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  • Servant to the Servants

    Roy C. Wilhelm, Hand of the Cause of God

    Roy Wilhelm's life story is a rich and varied one that takes the reader from the coffee farms of Costa Rica to Wall Street to the picturesque environs of the properties that remain associated with his life and the Bahá'í Faith he held so dearly. He was a shrewd businessman with a keen intellect and a wide range of interests. The extent of his services to the Faith and the establishment of its ... Leer más

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    Servant to the Servants

    Roy C. Wilhelm, Hand of the Cause of God

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    Roy Wilhelm is described by his biographers within these pages as quiet and gentle, but iron-willed. Relative to some of his contemporaries in the early Baha’i community of North America, his is a life perhaps less explored and examined so far by historians. This may be in part because many of the services he rendered were of a behind-the-scenes or administrative nature. What becomes abundantly ... Leer más

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  • Spectacle

    The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga

    "A riveting account of one of the more startling episodes in the . . . history of race in America" ( Wall Street Journal).Ota Benga, a young African man, was featured as an exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair. Two years later, the New York Zoological Gardens displayed him in its Monkey House, caging him with an orangutan. The attraction became an international sensation, drawing thousands of New ... Leer más

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  • Frank Lloyd Wright

    A Life

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    A powerhouse of architectural biography by Pulitzer Prize winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable of America's greatest architectRenowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright's masterpieces, from the tranquil Fallingwater to ... Leer más

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  • I Have a Dream

    Ilustraciones de Kadir Nelson ...
    From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: “My father’s dream continues to live on from generation to generation, and this beautiful and powerful illustrated edition of his world-changing "I Have a Dream" speech brings his inspiring message of freedom, equality, and peace to the youngest among us—those who will one day carry his dream forward for everyone.”On August 28, 1963 ... Leer más

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  • City of the Century

    The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

    "A wonderfully readable account of Chicago's early history" and the inspiration behind PBS's American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world's most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of ... Leer más

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  • The Speaker's Book of Quotations, Completely Revised and Updated

    FROM THE WORLDS OF BUSINESS, POLITICS, HISTORY, LITERATURE, ENTERTAINMENT, AND MORE . . ."Think how much happier women would be if, instead of endlessly fretting about what the males in their lives are thinking, they could relax, secure in the knowledge that the correct answer is: very little."--DAVE BARRY"I'd tell you what I really thought about the national media, but as my good friend Dana ... Leer más

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  • The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes

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  • Digging Up Armageddon

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    de Eric H. Cline ...
    A vivid portrait of the early years of biblical archaeology from the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization CollapsedIn 1925, James Henry Breasted, famed Egyptologist and director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, sent a team of archaeologists to the Holy Land to excavate the ancient site of Megiddo—Armageddon in the New Testament—which the Bible says was ... Leer más

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  • Paradise Lust

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    This monumental work of cultural history was nominated for a National Book Award. It chronicles America's transformation, beginning in 1880, into a nation of consumers, devoted to a cult of comfort, bodily well-being, and endless acquisition. 24 pages of photos. ... Leer más

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