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Sierra Stories

Tales of Dreamers, Schemers, Bigots, and Rogues

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The author of Gold Rush Stories shares tales of the larger-than-life characters from the history of the legendary Sierra Nevada mountain range.With its 14,000-foot granite mountains, crystalline lakes, conifer forests, and hidden valleys, the Sierra Nevada has long been the domain of dreams, attracting the heroic and the delusional, the best of humanity and the worst. Stories abound, and ... Read more

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The author of Gold Rush Stories shares tales of the larger-than-life characters from the history of the legendary Sierra Nevada mountain range.With its 14,000-foot granite mountains, crystalline lakes, conifer forests, and hidden valleys, the Sierra Nevada has long been the domain of dreams, attracting the heroic and the delusional, the best of humanity and the worst. Stories abound, and
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Hellacious California!

Tales of Rascality, Revelry, Dissipation, and Depravity, and the Birth of the Golden State

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"Teems with bittersweet compounds of 19th-century nefariousness, including . . . gambling, knife fights, the demon drink, con artistry, and prostitution." — Los Angeles Review of BooksIn 1855 an ex-miner lamented that nineteenth-century California "can and does furnish the best bad things," including "purer liquors . . . finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and ... Read more

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"Teems with bittersweet compounds of 19th-century nefariousness, including . . . gambling, knife fights, the demon drink, con artistry, and prostitution." — Los Angeles Review of BooksIn 1855 an ex-miner lamented that nineteenth-century California "can and does furnish the best bad things," including "purer liquors . . . finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and
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Gold Rush Stories

49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss, and Luck

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From the author of Hellacious California!, deeply human stories of the California Gold Rush generation, full of brutality, tragedy, humor, and prosperity.In less than ten years, more than 300,000 people made the journey to California, some from as far away as Chile and China. Many of them were dreamers seeking a better life, like Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, who eventually became the first African ... Read more

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From the author of Hellacious California!, deeply human stories of the California Gold Rush generation, full of brutality, tragedy, humor, and prosperity.In less than ten years, more than 300,000 people made the journey to California, some from as far away as Chile and China. Many of them were dreamers seeking a better life, like Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, who eventually became the first African
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Gem of the Sierra

Schemes and Splendor in Nineteenth-Century Lake Tahoe

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This anthology features selections from fiction, nonfiction, and government documents of the nineteenth century that chronicle the splendor, the exploitation, and the controversies surrounding this extraordinary and much-loved alpine lake on the California-Nevada border. ... Read more

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This anthology features selections from fiction, nonfiction, and government documents of the nineteenth century that chronicle the splendor, the exploitation, and the controversies surrounding this extraordinary and much-loved alpine lake on the California-Nevada border.
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Nature’s Mountain Mansion

Wonder, Wrangles, Bloodshed, and Bellyaching from Nineteenth-Century Yosemite

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Nature’s Mountain Mansion is the first anthology on Yosemite that focuses exclusively on the nineteenth century, the critical period in which Yosemite was “discovered” by an expanding nation and transformed into one of the country’s most visited national parks. While there are volumes that provide readings about Yosemite in the nineteenth century, few provide critical—sometimes even disparaging ... Read more

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Nature’s Mountain Mansion is the first anthology on Yosemite that focuses exclusively on the nineteenth century, the critical period in which Yosemite was “discovered” by an expanding nation and transformed into one of the country’s most visited national parks. While there are volumes that provide readings about Yosemite in the nineteenth century, few provide critical—sometimes even disparaging
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The Pyramids

The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments

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A "richly illustrated . . . engaging, lucid account" of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, what we know about them now, what we don't, and what is still debated today ( Kirkus Reviews).Hailed by Science News as "the new seminal text," The Pyramids is a comprehensive record of Egypt's most awe-inspiring monuments and what Egyptologists now know about them today—from their construction and purpose to the ... Read more

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A "richly illustrated . . . engaging, lucid account" of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, what we know about them now, what we don't, and what is still debated today ( Kirkus Reviews).Hailed by Science News as "the new seminal text," The Pyramids is a comprehensive record of Egypt's most awe-inspiring monuments and what Egyptologists now know about them today—from their construction and purpose to the
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Science and the Modern World

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"Science and the Modern World" by Alfred North Whitehead, originally published in 1925 redefines the concept of modern science. This book takes readers through the history of modern science and shows how cultural history has affected science over time in Romanticism, Quantum Theory, religion, and movements for social progress. Whitehead invites his audience to understand and read with celebration ... Read more

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"Science and the Modern World" by Alfred North Whitehead, originally published in 1925 redefines the concept of modern science. This book takes readers through the history of modern science and shows how cultural history has affected science over time in Romanticism, Quantum Theory, religion, and movements for social progress. Whitehead invites his audience to understand and read with celebration
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The Trials of Thomas Morton

An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England

by Peter C. Mancall ...

This "magisterial history" presents a new perspective on Thomas Morton, his colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans ( Wall Street Journal).Adding new depth to our understanding of early New England society, this riveting account of Thomas Morton explores the tensions that arose from competing colonial visions. A lawyer and fur trader, Thomas Morton dreamed of a society where ... Read more

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This "magisterial history" presents a new perspective on Thomas Morton, his colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans ( Wall Street Journal).Adding new depth to our understanding of early New England society, this riveting account of Thomas Morton explores the tensions that arose from competing colonial visions. A lawyer and fur trader, Thomas Morton dreamed of a society where
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More Than the Sum of His Parts

Collected Stories

by Joe Haldeman ...

The ultimate collection of classic science fiction stories and poems from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Forever War Series.An omnibus edition of his collections None So Blind and Dealing in Futures, this volume features the best of Joe Haldeman's short speculative fiction, including such gems as the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning "The Hemingway Hoax," in which a forged Hemingway ... Read more

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The ultimate collection of classic science fiction stories and poems from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Forever War Series.An omnibus edition of his collections None So Blind and Dealing in Futures, this volume features the best of Joe Haldeman's short speculative fiction, including such gems as the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning "The Hemingway Hoax," in which a forged Hemingway
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How to Survive in Ancient Egypt

by Charlotte Booth ...

What would it be like if you were transported back to Thebes, 1360 BCE? This time-traveler's guide is a fascinating way to find out . . .Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would the people around you think and believe? How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have ... Read more

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What would it be like if you were transported back to Thebes, 1360 BCE? This time-traveler's guide is a fascinating way to find out . . .Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would the people around you think and believe? How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have
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The Craft

How the Freemasons Made the Modern World

by John Dickie ...

Discover the “convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history of the world’s oldest and most influential fraternityFounded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Under Napoleon ... Read more

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Discover the “convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history of the world’s oldest and most influential fraternityFounded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Under Napoleon
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The Great Stain

Witnessing American Slavery

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"Eyewitness testimonies to the culture and commerce of slavery . . . coupled with smart commentary" from an acclaimed historian. "Essential." ( Kirkus Reviews)In this important book, Noel Rae integrates firsthand accounts into a narrative history that brings the reader face to face with slavery's everyday reality. From the travel journals of sixteenth-century Spanish settlers who offered religious ... Read more

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"Eyewitness testimonies to the culture and commerce of slavery . . . coupled with smart commentary" from an acclaimed historian. "Essential." ( Kirkus Reviews)In this important book, Noel Rae integrates firsthand accounts into a narrative history that brings the reader face to face with slavery's everyday reality. From the travel journals of sixteenth-century Spanish settlers who offered religious
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