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Water covers the vast majority of the planet, and people have looked upon the oceans for thousands of years with a mixture of awe and fear. The world’s water offers transportation, connections...
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Mysterious Canada: A Collection of Hauntings, Mysteries, and Strange Creatures Across the Canadian Nation
*Includes pictures*Includes stories about Bigfoot, pirates, ghosts, and other mysteries*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingCanada has the reputation of being a boring place. More tranquil than its southern neighbor, it goes along in its quiet way sustaining...
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Mysteries of the South: Ghosts, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena in Dixie
*Includes pictures *Profiles mysteries like the Lost Colony of Roanoke, ghosts like the Bell Witch of Tennessee, and more *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The American South has given birth to...
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Mysterious Egypt: A Collection of Ancient Egyptian Mysteries, Strange Stories, and Archaeological Oddities
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Africa 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 nearly 5,000 years...
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Mysterious Great Britain: Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic Across the British Nation
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "The Anglo-Saxon charms… are of outstanding importance because they provide more than vague references of exceptional and short texts. They cannot be said to reveal everything,...
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Mysterious England: Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic Across the English Nation
*Includes pictures*Profiles some of the mysteries and supernatural phenomena reported across England*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"The Anglo-Saxon charms… are of outstanding importance because they provide more than vague references of exceptional and...
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Mysterious London: A History of Ancient Mysteries, Odd Individuals, and Unusual Legends across the English Capital
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"The Anglo-Saxon charms… are of outstanding importance because they provide more than vague references of exceptional and short texts. They cannot be said to reveal...
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Mysterious New England: A History of the Region's Mysteries, Hauntings, and Strange Creatures
New England has always had a special place in the national memory. The states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont have a long history as some of the earliest colonies in the New World. Their rich...
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Mysterious Mexico: A History of Ghosts, Legends, and Perplexing Places across the Mexican States
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Mysterious Mexico: A History of Ghosts, Legends, and Perplexing Places across the Mexican States
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAt a time in antiquity when most of Europe was covered with forests and wandering tribes, Mexico had already developed complex civilizations, beginning with the...
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Mysterious North America: Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena across the United States, Mexico, and Canada
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Canada has the reputation of being a boring place. More tranquil than its southern neighbor, it goes along in its quiet way sustaining one of the most stable and...
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Naples: The History and Legacy of the Prominent Italian City-State from Antiquity to Today
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The history of Naples is long and tortured, or at least for centuries that was how its history has been told. Inhabited almost continuously from the Neolithic era to the present, Naples...
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Mysterious Polynesia: The Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of the Polynesians
Taking into account similarities of appearance, customs and languages spread across a vast region of scattered islands, it was obvious that the Polynesian race emerged from a single origin, and that origin Cook speculated was somewhere in the Malay Peninsula...
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Most Decisive Land Battles: The History of Austerlitz, the French Invasion of Russia, Leipzig, and Waterloo
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the battles*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingFor those questioning why generals continued using tactics from the Napoleonic Era even as technology changed the battlefield, the Battle of Austerlitz may provide the best answer....
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Invasion of the Levant: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Syria
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Invasion of the Levant: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Syria
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the campaign *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “Soldiers! You are one of the wings of the French army. You have made war on the mountains, on the plains, and in cities;...
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Napoleon in Egypt: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the campaign *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “The genius of liberty, which made you, at her birth, the arbiter of Europe, wants to be genius of the seas and the furthest...
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia: The History and Legacy of the French Emperor's Greatest Military Blunder
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the campaign written by French soldiers *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The thunderstorms of the 24th turned into other downpours, turning the tracks——some diarists claim there were no roads...
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Napoleon's Grande Armée: The History and Legacy of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
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Napoleon's Grande Armée: The History and Legacy of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingNearly 50 years after Napoleon met his Waterloo, generals across the West continued to study his tactics and engage their armies the same way armies fought during the Napoleonic Era. Despite advances in military...
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Narcissa Whitman: The Life and Legacy of the Missionary Killed by Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest
At the start of the 1840s, the Oregon Country had no political boundaries or effective government. The only administrative organization was the Hudson’s Bay Company, which applied only to British subjects, and aside from natives, the region was populated by...
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NASA's Pioneer and Voyager Missions: The History and Legacy of the First Space Probes to Explore the Outer Solar System and Beyond
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Today the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed...
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Nat Love: The Life and Legacy of the Former Slave Who Became the Wild West's Most Famous Black Cowboy
“Mounted on my horse my...lariat near my hand, and my trusty guns in my belt...I felt like I could defy the world.” (Nat Love) The American mountain man, with his myriad of practical skills, could endure isolation in a way...
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Nathan Hale and John André: The Lives and Deaths of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Spies
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Nathan Hale and John André: The Lives and Deaths of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Spies
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes by both men about the war *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading For over 230 years, American schoolchildren have been taught about the story of Nathan Hale, or at least a legend of...
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Nathan Hale and the Culper Ring: The History of the Continental Army's Most Famous Spy and Spy Ring during the American Revolution
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading For over 230 years, American schoolchildren have been taught about the story of Nathan Hale, or at least a legend of it, and in the process the myth of...
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Native American Icons: Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph and Red Cloud
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Explains several Lakota Sioux oral legends, as well as the origins of the names of each Native American icon. *Explains the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the Nez Perce War, and Geronimo's...
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Nathan Hale: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Spy
*Includes pictures *Includes some of Hale's letters during the war *Includes accounts about Hale's final words *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Apache
Among all the Native American tribes, the Spanish, Mexicans, and Americans learned the hard way that the warriors of the Apache were among the fiercest in North America. Based in the Southwest, the Apache fought all three in Mexico and...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Anasazi (Ancient Pueblo)
*Includes pictures of Anasazi art, artifacts, and ruins. *Explains the origins, history, religion, and social structure of the Anasazi *Explains the relationship between the Anasazi and the Zuni *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. From the “Trail of Tears” to...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Arapaho
One of the most influential Native American tribes on the Great Plains was the Arapaho, a group so renowned among neighboring Native Americans that it's believed their name came from a Pawnee word for "trader. Like other notable Plains tribes,...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Cheyenne
*Includes pictures of important people and places. *Explains Cheyenne participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Battle of Washita, and more. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of Contents From the “Trail of Tears” to Wounded...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Cherokee
From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of the Native Americans that lived on the continent before European settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries....
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Chippewa
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and art. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. “Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky." – Chippewa proverb From the “Trail...
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